The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-31 00:00:00

'P47 . -, " 3 t;Lv 31, is3s. -___ .... • P. CORPORATION REFORM BILL. The followi ng , if we m i sta k e not, i s t h e op i n i on o f L froT- 1. Ellenborough on the above bill, which we borrow th e Morni ng Poet of Monday last:— In my humble judgment, sir, this brief extract from the speech Of Sir Robert Peel is calculated at once to settle the Foint at issue as to the expediency of permiting the municipal corporation bill to be read a second time in the House of Lords Tuesday next. It is admitted on all hands that abuses of the grossest description have crelt into many of our existing co rporations ; and it is also admitted that it is expedient to es tablish a proper system of municipal government in various wealthya and p o p u l ous towns , w hi c h are at present destitute of t advantage. Upon these two simple admissions I rest the ‘ v litilfi of my aigurnent. If the existence of . defects and d eficiencie s be admitted, it follows as a matter of course that some alteration is regaisite in the present system; and on this itround I maintain, that no objection ought to be offered to the second reading of the corporation .reform bill. In putting to this op i n i on I trust I shall not be misunderstoo d b y t h ose ° whommy argument s are a dd r essed. Ido not say the Minis terial m easure is perfect in its details; on the contrary, when t n vrithstadinghe proper time ar r i ves , I Sh a ll b e pre p are d t o . prove, that, not . the labours of the conservatives in the House of e "Ms, the bill yet contains many serious defects which mutt be r emove d ere it cats safely be permitted to become a put and parcel of the l a w o f th e land, Let me .not, then, he _set down as an adv o c a t e , e v e n iu the slightest degree, of the ulttaieipal corporation bill; all I say is, that in deference to P I I"lic opinion and to the admitted evidence of facts, the Peers gra bound to yiee the measure a lair trial by allowing it to be read Z second ti me . Having done this, the future policy of their "'hips will be plain and easy: it will then remain for them either sufficiently to amend the bill in committee, or, failing in t his poioi, to reject it aaoyetaer upon the third reading. HIS•MAJESTY AND HIS VICEROY. We can state upon the most uncinestionable authurits (baton the w . °Le.iston of th e Ki ng i nves ti ng th e H o n. Francis Stanhope. th the riimind, badge. and black rod of the Order of St. Patrick, w i n t r :r iestv addressed that gentleman in Dearly the following 3, and . iu.the most emphatic manner : Sir k n affords lue great pleasure tp confer the honour of had htlniod upon you, as I have known you. from a . child, and the greatest:regard.for your father e poor Lord Harrington; nien t was a but I arn bound to- tell.you the manner in whiCh your appqint , . proposed—mark—propoated—to me by my viceroy— _-ss ouTuaaEous AN INSULT AS WAS oFrfilliw TO A WHAT WILL LOUD MU.LGRAVE DO ? • ~ " f " t 7 i . F the truth of this. of. course- for, admitting the accuracy ra . t stateinent, he could .not, -with - any pretension to the cha -13,1' et or a gentleman, continue to hold office for half an hour. rubt will his dental tiu.werAsheistrpose-7.4:We.refer him for ~the to the' Duke of Cuntherland. the Earl of Albemarle. men . 11 "td Cork. to Lord Combermeretand to the other noblemen wf't'e itithe'iminerliate Vicinage of the King when he used r es eeXtraardinary ex p ress i ons: — we r ef e r him to an officer of "1 own hous , dieldoue over whom he exercises controul to a 'tirtain e x t ent, and to 'whom his lordship can have no delicacy w in i_P r "ounding•the question—the very best witness save one t , entlld - tie produced to affirm or negative the tact :— we refer w d l e ln liv to it he on 7 Sir Francis Stanhope himself—will he date to SElv e c ou tal versions- of this story have appeared in the London " L 'is• V se have reason to knew that the foregoing is ac , urately correct.---Dublia Erening QIGN LIVER THEATRE. • t °it BLITZ'S FAREWELL BENTEI"r this present NING, the ;Ist instant. being his t appearance in ng:tßud, as he sails 'lit-morrow for Americ by the Columbus. lSignor-Blitz on this occasion will 'have le honour of Dis t:,Vr, several New and Attonishing ChIS neve! before . ti t sled i by him in Liverpool, and trusts the Entertainments 4 4 _,u0 Evening wilt be found equally deserving of that support ," !tronge which he has had the hnour to we et with on all re v lOaUS °er a osions. P a rti c ulars in Ha o nd Bilis. Gallery, 6d. Second Price to the xes only , at Nine o'clock. tbr ILiberpool fz'tanDatb. FRIDAY MORNING.-JULY 31, 1835. 'ri le Parisian spectacle of the three glorious days has 'lll-ea dY Proved to be a very serious and tragical affidr. -A telegraphic despatch was received in London on Wed ll.,"daY ev en i ng b y t h e F renc h am b assa d or , dated "P ar i s, -July DQ "' 11) , two o'clock," announcing that one of those - " v age attempts at assassination for which the republican . 11va ges of P ar i s are so famous bad been made on the 1t1 " of Lours PHILIPPE at a review on that day. The 1 ; 416 ' 11 o:11 effort to destroy the King of the French was 44 : ad e by Means of an infernal machine placed within a lvincl uw, which exploded as he was 'passing, killed his . I° Ne , hut . fortunately did his majesty no injury. This l a ascribed to the circumstance of his having ridden past ihN hous e at a rapid pace. ft took, however, a most fatal eff et up on some of his stdte, and more particularly upon ti ~rl B, e ifflmedialeatteodance upon Ids person. Alar (,la' Murder D o k e o f T REVISO was among th e killed. S everal of the King's aides decamp were also killed or _ w ounded ; and some gcsierals of rank, it was understood, "ore among the sufferers from this ferocious act of cold- Wooded treachery. It does not aripsur to h4ve bean tnnne6ted With an otganized insurrection, for, with the oeption of the excitement which such an occurrence w°111 ( 1 naturally create, Parts was in other respects tran (Pd. This is the fourth return of the anniversary of the o ration of France, of the three glorious days, during wh ich the s c e ptr e o f that: countly was wrested front the l auds of its rightful sovereikatuAttLEi X., and placed In °lose of the Duke Of ORLEAN- , . live la liberlel The illorn ing Chronicle of Wednesday, in a strain 1 " 11 ,Y. of JOE PAnxtis of Birmingham, or the three 614 jN of Toolep.street, - who called themselves the P"ople of England," exclainrs;---- En, We agai n t e ll t h e re f ormers throug h out the empire; in ,ghtrid. Wale s , S cot l an d an d I re l an d, ( h ow part i cu l ar !) that :ne s') Public opinion is loudly expressed, corporation reform jig net take place Tli Is rs: A R." • . seized We regret. to see the poor Chronicle. so suddenly with a fit of despondency. We take upon onr slet 1 1 ,Y e s to assure h e r th a t th e re i s n o. f ear o f th e s ky Ling. even if the bill should not pass "thus year." It ty 6, 614 therefore, to rail so loudly against the tories, o r address so pathetic an appeal to the refortners. The hill already in the hands of the reformers, and We have 11 4 '• doubt t h ey will do it ample justi ce . \V mistake tucit if they do not take it to piecesaml pet it up again "'cot, carve, and reforni it in so skilful a manner, that its Parent, Lord Jons, will not know the features of his own ti ntli ug• Coun se l are •t o b e h ear d aga in s t tire details of ' e b' l l and the grievous injustice they sanction with re ''Peet to the rights of property. Several boroughs have Petitioned to be heard at the bar of the house against I bd 'ebill, and we presume ••• that all who petition will also heard, Lord MELBOU=RNE says that, "To hear coon- Hlo q "very particular 'case will be a useless and inter :4'4le proceeding.; I do not believe that it has been vr"Pused with a view to delay, but undoubtedly the delay mart OCCaNiOn will be fatal to the tneaxitre." T h ; 18 is the'. o pi n i on o f DANIEL o'CoNNEtai's prime h: lis teri and it i s thi s o pi n i on , so grave ly stated; whi c h t 1 grieved and alartned the Chronicle., ntit it is vain w: (111 upon the reformers to avert the' consequences. A 34 majority of the people take no interest in, and c<tn totare possibly be affected by the bill. The most numerous t : 4 or reformers in Old towns who concern themselves th clu t it, are the operatives, whom the bill will deprite of 41.eit fit and exclude eventually from all voice or fat hers, in those corporations, of which they and their li i. u .ers, from time immemorial, have been members. In 4) 14 Pase, as in all others, since the whigs have been in 4 ,.. nw er, the poorer orders of our countrymen are the sof-, . 1 7re rg. Lord STRANOkORD tells us that the effects of the ll w ould be to reduce the electors of the borough of ir "entry . fr om 3 , 660 to 1 , 500 persons ! It wuuld operate ‘ l l lllilarl Y everrlarge borough in the kingdom. It `° "hl exclude the poor man for ever, and it would con lecluently degrade him. It is, in fact, a bill of pains and 4 7 1346 " against every man in humble circumstances. It kat to hs him, and it then points hiM out to society as 4 t) g i O O poor, too worthless, or too dishonest to he en .":ted• with the political or municipal franchise. 1 . 