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CONTN I PORARY PRESS. We cannot withhold a second .notice of Lord Brougham's vagaries at his almshouse dinner on Saturday, nor a sigh that we were absent; the loss of a handkerchief and the • purification of our apparel would have been amply com pensated by the exhibition. Most animals we know are particularly animated at feeding time; and Lord Brougham and his radical gang appear to have screamed And cut antics in a style which cannot but have a most serious effect on the receipts of the menageries exhibited about Whitsuntide. Our ,chief reason for recurring to his lordship's performance is some curious remarks made by him relative to the prospects of the ministry. He says "There never was a government more confessedly in need of popular aid than the present;" that is, less able to stand by itself. He continues—" They have against them a formidable majority •in the House of. Lords." Popular aid will not reduce that, whatever physical aid might dp:,. " A . powerful opposition in the House of Commons amounting to nearly half the representation, and, what was worse, ati opposition composed of a reso lute and compact body, while their own party is split into half-a-dozen sections." = Whose fault now ? • This is the result of the Reform. Bill, which his lordship so en thusiastically lauded in his opening; and yet popular aid is still necessary to check 'the conservatism of the ten pounders. "Oh, 'tis sport to seethe engineer hoist with his own petard.'. 'Then there are some ominous allusions to kicking out, betraying the people, and seeking to fawn on the court, which we do not exactly understand; and all is summed up with the reiteration that the support of the people is the breath of their (the ministers') nostrils. Now, whether these home thrusts have been bestowed in consequence of any little spite which the ex-chancellor may feel for being so completely and irremediably shelved, or whether they were deliyve,d l itt awadvanced Period of the evening, we are unable to say. .:Bo.t, be that as it may, we recommend the consideration of them to Lord Melbourne. . And now a word as to the object of the meeting. The refOrm almshouses, which are most appropriately situated near that large reform house the House of Correction at Brixton, is a pet project of some of the members of the corporation, or, to use a synonym, a barefaced job, plac ing the patronge of the six or eight huts in the hands Of a committee of bommontonneilmen, to promote their own elections.. The principal. movers in the business bare been a Mr. Weston, who, we hear, is.really a very respectable person, though rathei rabid in-folitics, and , a Mr. Shoobridge, a dealer in ready-mlide trowsers and jackets rorgirls and boys, who'has,been used rather scar vilv in not having an office made for him. Lord Brougham is reported to have , said that his exertions deserved a Ga ,ielte to himself, like Lord Nelson, when the worthy com inon•councilman is reported to have replied that lie was perfectly satisfied with the space hitherto :Allotted to him in that publication. The secretary, a paid one, is a per-. `son of ! the name of Ledger, formerly a common council man; an office which lie vacated in consequence of a written promise, now in his possession, horn Lord Brougham, when the Bankruptcy Court was only in em 'bryo, to make him an ctEcial assignee, which, of couise, he, is not and never will be. But where was "our dear friend Banquo, whom we miss ?" Where was the president of this precious con cern, Sir John Key, Lord Brougham's protege, and Lord Grey's patron; the father of the two-in-one Kingsmill Grove, whilom storekeeper of his Majesty's stationery ? Surely he was fit for that company ! Surely the radicals were not too haughty to produce their president in pub lic. "Where was County Guy ?" and echo answers, " Where !" The fact is that the twice Lord Mayor was present, to the great consternation of the company and the dismay of Lord Brougham, but he was not allowed to speak or take any part in the proceedings. 111-used man ! Ruthless radicals ! The list of subscriptions was a lie, if it purported that they were given at the dinner. They were given when the ground was purchased, the owners hinting in the most delicate why that, as they had to deal with Whigs and radicals, the cash must be forthcoming before any thing final was settled.. And now one other word to Lord Brougham at part ing. If his lordship wishes to place himself favourably before the,public by meads of charity dinners, to be at tended by radicals, let him take our words for it he will very soon be as completely left alone in his glory as he is in the house of peers. The charity of radicals begins at home, and, what is more, slay 6. at home. None are so willing to be liberal in sentiment, or at other people's expense, but not one stiver of their own is to be got. For instance, the gift to this job of 1.:1500 from the corporation, which we he sitate not to say is a daring misappropriation of the city funds. But we have clone. The only professional people pre sent on this important occasion, besides Messrs. Fitz william, O'Connell, Solly, and Lord Brougham, were Messrs. Crawford and Paulson ; and, notwithstanding the heat of the weather, there was no particular distur bance. We have not referred to the police reports, but the inspectors at the neighbouring station-houses say that there , A'as no great influx—considering.—Morning Coux.ci*E Ispom versus HAIR-POWDER AND SMALLSWORDS.—It was well worth the people's while to have .the parliament reformed, were it only for the drollery of the new proceedings. Seldom a night takes place without a scrimitpage ; and, certainly, the fun is I heightened by a contrast With the gravity .of former t, .senates, and the dullness Of the ordinary routine of legis lation., Joey Hume is invaluable as a jester ; he is the " prim() buffo" of the scene in the Commons, as his svMphonic and congenial Lord Brougham is of the Lords. Hume and Brougham are the Liston and Mathews of the senatorial drama. • But Joey is more than a merryandrew. He sets up, now and then, as the arbiter elegantiarum—and we have now before us a debate upon . his motion, whereby he undertakes to regulate, by act of parliament, the serious matters of bag-wigs, small. swords, silk stockings, and kneebuckles. Joe is a Scotchinan, but not a Highlander, Whose knowledge of such matters, if we believe Tom Moore, is limited to his trews; as thus, in "Lalla Rhook," he says of somebody 4. We know no more of Courts than he who dwells Amidst the Highlauds knows of knee-buckles." But Joe is up to all these things from his lowland edu cation; •and we have from him as pretty a sumptuary descant upon flowered waistcoats, standing collars, ruffles, and lace, as we could expect from any Gentleman Usher. Mr. Speaker, with his usual modesty, declared the matter was too grave and deep for him to decideupon, and referred the dressing of his levee to the mature con sideration of the collective wisdom. Mr. Warburton, the 'resurrection man, and others, took a part in this im portant debate; and as the eyes of the whole world (of tailors and perriwig-makers) are fixed with intense anxiety upon the issue, we trust it will be brought to a speedy and satisfactory conclusion. Meanwhile, till it be known whether Connemara stockings and corduroys be presentable to the Speaker, we recommend the tail to use their prudence and keep never minding the Coourt. The levellers will probably have it their own way; and then shall -we see the Well-greased boots of a radical treading upon the polished " kibe of the courtier;" Bar celona cravats. superseding the" delicacy of Mecklin lace ;" and a wrap-rascal "your only wear" at the motley assenabla.ela , a' Speaker's Levee.