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CONTE3IPORART PRESS, • • • They who amnia form an accurate estimate of public opinion tnn4 go beyond their favourite print, be it what it may, or they wi)l\ Cril of supplying. their minds with sufficient data to judge from. A man who contents him seltwith the Ineubrations of only one periodical will soon _begin to think all the world of the same mind with him self and that perioilical on the great subjects of state po licy; and so Will continue to think, till some grand de cision in or out of parliament awakens him from his dream, by showing him that he is even in a swap mi nority. We have no doubt that Timothy East had in, lamed his faCtalties by. partial and factious reading, till he thought every one that should hear the notable ad dress of liiinself and his furious compeers was_ ready to adopt its crirtrageous sentiments. If he had cast his eyes about he might have seen some reason to modify his opinions, even by looking at works published by bodies not very dissimilar to that to which he belongs; let him look, for instance, at the present number of Evan gelical Register. a work, we believe, of c onsiderable circulation among the pious and respectable class of readers with whom its name indicates a connexion. A 5 a proof and sample of the opinions entertained by this body, we present the general public with the following _ . " We pass on to the questions more immediately at issue be tween churchmen and dissenters. In doing so we tunst.not be considered as addressing those thoughtless, inconsiderate ones, who, whenever it may serve their purpose, snake up a majority against the inure sob e r and thinking part of the cummunity h'y leaguing themselves with the most abandoned of our rice; who scruple not to join hand in hand with the blasphemer, the infidel, the Sableith-wreaker, the keeper of harlots, or the sup porters of gaiuing-houses; to such we, as mot tats, despair of adds essing ourselves; they are beyond the sound of our voice; and with our prayers we must leave them in the hands of a just, a holy, and a merciful God. " but there are certain things which a large and respectable body of the dissenters tall grievances,' and which they de sire to s e e removed. Let, us not, however, class among these adinission to the Universities :' they who object to. the con stitution of the establisimient—thev who have withdrawn them-. selves trout her on dectrinat grounds —eau surely have no claim to share in the instruction which that church, as a Oliva, bestovvs on those. who innfter life are to be the•pastors of her flocks, the spiritual guides of her people ? " 'Caere are some, however, who call themselves dissenters,. and who. therefore, in the eyes. of the. world, are one and the same with ilia-e whoare!xestily. tied :trusty, upright and sincere thristians,totergb lesiOliatity in their maides. of expression. but lid less tirm in ine pet formative of their duties—theft are soine o - we say, calling thvutselves disienters, who, not content with the _excitement which a-general election naturally produces, seek to. add fuel to the dame, by intemperate addresses to the legislature: we are referring to the document presented to Sir Hubert Peel from the Dissenting Deputies' at Birmingham, hearing the signature of the ltev. (the Reverend !') Timothy East. What must be the principles of such a deputy as this? Be they what may be, they,are an insult to the bode of dissenters, who, we hesitate not to pronounce, are as intelligent, well-educated, and gentlemanly iu their conduct and deportment, as any class of his Majesty's subjects. The language of this address is that of a spoiled child, who will consent to receive an orange at the hands of its nurse, but spurns at the same gift.' when presented , by an affectionate mother. " But should the dissenters consider that inertness on their part, on the present occasion, might be construed into careless ness, then let them come forward, as one man, with loyal ad ' dresses to the Throne, and the parliament, stating, in respectful yet firm language, like honest men as they are, what they would have. Let them declare that they are not inimical to a church whose existence in connexion with the state is the best charter for their own; let them resolutely set their faces against all crafty and designing partisians and politicians; let Loyalty to our tiing,' Attachment•to our Constiution,' ' The preser vation of rightS civil and political,' be their mottoes, and they shall prosper; yea, and, not they only, but, more than all, the church of God shall peesper; peace and happiness shall be the lot of the nation, as we trust an inheritance incorruptible, tin defiled, and that fadeth not away, shall be hereafter to evcrj individual in it. " Follow not the multitude to do evil!' is a motto which should have as much weight and authority with christiaus now as when it was first uttered. Let us not be misunderstood: it does not follow that the most numerous party in an question is the ' multitude' whom we ought not to follow; else would there be no truth in the declaration, in the multitude of counsellors there is wisdom.' But when we hear of threats and intimidation—when, as in Ireland now, we have it ' death's head and cross bones' at the door of every one who acts con trary to the wishes of sonic, great mischief-inaker—when force, not argutneut, is the order of the day—then that multitude follow not ; scud if you ask us why, we think we have already said sufficient to show that only misery in its utmost extent can be the consequence. But it should ever be borne in mind, that this very anarchy and confusion is the sole object at which des tructives aim : they, we know, exclaim loudly against the charge, but their' noise resembles more the clashing and the . fury of the battle-field, than of men seeking after truth for the truth's sake : they want equality, and they thus want an impos sibility. All men have not an equal degree of wisdom ; the Bible tells of rulers and judges to whom we are to submit our selves, as we have already bad occasion to quot e ; then there are ministeis of God, for whom, if all were equal, there were no need, for then all would be instructors without there being any students under them—the authority of a parent would be as au idle dream ! 'But we refrain : the merest babe may almost see :the absurdity of such a notion ; yes, and it does see—fOr where does it cling to in the. moment of danger and of fear? To that bosom whence it luta already received both nourishment and protection. Once more, we say, go not with. the multitude; and if you thus wait for your rights and privileges a short time longer, you will have been doing evil that good might come ; and your patience having been tried, vou will have had but another opportnnity of glorifying your Gtid and letting your light shine before met."— Tunes. Lu.VDON LAW REPORT. - EXCHEQUER COURT, Tuasoav, FRB. 3. 4 LORD FEURERS T. ROBINS. Mr. Maule (with who.o was Mr. Richards) stated that this, case was brought fur the recovery of a sum of £750, lost by negligence on the part of the defendant. In the month of April, 1832, Earl Ferrers had the intention of breaking up his town establishment in Harley-street; and wishing to sell his furni ture he applied to the defendant, who was the welt-known auctioneer. A valuation was mails by Mr. Robins, which amounted to £lOOO. His lordship held a lease of his house for 21 years, which he entered into an arrangement to sell to a person named Mutt, who was to pay £6O for it and a few fix tures. Soon after Mott made an offer of £750 to the defendant for the whole of the furniture. Robins recommended that the offer should be taken ; hut his lordship in the meantime had , been informed that Mott was not of a good character, and he told Robins that it' the goods were suit to him it must be for cash. Mr. Robins considered that as very improper interiereuce with him, and said that as he had been employed to sell he would conclude the bargain himself ; perhaps Mott might be a s..vin *diet, but he (Mr. It.) was able to deal with hun. On the next day Lord Ferrers was surprised at the receipt of a bill fur £750 from Robins, which he sent back, but upon his representations it was kept till dishonoured. He would prove these facts, and hoed fur a verdict. J. L. Matthews, agent to Earl Ferrer., sail his lordship in 1832 had a house in Harley-street and a large quantity of fur niture, which Mr. Robins was employed to sell. A Mr. Mutt had the lease of the house assigned to him, end he also wanted to have a