The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-08-11 00:00:00

I A u 1 I 1 " F 1 . :11Tr:;}; Coat."' • - K ni • "ster , the titwii:-Vierk a artivei:pool, esamitie-d-lay ght.—ls only appointed during good 'behaviour ' the-go 'Truing body cons i sts ' of 41 persons ; they are elected front all '.'asses; the freemen are . about.s.ooo in - number; about ;,1,7,0 sire resid ent w i t hi n se v en miles-of the. borough. The ulayur is ch osen out o f the governing -body o f 41; - every mayor is a roa- . , F is trale for life a f ter bei ng mayor; th e num ber of acting inagis- LTes is 17 or 18; thought .the magfstrates most reSpcetable auci most competent for the discharge 'of their functions; there are is most 'e o ffieithitli• administered, though he must admit ; ihat in occasSnal eon:plaints, but tses - e are not more frequent b other pla c es where there -are governors and governed; sever knew in darin th . - Eve years he was town-clerk any par- tialuv shown •forp olitical purposes; there are men of various 1301 ifft al opinions 'the' council, but the decided majority are k c attservaliv es; the aCcetints of the •expenditure of the c'orpara- Ll`..°..are published, and •any respe c table person will get a copy . ss' 4 "6 who as3.B for it; the income of the corporation is en an a ‘etage, for the-fast the years, £1013,000 ; • the. debt of the cor poration isl8JU,1100;. there is nut t strong feeling of alarm in the maids of the holders of this debt as to its security; the in come of the corpoi•atiou has nothing to do wilt' the docks; the amount of dock debt is' 1;400,000 ; • hut this has no counexiou i w t i!b the c ut p ot at i on ; t h e po li ce o f Li verp o o l i s we ll managed ; . ie the character of a preventive police, but rather re in London before the introduct len of the present. , l e town isswell - -paveds and supplied with water. a . i eere ate two boards l'or that purpose. The rates are imp 'sesl b Y commissioners police. They are elected by the mita ..ttalits generally iu vestry, assembled,. The eurporatoin impose -10 rates whatever. if the power ef imposing rates were vested I t st another lady, apt:; there might tie a collision be :nal it and th e coultilissiOners of police.. The corporation has urch lamonage. It has the nomination.of ten of the clergy Gust riow . . and will its future have the nointoation of eight entire. 6 sriontaneens assistance given to the clergy of- Liverpool ~ corporation is about £.2.600 a-year. The corporation: n e.useribes.to the:charities a the town to the amount of about a-y-ear Tire i•orpdration. derived their }tinned property The trrn purch ase . A 'part isviS given it-by Queen. Anne. corperation..-prOvides ..fur the expellees - of receiving the n Vsjudge.s text,, are.aliont to hold assizes there. was: ex-' a twenty-lour days before the municipal commissioners. W hen they •lett the-:place they tffauked the cloned for the in I°N ration given them.. Mr. Bolton, - A unitarian, was the pers lhrt rse„ made it a wound of complaint against the corpdration at it expended roe much money in the building and repairing etia 4 4 : f'hes. • The corporation expended £:.li4/ fora portrait of One . they nuinh er , which was made the subject of complaint. had been charged with having ekpetided oh that portrait. It was fully explained to the commissioners, in justi hcation of the-expeeditirre, that the alderman whose portrait W as taken had done great cervices -to the plates. Mr. Bolton l ', ° ":Plaitiect that, as the corporation had given £S(X) for a statue _ Camping and 1:.: - )00 for a statue to Mr. Iluskissor, they 4t" not statato to Mr: Roscoe (a laugh.) 1 t , Was also insole a ground hfeornpl:Sint against the corporation nat thee tools ti..yt: s!tari;,, at 459(); in 'the King's College, while 1 ( 17_ 1 0A -wine its the,LoudouTiiiizeySity, a liberal institution. b laughter.) There,are twentv,one clergymen appointed y the eorperation, of whom seveu bave relations in the corpo - 1.411 °D. The churches generally are well attended. Men of all Pails of the.town are dissatisfied with that part of the bill which lung leases, unless instructed to grant such leases by 1 ? lords of the tiesaury The parliamentary boundary of 1 Is"verpool is twice as great as the borough boundary, and, as the former is to be adopted in the case of this hill, great injury will 4 ` . h • 1 1)* me to t e.ittaa &tams of the _town. It is not true that the mole power -and authority of the corporation is possessed by two or three families. It is true that there are a good many srelateci to each other in the council. ~The Duke o f WELLINGTON.—But. whether related or not, the great majority belong to the most respectable and intelli -101,1 persons in the - town ?—Witness: They do, my lord. Kuight resumed the examination: Witness believed, on hl5 oath, tuat no flagrant abuse had been proved against the c "l l "sation. As a . governing body the corporation had been mist a n xious to promote the welfare of the place. Dirt net think there were better or more intelligent juries in any court of the Al ngdern thah in 11. e court of record, and at the sessions in Li , v esPool. The accounts or the corporation ate kept with a re pUtlctitality, cud accuracy; worthy of their great ni aguitutle. laird BeouG ata.