—Dublin Evening • it? - Mail. • • ON POPERY. Innumerable' symptoms appear Of a p rev aili ng disposi- Aion to Contemplate the doctrines of popery wit. 4 less disgust, and fo Witness their progress with less alarm, than has ever been known since the reformation. All the zeal and activity are on one side; and while absur dity is restrained, and every pretension defended, which fermerly drew upon popery the indignation and abhorence of all enlightened- GI) rift tiart,r; wgttlitild - be beady' con elude, from the altered state of' public feeling, that a system once so obnoxious had undergone some momentous revolution. We seem; on this occasion, to have inter. preted in its mostliteral sense the injunctions of ." hoping all things,, and believing all things." We persist in, maintaining that the adh eren t s t o p o p er y are materially changed, in contradictionlo their eXpressive disavowal; and while they make a boast, of the infallibility of their creed, and the_nnalterable nature of their religion, we persist in the" belief of its having experienced we know not what melioration and improvement. In most instances, when men. are deceived, it is the effect of art and con trivance on the part of thoie who delude them: in this the deception originates . with ourselves; and instead of bearing false witness against our neighbour, such is our candour, that we refuse to credit the unfavourable testi mony which he bears of himself. There is in the meantime nothing reciprocal in this strange method of proceeding: we pipe to them, but they will.not dance. Our concessions, instead of softening And mollifying, seem to have no other effect upon them thari to elate their pride and augment their arrogance. An equal: change in the stat e o f f ee li ng towards an object which has Itself undergone no alteration whatever, and where the party by which it is displayed profess to adhere to their ancient tenets; it would: be difficult to sPecifv. The causes - of_ this singular phenomenon may partly be ascribed - to the length of timd,which has elapsed since we .have hal, actual, experience. of, the „enormous crueltiei of the papal system, and - to the fancied security. we possess.ag . ainst theirjecurreneel- partly to the agita tion 'of a great pblr cal nuestinti,: - whielfieeras to have had the elfget 'of iden.tifying the cause n of;p9Pre,iv with that of the Protestint di t .”ethiersJ 'll..i.rnpr,essirin,o'f the heart; Ms:, in a mangler, Spent:it - sell:: and itt many' its place ,is occupied bran eagerness to grasp at present advantages, and 'to Tay hold"of every expedient for shaking off the restraints which a narrow and: tirriid, policy has imposed. The influence; ettliese circumstances has been much aided by that in‘litterence to religious. truth .which too often shelters itself under the mask of candour; and to such an extent has this humour been carried, that distinguished leaders in parliament have not scrupled to represent the controversy between the papists and the protestants, turning on obscure and unintelligible points of doctrine,' scarce worth the attention of enlightened minds. Whether popery will ever be permitted, in the inscru table counsels of Heaven, again to darken and over spread the land, is an inquiry in which it is foreign to our province to engage. It is certain that the members of the Romish community are at this moment on the tip toe of expectation, indulging the must sanguine hopes, suggested by the temper of the times, of soon recover ing all that they have lost, and of seeing the pretended rights of their church restored.in their full splendour. If anything can realize such an expectation ; it is undoubt edly the torpor and indifference of protestants, combined with the incredible zeal and activity of the Papists • and universal observation . shows what these are capable of effecting,—hcw often they compensate. the disadvantages arising from paucity of number, as well as almost every kind of inequality.—Rev. Robert Hall, of Leicester. LONDON LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH., MONDAY, JUNE 8. The Attorney-General moved fora rule to shows cause why a criminal information should not be filed against an 6verseer of a parish for neglect of duty. So pure and disinterested was the object of the parties, that they requested him not to mention the name of the parish or the individual supposed to be impli cated. Lord Demi A N.—The only objection is, that the wrong person is sometimes suspected. • The Attorney-General was quite in their lordships' discretion. The parish was 100 miles from London, where, in the month of February last, the small-pox broke out in alarming an manner. It was determined, with the concurrence of the overseer, that the poor should be vaccinated, and a medical man was applied to tor that purpose, and he agreed to vaccinate the poor for Is. 6d. a-head ; he accordingly attended in the pariih, when the over seer refused to allow him to vaccinate the poor ; the consequence was, that the infection spread over the whole parish, and one person died. It was decided that where the overseer did not btive relief to the poor, he wa s liable for neglecting his duty. Here the overseer, merely to save the parish the expense of Is. 6d. a-head, and which he bad admitted was a reasonable compensation, had refused the attendance of a medical man, and the eradication of the disease which had been attended with the most serious consequences. It was a gross breach of duty : it was of the last importance that the parish should obey the law, and in order that they should certainly obey the laws, laws should be enacted for their relief and protection, and they would the more readily do so if they found their interests at ad times attended to by those in whom the constitution had placed the trust. He, therefore, submitted that the court would think the overseer called upon . to explain his conduct, why he refused to do that which, in this case, was necessary, and the desire of the parish. Lord Denman said the circumstances were unfortunate, and, so far as they could judge, this overseer had exercised an un sound discretion. Most probany if he had abided by the agtee ment be had entered into, those very serious consequences might have been prevented; but at the same time, before they granted a criminal information against a public officer, they must ascertain that the duty was cast upon him by law; but he was not aware of anything that reqUired him to enter into this arrangement. The poor would not have been bound to submit to it. If the legal duty had appeared, he should have thought the unfortunate consequences would have made out a case of gross negligence, but he was now obliged to say that the court did not think this rule ought to be granted. Rule refused. CASE OF LIBEL. THE KING V. FRANKS.—This defendant was brought up to receive the judgment of the court for a series of libels, published in the Sunday Herald, reflecting on the character of Mr. De Mole, a gentleman connected with the Merchant Tailors' Com pany, and on his deceased brother. In this case the newspaper had given up the author of the articles complained of as li bellous. _ _ The Attorney-General having prayed the judgment of the court, Affidavits were read in mitigation of punishment, during the reading of which Lord Denman said the court would like to have seen some expression of regret. Mr: Hall, on the part of the defendant, would take upon him self to express the great regret of the defendant that the article against Mr. De Mole had appeared. The Attorney-General said that, after this long, malignant, systematic series of libels, he had only to call for the judgment of the court. _ _ . . Hall addressed the court in mitigation. The learned gentleman informed the court, that his client was a tradesman who, for nearly ten years, had been endeavouring to refor m th e Merchant Tailors' - Company; but, failing in his attempts to effect that object, Mr. Franks had fallen into that state of mind which sometimes attended I hose who, having long sought re dress, and met with nothing but disappointment, became irri tated, and then furnish articles to newspapers. When in this state of mind, the articles in question had been furnished by Mr. Franks. When it was to be determined whether it was Mr. Franks or Mr. Smith, the editor, who was the author, although it was proved that Mr. Smith wai in court, he was not put into the box. He was bound to admit that a person who furnished materials, and gave a general authority for their insertion, was answerable for the use made of those materials. His friend had said that he hoped, for the honour of the law of England, that no man would be made answerable for a libel who was not cognizable of that libel. lie was glad his friend was the