preference in purchasing of the furniture, but Lord "Ferrers said he would not do anything in the matter, end re ferred him' to Mr. Robins. One day Robins called and said M:tt had offered £750 fur the goods. which he advised should be taken. Lord Ferrers told him that be was informed that. Mott was a swindler, and said he would not part with the furni ture unless he got the money down. Mr. Robins got very warm upon the buiiness, and said that it was an improper interference on the part of his lordship after he had given hint the goods for sale. On the next day Mr. Robins enclosed a bill for £750, with which Lord Ferrers sent the witness back, for he was really in waist of money, and after what he had heard of Mutt he rrfused to take the bill. Robins pressed them - to take the bill, because Mott was a broker, and he was going to put in more furniture cad sell off; that he (Robins) was to have the sale, and would stop the motley. When the hill became due it was dishonoured, and ke enclosed it to Mr. Robins. Some letteri that passed between the parties were then read. - The defendant said it was a provoking affair, but he certainly thought his lordship knew Mott before he assigned over to him the lease of his house. - oss-Csasnineds-sHe took the bill at the express request of Mr. Robins, be.eaase Lord Ferrers was much in want of money, and he took.it to the bankeve, where he got some money upon it. Mr. Kelly, fur the defendant, said the case was one of very great suspicion, considering the slight testimony that was laid before them, and also what might have been given. Lord Fer rers, however, by making the bill his own, deprived himself of all remedy. If the transaction did not meet with his approba tion he would have absolutely refused to have anything to du with the bill. Besides, Mott was actually known to Lou d Fer rets, for he hail actually assigned to hint the lease of his house, and had geld him smite fixtures. It was evident that he trusted him; loaord Ferrcrs was still, liable to the proprietor of the house.for every cevenant in the lease. It was evident that there was ii' mitsteeellection on the part of Mr. Matthews, becatuse. the bill wan nut even endorsed by Mr. Itehins, which they would have insisted upon had they thought that he was responsible for it. However, even though their case were true, he contended that in point of law the defendant was not liable, because the bill became due on the 15th of June, and no notice of its dis honour was given to Mr. Robins till the . 2;th. They. would hear from his lordship that under these circumstances the de fendant was c staled to their verdict. His lordship summed up, and left' it to the jury to say whe ther the bill had ever been accepted by Lord Ferrers or not; ain the evidence was that it had not. The jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff—DaMages £750. CENTIL CRIMINAL COURT, OLD BAILEY. romulmc sr A 7EMALE SERVANT. Isabella Harei, aged 2U, was indicted for mixing a quantity of arsenic with tea with intent to liaison her mistress, EnJabetti Cambridge. Eii za heth Cambridge deposed, that she carried on business as a market-gardener at Tottenham. On the sth Noivember she missed £3. lUs., and, iu consequence of suspecting the prisoner, accused her of the theft. Subsequently she taxed her with the theft, which she co nfessed, and returned the money, promising,. if nothing was said about it, that she would Out do so again. On the fo u nw i, g ,,e,y witness went to market; leaving the prisoner in bed. Witness returned home at twelve o'clock at noon.. Prisoner was not there, which surprised her very much. 'rook her tea at six o'clock. The tea was taken from the canister on the shelf in the kitchen. In about a quarter of an hour witness felt a violent sickness, which gave her considerable p ain. The half-brother of _ the prisoner, a boy named Walker, w ho took tea . with witness, was attacked afterwards. Sent Walker for her surgeon, who, not being able to come, sent his assistant in about half an hour before his arrival witness was much; worse. Sr Warm 4 1: e came i r to o f. her house. u t s h e e . water was administered , which gave h t e i n er s prisoner . on , the Sunday following, w Asked her if she' knew anything about what had been put in the. tea. Prisoner said she knew nothing about it. Asked her the reason for leaVing her house. She said she could not account for it. Saw lthr again in about a fortnight, but could ge t n „ information from her. About a month ago the prisoner again called, stating that she had something to say to witness, as she felt very uncomfortable. She stated that she had met Mrs. Budd, (a lady who sat up with witness,) who had told her all about the poisoned tea. She said that Mrs. Budd had got th; arsenic. and mixed it with the tea, expressing her sorrow that she had not got more to finish the witness. Witness said no thing.to the prisoner with respect to it at that lime. Did net see the prisoner again till she was in custody. Had a male ser vant of the name of Shepherd, who was ordered not to sleep its the house in consequence of miscondUct. Was troubled with rats, and had purchased iirsenic for the purpose of destroing TheprisiMer knew arsenic was kept in the house, and Ind been Cautioned not to mediae with it, as it was poison. Al ter the illneA4 of Witness, Mr. Moody, the surgeon, took a por tion of the tea from- the canister, a neighbour tank anoiher Witness, on portion, and the rest was thrown into the lire. looking closely at the tea, found it quite white: Cross-examined by Mr. Doane—After witness had had her tea, she placed the canister on the mantelpiece. No person . caute into the kitchen till Mr. Moody the surgeon arrived. The priSener, up to the time of the unfortunate occurrence, had been a most honest, hirmless, and good-natured girl—had heard that.' the priSoner had been subject to fits which had impaired her intel l ect—she appeared dull and stupid at times,. hat .could go about her work. John Walker, the half brother of the prisoner, corroborated the testimony of Mrs. Cambridge. Saw Shepherd and his sister talking together on the sth November, but could not hear what they said. On leaving each other, Shepherd said, "good hve•" the prisoner said, "for ever;" to which the prisoner re pile(); "No, not forever." Prisoner was attached to Shepherd. `Witness breakfasted with his wife and went to work; on return ing about half-past eight o'clock he found Shepherd talking with her; he stayed about ten minutes. Witness had occasion to go back for some sacks. Shepherd was just leaving; the prisoner called her back, but on perceiving witness she said " never mind • that will do." He then again went to work , and upon going up to the house for more sacks he found his sister dressed, and upon asking her where she was going, she said she was going to Mrs. Ratcliff's for her mistress. 'I 1;e pri soner did not say she was going to leave, The house was locked up, and the key left in the usual place, under the porch. Had tea' with his mistress, who was taken ill shortly afterwards. In about five minutes witness also felt His mistress desired him to go to a neighhour's, and ask them to fetch a doctor. — Was taken ill on the road side, and while sitting there the pri soner passed . b)% Witness asked her where she was going. She said she - was going home, that she would take the coach, her friends being in Yorkshire. Witness said that hie mistress and himself were very ill, and requested .her to go back to Mr. Cambridge. She said she would not, but would go to her friends ii Yorkshire. JOseph; Fnster, a constable, apprehended the prisoner. — When be did so he told her that she was accused of an a ttempt to,,poi so n her mistress - and her brother-in-law. Did not say:that.jt would be better to tell the truth, but said she might tell biltt anything. The prisoner cried, and accused Mrs. iditlgatin her to commit the act, and of telling her !lOW tn'tltiit:' - 'Aftefthe prisoner hail been examined and re 'mailikid'Strelirsk-ed the magistrate if she might speak to witness in private. This the magistrate allowed. •Witness went with 'hecrittifithPdiltf•roinn, end there she cried, and put her hamt rite h•itness'~'ah~iiilder, sayin allehe hail stated about Mm Budd visas - tatse sbehhtl.dorieir herself; she hail put the a 'settle .into the tea: lied no one else. WitnesS asked her how she could do 'do, when-env knew ber.own brother would take part of it ? She said'She knew it; *as very sorry for it, but could not help it. Shttsal*l4lleihitinilhe arsenic at the lime Walker was,clean ingsbetArrthe.washtletige.