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APRIL 24, 1535. - . . tlk border." If they can bear such indignitie.s. without *;ll eing, and without resenting them, we :cad have no °Mink with them. They are the authors of their oWu degradation, and we wish them joy ! We are gLid to learn that Lord MORPETII will be seri °leg and successfully opposed in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Mr. BRAIDLEY'S canvass for Manchester proceeds most ProsperouslY, and. there is every chance of his success. If so, farewell Mr. POULETr TnomsoN! lie envies, or Mr: litist 'wh-Om he 'hates. -Latd.:p4L &EASTON, the foreign secretary, we - would willingly pass by from feelings of:cbarity: He is of the class tory acting upon whip principles, the most inane and supei ficial of • any race of modern statesmen. He and CHARLES GRANT, now a lord, are only tit for the blanket in which SANCHO PANZA was tossed. They -have be longed to all parties, conferring no favour, and reflect ing no honour upon any. Cant is the subterfuge of the one ; affectation the reliance of the other; hypocrisy, imbecility, and subserviency the refuge and the charm of both. With such men in a cabinet, England must be hard run, even to death's door, for statesmen and patriots. Need we ask what claimS has Mr. POULgTT THOMSON to talent of any kind ? If we may judge from the few letters of his which have occasionally seen the light, from mistake, he has been singularly 'neglected in his educa tion. He is a rabid hater of the institutions of the church, and hence the deep interest taken in him by the unitarians of Manchester. To them he owes every thing; but are unitarians the only people who have votes or possess influence in Manchester? Shame on the churchmen and conservatives.to allow a town of such wealth and importance to be in such bands! The reform bill has marked out a new but curious road to the kerage.- Honours are now conferred by the King for defeats. Had NELSON been rewarded in this way, he flever would have reached the lowest order of knight hood. It will be remembered that when Squire WESTERN was defeated in Essex, he was immediately elevated to the peerage by the whiffs. Baron DURHAM, when beaten and turned out of the cabinet, was instantly created an earl. These delightful precedents. have been followed Within the last few days. Mr. CHARLES GRANT, having no hope of being returned for . Inverness, is to be created a baron of the very place where he is despised, and be fore the electors of which lie is afraid or ashamed to show himself. Lord .PALMERSTON is to try his fate in Lord CARLISLE'S rotten borough of Morpeth, and if he suc ceeds no honours await him for the present; bur if de feated lie also , is. to be forked up to the peerage, perhaps as Viscount CUPID, Baron PROTCCOL, of Dunce, in the Marches. This certainly is a most convenient ladder to the lords. The more a man is kicked and spurned in a bad cause, the higher is the honour conferred upon him. By tins whin rule, if Manchester were td do its duty Mr. POULETT THOMSON would ha've a fair chance of gaining a.coronet. What title shall we give him Suppose we "3' Baron RAFT, of Oatlands, in the county of Syrey, or Viscount FUSTIC, of Manchester, in the county of Lan ttieter ? It would be irreSistibly. amusing to see Mr. 14OULETT THOMSON a lord; the very railroad would t • :4 With respect to SPRING RICE, Lord MORPETH, and Mr. ROLFE, the new Solicitor-General, we turn them over to tha Times, which treats them as follows: "In the first place, let us take Mr. Spring Rice. That gentle man started three or four years ago as a joint Secretary of the Treasury : last year he continued to fill. the same post, when suddenly he was promoted to the office of Secretary for the Co lonies, in the place of Lord Stanley ! and now we find him ap-' pointed to succeed, in the office of ChancellOr of the Exchequer, no less a person than Sir Robert Peel ! ! Were the sponsors of the new Chancellor of the Exchequer prophets when they named him Spring Rice? In any case, nothing can be more ludicrously absurd than such a change, unless it be that the Duke of Wellington, the most experienced diplomatist in Eu rope, is made to give way to Lord Palmerston, or that one of the most celebrated lawyers at the bar, Sir W. Follett, is dis placed for one of the least knOwn, even by name—Mr. Rolfe? , And so runs the - change almost throughout. ',Ord Lyndhurst, probably the 'first judge in the empire, is laid aside with a pen- Sion of £.5000 a-year, though . Lord Grey publicly declared in the House of Lords that there was no judicial office ►which Lord Lyndhurst would not adorn, and none, therefore, which he as prime minister could hesitate to urge him to accept. In Ire land the case is, if possible still more lamentable than in Eng land. Sir Edward Sugden, one of our best, if not the best, real property lawyer, and a man of the largest experience of any practitioner in equity, is ousted in favour of the testy and offensive Lord Plunket, who, however his organs of acquisi tiveness may be developed, has not yet given the least indic3- tion that he has possessed himself of the necessary qualifica tions to administer, with satisfaction either to the suitors or to the bar, the business of the court he is called upon to preside over. Last, but not least in foolishness past all description, is the selection of Lord Morpeth as the successor of Sir Henry Hardinge. The latter is an old soldier, well versed in state as well as in military affairs, from his earliest years,—au absolute model of a man of business—experienced, shrewd, and firm; — while Lord Morpeth, with the best possible intentions doubt less, is nevertheless a mere schoolboy in mind, though he is a man in age and stature,—without experience in business of any kind,—and no more fitted to stem the tide of Irish turbulence than he is capable of swimming the Irish sea." Mr. SPRING RICE, too, what iste to gain? That will depend upon the treatment he receives at the hands of the electors orCambridge, If they return him once More, and from time to time, they will 'do the right ho nourable gentleman a serions injury.; lie will remain a commoner for life. We hope the gcrod-people of Cam bridge are less cruel-hearted. They have now an ex cellent opportunity of conferring a ,high honour upon a gentleman who has served them faithfully. They have Only to reject him, giving him their blessing before he departs, and the next week Mr. SPRING RICE will be a British peer, sitting on the same bench with the How 4ens, the TEYNHAMS, the DURHASIS, the WESTERNS, and the BERKLEYS ! • It is gratifying to find that the whigs entertain so stro ng a regard for the upper house that they seem in elined to make every member of their new administra tion a lord. Commoners ,are held cheap by the people, and lords cheap by the whigs.. Lord MELnounNE does 4 0 t appear to be averse to having all his colleagues un der his wing, as a matronly hen covers her chickens. But perhaps the noble baron is desirous of placing them Under the powerful protection of Lord BROUGHAM. He *mild be to them a guardian, a dry-nurse, and a school- Master, all at the same time. Such are the leading members of the British cabinet in this ,age of intelligence ! When Lord GREY headed the Whigs, and had for his colleagues the Duke of RICH MOND, Lord STANLEY, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and even that fallen star Lord BROUGHAM, he received, as he de served, a large share of the confidence of the country. There was no lack of talent in the noble earl's adminis tration; but now what have we under Lord MELBOURNE? Men taken from the refuge for the destitute—the rejected of Hampshire, the rejected of Inverness, the rejected of Westminster, the rejected of Limerick, the rejected of Dudley—men who have played fast and loose with all parties, who have swept the lines of all opinions, some of whom cannot find a county or borough in the three kingdoms to send them to parliament. Is this the way in which the RUSSELL Whigg treat public opinion? Is this working out the principles of the reform bill? Is it by forcing upon the King newly-coroneted ministers, in whom the people have no confidence, that the, interests of the nation are to he promoted, and its liberties ex tended and secured ? • No, no; the electors of Devon, of Manchester, of Yorkshire, and other plaCes, must exert themselves, and remove the wheels from the DUST- . CART. 