champion of the law of England, but such was not the law now. The court, would not look at the matter as though the party was now on his trial, but that, though in point of law he might be answerable, yet when they came to apportion punishment, they would look at it with a different eye, and would feel that it was little more than a no minal liability. Mr. Franks had had no small measure of punishment already : these proceedings had been hanging over his head eighteen months. The defence to a criminal informa tion was attended with a very serious expense. If matters stayed here, this gentleman had had a severe lesson read to him. lle had deserved well of the public for his exertions, and his efforts to correct the abuses had cost him £1,200, and he had deci'eased in the eye 6f every body in his courage and good in tentions by suffering himself to become heated, and wandering into a private slanderer. Was this, therefore, a case calling for a heavy punishment—that Mr. Franks should be put on a level with those who made slander their bread, with those who, if they ;found fault Vith public abuses, did It not from any motive of - 4rinciple, but for private profit ? Mr. Hoggins followed on the same side. _ _ The Attorney-General, in aggravation, said, his friends would have done as well if they bad spared a remark made in address ing the court, that of insinuating that there was some miscon duct on the part of M. De Mole, and it was most extraordinary that the insinuations should come at the very close of the ad dress, on the part of the defendant in mitigation of punishment, when in the whole course of,this proceeding, neither in showing cause against the rule for a criminal information, nor at the trial, had there been the slightest tittle of evidence of charge or insinuation against M. De Mole, and from the evidence it was clear that it was wholly without foundation. If Mr. De Mole had done or said anything to provoke Mr. Franks, he might have brought that before the court, but he knew by his silence he had no such provocation, and he now stood without excuse. He could not but sincerely think that a gentleman like Mr. Franks, who had had a character given him by per sons of the highest respectability, must be aware that he bad grossly misconducted himself. He should shrink from the duty devolving upon him if be were not to say he did appear most grossly to have misconducted himself. He was, in point of mo rality and conscience, as well as in point of law, answerable fur this verdict, and be stood before the court as the author of the libel, and he (the Attorney-General) did, fur the honour of the law of England, maintain, and deliberately and sincerely main tain the position he had ventured to make, that by the law of England no man was liable fora libel unless the jury should be lieve that he did recognise that libel, and that if a libel should appear in a publication, and the jury should believe the party charged did not in any manner promote the publication, but disapproved of it. and that it was without his knowledge or as sent, he was not liable to the justice of the country. But was there any pretence for saying that Mr. Franks was in the situa tion of a person who was the registered proprietor of a news paper? Who furnished the articles? Mr. Franks. Who re vised the proofs? Mr. Franks. Alth oug h h e m i g h t not have written every article, Mr. Franks Inrniabed the information; the proofs were sent to him and were returned by him, with the corrections, with which they afterwards appeared. If be had confined himself to the abuses existing in corporations he would have deserved honour, because all persons were .now of opinion that there must be a reform in corporations ; hut the mode Mr. Franks had adopted retarded information, because he mixed up personal slander and those abuses together.—The learned counsel then called upon the court to pronounce such a judg ment upon the defendant as they thought the case deserved. Mr. Channell followed on the same side. The learned Judges having consulted together a few minutes, Mr. Justice 'Littledule proceeded to pass the sentence of the court. It appeared the defendant had considered there were abuses existing in the Merchant Tailors' Company, which he was desirous of having investigate.] ; he had made two applica tions to this court, but without success; he afterwards petitioned the House of Commons, and after this he had published the litrels in question. It would appear, therefore, that in the first instance he had endeavoured by all legal means to redress the abuses in the Merchant 'railors t Company, and, failing in that, he had published this series of libels. If this had been done in a single instance, it n jgl noLperhaps have been worth attend ing to; tiniVrifid - continued them for several weeks. It did not appear distinctly that he had written or published them, but there was little doubt but he had furnished the information. There was no doubt, however, he hail. written all the other articles with the exception of that against Mr. De Mole. There was uo doubt that they were very respectable. men, and of most respectable character, but that was not to be a ground to su ff er them to escape unpunished for having published such a series of libels. Taking all the 'circumstances of the case into consideration, the judgment of the court was that he . should be imprisoned f or one mo nth, and should pay a fine of £2OO, and be imprisoned till such fine should be paid. BARRON V. LUSHCOM BE. It appeared that the• magistrates here bad granted their warrant to distrain for rates, having previously examined the accounts. They afterwards withdrew their warrants in order to reconsider the accounts. The question was, whether they could do this? The court decided they could not withdraw a warrant unless it was bad. LONDON POLICE REPORT. HATTON GARDEN.-MONDAY. CHARGE OF MURDER.—An unusual degree of excitement pre vailed in the neighbourhood of this office in consequence of the report that two inhuman murders had been perpetrated—one in St. Giles's, and the other in Clerkenwell ; and long before the commencement of business immense crowds of persons assem bled round the office, every avenue leading thereto being thronged to excess, and the most intense interest was mam festeci. At eleven o'clock Mr. Laing took his. seat, when he gave or ders that the officers should prevent as much as possible the office being crowded; but, notwithstanding this, the anxiety, of the. public was so excessive that the moment the prisoners charged with the murders were brought from the station-house,. the pressure was so strong that the magistrates' room was imme diately AlAnt twelva.o'clock, Mary Sibley was placed at the bar, .charged with, the, wilful murder of .Mary. t Sibley, her daughter, .aged nine years. The : following are the Circumstances attend •ing• tbii . horrible ;caie. The prisoner appeared to .be about thirty-eight years old, her countenance careworn, a long, dark visage, a black piercing. eye, and aquiline nose, and her de meanour was strongly indicative of a deranged mind. She was dressed in a black silk dress: Mary Ann Cobble, of 7, St. Helena place, Clerkenwell, being sworn, stated that she lodged in the same house as the prisoner, and she knew the deceased, who was •nine years old: Witness 'CIE L1Y . 4.060 - NTAND'ARD , lived in the lower part of the house. - Ott Friday night last the prisoner brought doWn the child in her arms, apparently unwell, and was about to leave it in her (witness's) room. Witness said " Your child is too ill to be left here, take it to your own apartment." The prisoner answered, "B —t you, I will leave 'it ; it is my own child." • Mr. Laing.—Ai what time did this conversation take place? Witness. -- Exactly at seven. Mr. Laing.—When did you last see the child? Witness.—At nine o'clock on the following morning. I then received intelligence that the deceased was very ill, and un.go ing to the prisoner's apartment, 1. perceived her lying on the floor. While inquiring after the girl, I saw her feet just below her mother's petticoats, and ultimately discovered that the de ceased was fastened to thei prisoner's body, and was quite dead The child was naked, and stie bad considerable difficulty in, ex_ tricating her. Mr. Laing.