The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-11-10 00:00:00

Is.li)VtluttEit 10, 1833 , CONSIITUENCY OF THE WEST-RIDING YORKSHIRE. ' • . --- We have been favoured with the following summary of the register of voters. for the West-riding for the year commencing with the present month, showing the increase as compared with the register of last year, and we must say we are astounded at the number. What effect it will have when another election takes place we are not. at present prepared to say, but of this we are quite certain, that the conservatives must have registered 7 or 8,000 new voters to give them a majority at the next elec tion; whilst the whigs must have added 5 or 6,000 to their num bers to enable them to return two whig members to parlivnent. From the best information we hale. been able to collect we are inclined to think the majority will be found in favour of the con servatives, it being a well-known fact that in many parts of this riding few conservatives had registered themselves prior to the Present year. The following are the numbers : Last Year. . Present Year. Increase. In the Wakefield District....2ol6 3059 ..1043 , ..... Sheffield. 1391 2828 1437 • ......Doncaster . .....1122 1860 .. 738 .. ... Snaith ...... Huddersfield 1822 . -. 2843 1021 Halifax ...... 1691 2377 686 Bradford. • 2504 3809 1305 ...... Barnsley Leeds ...„ .. 2250 3911 . 1691 ...... Keighley 499. 915 ..., ..... 416 ......Settle Knaresbro' Skipton .. . ... Pateley-bridge ....... 619........ 979 360 Dent . 161 1(3061 29581 Total Increase 11520 From this it will be seen that in the Sheffield and Dent dis tricts, the number of voters have been more than doubled, and in other districts, viz., 'Wakefield and Leeds,. the number has been considerably increased. The increase in this town is only 10-1, whilst in some towns the, number has increased some hundreds. We propose to give a more detailed account of the ragister as soon as it is published, which we understand will be in about three weeks from this tine.— West-riding Herald. THEATRE-ROYAL, LEVERPOOL, For the BENEFIT of Mr. and Mrs. BAKER. (I N MONDAY next, 'the 16th instant, will be performed k./ Morton's excellent Comedy, called SECRETS WORTH KNOWING. Rostrum., ...Mr. W. Howard, From the Theatre-Royal, Norivich, his first appearante here. Egerton Mr. Stuart. - Nicholas. Rue. Mr. Ba - r. Mrs. Greville Mrs. S w ROW Sydney Sally Downright - Mrs. arke. Mr. Baker will Sing a New Comic Song, c , led "The Comet," written by a Gentleman of Liverpool. "Mild as the Moonbeams," by Miss George, Mrs. E. Ben well, Mr. Frazer, and Mr. G. Horncastle. 'To conclude with QUADRUPEDS. Abrahamides Mr. Baker. Dorothea Miss Chaplin. Tittilinda • Miss Stanley. -Tickets may be had of Mr. Baker,' caner 1:)f Lambert-street, Islington; or of Mr. Parker, at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Places may be taken. . TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot notice the subject to which W. C. refers, at least for the present. / In reply to D., we think the proceedings of the water company to which he refers both vexatious and uncalled for. We have had similar complaints before, and will give the subject our earliest consideration. A RATE PAYER is anxious to know whether it be within the duty of a parish collector to pay frequent visits to a cer tain office in Orrell-place, Lord-street. We thank an. OPERATIVE for his hints. We had our suspicions that - even certain very humble persons, who could disclose nothing for which we either cared or would he ashamed of, were tampered with by the person alluded to; but we had no reason to suppose, having conceived more favourably of him, that he would descend to the vulgar importunities now de scribed. He can have poor consolation in reflecting that he has beggared 'those whom he seduced into his confidence. But more of this anon. The letter in reference to one Coglan is a libel—perhaps the Mercury would insert it. Ntre cannot understand what is meant by M. Ashcroft, of Bank hall, Esq., being put in nomination for Kirkdale and Everton ward. It seems like a quiz. The letters of Clio and A Subsc7iber have been received; but they came too late for insertion. Abe iLiberpool "*tantiarb. TUESDAY MORNING, -NOVEMBER 10, 1335 By the Elizabeth, Capt. 117• DONALD, arrived in this port, and sailed from Demerara on the 27th September, we have papers and letters to the above date. The go vernor continues indefatigable in disc Overing old and in enacting new laws and regulations, none of which, we regret to say, give satisfaction to •the planters. The papers do not contain anything worth extracting. We have received Jamaica files to the end of Septem ber. The preparations for the clection of members of the House of Assembly were proceeding with great spirit, and it is confidently • stated that nearly the whole of the old representatives would be returned.. We ex tract the_following from the Jamaica Despatch of the 29th September : "The- elections commence this day in Portland. The new members will be Mr. Barrett, late speaker, and Mr. King, thus giving the former two strings to his bow, in defiance of all the machinations of his opponents, and give him another opportunity of meeting Lord Sligo at the head of the representatives of the people of Jamaica. Every ingenuity which could be devised to prevent-his return has been resorted to, and, we understand, an honourable member of his Majesty's council, (who has, as it is most positively asserted, been interfering with the freedom of election) shall hear of it. We hope the report that Lord Sligo -eau also be implicated, is unfounded. " The weather. for the last few days has been most sultry and oppressive, but we lave been blessed with delightful showers, and, we understand, theybave been general all over the island. Our vegetation will increase so rapidly after this, that we are very much afraid it will occupy a very large portion of the time . of our peasantry to keep dewn . the weeds without attending to the regular cultivation ! To.complain of the people would be unjust; they are encouraged to do as little work as possible— and their minds are so unhinged by public appeals, proclatna tinns, and instructions, - that-they scarcely know what to be after! Notwithstanding all this, some of the governor's friends have persuaded gin that the new system is working well! People of England, do not be deluded ; you witness daily among your selves instances of the most ruthless whiggery ; but, you have riot yet lost your means of existence, and the only redeeming quality the present administration appear to possess, is to con ceal from you the ruin, the havoc, and destruction they have brought about in the colonies. Their system commenced at the weaker brinclies of the - national tree, and they will never re main satisfied, if they canaCcomplish it, till the tree itself is de- stroyed.. " Fellow Subjects !—We love our King, venerate the consti. Infirm of our country, and for this reason we give you this dis tant warning, - where the effects of misrule are but ton visible!— Look, therefore, to yourselves, ere you find it to be too late. " We'are, it is true, promised compensation for our loss of pro perty; but when, hoW, and where are we to obtain it? This is a secret most carefully kept from us; and should it ever reach • us, it will be so frittered away by commissioners, clerks, agents, Sm., that it will he of little benefit to the oppressed. " THE GOOD WORKING OF THE NEW SYSTElll.