'This is a very pleasant state of things. But what say the radicals to this extraordinary fondness for titles of no bility among the whips, and this disdainful treatment of the sovereign voice of the people ? The vox populi, says a spoonbill of the press in our neighbourhood, is the °az del. He might as well say that holy water is the elixir vibe. There never was a grosser fallacy. The tox populi is wrong in nine cases out of ten. It may be afterwards, but it is never tight at first, or at the proper time. The church of Rome, to which we are bound to believe our contemporary belongs, and of which we take for granted he is a true and faithful votary, contends that the vox populi is invariably wrong, and that the peo- Pie of England have no right to think at all. We do not worship the people as some political quacks profess to do, for reasons which we could explain, but shall not advert to at present; still we entertain a much higher, miUster, and a more rational and liberal opinion of the People, particularly of the people of, England. But let this. pass. *LW, swe_ask, say the radicals to The lordly spirit and the strictly exclusive policy of the hew whig administration ? There was a period, not very remote, when Lord DURHAM was the idol of the ra dicals, and when, in our. own town, some droll looking Personages, not "taking handsome," as Mrs. RAMS BOTTOM would say, professed themselves to be levellers, l ike HUME, WAKLEY. LUSHINGTON, and °tilers. What 9 3 inion do they form of the whig exclusives now in of. ri ce ? HUME is not amongst them, nor is GROTE, nor is WARBURTON, nor is WARD, nor is one of some score at least of leading radicals whom we could name. Why are they excluded ? Are they not fit to be made lords ? Are they such beggars that they could not buy or borrow court dress or a peer's robes ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Lord MELBOURNE (we like to place the horse before the cart) profess to act upon the reform and levelling Principles of the gentlemen we' have named, and yet Lord JOHN takes exceeding good care that not one of them shall form an unit of the ministry—shall not sit even in an underling's office—shall not participate in one stale fragment of the loaves and fishes. Probably we shall be told that the levellers perfectly understand each other, and that this apparent want of confidence is a proof of unanimity. Those who can *Wallow this . are . welcorne. The absurdity is too gross f or any man, .of the slightest understanding. TIIRt °tONNELL is the foster parent of the administration We unreservedly believe. He is the patron, protector, Pilot, and master of the whig nobles and their exclusives. They are content to serve under him, obey his mandates, record his decrees, and appoint his nominees. - But while the beggarly impostor—the mud-prostrated tool 'of the Irish priests—has the supreme power, and a negative l'oice in Downing-street and. Whitehall, how comes it t hat not one of our English radicals and levellers is re eeived into favour, or solicited to accept even a subordi nate office under LOrd JOHN RUSSELL'S government ? Answer me this, Messrs. HUME, GROTE, WARBURTON, LUSHINGTON, WARD, EWART, TOOKE, PATTISON, EVANS, WHALLEY, WOOD, CRAUFORD, .and some *forty others Those names we cannot waster ink upon.., No answer kill be given. The honourable members we allude to are passed by, and excluded front ministerial arrange kents, for reasons which are staringly obvious. Lord Jouts's reply; if we could hear irl -in earnest, would be, this . : they are useful but trustless. I rely upon their °oCes, but I have the greatest contempt for their preten. % jot* their intellects, and their characters." dust so ! You see, gentlemen, radicals and levellers, how you are treated. " You are useful, but you are un tleserying of my confidence." I respect you as I do an Old clothesman, who pays down the money as stipulated for a cast-off coat; but you must remain in the hall, un der the watchful eve of SOLOMON my most trusty foot. man; and you must not be admitted to the dining par lour where the silver spoons shine on the sideboard! We have watched. the .Morning Chronicle with due circumspection ever since the formation of the cabinet, in the hope that it would say something in reference to HENRY LORD BROUGHAM. It has, however, preserved a most mysterious silence. His name has never even been mentioned in- a leading article. •This from Mr. JOSEPH. PARKES iS too bad. Is Lord BP.oUGHAM to be left in the lurch by his own best friends ? ..Will no one speak a word in his favour ? Why not condescend to tell us whether the noble and learned lord has or has not a chance of office, or wlfether Lord JOHN RUSSELL has or has not discarded him ? This rather contemptuous silence is enough to drive a chancellor, or an expectant chancellor, mad. " Kill me, but speak," as the angry old woman said to her sullen spouse. Every whig knows or believes that Lord BROUGHAM is cast aside, but yet no one has courage to say so. This is unkind. Whv not relieve an anxious and nervous Tian from hi s perturbations—if not for his own sake at least for the sake of his friends, who cannot reasonably be expected to da anything for him until they know the worst. Is the noble and learned lord not admitted to be the friend of education and the founder of the London Uni versity ? Why then is he not in the cabinet ? Is not Lord BROUGHAM the ablest and most enlightened states man of the present day ? So said the Liverpool Mer cury. Is he not the greatest parliamentary orator of the age ? So has said the Morning Chronicle for at least ten thousand times. Why then are these worthy jour nalists so silent now ? Is this treatment which the great. schoolmaster had a right to expect at their hands ? We , consider them in gratitude bound either to demand his admission to the cabinet, or avenge the affront passed upon him. To conclude, we ask for the last time—will no one take part with Lord BROUGHAM? After all we come back to where we started, namely, the 'exclusive scheme so dear to the whig aristocrats -s -to t 4 hay-forked lords—to the peers made in charity, and 'f ur • reasons • founded upon misfortune. Every man I lluet see, who has eyes, to see, and a mind to com prehend what he sees, that the present cabinet is "nstructed of the old, waste, and stale materials of the W hig party. The Times calls it the humdrum adminis tration we call it the DUST-CART CABINET, for it con t4ius • nothing but the rubbish, the offal, the waste, the s ewn, and the pantry scrapings of the whig party. Let the I "st,gifted or best hired advocate of their order point °tit. if he can, a single man of talent or acknowledged 41 4ty in the administration.: : Lord MELBOURNE him self is b e l o w mediocrity. Le'id JOHN, the creator of the cabinet, h3s essayed to distinction as a man of letters, 44 d has signally failed. He is small in the mental and PhYttical meaning of that word to a degree Nirdering sPon the ludicrous. As an orator he has no pretensions whatever. Th e w hi gs l oo k u p t o hi m as a sc i on o f t h e * llse of BEDFORD, but sinking the connexion, he never °4l t l ll have lisen so high as Mr. LYTTON BULWER whom The citizens of the United States are beginning to take alarm at the aggressions of popery in several parts of the republic, and we rejoice to say that they evince a determination to meet them with becoming spirit. In another page will be found some observations on this important subject which' Vve have borrowed from the New York Journal of Commerce. It has for some time been a boast at Rome that the Pope has gained, or wilrshottly gain, in America, full compensation fOr the losses he has sustained by the pro testant reformation in England and Scotland; and it is well known that the utmost industry, aided by ample funds, has been employed to preserve and extend the Romish fallacies in the United States. The vast num-. bens of Roman Catholics who emigrate annually from Ireland to the States form the basement on which the superstructure of his Holiness is to be