-. *Witnt , ss then took ter before the Magistrattt,- and stated what hail passed. , Was present at the last exThrination, when the - prisoner made a Statement, whieh waii" . takin'dovrn in Writing by the magistrate, and read ovorlo Or, when she put her nark to it. Mr. - Moody. a surgeon residing at Tottenham, who attended Mrs. Cambridge, described her symptoms after she had taken the poison-. from was lab-outing udder irritation of stomach, produced from taking arsenic. Mrs. Cambridge's s‘mptoins, however, were so - slight, that hail it not been fur the previous information be had received he should have doubted very much, whether the symptotne she was labouring under did not arise from natural causes. Witness took about two ounces of tea from the canister, whiehe was evidently mixed with something. The tea was sent to town to be tested by his assistance, but he was not iu attendance. There was about one sixteenth part of arsenic amongst the tea. four or five grains of arsenic was sufficient to destroy life. Amongst the tea put into the teapot b y Mrs. Cambridge there was at least forty grains of arsenic. The prisoner said nothing in her defence. Verdict, guilty. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. James Sullivan, a poorirish labourer, applied upon his peti lion to be discharged. The insolvent, in answer to the interrogatories of Mr. Com missioner Bowen, stated that he had becu in prison ever since July last, and all he owed or was claimed against him in the word was £9. He had been sued by a baker named Jones fur a debt of £4 14s. He gave a cognovit payable by instalments, and had paid off the debt and costs the sum of £3 145., so that only El remained owing on the oriinal debt. He was taken in execution in July, and believed £ 9 was claimed as a balance for the debt and costs. Mr. Commissioner Bowen.—And so you have been iu prison six months fur this debt? The insolvent raid it was seven months; his wife had since his confinement been obliged to part with what little furniture he hail, and she had sold sprats to support herself. Mr. Comrassiener Bowen commiserated with the poor fel-. low on his long imprisonment ; he said it was a cruel case, and ordered his immediate discharge. IRISH ELECTIONS. Proceed we now to take a brief and succinct view of the more important' victories which have been gained in Ireland. The city of Cork has rejected Dr. Baldwin and Mr. Daniel Calla ghan, than whom it would be difficult to find a inure factious and-less intelligent psi; and is now represented by Mr. Leyces ter and Colonel Chatterton, men opposed iu every point of view to the ex-members. The borough of Athlone has intrusted the care of its interests to Captain Mathew, a conservative, the ser vices of Mr. Talbot, the late M.P., being civilly dispensed with. Queen's county has cashiered Mr. Patrick Lalor,—an especial joint of the ''tail,"—and has associated a tit and able colleague to the.excellent and amiable Sir Charles Cuote in the person of Mr. Vestry, the son of an exemplary resident landlord, himself a worthy scion of his parent stock. The county and town of Carlow have nobly emulated each other in the election of three conservatives; Mr. Bruen anti Mr. Kavanagh being the repre sentatives of the former, another Mr. Bruen of the latter, con stituency. In the late parliament Mr. Wallace, Mr. Blackney, and Mi.Nigors_. were the " tail" members. Kinsale returns Colonel Thomas, a friend of the constitution, in the room of Colonel tawell, a good officer, but bad politician, Mt. Dixon, the destrdctive candidate, encountering a merited defeat. Car riekfeigni, which was without'a representative before the disso lution, its disfranchisetnent having been attempted by that traprejudived and impartial chairman of an election committee, Mr. Daniel O'Connell, is now defended by Mr. Kirk, a good man anil,trae. Tlv., province of Ulster, ever active and zealous in the good work of loyalty, has not disappointed our expecta ; tions , . The names of Verner, Castlereagh, Conolly, Bateson, Mavveli, and others, whom it is now unnecessary to enumerate, speak in terms too plain to be misunderstood.—Morniny Post. THE DUBLIN PETITION. (From the Dahlia Evening Mail. There Aril/ he a meeting at Morrisson's Great, Rooms, to-mor row, of the friends of Messrs. West and Hamilton, and those favourable to their rdturn. The committee who have under taken to prepare the petition are anxious to meet a more nume rous body of their friends. 'This will be a good occasion of adopting. measures for the registration, and for protecting the tradespeople who voted for the conservative candidates. In ilk speech of yesterday, Mr. O'Connell says : " This I will say, that I . tiave a case such as man never had .against whom a petition was presented to parliament. And evea if I Lad nut, I believe they could not keep use out of the house." _ . Ile knows well he will be turned out, and is making prepara. ions sectudingly. In fact, three O'Connells move—iu 1 uughal, in 'lralee, and in Dublin. FINE ARTS. AMONC, THE NIGGERS.—If we may credit the newspapers, the Religious Tract Society have sent out 150,000 of their tracts. illutrated with wood-cuts, for eistribution among the Diggers. Those who have inspected any of these chef-d' eacres of 'art must be c' n ivinced of the powerful influence they will have in retining the taste of the sable labourers, antLelevating the standard of civilization generally amonf uncultivated tribes. Isscusass OF THE SLAVE Tusaie.—(hxtract of a letter, dated Fernando Po, November 10, 1b.31.) —Yesterday the American ship General Hill arrived here, and reported that there are to the south of the Line '25 slavers; , in Wydah, to the northward Of us, 12 ; .in Bonny 6; in Old Calabar 4; and one in the Cameroons. These vessels will take aaav about 20,000 poor victims. lam further informed that there are 100 sail of slave vessels fitting out fur the coast. We have but one cruiser now on the station, the Lynx, so that the trade of our mer chants will he ruined if steps are not taken to stop these mis creants. Five sale of merchant ships will have to remain at Calabar until next year, for want of cargoes, which will be a great loss to both their owners and the revenue. Exraaoanitsaiiv Musical. CAPACITY.---A Paris paper con tains it curious account of the musical capacity exhibited by an old woman of sixty, wilt) had, from an early age, been an in mate of Salpetrire (a receptacle for lunatics.) A young actress of one of the minor theatres of Paris having become an inmate of the asylum, was impressed with the idea that she was representing sonic character, and sung, danced, and recited by turns. One day the old woman, upon he a ring the actress sing, beat time with' wonderful precision, and appeared highly de lighted. The moment she heard an air she was able to retain it, and•eould hum it over when asked, although she could not spea4aind what is still more extraordinary, an individual 114011 w-sung over au air whcih he had composed off-hand, she i•aught it instantly and repeated it. An air having been play ed ;olsee upon the piano she seemed quite enraptured, and ap kared to appreciate the most striking passages. with the taste au ; finished musician. The head of this woman is said to nuKits, 4li t e4ihrenalogists, for, so far from having the organ of •Inusic strongly iniiiked; she is totally destitute of it. Asieenore oP Geonosi I (I.—lt is related of George 111., that be ('lice came down to Blarkwall to review the troops pre . vitiatly to their embarkation. It was in the middle of summer, ..the Weather was very oppressive, and the sight an unusual one at that end of the town. The concourse of spectators, as might, therefore, be expected was very great. A " jolly tar," a little more than " three sheets in the wind," but " brim full of loy alty," and consequently regardless of all the rules of etiquette or decorum, designed to approach "his Majesty's royal persi • " with a full quart of humlee porter, which he Lad just brought from a neighbouring ale-house. Jack " tongued his quid," unshipped his sky -scraper," i" hitch'd up his canvas.," and hoped his Majesty would Hot refuse to drink with a " true blue." The King, as may be suppcsed, was fur a moment astounded at the impudeuce of the fellow;. lint Jack was not to be beat off," and a second time importuned him to " take a sup." His Ma jesty, finding that the remonstrances of his courtiers were use. less, good-humoureillv took the jug from the hands of the tar, gave fur a toast " The army and the navy," and " drank deep" of the invigorating bsverage; then returning the remains to Jack, IN it " a coin of the realm," desired he would go and buy more, that with his shipmates he might drink success to the campaign, and long life to the Kiug and Queen.