'he Ch ron i c l e, t h ere f ore, nee d not was t e its sweet ,) ur eatlt, or its equally sweet ink, in calling upon " public it Pi "kn" to Curb the lords in the exorcise of their privi t gel as ind e p en d ent an d i nte l l i gent l eg i s l ators . It w ill . ;„ 'Qta nswer to th e ca ll. " P u bli c o pi n io n " e very where 1 — ; 'usgust e d Wi t h the glaring injustice of the measure , "e mischievous objects it has in view, the factious pur -I!°Aes it is intended to serve, and the miserable frauds aeon tvlriell it is funded. ..t-Charges are openly made against the municipal coin tairioners of having framed a report unsupported by "ski : enee, and with th e co ll us i ve o bj ect of pr,omoting the t1:111ge8 of hi s ma j esty ' s m i n i sters. Th e two po li t i c al i n _ laPrnen who, by virtue of Lord BROUGHAM'S commis f ~l '''!'i travelled i n t o D orsets hi re f or t h e, purpose o f re -17144g the b oroug h of Weymouth, are accused by t h e 14°ri of FALMOUT H o f having misrepresented i u a shame ful Manner the mode of election in that town. They 1 7 . Et that the mayor is chosen from four persons notni t:ted thirty-six burgesses,-wh ereas , i n p o i n t o f fact' mayor is chosea by the whole burgesses and house- h olders of the town, irho amount to upwards of 1,500. So much for Weymouth. Other boroughs are treated in a similar manner. The whole report is a tissue of blun ders, absurdities, and „gross misrepresentations. But worse than this' remains. Lord Buotto HAM has himself constructively achnitted that the commission under which these men acted was an illegal one. He adMits that they had no power to compel any corporate officer, or any person breathing, to answer a single ques tion. They could not call for any document or charter. They were sent to• collect voluntary evidence—to pick up garbage—to listen to idle tales and traditionary false hoods. If, then, they received any information from municipal authorities, they received ten times as much from those who hardly knew what they Ivere talking about. And this last they are pleased to call evidence! They throw all the dirty ingredients together, shake them secundem artein as a cow-doctor does drugs, and then pick out at their leisure the most unsavoury parts which are best suited to their purpose. The selection was rich, no doubt, and as impartial as Whig rules would admit of; but, after all, it is not the sort of justice Which the people of England admire. The illegality of the commission taints the whole body of the evidence; and on this ground alone the lords are hound to satisfy themselves as to-the facts in every parti cular case before they proceed to legislate. In the first place it is their duty to ascertain whether the preamble of the bill has been proved. That preamble sets out by asserting, that in " divers boroughs in England and Wales great abuses -had crept in," &c. They detect abuses in certain . boroughs, and upon this they condemn the whole. We deny that there are any abUses, any jobbing, any malversation„ any corruption in, the borough of Liver pool. The commissioners failed to discover any. One of their number deelares that this corporation is governed by honourable men ; that its officers are efficient; that its accounts are annually audited; and that no ground of suspicion exists for .questicining the integrity, fidelity, the • publiic spirit, or the - Usefulness pf . the cotporation of Liverpool. Another of these commissioners, and . one of the ablest of them, asserts the same of other boroughs, and protests against the report. Their opinions, how ever, are "clisre•iarded ; no exception is made in favour of Liverpool ; Lord JOHN RUSSELL avails hkaself of the fictions and dispenses with the truth; the innocent anti pure are condemned with the corrupt and guilty;, and a .monstrous measure of 'spoliation receives the sanction of the House of Commons. Our appeal then to the House of Lords is to that house in its judicial capacity. We ask for no new immunities . at their hands . ; we seek no exemption from incurred penalties; we crave no special interference on the score of error, in the name of merep=we simply demand JUSTICE. We. seek that which the Louis cannot refuse ; we ask to be reheard; we submit our case upon its merits, and beg to be, tried by the . evidence against us, as well as by that which we have to offer in defence. If our prayer be acceded to, Liverpool must be erased from the schedules of the municipal reform bill. We perceive that different men being differently affected take conflicting views of the measure. For stance, there was a meeting of leaseholders under the cor. poration of Liverpool on Wednesday last. These gen tlemen are all partially interested in a particular clause of the bill, and many of them, we are happy to say, are whigs, and huge oirers of Lord JOHN RussEiv. One gentleman, Mr. BOOTH, declared that he was not favour able to any interference with " vested interests;" but has he signed the petitions in favour of the "vested in terests "Uf the poorer burgesses ? The clause that affects him is the one which reduces corporation leases from seventy-five to thirty-one years. This, no doubt, is an awful interference with " vested interests" in the estimation of Mr. BOOTH ; but in our humble judgmentit is a more defensible one than that which deprives npprea-• tices and the suns of freemen of their chartered rights. Mr. BOOTH would not like to see Lord JOHN RUSSELL Vot ing away the shares of the Liverpool and Manchester Rai!- way to the " great body of the people," or - cutting down the salaries of 'its officers; but Lord JOHN has - done as unjust an act, by robbing the freemen, as he would do by robbing „ the share-ownets ; and there are many Mr. Booirvs who . flavir'no complaints urge'ori behalf of the' spollated burgesses, hut loud and serious ones to urge when die little linger of the reformer is applied to their own properly. • We like not this. It shows of what wretched materials. patriotism anti modern reformers are composed. It gives tire poor man, who has seldom an honest defender ; a bawl idea of humanity; and 'engenders . those feelings of dis content towards their more fortunate fellow men which the whigs have encouraged for the last thirty years. The meeting cf Wednesday pruves that men of all creeds and parties are diSsatistied With the measure, and in this par ticular case we admit they have good and serious grounds fur being so; hut still tve du not seek the opposition of whigs only on those clauses which touch their own pockets. If they are to be exempted from the knife of the re formers, others who are equally if not More recklessly aggrieved, must be exempted also. We detest all in vidious, and one sided, and factious legislation. In a matter of this kind we must all swim in the same boat, suffer alike, .survive 'or go, down together. LOA:DOA , LATEST MAW'S. City, Wednesday Evening, Hall-part Seven o'clock. THE EMANCIPATION LOAN. Several of our capitalists wailed upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Melbourne, at the Treasury, this morn ing. at eleven o'clock, for the purpose of learning the - amount and partit;Wars of the Yuan reonired for the West Julia com pensation Claims. The rest►lt is that £15,0(/0,000 will be re quired iu stated instalments, the minister reserving the right of making au additional loan of one and a half millions for Bar badues, and three and a half millions for the Mauritius.. The sum of £75 stuck in consols is to be given, and EZ in three per cents: reduced, a►:d the biddings will ire in long annuities; those who will take the least in addition to the above will have the contract. The new loan will consequently betst• three per cent. interest. , The instalments are to be paid as follows: • • 10-per cent. ou Wednesday next. 10 „ on the llith of October. „ . „ 13th of November. . „ I 1 th of December. 10 „ l3th of January, 1836. ' 9 „ 9th of Februar. • 9- . 11th of March. • • 12th of April. • •" 6 „ ' „ 10th of May. „ 14th of June. 8 :„ „ 12th of July. „ 16th of August. 4 „ ~ 13th of September. The interest on the consuls will commence from the 15th instant, and the reduced kora the lst October. Two per cent_ discount wili.be made for all payments triads in full. 'This amount being larger than was anticipated, has had a consi derable effect nit our consul market, consuls for money and. for account, whieh opened at 9U, have fallen to 89-i 4, at which they closed; 3 per cent. reduced left off at 901; the 31 per cents, at 89; 9, and the new 31 per cents. at 977 f. Exchequer bilis are at 8 to 10 pro., and India bonds at 2G to 28. In the foreign market, Spanish and Portuguese securities, there is much heaviness. Spanish bonds are 484 1, the scrip 10 discount, and Portuguese 5 per cents. at 691 j. In other stock the market is heavy. Russian bonds are 1091, Dutch 5 per cent?. 101, the 21 per cents. at 54g. and Belgian at 100. Colombian bonds are 36, and the Brazilian at 85. Chilian are 1.3 to 4,5, and Mexican 36i, with little doing. Advices ;lave been transmitted by Admiral Rowley to the Admiralty, and by the secretary at Lloyd's, announcing that 37 Greek pirates . had been destroyed by. Ihraim Pasha, who had infested the Gulf of Salonice for the last fortnight, and that the nobrious pirate Cacamitza, who with 200 men was cruizing in that neighbourhood, having been driven by. the weather on the coast of Pintoinon, had been attacked by the troops of Imin Pacha. Larissa, and killed, with seven of his followers. REMARKABLE COINCIDENT OF THE DAYS OF THE MONTH. • On the 21st day of July, 1683, Lord 'William Russell was executed in Lineoln's•inn fields, f , r the stand which be math; iu supporting the protestant religion against the intrigues of the court in the reign of Charles 11., formed hy catholic , interest in favour of the popish Duke of York; as also died Sydney:— hence the glorious revolution of 1688. (See the hiogcaPlLY of the two illustrious martyrs.) On the 21st day of Juiy, 1835, Lord John Russell's hill for the appropriation of the revenues of the Irish protestant church, in aid of catholic education, went into a committee of the Com-1 mons' House of Parliament; the eff e ct of which is in direct opposition to his noble ancestor's aryl Sydney's glorious 4t;tig glee, for which they gave up their precious lives. Lord William Russell was the son of the 6k la duke: Lord John Russell is the sun of the sevent h duke, ' ". , ~: ~' _. x THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MELANCHOLY.SUICIDE.