raised. We suspect, however, that the present successor of Saint PETER is too sanguine, and we are pretty cbnfi dent that as he has employed pests and firebrands in stead of sober-minded and plausible missionaries, his plans will fail. Much mischief, however, . must ensue, and perhaps some blood be shed, before the evil which has already been done will be effectually rooted out. America is the favoured land of the Irish emigrants", and the discontented and disaffected popish priests and demagogues, and whatever land they favour must sooner or later suffer from the pernicious doctrines which they carry with them. We feel persuaded, never theless, that the people of AMerica haie too much spirit to endure the shackles of popery, the artifices of unmarried priests, or the seductive practices of the con vents. At any rate, the struggle has already begun. It would appear that a literary society in New York had resolved to discuss the question :—" Is popery compa tible with civil liberty r In the land of freedom, how ever, the Roman Catholics have decided that it is not "compatible with civil liberty" to discuss any such questions; for on being made acquainted with the stobl. Sect of debate, they attacked the hall of the institution, destroyed the furniture, broke the windows, tore 'up the flows, and maimed and wounded the memberl who at tempted to defend theniselves. Such is popery "in the United States; andif •we may be permitted to offer her citizens our advice, ,we would counsel them to put doWn such conduct with a strong arm in time, or those who ,so act will never rest satis fied until they have utterly extinguished every trace of civil and religious liberty in America. They ought to bear in mind the favourite maxim of JOAN KNOX.- " Destroy the nests and the rooks will flee." For every such attack upon the rights of discussion let there be in stant retaliation made upon their chapels and convents. If protestants are not permitted to discuss an abstract question, why should mass be said or sung ? How did the emissaries of the priests know that the question would not be decided in the affirmative? The society might have voted that popery was compatible with civil liberty. The priests well know that the contrary is the fact, and they dreaded the effects of truth. In short, they make war upon truth whenever and wherever they can. In another extract we have made from the same New York journal it will be seen that the system pursued in nunneries is beginning to be explained, for the first time we suspect, in the Uuited States. A young lady who had been enticed in early life into one of these convents has had the good sense to reconsider her con duct, cast aside her own veil, and unveil the secrets of the prison house. We shall give further extracts when we can procure a copy of the work. SOUTH LANCASHIRE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. Yesterday a meeting of the South Lancashire Conservative Association was held, pursuant to adjournment.frotn the 16th instant, for the purpose of transacting the business of the asso ciation. J. Ridoway, Esq., of Ridoinont in the chair. The e secretary having read the minutes of the last meeting, from which it appeared that addresses from the association had been forwarded to Lard Francis Egerton and the Hon. Bootle Wil braham, .expressive of the satisfaction that body felt at their parliamvntar' conduct since the election, the chairman' handed in answhrs he had received to those addresses from the. two hon. members, thanking the association warmly and elo quently for the interest it had taken in the cause of which they were chosen the representatives in South - . Lancashire, and stating that no longer than they. could enjoy the confidence of so intelligent ,and respectable a constituency, of which the South Lancashire Conservative Association formed a promi nent portion,' .would they wish to retain a seat in the coun cils of the empire. The reading of the letters was received with much applause, and the style in which they were written excited great admiration. Had they not been ad dressed to the association, to whom all letters are confi dential and private, unless otherwise wished, we should certainly have given the public the benefit of a perusal. A number of new members were subsequently enrolled, many of whom at the same time intimated their intention of subscribing £5 ss. to the erection of the new Conservative Hall. Amongst the additional contributors to the building to those before an nounced we observed the names of the Earl of Wilton, Lord Francis Egerton, Sir Robert Holt Leigh, Bart., and the Hon. Bootle Wilbraham. The aunt of money already subscribed for the erection of the hall having been added up, (which amounted to little less than £1300,) it was proposed by JOHN CLARE, Esq., of Warrington, and seconded by EDMUND*KEARSLEY, Esq., (brother to the member for Wigan,) that the work be immediately commenced with the sum in hand, as the subscrip tions were still open; and from several towns the returns had not been made. This proposition was put by the Chairman to the meeting, and carried unanimously. The Building Com mittee. will in consequence as soon as possible proceed to busi ness, and by August the members will have a neat, substantial, and commodious place wherein to celebrate their anniversary. The Secretary having produced a letter from Mr. Raws thorne, secretary to the London Conservative Association, en dosing the rules and regulations of that society, and requesting those of the South Lancashire in return, the request was willingly complied with by the meeting. The business of the association being over, A COUNTY MEETING was held in the same room for the pur pose of petitioning the two houses of parliament on the subject of the present alarming state of political affairs, when :a com mittee was appointed to prepare the petitions. After an absence of a short - time the petitions, which will be found in our adver tising columns, were unanimously adopted by the meeting, and ordered to lie for signatures at all the populous towns in the southern division of the county. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting was adjourned until eleven o'clock on the forenoon of the Bth of May, when the petition to be presented to the Lords by the Earl of Wilton, (supported by Lord Kenyon,) and that to the Commons by the county members, Lord Francis Egerton and Mr. Wilbraham, will be forwarded. THE NIGHTLY WATCH AND .FIRE POLICE BOARD: In alluding to the election of parochial officer for the ensuing year in our last STANDARD, we inadvertently stated that the police board would, be, appointed on the following day, instead of Wednesday next, the 29th' instant. We do not regret this• unimportant error, be cause some facts connected with the proceedings of that board have since that time been communicated to us of which we were then ignorant. The establishment of a fire police having been de cided on and a superintendent accidentally elected by the board to conduet it, the chairman took upon himself the responsibility of making all the necessary prepara tions to guard our lives and property from the " devour ing element." Engines were procured from Manchester, and those belonging to the Sun, the-Royal Exchange, and Manchester fire offices were placed under the control of the superintendent; a building was also prepared for the reception of the engines belonging to the board ; the fire police corps was organized and clothed, and, towards the end of last September,.the establishment being con sidered complete in all its parts, commenced the perform ance of its duties. Some ,time in the course of the following month, on the motion of . one of the commis sioners, a vote curtailing the powers of the president of the board was agreed to; it was to the efre.ct " that no orders should be given to the fire police by the chairman, unless previously sanctioned by a vote of the board." What the reason, the policy, or the necessity for this vote may have been we do not pretend to know ; on this sub ject we do not hazard an opinion ; but, if we are not misinformed, orders have since been issued by the chair man in defiance of this resolution of his brother com missioners. On or about the time