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OCTOBER 13, 143 5 . . sr.mirAtlernr.sme,necoinpami,lia..troi,erearcrr....., -71,sa leis w or thy f a ther, had lie been alive, would haveknouted h H a o v u e ,, g , ( im o n t o r d are m - likely to give, no small trouble to the and the people. him in such an earnest manner that he would not have " But never let the people forget that they themselves have all hist t 'll s sw forgott e n it during all the short years of his life. When Is ot o le s t e rfu t e -a . r. H I D t e v s, d s i t A an t t l i . : a ll its e a ' o s ri i s ' o n r ' d rn s a l; ' e s c ( o a r l y n re d, - ' „ t strongly imbued with tory principles ? Why, unquestionably Mr. WI L LIAM EIVART has declared against the pe ers the y well may tremble! But there remains this consolation— mowaizarilrlten to la run;l o ') r t,; e ip s lesqf the notion. The:French revolution except a minority so small ax scarcely to 1 venture to liA up its head either in parliament or out. At that now that Mr. Essssnr is found in the ranks of HUME AVAKewy, and O'CONNELL time it .was that Mr. PITT, who was kept in power by the corn , lee_and all the Esvaars may loons ancl.the people as much as by the / King, aud the lords, in- With great safety consider themselves booke d and shelved troduced so many tories into the upper house. When intro for' the nex t gen eration. We venture to predict that it duced-they held the same opinions as the great majority of the people, high and low:, This was also the case with Mr. Peres Will be so. successors till som years after the peace, when the people came But leaving such small deer , let us re turn to the whi g to their senses, a found out the foolish and costly game they .:. had been play in It was therefore the existence of a tory go 4ristoeracy. Seeing what turn things have taken—see- sentiment for forty . years—to say nothing of the earlier part of NORTH'SNORTH'S—that Ang that they are assailed where their honour and pride gave Mr. I t ' o r r s y as p s rin a e d i ; l i e n s is t t h a e l r ion re a se n n d t o Le . a scendancy frd in the House are concerned—seeing that it is necessary to stand upon of Peers. But the peculiar obstinacy manifested by the the defensive as regards the MELBOURNE administration, p during the last session is to be ascribed direceY to the conduct of the people at the elections of .lanuary last. If constitnen and on the offensive as concerns O'CONNELL, they have cies had not sent so many tories to the House of Commons, the toriesin the House of Lords would have been far less valiant and publiihed a manifesto which is addressed to both.— stubborn. Now it would be no great proof of wisdom to doom Whe re ? Not ire a London paper ; for there the aristo- the lords to destruction for having acted in the same way as a cratic whigs have now no organ: The Morning Chronicle, lame and influential class of the commons of Englandcia class may be very wrong—we think they are so - but sti That ll they once the very lackey of the whig nobility, is now under are a c l ass o f the people, a l arge an d i n fl u e n tial Class; and even t w h o e u r d su c s o t o r s o i r o la o r assembly that could be formed in England the influence of wild radicalism, and is in the hands of small number of individuals having the same JoiatosPAßEas and a coterie of low socinians and con- opinions and feelings as the lords. we doubt if the toryism of tem ptible stock-jobbers. The Globe is a d issentin gj our- of t tit i vi ou of se Lords is a whit stronger than that of a large majority of Commons. : nal, whose leading characteristic is meanne ss and lying. .1- * * * * * - * The Courier is conducted by a :disappointed whig, of " But what would. be the result of the system Mr. O'Connell proposes to substitute for the present ? We suspect he would whom Mr. HUSKISSON, if he were alive , could give some find, when it was established,, that he had jumped out of the tsotittoheenficrye. formedH etal b k talks O d f .v Vt g. inf t o p tt lr ye ni houseinto account, and who hates his party in the ratio of his disap- frying -pan the w e co n i erel-ctoral districts of - 2 . 00,030 persons }. ' eac n b poiretment. He therefore cannot be trusted. There is, - consequently, no London journal in which the aristocra- constituencies were to resemble the present county constituen cies, we ask what would be the politics of the members elected? tic whigs Can repose any confidence. They have there- We are firmly convinced that a majority of them would be tories ; fore, under these circumstances, selected the Leeds Mer- because among the landed proprietors, especially the upper classes of them, tory principles prevail more than whig pi-mer cury. In that paper of Saturday last our honourable pies ; and the influence of those proprietors (though it might, Oontemporary, one of the members for Leeds, has been perhaps, be somewhat lessened), cannot be destroyed without .confiscating their estates. Indeedit is evident that the lords authorised to speak the sentiments of the whig aristo- are not the only obstacle to reform. Nearly as great an ob tracy. We are not of those who would depreciate the stacle exists in the opinions of a large ?ortion of the lauded .t i s e e n p tr o y r e tt t l h on e 74 bir r roets therefore lies much talents of Mr. BAINES. We acknowledge him to be a O'Connellbaronets, &c. and for that evil Person of considerable experience, "of rare - success as a the only remedy would be.es Zemfiseetion of property, a general , tradesman, of remarkable • bouleversement of society—a remedy ten thousand times worse . industry, of accessible princi- than the . disease ! But, supposing this radical cure not to be pies, of. convenient politics, who studies the upper and attempted, we say that an elective 'upper house would, in all .rotroase f_; bi o lity lo ,b l e_ s qeite as much indisposed to reform as the present lOwer currents of popularity, and who, like the Cheap d , and far more unmanageable; because, feeling side artist, always walks for an appetite in the morning that it rested on a broader basis, it would act with more in the direction that the wind blows. He will , how ever, energy and determination. Unless, therefore, these views are . quite tenacious, which we believe it is impossible to prove, the on this occasion, perhaps, pardon us if we ascribe a con- very forms of a republic would not answer Mr. O'Connell's o a s l e l: boThbereslititetdofintthoettgobvvertnhuoient and legislature must, alterable portion of the very able article which appears , p , f u t r e p ,. people; and among the in the Leeds Merin i•Y to some other pen than his own. people themselves there is, anti has been for centuries, that Of Mercury* generallyyand whig Mercurys particularly, Fo r r e v at division o f o pi n ion indicated. by the parties of whig and we entertain but a very low opinion. Perhaps t his arises oWe will bring this matter home to the people of the West from seeing one weekly in our vicinity, which, making ward d ing of Yorkshire. Suppose candidates to be brought for at our next election on the principle of advocating a re allowance for dotage and a long confirmed love of modelling of the House of Lords, they would be opposed by all the noble whi families b the baronets robabl b the whole small quackery, stale trumpery, and ridiculous inanities of the landed g gentry, alid y by nearly all 'o p 't the ol y clee y t and most influential reform leaders in the towns. m o l e a n s t s a e s —written only for a liberal circle of nursery maids 'What sort of a figure would o i thecn t influential? Most and journeymen tailorsstitches of borrowed words passing for ideasand the hundredth-time-repeated slang be A thrown ? Into ar l i )n aili l a a n n ee wn w a rth the tories. Of course the of thi r ty years ago passing for modern wit, just as a phi- reformone party would be broken to shivers. A liberal member of the southern counties said to us the other day, " We losophic washerwoman throwing up a soap bubble calls now return fourteen liberal members for our county . if the it a new world—such a Mercury is ours ; and while it question of depriving the lords of their independent character should be urged on we shall return only four.' Would it not brings the schoolmaster into contempt , reflects immea- then be infatuation in the liberals to urge on this question ? - surable . discredit upon the intellect and taste of so large *,, • , * * ' * * * We scarcely need point out to any man of reflection that a community as that of Liverpool. • the proposed abolition of the House of 'seers could not be carried without a resolution. The peers would to a man resist it • and . But we.beg Mr. BAINES'S pardon for naming him on the constitution affords . no means of overcoming that resistance. i the same day •with..a .contemporary who, as . a professed If overcome at all, therefore, it must be, as