—Parochial Magazine. • 'PP-OGRESS OP GLASOOW.—In 1712 . the population was 13,832; iri 1831, 202,426. In 1712, the rental amounted to £7840; in 1831, in the royalty, without the suburbs, to £319.372. In 1712 there were only 202 shops, at from £5 to 10s. ; in 18,31, 3181 shops. at from about 1:250 to about £5. In 1740 the dwelling-, houses of the higher classes of citizens contained only one public room, a dining-room, and even that was only used when they had company, the family at other times eating in a bed room. Entertainments were few and simple; and the dinner ,hoar was one o'clock. The husband went to his business after dinner, and the wife gave tea at four o'clock to her female friends. Shopkeepers locked their shops during the breakfast. and dinner hours. At this period the people were in general religious,and particularly strict the obser vance o f t h e Sab batli so indeed, to an extent th a t was considered by others extravagant and fanatical. There w ere f am ili es who ic of them, did not sweep or dust Chair houses, did nut make the beds, nor allow any fiaal to be dressed on Sundays. The magistrates ' emp l oye d what they called compuryaturs, to peiambulate the streets during divine service, and seize all persons whom they found strolling about. At this period the houses, with few ex ceptions, were coveied with thatch. Entertainments are now given - more frequently, and the mode of giving them is mate rially changed. The va'ue of the tabld service, and the style of the furniture, in the houses of a great number of the Glas gow merchants, are inferior to none in the land.--Neu Edition of the Encyclopedia Brilannica. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. • DECLARATION OF WU RTEMBERG IN OPPOSITION ADDITIONAL ATTRACTION. TO THE PROJECT OF THE DIET WITH REGARD FIFTH WEEK OF LIFE IN LIVEKPO TO 'nu; TRIBUNAL ARBITRAL. • HIS present FRIDAY, the 6th instant, d every Even . ing until further notice LIFE IN LIVERPOO . 'Principal characters by Messrs. Ham nd, Raymond, Mel ville, Simpson, Shaw, &c.' Mrs. Ravnintl, Mrs. Herbert, &c. - I'o conclude with the ropui* Ballet called LissET CE. Principal Performers, Mr. Leclercq, Mrs.;Leclercq, Miss F. Leclercq, Mademoiselles Juliette and Eloise, &c. Tickets and Places to be had at the Box-office, each day, from Eleven till Three o'clock. Doors to be open at Ilalf-past Six o'clock, Performance to commence at Seven. Boxes, 3s.—Pit, 2s.—Gallery, 61. Second Price—Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—No Second Price to the Gallery. Second .Price at Half-past Eight. Tin; Courrier Allemitnd confiruis to-day a piece of intelligence which we had already communicated by means of our l,i•ivate correspondence. The government of Wurtemberg has replied in a satisfactOry manner to the demands made for explanations by the committee of estates with regard to the institution of the tribunal arbitral. Without giving the text of the answer of the government, the Courtier announces that it is of such a nature as to satisfy tho , e who have the least possible favour for the doc trines of absolutism. In spite of this reserve, we have reason to believe that the following mac be given as a summary of the Wurtemlierg declaration :—Thecompetency of the tribunal ar bitral is witubligatory. Before it can take cognizance of any matter in disputeithe states must freely subtuit themselves to its jurisdiction. The interpretation thus given by the government to the liber ticidal declaration of the diet destroys all its fatal influence with a single dash of the pen. ,Its importance, therefore, can not he too strongly urged. It counteracts the bad intentions of Austria and Prussia, who flattered themselves that they had found in the tribunal arbitral a pretext for interfering in the domestic affairs of the constitutional states. The representa tives of Wurtemberg may well congratulate themselves on - the courage evinced by their committee, and their government On its prudence in avoiding the snare which had been laid by the minions of absolutism. THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS present FRIDAY, the 6th instant, will be performed Rossini's favourite Opera of IL BARBI ERE DI SIVIGIAA. The other most celebrated and favourite Oper which will be performed during the season are La Gazza Ira, I 1 Corra din~r, II La Giulietta e Romeo, an a Semiramide, which Operas will be produced under the namediate superin tendence of the Marquis de MuTt -PAPA IBM. Nights of Performance, Monday, rnesday, and Friday. Prices of Admissi on: —L o wer Bo s, 45.; Upper Boxes an I Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. Books, with the words of the Opera , in Italian and English, may be had at the Theatre, price ls. Subscription Ticket (transferrable) for a Season of Two Mouths, 12 Representations each month, £4 4s. The Box-office is open daily from Eleven o'clock till Four, where the Subscribers are respectfully requested to secure their places, and receive their Subscription Tickets, from Signor CAsiet, Box-stfice Keeper. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performance trill commence at Eight precisely. • This is a fresh opportunity to make it manifest how necessary it is for the smaller governments of Germany to repel with energy every sort of interference on the part of the diet in their private affairs. The basis of the federal compact gives too large a share of power to Prussia and Austria to leave anything like independence to the other states in their common deliberations. On the other hand, the desire of those two powers for a concen tration in their favour of all the influence of the confederation is so evident as to leave no sort of doubt as to the way in w hich they would•use the monopoly. '1 he sole protection of the secondary powers of Germany against the encroachments of their two more powerful neigh bours consists in the faithful observance and the progressive development of liberal institutions. Let them abstain from all participation in those intrigues which are resorted to for the purpose of stifling the wishes of the people. It is by such policy alone that they can inspire confidence and attachment in those they govern. To act otherwise, and •to allow the absolute sovereigns of the north to take the anti-constitutional preced , ence they seek for, would be in some sort to make such a de, claration as. this : Despotisin is offered you by Prussia or Austria in a single dose, with all the substantial advantages which necessarily re sult from the principle of unity. As for us, we bring you des potim and arbitrary principles multiplied by six and thirty. and' combined'-with all, the trickery of a petty and. divided . . k. • poltcy. To otnteiibilande the prinr'itle of unity which is prOm iced by the domination of Austria and Prussia, with all its advantages, there.is nothing in the otio-r scale hut constitutional freedom. It is for nations and sovereigns to choose between theta. SPAIN. . . We have received by an express from Madrid papers to the 2fith ult., and a letter from our own cNrespoudent of the 25th. It will be seen by the contents of the latter that public tran quillity has been to a certain extent re-established, but that the state of the public mind was not such as to encourage a hope that it would long remain undisturbed. Our readers are by this time prepared to bear of General Llauder's resignation. He sunk under the task of vindicating the measures and phlicy of his short-lived ministry before the representatives of the nation. It is a pity he was ever removed from Catalonia, where his ser vices were of value, in order to enter into the cabinet, where the brand of discord appe‘ars to have come in with him from the first moment. The fruits of that removal will now probably be irreconcileable enmity on the part of a3ately zealous and ent agent of the government. The portefetiille of the war de- Rpartment has been provisionally intrusted to M. Martinez de la Rosa, who will probably soon have to transfer it to the hands of General Valdes. Another ministerial resignation, that of M. Moscoso de Altatnira, minister of the interior, was expected soon to take plave. We recommend an attentive perusal of our letter from Madrid. It abounds in interesting matter.