the board made this " rule absolute," a sub-committee was appointed to examine into-the expenditure of the fire establishment and to re port thereon. The report, we understand, showed an excess of expenditure over income, and reccommended reform and economy in the use of the public money. On these' grounds the superintendent was dismissed and the number of firemen reduced. The annual expense of the fire police previously to the adoption of the proposed reductions stood thus:— The superintendent's salary, house rent, and taxes. £l9O 0)0 One serjeant, (who did the work of a mechanic, and therefore earned his wages,) at 225., and _ oue assistant at Iss. per week each .. .93 4 0 Making a grand total, independent of the actual expences incurred when fires took place, 0f..X256 4.6 We should here observe that the firemen are only paid for their services when they are required.. We have now the pleasure of laying before .our readers the expense of the new or economical establish ment'of the Liverpool 'fire police : To Ihe new superintendent of the fire police, who also holds under the .same board the direction of the nightly watch, per annum XIOO 0 0 A foreman, fordoing nothing 67 12 0 Two men to assist him in that duty, 15s: per week each.. House rent and taxes, (the house taken on a seven years' lease,) . ..... 40 0 0 Total. ...£285 12 0 • By comparing these sums it will be seen that by re moving the late superintendent of fire police, who had no other duty to perform, and appointing in his stead one who holds another important situation, the sum of twelve shillings per annum is actually saved to the parish of Liverpool ! IVltt similar reductions are contemplated we really do not know. The appointment of the new superintendent, had it been made by a magisterial, tory, or conservative board, might have been objected to on the ground of its being a " plurality of offices," or sine cure post. But no objection can be raised on these grounds, as the " eighteen of the most substantial house• holders of Liverpool" who sanctioned this act are all either of whig or radical politics. But for the same reason another objection might be raised to this appoint ment; namely, that the superintendent of the nightly watch in case of fire had, before these new duties were imposed upon him, to rally his men for the purpose of clearing the ground, preserving free access to the spot where the 'fire was raging, and protecting the property removed, or in the act of being removed from the depredations of .those who usually congregate on these occasions. Now •of course he is blessed with the übiquitous power of doing double duty, for he is supposed at one and the same time to he directing the engines or firemen in their operations and keeping order in the immediate precincts of a fire., But these are matters, as they are founded upon the true principles of radical economy, that we may no(perhaps understand. With respect to the constitution of the board - we have a few remarks to offer.. 'One of that body is an iron:. monger, whose bill for repairing the engines and for goods supplied in his line of business we should suppose will meuut to something about the sum of £B6 18s. 4d., exclusive of another bill of about 1.:26 12s. for buttons for the firemen's coats. If we divide this sum by tire number of coats, and allurs 12 buttons to each coat, the price per but ton will be about one shilling. All that we have to say on this subject is, that we should like to be in the button trade. Another commissioner supplied the 44 fi l% , police men with hats, at ten shillings per hat. These, we are told, were not found efficient for the purpose that hats are intended. for, and in fact that better were bought by the men themselves for two shillings. Another member of the board, acting on patriotic principles, supplied the oik, paints, &c. ; but as these things bear little or no profit we pass them by without further comment. A fourth undertook to prepare and fix boards over the door of each fireman's house. VlThat the cost of these things might be and what they were charged, perhaps some gentleman whose property has been or will be taxed to pay the amount will inquire. Durinr , the late superin tendent's controul over the fire police the despatch of one engine at a cost of 10s. 6d. was considered sufficient, unless the fire was a large one. Now, under the econo mical plan, three are despatched on all occasions at a charge of 315.. 6d., with an additional charge of 6s. 6d. for drivers. We could go into other particulars to prove the advantages of the improved management of the board, but we think we have said enough to show the Spirit of radical economy. To speak seriously, and to come at once to the point, we ask, is a board so constituted one that can possess the eontidence of the parishioners of Liverpool ? To put a hypothetical case:-7-Suppose a commissioner of police kept a low public-house, the resort of low characters, in. a low :neighbourhood ; •is the superintendent of the 'nightly watch, or any of his captains, sedeants, 'or rank and file, likely to interfere with the nightly orgies carriedl on in the house of their master ? On his fiat their fate as superintendent or watchman depends to a great ex tent, for the dismissal and appointtnent of every officer is vested in " the board." In some of the acts of " the, board," of which we have endeavoured to giVe an out line, we find a system of petty jobbing pursued from its formation to the present hour. Are these acts calculated to inspire respect or confidence? We say they are not calculated to inspire either. Their acts are in open defi ance of the law which prohibits the members of any public body from making a private profit of a public trust. For these 'reasons we call upon the parishioners of Liverpool, on Wednesday next, to elect, in pursuance Of the strict and literal meaning of the words of their local act," EIGHTEEN OF THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL HOUSE HOLDERS," above the bare suspicion of doing or counte nancing any petty act of party or private jobbing; men With whom gentlemen can act; men accustomed to the forms as well as the details of business. Of the eighteen present commissioners only one pays the exist ing 'rates of mercantile insurance; the rest possessing propetty,nn which only common or double hazardous premiums are charged. It therefore is absolutely necessary that mer chants and warehouse owners should become trtembexs of this board, in order that the fire police should be rendered an efficient body. This would ultimately tend to their own advantage in the reduction of the premiums forja surance which they are now obliged to pay. NeonTaNT DISFRANCHISE:II BOROUGH.—On Monday afternoon an indictment came on fur trial at the Salford sessions, by which Mr. W. B. Tomlins. manager of the Dis trict Bank at Ashton-under-Lyne, was charged with wilful and corrupt perjury. The facts of the case were briefly these. At the last registration of voters for the borough of Ashton, Mr. Tomlins applied to the revising barrister to be placed on -the list of voters as tenant of the District Bank in Stamford-street. His claim was admitted, but before the election the directors of the bank erected new premises in another situation, to which Mr. Tomlins removed. At the election he tendered his vote for Mr Hindley, and when the question was put to him whether he possessed the same qualification for which his name was origi nally inserted.in the register of voters, he swore that he did, notwithstanding his - removal. This was the perjury charged in the indictment. Mr. Peel, the counsel for the prosecution, after stating the case to the jury, called Mr. Jowett, the Mayor of Ashton, who is the returning officer of that borough, to prove the facts. A document was put into his hands, which he said was the register of voters for the borough, and he was about to read the the name of Mr. Tomlins, awl his qualification was described therein, when Dr. Brown, (who appeared for the defence,) raised au objection to this piece of evidence, on the ground that the document was not the register of voters re quired to be prepared by the returning officer, but the identical list revised by the barrister, flora which