in the days of Caoni reformer, renders hy contrast such vast superiority to Is s iti. l i n ., by the . arbitrary assumption of the House of Corninons. can imagine that such an act of revolutionary violence Leeds. We have said that the article in the Leeds Mer- could be effected without a civil war. And. in such is civil war,. industrious .i.7vha t stretch people o fi) etsl3 , is ably written. We go further, and say that taking ( 7 t h l a t l e would t , be r the grievance o s t r imaee and support the demo eac h lar it with all its faults and its necessary leanings to party,willre prerogative t cut iv e others 3 throats a great t)r nothing. ' which by the •way are a blind, it is argumentative, has been committed ? What patriot has been brought to the block? What popular rights have been outraged ? ' What strictly logical, and in its whole bearings unanswer- , grievous and insulting tax has been enforced ? Why, there is stimulusegnat e n , of powerful ably and convincingly true. It is indeed the very lint r much as a single sticker indignation, of fuel wherewith to resentment,sel f the sense popular t f l lar indignation. -best article on the subject we have yet perused. Hinjury outra, The outrage, the we have-done Mr. BAINES wrong in supposing that lie interest, every m otive that fires the soul and braces the nerves is not the sole author, We shall be most happy to stand would guile q a u s i t t o e n t e he o Oth t c h l e ' way. _ And what man that is not as ig f people of England can for an instant corrected.; and if we have. judged him discourteously, imagine that the people would allow (heir ancient peers to be despoiled, degraded, end made the foot-balls of such men as from prepossessed opinions, we shall be most ready to O'Connell? Whowho saw the enthusiasm with which the offer him every apology. Earl Fitzwilliam and Lord Milton were received at the last West Riding meeting can doubt that if those noble lords were One thing, however, is clear. The honourable teem- to mount theirlorses and to raise the standard of " KING, PEERS, bet for Leeds could not have written the article in clues- AND CONSTITUTION," tens of thousands would affectionately rush t their support—not merely their tenantry, who would tion without having consulted the leaders of the whig take up arms to a man, but the clothiers .and tradesmen who aristocracy. It is so direct an attack upon the ministry heve so long, revered and. loved them? It would be the same with Lord Car e lisle and Lord Morpeth. It would be the hat 1. he would not have done it without their sanction. same with' the Duke of Devonshire and the Duke of Nor- It iS in fact a tort' article. ' It cuts away the legs of Lord folk,—aye, and with the tory peers as well as with the whi g peers. Let Alnwick, Clamber, and Burghley, and Hatfield, MELBOURNE and Lord JOHN RUSSELL at one slash. It and Lowther, as well as Wentworth, and Castle Howard, and tells th e minister in an authoritative tone that he must Chatsworth, and Knowsley, and Eaton, and Dinorben, summon their vetunanry around their ancient towers, and we should not expect any further support from the whig nobility— like toknow what kind of force Mr. O'Connell or any of his that they not only distrust him, but that they hate and coadjutors would bringmustering into the field against the mustering o f the English knights and yeomen? detest the alliance h " e has formed with the instruments of It pleases this declaimer to speak of the peers as ' odd Popery, and with one of the most characterless dema - fellows ' — ' knavish fellows'—as ' hogs'—as a ' swinish mill titude'—as ' mad dogs'—as ' imbeciles,' dolts, and creatures gogues that- ever addressed or insulted the people Of so p i t if u l t h at " a kit c h en wenc h w i t h her broom' might put a England. It tells Lord - MELBOURNE that he must curb dozen of them to flight! !!' We are ashamed to quote insults so foul; but they have positively issued from the lips of this and coerce DANIEL forthwith, or they will unite with the modern 'I hersites, before tens of thousauds of the people of - • . tories and displace. the present cabinet. In short this Scotland. ' manifesto, we take it soun ‘ ds the knell of the MELBOURNE attached to 6 are i o n. slavish admirers of rank and power. We are , ‘ order—t h e people—the tradesmen of England. administration. The whigs have 'always been immensely But the records of our memory must be wiped as with a sponge, and our sense of all that is just, true, and noble must be,quite jealous of their " order ;" O'CONNELL is the avowed inverted before we can see this treatment of the British peers enemy of that " order," and the whig ministry tolerate, age without unutterable scorn and indignation. By the con if they do not actually pay and encourage, O'CONNELL. f a es b s t i: i n o o r t. t o r i a e e n -e s l l o cr i s i: ,r i or every h ( ination, educated,is no2.i n at l.:l d e world This must not be any longer. This is contrary to all bearing so indicative highly g p i l ill i antrY, s t n io " blness, intelligence - , t a n nl the rules and maxims of society—dog does not eat dog— refinement as the peers of England. They must be so. What achievements are there in our history so chivalrous and splen whig must not prey upon whig—their castles and man- did as those performed by our ancient nobility? And have not sions must not be pulled down, nor their old oaks felled, very many of our recently ennobled peers won their coronets with their swords? The English peers have adorned every hor their broad 'lands laid waste, merely to keep Lord walk of literature and science, have subdued , the conquerors of JOHN RUSSELL and a few needy whigs, and their worth- Europe in the field, have conducted our fleetstriumphant through the ocean, have stood as true as their own steel the martyrs of less dependents in office. No. Thee word has been patriotism. 'l'o pour the filth of the most scurrilous contumely spoken, and the deed Infest be done. on an order which is emblazoned with the names of Wellinieton, Nelson, Byron, Brougham, Grey, Anglesea, Holland, King, But we are trifling with the patience of our readers in Melbourne, Bedford, Wellesley, Hill. Lynedoch, Howe, Hood, Burlington, Fitzwilliam, Stanhope a tansdowne, Combermere, Withholding that porticos of the article upon which we Lyndhurst; Denman, Erskine, Exmouth, St. Vincent, Suffield, have founded these hurried observations. It commences and a host besides, evinces a judgment the most distempered, with a brief notice of DANIEL'S late hobby—Repeal of the or , a , 6 spirit 0 0 0 f o c l i o t l s u i o m o n T r o t t h o e t e i a l L o . s m t . Lili e s s o a t e t d h ow.at bot v o o n n . considerations Union—which it contends would have " ruinel even his is, that the substitution of an elective senate for the present influence if he had not given it up." It then proceeds House . et' . Lords is as undesirable in a constitutional point of view as it is impossi b le from the feelings and prejudices of the as follows: • . nation. " The subject is one of sogreat importance and so new to the ' 'lt is proposed, then, to ABOLISH THE ,HOUSE OF LORDS,— bl . ind that we h to take from the peers of England the privileges which their p . O ic f ni . . t nye t oug t it . right to tis exten . ed order has exercised for a thousand years, and to substitute for v l i o ese o confidenceitorde;:room ple . ver4 the retormers ta k e wnoer us with the ancient assembly of the.. barons,' an elective assembly, fallaciousat„edir reasonings of Mr. Q'Connell and his admirers. chosen by the that is, another House of Commons. - "Now, what would this be hut a neeoneic? The English The reader is now able to judge whether the talent constitution is an admixture of monarchy, aristocracy, and displayed in the above extract is not entitled to 'the democracy. Of these, the oldest-principles are monarchy and • aristocracy, and the youngest born as an element of govern- highest commendation. In its reasoning we heartily merit is the democracy; for the House of Commons was ten- concur. The style is vigorous, the sentiments are sound turies posterior to, the assembly of barons. We are not saying what ought to be—we are saying what has been, and what is. and conservative, and they come seasonably from one The fact is undoubted, that aristocracy has always been a main whom we had set down as a member of the HUME faction. element of the British constitution. Ever since the accession That such sentiments pervade the minds of a vast majority' of the St uar ts, the democracy has been gaining upon the aris tocracy. The House of Commons has been growing more and of the people of England we have not, and never had any store powerful. The advocates of the reform of the House of doubt whatever. T hat such sentiments are gaining Commons—among whom we rank a zealous part—thought that . the aristocracy had too much control over