—Times. GRAVESEND CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY. At the Gravesend conservative society, instituted the 20th of January, 1835, by electors residing within the Gravesend polling district of West Kent, the following declaration was agreed to:— " FEAR GOD, HONOUR TIIE KING We, the undersigned electors of the Gravesend subdivision of West Kent, deem it incumbent upon us, at this crisis, to make an open declaration of our political sentiments, with a view to meet and to counteract the efforts of faction to under mine the British constitution in church and state. We declare our dutiful attachment to the person of our must gracious sovereign, and our unalterable resolution to sup port his majesty to the utmost of our power in the exercise of his royal authority and prerogatives. " We declare our respect for the House of Lords and ourad miration of the wisdom of our ancestors, to which we owe the institution of that august assembly, as the best safeguard against unconstitutional regal power, and the dangers of a paramount democracy. " We declare our allegiance to the throne, and our veneration fur the church established by law, us the bulwark which affords protection to other denominations of, christians against the en croachments of popery; and as the standard of pure christiau faith, which presents a salutary check to the inordinate in crease of sects. " When attempts are making to impair the stability of cuihlic institutions by a reckless clamour for a sweeping reform of al leged abuses we feel that the greatest circumspection is necessary to detect and prevent measures that would destroy or disturb the distribution of power in the mixed form of government under which this empire has attained a proud preeminence among nations, and which secures to every subject of the realm the enjoyment of civil and religious liberty. " At the same time we hail with the highest satisfaction and implicit confidence the assurance of the. first minister of the crown, that, ' if the spirit of the reform act implies a careful review of institutions, civil and ecclesiastical, undertaken in a friendly temper, combining with the maintenance nfestablislied rights the correction of prover; abuses and. the re tress of real grievances, his majesty's present advisers will act in such a: spirit and with such intentions.' " To give effect to this our declaration we enrol our names as members of a conservative society, ready to co-operate with similar societies in other subdivisions of West Kent, for the following objects:— " To promote the election of loyal, conservative, and inde pendent members of parliament for the west division of the county. "Is. watch vigilantly the correct registration of voters', in this subdivision. "To support our conservative representative in his parlia mentary duties in defence of the constitution, and for the pro motion of the interests of agriculture, manufacture, trade, shipping. and commerce, by sending through his hands petitions which will convey our sentiments to the House of Commous upon all proper occasions. " To aid the circulation of conservative principles in order to frustrate the designs of such as abuse the g.orions liberty of the press by the diffusion of false, pernicious., and delusive writings. " Arid. generally to uphold the throne, the church, and the liberties of our fellow-subjects and our own." THE GREAT CHANCELLOR BROUGHAM• The blunders and ignorance of Lord Brougham as Lord Chancellor are daily developing themselves. We have already exhibited three cases, in which either the most shameful care lessness or woeful inability has been detected and exposed- in open court. This week comes another. eoutur or CHANCRRY.—MONDAY. Mr. Burge applied to the Lord Chancellor to grant a re hearing in a case, the name .of which was not mentioned. It had been fully argued before Lord Brougham, and that learned ju Ige bad disposed of it, but in a manner so unsatisfactory to his clients , _ that they felt ; compelled to make this app licati o n. 17w late Chancellor had in this, as well as in several , other cases, declined to pronounce judgment in open court, but satisfied his.con science by endorsing on the copy of papers handed to the court the .words ",Judgment reversed," or "judgment affirmed," as the case might be. Of this short-hand mode of di.posing of mutters of great personal importance his clients naturally cumplain,d The learned gentleman was proceeding into the detail of the facts o f the case when he was stopped by the Lord Chancellor, who said the application must be blade on the next seal day. it Was al. tovther irregular to take motions to-day. These are no " quirks or quiddits,"—tiaese are no jokes about his madness, or his nose, or his drunkenness, or any Of those things in which the looser sort of vituperators deal. 'Here are facts—reports from the courts—facts involving the fate of suit ors, the property of individuals, the interests of families. It really.is monstrous, and more monstrous than all, that the man, who, being turned out of the office which be never had the ca pacity to fill, and for which, as is notorious, Lord Grey never intended him, should be lauded up to the skies for having done such a wonderful deal of business in the court, arid cleared it of arrears. \Vhv, so could any body, who wrote judgments with out ever opening a case, and who, when he did give a judgment in court, delivered it from a paper not written by hit - used. The extent of mischief this eccentric person has done is not yet known, nor can it be ascertained at present ; but we have rea son to believe that, as time rolls on, discoveries will be made, which will perfectly astonish the innumerable dupes of the no ble and learned (by courtesy) editor of The Penny - Magazine.— Juhn Bull. [A statement is now going the round of the Londoti•clubs and saloons, that the ex-chancellor has written to . Mr. Chitty, the celebrated pleader, for his opinion as to whether lie .( Lord Brougham) can or cannot resign his peerage. To suppose for a moment that the noble and learned lord has done so is. to sup pose him utterly ignorant of the •cobstitution of • the British peerage. A peer cannot un-peer himself. ' The present Earl of Berkeley calls himself Captain Berkeley, but, by an order of the House of Lords, was compelled to sit and vote on the trial of Queen Caroline. if the -noble and learned lord be really anxious again to become Mr. Henry Brougham, the three estates of the realm will, no doubt, oblige - him by passing an act reliev ing him from the disagreeable duty of sitting in the House of Lords, or of receiving-his live thousarid a-year as ex-chancellor. , A great deal too much has been said about. this splendid quack. ' There are other matters of much greater importance Which ought to wimpy the attention of the public.—E. L. Si THE CHURCH BELLS. The following Lines were occasioued by hearing a person; who should be respectable, express a wish that the Church might if it were only to stop the noise of the Bells. "Those village bells, those village bells, llow many a tale their music tells," Are the bells of the village to chime no•more, When the cottager clean. repairs, With the'ferwur of holiness in his soul, TO the blessed Sabbath's players? • Is the p' al for the wedding no more to ring, ' • • . When the snow clad bride appears; Like the morning star through a misty cloud, i More beautiful n her tears? When the heir of the house we have loved so long First opens his eyes on day; Shall the bells that have rung for his ancestors cease, Nor ring him a roundelay? At:d oh! when the train of the mourners walk By the corpse to its last lung home; Shan the place that was loved by the dead, when alive, Not echo the passing bomb? Oh yes! and that mind must be selfish and bad 'That loves nut the church and bell; Deaf, deaf must that ear be, and cold the heart, To whom they no story tell. 0. W. B. Warrinyton, Feb. 3, 1835. • TO. CORRESPONDENTS. We are under many ;obligations to numerous correspondents for their inter e stiug..instructive, and eveu amusing letters on the suhject of the controversy which engaged our attention last Friday, and we thank them. But they must see that if we were to insert their communications. now that the man is humbled and exposed, it would look like vindictiveness on on: part. We have no ivish to trample on a fallen foe. • We were attacked and we -resented, but We' have no desire to '• slay the slain." M. M.'s letter on the railway .is a curiosity—but it will keep. The . expostire must come. 'rbt Eibcrpool *tanbarb. -------- --- - FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1835. From Neer York we have advices to the 17th January. The following, which will be read with interest, is from a New york paper of the 16th January : FIVIA MARA Nlll%l.l.