—We.have just learnt, with very great satisfaction, that the new system is working as well as our kindest friends at hOrne could wish! We know an estate not many.thousand miles froM Portland, with thres hundred labourers, by whose good working no lees thon rutin hogsheads Hof saigar : of the last crop were shipped to England by the 31st of July last !! ! Could Lord Sligo have known this fact wheti he lust met the Assembly ? We hope not. Another estate under a similar system of industry, manu factured by two hundred labourers, TWENTY-FIVE TIERCES of Sugar! •We are convinced, and this fact was also unknown to our worthy governor,. when he prepared his opening address to the late house; but wE are prepared to give his Excellency chapter and vere for it, if he should require it. Lord Sligo boasts of his sources of information ou matters connected with he country. So Can we." The Observer of Sunday last, a ministerial paper inti- Mately connected with the Morning Chronicle, states : "It is understood that all his Majesty's ministers will be assembled in London on Tuesday the 17th instant." What is in the wind that this unusual collection of the stray birds of the cabinet should be resolved upon in the ominous month of November ? There are reasons for roasting cockles, as CID HAMET observes in his seventy fifth book on essences. There are also reasons why Lord MELBOURNE should summon his staff around him in Downing-street, inclement though the season be, al though we havenot the honour to be in the secret. It is not said whether DANIEL the friend of RAPHAEL is to be present; but we have little doubt that the measures there to be seriously discussed have reference to him. Indeed, it has been pretty clear since the publication of the Leeds manifesto, the articles in an Oxford whig paper, and in the Edinburgh Review, that ministers have now, no choice but to destroy DANIEL or sink with him. They, we all know, are too tenacious of life, and too fond of place-arid, the comforts of quarter. day, to adopt the more afflicting alternative. They must, therefore, choose the other, and send DANIEL to the realms profound, where masses avail not, and where an exemption from quaran tine therein can be purchased only by the faithful and the 4-44.. • . - But how are they to accomplish this? If Lord JOHN EussEir., of Lord MORPETIiy the Irish secietarh carittot nniiwer the clues - 66U; it would he preSumptiOn in us to attempt it. Who has the'upper hold of one another will be proved by the result. • The best assassin wins. If DANIEL can be shaken off and degraded, the ministry may survive for a few weeks; if he cannot be shaken off, their resignation must immediately follow. Under any circumstances, it is impossible for ministers to meet par liament, situated as they are, and considering the change which has recently been wrought in public' opinion.. The country is universally disgusted with their conduct and their popish alliance, and 'melt they know it. They perhaps calculated that the municipal elections would raise them in popular estimation and sustain their fading influence. But they now find that this is a mistake. The municipal constituencies are resolved to return the best men, without reference to party. The conservatives have everywhere resolved upon this. They will support no candidates who are not the foremost burgesses in point of wealth, integrity, and intelligence to be found. No regard whatever will be paid to political attachments in the borough question. It is resolved to treat it on other grounds, and whoever has the best claim, by his station, his character, or his talents, to advance local prosperity, will be supported. The chance of the .feeble ministers is therefore a dead vote. They. will take nothing from their circulars. They are thoroughly despised, and must retire whence they came ! We thank Mr. BOLTON - for giving publicity to the letter he addressed to the Mayor and Common Council on the 29th ult., and we congratulate the Albion, in which it appears, as being now recognised, in place of the Mercury, as the new organ of the Unitarians. • Mr. BOLTON, in his prefatory letter to our contempo rary, gives the following reason for publishing his letter to the corporation. He'says " It would seem that great offence has been taken at the word " sect" being applied to members of the established church; but as Johnson defines it to mean " Men united in certain tenets," I know of no better word that I could have sub stituted; and in the scriptures, where it is frequently used, it is not used as a term of disrespect." • Mr. rfiroirAs BOLTON, quoting. JOHNSON on defini 7 tions, reminds us of My Lord . Duke, in High Life below Stairs, delivering dogmas on the authorship of SHAKs- PEARE. '.fit is : probable that Mr. BOLTON has an edition of Johnson's Dictionary4carefully"compiled for his own use, as he and the small sect to which he belongs have a bible interpolated for their convenience, and which the Vice-Chancellor, on a late occasion, called a "fraudu lent translation," for most certainly he does not quote any edition of the great lexicographer with which we are acquainted. Dr. JOHNSON borrows his definition, frop BACON, who says " Sect" is " a body of men following some particular master, or united in souse settled` tenets." But the sense of the word can only be explained by the correlative meaning of the terms "sect," "sectary,"_ and " sectarism." The second and third are clearly deriva tives of the first. Dr. JOHNSON defines the second, in re lation to the first, to be " one who divides from public establishment and joins with those distinguished by some particular whims," while he defines the third, viz., " sectarism," in relation to " sect" and "sectary." to be a " disposition to PETTY SECTS,in opposition to things established." How, then, can - Mr. THOMAS BOLTON, with any rea son or sense of propriety, or by any rules of analogy, call the established church of England a sect? The term, however, like the whole of his letter, was employ ed to convey a studied insult—an uncalled for insult, which we venture to . predict will not redound to his credit. Mr. BOLTON is not concept with claiming for the scattered coterie of fashionable infidels to which he belongs an importance in the scale of society equal to the most numerous: body of orthodox christians in these realms, but he actually goes farther, and would drag. the church of England down to his own miserable level in the dark obscure'of silly philosophy and perverted theu- logy., Mr. TnonAs 130LTON, this is labour in vain ! It evinces much vanity and no little boldness ; but it will be a long time before you can, blow up your gnat into the dimensions of the elephant. Puff away, therefore, poor gentleman, but have a care you do not burst Now to the substance of his letter. He commences his letter to the corporation as follows : "GENTLEMEN, —Having, from the progress of events and the jester opinions which prevail on the subject of civil rights, become a burgess of this borough, and Understanding that the common council.' before they retire from office, are making another attempt to, alienate a considerable" amount of the corpo rate funds, for the support of the clergy OT the established church, 1 beg leave to protest against the illegality, as well as the injustice, of their proceedings on this subject." You have "become a burgess of this borough!" Not so fast if you please. You may bee like the man who in forming a line of new streets was asked what he meant to do for a common sewer ? He replied, "let me alone, I have the common sewer in my eye." You may have the rights of a burgess " in your eye," but most assur edly yon are not yet a burgess. . Would it not therefore have been more decorous, if not more dignified: if you had refrained from addressing the common council as a burgess until you had actually been admitted to be one in due course of law? It is quite pos sible, notwithstanding the reform bill, that you may never be ' a burgess. .There are Many forms yet to pass through before even you-can be recognised in that ho- nourable character, and who, knows but that Mr. TnoieAs BOLTON may be one of those who, like SANcHO'S wife, have had only a dream of an island. But Mr. Bovrox; regardless of the questionable clia racter in which he appears, begs leave to " PROTEST . . against the illegality as well as the injustice," of the proceedings of the corporation. In whose name does he protest ? In his own name as a burgess ? We have shown he is not a burgess. His own name, then? Ay, so be it. THOMAS BOLToN in his own name, not being a burgess, protests against the illegality and injustice of endowing the established churches of Liverpool !I t Is not this enough to make a milestone laugh ? • What can he, much as he has paid for law, know of the illega lity of the measure ? The injustice of it is .a mere school- boy's phrase incontinently applied to a sound and well deserved whipping. Is he aware that the highest law authorities in the kingdom have pronounced it strictly legal, and that Lord MELBOURNE himself is favourable to the endowment ? Mr. BOLTON should consult his friends before he ventures, to pronounce an opinion on a subject which is obviously beyond the reach of his very mediocre understarldipg, But he proceeds : " Circumstanced as the borough is, I am not opposed to a• publit prevision for the maintenance of religion ; but lam op posea to the partial and sectarian application of such support. The expenditure of the Corporation, exclusively for the support of the Established Church, has, on the average of the last, five years, exceeded £IO,OOO per annum; • which sum, if continued for religions purposes, should, I think, be divided, in accord ance with that best precept of Christianity, enjoining all man kind to " do as they would be done by ;" and if so, the appro priation would be as folloW : £4,375 for.the support of the Established Church. 