the democracy, by ground daily, even in the manufacturing towns, anti in Means of their possession of the rotten boroughs; and they con- wens of dissent, utilitarianism, and infidelity, we eoived that the people had now attained sufficient knowledge the and discretion to be able to choose their own representatives. sincerely believe ; and that such is the case in Leeds , The reform of the' representation g reatly abridged the power of m I) • Mr. .uAINES, we venture to say, is ready to attest. If by the aristocracy,. and increased that of the democracy ; rend the '''` reform of the municipal corporations has tended still further to corning round to them at the eleventh hour, firmly re strengthen the latter, and to retrench the influence of the for- solved to adhere to them during the remainder of leis life, riser. " But no person until the year 1835 ever proposed to abolish our honourable contemporary should be enabled to secure the aristocracy—ever thought that object either practicable or i •the leis return at next election, none will rejoice more ,s desirable. The object has always been to establish a fairer , fiitlance of the governing power—not to-annihilate one rind ma ke than we. But leaving declared his principles thus openly, - th e other supreme. We wish to be distinctly understood as ex- only One duty remains—he must nail them to the mast, pressing no opinion now as to what form of government Is ab stractedly the most desirable, We are only pointing out what, and fight under them to the last extremity ; and he must in point o f fact, are the great, the old, the deep, and solid faun- moreover make war upon all those who dare to assail or dations on which the structure of the British constitution rests. And we repeat that aristocracy is an essential principle of that disparage them. constitution—is one of its grand foundations, stretching so deep But is our honourable contemporary aware of the and far that the force wbich excavates that must bring down the w h o l e e difi ce i n ru ins. serious and perhaps painful duties he will, under these "The monarchical part of the constitution, though still 'a ; cacumstances, be called upon to perform ? When one of , tower of strength,' me look upon as possessing much less power , end mach less capability of self-defence than the aristocratical. a cluster of houses is on fire, more than one sometimes The fate of both, however, is clearly . hound rip together. The have to be destroyed in order to save the rest. The arguments against hereditary legislation would tell more „ ~ . party is in this predicament. We do not say that Strongly still against hereditary monarchy. If they should ever ' lig triumph so far as to bring about an elective House of Lords, that Lord MELBOURNE is On fire, or that Lord MULGRAVE is next and immediate step will be an elective king• mad, or that Lord JOHN RUSSELL is silly, or that Lord "We make these statements to show that the proposition which Mr. O'CONNELL, is urging on the nation is neither more BROUGHAM is daft ; but what in the name of goodness not less than this, namely, to make a fundamental change in , a re we to say for old COKE of Norfolk—the father of the the form of government—To SUBSITIJTE• A REPUBLIC FOR A LIMITED MONARCHY. ' present generation of whigs—who calls himself a whig "Is this what the people of England wish ?Is this an object of the school—and old who has in his day stuffed more worthy the pursuit of a prudent man ? Has the British con stitution been so ineffectual for the ends of liberty, good govern- whigs and whigglings with fat mutton, French wine, and 'Pent, national power; wealth, security, glory, intelligence, and French principles than any other man alive ? What is improvements as to make this desirable ? Is it worth while to uproot fr o m the foundations a structure like which the world to be done with this old whig bird--this Norfolk goose? A t has never seen, at the period when it is the whole world's adnei- a scans's' isle meeting in Yarmouth the other day, he stated ration, and when, it has proved a secure shelter, through the storms and convulsions of centuries, for all that can adorn and that, "for the last sixty or seventy years there has hardly bless a community ? been an independent man placed in the Horse of Lords." " What is the practical end to be sought by republicanizing , What do the whig nobility say to this ? Lord GREY our government? Is it needed for the establishment of civil liberty? . That is already perfect. Of religious liberty? Surely made a goodly number of whir, Lords in his day—are not, when so much has recently been done to remove the re- of . strictions on conscience. Is it required to protect the freedom none these independent Y Lo rd 11 _ROUGIIAM, we knew, of the press ? to give greater force to law.?. to tender property is not quite so independent as Mr. COKE—Lotd PLUN hyne secure, or industry more free, or the habitations of Eng- • KETT is a poor man—Lord DURILAM is not troubled wills bitumen more seared? - Is it necessary to enforce economy on th e governincet ? or to ensure a proper control over public excessive Sveaitleslshicl DENMAN is not overstocked with officers? It is enough barely to mention these important ends .1 . 16 , 5'=1 Lord MULGRAVE •s ' either law or irto , a I. not rich—Lord of government, to convince every man that our reformed house of Commons, our free press, and our right of meeting and of GLENELG wouldi tip' dfiluent if diamonds grew on heather, petition, give abundant security for the attainment of them all: but unforttiri iglY ''l ' 1 ey d ' d tl o not—Lord (we forget his title,) "WE do not deny that the lords have acted a perverse; and " ' .. . e venaninfalnatect lima—that they have resisted treasures t h e latd Ifigli ktioidtiiy, LITTLETON; has no money to which were both good and just in themselves, and urgently spare=iii64B td tild loids of reform; the last coinage required by ciecuniSta.aces,—that tory principles have a great - ' ', . . • luitetelairey in that housei— and that on this accetnit the lo'rdS froth OW *hit iiiiitt, otiibt &ff - thtr puree: ivater; but; ~~~ts+~_:~~'+-a~••; - .. _ate - :' L . , .tt—~~'~.^ saving the mark they (;aa harllythe called /7v/01)cl/dont accotding to the Norfolk acceptation of that term. But ANould lie disrobe them : 2 • Would Mr. COKE tear the co ronet from the head of HENRY Lord BROUGHAM and VAux, kick it into the kennel, and place in its room the red cap 4 , l4rty ? Let him try. _ _ . . On the ‘hole the whigs must silence this silly and in temperate old Whig as well as O'CoNNELL, or they will make but poor work in defence of their " order." .They must scour the Norfolk kettle as well as the Irish pot. When penning the remarks which appeared in this journal cn Tuesday last, we had not expected that we should so soon have another case of clerical apathy brouglit under our notice. It is truly painful to see this desertion of their high trust by those whose especial func tion it is to guard the treasure-house of the reformed faith. We should earlier have betaken ourselves to the consideration of the letter which has suggested the above reflection, had not a press of other matter of a similar nature demanded our attention. Our readers will by this time be aware that we allude to some correspon dence which appears to have passed between the notori ous Doctor MURRAY and a gentleman who signs himself MAURICE JAMES, 8.D., and who dates from Pembridge Rectory. _ _ In this correspondence we are given to understand that Mr. JAMES could not bring himself to think so harshly of popery in the 19th century as to suppose its hierarchy could sanction the tenets contained in the theological treatise of DoMINUS DENS. We, for our own part, had thought this question had been already settled in such a manner as to leave no room for doubt in the mind of any right thinking man. Nor, indeed, can we bring ourselves to believe that there can be any candid mind which is not thoroughly convinced upon this point. Still, as public journalists, it is our duty•Virriantly to watch the progress. of opinion on a matter so important as this. It shall, then, be our aim to show, by an examination of the let ters before us, that every attempt on the part of the Romish priesthood to disavow their connexion with PETER DENS is eminently unsuccessful. Before doing this, however, one word on the lukewarm protestantism of the Rev. MAURICE JAMES. He thus begins the letter to the Hereford Times which accom panies his correspondence with Dr. MURRAY : " TO TILE 11DITOR.OF THE HEREFORD TIMES. " Sin,-Lln consequence of what occurred at the late protes tant meeting (so called) at Hereford, I wrote to the primate of the Roman catholic church in Ireland, Dr. Murray, as follows, viz.:— " My Lord," &c. Here we have an individual who has pledged his fealty to the protestant faith, and has sealed with an oath his conviction that " the church of Rome hath