- On Wednesday evening - hist'considerable sensation was created in the neighbourhood of the New Ceinetry, iu censer quenve of 1 person of respectable appearance having been found in the grounds there with his throat cut from ear to ear in the most horrible manner. He was not quite dead when discovered in this awful situation, but-ire a few minutes afterwards he. ex. pired. It was subsequently ascertained that the unfortunate man was, Mr. J. F. Mercer, a gentleman of 'most respectable family, who, some time ago, carried on the business of a wine merchant in Chesterfield. near Sheffield, and had latterly been connected with the firtit.of,Arrowbmith and Rider, in the same . business, in Manchester. He arrived in Liverpool about a fortnight ago, (during the races,) since which time he had taken up his abode at the house of Mr. Roger Backhouse, the Wil liam the 4th, in Williamson-square. From his unaccustomed absence from Manchester, and not having written home, his wife, who has a large family, became uneasy, and on Wednes day morning a friend of his came over to l o iv.expool ler the pur pose of requcstiu' him to go home. His friend found . him 'at' his liotel, and on the afternoon of the evening the shocking deed was committed he promised to return with his friend to Manchester by the five o'clock train. About four o'clock the same evening he left his friend, at the same time shaking hands with him, and stating that he would be punctual to the time the omnibus started for the railway. At the hour deceased was ex pected, his friend ( Mr. Street, of Manchester) received the fol lowing letter, which had evidently been written before deceased left the Walk= the Fourth, because the date of 29th of July to be subsequently inserted, and before he departed he inquired the day of the month:— Liverpool, 29th of July, 1833. " My dear Friend,—Since you left me my mind has become' ten times moreoverburthened than ever, for the more I think of matters, both public and- private, i find myself the less capa ble of bearing up against them. But before I write further upon this melancholy subject let me entreat you, in almost my last dying words, that you do not, under any circumstances, make known this letter only to my dear wife and children, which God in Heaven I hope will, in the utmost distress, give fortitude to and assist under my unfirtunate extermination, which ha, been chiefly brought on by three years and a half repeated insult . upon insult, tyranny upou tyranny. After every exertion within. the limits of most men's powers had been put in force and effect by me for the benefit of others, and that too without giVing the slightest seeming satisfaction. Again, private pecuniary matters have also very heavily borne upon me, and of which I can see no earthly prospect of ever extricating myself from ; I have therefore come to . the full determination of putting a period to my existence in the Rock Cemetery, where I hope you Will find me, and see me buried; and may the Almighty God have mercy upon my hurried away soul ; and may he be pleased, in the event of my wife's, or either of my boys deaths, to take them into his holy keeping, from whence there is no return, is the best prayer I can offer for them. The conduct of Mills upon this occasion has been extremelY unfriendly as well as unmanly, notwithstanding which I forgive him, and hope to die in perfect peace with all mankind. I should wish my warmest gratitude,. to be offeredso Mr. John Wilkinson and family, arid also to, Mr. Henry Wright, and his fauidy, both of. vrtiOnillaYe•heen,, very great friends- to me, not only personally but in the way a business. Accept also, my dear Sam, the same from thoisc', hands which will very soon be no more. "F. J. MERCER. " The blessing of Almighty God be with and ever attend my, dear, dear wile and three boys is the earnest prayer of . " F. J. MERCER. " P.S.—I was just closing this letter when I saw you and the. captain coming'ult the flags from the York Hotel at noon." Mr. Street immediately on the receipt of this letter hired a coach, and went to the cemetery, but arrived too late, as the unfirtunate gentleman had just expired. Yesterday a coroner's inquest was held in the Town-clerk's. office before atones • Pownall, Esq., oue of the bailiffs for the borough, .and Hesketh Statham, Esq., clerk, on view of the body, when Mr. Samuel Street, an eminent surveyor of Man chester, stated that he was intimately acquainted with the deceased. Deceased left Manchester on the liTith day of July instant, and came to Liver pool partly on business and partly on pleasure, and to attend the Liverpool July races was another object of his coming. On Saturday last witness was informed that the deceased was absent from Manchester, and that Messrs. Arrowsinith and Rider and his friends did not know where .he was. The same afternoon circulars were issued in Manchester by Messrs. Arrowsmith and Rider cautioning the public from paving any more moneys to the deceased. On Tuesday last witness heard that deceased was in Liverpool, and he deter mined to course over and see him, with a view of taking him home. On that evening witness saw him - at the William the Fourth, in Williams , .n-square, and had a good deal of conver cation with him, and he finally agreed to return to Manchester the fallowing day with witness. Witness thought when he saw him the this manner was conFi lerally changed from what it had usually been. as be appeared 4n low spirits,. and, talked very little. On Wednesday morning deceased appeared still more depressed in spirits. On that day witness remained with him, interval of two' hours, from eleven with the exception of an in o'clock in the forenoon uo tit four o'clock in the afte,rnoon, when' deceased lett him, saying that he was going to his cousin's in. Byrom•street, and would be back again at five o'clock to go to Manchester bythe railway. Deceased particularly wished that witness would defer going by the train at five o'clock, and go by that at half-past five. Witness expected to have seen 'at thatlime,,instead of which he received the letter read. Wit ness immediately took a coach to the cemetery, and there found him dead. • _ Captain Terence Garrett M‘Mahon stated, that he reides in Williamson-square, and had known the deceased ,some time. Had seen him since lying dead in the Cemetery, and knew him to he Mr. Mercer of Manchester, the gentleman• alluded to in Mr. Street's . evidence. __ Jaynes Wiison, a publican, in Blair-street, Toxt et h- park, stated, that the deceased who had called at his house a few days previously, came in on Wednesday afternoon, a little be fore - four o'clock, and having called for a pint of " good ale," read. the. Liverpool Courier. After this he asked for sealing-wax tai seal a letter with, which was brought to hint. flaying sealed the letter, he i'sked if there was a boy who would take a letter 'to Williamson-square, and he would give. him 6d. ; a boy was procured, and a man coming up at the time for a glass of ale, deceased !aid, " Mr. Wilson. give him the pint I called Abr." Deceased then went into the house, took a glass of brandy, cud i,died.. , wituues good night.. Witzuisa saw no. uousiaif he ,40. v him dead shortly afterwards. • " . , . . Robert Jones; a constable, stated that on Wednesday after noon, between five o'clock cud - half-past five, he afitt into the Cemetery in conseq.rence of hearing of the suicide: and in the passage leading to the bottom of the Cemetery, near the chapel, he found the deceased with his throat cut, iu the sho'Lkiog man ner described; • there was a razor lying on the ground near to deceased, which was the saute now produced.. Witness carried deCeased to ilewtou's public-house, Rathbone-street. Witco witness came to deceased he wets stripped of bin}coat and:wilist coat, hat, and handkerchief, which lay beside bits.. Some Sil ver and a pencil-case were found in ,his pockets. This being the principal part of the evidence, the jury retired, and shortly returned, with a verdict of "Temporary derange ment." investment of 'Capital, that it would cause the buildings to be erected upon such land to be of a wretched and cLlteriorated de scription, and that great injury would accrue to mortgagees, Mr. Hohne concluded by proposing the first resolution. Mr. HENRY BOOTH said, he c ou ld no t .b e cons id ere d as a very great stickler for vested rights, but he would say, that tnev ought not to be interfered with, unless any very great good would be thereby received. (Cheers.) In the present case there would not only be a very great injury to the holders of property, but the interests of the town and the building Of property would be greatly interfered with. He should, therefore, very cordially second the resolution. Mr. SAMUEL HOLME begged to make an observation which had been that moment suggested to him, that there were at the present time 150 acres of corporation property its the town which was unbuilt upon, independently .of dilapidated houses. The CHAIRMAN then put the iesolution, which was carried unanimously. ; • Mr. 