3,125 to Protestant . Dissenters. 2,5(X) to Roman Catholics. £10,000" The liberality of Mr. BOLTON'S utilitarianism here be comes transparent enough. It is this—Will no genefous soul, redolent of wealth, or corporate body of adequate means, endow the poor and deserted chapels of the unitarians, and provide bread for those who teach and preach in vain ? This is the secret—the darling object. Our poor ministers are unendowed except from funds, the application • of Which has been contested and even decided against us in a court of law—on them the rain of heaven falls not—their pure doctrines take no root— socinianism does not prosper in this unphilosophical nation—the clammy dew of death is upon it—our heads are light and our coffers empty—and therefore, foolish Christian, be pleased to consider all endowments and appropriations illegal and unjust, in which we do not participate. I I This is worthy of Mr. Titoling BOLTON the burgess. But there is §oine semblance of charity in his protest after all. He asks .£3,125 per annum for protestant dis senters; the mode§t sum of £2,500 for Roman catholics, and is content to leave £4,375 "for the support of the Otablithdd clitirch." Generota man! But is there not THE LIVERPOOL STILNDAiiii. mite as Mach arrogance as charity in the proposition ?, Es Mr. BOLTON accredited by the protestant dissenters of Liverpool to make this claim upon the corporation ? If , o, may we beg of him to produce his credentials ? WhO authorised him to propound midi terms to the corpora tion ?- and is he quite satisfied that if the council were prepared to concede them, the protestant dissenters would accept them ? In the name of the great body of orthodox dissenters we assert that they would not, and least of all would they accept any al provision at the hands, or. procured for them through the' means, of Mr. Tuomits BOLTON. When he is legally deputed to represent the interests and make terms for the dissenters of Liverpool, it will be time enough to give - his scheme of appropria tion the benefit of another half minute's consideration. But this liberal gentleman is also a voluntary interces: - sor in behalf of the Roman catholics, for whom he de mands only £2,500 a year. Can he be in earnest, or is this a sort of coarse hoax in the style of American wit ? There are two things to be considered. Are the Roman catholic priests willing to accept of salaries from the cor poration of Liverpool ? We do not believe they are; but supposing they were, would the corporation of Liver: pool, no matter who its members might be, dare to ap propriate their funds to the maintenance of doctrines which the law of the land declares to be idolatrous and damnable ? We think not. Even the boldest of modern infidels would hesitate before they lent their sanction to a scheme which would rouse popular fury into a storm, and sweep them. into oblivicn. Mr. THOMAS BOLTON is evidently a very silly person, and we hope we have done with him. What is to be done with the priests of Ireland ? That question has been forced upon the protestants of Eng land by the frightful and disgusting disclosures which have recently been made before.a parliamentary inquiry, and the same question will speedily be forced upon the House of COmmons by the indignant and almost infuri ated voice of public opinion. That these vile hypocrites and tyrannical impostors have usurped the power of re turning a large portion of the Irish members is a noto- rious fact. That they have usurped this power by means wholly unconnected with politics, or within the limits of fair and constitutional influence, is equally undeniable. They do not profess to bold property, for they are nearly all beggars; and bountiful though their competence is, in most cases, still it will be admitted that much of it is derived from begging. What they otherwise receive is gained 'from the poor and the ignorant by extortion or by fraud, the appliances of priestcraft to superstitious minds. It is time then to inquire what sort of influence is theirs. What sam went to the priests of Carlow on a late oc casion bas not been suffered to transpire, and probably never will. But supposing them to be voluntary agents, in Carlow as well as other places, in favour of a particu- lar swindler's nominees, enough has been proved to con- vict . them of high misdemeanours and foul crimes, of outrage, impiety, indecency, and wanton oppression, to render it necessary that in future their power of mischief should be'curbed, and themselves excluded from the pale of civilization. The peace of Ireland, the safety of Eng- land, and the happiness of both countries, demand that the popish priests of the sister island should be prevented from interfering, directly or indirectly, in the Irish elec tions. If this is not done, a sanguinary rebellion is ine vitable. If we cannot frame a law to restrain these monsters in human shape from trampling upon the rights the King's subjects, the sword must be drawn, and that at no distant day. O'CONNELL says that a million of his countrymen are eager for and urgently ask permission to fight. This was meant for a threat. We take it as it was intended, but we are by no means alarmed. — Twenty thousand protestants would settle the matter in six weeks. We have no time, little space, and as little inclination to enter upon the disclosures which have been made. The Times has published a large portion of the evidence, and.that we trust has found its way into the bands of a great majority of our . countrymen. Suffice it to say that it is of the`most reprehensible and revolting nature. In almost every parish in Ireland where there has been a contested_piedinn the popish priestslave anti, anathematised, and consigned to eternal perdition, every elector of their flock who has dared to _vote contrary to their dictation. The name of the refractory party has been read from the altar—he has been branded as a here tic and traitor—his neighbours have been forbidden to deal or hold any intercourse with him—in the face of the congregation he has been declared accursed, and told that he would be denied the rites of his religion—that his child would not be christened—that his wife or mo ther would not be visited in their illness or on their deathbed, and that he himself, deserted by the minister of GOD, would be allowed to die like a dog and be buried in a ditch I Observe, reader, that one and all of these unhallowed menaces—awful menaces to a poor Roman catholic—have been proved by the most credible and unquestionable evi dence. They are not matters of rumour. They do not come from a challengeable source. They are vouched for by living witnesses of undoubted integrity. But the altar alone has not been the place of priestly persecu tion. The holy cheat, having doffed his robes, is found carrying his threats into execution in the pothouse, in the avenues to the hustings, and in the heart of the throng which surrounded them. It has been proved that priests, innumerous instances, flourishing the crucifix over their beads, have, by physical force, well backed by their partizans, dragged their victims to the polling booths in a state of inebrity, of which they supplied the means, and there compelled them to vote contrary to their solemn promises, against their landlords, contrary to their inclinations, and in opposition to .their affections, their feelings of gratitude, and the interests of their fa milies. Yes, characteristic though it be of the madness and intolerance of popery,still, to the shame of England be it spoken, such enormities have been committed, with out any punishment having followed But it has not been, against the voters alone that these ruffianly acts have been directed. Their wives, in some instances, haVe been invited by the priest from the chapel into the private room or confessional, and there interro gated as to the intended votes of their husbinds. In