grievously erred," hesitating to allow to a meeting convened for the, express purpose of combating popery the name_ of pro testant; but at the same time we find him addressing the bishop of •an apostate and usurping church with the title of " . my lord." This is toleration with a vengeance We say nothing'about the ignorance of the title usurped by Dr. MURRAY which these few lines betray. The purport of his letter to the doctor is contained in the following words : " Your lordship will greatly oblige me by informing me how it was that. the authorized republication of Dens in 1&)8, and again in 1832, took place without the omission or any explana tion of the passages objected to, and also what is the nature of. the conferences which the book is used, and to what use it is therein applied, 'and especially to what kind of comment or interpretation the passages in question are then subjected." Well, there is something gained here at any rate — the republications of DENS in 1808 and 1832 : were " authorized." It certainly was very unkind of MAti nicr JAMES to set out With calling his correspondent a ! liar. Dr. MURRAY had expressly denied that the repub lication of this work was " authorized." Good; but - let that pass for the .present. Mr. JAMES concludes his let ter to the Ilereford Times thus : " I will only add, that. I am entirely satisfied with the ex planation given in the above letter, and in my conscience acquit the writer individually, and the Roman catholics in general, of entertaining at this day the persecuting and homicidal doctrines and dispositions attributed to them, which doctrines (the spirit of them at least) and dispositions belong. 1 believe, much more to their accusers, and are really exemplified in their actions. • " I tim, sir, vour very obedient servant, 4 " 141AulticE Jamas.— _ _ . Well, Mr. MAURICE JAMES, yGLI are easily satisfied; you possess a contkience in the dicta of popish priests worthy your .illustrious namesake, the son of the great DAN. Think you, sir, that the reflecting people of England will value such testimony as yours at a rush ? you do, you are most assuredly mistaken. What is it which now distracts Ireland to its very centre—what but the dark designS of popish fiends? Every day's post brings us intelligence of the consummation, either by secret con spiracy or open violence, of schemes which have their origin in malice and revenge, hatred and cruelty. What more common in that unhappy and priest-ridden country than murders and assassinations; and these; tpo,commit ted,,sriA4he persons of the ministers of justice and the attendants on the sanctuary. And yet a clergyman has the barefaced impudence to tell us, that " persecuting and horpicidal . doctrines" do not characterize the papists of the present day! God forbid that we should charge such barbarous cruelties and vile conspiracies on all who live in the communion of that church! It would be, almost as unfair to do so as if we were to charge all the clergy of the establishment with being equally as luke warm and careless about their high privileges as is this MAURICE JAMES. No, there are the seduced party, who are not thought sufficiently base to be intrusted with these fell schemes, lest their consciences should revolt at them, and their good nature induce them to disclose the meditated villanv. But there are also a busy active fac tion who are always restless and designing, and act by such maxims of moralit) as the more honest among the heathens would have shuddered at. What have this party been doing for the last two hundred years but con spiring, plotting, inflaming the popular mind, and, in short, undermining the foundations both of our govern ment and religion. The Pope and his emissaries will never rest, but will use every means, lawful and unlaw ful, fire and sword, to regain England, once the prime flower of his triple crown. Turn we now to the consideration of Dr. MURRAY'S defence of his own and his brethren's conduct in re Do- MINUS PETER DENS. Imprimis, Dr. M. tells us that he was delighted with Mr. JAMES'S "able and truly liberal paper." Were we anxious for our fair fame we should say,— "Non tali auxilio nec ,lefensoribus istis." Neither do we like the oily-tongued hypocrisy of his ac quiescence in the spirit of protestantism. But to what, does the doctor's defence of the clergy amount ? The old story about the oath. We have else• where spoken on the popish doctrine of intention; we cannot, however, refrain from reprinting the following extract from a preface to the "Secret Institutions of the Jesuits." "The greatest care imaginable must be also taken that these instructions do not fall into the hands of strangers, for fear out of envy of our order they should give theta a sinister interpre tation. But if this (which God forbid !) should happen, let it be positively denied that these are the principles of the society, and such denial be confirmed by those of our members which we arc sure know nothing of them; by this means, and by con fronting them with our public instructions printed or written, our credibility will be established beyond opposition." Here we have a proviso for the case of DEN. The denial has been flatly made, and an appeal to their gene ral 'exhortations vauntingly set forth. The trick, how ever, w ill not do. 'Why were instructions given to and ' obeyed by CLOYN to tear out of every copy in his pos session that dedication which had caused the priests to lie. We were going to write further, but we wilt give our readers time to digest this petit morceau of evasion. ge purpose returning to the subject,—in the meanwhile we subjoin the following from th a Dublin Evening Mail: "DANIEL MUREAT AND PETER DENS.—This troublesome question of Dens is forcing itself upon the poor Roman catholic clergy, sore against their will; and this reluctant forthcoming into the arena of controversy manifests how deeply the spur hath touched their blood." It is, in fact, a desperate case.: But men run to the well will, of cowards, betioine brave and face the enemy. We have accordingly had letter upon letter from Murray and WoodS-L.and Woods and Murray; add now the Rev. Maurice James, of Hereford, comes to the rescue— and pronounces the parties acquitted. Poor Mr. -James! it is certainly easy to satisfy a gentleman of his turn of thinking tind very extensive information—a man who knows so little of the parties whom he presumes to absolve, that he does not even know their station; and who,.in the plenitude of his liberality, and the profundity of his ignorance, addresses Doctor Murr,ay as the primate of Ireland. To the inquiries of this "learned Theban" Dr.'Murray—without.undeceiving him as to the sup positious title—returns an answer of expnrgation: the substance of which is, that no use whatsoever was made of Dens as a con fereuce book, but in suggesting 'the questions fur decision in their mostwrPriovan ORDRa: that is to gay, as first, second, third, and so forth—in due theologic:tl sequence! and the Rev.- Maurice is perfectly satisfied with this explanation. Now, 'might it .not occur to Mr. James—as it must to every one else —that if this had been the Ole use to which Dens was turned-- all the advantage might have,been had, if there bad been but a single copy of Dens in Ireland; and that one safely locked up in the bureau of Dr. Murray, or Mr. Woods. But can any man in his senses believe that, for such a purpose, two large edi tions-3010 copies each—should be published—at the cost 61 12,000 guineas—the first ordered by the whole conclave of Roman catholic bishops—the second demanded in consequence of the order of the archbishop of the province (and with his express sanction)—backed by his three provincial suttragans— that this book should be used as the guide for the ecclesiastical conferences of the inferior orders of the clergy? If the Rev. Maurice James believes it, he has a swallow of crodulity capa ble of gulping down all popery in one mouthful." LONDON LATEST NLWVS. City, Saturday Evening, Hatfipast Seven o'clock. The commercial letters received from America this day ex press great solicitude and apprehension respecting the issue of the proceedings relative to the slave question. Committees were forming in the southern states to counteract the efforts of the emancipators. At some of the meetings to promote the aboli tion the speakers have been answered'in the riglar American fashion of arguing questions of importance. In New Hamp shire great excitement has been created in consequence of an anti-abolition meeting having been held in that place. The chairman had to fly for his life, and the civil authorities could only preserve the peace by guaranteeing that no patties should address the people. Thus it appears, that in " the land of the froe" a public meeting to discuss the merits of a public question cannot be held with safety unless the speakers deliver their speeches in silence. The general