—Did you heat any screaming during the Friday night or Satutday ? Witness.—l did not. Mr. Laing.-1-las the prisoner any other children ? Witness.—An ether daughter fifteen years of age. Laing.—Was the mother at home on Saturday last? • \Vitness.—But a very short time. Mr. Laing.—Was any one with you when you found the child dead? _ . Witness.—Yes, a Mr. Adams, to whom she confessed that the child was dead. (Here the witness entered into a statement of the most revolting description, and a thrill of horror pervaded the office.) . Mr. Laing.—lt is a most extraordinary thingthat'you should have heard no screaming or alarm during the night. Witness.—lt may be surprising, but I assure you I heard no alarm.. The mother was a very violent woman. Mr. Henry . Rawse Whittle, surgeon, of Nlyddleton-street, Clerkenwell, stated that he saw deceased between two and three o'ciciek in the afternoon. She was quite dead. He had exa mined the body externally and internally with other medical men, during which they discovered a bodkin-case, of from ten to eleven inches in length, forced,into her person. It had pe netrated.through to the gall bladder, and was the cause of her death. _ _ _ Mr. Charles George Everard, surgeon, of No. 19, TySoe street, Clerkenwell, said that on Friday last the prisoner brought the deceased child to his shop, and he treated her for inflamma tion, and advised her mother to apply leeches. The prisoner conducted herself strangely, and said, " Give me some leeches." He told her he did not give leeches. And she then said, "Give me a pennyworth of nitre," and she left the shop. Mr. Bower, surgeon, of Wilmington-square, attended the examination of the deceased's body, and he gave evidence as to the finding of' the bodkin-case. • Mr. Cooper, a surgeon, corroborated the testimony of Mr. Whittle. He imagined, in the first instance, that the child had died of inflammation of tbe • lungs, and it was by mere chance that he ascertained the contrary was the fact. On moving the' body ioto a certain position, he found the bodkin-case 146 trusting. ' Mr. - Whittle here stated that the prisoner acknowledged td hirdthat she forced the article into the child's person. JOhn Archer, a very able and well-conducted officer in the G division of police, deposed that he took the prisoner into cus tody. She told him that the child was very ill, and, knowing that there was a virtue in wood or steel, she put the case and some needles into the body. The child' having died, she placed it under her clothes, and fastened it to her body, thinking to re store tier to life. The prisoner here begged to be allowed to plead her, own cause, and entreatingly, with good address, said, " I have a.• xight to be heard in my defence." Mr. Laing told her to proceed. Prisoner.—l will not take - up much of your valuable time; I own that the child was troubled with a sensation in the throat, which was hereditary. She was unwell, and had been knocked down by a boy named Barber, and hurt in the side. I went to a doctor and obtained some nitre, and having purchased some brandy mixed it with it and gave it to her. She then proceeded with a rambling statement, and at length said that she found the child dead, and she told a Mr. Walker, a friend of hers, that Mary was dead. " I kneW," she continued, " that there was a virtue in steel and wood, and pushed the case and ten needlesas far as her navel to bring her to life." Here the prisoner became very agitated and muttered some thing which was unintelligible. Mr. Laing observed that there was quite enough to warrant him in sending the prisoner before a jury of her country, and he should commit her for trial for murder. She was accordingly committed, but she will be brought up again on a future day, in order that if any further evidence can be obtained it may be added to the depositions. The prisoner is a married woman, and has for some time been separated from her husband, who has allowed her a mainten ance through the parish of Clerkenwell_ [We should observe that on Tuesday an inquest was held on the deceased child, when it appeared that the surg eons had, on further examination, come to the conclusion that she had died a natural death, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly. There is n o doubt whatever of the insanity of the mother.] Robert Potter, an evil and dirty-looking fellow, about thirty yeais old, was next put at the bar, charged with the wilful mur der of Henry Pedley, aged forty. There was such a desperate gang of ruffians followed this pri soner from St. Giles's station-house that it was much feared a rescue would have been attempted, and it required a numerous body of constables to keep back the mob. The prisoner, when placed at the bar, stood with great confi 7 dence. James Potter having been sworn, said that he residedin Lascelles-place, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, and is a Smithfield drover. On Saturday night last, between eleven and twelve o'clock, he was in Salutation-court, Broad-street, when the pri soner and his wife had a quarrel. The deceased came up and interfered, begging of the prisoner not to illuse her. The ac cused ran into the house in which he lodges, and presently came down with a large knife in his hand, which be flourished, swear ing that if any one interrupted him he would rip him or her open. Witness saw him make a plunge at deceased with a knife, and he instantly heard deceased exclaim, " Oh, misses ! oh, misses ! I am stabbed, I have got it here ;" and witness saw the poor fellow holding his entrails up in his hands, as they were protruding. Mr. Laing inquired if Pedley was dead, as he had seen him alive on the day before at the hospital and taken his deposition. Inspector Jenkins, of the E division, answered that he had died at 3 o'clock that morning of the injury. Mr. Laing (to the witness Potter.)—Did you or any body else quarrel with the prisoner prior to his wounding the de ceased ? Witness.—l had a trifling quarrel with him, and he fought with another person shortly before. James Thornton, of Salutation-court, said, that he saw the prisoner and a woman with whom he cohabits quarrelling.— Pedley interfered, on which the accused left the spot and came back in a minute or two with a knife, with which he stabbed the deceased in the abdomen, and his bowels came out. Mr. Laing.—Did the-deceased act violently, or did he only act as it he wished to pacify them ? Witness.—He did no more than advise them to make it up. Mr. Laing.—You say you saw deceased fetch the knife; now can you tell me how long he was fetching it ? Witness.—Not long; just sufficient time to go and return from his apartment. Other witnesses corroborated this evidence. Edward Davis, 74 E, stated that on Saturday night, near the hour of twelve, he received information that a man had been stabbed. He proceeded to the prisoner's lodgings, the door of which was locked inside. He called out for admittance, but the prisoner refusing, he burst open the door and secured him. He Was lying on a bed, and his wife was in the room. When wit ness stated the charge upon whichlie had apprehended him, the 'woman remarked, " He did it, and I would serve any one in' the same way that interfered with us." The prisoner, as soon as witness had seized him, observed "1 know what you want me for, and I will go with you." Witness produced a knife covered with blood. He found it under the bed. Edward Clements, 146, and Johnson, 156 E, confirmed this evidence. Mr. Laing wished to know if the prisoner was drunk at the time he stabbed deceased ? Inspector Jenkins.—He had been drinking. Mr. Laing.—Was deceased sober ? Inspector Jenkins.—He was, Sir. Dlr. Laing.—Are there any more witnesses to bring forward? Inspector Jenkins.—Yes, several, who have also been wound ed by the prisoner. One man has received a shocking cut on his arm. Mr. Laii.g.—Where is he? Inspector Jenkins.—He was laid hold of on his way to this office and taken away. Mr. Lain g .—ls the wound of a serious nature? • • ." 1 Inspector Jenkins.