—Does general satisfaction exist there with tt gard lo the-system ?—Witness: Certainly nut. There are a great many must respectable persons who are not satisfied With the present system. They are dissatisfied with the practice of Lord Baot'onate.—Respectableersons who object to the r ot t em, but fi nd no fault with the i nd ividuals? Witness: Un ihtedly- Lord WllAr.xcLiFFE.—Are there any persons in . the council v.,;!!:. belong to any other body than tne church of England? witness: Not any. Not, however because of dissenters beiug Objected to, but because none have been proposed. ord B eetn HA Nr.-1 have now a question or two to ask you, usr• l e oster, respecting elections at Liverpo ol; lam sureluu answer them. Witness: I will be happy, my lord, to Answer any qttestfon I can. • Lord BitoUGHA —lio You, Mr. Foster, recollect the elee -42.,00 of -liil2? Witness: 1 - do; my lord; but I would rather not 7Y Anything about it, as 1 then opposed your lordship ( laughter), and rail lest your election. fltenewed . Lord Beount-tr St,--f was Obliged to you, Mr. Foster, as it „ w ould have been the source of groat trouble to be member fur Live' Not. 422,00) on the 'other side, and The expericss were 4 .;i 8 .0110 to us. Do you know how the money was spent? Wit : Ido not. I recollect those was a great deal of treating. ( Laughter,) • Lord Baononaer.—Did you not give tickets for certain of ale or beer to the electors? and did not these tiskets acquire a sort or cumney, ind,pass from hand to hand Wittie:s : I never gave tickets for ale, or beer, or any such thing, but I recollect very well' that I often tnet your lordship In public- houses on that occasion when drinking was going on. (Loud laughter.) Lord Ski/no itam.—And I suppose-you have also met with Mr, Ca nning and sir. Huskistrou in public-houses during elec . lions ? -.Witness: 1 have. • Lord Buono A si.— yes ; that was -the tray in which candi date.' used to meet with elettorsatt• Livererol. . Now I WWI to come to the erection .of whin l‘lessls. Deniou and Ewalt were. returned. Witness :.I v , ttS 'Et rate t,l'en• lord BriocGsiast.A9ii• thereforts you. tosx • no part in tne eleAitn. ? Wit uess : rilatnot .take. arty partio.that election. l'"rd Rt'+ tSG Is A sl . ..Wstre yet; frrefent sit thelartlwuvlectiora s for Livetpooll ',Witness 11.•Isas them, ; bur took no'part , ia as Inn both occasions hel.;tiV 'situation I . nOw fi t. t Lord Bnodriasill'er apS - you Can . give us, trotwithstand- !! ing s some inferuoitien iespecting-the beer and ale consumed et that election ? 'Whites.: Ido not know what quantity of ale was consumed. • , .; • Lordpatra 0 sa—i dare say , not. I did net speak of the quatilii.y . 'ale' . censomed on the sicca.sion • I have no doubt that - there would hate. heen'enoug h to,lbrat all the ships in Li terpool. 'Wiwi 'I 'wished.' tir getsOftte. in format bin about was the tickets ? Witnes's : I Mit know-anythiug about them.. : Lord W n t he petition you piesented against the bill as a whole, or only'aganist 'Llitairpool being iticinded in it ? .Witness Cult asaiirst -Liverpool :being affected by it. Lard Wrialosciaers.—So you -have no oajectiort to the bill rf sAverpooi he not affected, and :you get another -for the better !'egulation of the Livcrpeol corporation - alm'? Wittiess: We Nye no objection to diu bid further than Liverpool is affected by- it. Lord axcuPPE Ito the Counsel) : Any other witnesses to bring forward ? Connsel: None. • The Hari of W lex tow:—Then counsel must withdraW. Conusel having wi,lolrawn,• • -- • • The Earl of &Ilia evulto could not ailoW that opportunity to Pass without expresSing - I he highest admiration of tile colonic-I of the Liverpool cos peration ever since he had been acqiusiuseci 'with that respectable body.. it was iinpossilde fur memo ern duet themselves with 'greater propriay or rectitude than they °ways had done. - • ' The Earl of WICK LOW then - rose and said the hour having arrived, my lords, at tvitieli•if has been usual during the hearing ()Nils evidence to propose• the- edji - Airninent of this house, I wish, without making a -eingle.sibservatiou as to the impression the evidence which vuur lordships base just heard has made tiet?n, ray mind s ask .yotir lordships. whether- the objects fur vouch that evidence hae been adduced have not now been suf. .fciently accomplished to allow the hearing of that evidence to l oe brought to a close? At this fate peri o d of the session, it is d~airahlc that, yourlindships do not think the hearing of fur ther evidence necessary, it be now-brought to an end. - Lord BROUG lords, I beg to mention., as one of the t s onsequences of going further into the question of evidence, that 1 have just received a petition front a most respectab.e and numerous body of persons to Bristol, in which they offer to