impression both here and in America is, that the dispute can only be settled by a dismem berment of the union, or by a civil war. A fine Christmas prospect this for brother Jonathan. The Money Market closed this afternoon somewhat more buoyantly than it had been for several days past. Consols opened at 901, dropped to 90. but closed at 901 Omnium closed at 3A premium. Money became more plentiful to-day in consequence of the dividends becoming payable on Wednesday. Exchequer Bills and India Bonds are still going down, The former dropped from 16 to 12, and the latter from'3 to 1 prem. The rage for gambling in railway shares is rapidly increasing, although several of them are declining in value. In the Foreign Market the hopes entertained that Mendiza bal will be able to reorganise the financial and political affairs of Spain produced a rise in the Stock of that country. The old bondi rose from 421 to 451; the new from 394 to 421. The closing prices this day were—old 43-44, 411; new 4O 411. A slight improvement has taken place in the South American re publican securities. ra . r4,,tr, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. REVISION 01? THE BOROUGH LIST. The revising barristers opened their courts for the revision of the lists of voters for this borough on Friday morning. The objections to the freemen were heard by Mr. Greenwood in the Civil Court. The claims and objections as to the lists for the parish of Liverpool. As to collecting districts 1,2, 3, and 4, by Mr. Heywood, in the Crown Court, and as to collecting districts 5,6, 7, and 8, by Mr.'Elanshard, in the Grand Jiiry lioom, and as to the lists for the township of Toxteth-park, West Derby, Everton, and Kirkdale, by Mr. Abrahall, in the old Grand Jury Hoorn. REVISION OF THE LIST OF FREEMEN. The 'fown-clork stated that he wished -it to he understood, that, in consequence of his uecessai y absence from Liverpool, manynarnes had appeared upon thu lists which ought not to have been there, as they had not appeared to state their preseut residence. No case possessing any particular interest occurred in tVs. court. Upwards of 400 freemen who had been objected to ap peared and substantiated their claims. • In very few cases did there appear the slightest ground of objection to these men, nod everybody but their pertinacious opponents seem to unite in a common feeling of iudignAtion at the political rancour which induced these random objections. The barrister, with. the most anxious desire to remedy, as far as lay in his power, this cruel injustice, has afforded as 'ouch time as possible to these poor men to come forward, although every attempt was made to shake him from his purpose. Mr. Greenwood, • however, throughout the whole of this •revision has shown that•ho can think and act for himself. Mr. Peter Wright appeared on behalf of the conservative as sociation, to support the freemen, and Mr. ®rook conducted the case (if case it can be called) of the reform association. PARISH OF LIVERPOOL. Mr. Heywood sat in the Crown Court. FIRST DAY. " The list of claimants was first taken. The first claimant hav ing appeased to substantiate his claim, and been examined by Mr. Atherton in support of his qualification, Mr. Carson was proceeding to cross-examine him, when Mr. Atherton objected to his right to do so. Mr. Carson admitted that there was no clause in the act which, strictly speaking, authorised him to cross-examine a claimant, but he contended - that it was an omission in the act which should be supplied by permitting any persob on the list of voters to ob ject at the hearing of the claim. if this was not allowed, a per son omitted from the original overseers' list was in a much bet ter phsition than a person who was inserted. The latter might be objected to, and his qualification sifted, but the former had only to claim and make out a prima facie case, and this claim would be allowed, and in this view he was supported by Mr. Rus selljemn whose Work orfthe reform nct he quoted a passage in fa - your of his right (being on the list of voters) to examine the claimant. _ . Mr. Heywood decided against the general right, but said he would take the evidence of any person who appeared as a wit ness against a claimant. The list of claims was then proceeded with without opposition from either party. The .objections against the persons in the register for districts 5,6, 7, and 8, were taken in the Grand Jury linens before Mr. Blanshard. Mr. Penington attended on behalf of the conser vatives, and Mr. Curry on behalf of the reformers. The cases of objections against those parties who were in attendance were gone into, after which, a part of the claims made by thoie pre sent were examined and decided, and at four o'clock Mr. Blan shard proceeded with the list of objections, striking out the names of such as were not present. On Saturday the list. of clailliaGlS was completed. On Saturday morniag Mr. Abraball presided for Mr. Blan shard during a short time, and several persons claimed to vote who had not paid all the arrears of rates for former years, which bad been partly ex;msed by the overseers. An objection was taken by Mr. Penington, that as the party could only be discharged or appeal from their liability and 4g. overseers had no power to excuse them, they still remained PS gaily liable,and could not be held to have paid all the taxes due front them. Mr. Abrahall concurred in this view and toe • votes were struck off.) A question having been put by Mr. Penington to John Gerdes, a claimant as to the place of his birth, an objection was made by Mr. Curry, that the onus probandi lay upon the person objecting. After a discussion, Mr. Blanshard said that he and his colleagues had considered the point, and were quite satisfied that the party having been constituted a witness to prove his own qualification of which his right as a natural born subject was a material ingredient, he was subject to be cross examined. The examination was resumed, and it appeared that the claimant was a German and had not been naturalized. lie was' struck off. The right to elicit this evidence from the claimant himself was insisted upon.hy Mr. Peniugton in many other cases, and seine were struck off on the ground off on the ground of their being aliens. - - SATURDAY. The List of Objections taken, The Rev. H. 0. Booth claimed to vote in respect of his occu pation of a house in Ray-street. It appeared that the house was taken by,the trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, and that 'Mr. Booth's occupation was only permissive. The claim was therefore (I.kallowed. _ _ _ Charles Graham claimed to vote for a house in Soho-square. It appeared, that he had removed on the first of July to a house in Great Nelson-street. Mr. Carson contended that he should have claimed to be rated for the latter `house, and to have his name inserted fur the two successive occupations ending on the last day of July. Mr. Atherton contended that this was an omission of the Overseers for which the claimant ought not to suffer, and that the court had power to supply the defect by aclrL. ing " Great Nelsen-street." Mr. Carson replied that there was no clause in the act which gave the barrister such •power. This was no omission or mistake under the 50th sec. It was no part of the duty of the overseers, at least for the purposes of this act, to ascertain the removals of every body in the town ; u party leaving one house and going to another should send in a claim to be rated for the latter. The Overseers had no other guide than the rate-book in making out the lists, and such was the intention of the legislature. Mr. He weed said he could not add the other house as a part of the qualification, and that the party should have claimed to be rated. The claim was therefore disallowed. TILE ALIENS. A German sugar-baker, of Matthew-street, in the radical interest, claimed as the occupant of a £lO tenement. Mr. Atherton having asked if all his taxes were paid, and being answered in the affirmative, Mr. Carson inquired whether he was born in the British dominions. After some hesitation, the claimant said that he was born in Germany. The revising bar rister inquired whether he had served in the army, navy, or whale fisheries. The claimant said he had not, and the vote was consequently disallowed. A number of other Germans were struck out of the register on the same 14101111 as. The whole number of aliens struck off was thirty-four. AN IRISH VOREIGNER. John Silbowdin claimed as the occupant of a house rated at £l6 per annum, in Tithebarn-street, which he had held fur nineteen years. Mr. Carson, (to the claimant :) are you an Englishma❑ born ?—Claimant :. They tell me not; but I don't know. (A laugh.)—Mr. Carson : Where were lou born ? Claimant :—T hat I can't tell. (Laughter.)—Mr. Carson : Where did you first find yourself ?—Claimant : At Waterford, Ireland. My father I am told was a foreigner; but whether I was born in Oporto or Waterford I can't tell.