'l'. B, BARCLAY briefly proposed.the second resolution, which was seconded by Mr. ADAM HODGSON; and carried unanimously. Mr. S. tIoLsiE said that it might remove .any impression that the corporation had made too high or too low a scale of fines, when he mentioned that they-were calculated by Mr. Morgan, of Loudon, on a fair and equitable principle between man and man. Mr. A mEROSE LACE said that some gentlemen were of opinion that the two clausesin the billaffecting the leaseholders were not sufficiently explicit. These clauses mean that the corporation for the future shall have the power of leasing for 31 or 75 years, but if for the latter period,.at an annual rack rent, and that in case of a lease which shalt not be granted on these terms, the Lords of the Treasury must be applied to for their sanction. Now, he would ask, whether it was in accordance with their ideas of sense, that an application for a five years' lease should have to go before the Lords of the Treasury? There - were 3000 leaseholders in the town, and it was probable, from the ground yet unbuilt upon, that there would be a still greater number. He, himself, held as much as twelve statute act ea, that would be, most probably, sold to 300 leaseholders, but he could not build upon it without the risk of half the usual rate of interest for such property, provided the act passed As it now stood. The direction to the builder, in such a case ,would be, as Mr. Holme had very justly described, " Erect a building which will last for. thirty-one years; if it tails down at that time, I cannot help it, for I cannot have it again." He would ask whether there was not a much greater risk of jobbing and 'anfaii dealing on their parts if the servants of the corporation should have to lease at rack rents ? Should the surveyor let a friend. of his have a lease worth £5O a-year at £25. It would lead to more jobbing than any system that could be contrived: (Cheers.) The property of the town would be thus .greatly deteriorated, and would not be sold at the same prices. it eta well known that at the present time no person would buy the remainder, of an expiring lease without they could have a larger return of in terest than if it had seventy-five years to run; consequently, the money that would otherwise be applied to the purchase of co rporation property would pais intoother channels, and instead ,of such property being improved in value, no more would he expended upon it than was sufficient to keep it in proper repair :for'the remainders:4 the lease. _ Mr. Bitoo peyfectly coincided with Mr. Lace in the remarks he had wade upon the injury which the clauses were likely to entail upon both corporation and leaseholders. Like the story of the reel in the bottle, - his only wonder wits, how they had got in. The 94th clause must be considered as a continuation of the 93d clause. it was very proper that the public mind should be disabused. Mr. Lack said he never sold a single yard of land without the question being asked the corporation renew the lease?"- and he had always replied that there was a regular scale, by which it might be renewed at any time. M r. STEWART having been strongly collet) Upon by Mr. Samuel Holtue to give his valuable opinion upon the operation of the clauses, then said he agreed with the gentlemen who had pre ceded him, that they were injurious and injudicious. By its provisions it was quite impossible for a ship carpenter, or. a cooper, whose buildings were of very little value, to have any renewal of his lease. He saw a gentleman present a short time previous, Mr. Fisher, the ship-builder, whose building yard was corporation property, and had been in the possession of his family for a long period. The bill would -operate very materihlly against the renewal of Mr. Fisher's lease. It was well known that the value of property in thee, town was frequently affected b y its position : elms, houses in Great George's-squa re , St. Anne-street, and Wolstenholme. square, would not now be worth so touch as they o-ere for merly. Suppose a gentleman had taken, a lease at the rack rent of a house, iu any of these situations, when they were fa shionable, at a fair rent; and now that Wolstenhohne-square is not a place of residence, he might wish to build a warehouse in its place; if he had a large rack lent to pay, he would not do so, for he would say he would be spending a large sum of money for a building in which he had no interest. The clauses would cheek all improvements --a great number of old leases are now outstanding which are not renewed into 75 years. The mort gagee of such a house expects the mortgagor of the house at present to put the house in full lease; and this being done, he is satisfied. But if the property were to be renewed by an annual payment of rack rent, the mortgagee has to pay the rent, and he derives no value from it all; as a matter of figures, the renewal of a lease is against the party renewing. It is much wiser to let the lease go on until it is nearly run out.—(Cheers.) Mr. M. a Lowndes said that the concluding part of the pe tition prays that the petitioners may . be heard by counsel. Mr. Lace, who has considerable interest tit corporation property in tended going toLoudon. He (Mr. Lowndes) therefore proposed that a subscription should be entered into, for the purpose of paying the expense of counsel. Mr. BRooas:beggeri leave to move as an amendment, that Mr. Lace be deputed by the leaseholders of Liverpool to go to London, to watch over their interests. This was carried unanimously, and upon the motion of Mr. S. Holine, who spoke in the highest terms of the utility whiCh Mr. Stewart would be of to the cause, Mr. Stewart was included with Mr. A. Lace. A subscription was then entered into by the gentlerien pre sent, and thanks having been voted to the chairman the ineettug broke up. THE NEW MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. A meeting of the subscribers to the building fund of the Me shanics' Institute yeas heid clt_ the Cotton._._zales-rown ott Wed nesday, on which occasion Mr. Theodore Itathbone was called to the chair." That gentleman intOrtned the meeting that through the active exertions and benevolence of many gentlemen the Subscriptions bad been increased from three thousand seven hundreci iai" five thousand and seven pounds, being seven pounds more than the sum originally intended to be raised. As, how ever, the corn now required ‘vouhl be eleven thousand imunds, considerable discussion had arisen as to the propriety of pro ceeding with the building instanter ur waiting until two thousand pounds more should have been : subscribed in addition to their present funds. Some doubts too had arisen as to the povihility of raising, by way of mortgage, any large sum upon a property to which no rental was attached. Mr. lt. V. 'Y produced a band to- render the committee' individually li a bl e r or the solo of one hundred and fifty pounds each--but the worthy gentleman's proposition was negatived. Mr. tat. remarked that it was quite farcical to retain the' names of Lord •Sandon and Win. Ewart, Esq., on the committee. Mr. Kim r was of a different opinion, as Air. Ewart; the hon. stavmaker said, was now actively supporting, in his place in parliament, two bills fur the iu,provement of artists, mechanics, and manufacturers. Ali. WILLIAM RATHBONg said the conversation was alto-. gether irrelevant, the advertised object of the meeting - being for .‘ the committee to report progress and to decide upon the propriety of proceeding with the building," Air. itA vci.i VP said that at present the boys had not room to lay their plods on the desks, and that if the building were com menced be thought the subscriptions would increase. He knew if a certain person got the contract, his (that person's) brother would give a considerable sum. M r. asked if the meeting could be favoured with *sight of the plans and elevation of the intended building ? To this the chairman replied that it would be in the room in the course of a few minutes. knew why, for it is a [The plan afterwards produced was, we'are informed, drawn b ve y ry p ve la y all i tl ng qii n a t k a e n r — lik se e le a ( ff t, l ' i d r— n atil d r Y eeeived in preference to several tendered hy the first architects iu Liverpool, and in preference to one from - a London artist conversant with all the public buildings M the united kingdom and the greater p art „f those on the continent.] With reference to the plan exhibited; a gentleman asked if the expense of the intended structure had been estimated from working drawings 111 r. RADCLIFF replied in the affirmative. and that everything had been done on the best system. • Mr. Alderman CA sr: theii submitted, as a 'notion. "that the committee be instructed to proceed in contracting for the in- tended building forthwith." Mr. THOMAS BOLTON, seconded by Mr. Cocit. AN, moved as an amendment, " that the illllll of seven thousand pounds ►►hould be first raised." _ The motion of Mr. Alderman Case wag cart ietl unanimouslT, the only dissenting hand held up against it being that of Mr. 