one case a Roman catholic lady, whose husband was a pro testant, was treated in this manner, and reprimanded in the most indecent and insulting manner by the priest, because she refused to exert any influence with her bus:- band in favour of the O'CoNNELL candidate. When she communicated the nature of the insult to her husband be, naturally felt indignant enough, and be wrote to the po - 7 pish bishop of the diocese on the subject, who answered in a jesuitical and equivocal way, but refused to inter posh. Such proceedings, interfering with, if not inter- . rupting the most sacred relations .of life—calculated as they are to embitter domestic peace—make home a hell and the foetid priest the LUCIFER of that hell, are of con stant occurrence. in Ireland, and are enough to make the blood of every protestant boil. Few Englishmen would have submitted to the insult so tamely. It is only where popery predominates, where an unceasing recurrence of insults where the courtesies of good manners and (3, f prevail,dee forbearance are neither practised nor licat un derstood, that any hooded monk, gross in his habits and Vulgar in his tastes, would ,have dared to trench so far upon the rules of honour or decency. Here, in England, he would as soon have swallowed the virgin MARY, as large as life, and a .score of saints made after the same pattern to correspond, than have committed such an offence. • This, hoWeVer, is popety in Ireland; and now comes . the cure, for it is imperatively necessary that some ef& bient cure should be applied. On this subject we regret that we are called upon to anticipate the acts of the legislature; but if we do not greatly.mistake the signs of the times, the coertive and penal measures which we are about to propose will, and indeed, for the safety of all, must become the law of the land. It is an offence against natural law itl ail,* priest to r.s some the prerogatives of the Mogi' litutt, and denounce a layman for exercising the privileges of a subject in a matter purely secular, and which has no reference what ever to religious matters. Curing is impiety and %%retched fanatitism On the part of a priest. We Ivoull propose, therefore, that for such offence above referred to, *hereby a popish priest anathematises a layman in — any Chapel or from any altar, or in any place whatever, or holds him up to reproach, resentment, or public odium, to the endangering of his life, person, or liberty,.or to the injury of his profession or that of his family, such priest if convicted of the same to the satisfaction of a jury be imprisoned for a period not exceeding two years, nor less than one year, and fined in a sum not exceeding £lOO, and not less thanti;so. For a second offence as i t aforesaid,' under similar conviction, such priest to be transported for fourteen years. The interference of popish priests at elections for mem bers of parliament, by canvassing voters, intimidating them to vote, dragging them.to the hustings; menacing them there or elsewhere with excommunication or any other punishment, real or imaginary, by which their fears are worked upon, is an offence of an highly criminal na ture, and merits condign punishment. We would there fore propose that any priest so found interfering with elections, intimidating voters, or appearing on any hust ings, or within two miles during any political election, •, or during two weeks preceding or ttVii days subsequent to the same, should be punished as aforesaid by fine and imprisonment for the first offence, OW for the second by transportation for fourteen years ! • This, we take it—this simple enactment—which has nothing oppressive about it, and which is simply a law o f non-interposition, not affecting property, conscience, life or liberty—but simply a police regulation for, the sup-. pression of vice, demoralization and crime—this simple enactment, we say,, would do more to correct the evils which make Ireland a land of outrage and bloodshed than all the laws now in force, or that could be devised by a whole legion of modern philanthropists and liberals who profess their abhorrence of the prevailing licentiousness in that country. Would we had a carte blanche bet for three weeks to settle the afflirs of Ireland. We Should not shed a drop of blood in the whole island more than is spilt every week at some village fair. The only injury we would do in. England would be to give the industrious peasants of Ireland better fare, and raise the price of corn and cattle ! Would this be a grievance ? LONDON LA7'ES7' NINVS. City, Saturday Evening, Half-past Secen o'clock. The only foreign news which creates the least interest is the accounts from Spain which state that ,the Carlists under Villa real have obtained an important victory over the constitutional ists. In the course of a few days news of the highest importance from the north of Spain may be expected. The public securities have been in a very tranquil state during the whole of the day. Consols for Account have remained at 91i, and for Money at 913 1. The Omnium has been quoted nominally at 41 per cent. prem. A third instalment of 71 per cent. upon the West India Compensation Loan will become due on the 13th instant. It was expel.:.l.ed that the commission ers for the litigated West India compensation claims would have made further investments to-day, and some disappointment was in consequence felt by those who had prepared themselves to supply the amount of money-stock required. The further in vestments will, we understand, be made on Monday twit. The following are the days fixed by the Court of Directors of the Bank of England for the shutting, and re-opening of the transfer books upon those portions of the public securities, the dividends upon which will fall clue in January next : Shut. Open. 3 per Cents: 2d Dec. 183.5 ..14th Jan. 183 G. New 31 per Cents 3 per Cents. 172 S 3d do. .. 7th do. New 3 per Cents 4'h do. .. Bth do. Annuities for terms of years 7th do. ..22d do. India Stock " 1,3 d do. ..14th do. Bank Stock, 210; Reduced 3 per Cents., 901; Consols, 9l ; 31 per Cents. Reduced, SS i ; New 31- per Cents., 99 ; India Stock, 256; India Bonds, 3 prem. ; Exchequer Bills, 13prem. ; Consols for Account, 911. . . . In the Foreign Market there has been bet little business transacted to-day. New Spanish Bonds have fluctuated be tween 42 and 42-i, closing this afternoon at 424. No bargains were made in the old bonds to-day. Portuguese Stock left off at 885, and the 3 per Cents. at 5735. Danish, Dutch, and Rus sianßonds remain at yesterday's prices. Colombian has fallen again to 314. The quotations of the other South American securities are entirely nominal. There has been a considerable decrease in the speculative demand for railway shares, and prices appear to be gradually on the decline. The only fresh projects in the market this week are the London and Gravesend Railway, and the Eastern Rail- Way shares. Considerable interest is niauifested to learn the period when the shares of the Danube and Maine Canal Com pany will be issued; as the project is under the management of Mr. N. M. Rothschild, high premiums have already been -of fered for the shares. The whole of the arrangements having been made with the Bavarian government, it is untlei stood that the shares will be issued on Tuesday next. To show the degree of avidity with i,vhich shares in the company are sought after, we may state the fact, that the great capitalist received application for 85,000 shares, while the total number for distribution in Eng lania is but 8000, the Bavarian government taking - 5000 shares, and the remainder being for distribution on the continent. The London and GAenwielt Railway shares have dropped within the last few days from £9 to £8 premium, the Groat Western from 16 to 85 premium, the London and Birmingham front 45 to 385 premium, the London and Blackwell from 3 to 2 prem., and the Brighton (Stevens's line) to £4 premium. The shares of the other Brighton line (Gibbs's) are at to premium. Some business has been done in the Loudon and Gravesend Railway shares at from Ito premium. Brazilian, 854; Colombian, 314 ; Danish, 76 ; Portuguese (new,) 885 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 575 ; Spanish (new,) 42 ; Dutch 2 y z , per Cents., 55 SHARBS.—Brazilian Imperial, 30; Great Western Railway, 135; London and Brighton, 9 ; London and Blackwall, 5 ; London and Gravesend, 28; London and Birmingham, 83ji ; North Midland, 8; Canada Shares, 335. LIVERPOOL POLICE. SATURDAY.