—Mr. Heywood : Have you ever served in the navy?—Claimant: Yes, I served eight years in the Superb, 74, under Lord Nelson.—Mr. Hey wood : Then that will do.—Vote allowed. (Teorg., , e Worthy, one of the Society. of Friends, claimed as the occupier of a house in Virgil-street, and was objected to by Mr. Carson, who cross4xamined him in order to show that he was not the real occupier. Mr. Worthy, however, having solemnlo affirmed that he was, the vote was held good. Laurence 'l'ynam claimed in respect of being the occupier of a public-house from the Gth of August, 1831. Ile was objected to by a person who resided in the same neighbourhood, who stated that the claimant had not occupied the premises for that peri-A, but had rola his house to his brother-in-law, who se name was over the door. It appeared, on examination of the claimant, that he had spent five months in Lancaster Castle, having been tried for manslaughter. Mr. Atherton contended that nun-occupation from being in gaol did not disqualify the claimant from voting, and that he had merely placed his brother in-law in the house to manage it for him in his absence. Mr. Heywood said he would take lime to consider the case ; .and having subsequently conferied With the other barristers; the vote was allowed. Mr. James Owen, ,ttruggist, of London-rodd,.claimed as the occupier of . a house and shot► rated at £63. per annum. Mr. Owen, it appeared, had a receiving -bolt for letters iu his win dew, and Mr. Atherton contended that, being employed by government in the postoffice department, he had no r►ght ti.) vote. Arr. Owen said 'that he was merely paid six pounds per annum by Mr. Banning, the postmaster, as a. rental for the box, anif i a that disqualified him hu would rather decline the box than be deprived of his vote. Mr. Carson, for the claimant, was of opinion that as Mr. Owen'S name was not to be found o:► the pcstclUce Woks, and having no vonnexion with.the overnment. but being appointed solely by Mr. Banninz . he wits not disqualified. In support of his view Mr. Carson. quoted a decision in the case of a letter; carrier in Bedfordshire appointed by the postmaster, whose vote was held to be good.. Mr. Heywood• asked Mr. Owens whether he received money for postpaid letters ; and on answering in the affirmative, the vote was disallowed. After the case had been decided Mt. Atherton thought proper to otTer an opinion that Mr. Owen must, from the nature of his situation, be directly biassed in favour of the crown. Mr. Owen indignantly repelled the insinuation, and said that there was not a more independent man in Liverpool than him self. He begged leave to thank Mr. Atherton for his gratui tous linpertinenee in insinuating that his vote was to be pur chased for six pounds. Mr. Atherton said Mr. Owen was quite welcome to any com iiliment be had paid him. Derby Carty was opposed by Mr. Carson. It appeared that ; the claimant .was superintendent of the . nail works of Messrs. Yates and. Co,, in Vauxhall-road, and occupied a cottage on their premises, for which he paid £lO a veer. He stated, that he considered if;he left their service, lie should be obliged to leave the cottage. Mr. Carson contended that the occupation was only inci dental to the service, and did not constitute a tenancy; and he quoted a case similar to this, in which a pauper had claimed in his settiement in respect of renting a £lO tenement; but it was held that if the occupation-was merely incidental to the service and necessary for the performance of it, it was not a tenancy. Mr. Atherton considered the tenancy sufficiently proved. Mr. Heywood said he had considerable doubts ; but upon the claimant's producing a receipt for the rent be allowed the claim. Mr. Charles Rowland claimed fora shop in Tithebarn-street. Mr. Walthew, the collector, in the absence of the claimant, was examined by Mr. Carson, to prove the qualification. Mr. Atherton.—How do you know, Mr.AValthew, that Mr. Rowland lives here? Mr. Walthew.-1 have seen him there. Mr. Atherton.—What was he doing ? Mr. Walthew.—Shaving and drawing teeth. Mr. Athe-ton.—Oht he unites the professiOns. But have you seen hint for the last, twelve months ? Mr. Walthew.—Yes, I think so. Mr. Atherton.—But you are not sure. A witness of the name of Kirkman, here cam^ forward and proved, that ho had seen Mr. Rowland performing his profes sional duties during the requisite pet iod. Mr. Atherton still doubted whether the claim was proved. Mr. Carson submitted not only that all the qualifications der the act were proved ; but also, and they really appeared to be considered the most important, the shaving and tooth-draw ing too. • - Mr. Heywood.—Yes, I think it will do. The claim was allowed. . There were no other cases of interest before the courts. The whole of the business connected with the registration hos Veen conducted with the greatest regularity, and much praise is due to the overseers, vestry clerk, collectors, rate book keepers, and other officers of the parish. Tho books of the parish are kept in such excellent order, that not one single error of consequence occurred throughout the investigation. CHESHIRE AND (;RESTER CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. The first anniversary dinner of this association was given on Friday last, at the Assembly Rooms, Chester, Lord Delamere in the chair. The party, which embraced most of the heads of the nobility, gentry, and yeomanry of the county and the city of Chester, was also attended by Lord Combermere, Lord Robt. Manners, Lord Cole, the Hon... Lloyd Kenyon, the Hon. Hugh Chohnondley, Sir H. Mainwaring, Sir Philip Egerton, M.P., 'Sit Richard Brooke, Sir Robert CunlifL-!, John Eutwisle, Esq., M.P., John Roby, Esq., Rochdale, Wilson Jones, Esq., M.P., and a great number of other gentlemen from Lancashire, Den bigh, and the neighbouring counties. The principal speakers Were Lord Delamere, the dmirman, Mr. Randle Wilbraham., Mr. Entwisle, Mr. Wilson Jones, Lord Cole, Sir Philip Eger ton, Mr. Wilbraham I . %zertOn. Lord Cornbermere. Mr. Ken yon, and the Rev. J. King. After drinking the healths of the Ling, queen, and other members of the royal family, the follow ing tear ts among others were given :—" The Chester and Che shire Conservative Association," " The House of. Peers," "The Army and Navy," "The Gentlemen who composed the Deputations from South Lancashire, .and Denbigehire, and Flintshire," "Lord Delamere, the chairman," "The Conser vative Members for the County, Sir P. Egerton and Mr. Tat ton Egerton," "Lord Combermere," "Lord Robert Man ners," "The Hon. High Cholmondle s y," "The Hon. Lloyd Kenyon," "Sir Robert Pee)," "The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," "The Earl of Eldon," and "The Vice-Presi dents." ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. On Thursday night, as the patrol, Robert Shaughnessy, was going his rounds in the district called Windsor, he found a poor man lying upon the ground in a state of insensibility and nearly covered with blood. From ail appearances, he had been robbed, and an attempt had been made to murder him, we fear the sequel will prove too successfully. On Friday Mr. Parlour stood up before his Worship the Mayor, and said that, from some cir cumstances which had come to his knowledge, he caused a per son, named John Maginnis, to he apprehended. The injured man, who is called James Hurst, he had caused to be sent to the Infirmary. The prisoner, Juhn Maginnis, was then placed at the bar. Shaughnessy, the patrol, stated that he was going his rounds, when he met a lady and gentleman who told him that they had heard faint moans proceeding from a certain spot, which they directed him to, and they requested that he would go and examine into the cause. Ile went, and found Hurst lying on his back, beaten ha a most horrible way, and covered with blood. lime jaw was broken, and he: was beaten out of all resemblance to humanity, so that witness was doubtful as to whether he would live till he arrived at the Station-house. Wit ness searched him at the last-named place, and found on him a watch, a snuff-box, and one shilling. His right-hand pocket had been cut entirely away. tie (Hurst) was incapable of speaking, and no hope was entertained of his recovery. He examined the place . where he found him, hut' coulckdiscever no marks of a struggle having taken place there. Ann Hurst, the wife of the injured man, mounted the witness-box, absoibcd in grief; she said that her husband and herself bad conic from Bristol about two months ago, with the intem ion of proceeding to America. They had for some time lodged at. the house of Mr. M'Kerin, in ltedcross-street, where,also,the prisoner lodged. She and her husband had subsequently taken a cellar opposite, where they resided.. At about seven o'clock on the preceding evening the prisoner had called upon her husband, and induced him to go out with