the register ought to have been made out. This objection was allowed by the court, • and as there was no legal register of voters, it was held that the defendant could not be found guilty of the offence with which he was charged. The court accordingly directed his acquittal. —lt is We opinion of the lawyers, that as there is no legal re gister of voters, the hon. member for Ashton holds his seat in defiance of the law; and should another election become ne cessary before the time for making the next register, it will be a question whether any of the inhabitants of Ashton will be en titled to vote, as the reform act declares that no person shall Vote nukes his name is on the register. In that case every person claiming to be an elector, would have the remedy of an action against the returning officer for the penalty of £5OO. Besides this the returning officer is liable to be indicted for misdemeanour,. far disobeying the injunctions of an act of Oki kt inn .. - . . City Wednesdau Evening half-past See en o'clock. , THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT IS Witi.iN : Tuesday last was the day on which she anneal vestry meeting Lord John Russell's prospects 'l'M' . DeVonshire urtersusidered ; was held for the appoint me nt of new c h ure l is i ar d ens , pawingpawing the accounts of the old inies and laying a yew sate to meet the here as perfectly desperate, and naready are preparatinns maks expenses. of the current year. The buSiness of the meeting big to guard agaihSt the consequence of defeat. One idea - is, coinmenced about twelve o'clock, at Which time a Vast crowd of that he will be introduced . to the " guile f o lk s " of Edinburgh in . L ' no a ei tepay ti er it s e be e(l .4s t e h ru . bled in the chur c hyard, and the vat.t:yy. 1 place of - Sir Campbell, and a second is, that that' respectable i l cli g oils place, Viz., the m N e z e a t t ' e n na g al w rcl a io L l i il pu siVh t lisi d sea r : fillei carrier of leathern inexpressibles; Mr. Bytig, will be made a with people. On the Rev. H. J. GUNN INC-, the sverthy and peer, and that " Lord John" will become the co-Siamese of tespected rector, taking the chair, the accounts of the past year read over by fortis Esq. After which that talented and influential gentleman, Mr. Joseph Hume. i wete .illikitY GAskEi.t., Esq., Loan, proposed, arid ionic which, In the meantime Mr. O'Connell is transacting business at the Esq., seconded the motion that the accounts now read be treasury, certainly ample whig evidence of the popish cabinet ! allowed. i h ;s l t er n t n in t.E ., i t i i t t i a rt t s i T t , ‘s a .a ll s o u nt ,,t is i h i. dresseri having made no terms with the agitator. Mr. Spring Rice has. 1 the Th t ` r;e l e t t e i v o . e — o . priest, then t ad o deprive departed for his ordeal at Carnbridge, where; it is to be hoped, the church 'o'f' italegal rights. He should be the last man ist he will be shown that men of every party, save that desperate the world to do so, nor would be finger so much es one fasthing and reckless scum of faction with which himself and colleagues of its revenues. (Laughter, and " hear, hear.") Ile under , are now so degradingly linked, are not disposed to destroy the stod a t s h se a r t t c e h a e cheer, h b is ut on he n was nut t a o n h a e n tl i e t t ) e o r A r a e l r f l o ftio t tt e lai i s dist u L protestant religion, nor, in obedience to the dictates of "a tail', ;lie! catholics generally, 'out of the priesthood in oartienlar, that of landless puppets bow down at the feet of the Baal of popery. i they had no Wish to injure, in the most remote degree, th e 'The money market remains with very little variati o n, a nd the 1 church establi s h men t ; an d, as f ar as h e was c on cer n e d, he suld not rich enowments if offered to hna. business doing in the English securities is• trifling. Consols ( w Laughter.) acce Al p l t he its Wished est was d to he oaid for his labour, and for money ate 92!5, and for the account 92%. Exchequer by those fur WhoM he laboured. Whilst, heweier, he'Would, bills are 36 to 87, and India bonds are 18 to 20., grant everything the church was legally entitled to, he was of In the foreign market there has been a considerable degree (Li t i ll o t 11 e t h l a a t w s y e e v r e s ' r a il l . e o se f n t t h vi e , o i n t ti l e t s j e ,itirt hints c o c t o iinn his we asserteiion,) of speculation, particularly iu the transatlantic bonds a nd and ought to be struck out. The items he alluded to were the Spanish securities. The former are not so high as quoted last salaries of the organist and the bellringers, and he should con week;—Chilian .bonds being 57 to 58, Columbian bonds are I elude with moving that they be struck off. IL GASKEI.I. Esq., said if the reverend gentleman had taken; 534 %, and Peruvian 42%. In Portuguese bonds the market . jectbe would the trouble to consult' the law authorities on stilt' inclines upwards, 993 I being the price; Spanish bonds are ex- have found that not only was it legal to pay the salaries of the ceedingly buoyant. leaving off at 701 1, and the scrip is 9i i. . organist and bellringers, but the parish were compelled todo so, and he felt assured that had he d one so h e w o uld not have Our last advises from the United States furni s h us w ith an brought forward the motion he had. account of the American trade with China for the season end- Th'e CH A IRMA N inquired who seconded the motion; and a ing the 3Jth June, 1831. The American imports into Canton, pause of some minutes elapsed before the priest could find during that periOd, amounted to 9,887,502 dollars; the exports any one to second it. At length a person named Skirrow, a of teas to the United States were 6,681,195 dollars, of silk l w a si n te i h tt mak o r ch was prevailed t on by him to do so, amidst the 1,130,473 dollars, and of sundries 708,812 dollars, forming a Ae er Maicie e` ( l .ro e ht ` i n l g jord, Rsa a ) then said, gentlemen, it has total of 8,520,512 dollars. The exports by the Americans to been proposed by Mr. Gaskell, and • seconded by Mr. John W - dcoch Europe from Canton were to the amount of 558,238 dollars, and -- (") -- Mr Miura' antalsr and two or three near him called out, those to South America, Manilla, the Sandwich Islands, Rams- " , er_7_ . ' • 'r he amendment first." chatka, and Nootka • Sound '598,753 dullars, forming a grand Mr. Lono.—lf you Will hold your noise and not interrupt total of 9,66.3,512 dollars. During the previous year the itn- me all shall be done regularly,---1 know what lam about. said it had been ports had been 9.362,971 dollars, and the exportS 8,372,175 dol- (C r o h e o e s r e s a ) a n F a l e s e then, c,.l e ; c a l d t r i lLe t s t r e g ac t c h o e unts tweeting, just read be allowed; lags. -.lathe year 1828-29 the imports were only 4,030,875 dol. upon which an amendment had been proposed by Mr.. Middle- . lars, and the exports only 4,650,203 dollars; and those of hurst, and seconded by Mr. Skirrow, that the amounts be dis -183U-.31 still less. A great decrease had taken place in the all w . M oed. MrIDDLEHURST.—No no, that was not my motion : put exportation of specie from the United States to chi n a, th a t it as I moved it, if you please.' branch of the trade being now carried on by means of bills of Mr. Loa D.—lf you talk all day it comes to the same thing; exchange ou Loudon; which bad almost superseded the utte of but, however, you shall have your own way., •(To themeetiug,) Silver. In . 1827-28. the American imports of Spanish dollars into i t t ;: tu ntle t T e e u s , za t r h ie o s se of ofyou who are of tthe struck twoo Canton were 2,449,000, and those of bills of exchange to 237;000 will have the . goodnessthe organist and_ the ringers,. 1): II; to signify the same by holding up you dollars. During the year ending 31st June last the imports by hands. the Americans of bills of exchange amounted to 3,655,290 We should think not more than fifty held up their hands. . dollars, and those of Spanish doll ar s t o on ly 1,029 , 178. The tiol lr. ttatthe LORD.