—(Before Mr. Alderman LEYLAND.) AN INTERESTING :STRANGER, WITH TAK'NG WAYS.—A young man, named David Jones was charged, by watchman No. 81, under the following circumstances:—The watchman had, about °. fortnight ago, been informed of a robbery having been committed on the person of a gentleman, who gave a descrip tion of the person who had committed the act. For some time past , he had seen the prisoner lurking about in his walk as he went his rounds, and he had always driven him off. On the pre ceding night he bad found the prisoner concealed within the door of a warehouse, and had deemed' it right to take him into custody, on suspicion, that he might undergo an examination by the magistrates. His person tallied exactly with the descrip tion above alluded to.. The prisoner had stated, that he was a dver, but Batchelder Was rather of opinion that he was a had liver, as his -hands showed no token of their owner having worked at any occupation. for some time past. He was not known to any or the officers of the court. In answer to the magistrate's questions, he stated, that he had come from Manchester to seek for work, but had been unsuccessful. .Alderman.Leyland hoped he would continue to be unsuccessful in the line of business which, he feared, he had come to practice. He should commit -him to the House of Correction for one month. Mr. Parlour intimated his intention of writing to the Manchester police office, for information respecting the priSoner's habits: CAUTION-TO II or sEKßEvans.—jhree boys, bearing the names of Fagan, Maxwell, and Bell, were placed at the bar of the Police court, charged with having committed two felonies. Emma .11'1attin stated that on Wednesday she went out ,of. her door to dispose of some dirty water. As she was returning into the house she met the prisoner Fagan, coming nut. She asked him what he had been doing there. He replied that he had been looking - for something, and instantly ran off. She looked after him with astonishment, and soon saw ;Inn join the other two . prisoners. She then went into her house, and searched to see if ' anything had been stolen. She soon discovered that five silver spoons had been taken from a cupboard in the parlour. She immediately gave information to the police. A boy, named John Black, stated that he had frequently before seen the pri soners lurking about the neighbourhood. Police-officer Chal mers stated, that having received information of the robbery, be went in search of the pristiners, and, as they were all well known delinquents, he had a pretty, correct notion of their haunts. He found them alt three drinking at the Black Cat Tap,•in Bridgwater-street. They were all three committed to take their trial for the above felony. The next charge agaiest the prisoners was the following:—lt appears that the prisoner, Fagan, entered the house of a gentleman in Knight -street. The housekeeper and servants were busy scouring, cleansing, &c. and the outer door had been left open. The prisoner, how ever, did not carry off any considerable prize, for a cloak and dressing-gown were fife only articles missed. and with these he left the house. He joined the prisoner Maxwell, to whom he gave the coat. The above circumstances having been sworn to, the prisoners Fagan and Maxwell, were committed on this charge also. 'They will be tried at the Kirkdale Sessions this week. In the Gentian papers we find several articles congratulating the respective states of the Germanic body on the beneficial results of the commercial union. The Russian troops that had been at Kalisch are to winter in Poland. They all manifest much enthusiasm for the emperor, and some express their re gret that they had not been ordered to march on France, as they had originally expected. A project for bringing the 'Danube into the upper .suburbs of Vienna .occupies the chief attention of the inhauitants of that city. FIESCHL—It is now affirmed (says the Bon Sens) that the fact of Pepin being Fieschi's accomplice has heroine unde niable; a plan of the infernal machine is stated to have been discovered among the former's papers. Fieschi still refuses to afford ant explicit explanations respecting those whom he calls his "colleagues." De keeps them back for the dramatic in terest of the trial. M. Menestrier . has, it is said, just written. to . Fieschi, begging that he will accept him as his counsel. It is 'affirmed that on receiving the letter of the- defender of the . April prisoners, Fieschi burst ont into laughter. ." What I, I," exclaimed he, "be defended by M. Menestried , Per Dio! I shouidbe obliged to silence him I I had rather have him not speak at all!" This refusal of Fieschi induces us to think that ivhat has been said of the decline of his mental faculties had been exaggerated. .- BOLTON OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. (Abridged front the Bolton Chronicle.) The members of the Bolton branch of the South Lancailiire Conservative Association dined 4e :ether at the Golden Lion Inn, Bolton, on Thursday last. Mr, Thomas Baron. took the chair, and was supported on his right by John Fletcher, Esq. and Thomas Ridgway, Esq.. and on his left by Captain Lanz shaw and William (=ray, Eq. , About fifty - gentlemen‘and operatives were present, being as many as the room could ac commodate. After several toasts had been drank—. TuOMAS Rtocway,. Esq. stated 'that he had a motion put into his hands which related to. the formation of an Operative Conservative Association in Bolton. They were well aware how desirable it was to establish such a branch association to co-operate with the parent body—(cheers.)--and it was highly gratiying to iihn to. meet such a body of respectable individuals assem bled together to further the principles of conservatism. (Cheers.) Mr. Ridgway then said that he would subscribe five pounds to the society, and furnish them with the London Standard and the Liviittroot STANDARD, newspapers. (Cheers.) Mr. Ridg way then read a motion to the following effect:—"That it was desirable..to form an association in Bolem, for tne disseminas tion of conservative principles, to maintain inviolate our con stitution in church and state, to counteract the vicious projects of designing men, who with reform on their Ups, have anarchy and destruction in their hearts." Mr. Ridgway concluded by repeating, that he would willingly support the formation of Sucre a society. (Loud cheers.) The motion was seconded by Mr. Scowceorr, and carried. . , John Fletcher, Esq., then rose and said, that it had fallen to his lot to move the second resolution, and as he had always felt great pleasure in forwarding the object of the county conserva tive association. he should be doubly gratified to lend his assist ance to unite with their brethren in the humbler walks of life, in the rest cause of conservatism. It had been objected to conservative associations that it was only the rich, who were deeply interested in the maintenance of things as they are, who felt anxious to promote conservative associations. But if they could show. to their fellow subjects who earned their bread by the sweat of their brow, that they had one common interest at stake with their more fortunate neighbour, then they would ac complish all that conservatism aspired to. Mr. Fletcher then moved that a committee be appointed to form an operative con servative association in Bolton, which should consist ct gentle: men who should have the power to add to their number, and also to C.hoose their own secretary and treasurer. • John Woodhouse, Esq., in seconding the motion, said that the remarks made by the previous speakers were in perfect unison with his own views, and he had no doubt but every gen tleman in the company coincided with those views. ..(Cheers.) It might be said that Bolton could not claim the credit of having first established operative conservative associations, but he would remind them that although no operative ,c,.onservatilze. association had been established in Bolton, yet they had had a powerful branch of the parent association in this borough, coa -1 posed of men of all grades of society, and he had no doubt hut the Manchester operative association owed its existence to the example set by Bolton. (Loud cheers.) It must, in his opinion, be obvious to them all that it was the duty of the more wealthy and influential. classes to aid the operatives in forming themselves into conservative associations, not only by lending their names, but by their subscriptions, (cheers,) and when those in more fortunate circumstances excited their humbler brethren to a sense of their duty, they would bring forth those feelings of loyalty and devotion to the institutions of the country, which he was certain existed, in an eminent degree, amongst the. working classes, . and counteract the effects of a party who, for. number of years, had endeavoured to disseminate destruc tive principles. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Woodhouse then read a letter from William Hultsin, Esq., which had been acs companied by a hamper .of game, presented . for, the din s i net, expressing his conviction that operative conservative associations were calculated to produce the individual bami ness of its members, and public benefit to the state, and he must cordially wished its prosperity. Mr. Woodhouse next read a letter from a gentleman who ranked very high in the parent as sociation, and one they all were aware, who had exerted himself most successfully in disseminating sound conservative doctrines, and that gentleman he was confident they bad all anticipated, was Joseph Ridgway, Esq. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Ridgway had intended to have dined with them, but in his letter he stated that he had overlooked a prior engagement; nevertheless his heart was with them, and he would, when the operative associ ation was established on a good`basis.. subscribe £5 annually to wards its support; (loud cheering, ;) and whenever the asso ciation could number fifty good men and true, he would present them with a ,flag, which was now in course of, preparation. (Reiterated cheering.) With the support of such gentlemen as Mr. Hutton, Mr. Ridgway, and those whom he hail the honour to address, (continued Mt:. Woodhouse,) and the support that lie felt Certain they should receive from the operatives, helooked forward to a dissemination of sound conservative principles in this borough .never. before experienced. (Cheers.) He. then concluded by cordially secondiug the motion, which was put and carried unanimously. Other resolutions necessary to the formation of the society were proposed and carried. • APPALLING ACCIDENT, LOSS OF LIFE, AND EX TENSIVE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AT LEVENSIIULME, NEAR MANCHESTER. • The liability to fatally-destructive accidents from gas, espe cially id - a district in which the use of that powerful agent in the manufactures and commerce of this cotints'y is so extensively em ployed, cannot be too generally known and the occasion which calls forth the following brief detail will afford a caution which may save many lives and preserve large establishments from•si milar devastation. The calamitous event about to be recorded occurred on Wed nesday morning last, at the powet-loom spinning and weaving mill of Thomas Bowers and Co., at Levenshuline, situated he- - sawn Manchester and Stockport. Eight o'clock being the breakfast time of the hands employed in the mill just described, at about ten minutes before that period a mail named William Worth, the principal mechanic 'of the establishment, was seen rushing from the premises completely enveloped in flames. The occupation of Worth, as superintendent of the gas department, &e., involved such necessity for the occasional use of oil, that his clothes were saturated with that combustible material, and consequently the moment of ignition presented him as one mass of tlame.• scothis time, nothing was known of the. accident by a great. majority of the nutherous'workmen ernployCii in the mill; but as it was so near the period of leaving for breakfast, all were in a state of preparation for that purpose, and the doors were thrown open in anticipation of the usual departure ofthe hands. To this circumstance, humanely considered, a large portion of . them owe their lives; for it appears that the unfortunate man, Worth, happened to come in contact with the rush of flame consequent upon the re-charging of the gas retort. his clothes immediately caught fire, and the confusion of the surrounding assistants, who were naturally more interested in the preserva tion of the man than the premises, diverted attention from the fact that the flames had communicated from him to the Conibus tibles around bias, and thence to a wooden shed above, and their rapid progress extended in the space of ten minutes to the top of the building, which was five stories in height, having fourteen windows in length, and constituting. an elevation of about sixty feet, and a length of about forty yards. The scene which ensued beggars description. One poor girl, about six teen years old, named Jane Whittaker, sprang in the terror of the first alarm from •the attic story to the fearful depth below. She was taken up in a most deplorable state, but still with life. Her back was miserably crushed, and she was otherwise much injured; but, in reply to a person who remarked that one of her arms was broken, she emphatically exclaimed, " No, my aria is not broken." She was taken with all speed t- the Man chester infirmary, but with no hope of recovery. In the dis traction which prevailed, the stairs being all on fire and every customary means of descent cut off, ropes were attached to the lead pipes nearest the several windows, and the terrified crowds that pressed for deliverance, male and female, were one by one received by their friends below, on the completion of their peril ous transit. In the meantime the flames spread with frightful velocity. The north end of the building soon . became one burning mass, and the devouring element speedily extended across the roof and floors to the southward, and three of the upper rooms were almost entirely destroyed before any check could be opposed to the destroyer. The first engine arrived from Stockport, but little effect was produced by the greatest exertions of its conductors. The arrival shortly after, however, of the powerful engines, under the superintendence of Mr. Rose, from Manchester, was attended with the most triumphant results. There was plenty of water, and the fury of the flames was subdued with really astonishing expedition. The dwelling-house attached to the mill was saved, together with the greater portion of two of the lower rooms at the south end of the mill, and a considerable quantity of valuable property. To return to the, unhappy man Woof,: he was, as stated above, enveloped in the flames which burst forth on an attempt being made to re charge the gasometer. In the bewilderment occasioned by his awful situation, he turned towards a warehouse, and, if he had entered, would no doubt have communicated the blaze which' encompassed him to property worth five or six hundred pounds, which was deposited there; but, blind and helpless, his progress was impeded by a skip, (large basket,) and he staggered out into the open air and ran towards a reservoir of water, as if prompted to jump in, and several persons called out to him to do so, and wete prepared immediately to follow him and afford prompt assistance, as soon as the extinguished flames should admit of theirapproach; but if he had such intention his heart failed him at the in.unennt, and he threw himself down at the extreme edge of the bank. The fire, which had made such • fearful havoc upon him, had by this time nearly burnt itself out, and the wretched sufferer lay a blackened, shapeless mass, no thing being distinguishable but an encrustation of cinder, which crumbled beneath the touch with appalling facility. lie was then quite insensible, but afterwards recovered Consciousness, and existed in that forlorn state until about the same houryes terday morning, when death relieved himfrom further suffering: He was a man of excellent character, and considered most va luable as a workman. One of the Stockport fire Men ivas also dreadfully injured. In jumping off his engine he unfortunately fell, and the wheels went over hint. One leg and an arm were so shockingly frac tured that his danger is considered imminent. A young man , named Thomson, whose exertions in removing valuable pro perty from the burning edifice were peculiarly conspicuous, was also severely hurt by the falling in of the stairs. , His shoulder was dislocated, hot it is now, it is hoped, doing well. The amount of injury sustained by the machinery is esti mated at froM twelve to fifteen thsusan'd pounds; and the build ing. which produced assental of £5OO per 'annum, is estimated at about the *sine amount as the machinery, so that from twenty-five to thirty thousand pounds base, at the lowest calcu lation, been swallowed up by this untoward event. But astral'. portion of that large shut, it is said, was assured. It will he gratifying to every humane mind to learn - that ap plications have been made for all the hands who have thud been thrown out of employment. The firm of Messrs. Woolley and Son, of Manchester, ha's atome offered immediate engagements to the greater portions of the wurkmen„overlookers, &es— /in/lon Chronicle. Pi fia!" , U ; • - - M it MI OF JUSTIcK.