—We learn from Mr. S. B. Harper, who arrived here yesterday from Maranham, via St. Thomas, having left the former place 18th November, that business of all kinds was completely at a stand, owing to the distressing state of the currency, caused by the introduction of counterfeit copper coins from the United States by individuals, until the whole country had been completely inundated with , it, and having at length arrived at such au alarming extent, the provincial go• vernment of Maranham adopted measures for the redemption of the amount then in circulation. They accordingly issued an order that all holders of copper then in the province should de posit it in the public treasury by the Ist of December, for which provincial receipts should be given, and they be redeemed by government paper to be sent from Rio de Janeiro, for that purpose; and the copper, when redeemed by the government, to be stamped and reissued at one-quarter its original value, and the receipts of deposit, from the time of their being issued by the treasury department, were to be made a legal tender in all payments, custom-house duties, &c., &c., until the final redemp- tion by the paper currency to be sent from Rio de Janeiro. The merchants and residents generally, having confidence in the declarations of the government, made heavy sales of goods in anticipation of this paper ; and, also, bill transactions in England to a large amount, and at an advance of 4d. per millrea. Five days only were allowed to elapse after the issuing of these re ceipts, when the government ascertaining that they had already received into the public treasury upwards of 800,00011000 of copper, immediately issued an order to the collector not to re ceive the paper in payment of duties, but exact three-fourths in silver as formerly, and the remaining one-fuurth of it in copper, at the new valuation, (which was one-fourth of its original.) The consequence was, that the foreign merchants (particularly English) who had made heavy transactions in anticipation of this paper became possessors of nearly the whole of the amount issued. They immediately waited upon the president, and re presented the tendency of the measure, but received no satisfac tion or guarantee, and, consequently, had made application to the general government at Rio de Janeiro fur the redress which they sought. Produce cannot be ottained, except at very high prices. Cotton has risen from 8111.100 to 1011000 per arobe of 32 lbs.; hides from 135 to 160; silver 95 per cent. premium; bills on England 29d. per millrea; flour w ould not command mere than 1611(XX) per barrel, which was the highest of either of the two last arrivals trom .the United 'States, payable in treasury re ceipts. Rather than accept this merchants preferred doing no business until the Currency should become more settled, as at present no value can be placed upon it. O'CONNELL summoned his wretched slaves to a politi cal meeting in Dublin on Sunday last, and addressed them at great length on the various topics which produce agi tation, engender malice, and lead to murder. How long will the protestant people of these realms be insultc.. by conduct alike harrowing to their feelings and audaciously sinful in the sight of the Mon' HIGn ? Is it any excuse to be told that the catholic religion does not favour ausr terity on the christian Sabbath, but rather recognises it as a clay of festivity and recreation—a day of joy after the rehearsal of a mock atonement ? We do not quarrel with the Roman Catholics about their doctrines or their peculia- observances; but the protestant subjects of the King ought not to be exposed to the pain of witnessing exhibi tions which are too public to be concealed, and which it is the duty of the civil magistrate to suppress. Why is it that the Jews are not allowed to open their shops on the christian sabbath ? Simply, because the laws impose on all men the duty of paying at least an outward respect to the religion of the state. The laws of Ireland, as well as the laws of England, are part and parcel of the pro testant religion, and it must, therefore, be the fault of the magistrate if they are respected or profaned more in the one island than the other. The Jews are compelled to respect the laws, and dies- bold in regard, at least to the extent of exterior forms, the religious observances of the people of England; and among the respectable Jews such a decorous respect for the feelings of others would naturally be the result of their sense of propriety. In deed we do the Jews nothing more than justice when we assert that no people on thti face of the earth are more observant of the forms and institutions of those among whom (alas for their Zion !) they sojourn as strangers from a far, far land: The Jews never violate good feeling, never lacerate the tender conscience, never insult us on the Sabbath. Neither do the Roman Catholics of England. An Eng lish Roman Catholic is as different from an Irish one as an Irish priest is from A good old English gentleman, all of the olden time." Travel England, from " merry Carlisle" to the cliffs. of Dover, and you will not find an English catholic who would not deem himself mortally affronted if he were classed with the O'CONNELL and WHALE catluilics of Ireland. On the contrary they are all almost universally loyal, and welhdisposed, and intelligent persons. We have, it is true, a few thousands of the exports of Ireland in these manufacturing districts, who are lawless enough in their way ; but they are soon tamed on this side of the water; they speedily become conscious of the superiority of our habits ; and they progressively adopt them with out knowing by what unseen influence so great a change is produced. Even in London, where the population, from being more concentrated, and more numerously in termixed, are less under magisterial restraint than in other parts of England, we see no such daring and shame less acts of Sabbath profanation as we do in Ireland. Even the scum of London have some sense of decency. The very pickpockets and loose characters of every de scription who haunt the metropolis abstain, to a very considerable extent, from pursuing their professional avo cations and their career of guilt on Sunday. JOSEPH HUME may or may not go to church or chapel on that sacred day—TOM DUNCOMBE may or may not visit Mr. Wri,xs at the Tabernacle •On that day—Mr. WAELEY may or may not attend on the ministry of the "Devil's Chaplain"—and various other equally eminent person ages may or may not listen to the disgusting reveries of that poor snail of a cockney philosopher, Mr. CARLILE— hut who ever heard of these people, or any class of them, holding political meetings regularly on Sunday ? Who ever heard of a political gathering on the Sabbath of the great unwashed, of the unchanged and unchangeable radical rabble of London, at the Croum and Anchor or the 'form of Kennington ? They are mad enough, and vile enough, and capable of outraging manners and mo rals to a considerSble extent; but they have never yet laced to hold their political orgies on the Sabbath. They know well that, even if permitted, the religious feelings of the whole conimintity would revolt at the audacious profanation, and, that low as they are in public estima- don, they would sink lower still, even to the deepest depths of infamy, if they were to hazard so obnoxious an experiment. It is not so in Ireland. That is a land over which, for wise purposes no doubt, and for reasons we may not7-we must not attempt to penetrate—divine PROVIOENCE has Irawn a dense cloud—shutting her out as it were from the pale, and the sunshine, and tLe intellectual effulgence if other nations—confining her to an almost unknown and untraversed island, like the fallen Emperor of France to St. Helena—leaving her to the purgations ofcrime and the stings of remorseL—tuaking her fertile fields the jungles of proverbial ignorance—her farm-steads the blood-marked retreats of guilt and the hitting places of the murderer— and raising her to unenviable notoriet y as if to make crime the ladder of patriotism, by presei:liing one of her most lawless, unprincipled, and sanguintiry sons from the gallows or some violent death, so justly'his due—and in the midst of abundance causing famine, by permitting the indulgence of unhallowed passions, and allowing demoralizalion, anarchy, and violence : to sap the very foundations of social existence. Such is Ireland. The de- mon who curses it is O'CoNNELL. He has