'llotnas Bolton. When this tuotion nas carried the chairmen diootve.l the meeting. [We alwaytthought that the necessary funds and estimates, founded upon the best plan, received atter mature deliberation RS to its applicability for the purpose for which it was intent*, were raised and agreed upon preeiuudy to laying the foundation stone of a pisbiio building. The subscribers tothe building fund have, however, the satisfaction of knowing that ever'thiug has beet' done upon the best system. - Lord Brougham has Laid, the . foundation stone—that is something any how.] CORPORATION LEASEHOLDERS. Pursuant'to advertisement, a meeting of Leaseholders under the Corporation of Liverpool, was held on Wednesday, at 12 o'clock, in the Large Room of the King's Aims lintel, for the purpose - of taking' into consideration those clauses in the Muni cipal Reform Bill, restricting the Corporation Item granting leases, as heretofore, fur the period of 75 years with the CUB . tomary fine, open renewal. Tile meeting was numerously a t.. tiaidenl by the raost eminer.t and' wealthy of the merchants, bankers ; &c., in the town. Upon the motion of ADAM HO nG SON, Esq., William Brown, Esq , wee unanimously called to the chair. 'I be Cit AIRMAN then said that haVing been present at a pub lic preparatory meeting, where the disadvantages which ap _ neared likely to arise out o f the municipal reform bill had been clearly shown. he had great pleasure in witnessing the present meeting, which had been called for the purpose of endeavaur lug to prevent the injury which would arise to the leaseholder, should it'pass in its present form. By the bill, it Was intended, that leases should be granted for uo longer period than 31 years, and that the old meth o d o f granting leases for 75 years upon the payment o f a n equ i ta bl e fi ne should be no longer acted up on. There had, how e ve r , b een a s p ec ial clause introduced juts the bill, which permitt e d th e gran ti ng of a 75 years' building lea se, aubjeet to an annual rack-rent instead of tine. Nava if ap peared to him, that it would be a great hardship to be pre vented renewing leases, which had been taken from the Con po ration, with a special understanding'at the time, that they should be'renewable un certain conditions. At the time a lease of any property was grantesl by the corporation the lessee was fur nished with a card, stating the terms upon which a renewal will be granted 'at different periods. This, under the new regula tion, will not be acted upon, and will weaken the contidence.or the mortgagee iu his mortgage, and prove highly injurious to the value of corporation property. It will not there intended to look at the merits of the municipal reform bra, but merelytri pisint ont to tbe legislature the ill effects which would arise in the town freirf'the (lenses affecting the leaseholders, and scan-eels, any two legal gentlemen could agree as to the ineauint(of the' clauses, and at ail• events the legislature must explain whist they mean. (Cheers.) Mr. Sasalaz.i. poems caid it was most clear that the clauses' which were's() objectionable had been introduced into th e bill, • because several small corporations bad been iu the 'of selling large trasas'of land for present iturpoaes; and-leaving. their !successors without any income at all. 'This, lthweser, did: not, and could not apply•to the corporation of Liverpool, for .it 'would be seen by a plan of the town, which he had prepared, what ant amazing quantity of the town belonged to them, and to what a serious extent it would be affected by this bill. (Cheers.) "Here Mr. Hohne exhibited a plan of the town, that part be hinging to the corporation being . coloured red, and it appeared hi us that more than one-half of it was leasehold. The produc tion of this-plan appeared to create considerable surprise.) He would say, that having in his particular business much to do ' with the covering of leasehold land, and being often consulted upon the subject, he scarcely knew an instance in which the 'certainty of renewal was not the chief inducement of the pur , chase. (Hear.) The information he had always given on-per sults objecting to purchase leasehold was, that the corporation had a scale of terms upon which they always granted a re newal, awl upon the faith of that well known agreement he had himself purchased leasehold land to a considerable amount. Now, as the high road of patriotism was often through the pocket, ho for one felt sore at any breach of that tacit arrange ment which was never disputed, and which now rendered a aub equent renewal uncertain and improbable.. Not only would its be a great impediment to the sale of lend, but it would induce many timid mortgagees to withdraw their money, and thus uum b„i„a individuals would be put to serious inconvenience. (Hear.) It was, he considered, extremely dangerous to road dle with established rig h t s and usages, when large sums .of money had been invested upon the faith of ancient engage ments.urehi,sed far(Elear.2 He knew cases whe re p roperty h a d be e n p short leases, which had perhaps some thirty ' • years to run, and the purchasers in almost every instance had eirected bhilding* to be put upon it, at as light a cost as pos sible, so that they might stand out their le ase , h av i ng no inte rest beyond it. 'lf the meeting would look towards the neigh bourhoi'l of A bercrieaby-square, they might satisfy themselves of the practical working of leaseholds; for there were in that ne i g hh o urhued, even upon 75 }ears' leases, buildings of the most flim s y sort, arid it was only natural to suppose that, as hutiniu nature is at present constituted, buildings of an in ferior character still would be erected, if the duration of leases' be shortened. and this bill pass without alteration. (Hear.) Na ia d of encoaragjng this system, they ought rather (looking wealth of this great town) to eadeavour for, comparing l a iverpoul to Edinburgh a to t t it h: p, i o naJo t r h t e r s 4y e ilk ; and other ;rent cities, be thought there was ample room for im- proveineet' (Hear.) Was it generally known that not lass than £15,000 per annum was received by the corporation for tines on renewal? that the scale was, if any thing, rather ad but nut unsatisfactory to the lessee?vsu t ad vantageous was s o n th uto e ri c o o g o t r h a a ti6 ta n, t their public sales no description of property eold so high as this, in consequence of the well amavn fact, that there was an absolute ceaainty of renewal, and prejudices cannot easily be removed. (Cheers.) That certainty would, however, by the operation of this bill, be done away with, and it did riot' even leave thane Pandera's box; for with all the evils it contained there was not even hope at the bottom, Re believed that.thero would he very little leasehold l aud gold 1441det die new act, that it would step a cuusiderable . • THE FLORAL SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION. This delightful exhibition took place:on Wednesday, at the Corn Exchange, Brunswick -street, whe u th a t M ar t o f business was transmuted into a brilliant partetre of flowers: the floor, instead of being str , weii with samples and resounding to the heavy tread of merchants and 'brokers, was now pressed by the Ssender foot of heauty, whose eyes wandered amid the "wilder ness of sweets." where the most strenuous efforts of art and nature hail been applied in the endeavour to produce perfection. The temple of Ceres and Plums, (for they are here partners in business,) was, on this occasiou, dedicated to the celebration of the rites of Flora. and Pomona. It is seldom indeed in this place that the Cornucopia of the first teems with pleasure. unless it be That which ari s e s f ro m success f u l s p ecu l a ti o n. O n .oceas i ons like the present, however, a train of association is awakened, in which pleasure foilows as a part of our nature. The day was beautifully fine, and the choicest of flowers and fruits, from the humble produce of the kitchen garden and ot-chaid, up to the deliciously flavoured and highly scented fruits :iud flowers of the hot-house, were spread out in rich profusion. Between the hours of two and four o'clock the place was crowded by a suc cession of eager and highly delighted visitors. amongst whom the ladies were conspicuous, as well mimetically - as for the ani mation whiLh their beauty and the gaiety of their attire gate to the scene. Numerous parties of the first rank and fashion in the neighbourhood graced the assembly from time to time with their presence. The Harmonic band was in attendance and added the soft charms of music to the other pleasures of the ex - HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS AND 'HIE PROPRIE TORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. A