dis- Prove•all the statements made by counsel, and iu the evidence . which your lordships have heard in favour of the corporation of s hat ciFy, and pray that your lordships would be pleased to hear counsel and evidence in • support of their (the petitioners') statement of facts: Though I entertain great respect for the petitioners, I would be the last person in the world who would ask your lordships either to hear counsel or evidence in support of their views respecting, the corporation of Bristol. Perliapsl Shall do more justice 'to the case itself—and it will certainly sheer more considerationlowarde your lordships—if Isa y nothing 'ill the ease of - the petiti , ners; but content myself with asking ermission to'read, not now, but afterwards, the petition at fun length. I will ask no more at this late period of the session, as I know, that were the wishes of -the petitioners to hear counsel and evidence acceded to, others will follow their example, and prefer similar petitions =- fur 1 know-many places which ate ready • to do ai m ; and if the door were once open in such a case, there would he no snail) the petitions-of a similar kind which would be presented to your lordships' louse. . Lord Etty.NBOROUGH.--I em me 'bolds, that the evidence shoisli.l norsseksei but I hasse am r;bjeiiion to the terms 'orthe motion, as, iradopie'd, - it will have the effect of preventieg other evidence from being brought. forward in . cases. (if : any lth,iuld exist) where such.evidence might be of the utmost Mrs, Pntaance. But'l can of opinion, that from the evidence which you have heard your lordships are. now sufficiently enlightened,' as to the different points-iu the bill, to be able to make up your 'Minds on the subject. This case is one of great importance, - and formally to put so sudden a stop to the evidence Would con stitute a 1... a precedent for futureicases. I ant, therefore, r»ost anxious that your•lordships should„weigh well every stepavhich. : You take in the 'natter. - - The Earl of Wicicrow .explained.—l expressed ne opinion . as to the effect the evidence has Made on my mind, as I am anxious to -avoid all discussion- on the subject at present; and it ' , as with this view I hunted my motion in the manner I have don s , . 'rho, Duke.of GT is of importance that your lordships should , now Come. to a conclusion iu so far as the hearing of evidence - :is concerned; but I think that instead of adopting the utotipa:6l my noble friend, the better course would be to o r d er counsel to withdraw in Order that time bill may he • committed. • Lord BROUGHA your lordships adopt the judicious . course recommended hv•the noble duke, most probably counsel wilt not ask your lordships to hear any further evidence. A Noe t.E Loe.D.—lf your lerdships should he asked to hear further evidence 1 do Tait see how vou can refuse it, as you cannot abiogate'y - Our own order that evidence should be heard rn defence of those parties who consider themselves aggrieved by this bill. The corporation of the borough of 'fruro has been roost unwarrantably libelled in the report of the commissioners, and the grossest mis-statements have been made reweeting that ( 1 1'poratinn, I pledge myself in disprove the accusations pre !erred against the corporation of Truro to your lordships' satis• faction ; but they have not bad time - yet to send up witne s ses frtim so distant a part of the country. The individuals composing that body cannot go down to poste' ity with such a stigma on '1164 character as is affixed on it by the report in question. As, h'iwever, the feeling of your lordships evidently is, that the klearing of evidence should now terminate, I shall concur in the general wish, on the understariding thatat a farther stage of the preceedings,. any borough considering itself affected shall have do Opportunity of vindicating its own character. The Earl of CAkft iIIVON 7. After the evidence which has been-already heard I eln not think it would he edvisab a to hear evi fence, hut that ire ought of this- late fieritul of the .731'-'sSiOil to proceed tp the other lentil' , ss sta . t fine xottr Ships. thereforoillitik thy most, repot. votose would be to atlfint the pr4ositiop of the noble (hike. 4.0516% there be ~.nne evidence of very Material importance.to . to brooght forward. • This Earl of Wicki.ow ; My lople, wid . withdrew my mu-. Thai of sCiro4 friend is,. lea usi say,Anure Vat Tfyz Iliberpool TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1835. We have, to the exclusion of much valuable matter, made room in to-day's impression for a very full report of the evidence glven.at the bar of the House of. Lords .on the municipal ,corporation bill. We earnestly beg, to recommend ittto ttletrttention of all our readers. There never was in:this-world before such . an exposure of un fair statements and wilful misrepresentations. Our readers can testify that we have hitherto abstained from making any vbservations, in any leading article, upon the recent occ ur r ence s i n P ar is. y When the " in fernal