—l believe it is. The deposition of the deceased, taken by Mr. Laing, was produced. It confirmed in every respect the evidence of the witness Potter. _ . . The witnesses were then bound over to give evidence against the prisoner at the next Old Bailey Sessions. Before his removal to Newgate he will undergo another exa mination, to afford another opportunity for any other witness or witnesses to come forward. a 'N. 4`), Emperfal Parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS—WEDNESDAY. Lord Denman took his seat , on the woolsack at five o'clOck SCOTCH CHURCH. Petitions for protection•to the Scotch church were presented by the Duke of Gordon, Lord Dundas, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Roseberry, and the Earl of Selkirk. . 'GAME LAWS Lord DuNDAs presented a petition from the owners and oo copiers of land in the county of Clackmannan, praying for an alteration iu the game laws. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. On the motion of Lord Wharnchfle, this bill was read a second time and committed. On a division the numbers were as follows: Ayes .. Noes Majority for the second reading.....-12 The bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and the house adjourned at half-past six o'clock till to-morrow. MARYLEBONE OFFICE.-MONDAY. THE EFFECTS OF THE POOR LAW BlLL.—Yesterday a poor fellow on crutches, named James Willis, entered the office to crave the assistance of the sitting magistrates, 111essrs. ltawlin son and Shutt, under the following very distressing circum stances : The applicant stated, that he was a journeyman wheelwright, and that he formerly resided in Little Ogle-street, Middlesex Hospital. About six weeks ago he had the misfortune to frac Lure his knee-cap, from a dreadful fall ,through treading on a piece of orange-peel in the street. He was promptly admitted' into the hospital above named, where the fracture was reduced, and from whence be had been discharged a few days since. He had nod; however, recovered the use of his limb, and was con sequently totally unable to work, not being even able to walk without the assistance of crutches. Under these painful and distressing circumstances, having neither friends nor pecuniary resources, he applied to be admitted into Marylebune poor house (the parish to which he belongs), but they refused to re ceive him, and the utmost he could get from that quarter was a little bread and cheese. The unfortunate applicant here handed a certificate from the house-surgeon of the institution already named, coupletely corrotiOratin . g the former part of his statement. Mr. Rawlinson having listened to the polr fellow's tale, sent an officer with him to the workhouse, to request that he might be admitted. _ _ They shortly returned, when the officer stated that he had seen Mr. King, a parish officer, denominated an " inspector," who had refused to admit the applicant, on the ground of his having a wite living and able to support him. The applicant solemnly declared, that his wife, t►n far from being able tb keep him, was a homeless wanderer like himself, with scarcely a rag to cover her, or bread to eat. He further stated, that through the calamity which had befallen him, his furniture had all been seized for rent, and lie had not now a place wherein to rest his head, and from his lameness, was in capable of walking the streets all night. Mr. Rawlinson said he could do nothing further for him, the power being taken out of his hands. The pour fellow, who seemed bitterly disappointed, then left the office, with tears in his eyes, declaiing that he did not know what was to become of him. SUMMER CIRCUITS. OXFORD.—Lord Denman, Mr. Justice Williams. NORTHERN.—Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Lord Abinger. HOME.—Mr. Justice Park, Mr. Justice lAtledale. MIDLANM—Mr. Justice Gaselee, Mr. Justice Vaughan. Nottrot.x:L—Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Bolland. NORTH WA LEs.-zMr: Justice Bosanquet. Souri-r. WA LES.-M r. Justice Patteson. WJATF.ap;.—Mr. Baron GuruPy, Mr. Justice Coleridge. TIT ki:IBERA TOlzi.—The Duke of Newcastle, at his held last week at the White Hart, near wyford, di rected that 20 per cent. of the rent paid by his tenants should be returned. This liberal act of his Grace has been duly ap preciated by his numerous tenantry. Earl Beauchamp, at his audit, held on Tuesday se'nnight, most generously'reduced the rents on his numerous estates 15 per ceot.—Carmarthen Jour nal,. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock. The North American Association bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. CORK ELECTION. Mr. Longfield took tt;e - (Whsandhi; seat for the county of Cork, in the room of Mr. Fergus O'Connor. THE. IRISH CHURCH. , Lord CasmFite.Auu presentedapetition from the inhabit. ants of Down, agreed to at a public meeting, praying for pro tection for the established religion of the country. The noble lord, after stating various obstacles that had prevented this pe ti!ion from being presented on an earlier day, and expressing his anxiety that th e f ac t wou ld no t p re vent its receiving that at tention its great importance demanded, proceeded at considera ble length to state the prayer of the petitioners. The requisi tion to the sheriffs to call the meeting was signed by eighty-four individuals of the highest possible respectability; among whom were no less than seven peers, thirteen deputy-lieutenants and upwards of thirty gentlemen in the commission of the peace. The noble lord added, that he believed the influence of Mr. O'Connell was all paramount at present in the Cabinet Cham ber. and he thought the late entrance of Lord M4lgrave into Dublin was su ffi cient to prove that allegation. The SPEAK ER put it to the house, whether it was politic to dis cuss petitions at such a length; he held in his hand a list of up wards of thirty hon. gentlemen who were waiting to present pe titions, but if such discussions were allowed, it would be impos sible fur him to call upon them. Lord MOR PET H was prepared to reply to the speech of the no ble lord opposite at the moment; but as another -opportunity would occur, he would submit to the suggestion of the Speaker. Mr. SH A Rad AN CRAWFORD. then rose amidst loud and con tinued cries of question, question, and proceed. The hon. member then at great length supported the conduct of the ad ministration, and complained of the unfair 'charges that' had been made against the government, and of the conduct pursued by the noblemen and gentlemen who attended the meeting in .question. A long debate ensued, a report of which we must defer until. Tuesday—in which Mr. D. O'Connell positively denied that he had the slightest influence whatever in an public appointment made by the p resen t mi u i s try i n Ireland,y although it had been stated in every newspaper in the country that such was the fact. Indeed hadhe that influence, he should, perhaps, have exerted it differently to what it had been. Nut withitanding, however, he had no hand in the matter, he con tended that the appointments made by the present ministers could not be impeached. The hon. and learned member also, at considerable length, gave a statement of• the circumstances attending the entrance of the Lord Lieutenant, and contended that not one single illegal display was made,. and pledged his professional reputation that no one act of the sort could be proved. Lord Moneeni then rose and said, thit notwithstanding the laudable exertions used by the Speaker to prevent a discus sion on the subject, that discussion had already proceeded to such an extent, that it would be impossible to stop it for seine considerable time. He therefore felt it his duty to make some observations on the subject. The noble lord commenced his speech on the subject of the Lord Lieutenant's entree, and was ou his legs when our reporter left. YORK FREEMEN. (From the Yorkshire Gazette of June 6.) The Sun newspaper of Thursday evening has the following from a correspondent : "PREPARATIONS FOR DISFRANCHISING TILE FREEMEN OF YORK. "Old Ebor, it appears, to pass through the crucible of purification, in consequence of the enormous expenses incurred at the late election. The expenses alluded to are the elec tioneering expenses of John Henry Lowther, Esq., whose, committee has just discovered that the giving away of coals and sovereigns cannot be repeated, or in other...words, that such funds are exhausted. A new scheme, therefore, is proposed. The tories have bought the freemen of York at all