—A man named Hiram Bedford was ap-, prehended on Monday week by Mr. Boviorth, deputy-constabte of Little Bolton; on a charge of felony, brought before the ma gistrate, Mr. Heywood, at Bolton, on - Thursday, and at half-paSt twelve o'clock committed for trial. At ten minutes past one o'clock the same day the constable took the prisoner, proseim , tor and witnesses to Salford Court, a distance of eleven miles, and previous to the grand jury rising, . they. found a true bill against him, the last that was presented. At twenty minutes past three o'clock the prisoner had been tried, convicted, and sentenced to seven years transportation; and by half-past three he was in irons!—Manchester Chronicles StitmoNs ON POPEEZY.—We are happy to learn that the ministers of the established church in this town are at last alive to the insinuations of popery, and have resolved to preach a se ries of sermons on sonic of the leading errors the church of Rome on each consecutive Wednesday evening, at St. Andrew's Church, Renshaw street. The talent and character of the der , gymen who have undertaken the dnty are an earnest that it will he well and judiciously performed, and we hope that the dis courses will he afterwards printed in a cheap form, so as tole ' within reach of persons in moderate circumstances' We un derstand. the preachers are to be~ the Rev. J..lones, of St. An drew's; Rev. Thomas Tattershall, of St. Augustine's ; Rev. F. , Barker, Edge-hill; Rev. Mr. Berth, of Wallasey ; Rev. A. Knox, oNßirkenhead; Rev. J. H. 6tevvart, ot . Percy-street; Rev. Mr Lyons.of All Sainti; Rev. R. P. Buddiconi, of liver:- ton ; and Rev. Hugh M`Neill i of St,. Judet's. The'first letterer' is tube delivered tc-morrow evenityg. LGOAL NR . • 'RADICAL LIB E RALITY.-A; a rnetitify, of reformers held id the Lord-street Ward, Mr. Lewis Moiiey (a Jew) was proposed, as a candidate for the new council; but was reje;:ted on the. ground that he would not " go the whole Eidg." DEATH OF Mn. ALDERMAN THORPE.—B} . - the death of thii, magistrate a vacancy occurs in the Court of Aldermen of the city of London, which Mr. Sheriff Salhnione hat been requested to become a candidate for the honour of filling. Mr. Salomons is a Jew,• and the first person of that persuasion who ever held a high judicial office in this country. • CURIOUS DECTSION.—On Thursday, a hornet* court was held at the Sessions-house; Chapel-street, over which Henry Roscoe, Esq. presided as assessor , for perfecting writs on me quiries in cases where judgment had been suffered to go by de's fault. Most of the cases were very tinimpertant. One, how 4 ever, merits record, from the curions discrepanty between the charge of the assessor and the verdict of the jury. Two waiters; belonging to an'inn not a thousand miles from Clayton-square, happened to have a quarrel, which WitS decided by an appeal— to fisticuffs. One of them, as sometimes happens, got trounced, to his heart's content and his body's 'discontent,. and therefore thought. fit to britig an action at law, for assault and battery; - against his fellow "Coming, sir." This •belliserent - suffered judgment to go by default, thus admitting that some assault hed been committed on the person of the complainant. Mr. Bards well, fee the plaintiff, only called one witness—not to the facts; but to the injury. This was the surgeon, who stated that he had • attended the plaintiff, but, of coarse, could not saY what had Caused his bruises. The learned assessor charged the jury to - the effect that, as the case was not proved, the damages must be nominal. The jury, however, found it verdict for the plaintiff of £3. 3s. and costs. CORONERS' INQUESTS...-dr! WedneSday last. an inquest was Held before Ambrose Lace, Eeq., to inquire touChirie the death of Geo. SiaipSon. John Graystock deposed, that he was stableman in the service of Mr. William Garner, coach-pro prietor, Knight-street. He knew the deceased, who had, during the last three mouths, been in the service of Dr. Formby as groom. Witness and deceased slept . at night . in two haylofti which joined each other, over Mr. Garner's stables. Early on the morning of Sunday, the 25th of Oct. last, the witness was . roused by hearing &number of deep groans issuing from the stable beneath the hayloft in which deceased slept. Witness, went immediasely to the spot and discoverer': the deceased lying behind one of the horses, and nearly beneath the hole of the loft the ascent to which was by a ladder.. The deceased appeared. very much hurt, and Was unable to speak or, stand. W hen the other persons belonging to the place arrived,. the deceaSed was removed to the Infirrearte Mr. Surgeon Long, of the Infirmary., .deposed that the deceased was fiiund tn have received an injury . of tine hack. Every thing Was done for him that his case re quired. but he died ;it twelee o'clock on 'fuessisty.night last. The witnesses stated, that the deceased was very .mueh addicted to drinking. Verdict, Accidental- deailt.—On Saturday last a co s sroner's inquest was held at the Polieeeiseirt; to imair() into tho circumstances which led to the death of Henry Sal;Stiry, a car ter, or this town. J•iliti Whitthread testified, that he was a far• tier, and resided in . Hatton-garden, where he also had a yard,. to which the deceased was in the habit of taking the horses of $ his master. On Sunday morning last he was there for upwardS of an hour, wandering about different parts of the'premiees wait , ing for the horses. A little before ten o'clock, witness saw him smoking his pipe in the workshop: In a few moments afterwardd he was informed that deceased had fallen from the shop, down a stepladder, into the yard. The height of the ladder was about three yards. Whed witness went to him he Wae. lying on the pavement, in a slate of insensibility. Mr. Surgehti Whitley was uninediately sent for. The deceased was placed in a car, and the former attended him ho me . Dec Cased was tipsy when,de ponent left him in the shop: Mr. Surgeon Whitley stated that that he had seen the deeeased immediately after tlie accident; and-bad attended him up to the peried of his death, which vas caused by a fracture of the skull; which had produced very ex tensive extravasation of.blocid on the brain. Deceased resided in Mary Ann-court, Chadwick:jstreet. Verdict, Accidental 'feat!. STATE Or CEIME.-It appears by the report just published by Mr. clay; chaplain of Preston gaol, that a great decrease ie perceptil,le in the trials for felony that have taken place for the last twelve months in that important district of the countrl, while at the same time the offences are themselvei much less serious than those of any preceding year. In 1831 the number of residents in Preston tried for felony had decreased from 76 to 33; in the present year, ending October 1, they amount only to 19: in' 1831 they formed one-third of the whole calendar; In 1831, one-seventh; and this year. the calendar being at the same time very much diminished, only one-ninth. Justly re; garding drunkenness as the bane of all happiness, and the most fruitful source of crime, he hails the persevering efforts of We temperance societies throughout the district as that species o. : moral agency which has already ao powerfully arrested the pro gress of crime, and calls upon all the friends Of social order; and well wishers of those in the humbler walks of life; to ex tend, by their example and influence, its pleasing and beneficial effects. THE WARWICKSHIRE STANDARD.