—Those who are of opinion , that the original um accounts, as read, be allowed, will have the employment of Bills of Exchange instead of specie was a great goodness to hold up their hands. saving to the trade in interest and insurance: formidable items Immediately a large forest of hands were held up, amidst - heretofore of our India voyage. deafening cheers prom all parts of the room. The priest looked unutterable things... Ile would no doubt gladly have recalled hi s ill-j u d ge d oppos i t i on had it been in his power; as it was, he looked about for a way to glide unnoticed out of the room, but could find none. The Reverend CHAIRMAN then declared the original motion carried. The next business was the appointment of new churchwar dens, one of which rests with the rector and the other with the ratepayers. The old ones were reappointed, viz., Mr. Marsden, draper, by the rector, and Mr. Leech, draper, by the ratepayers. The sidesteen were next nominated and appointed, after Which it was moved, seconded, and carried unanimously, that the sum of £5OO be granted for the expenses of the ensuing year. The worthy RECTOR said, in dissolving the meeting, he begged to express his gratification at the amicable manner in which the proceedings of that day had been conducted, as com pared with the disorder, and discord which had characterised similar meetings on former occasions. EDWARD kisaasts v ' Esq., then got on th e p l at f orm an d proposed that the thanks of the meeting be given to the worthy rector for his conduct in the chair. (Loud applause.) Mr. ACK ER LET, solicitor, seconded the motio», which was carried with great enthusiasm. The rev. gentleman, in acknoWledging the compliment paid to him, congratulated the meeting. on the good humour which had prevailed throughout the proceedings: He then left the chair, on which the meeting gave blur three times three hearty cheers. Three times three were then given for church and king, and the eon - many departed. At three o'clock a numerous party partook of an excellent dinner provided by Mr. Martin, at the Three Legs fun, and the evening was spent in hilarity and good will. When it is considered that the radical party had taken won , derous pains to gather together as strong an opposition as pos-. sible— when to the exertions used were added the influence of the priest, it must be highly gratifying to find how weak and impotent the faction is, and how pleasing must it be to the • lover of our venerable establishment to witness the warm ma; nifestations of attachment to it, and to its ministers. The esteem in which the rev, rector of Wigan is held is nut undeserved, for where good is to be done in his parish there is he to Ise found assisting in doing it. LONDON LATEST NEIL'S. THE MANCHESTER ELECTION. The letters which we received from Manchester last night speak in sanguine terms of the probability that Mr. Poutett hoinson will not be returned for that borough. Mr. Braid ley's canvass has been eminently successful, and we are in formed" by one of our correspondents that "there can be no doubt from the information we are at present possessed of that the contest will be a very hard one, whichever of the candi dates may prove successful. Mr. Braidley has, during the last week, been visiting his district committees. There seems no doubt that he will have the support of a large portion of the radical party and of the conservatives who did not interest them selves at our last election in his favour. In another letter it is stated :--" At present we are very sanguine of success from the returns made of the canvass. We have had great pleasure ia finding how much strength our interest has acquired since our last contested election." Mr. Thomson was not known to have arrived in Manchester at the time our correspondent wrote. The nomination takes place on Monday, and the polling will commence on the follow ing morning. CHARITY SERMON AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. — We noticed in the STANDARD of Tuesday last that a sermon will be preached at this church, next Sunday morning, by the Rev. Stafford, and that a collection will he made in aid of the funds of the schools of that and St. Matthew's Church. These funds, we are informed, arc at the present very low; we notice this fact for the purpose of calling the attention of the public to it. The Mayor and several members of the corporation will attend the service, and we hope that their munificent example will be very generally followed. Tile MANCHESTER ADDRESS TO THE KING.—The address from this town and neighbourhood to his majesty in support of his ministers was presented on Friday week, by the Earl of Wilton. The king received it in the most gracious manner, and spoke of thedoyalty of Lancashire in terms of the deepest feeling and strongest interest. Among other things his ma• jesty added that it was from a conviction of this nature that he was induced to wear at different times the uniform of the Roval Lancashire Militia, (the only militia uniform he ever . put on,) and to recommend 'to the queen the adoption of the title of Duchess of Lancaster when travelling last year upon the con tinent. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDSRD. We mentioned last week, that the Mayor, Sir T. Brancker' and Mr. James Ileyworth, had been appointed county magis trates. We since learn, that Mr. Chas. Horsfalt and Mr. H. 13. B. Holliushead have also been appointed . magistrates of the county. Sin,—Nothing is more usual than that men should denounci the crime of which they themselves are most frequently guilty; and decry the imperfection to which they themselves are most prone. Sir Roger L'Estrange, in his amusing preface to Cicero's Offices, tells us that one of the vilest women be ever knew had these words always in her mouth,." Lord," said she, "to see the impudence of some women !" The conduct of the self-styled liberals in this generation of political quacks sad democratic levellers affords an apposite illustration of this po4 sition. Ifi no men do the avowed principle and the actual practice appear in such startling contrast and direct opposition. If preference be shown or patronage be conferred brthe con servative party they are at once denounced 118 exclusive dealers and bigoted monopolists; while the declared liberals, in order to advance the interests of a liberal cause, will not scruple to forbid intercourse, interdict acquaintance, impute motives, pro pogate-scandal, and heap abuse. I have thought fit to preface with these remarks the statement of a circumstance of recent occurrence : Namick Pacha has returned to Carlton Hotel from • j3elvoir Castle. His excellency leaves this week for Constantinople. . We congratulate one readers upon the immediate probability that Greece will again assume her former station among nations. It appears by an advertisement in our columns of this day, that the King of Greece has given a grant to an Englishman, con taining extensive privileges, to establish a steam eunitnunica tMn between Marseilles, Naples, Malta, Athens, and Constan tinople. It cannot fail to be taken advantage of by the myriads of travellers that will now visit Greece, Turkey, -and India, far the quickness of travelling will bring these countries so near to us. I bis undertaking cannot fail to be beneficial to Greece, an d to our enterprising countrymen. " Pratt, an Englishman, proprietor of a small mill on the banks of the Royal Canal, about three miles from Dublin, and also of a small retail shop in Fing,las, by means of which he supported a numerous family, exercised the privilege of a freeholder by voting for the conservative candidate at the last electiorf for the county Dublin. Ills shop was immediately, deserted, and of necessity subsequently abandoned, he himself was assaulted, and his mill remains idle, some even of his pro testant neighbours and customers being deterred by threats from dealing with him. Ile is 'consequently reduced to a state of great embarrassment and distress, witlia wife and ten children dependent on him for support." This unininciped act of oppression did not occur in a remote, village or in an obscure district, but in the immediate vicinity of the Irish capital itself. The report of it had no such lengthened distance to travel as would prevent its arriving at the fountain head of information uniucumbered with those additions and modifications