short time since, the Motion of Mr. Praed for a copy of the correepondence between the Board of Control and the Directors of the East India Company on the subject of the appointment of Lord H evtesbury to the Governor-Geneinlship uas success fully resisted in the House of Commons by Sir John tarn Hob house, the President of the Board of Control. At thu last ge neral court of proprietors Mr. Mills moved— " That a copy of all the proceedings of the Court of Directors relating to the resignation of the Bight Honourable Lord Wil liam Cavendish Bentinck of the office of Governor-General of India, and to the appointment of a successor to his lordship be laid before the court." A ballot ou !his motion took place on Tuesday. The result was,—for the motion 2ke7; against it 56; iunejortty fur the pro duction of the papers 231. Sir Thomas Champoes, Liam, and' his steward, Mr. Robert White, both ri , ..Friibed as late of Orehardieighliark, iu the county of Somerset, awl of 1-laylitiF jetaud, Rear Portsmouth, are among tbe persullit a aiming their elieclearge frutu the Iv solveut Court, during tt a eustriag ajieuit et VC inclicater, STEAM CONVEYANCE TO THE LAKES:, BY SOUTHPORT,' BLACKPOOL, POLILToN RL G, LANCASTER, ANL, ULVERSION • The Public i< much indebted to Mr. Winder for opening a speedy and economical con vevance to these places. The Steam packet (Windermere) a vessel lately built by Mr. Mottershead for the purpose, and admirably adapt ed for the trip, left George's Tier on Monday morning, at half- past four o'cloa., with about one hundred and fifty ladies and geutlemen who were invited on the occdsion, and Cur the that time performed her trip to Ulcer stone in about seven hours and a half, passing Southport and alackpool, and calling at Poulton Ring, she returned to Liver pool at about ten minutes before eight o'clock in the evening, after landing the company at Ulverston Qu..,y, and staying there for about half an hour. ,The vessel made her way in beautiful and gallant style, to the delight and admiration of all on board, and much to the satis faction of Mr. Winder, and three gentlemen who have contri buted their skill in building her. Mr. Hall's condensing appa tatus- has been called into play in this case, and has so far an swered the most sanguine expectation of his friend and himself. It is an invention, we are informed, that is likely to be made available to the public in the improvement in steam navigation, and -we hope to hear of its being universally adopted. Upon the vessel approaching to Uleerston, a vast assemblage of persons who had arrived from all parts of the country were seen upon the quay and the surrounding hills, who joyfully greeted her with every token of respect, and this was politely returned with a salute and huzzas by her company. The day being remarkably fine, the brilliancy of the assemblage was much heightened by great numbers of elegant and well dressed females, who were al►ke anxious to show their joy and approba- Lion of a schemes° likely to increase their comforts in affording them in a few hours a safe and delightful transit to Liverpool. In contrast with the brilliancy of the effects on the shore, it is impossible to describe the grandeur of the bat-k ground; the picture was t:uly complete. Never could those magnificent ridge of hills dividing the counties of Lancaster and Cumber land have been seen to greater advantage, or produced an effect more sublime—front their ariel tops to their sombre bases, the diversified tints were beautifully amalgamated and afforded a fine study for an artist ; Turner or Fieiden, would here have gleaned materials for a splendid Viet ure. Mr. Winder has, no doubt, now laid the foundation for One of the most delightful bathing places and summer visits in the kingdom ; and it is to be hoped, that the attention of some spi rited individual or a conyluy will be directed to its comple tion, and that in a short tune easy accommadation will .be af forded to the public in neat and appropriate dwellings, who, it is almost certain, in return, will give it every support_ 'The Windermere is 'intended to sail front Liverpool three days in the week, and to return on the alternate days:, . _ .• - ~ Y V THE COURT. After the review of the royal artillery and marines at Wool wich his Majesty intimated to Colonel M'Cleverty; the veteran comm.indant of the royal - marines, that he had given directions that his son (who was dismissed from the Cater in.con4equence of that ship cooing in contact with a revenue vessel at time, Lieutenant M'Cleverty was writer of the watch) should be re=! stored to his rank. Fier Majesty, in a very kind and affable manner, congratulated the colonel upon the event, as did also the noble and gallant officers present. Her majesty, we understand, with that sensitive feeling which so particuiariy distinguishes her in all cases of benevo!etice, upon learning the accidents which occurred at the recent re view of the royal artillery, to the bugle boy, and a private of the canaoniers, immediately caused a sum of money to be for warded to each of them, and gave directions that every atten- ' tion should be paid them, its addition to the excellent treatment of the hospital department of the corps. • . . The confirmation of her Royal Highness the Princess Vic toria is kpected to take place to-morrow, in the Chapel Royal, in the presence of their majel l ies and the royal family.—Lun - dou Paper. ~. .LGOAL NEIVS: The Honourable Charles John Canning, son of the distin guished statesman who represented this town in several parlia ments, arrived here on Wednesday in one of the Dublin steam packets, on his return to England from Ireland. Mr. Canning has been stopping at the Adelphi Hotel, and last night dined with his worship the Mayor at the Town-hall. LADIES' BAZAAR AT FitonsHAM.—A bazaar will be opened at this place on Thursday next, for the sale of fancy . articles, the proceeds of which will be appropriattd to the erection and sup port of a national sch oo l at Frodsham. Her Majesty and the Princess Victoria have sent some articles to be offered for sale, and the committee announce that they are also in possession of a pair or socks, knit be the late Mrs. Hannah More. As a relique of this celebrated woman they will, no doubt, be highly prized. For the convenience of the ladies and gentlemen of Liverpool who may be disposed to attend, a steam-boat is en gaged for the purpose of conveying them to Frodsham. A NEW BATCH OF RADICAL MAGISTRATES.—Christopher Rawdon, Hugh Horubn Samuel awe, John Holmes,•Joseph Hornby, Thomas Thornely, M. P4' l ' - of Liverpool, Esqrs., and Mark Philips, M. I'., of Manchester, have been appointed Ma gistrates for the County Palatine of Lancaster. All these gen tiemen, says the Albion, are Reformers, and most of them Pro testant Dissenters. OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION IN SALFORD.—A meeting of Conservatives was held at the Globe Inn, Bury-street, Salford, last evening, for the purpose of forming a Conservative Association upon the same plan as that adopted in Manchester, for the operative classes. The meeting was well attended, and about thirty personi - eurolled their names as members. The in tention of holding a meeting of this kind originated with one or two individuals, and was not known beyond the immediate circb of their acquaintances; bu', from the feeling that was mani fested; we have no doubt that the future operations of the society will have a verybmeficial effect in the borough.—The next meet ing will be held on Thursday evening, at the same place.— Arne/tester Courier. HONESTY AND POVERTY.—A poor fellow, who had recently arrived from Liverpool a day or two since, found in the streets a paper, which proved to be a cheque for £-10 on a banker in Corniiill; . but wishing, from-the impulse-id: au ,honest he.irt, to restore it.to the right owner, he made inquiries, by which the cheque got into the hands of the gentleman who had lust it, and the poor man was presented with five sovereigns for his trouble; with which he declared himself better satisfied than he could have lien had he got the cheque cashed, and appropriated the whole ttrflis own uie. This proves at least that honour and po verty arc not totally unacquainted with each other.—Morniiiy Post. . . SunnaN DEATH OF Ma. TAYLOR.—It is our painful duty to communicate the death of a most inestimable public-officer, Mr. Thomas Taylor, of the Chief 'Secretary of State's Office, Dublin Castle. who transacted business with Mr. Drummond, the new Under-Secretary up to eight o'clock yesterday evening, after which he retired to his family at Churchtown. near Dun drum.. Mr. Taylor, who has left a numerous and amiable retail'', had been for some time complaining of ill-health and spirits, which are supposed to have been occasioned by his close atten tion to business, and by the heartless calls of the Burnish press for his dismissal front otlice to make room fur one a their friends. As successor to his father, he filled the place of second clerk in the very responsible department to winch he was at tached during during a long period, and latterly the place of Chief Clerk. He was esteemed by alt whose esteem is valuable; but his thrtituile -and blandness of mannerdid not prove a shield against the heartless malice of those who would for gain nom,- late their dearest friends.