prices, till they can buy them no longer, and now they feel the want of their purse-strings, and wish to disfranchise them for the pur pose of preventing a repetition of their own nefarious acts, and it is equally true that they dare nat attempt a repetition of their bribery. Then let the freemen of York ask themselves whether they are Mr. Lowther's vassals or not, and whether he bought them to sell their birthright?" The Sun's "correspondent," it would seem, must be the same wilful fabricator as appeared in the columns of the York Herald of last Saturday. We inserted a_paragraph the sam e day, con tradicting the statement of the Herald's correspondent, and it now devolves upon us to repeat the contradiction to the lie as it appears in the San. We have, however, a little further to say on the subject than we troubled our readers with.last week. The petition which has been 'got up for the purpose of procur ing the disfranchisement of th e f reemen of York, (for we are ashamed to say such an attempt has been made,) is the work of individuals nowise connected with the tory party, or the in terests of J. H. Lowther, Esq. The precious document has met with so little encouragement here that it has scarcely been known to exist, and an almost impenetrable veil of obscurity ens - elopes it; so that it is difficult to ascertain much respecting it. But we understand that this petition had at the time of its getting up been fortunate enough , to obtain about a score of signatures. Of these the three or four names which we have been able to learn are of that class termed "liberal," and from these we may safely conjecture the whole.. We.have once more to assure the public that no such attempt as that of disfran chising the freemen of this city bas been made, no is their disfranchisement desired by the tories of York. It is the mise rable, disappointed, sour-tempered whig-radicals, the defeated supporters of Mr. Barkley and Mr. Dundas, who have been attempting to take from the Yolk freemen their birthright. The men who arrogate to themselves the extreme of "libe rality," and gull the people with ideal pictures of the exten sion of the elective franchise to all classes, are they who now aim at shutting out the poor freemen from a voice in the elec tions of the country. Such conduct indicates a most surpassing degree of impudence. And yet the anti-freemen petitioners lack impudence for one *thing; and that is, to fare out boldly the act they have committed. In very shame therefore of their scandalous attempt they have repudiated the transaction, and attach to their political opponents, the conservatives, the dis credit of their own foul act. The disgraceful motives assigned, by the lying "correspondent," to the tories, whom he falsely represents as the_ia_arents of the petition, are unwort h y of a serious answer. We presume that the petitioners are so sen sible of the vileness of their own conduct that they , feel as if they could devise nothing too base for the purpose of blacken ing the character of the party who have committ e d .t h e the. cri me of obtaining an honourable and generous victory over them. '4 \ - ta THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Last Night but one of the COMIC PANTOMIME." Fifth Night of Miss JOSEPHINE CLIFTON, of the New York Theatre, and th e Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane and Covent-garden, who is engaged fur a Fortnight. Mr. KEAN'S Last appearance this season. present FRIDAY, the 12th instant, will be per- It. formed Shakspeare's Tragedy of RICHARD 111. Richard, Duke of Glo'ster..,....Mr. Kan. Queen Elizabeth Mrs. Stanl Lady Anne Miss Josephi lifton. To conclude with, for the twenty-third ti e, the new grand Comic Pantomime, c d THE MAN IN THE 100 N; OR, HARLEQUIN LUNATIC AND THE EVENING STAR Harlequin Mr. J. Ridgway. Pantaloon Mr. Jonas. Clown Mr. T. Ridgway. Columbine Mademoiselle Marie. TO-MORROW the Tragedy of ALEXANDER THE GREAT. Alexander, Mr. Stuart. Roxana, Mrs. Stanley. Statira, Mrs. Shaw.—To conclude with the COMIC PAN TOMIME. THE LATE MEMBER FOR TIVERTON. Mr. Kennedy, the kind patron through whose intercession the noble secretary of state for the home department has been enabled at last to obtain a seat in the House of Commons, has addressed a letter to a morning contemporary in explanation of his own conduct and motives, and in praise of " the indepen dence" of the electors of Tiverton. The Times abstains in mere mercy, as it says, from commenting upon this extraordi nary productisn. We shall imitate the forbearance of the Times, without Nying any claim to the attribute of mercy, for we confess our inability to add to the impression which some passages of the letter must produce. There is a naivete which has seldom been surpassed in the indifference of Mr. Kennedy to preferment, so far as his own personal interests are concerned, coupled with hi s am i a bl e anxiet y t h a t t h e Ti verton electors should not be defrauded of the grteful acknowledgment which is especially due to them as a constituency who are placed on a higher footing o f i n d epen d ence t h an mos t others, in virtue of the rare distinction of being " situate on no great road or of con siderable traffic." Our readers will not Le so dull, nor Lord Palmerston and his colleagues so ungrateful, as to misunderstand the very broad hint contained in the following passage, which we extract from Mr. Kennedy's letter : "I owe it to that constituency to say that there are few in the kingdom placed upon the same footing as to indep en d ence . Situate on no g rea t roa d , or o f considerable traffic, the rents of houses in the town are of that rate that the constituency would be in other towns of £2O. yearly value, and the extending over a large agricultural district makes it include a portion of gentry and agriculturists, so as to require the fact only to be known to prove their character. Any preferment that may fall to my lot would be as much an acknowledgment to them as it would to me for any services lor any partisan could afford. But I ap prehend it as much the duty of every partisan to consult the interest of his party as it is the interest of the party to secure the support of those who can afford them assistance, and I, for my part, put forward no claim or pretension to any extraordi nary disinterestedness or unmerited. reward."—Memieg- Pest. THE FOUR FOLD STATE OF A WHIG. A NEW SONG TO AN OLD TONE. (From the Waider.) ' When the heart of aln silt is oppress'd with care." When a self-seeking whig is in want of a place, Which, as he wants character, 's always the case, His ends to accomplish, at nothing he sticks— But practises all sorts of dirty tricks. Then up with conservative banners so true, And•down with the whig and the radical crew, And infidel, popish, unprincipled route, Hurrah! for the boys th a t w ill turn them out. When a job-hunting whig is in search of a place, Ile cares not a pin whom he joins in the chase— For theft, blood, or treason he's ever in trim, And rogues of all hues are the same to him. Then up with conservative, &c. When a knave of a whig has got into place— On the foulest of measures he'll put a fair face; He will plunder, or rob, without any restraint, And perjure, or lie, with the Air of a saint. Then up with conservative, &c. A contemptible whig when he's kicked out of place, Dismissed by the King with shame and disgrace— In decent society cannot remain, But to gin shops and stews he retires again. Then up with conservative banners so true, And down with the whig and radical crew— An infidel, popish and blasphemous route, So Billy be handy, and turn them out ! • FASHIONABLE ELOYEAIENT.—A gallant officer on the staff of the late commander of the forces, and the son of a high of ficial personage in this country, has carried off the lovely daughter of a distinguished baronet, whose estates lie in a cen tral county, but who is now resident in Dublin, without the consent of the papa. We believe that in this—the last case pf ".elopement"—love was the sole .actuating motive, far it is un derstood that the lady . has no property in her own right, ;nod upon this point rumour has it that the amorous swain is an per fect terms of equality. The lady's "face is her fortune," and the gentleman's mold is his best, if not his only vatriniony.