been raised, like the " besorn of destruction' alluded toby the pro- phet, to do certain work. When it is, done the besom will be flung into the fire. That day ;of final doom is fast approaching. He is now an old man ; but his crimes are fresh and his promises and menace more su. We can gather from his dejected harangues,that be is consci ous of his downfal. He weeps over hii, own coffin. He may not perish by the hand's of the public executioner, but the infamy which will be inkfibed on his tomb will be as. lasting and as inglorious-as pk,i,eor(is of Kil mainham. So much for DANIEL OCoNsmu! We now turn to another subject, and it also has re ference to Ireland, for we believe that utttil the affairs of that distracted and degruded country are effectually and finally settled, there is no, use id boasting of the rowers of England. Ireland is now a drag upon us; the incumbrance must be removed before . we can move on • wards easily, as prescribed by our interests and our duty. Sir ROBERT 'PEEL'S . adminittration'trust perform the work,' or. SFr ROBERT PEEL'S governMent cannot stand. We like to be candid on these matters; because our principles being founded upon truth, ' observation, and experience, and proved by late events, are to us fixed stars in our political creed, by which the wise men of England have .hitherto steered, while those who have discarded them have made shipwreck. The principles to which we allude have their founda tion in religion. What has raised England to so unri valled an efevation in the scale of empires, and made her in virtue and in arms the Queen of the earth, the " envy of surrounding nations?" Her reverence for truth—her attachment to the pure faith of the protestant church. From this has sprung all her virtues and her noble deeds. She was among the first of the kingdoms of Europe which burst the chains which popery had riveted on the world— she was the first to embrace the gospel in iti . simplicity, and frame her laws under the sanction of divine revela tion. Since that hour she has prospered ; or, if occa , sionally a blight came over her growth, it was only at those periods when the people had departed from their adherence to the church, and, misled by spurious liberty, had assailed the altar and the throne. With these ex amples before our eyes, we sincerely trust ;vat no King will ever reign in :England, and no ministry.be tolerated who would impair the usefulness of our religious 'este, blishments, .or give countenance to that idolatry which is a curse wherever it prevails. We throw out these hints in order to meet a question which is daily gaining ground, and we fear is gaining converts, namely—the expediency of affording a provi sion for the Roman Catholic priests of Ireland out of the public funds. This would, indeed, be a revival of the unhappy measures of James II.; for, disguise it as we might, it woo X be neither more nor less than a direct encouragemeneof popery. The Standard very properly puts it, when it says that a pension to etre priest would make three priests ; and that, so loneasi single shilling could be drawn from the Purse of England, there would be a corresponding increase in the number of those who come out of Maynooth, and spread: darkness and desola tion where they go. A dissenting clergy Man of thename qfMASIE has recently published some statements, founded upon careful ands accurate calculations,'. showing to .what extent the Rom ish'priesthood are a burthen upon-Ireland. They are curious, and merit the elosesrattention. We give them as wefind them in our London contemporary : " As to the income of the catholic churth, Mr. Massie said he had, though with great difficulty, obtained important par ticulars. Annual confessions, £300,0(); christenings - , £33900 ; extreme unction and burials, £ti0,000; marriages, £350,000 funeral services and prayers for the dead, £60;((X); a variety of other sources, producing about £22,500; the Royal College of Maynooth, £9OOO, (a government grant ;) other.particulars were named, making together, £1,426,000, as the annual revenue of the clergy of six millions of people. • The incomes of the bishops averaged about £BOO, but some had £5OO. and others £l2OO per annum. Every bishop held two livings : he received from each rector £2 per annum, and he made up the rest of his income by the sale of all the oil used in anointing, Which oil he had the sole right to bless." As to the education of the Irish - priests, and their com petency for the cure of souls, let the following facts answer : " Mr. Massie then referred to the mode of education adopted in the popish colleges. The students were uniformly lectured in Latin, and instructed in Romish theology. In those lectures various books were referred to, hut not produced, or put into the hands of the students. No student was allowed, on pain of expulsion, to take a single book into his study, which had not been duly inspected by the dean ! They were not allowed to talk to each other, except iu certain li•airs, when some of the superiors were present. The students were chiefly aspiring sons of humble labourers or small farmers; their views of society were generally very contracted, aud the books they were allowed to read were, .for the most part, in doggerel, or church Latin. As to the schools of Ireland, they were numerous. About one in every ten of the population were receiving instruction of some kind. But the books put into their hands in most of the regular schools were either unintelligible, or of the most silly and un useful description, such as the History of Romulus and Remus, and the Seven Giants." Here, then, we have the bane of Ireland placed in the most conspicuous form before us. It appears from this that nearly one million and aha f . af money is extorted annually from the wretched peasantry of Ireland, in order to perpetuate their igriorance and their misery. Talk of the Irish church, indeed, being a burthen ! We have it on the testimony of Lord ALTHOP himself, that the whole revenues of the Irish church do not amount to £BOO,OOO a-year, and we all knovetliat these are princi pally derived from property which li jit elongs to protestants. Father CROLY, too,. has told-us , that h`ettiurproportion of the revenues of the priests is extorted fenin the peasantry in an unlawful manner, and contrary to the rules of the Roman Catholic church. In. fact, people are robbed by those who should set them an example in piety, mo rals, and fair dealing. It is from the root to the branch a system of gross fraud. How - can we wonder, then, that tha people are demoralized, When we see them in such hands, the victims of such rapacious tyrants, who estimate the worth of eternal salvation at so many shil lings, Open or shut the door of wrath for the difference between a pound and a guinea, and send the mourner away—a hapless mother, perhaps, who, soliciting a mass! for her expiring child, brings a sixpence less than the three half-crowns exacted ? Oh shame! that in our land such atrocities should be committed in the name of chris tianity ! In India we are blamed for tolerating Inman sacrifices ; and Dr. LUSHINGTON defends the cruelty ; but are we not platy of as black deeds at home ?. Is robbing the poor no crime—is cheating the ignorant no sinis plundering the widow and the orphan in tears no violation of the laws of Goy ? We contend they are foul Wrongs conitnitted in Ireland with impunity, and that the punishment for the wrong must fall.on the nation which permits it. Perhaps we shall be told that the people of England are not parties to the guilt. We assert THEY Atm! They have the power to prevent it; but they do not exert that power. What have we high officers of state for—what a system of laws—what a King, what a minis try, what a parliament for—but to defend the pour, and protect the ignorant, and drive from every corner of the land those who make pricstcraft the medium of fratid and spoliation ? We shall also be told, perhaps, that there can be no fraud where the fees are voluntary• We reply they aye not voluntary. Mr. CROLY, himself a priest, confesses that the fees are exorbitant, oppres- sive, unrecognized by the canons and rules of the church, and are enforced by the withholding of religious ordinances, or the more terrible impiety and blasphemy of denouncement from the altar. Can we have better evidence than thatof one of themselves, an honest man, whit has been provoked into a reproof of his brethren by the enormity of their conduct ? Can we have better evidence of the unhallowed influence of the Irish priests than their conduct at the late