—Dabht Packet, Tuesday. !''AST-DA Y AT n A.MfLTON.—Notwithstanding the factious exertions made by some party-coloured demagogues, from the Pithiest upwards. .for a deman-stration on the day of t he national fast, it went off, upon the whole, much better than could have been anticipated. All the respectable shops, both of Churchmen and dissenters, were shut—only a few huxterv-shop doors and windows of the low Irish, and of some other persons little reinov ed above them in tank or information, being left open. His Grace the Duke of Hamilton paid all his labourers their wages, hut would not allow any of then to work. Some colliers who had been at the fair of West-quarter on the previous week. and w h o had wrought none since, like good voluntaries, but indif ferent Christians, were anxious to begin on that day,-uuder pre tence of working by piece -work, but his grace's overseers would not tolerate the profanation: The dissenting-houses, except one, were all shet—althongh no repairs had previoesly been go ing on there, yet the fast-day was purposely selected for begin ning the "good , wnk," and the sound of the 'carpenter's tools, and the mason'slimaliet, and singing and whistling, and loose words, were substituted. in place of the.sound of the gospel. RISING ro Oanert.—Mr. A.: "I rise to order. The conduct of Mr. H. is disgraceful."—Mr. "I rise to order. Mr. A. is a great liar."—Mr. C.: "I rise to order. Mr. A. and Mr. B. are both wrong. In-fact their. language is unparliamentars ; indeed, they are two blackguards.''—Mr. D.: " I rise to order. You (to Mr. C.) are a 41—d liar."—Mr. C. ;. I rise to order. You're another."—Mr. B : (with great agitation, and rising to order,) "You're all a set. Of low vagabonds."---The Speaker: " Really, gentlemen, this is beneath the dignity of the house, and I must call upon you to retract your offensive expressions." Mr. C.: "Certainly, if Mr. A. did not mean what he said, could not ntstati what I said; sot, as what I said .dependa upon what he said, though I called him a scoundiel,..a liar, and blackguard, yet I most' . 'retract those. expressions as far as anything personal could. - be, understood as having refe rence toihe-konourable members."—Mr, B.: " Then I stn per, fectly satisfied."—Mr. A.: " And I."—Mr. B.: "And I."— Mr. E.. "And L."—Ftlgaro. Ttis CICERONE 'oe MELROSE ABREY.—Johnny Bower, one of Scott's servants at Abbotsford, who used to sh o w Melrose Abbey to the poet's visitor', could not hear that any other _pro duction of his should be preferred to the " Lay of the Last Minstrel." " Faith," said he to Washington Irving, who relates the circumstance in his" Miscellanies," " its just e'enas good a thirties Mr. Scott has Written; and if he were man fling there I'd tell hire s?, an' then he laugh." was loud in his praises of the affabaffability of Scott. " He'll come here some. times " said he, 'i with great folks in his company, and the first I'll know of it is hearing his voice calling out 'Johnny ! johnnv Bower!'—au' when I go out I am sure to be greeted with a - joke or a pleasant word. He'll stand and crack an' laugh w )' me just like eta' swirl wife, and to think that of a mon that has such an awfu' knowledge o' history !" One of the ingenious devices in which the worthy little ma n prided himself, was to place a visitor opposite to the abbey, with his back to it, and bid him bend down end look at it between his legs. This,. he said. gave an eutirely different aspect to the min. Folks admired the plan amazingly ; but as to the "teddies," they were dainty in the matter, and contented themselves with look - - iti;.r from under their arms. Mr. Thomas Gill, son of Mr. Gill, of the French' Horn Inn, wasmarried on the 28th of June at St. Edmund's Church, Salisbury, by the Bev. Dr. Hawes, to a Miss • Angel!, late of Newfoundland. by which marriage he wi ll s h ort l y come i nto possession of a windier of estates and money, amounting in value to £1,000.000, left by a Mr. Angell, w h o di e d sonic sixty years since. The Chrois estate, neat Lambeth, fotios part of the landed property, and to possess whicfile must bear the name and arms of the Angell family . . He is et pre v e n t t h e ma il- cart man on the line of road/roulWartninster to Sarum.—Devizes Gazette. THE CHURCH OF' OUR FATHERS. half screened he its ttees, i n th r , savoh.,‘ cam moo, The church of our fathet A _l ww it etitudi.! 0, villagers, gaze I,n the old hallow'd it was dear to their hearts, it was raised by their hands Who loves not the ground where the worshipp'd their God? Wh,, hives not the place where their fathers repose? Dear even the daisy that bluor. n s on th e so d! For dear is the (lust out of which it arose. Then say, shall the temple cur forefathers built, Which the storms of long ages have batter'd in vain, Abandoned by us, frurn supineness or guilt, 0, say, shall it fall by the rash and profane? No! perish the impious hand that woul4 tyke One shred from its altar, one stow front 1 towatg The pure Mood- of rnartyralutth golfed for And its fall—if it fail—shell Ins iedttimtlittat t.tits! —Sfertfous Gum dial'. • 41. s• SPANISH EXPEDITION., , TO THE El:Atoll 01 , THIC MoRNING POST.. SlR,—Vdriuus reports appearing in the public papers re 'Teener, this expedition, I shall feel obliged by your insertihje tile fullowilig facts, in such shape as you may think jaroper. Being induced to enter the service of her Most Catholic Ma jesty, I did so about three weeks sitter:: and, in coasequence of my pursuits itr life having been respectable, I was appointed by Cu . lonelKinloch sergeant in the Ist Royal Regiment of Lancers, end from having served in a hussar regiment in his Britannic Majesty's service upon the Waterloo campaign. Myself, and every other non-counuissioned officer and soldier who had served therein, felt assured that the stipulatious which we accepted were guaranteed by the British Government, A detachmeut,of the cavalry was marched to Kingston, Surrey, last Wednesday week, on their road to Portsmouth ; and, after there remaining some time, were ordered to march to Richmond, and proceed by water to the vessel, lying down the river, destiued to take Out the troops. Nut only the cavalry, but such of the infant ry a. were at the depot, Isle of Dogs, as also the whole of the s tores Those of the cavalry were all respectable men, and many of the infantry also, but chiefly the non-commissioned officers, the greater part of the privates being the dregs of Westminster, Chelsea, and places adjacent, who were in a most filthy and disgusting state, without shoes, shirts, or stockings ; but poverty is no sin, and, however poor, were men and fellow-creatures. 'The vessel was so crammed that there was no berths for the troops, and scarcely room to breathe below. The men, accord ing to the stipulations, were to receive £2 bounty when tin board. This has not been paid ; nor was there cleanly utensils for cooking the troops' messes. On Friday evening last four respectable young men, all of whom had seen service ) from the treatment they experiencerl left the ship and the service, leaving only two non-commissioned officers, sergeants, who will, if they have any regard for their characters, follow their example. Myself being in attendance at the reudezvous, we t s not attached .o either of the troops on board, though appointed, as before stated; and, out of six days' pay, I received but two as sergeant; and, when I applied for such on Saturday last, was told no pay would be given me unless I went down on board this slave ship, for none such was ever worse crammed. From knowing what service is, and the four sergeants leaving that had gone on board, that bad I done so 1 should have been regularly crimped, and not peruiitted again to return on shore, having previously received no Orders to embark. As to any soldier taking his wife on board (many having obtained leave to that effect), no man who could feel for the situation of a female Would do so. I have no hesitation in saying that if an opportunity otTers numbers will quit, disgusted with such conduct. ,The Pedroite expedi tion was nothing .compared to this, and the promot er s o f this could not do more to forward the cause of Don Carlos. And were he to afford facility and adequate eneourageuient he might soon raise a force in this country of able men, that would cope with his antagonists. These facts may serve as a guide to my fellow-countrymen, and place them on their guard. Further, the pay of It private of cavalry is Is. 4d. per day, Is. 3d. of which has been paid; and that of sergeant 2s. dd., of which 2s. 2d. uuly'has been paid and if any inquiry is made for what put' prise this is deducted the answer is, I cannot tell." I rciLein, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN GREGSON, Late Sergeant of the Ist Queen's Royal Lancers British Legion.. . • "EVEN-HANDED JUSTICE." An additional proof of the impartial tiiift vesn-handed justied of the present liberal government ()mined on a trial at tRe Dundalt; Assizes. The prosecutor, (Donaldson,) who had been employed to serve certain individuals with subpcenas from the Court of Exchequer, to enforce the - payment of lay tithes due to T. Hall, Esq., was, in the middle of open day, Brutally attacked and left senseless, with eight ribs broken, on the pub lic road, and when in that state robbed of £3 and a pair of pistols by a ruffian nao.h. In this condition he was conveyed to the house of the Rev. Dr. Lindsay, where he remained some time in an extremely precarious state, attended by a medical gentleman. Five persons were taken up for this attack and lodged in custody, when, (will it be credited F) the crown lawyers absolutelY refused to prosecute. When Donaldson heard that the crown solicitor refused to prosecute, ho sent a re spectful memorial to the tdrd lieutenant, stating the facts and also his inability to incur the expenses of a prosecution, This , memorial was signed by several gentlemen of high respecta• bility, bearing testimony to the memorialist's good character. The answer conveyed an expression of the lord lieutenant's re gret for Donaldsou's hard case, but stated that his excellency had no mean: for the purpose of affording relief in such circum stances. No, no, Lord Mulgrave, you have "no means" for enforcing the law of the land, which O'Connell and his satellites trample under foot; but you have means for prosecuting, and ems prosecute any poar protestant who, foolishly led away by old recollections, dare venture to wear an orange lily on the 12th of July. Of the numerous cases taken up by the crown at these same assizes, we have no hesitation in asserting, that not one of them all exhibits a tithe of the atrocity observable in the case we have alluded to.