—The first number of the Warwickshire Standard was published at Warwick, on Saturday last. The name assumed by this Journal indicates the intena Lion of supporting, if. it do not guarantee, the advocacy of sound constitutional principles in church and state. However, on this subject, We give our new contemporary and namesake, an opportunity of speaking for itself by extracting the following passage from its opening address:—" At the present crisis, when the breath of faction, blasphemy, and sedition, is spread ing, its baneful influence over the land,—threatening destruc tion to those time-hallowed institutions which can alone pre= . serve the happiness and welfare of the country,—when opinions so injurious to the best interests' of the nation, end priuciplea undermining the order and regulations of society, are so indus triously disseminated by. designing and discontented men, it becomes .necessary that every Means should be used to oppose their progress, and to prevent .the blow which is . meditated -against our lives, our liberties; and our pro- • party. With this . view, in opposition to those doctrine 4 tending to excite and inflame the public mind, and to prise tect our civil and religious rights, and for, the preservation of our ancient constitution in church and state. it Of highly in cumbent on the friends of good order to establish CONSERVidIVE NEWSPAPERS in those parts of the empire Where none at present exist. Such an organ in this county has lorg . been considered -a .1-eideratunt, it being notorious that the southern diyhion hal never yet possessed a jcurnal exclusivelytlevoteil to the ins terests of those professing true constitutional principles, and that the newspaper press in North Warwickshires with b two. s Ali or three honourable exceptions, has long been in the- of ' persona diametrically opposed to the safe and en at policy of the late government" .. r s LEERS CONSERVATIVE DINNE/L—The Leeds corieerve.tivoe' intend to give a grand conservative dinner at the Music-halls on 'Wednesday the lath instant, in honou: of the I.ljght I - lon. Sir John Beckett, Bart., member fop the borough. The gilt.; thering will be in all respects werthy of the cause ; it will not only be numerous, but will embrace the strength and spirit o. the blue party; and we have every reason to believe that there. will be present many distinguished public characteri, including some, in all probability, whom every good man and true will be most anxious to see and hear. Of course Sir John Beckett in: tends to be present; and we understand that many of the con servative noblemen and gentlemen, connected with the county;, and standing prominently in the public eye, are expected to ate tend. We shall be in a condition next week to give more par ticularti. It is enough at present to repeat that the demonstra tion will be one in all its bearings such as Leeds should make at the present juncture, and is likely to attract no inconsider able share of public attention.— Leeds Intelligencei% LOSS etc THE PRINCE FREDERICK STE • AMEll.—lnformatiori was received iii Leeds yesterday, that the Prince Frederick steam-packet from Goole to London, had been shipwrecked on Wednesday morning, having taken the ground on the Collor: Sands near Lowestoft, owing to the density of the fog. She was heavily laden with a very valuable cargo of merchandise. from the West-riding, Weighing, it is estimated, upwards of 711 tons. The engineer and two persons were drowned. Since the above was in type we ha. , e been favoured with the foll ow i ng ex ,„ - . tract of a letter, dated " Lowestoft. 4th Nov., 1835. lam sorry to inform you that the Prince Frederick steamer, John Wood, commander, from abole to London, was completely lost this morning on the sand-bank, called Cotton Sands. She had on board a very valuable cargo, chiefly . of manufactured goo d s, . none of which are as yet come to shore except a bale of flanneli and another of woollen cloths. Three lives lest, viz., William Goinrnersal, engineer, Mrs. Holloisay, stewardess, and a young . gentleman, passenger, from York, name unkuovsn."—Leeds I n . telligencir. IMPROVEMENT IN THE VALUE OF PROPERTY IN BlnsttNn- It/ad.—ln 1806 the old Parsonage-house and garden, situate at the bottoni of Worcester-street, was sold by auction, under the authority of parliament. the buildings having become (rein age unfit, and the site being unsuitahle for the residence of the nee , for of St Martin's. The property was purchased on speculation at £5,550, a sum then considered by all a bold price, and many ventured the opinion that the purchaser would-never see his my• ney again. The reiult, however, proves otherwise; it is consi; tiered that by the sale of materials and by temporary and perms= nent lettings, three per cent. interest at least has been realized' during the outlay, and the reesale on Monday kit; in thirty% one lots, produced £9,ls9.—Birmingham Casette. SYSTEM or APPEa r..—The thriving village of Tylilesley-with; Shackerly was about two rears ago in a state of great excite; meat, owing to the inequility of the assessment for the poors% rate, and proceedings were instituted by a portion of the ley. payers to try the validity and equity of the rate; but the partied came to an understanding, sad instead of going into court re. ferred the matter to Mr. Gor on, of Busy, oho made a new Rs• sesstnent of the township, which has been acted upon to the pre sent time. Several of the leypayers, being still dissatisfied; have instructed their legal adviser to take the necessary steps for bringing the question before the court, nod active exertions are now being made to have the validity of the present rato tried at the next Kirkdale Quarter Session. Our correspondent suggests that two disinterested persons should be appointed to decide the matter at isstie tvhereby the ill-feeling and heart burnings existing between the contending patties would be al layed, and much unnecessary expense avoided.— Manchester Chroniiqe: . . IMPORTANT To Mtiriic . at, Marc.— At the Court ofßequests et Hyde, on Wedneedav last, Mr. Lamont, a member of the 13dinburgh Colleee - of Burgeon, suininoned4i person named Dawson, to recover the sum of £3 13i. 4d.,:for medicine and professional attendance upon his wife. • The -defendant, by way o f set-off, - riefeired Mr. burnout to pi-educe evidence of his be ing a licentiate cifthe Society of Apothecaries in London, or to -prove that he practised ns en apothecary previous to the yeas )815. in piirsio With the provisions of an act of . parliament requiring such qualification. In tailuie of prodecing the rid quired proofs the plaintiff was nonsuited e but he !Omitted herd to stern' that the vlolure of his patient's siisease preperly, ranked :it with stisgical caSeS, it belts; chronic rheumatism el the head. This, however, iris (iv - ern:lest by three el the commiseionks, . who weie medical ieeu ; naniely—Mir. Cheetham, Mr. 'l'inker, and Mr. Knowles, they declaring the ( ass' to be strictly medical and - contending in epposition to the opioien of the chairman awl that of the law-clerk of the court, that their decision show(' li e regulated by the act. of parliament, leuviess ail consideration Of equity i out Of the question. This is on important point, and . deserves more ettent len than is generally paid to it id the pi ti ce&iings of such courts. . .• DEATH OF EARL Nessteess-We regret to announce, that Earl Nelson died on the evening of Saturday last, the 31st ult, at his residence. Buck - worth-1141w ; near Sslisbnry. His lord ahip had been in-a very bad state if health ter soles months past, and latterly .n"opes were ent er t a in e d a -friit recovery. Sit . William Beatty Aid Dr. Johiee Johnson had been for some time in close attendance on his lordship. but no nit ads could he folllld • to stop the progress of his complaint. The eiible earl was in the 40th year of his age, lie is sueceeided in his title and estates by his eldest son. Viscount Trafalgar, Mho is in the tenth yftalr, of his age. Earl Nelsou was tiepheof of the rensiwned hero of Trafalgar. lie had succeeded to thelitle only within the teat few months. . .. The opening of the newly"-formed acivalicett pert of ne....e..,' took place on Tuesday with 'much eerennotiv.' Ihe merchant , biig Hiram, dressed in all her (-dome, trAct . lnvieg the local . authorities on board, was towed iiito the advriussed' via et 'o4l'- 04 eight iii thq marling, when the Itec.Rerresitth frc eel re rulV4• , of . 4 i guns. The crowds eat-he:net on the ( ( errs fis rii ve's ibis? -,..; eeielnotry were immense, and ses-crat bout, filled 'Atli compittl e ir. loiloived thwlliraininte th e ',Qtr. The qukl,3 tia cc eh eAle - the. pert Corm aU. . .