—Evew mug Mail.—The gentleman above alluded to is son to the under secretary, Lieut. Col. Sir W. Gossett,—the lady, Miss Butler, daughter of Sir Thomas Butler, of the county of Carlow.— S4nders' News-Letter. NOW EXHIBITING, AT THE LYCE BOLD ' STREET, FOR THIS DAY AND To-monno ONLY, THE I ERONLAMp STRON, • OR, STAR-ILLUMINATC TEMPLE, BY AN ARTIST OF TH TOWN. AN extraordinary, original, and tr y brilliant Design, pro duced by a variety of RICHLY ILLUMINATED DEVICES, which form, on the whole, a most SPLENDID and IMPOSING COUP DTEIL. Open from Twelve until Three in the Afternoon, and from Seven until Ten in the Evening. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. trbe iLiberpool eStantiarb. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1835. We have received New York papers to the 17th May, but they contain no political intelligence of any inter est. A steam boat had been blown up and a number of persons killed: and in New York a serious fire had oc cnrred, us usual; but in other respects, the republic had made no other further approach towards a monarchy. The state of the cotton market will be found elsewhere. If we were disposed to treat Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S scheme for i eforming the corporations as a party quest ion, we should be content to accept it as a boon to the con servatives. It is well known that at least one half of the boroughs in England and Wales are managed by the agents and dependents of whig noblemen, or by needy and obscure tradesmen, professing whig, liberal, and radi cal principles. Derby, for instance, as Sir ROBERT PEEL showed, is little better than a political dog kennel to the Duke of DEVONSHIRE. The corporation of London itself has long been a nuisance, the removal of which would give satisfaction to every good man. The breaking up of that abominable system in which Sir JOHN KEY was hatched, and which has been completely under the control of the WOODS, WAITHMANS, HARMERS, GALLOWAYS, Deputy Mws, Deputy FIGGINS, and other worthies, would be a real blessing. Its annihilation would do our heart good; for better men, and honester men, would then have some chance of admission to the municipal offices of the capital. The change would be beneficial in most other places, so that upon the whole we entertain not the slightest doubt that the tories, as a combined party in England and Wales, would be gainers instead of losers by Lord JOHN'S levelling measure. We, however, object to the scheme on principle. It recognises spoliation. It gives the sanction of parliament to a direct and unconstitutional interference with the rights of property, which cannot end with corporations, which cannot be confined to joint stock anti chartered companies, but which must sooner or later take impertinent liberties with the borrower and lender, and lay its rude hands upon the unthinking and over confident fundholder. In our last we offered an opinion as to what we con ceived would be the duty of the corporation of Liverpool, in case the measure of Lord JOHN should be made appli cable to this borough. We took the liberty to suggest that their first act, under such circumstances, si ould be to call a meeting of their creditors. We not only are of the same opinion still, but we go a step further, and contend that the corporation are bound in duty towards their creditors to assign all their property in trust to respon sible parties for the benefit of their creditors. Stich an assignment would be strictly legal, and perfectly justifi able under the peculiar circumstances of the case. If, for instance, the people were to take it into their heads that the present mode of electing the directors of the corporation.of the Bank of England is derogatory to the interests of the nation, inasmuch as these directors can make a rich man a pauper, and a pauper a rich man in a single hour, by a simple operation upon the cur rency; and moreover being convinced of the impolicy of such a system, were to obtain an act of parliament, confer ring upon the ten pound householders or rate-payers of London the right to elect annually the directors of the Bank—what in that case, we ask, would be the duty of the Bank? They would as sensible men probably act in this manner. They would, first, as quietly but as_quickly as possible, sell all the exchequer bills they hold. As the government are compelled to take them at par in pay , ment of taxes, the Bank could not lose much by selling the whole. They would, secondly. discontinue to dis count bills. They would, thirdly, call upon their con stituents to remove their deposits, and the government to repay the money lent to the state. All this would, of course, cause great confusion—thousands of bankruptcies —wide spread ruin—general insolvency, perhaps, ending in the stoppage of cotton mills, the discharge of work ' men, the suspension of all grand undertakings, the star vation of the labourer, the surcease of all the cranks and wheels of industry. What of that? Patriotism deals with principles, not with interests. It battles for rights, not for goods or profit. It would exclaim, " Perish trade !—perish indus try !—perish capital the noble cause of LIBERTY AND EQUALITY !" The bank directors, in self-defence, would reef in, no matter what might happen. The lower class of patriots would undoubtedly suffer—the higher class of patriots would suffer more. Let us see how the interest of one class bears upon another. Sup pose that in London there were a sugar-baker who was an immense patriot, and he had exerted his influence with the people to compel the legislature to pass a measure giving to the tenpounders of London the right to elect the directors of the Bank of England. The bank, deem ing it necessary to resort to the preservative measures to which we have alluded, would, by unsettling public cre dit, make very short work with the credit of thosugar baker. He might be a man of mighty oratory at a bal cony in Shoreditch—at a tavern in Billingsgate—at a re form association in the back slums ; but all this would not prevent a decline in the'price of sugar, or save the lumps. To the dogs he and his concern would probably go ; or, in other and more classic words, he would turn up. What a catastrophe ! A patriotic sugar-baker ruined by his own wilful measures! A patriot reduced from affluence to beggary ! No matter ; it could not be avoided : for the old cry, as he begged a half-crown from a friend, must ring in his ears —perish interests—live liberty ! The low zlass of patriots would harmonie most delightfully with this cry. They would say, affect ing commiseration—" It is true that Mr. BRASSNOSE, or Mr. TENPOUNDS, or whatever his name might be, is a bankrupt, and is hard up for potatoes and small beer; but what of that? What right had he, being a patriot and a friend of the people, to be a sugar-baker ? We want no sugar-bakers. They are the enemies of the operative and intelligent classes. They make a sort of refined su gar for the rich—for the aristocrat's punch, his today, his tea and coffee—they gain a living by pandering to a false, luxurious, and unnatural appetite—they make no sugar for us—on the contrary, by refining, as they call it—by mixing cow blood with slave blood—they produce a bleached thing called loaf sugar, which we patriots never taste ; and in the consumption of the raw material for this purpose, which is downright waste, and an abuse of the blessings of PROVIDENCE, they increase the price of that wholesome and nutritious article which we consume." Tu , ;(l4y we, understand there. is to he a meeting of the reformers and patriots of Liverpool in Clayton square, and we hope that some clear-headed radical vi iil make use of this argument. Meanwhile we return to where we set out. The at tack upon the corporaions by Lord JoxN RUSSELL is not JUNE 12, L 5335. less unjust than that which we have impressed, for the snke of argument, as applicable to the Bank of England. The stranger, the out-dweller, the unfranchised have no more right to participate in the privileges and immunities of corporations than have the shopkeepers of Cheapside, be ing natives of Nottingham, Birmingham, or Carlisle, to participate in the privileges of the shareholders of t! e Bank of England. But as regards Lord JOHN . S bill itis not simply participation. It is robbery. It is not an enlargement of rights—it is a transference of rights, from one party in possessiOn * , to another party not in possession, without consulting the former, and without any compensation to those whose interests are invaded. There are at least an hundred boroughs in England whose united income does not reach that of Liverpool. En this question income and property are everything. When a man is a beggar, or a borough is without reve nue, you do not invade the rights of property by deal ing legislatively with the rights of the lord or the beggar. In simple truth, there is no action, no inter ference, no reform where there is no property. But it is a different thing where property is concerned ; and the motive of attack is regulated by the peculiar position, or the sentiments o f th e p art i es i ntereste d . F or i nstanc e, Liverpool is atta c k e d w hil e L on d on i s l e f t to t h e mer cy of ulterior measures. This arrangement is purely of a party and political nature. It smelleth of whiggerY• London is notoriously a rotten and corrupt borough—it is in the hands of venal and worthless men—it is a sink of jobbing and iniquity. It is spared ! Liverpool, on the contrary, is pure—no man dare assail the honour of its functionaries—against it no charge of corruption can be alleged. These are facts. If London be spared and LiverpOO l condemned by Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S bill, what are Ive to think of the justice of the present government? We have hitherto argued the case apparently agninst the corporation, but one argument, bearing against other corporations, is in their favour. Lord JOHN'S bill does not merely affect us—it invades all settlements, all deeds, all charters, all acts of parliament, all property. To speak plainly, it is a bill of general confiscation—of national robbery. What security has the Bank al England—what security has the national creditor—after the passing of such a bill ? To transfer the rights of freemen to the public, is no more an act of fraud than transferring the incomes of fundholders to the public. If parliament can do the one outrage it can and will do the other. We understand that a public meeting is summoned to be held this day, of certain radical destructives, at the head of whom is Mi. JAMES BRANCKER, and the object of the meeting is to express a vote of thanks to Lord JOHN RUSSELL for the bill which he has introduced in favour of municipal reform. We believe that these ginger -beer reformers are ex cessively annoyed because the conservatives have not op posed Lord JoHN's bill with all the zeal tilat was expect ed. They cannot understand why conservatives should not oppose every measure emanating from that quarter. 'We can tell them that the conservatives are no ene mies of corporation reform, on the contrary they have long wished fur such reformation, and they will do their best to adapt the measure of his lordship to the constitu tion of the - country as far as possible. But we have to call upon the freemen of Liverpool in the most solemn terms that words will admit to abstain from attending the meeting in Clayton•square. They have hitherto, too imprudently and inconsiderately, swel". led the numbers of such meetings, and we implore them, once for all, not to commit a similar mistake to -day. By the corporation reform bill the burgesses of Liver pool are threatened with disfranchisement and degrada tion. Their rights by inheritance and servitude are deemed of no value, and of no consideration in the esti mation of the author of that bill. They are treated as persons whom the legislature cannot recognise as reason able beings; they are cast out of the commonwealth as blots upon its integrity, and are not recognised as form ing any part of the respectable and responsible subjects of the King. These are insults well calculated to raise the indigna tion of honest, well-disposed, and industrious men. We deeply sympathise with them on this trying and unfor tunate occasion. We believe that they are the intended victims of political expediency—that they are sacrificed to the ambition and the love of place inherent in the RUSSELL and the Whig families of England. But with all these insults and indignities heaped upon them by a minister of the crown, we earnestly conjurs them to take no part in the proceedings of this day, to absent themselves from the radical gathering in Clayton square, and to confine themselves exclusively to their ordinary avocations. We urge this upon the burgesses of Liverpool the more earnestly because we have reason to know that, in the course of a few days, they will have an opportunity of publicly declaring and recording their sentiments on the corporation bill of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The meeting of to-day will teach us who are the persons who support that levelling measure ; it will show us how numeroug are the bands who have been sent to this meeting by the Roman catholic priests; and it will instruct the freemen as to the number of aliens who claim the protection of those municipal institutions which it is their object to destroy. Last of all, we conclude by imploring THE BURGESSES OF LIVERPOOL NOT TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN CLAYTON-SQUARE THIS DAY. How is it, we ask, that S' marked a difference should,, exist between the projected measures of Lord JotIN RUSSELL and those of 1401 d BROUGHAM ? The reason is obvious. The ministry whose councils were in fluenced by the ex-chancellor denounced O'CONNELL from the throne—the present ministry depends upon the agitator for its existence. The price demanded for that fleeting and ephemeral tenure is the surrender of the corporations to the democracy—and thus is the govern ment, no longer its own master, compelled, like a spirit less ARIEL, to do the bidding of a PROSPERO mob. every clause of the proposed enactment is the author ship of O'CONNELL visible. Without imposing any the slightest qualification, with no intermediate body cor responding with or framed upon the model of our once happily blended constitution, the appeal is direct to the• people, and to the very dregs-a. the people:---And- the"' municipal institutions of the country will be degraded to the meanest and most despicable level, in which all that remains of honour and respectability will merge for ever, unless men of property, talent, and education unite to stay the evil. The privileges and the immunities of which BACON, and GROTIUS, and PUFFENDORF, and BLACKSTONE:, and ELDON, are the just, the pious, and enlightened advo• cater, are disregarded and set, at nought; and, under a form of government, lauded for its equal protection of every species of property, we now recognise a system of legislation which sanctions the violation of every established right. Property which the law has made exclusively his own is taken from its rightful owner, and given to those whom the law never intended it should benefit. Through the munificence of royalty, evinced in a series of grants from kings of this realm, and by purchase under the protection of their charters, corporations acquired a legal right to, and interest in, their present possessions , and in the profits arising from them for ever, with the uncontrolled power of directing in what manner such profits should be disposed of and applied. Now, although partaking of the indisputable character of loyal immu nities—publicly granted, and through a series of ages publicly respected—these lights and privileges are to be trampled under foot to serve the ends aimed at by a democratical and reckless confederacy. The right of choosing these.who shall be associates with the owners in the goverment of their (nth property; and their purchased, and acquired exempti4cw — no w deemed incompatible -with et:le demanded “equality of rights' -is to be aholislied. %The inacai;einent and the expenditure of the re-venurs of c , ations--bodie s essentially conne, led e.ite the . 1 church—and , until the repeal a thu• test het, sc---are to be; ad , sin Fif an wli ha Mr lici the her ma of to ST, am ide lige mei cup eon ia-c the ver rind hea 3a, . - thri . brc titi4 *Mt ten( lene Peal A 11 nu t llyt • co 1)1,. re P° 0 ti Pr to 'of in Po jui till