—Newry Telegraph. IRISH CIRCUMLOCUTION. If the Irish are to be distinguished as a convivial and a musi cal, they must also be noticed as a circumlocutory people. at,. serving one day an unusual commotion iu the streets of —, I inquired of a bystander the reason; and he, with a melli fluous brogue, replied in the following metaphorical manner : "The reason, sir! Why, you see that the . justice and little Larry O'Houc the carpenter have been putting up a picture frame at the end of the strate yonder, and they src going to hang one of ' Adam's copies' in it." "What's that?" "Why, poor Murdock O'Donnell." "Oh, there's a man to be hung?" " Do they put up a gallows for any other purpose ?" "What's his offence ?" "No offence, your honour; it was only a liberty he took." "Well, what was that liberty he took ?" "Why, you see, sir, poor Murdock was in de/icato health, and his physician advised that he should take exercise on horse back; and so, having no horse of his owu, he borrowed one front Squire Doyle's paddock; and no sooner was he on its shoulders, than the d-1 put it into the crathcr's bead to Yo over to Kellogreen cattle fair, where he bad a good many ac quaintances; and when he was got there Murdock spied a friend at the door or a shebeen-house, and left the animal graz ing outside, whilst he went in to have a thimbleful of ii'hiskey; and then, •you see, they got friskey, and had another, and another,_ till poor Murdock went to slape on the binch; cud when he wouke up, he fOund the crather gone , an d hi s poS k et stuffed full with a big lu , mp of money." " short," said 1, "you wean to say he has been horse stealing." "Wity, sir," he replied, stammering and scratching hii head, "they call it so in England!" • ' .GRUAT SHIP.—The following particulars in relation to the "big ship" Pennsylvania, now on the stocks at the Philadelphia navy-yard, are copied from the l'ltilagleiphia 1 'major :—"220 feet lower deck; 217 feet length aloft; 190 feet length of keel for tonnage; 55 feet 9 inches moulded breadth of beam for ton nage ; 59 feet moulded breadth outside of wales ; 2.3 feet depth of hold; 51 feet extreme depth amidships; 3,31)613.95 tonnage; guns 140; 18,311. yards of duck, one set of sails; 14.624 yards of duck bags, hammocks, boat sails, awnings, &e.; total 32,965 yards ; 11 inches shrouds ; 16 inches main.Atay; 278 feet main mast--93 yards 1 foot; 110 feet main yard; feet topsail ) rd; 52 feet topgallant yard ; 36 feet rovaryard; 10,00016. sheet an chor; 23 inches ilieet auchOr ; 1,531 yards main topsail." Falniuuth l'ackct. THE Quops.—We have had an opportunity this . week of ob serving the c on di t i on o f t h e crops i n a prat many csmuties ad joining our own district, and are enabled to pronounce it to be generally most promising; while in some particular places, and those nut a levy, it almost exceeds, in healthful luxuriance, any thing of the kind we ever saw before. Our remarks parti cularly apply to wheat, barley, beans, and turnips, of whiCh we have seen some of the finest crops that ever rewarded the labour of the husbandman. Almost every where wheat and barley arc good crops—and more especially wheat; but oats in many places are somewhat scanty. 'file crops of ail sorts must be considered. backward—in many situations harvest 'Will not be general before the latter end of August for wheat, and the be ginning of September for oats. The state of the weather, which has this week been settled and fine, will, under these circum stances be a subject of great ankiety.—Carlisle Patriot. ANTIQUITY OF THE ATTORNEY'S FEE.—The charge of three shillings and fourpeuce made by attorneys appears to be of long standing, and mast have been a very considerable amount in deed at the time of its establishment. It seems that so far hack as Shakspeare'stime the charge alluded.to was then proverbial, for we find the clown in well that ends well, makes use of it as one of his " wise saws," when he speaks of the appo siteness of Jul answer which he can .Rice to suit all questions, and he illustrates - its fitness by saying that it is "as fit as ten: groats is for the hand of an attorney." Cun any,one adduce much earlier instances of this being ona of the accustonied.fees of legal . men ? POPISH TITHE PAYMENTS.—AS we have ever maintained that . the great proportion of tithe in Ireland is paid by the pri) . - testants, and not by the Roman eatholicts, whose alias a is vely.. trifling, we were gladAo find that Sir James Graham made a statement on Wednesday which 'confirms all our 'limner asSer tions. The right hon. baronet took the vliftcse of liihnotte, which consists of Z 3 pat fishes. These 23 parishes contain 36.3,832 acres, which are thus divided between protestant and Roman catholic proprietors:— Protestant proprietors. Roman Catbrilie'proprietors. 357,2.3.1' 61;8 The total amount of tithe, £Bo29—thus paid By protestant.. Ty Itomaßeatholics. .E 7921 £1(17 ! • That is to say, the Protestants pay at the average of Sid. per acre; the .Roman catholics at a I of a farthing.• :The .tithe also, it appears, is only one-twentieth of the rent, and orie-eixtieth of the produce! Yet, iu the lace of these facts, we are nearly stunned with the cries of ." the horrible pressure of tithes upon the Homan catholic population." Well, well! we babe ever said—and we now repeat our prophesy—'-rhat a Successful attack upon tithes will lead to an attack upon rent. Will it too he successful? The future will write the 'answers an letters of blood.—Age. Lord Durham proceeds to the court of Russia like a matiwho understands how to travel in the most agreeable manner. He is rather dangerous at home, So far as ministers are con t en t ed, therefore, in that sense, is better a thousand miles off . thitn hanging about the Br u ise of Lords. He is in iil health; ;toil shoubl nut declining patriots be nursed at the public expense— espei:iailv when they have nothing their own ? H e i s W ant ed in Russia, in a hurry, to check the daring ambi t i on of the ' exar ; therefore he goes thither by the agreeable route of Lisbon, Ca diz, Malta, Greece, Constantinople. the Black Sea, and Sebas so the nobl e ear l ( w h ose real' ohirct topol. Lung before he actives, those who send hi m will La return, as b e f ore, -b y Vi enna, s is hs a iri r i e o c f re p: i s t w iv e e t a e r x n c l u p r l s a io ce n ; may Berlin, the Rhine, and Paris. We wish him all imaginable en joyment, and improved health. I.ut we would rather that Jobu Bull did not pay the piper.—Cittribeiland Taegu,:. FCI:TIiEIt Loss OF LIFF. A T WsTroan..-1 he worts are proceeding at this place for the purpose of exit icating the .bo dies of the unfortunate sufferers by the late accident, hut theft. ex ertions hitherto. so far ft om being 6neeef.sfuli have only added to the frightful calamity. On Wednesday last, in spite of every precaution having been taken to prevent further accidents, oiler of the men employed was killed by the viol!) falling upon and on Thursday another victim Orris added to this catalogue 4 . 1 horrors It appears that the earthis .of so louse and sendy nature as to baffle the efforts of the engineers. quo hoists eie also killed in the same manner.—littifisni parer. The first Sunday newspaper published in the United States litely made its appearance in New Yolk, under the title of the ' Sunday Morning News." Ttl.tP RooTs.—ln the very cold part Of the winter of 1633 M. Tougard found that his tulip roots in the ground had been devoured by F owe which had actstthed tip the soil in Order W get at thew; and putting a &nate with a tulip lout in it. closoe to the spot, he, the next morning, found the" zot.t guae, awl a 'lead field mouse elope to it. A second morning the same ort:urred; a tbird was caught in the trap, and when disooteteo, was coniplekely beumabed. It was warmed, hut very soon died. Dr. BOtleirf easaltlied the bpd*', and discuvereiliti3t the tulip rnot it ; en tile thaw caw', theta c4),c4 , 1_‘,N . 144.ct; 1:1)0t. .: I