election—in their leading mobs waving the cross over their heads—in their threa tening the pains of hell against those who dare to dis obey their orders—and in their reliance upon drunken ness, violence, and superstition, in order to advance their pernicious objects? No; the thing is too plain to be mistaken—the iniquity too glaring to be concealed. And yet there are men who think that by pensioning the Irish priests we might succeed in making them loyal, peaceable, and well disposed. It is an idle dream! We might as well think of stilling the roar of the Atlantic, by throwing upon the awful surge a few drops of Father M'HALE's anoWing oil, or a few drops of holy water. For every priest we bribed—for that is the word after all—a new agitator world be found—a wider month we'onld gape—a more daring incendiary would arise. That is not the way to give peace to Ire land. There is only one way, and that we leave to be found out by his Majesty's ministers. CROMWELL un derstood it well. Reform the church by all means ; but those who cry loudest for reform - stand most in need of it themselves. We have before us two very singular documents. The Washington papers of the 15th January contain a report of the proceedings in the senate of the United States relative to the warlike message of President JACK SON and the claims of the republic upon France. On the 14th of January, the, senate unanimously adopted the following resolution :—" That it is inexpedient at present to adopt any legislative measures in regard to the state of affairs between this country and France." This, then, puts an end to the war for the present year, at least. The President, like the dog in the wood, barked at his own echo. We suspected from the first that Mr. President had no intention to fight. He threatened hastily—be even sent a message quite hero- ieally ; but. like Other swaggerers, he knew that there would be no fire. He had confidence in the discretion of his friends who would take care to bind him over to keep the peace. The senate has acted the part of the conservative justice, and the General's arms are tied up. The senators are his bail, and he will not be permitted to shoot Louis PHILIPPE, even if he were disposed to make the attempt. On the other hand, the French government are going very coolly and deliberately to work, for the purpose of proving that they do not owe the money which the Ame ricans claim. 'They have already published some very extraordinary papers on the subject, in which the con duct of some of the representatives otdiplomatists of the republic do not appear in the most favourable light. France contends that she is not bound to make Compen- cation for any losses sustained by the citizens of the United States,' except for those sustained subsequent to the revocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees. On or about the year 1812, the Americans preferred a claim against BUONAPARTE, on account of alleged losses, which they estimated at thirty odd millions of francS. The Emperor. however, was not the man to pay before he examined the account, which he submitted to his'minister, M. de BASSANO, for consideration. BAa- SANO reported that the Emperor might owe the citizens of the United States some .thirteen millions of francs, and that at the maximum , their claim could not exceed eighteen millions; but thete was no promise to pay the money given or..;demawled. Afterwards, however, a mode of settlement was proposed by the Ameriaan envoy of a rather suspicious, but truly characteristic We give it in the words of the Paris correspondent of the Standard:— "M. de Bassano advises the Emperor, in order to satisfy these demands, to avail himself of the treaty for the cession of the Floridas between Spain and the . United States (which proposal the latter power rejected.) But at the same time ho suggests• another mode of indemnity, which had been proposed by-seine American 4.'oi:ens, and secretly sogyested by the ambas sador, Mr. Barlow. This was to grant to American merchants eighty licenses to bring into France American produce ' with a drawback of one -fif th of the French custom duties. M. de Has san° was strongly opposed to this measure, which he regarded as a mere private speculation, to which the American minister in France could not be a party. He proved in his report that this plan would in fact amount to granting to the holders of these licenses a sum of forty-two millions of francs in order to meet a gross claim of thirty millions, and which M. de Vicence had re duced to thirteen millions, or at any rate to not more than eighteen millions." Honest—honest lacm! The claim• of the American citizens, so ostentatiously put forward, were to be satis fied b► giving a jobbing preference to some eighty American merchants in the French markets. The am bassador of the United States is openly accused in an official document, beautifully preserved, of endeavour ing to job the claims, and sink them altogether, pro vided that some four score honest citizens were per mitted to drive a .roaring trade in cotton and other produce under a special "draw back of one-fifth of the French custom dutie,s." Worthy Mr. I.3AnLow ! No doubt the President, the secretaries of state, the speaker of congress, and perhaps one or two of the judges, and a few generals and colonels would have been sleeping partners in the speculation. It would' have been a de lectable job. Forty-two millions of francs in one yew's work—what a sum ! It would have bought the best province in the union, and established a bank capable of paying a fifty pound bill in genuine hard cash of silver lor gold. BUONAPARTE, or rather his minister BASSANO, did not like the transaction. It did not look well—it had an un savoury odour—it had about it something like the taint of swindling—and he, consequently, did not comply with the ingenious suggestions of Mr. Citizen BARLow. From that day, down to the 4th July, 1831, the Ameri cans made no progress in their negociations. They did not menace NAPOLEON with a war upon the ocean. They knew he had not a single ship at sea. They contented themselves with negotiation—with long, dull, thy pa per discussions—with ponderous arguments which, of course, BUONAPARTE never read—which LOUIS XV 111. delivered over to his cook—which CHARLES X. laughed at, and which LOUIS PHILIPPE was induced to recognise and respect in a moment of great embarrassment. The question still remains, despite the treaty of 1831, as far from being adjusted as ever. It is clear to us that France..will not pay the twenty -five millions. She may agree to some ten Or twelve . mililons, hut even:that is doubtful. At any rate, Mr. ,President JacKsozs. has de clared that it would be derogatory to the honour and in dependence of the United Statesito accept one sows less than the sum stipulated in time unexecuted treaty. The senate refuse to respond to his wishes and declarations, and, therefore, as all his menaces fall to the ground, the French will take care to pay as little.as possible. The very intelligence we now communicate will induce Own' to drive a hard bargain, and compel the President of the United States either'to eat his words or retire from the undignified situation he holds. This last, we take it, will be the result. The following contains the latest news from Washing ton on the subject : PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. Wednesday, January 14. SPECIAL ORDER.—The question being on the resolution that it is nut proper, at the present time, to invest the President with such powers, Mr. Clay arose and addressed the Senate upon the subject at large. Mr. King, of Georgia, offered to amend the resolution by limiting the delay of Congress to act to the time when farther information should be obtained from France. Mr. Clay proposed a substitute for this amendment nearly in the words, " that it is inexpedient at present to adopt any legislative measures in regard to the state of affairs betAN sea this country and France." The amendment prevailed, and, after a desultory discussion, The resolution as amended, was adopted by yeas and nays, by a unanimous vote, only one senator being abseut. Notice of a prosecution has, we hear, been served on the pro prietors of a Sunday paper, on an alleged charge of having tent the title of their paper to an unstamped sheet, containing mothing more than a bookseller's catalogue; and for having afterwards rausmitted the same under covers, endorsed with the name of the newspaper, by post, to all parts of the kingdom. —rverriny trope-rt. THE LIVERPOOL STikANDARD. FfSIMARY 6, 1836