which, if coming; from a distance, it might .ne cessarily gather oohs way. It is no unauthenticated rumour— no gratuitous declaration. The accuracy of its statements is _vouched for by two justices of the peace, one of whom 'Was' formerly high sheriff, and by a respectable medical gentleman. There is one circumstance in this matter to which you will allow me to advert. It is true that in some districts of Ireland the conservative voter and the independent protestant are de= terred from the exercise of their franchise aid the 'declaration ~ of their opinions by threatened acts of murder, pillage, or arson. .; In other districts tie presence of the military or the residence' of a numerous body of gentry and respectable tenantry compel' the lawless agitators to resort to a modified system of attack. Of that system the case of Pratt is an instance. The depredators are indeed less culpable than the murderer and the incendiary, but the mischiefs of their interference are capable of more ac curate adaptation and of a more extended range. Where the agitator dare not bare the steel or fling the brand he' will harrasti and impoverish, intimidate and annoy, until the disheartened protestant in 'very weariness of spirit is compelled to seek in a foreign land for that safety and protection which the demagogue and the priest, the unpunished assassin, and intimidated ma.; gistrate, forbid , him to enjoyiu his own.—Y . ours, Li v erpool, 2 '2 d Ain it, I X, N. S. A TRUE CHARACTER.—A clergyman in - a neighbouring county, who is well known for his personal eccentricities, as tar sterling worth, on being lately applied to by a parishioner for a certificate of character, gave the following curious aqd candid statement :—" Whereas application has been made to me to give a character of 1) o f—, I hereby certify and declare, that he is one of the most infamous characters I ever knew—notorious for lying, swearing, cheating, and drunkenness. He is not only a young man of bhd character, but glories in his wickedness, and is well known through the country by the name of Donald Eageorach, or wicked Donald, and if he had not lately left our hounds, it was resolved by me and my session to apply to the civil power to banish him, as being a pest to society.—lnverness Courier. LADY IJeWLEY'S CHARITY.—Ationey-General v. Shore'and Others.—This important cause, in which several Trinitarian Dissenters are the relators or plaintiffs, and the Trustees of the Charity ( fur t he most part Unitarians) are the,respondents or de- Nudants, and which has been for several years before the public and the courts, approaches very near its final seitiement. The Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst, who in a firmer term heard a part of the arguments on the appeal from. the Vice-Chancellor's de cision, and was assisted by Mr. Justice Matteson and Mr. Baron Alderson, sat on Saturday week to hear the arguments resumed and concluded. Mr. Justice Matteson sat with the Chancellor on that day, when the case of the relators was terminated. On the Monday following, when Mr. Baron Alderson was also in court, Mr. Rolfe opened the case of the respondents, which oc cupied Monday, Tuesday, awl Fitt of Wednesday; The repro seatatives both of the relators and respondents entered into an engagement to abide finally by the decision of Lord Lyndhurst and his learned colleagues, even though Lord Lyndhurst should hive ceased to be Chancellor when he gave judgment; and in order to avoid further delay, the relators prop-sed to forego the r i g ht of their counsel, Mr..-linight, to ieplv, if the respondents would not insist on their counsel, Sir Charles Wetherell, being htard, which would have rendered it necessary to wait his re turn from Bristol, where the learned knight was presiding as recorder. This prop , ;sition was assented to; and at two o'clock on Wednesday morning Mr. Booth fini s h e d his argurhent on behalf of the respondents. All that now r emains, th e r e f ore , is' for the Chancellor and the Judrges to give judgment, which will finally decide what religious body is to have the future dis tribution of the funds bequeathed by Lady liewley for religious and charitable purposes. A HINT TO THE ELECTOIIS OP INVERNESSIIIRE.—We are informed by a correspondent that one of the last performances of Mr. Charles Grant before be quitted his teat r at the India Board o❑ the breaking up of the whiz ministry,' last year, was to apply to the East India Company to indUce them, if possible, to grant outfit to Popish priests from this country to India.— We thick that our fellow subjects, the presbyterial - is iu the North, ought, therefore, to keep an eye on a man, who,• though called a protestant, is evidently seen by his actions to belong to the Societies de provayivida . fide; for we know ►hat Romish and O'Connellite emissaries art j ust now very actin e, and that they influence some in high quarters. When we re 'collect, however, what the principles of the late Mr. Charles Grant were, and bow his sun hes declined, year after year, front his excellent father's standard, we are compelled to exclaim in a Spirit of sadness—" Oh Lucifer, how art thou fallen, fallen a viCtim at the shrine of place anti political expediency. . . A POINT OF ETICKETTIL BROKEN.—A curious incident took place at the funeral of the Emperor Francis, The cor tege having reached the church of the Capuchtns, halted, and several nobles and ladies of the Court who waited its arrival in church came out to receive the body. On reaching the door of the convent to lay it in - the vault, they knocked at the door of the edifice. " Vvrho knocks?" asked a voice front the interior. "he Emperor Francis the First," T was the answer. " What does he require?" demanded the voice from the interior in re- - turn. "An asylum to repose in." The door was then ope n ed,. and part of the cortege entered the convent. The new Emperor had, contrary to custom, followed the funeral: when he was prepariug to descend into the vault where they were about to deposit the body of his father, Prince Collorendu advanced to him, and said, " I take the liberty of remarking to sour Ma jesty that you cannot enter here; it is contrary to the usual ceremonial." The Emperor advanced one hand, and pushing the Prince aside, said to him in a firm tone, "Sir, I shall do whatever I please;" and he went with the body into 'the vault. MODE OF PREF:ERVING MILK FOR LONG VOYAGI:s.—AB the season is arrived when hundreds of mechanics cross the At lantic, in the hope of bettering their fortune, and to those who may carry young families with them. milk may be an impor tant art i c l e of uiet, perhaps the following simple and easy method of preserving it may be of importance :—" Provide a quantity of pint or quart bottles (new ones are best) ; they must be sweet and clean, and very dry before they are made use of, Instead of diawino. the milk fr om th e cow into the pail, it is to be milked into the bottles. As Soon as any of them are tided, they should be immediately well corked, in order to keep out the external air, and fastened tight with packthread or wire. Then, on the bottom of an iron or copper boiler spread a little straw, on that lay a raw of the bottles filled with milk, with some straw between each to prev en t th em f rom b re aking, and so on, alternately,. until the boiler has a sufficient quantity in; then fill it up with cold water. Heat the water gradually until it begins to boil, and then draw the tire. The bottles most remain undisturbed in the boiler until they are quite cool. 'Phan take them out, and pack them in hampers, either with straw or saw dust, and stow them iu the coolest part of the ship. Milk pre served in this way has be e n t o the West Indies and back, and at the end of .that tone was as sweet as when first drawn florn the cow." „ . THE LiYtRPOOT, STANilAitii. MINISTERS AND THE ELECTIONS. Some of our readers may feel an interest in the following list of members of the House of Commons who have vacated their seats for re-election, in consequence of taking office under the administration of Lord Melbourne. It will also be seen by whom they were opposed, and the final close of the respective polls at the last election. Lord John Russell, South Devon, Lora Howick Northumberland,..... Lord Morpeth , *W. R. Yorkshire,:... Lord Seymour, Totness, Sir John Hobhouse, ....Nottingham, )iir Henry Parnell Dundee, Sir John Campbell, Edinburgh, Rt. lion. R. C. Ferguson, Kirkcudbright Robert.. .Stewart, Esq Haddingtoc district. John A. Murray, Esq. .:Leith, M. O'Loughlin, Esq Dungarvon, Henry Labouchere, Esq..Taunton, .4 • •r t CAMBRIDGE. Rt. Hon. Thos. SEring Rice, 73 6° Whi g s elected • G. Pryuce,,Esq. T. Knight, Esq...