him, by saying that he wished to show him some cheap furniture in Vauxhall-road. They went out together, and she did not see her husband again till that morning. Her husband had eleven pounds and one shilling about him when he went out, and two watches in his pocket. Her husband had with great difficulty spoken to her on that morning, and had told her, in direct terms, that it was the prisoner at the bar who was " his murderer." The prisoner said that he had been in his lodgings at eight o'clock, and hail, with his wife, gone to bed at nine. Jane Brown testified that she knew Hurst, and that he was in the habit of showing his purse very frequently, on which subject she had remonstrated with him. He did not come in on the preceding evening until near ten o'clock. The scratch now aisible on his face was not there on the preceding day. Eliza M`Kcan, Redcross-street, said the prisoner and his wile bad lodged with them for the last six weeks. On the pre ceding evening he had not arrived at home till some time after nine o'clock. The prisoner said that he had met Hurst in Red cress-street on the preceding evening, but that he parted with him .almost immediately. The scratch had been given to him by his wife. Margaret Reece stated that she had passed for the prisoner's wife, but she was not so. The prisoner lett her at a quarter past six o'clock on the preceding evening, saying that he was going to see his brother. lie returned home at a quar ter past nine. • Had not seen any scratch on his face till that morning. He had not told her where he got the scratch. On Satuidav, his Worship the Mayor, accompanied by 'Aar. Par lour, visited Hurst at the Infirmary, where he still is in great danger. - As he was capable of speaking, though faintly, his in formation was taken in presence of the prisoner. It was to the effect., that the latter had called upon hiin with a request that he would go with him to look at some furniture in Vauxhall-road. Hellion led him to a lonely part of the town, which he was un acquainted with, and asked him (deponent) to lend him some money. This he refused, when he hninediately received a blow from the prisdner which stunned him, and he fell insensible The prisoner was remanded. ATTEMPT TO SWINDLE. lists:— Yesterday, at the Police Court, a Frenchman, respectably dressed, calling - "himself Eugene Martin, and a man, named Wags!affe, lately a clerk, but now employed about the mach offices, were placed at the bar, charged by Mr. Towers, of the Angel Hotel, Dale-street, with an attempt to swindle him out of £9 . 10s., the amount of a bill for board, &c. contracted by the Frenchman at e hotel. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Towers, that about three weeks ago the Frenchman came to his house, and had since run up . 4 bill to the amount above stated. On Saturday evening, at eight o'clock, he received information that it was the intention tifllie prisoner to take his luggage away and escape without paying the bill, with the assistance of Wagstaffe. Wagstaffe was occasionally employed at the hotel to interpret for foreigners, and afte-r having taken sonic liquor, on Saturday, he communi cated his design, in confidence, to an acquaintance, wholet out the secret, that at a certain hour the Frenchman was to,throw his clothes, &c. frnm the bed-room window, and Wagstaffe was to receive them. Mr. Towers accordingly provided himself with two police-officers at the appointed time, and entered the pri soner's bed-room, where they found him with his clothes tied-up in a bundle ready to throW out of the window. Wagstaffe, being then lurking about the premises, was taken into custody. The prisoner's chest, notwithstanding the clothes tied in bun dles on the floor, felt very weighty, and on being opened was found to contain coals. Both prisoners were then conveyed to Bridewell, and on Wagstaffe was found £4, the produce of the sale of some of the Frenchman's wardrobe. In his defence the Frenchman said, through an interpreter, that he had an oppor tunity of going to New Orleans for £l, and that he wished to sell his clothes to pay the passage and Mr. Towers' bill. Sir Thomas l3rancker asked hint what the coals and a towel belong ing to Mr. Towers was put in the chest for? The Frenchman replied that he knew nothing of the towel, but the coals were put in the chest as ballast, to prevent it shaking about. Wag staffs said that the Frenchman employed h;ni to sell his clothes, and was not aware that anything wrong was intended. Bachel dor, the Bridewell-keeper, said that Wagstalle's house was searched, and eleven pairs of stockings and two pairs of hoots belouging to the Frenchman were found there. although Wag staffe had previously denied having anything in his house but a pair of boots given to him by the Frenchman. The magistrateS Said the case was a very suspicious tine, and ordered. Mr. Towers t o k ee p the £4, and detain the rest of the property until the whole of the bill was paid. The prisoners were then discharged. MACHINERY AND WAGES.--Mr. Babbage shows that a cot ton-spinner, who in 18W earned £1 ss. 10d. by spinning 400Ihs. of cotton at Is. 31d. per score, could in 1832, by. means of im proved machinery, spin I,2oblbs. at 6cl. per score, and earn £1 13s. Added to which he could purchase nearly twice as many actual comforts in the latter penod. On the night of Monday se'nnight an alarming fire broke,out at Ewhorst' Farm, near Basingstoke, which caused the. entire destruction of barns, stables, with 18 corn ricks and two hay ricks. The conflagration was the diabolical act of an incen diary, for whose detection such a large reward is, offered as to hope that it will lead to his speedy apprehension. —Derizes Go- zette. POLITICAL MASSES.—The favourite phrase. (says an able writer in the last number of the x Quarter/y:Review) of the revo lutionary faction in this count :—borrowed,. we believe, from the French—now is, that this and that institution must be de stroved.because the Masses choose it ;, that the best and noblest citizens must be hunted down . if. the'se Alasses take offence at them ! This is but a vile .juggle..after all ; for those who ac tually suggest the offence, and do the dirty work of vulgar per ,secutions, are, for the most part,.solitary individuals, without personal credit,. or any • known station or interest in society ; creatures not more malignant to every thing high and mag o;:nimous, than abject to the basest string of sycophancy in their watchfuladulations of the bewildered Demos, whotii it is their suf.did trade to agitate and inflate: r so CLOSE OF Till'''. REVISING BAIMISTERS' COURTS: Yesterday, Mr. Greenwood proceeded with the- revisinn of the freemen's list, and conelnded his labours about four o'thiek: The business of the courts being ended,.. , Air. WI:1(MT. addressing, Mr. ,Greenwood, that.he was • desirous on behalf of himself and the other gentlemen con nected With him on the plet ofahe conservatives.. to return their best thanks to him and -the other barristers for the courtesy as• well us the strict impartiality shown . by them during their-re vision of the different lists. - was quite sure that..had his colleagues, Mr. Carson and Mr. Pennington, and he might add' to these his friend Mr. Peacock, been aware that the im§iness would have terminated so soon they. would have been present, as they bad intended to be, to unite with him in this merited tribute. Mr. CROOK, who appeared for the radical, immediateli , added that the same feeling prevailed in the minds of himself and his colleagues, end that if any thanks were due they were doe from himself especially. Mr. GuEliNwooo replied that. he was glad to find that the desire of the revising barristers to be impartial had succeeded, and that he and his colleagues had received great assistance from both parties. The folfovving is the result of the revision of the overseers' Number of voters upon/the overseers' list for the parish . . of Liverpool . - 751 g Diminished by conservative objectious— 104 Ditto by radical objectious ....... Increased by conservative claims. Ditto by radical claims Number of voters upon the overseers' list. for the towship oC E v , r i on . Diminished by conservative objections Ditto by radical ........ . . Nat-fiber of vitro.; tipqn the overseers' list for the township ofKirlidale.... Diminished by conservative objection ' 1 ,Increased be radical clairriS. Number,.a voters I . lpon overaeers` list for the township of West Derby Ditnitiisiootby conservative objections. l2 Ditto -by radical objection .. Increased by radical:claim Number of voters upon ~the overseer3's list for,the township of Toxteth-park . Diminished by c o nservat i ve objections Ditto by radical objections Increased by radical claim . . Total, Liverpool .... IP • Fverton . Kirkdale ~, West Derby 7 2 TOateeth-park Total number upon the register for 1831 Increase. . - 891 7352 416 160, 390 891 It will be observed that there is an increase in the number of householders; but we have at the same time to state, that there is a diminution to the number of 1000 and upwards of those oc cupying houses under £l5, and that this increase generally is composed of persons of the better class. Thi s fact a tf or a s the most satisfactory ground for our firm belief that the con-' servatives can now return two members for the borough. TUE FnEEMEN We have no doubt that the reformers, that, is to say "the Orrell-alley committee," will loudly . . boast of their success against the freemen on the late revision, and we should notibe surprised if they actually told the public, nay even con vinc e ti that portion of it which comprises the poor deluded creatures who subscribe their 2s. 6d. a•picee to the reform fund, that by the exertions of their committee 1500 freemen have been struck off. We will, however, endeavour to satisfy the minds even of these unfortunate individuals of the miserable tricks which are practised upon them. We will begin with stating three facts the truth of which we defy the reform association and all their secretaries and solici tors to deny. There were on the register of freemen for 1834 —.3727 There will be on the tegister for 1835 • 3518 There voted in January last only 2905 But " the committee" wr•ill say in their report to the subscribers,. ." we objected to 1920 freemen, only 3E:B appeared, ergo all ti t ° others were struck off." It is trite they did - object to 1920 nanter on the Town-clerk's list, because there were about 111 X) nainv:s on that list snore than should have been placed there. This the Town-clerk very satisfactorily explained on opening the cowl; it was a mistake committed during his stay in London, in con sequence of his clerk not feeling himself justified on own responsibility in leaving artv name out in the abtertee oithatgen-: denten. Now, as we said before, these were merely names, or we may say, that most of them were' the reminiscences of dead men, of poor General Tarleton, George Dykes, Jack Jones, with many others of notoriety, who are now reposing with their ancestors. There were also included in this list Many illustrious, name's of honorary freemen, the Earl of Derby, Lord Skennersdal e Sir Robert . Peel, Lord Sandon, J. Evelyn Denison, and, we were about to say, Mr. F.watt, but the latter is not a freeman, and never was, though he usurped the title weer. t uitett his purpose. So much for the glorious exertions of the Reform Association and the distinguished success of "three days" before the bar- rister. We have, in fact, as good a list of freemen as ever ; upwards of Ojd more than have ever voted under the reform act, and these all living men. We have then, ntoreo,,er, one and all of sound conservative principles, deeply feeling the injury. and the insult they have experienced during the last week, and determined at the first opportunity (and this we. hope they. will ere long have) to demonstrate most convin , ingly to their' enemies, that they have power to send Mr. E , Aart into that state of humble retirement, whiJi, notwithstanding his brilliant displays in parliament, we cannot help thinking is best suited to the scale .of his y and classical attainments. Mn. EYTON'S CoNchar.—The tenth annual concert of this musician will be given at the Music-hall, Bold-sheet, to-morrow evening. The orchestra will be occupied by nearly one hun dred vocal and instrumental performers.. The scheme is a good one. The second part consistS of Ilandel's "Axis and GalateE.," a beautiful composition, which no one who has the slightebt relish for music ever heaitt and forgot, or can hear without wishing to hear it again. . _ THEArits-ROYAL, CuEStaii.—Mr. Raymond opened the Chester Theatre last Monday week. Sheridan Knowles and his pupil, Miss Elphinstone, have beeil performing the princi pal characters in the dramai written by that gentleman to good audiences. Mons. Siivain and Modelle. Pablihe are engaged, and will make their first appearance on Monday next. Several members of the Liverpool coinpany arc engaged ut Chester; among whom will be found the - names of Mr. Wuldron, Mrs: Herbert, and Mr. and Mrs. Melville. The Scotch Church, Rodney-street, whiCh has tech Under going considerable repairs, will, we understand, be opened for public worship on Sunday next. ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROIIIIERY.—As a gentleman was driving home to Bootle, one evening last week, on crossing the bridge by the Seaforth road, two men rushed ;forward .and. attempted to seizeihis horse's bridle; howev e r, by applying the whip pretty smarty, the animal dashed forward, knukking one of the men down, the wheel of the vehicle passing over his body. It is high time that the authorities should look into the insecure state of the outskirts, and an efficient patrole both of horse and foot ought to be formed. Housn OF COMMONS AND ()HANOI: Lonoli..s.- 7 Colonel Fair man has commenced actions against the Speaker of the House of Commons, his Sergeant-at-Arms, and the.select committee, to try the legality of the proeeedings Of thelieuse towards him respecting his books and papers, upon which he is determined to have the verdict of a British jury. DCATH OF Sift THOMAS WALLACK.—,This veteran baronet and soldier died at his residence at CorballY; in the - immediate neighbourhood of this town, on Sunday last. the 4th torrent. at the advanced age of eighty-five. In his youth lie saw a great deal of service, was in America during the War, and rose to the rank of lieut.-colonel, but retired shortly after peace was pro claimed. Sir Thomas Wallace was the ltlest sou of Mrs. Dun lop, of Dimlop, whose name will be revered to the most distant posterity; but in consequence of a private arrangement his se cond brother, the late General.Dunlop, of Southwick, who foe vesrs represented the stewartry of Kitkendbright, beired the family estates, while the deceased succeeded to the Aides and possessions of his grandfather. Sir Theme's Wallece, of . Craigie—a family.w hie') traces its descent from the twelfth cen tury, and what is redder still, gas e birth to, es a cadet, the hero of Scotland. -Sir:William Wallace. Another member of this house, who bore the name of .Sir Thomas, was. second in com mand at the-battle of Salk, and killed the Englisie.commaneer with his own. band, although he himself afterwards fell mortally wounded. The late Mrs. Dunlop had five sons, all of. wl e o r , arrived et man's estate, General Andrew, who died while .go veinor Of Dominica, and General James, who served with die tttnetion in America, India, and -Spain, and was father id e .present Laird of Dunlop, and liberal member for Ayrshire. A -third sou died comparatively young, and a fourth, tift;.r gain ing distinction as an ufiicer in the naev. Sir Thomas Walleye.: is succeeded by his son, General J. 'Alex. Waliaee who teen.' • mended the et,allant filth regiment wills great diet int Lion in Spain during the Peninsular war' as Also in Egypt. India, and...vett oui other gnat tens of the globe.—Demerri; . Cotrid • . Tits RIGHT 01 , PFERS TO VoTE'rott 11:1 tee It s;ot Peer., A MENT.—At the revising barrister'st colon ai Chichester, on Su n:May, iii r. Tyndale gave judgment upon the cieini melte by the Doke of Richmond to be iegistered for thceparieh.of 13nxtetove; in respect of his mansion and lands at GOodwOnei. Mr. Ty tr dale decided that the Duke t f BiclimoDd's nainel:ehoukl be vii teted on the list of voters; and, in giving this ilicimion, he oh.: served, I have looked in vain for any authority,- legislative or judicial, for excluding freeholders,. being pees, of the realm, from the right of voting in the election .of meti e herm of Patine meut; anti I confess that, upon censideration;, I can i-ee no ground, no reasnn, or principle, why they should fe , rescinds ii. The only . grouud en which, as it scents to lee,• their exClusieu can be maintained, is this, namely, that, Mies: Much es till ,peers of the realm have a voice in Parliament in. their oWn - persons; s they. need no representative in the house it Commons to con - sent, on their behalf, to the laws theta ntadee,r the taxes their imposed. This is most new; bufif this Were a principle of the law of England it would have a unifte at operation, end it is ob vious that if it would prevent a .peer of the front for members of the I-louse of Commons it would .also frevent members of the House of Commons -teem vothig,e; th e el ee tk ee of members of the sane house, end n ...net bas tierce - tuel tended for. As to the constitutional jPidotis:c of the heeffereutec of peers in the election of.members . of parliament, .that may 1.4 safely lett to the superintendenee _of - the Douse of Commons; That house would probably edrilee nil' the vole of the duke; 14 Leonceive, for the reasons beftire stated, that 1, as a reYisiejf barrister, have tie authority' Sd on:;. his name fietn the lig; •