(conservative) 688 MANCHESTER. 2 Whi gs e l ec t e d Hon. C. Powlett Thomson, Al. Philips, Esq. Benj. Braidley, Esq. ....(cons.) 255'2 Sir C. Wolseley, (radical) 604 PEN 11 YN _ R. M. Rolfe, Esq. 42o 2Elected J. W. Freshfield, Esq.....(cous.) 444 Lord Tullamore 3BB NEWPORT. W. H. OH, Esq. F 233 Whigs elected John H. Hawkins. Esq Sir Jas. Willoughby Gordon, 13t. 229 Hamilton, Esq. BF.IIWICK. Sir Rufane Donkin J. Bradshaw, Esq. (cons.) 410 Sir J. Blake, Bart. SANDWICH. Sir Edward T. Trowbridge, Bart. 4 95 Ditto Sam!: Grove Price, Esq... (coos.) 553 Sir Edward W. C. B. Owen, ... • 386 STIRLING DISTRICT. Lord Dalmeny, 2°3 Only 1 member ' John Crawford, Esq. ELGIN. Col. Leith Hay, J. Brodie, Each 195 Ditto 111 5 CASHEL. Mr. Sera Perrin, 16( Ditto Al. Penuefather, Esq. CLACKMANNON AND KINROSS. Admiral Adam, 447 Z Ditto It. Bruce, Esq. INVERNESS-SHIRR. . Right Hon. Charles Grant, T. M'Leod, Esq. Mr. M'Leod petitioned against the return of Mr. Grant, but he is since dead. • Thus it appears that out of 23, there are 12 who were returned at the last election without opposition; 6 with great majorities; leaving 5 only that had doubtful contests. LIVERPOOL POLICE REPORT. WEDNESDAY.—(Befure . Mr. Alderman Wn IG HT.) ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—An apparently dejected seafaring man, named• Harris, was placed before the sitting magistrate by a watchman s ,who_stated that be was given in charge to him by the person with whom he lodged for attempting, on the previous night, to hanghirmielf. Au elderly female here stepped forward and said that the prisoner, who belonged to a ship called the Rapid, of Jamaica, lodged with her in Mason-street. He had been only a week from sea, and in that time he had twice at tempted to destroy himself. On - Sunday last he was found hanging from the'encl of one of the baths on the north shore, and, had it not been for a person who fortunately 'passed that 'way at the time, he must have perished: On the night previ ous, the witness found hint suspended from the bedstead in his lodging-room, by a black silk haukerchief, and, having fetched the watchman to her assistance, she felt it her duty to give hint into enstudy., Itiunswer to a question from Mr. Alderman Wright, the witness said that the prisoner had been in the house the whole of the day, and was perfectly sober, but for several days before be had indulged in drinking. The prisoner, on being asked if he had anything to say for attempting so wicked au act, made no reply; and 111 r. Ald. Wright, having endeavoured to make him sensible of the enor mity of the crime of suicide, to which he appeared to pay sullen attention, remanded him fur the purpose of being examined by a surgeon, 'us to his state of mind. BOROUGH SESSIONS. SHOCKING OCCUIMENCE.—Benjamin Burrows, a young lad not more than 'fourteen years old, was indicted fur assaulting another lad about twelve, on the 29th of December last, by which the prosecutor's eye was literally knocked out. Mr. Hall stated the case for the prosecution, from which it appeared that on the 29th of December last the plaintiff and defendant were playing together inßurrows's-gardens, where the defendant resides with his father, and some altercation between them ensuing the de fendant ran up to the plaintiff and struck him with such vio lence id the face as to force his eye hour the socket, which rolled on the ground. Witnesses, who were by when the as , sault wa-i committed, were brought forward to prove that the plaintiff gave no provocation to the defendant excepting mak ing the remark " There gees Ben Burrows" as the defendant passed him. On the other hand Mr. Venables, for the defend ant, argued, and brought forward witnessestu show, that the un fortunate affair arose from accident during play, and several surgeons spoke to the plaintiff's having a diseased eye, which protruded without the eye lids. It further appeared that the intlictrnent against the defendant was preferted at the instiga tion' of the plaintiff's father in , consequence of the defendant's parents refusing to make satisfactory reparation for the injury. The court having been occupied, some tine (as we should. say rather uselessly) the Recorder left it to the jury to return a verdict, and they found the defendant guilty. tie was then taken into custody, the Recorder stating than should. dolor passing sentence to some other time. The business of the sessions conclurfed on- TaketA.WeVening; few cf thif eases possessed. itivry . _ .tt WILLMER'S NEWSROOM.. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND,IRD. S R, —Though not the " impudent subscriber" so strongly denounced by Mr. Widmer who could dare to purloin from his rooms the precious document referred to by your corespondent Tory, of yesterday, (I mean the sheet with the names attached to Lord J'ohnny's address,) yet as 1 was one of the party ap pointed to try the merits of the Russell faction who asscluide izt that newsroom, I ant enabled herewith to furnish Mr. Willmee - with - the particulars of:the missing document, and which, offer strict inquiry cud investigation, I am convinced are istibStan-• • tially. correct. After laying three days io the ,newsroom the sheet bad re ceived the overwhelming number of 69 si g natures ! .Of Which, 13 are known. to be Jews.- . • 23 Papists. , • 13 •••• - Unitdriarts. 7 . Quakers: • . The remaining 13 we could not precisely ascertain their re iigious opinions; hut 'several of thein have tindcrgore the ordeal of the spouging•house, and are therefore extrernety anxious for any change, temporal or spirits:il; to advanee their pectiniary interests. Such, Mr. Willmer, is a faitlifel delinentitin of some of your impudent subscribers! Such,, my Lord John. are the characters, of the men w hose support you can at all times rely upon t Such, protestants of Gieat Britain ! are the men who are strain ing all their energies to subvert the church establisht ne ur, inure especially in the sister kingdom, where they would raise in its' stead the staudard of popery !—Yours, &c .' 2!d April, 1835. AN IRISHMAN, THE LIVER THEATRE. The season of this pleasant little place of amusement closes: with the performances of this evening. These will be "The' Flying Dutchman," "'llse Irish Footman," and Tutu Dibdiu's' hurnourons extravaganza of Dun Giovanni; or. a Spectre oat Horseback," some songs by Miss Hamilton, and dancing by . Leclercq and his corps de bullet Although unmarked by many novelties, the season of the' Liver has been a successful 4:ne. " Life in Liverpool" was' perf,rmed upwards of fifty nights, a thing imparalelled in the annals of a country theatre. The last week's entertainments were "The Beggar of Brussel.," a drama in which Mrs. Ray mond and Mr. Hammond were very amusing as a•pair of lovers.. and Mr. Simpson, as a " Big Beggarman, ' and the farce of "Tricks and Travels." In this piece Mr. Sinipsori hid au opportunity of hopping and skipping aLout the stair as air infirm (?) old gentleman, t o th e grea t d e light arid'a inirati,nte f of the gallery. . Miss Hamilton h a s been singitig `''obit An doson my Sue" with much feeling, and if she eoliin: only be prevailed upon to repress the exubetance of her falicV; with her exquisitely beautiful voice, she would b o on become the first ballad singer on the stage. . . • Mr. Hammond, it appears, has not accepted an engagement on the London stage. Mr. Raymund is going to Chester wits the company. The destructives are employing all their energies to secure' the return of Lord John Russell for Devon. and to raise funds to defray all expenses. If there be any truth in the adage: that fools and their money are soon parted." they may sucteed' in the latter; but there is every reason to belic‘'e filet ass 7 will fail most signally in the former.