machine," as it is called, exploded, the sound of it conveyed to our ears very different sensations from those which were re-echoed by the multitude. We saw in that murderous coup cretat the commencement of a bad ex periment—vvortliy of BuoNAPARTE or the Grand &hair —worthy of the greatest tyrant in the worst of times— an experiment to prove that the people of France, and the patriots of France, are not only contemptible block heads and poltroons, but also the most despicable slaves in Europe. This experiment is to demonstrate that the French do not understand what constitutional govern ment is, and that liberty in that country is only anoth er name for desp o ti sm o f the most ruthless and savage cha racter. •We confess with unaffected sincerity that we looked upon this last coup detat of Louts PHILIPPE with feel ings of overpowering distrust, and we consequently, waiting the course of events with composure, did not feel inclined to compromise our opinions by any rash declara tion of them. The time, however, has arrived when we can speak out fearlessly, and appeal to facts in verifica tion of the sentiments we have entertained ever since the Duke of ORLEANS, by the most atrocious conspiracy amongst the revolutionary republican and Jacobin clubs of. France, was raised to the throne—still in law and jus tice the birthright of the expatriated BOURBONS. Let us see how this last past of the conspiracy has worked in Paris. LOUIS PHILIPPE chose, in defiance 'of public opinion, and as a studied insult to the thousands of victims linger ing in the prisons of France, to keep up the mock cere monial of the anniversary of • the THREE GLORIOUS DAYS. There was no apparent necessity for this re newed clap-trap of military parade. The very men w h o had raised - hint. the crown were the most deSpised of his ignoble fellow-citizens. Some of them, once proud hankers,' were rwoly bankrupts . walking the streets of Paris living . 'npcn alms. Some, once opulent, had died, leaving Widows and ,children beggars. The noblest. portiong the aristocracy of France were ex 'de... The taleut4thenat ion had been banished froni the court. Hundreds of those who raised the paving stones, erected , the .barrieades, and looked from their'ehimney tops joyon!ly upon the -triumph of the ''citizen king," Were working lung and heaVy oars in the galleys. Thou sands whq had fought, rioted, robbed, and bled in the service of Loins PHILIPPE, were in gaol, living upon bread arid water. His partizans had beeome his dupes.. The dungeons of France held within their iron bars the most active and zealous of his early admirers. In fatt Louts PttfutTE had lived upon the passions he had excited, as the outcasts of society do upon the silly but innocent' victims they entrap, and . -.therefore it was the greater crime in him to make a pretence of liberty his seductive bait'to the voracious friends of citizenship and constitutional government. There was no excuse whatever for keeping the idle farce of the anniversary of the THREE DAYS. It was the • ridicule of all France. Idle, frivolous, and stupid as the people of that country: unquestionably are, still they were sensibly alive to the absurdity of a . festival which exposed them and. their avowed principles to derision. 'Lows . PHILIPPE, how ever, chose to continue the insulting spectacle, for rea sons which he perfectly understood. . What were they ? List and you shall hear. LOUIS PHILIPPE, when proceeding on hot seback to the military fete—along a Street like that of Oxford-street in Lon_ don—every house in which was as well known to the po lice of Paris as are the hotels in Liverpool to Mr. PAR. Lotia---and where the houses, windows, and roofs of which could not have remained unoccupied by observers for a single moment . witlmut attracting 'the notice of the po lice—while proceeding along this street, called the Bou levard du Teniiile,:he was, as the papers say, fired upon ; his horse, one of his generals, a colonel and some other officeiA, and 'several of his cortege and byestanders killed or wounded, ' All thi's s,natural enough, provided that some mad, insane, or <lesperate.man, well tempted, could he found to do the work at the risk; of his life. The person who firedlhe battery is now, said.to 6e a Corsican, of the name of FiEscut. That he is doomed-to- die , we have no doubt whatever. for the honour of France and Louis PHILippE is certain. .I'he newspapers say- that lie 'has been seritiusly . wounded, that he has torn the : bandages from his : wow:l4S, and . that an immediate death is more , than probable'. ,• We have no doubt whatever as to the -issue. die; and make no sign. Whether he is wounded or not lie must dio,---the state requires it. ,No one has 'seen.him but the ministers, the agents, and the police of Louis PHILIPPE:- 'We do, rib"( believe a single word,they utter; all we believe is that Fivscar, or GERARD, :ortilißAßD, or. .whatever name is given to the ptatoortiit;,aatist be made . to die; and it would not surprise us that after his death he stiOulti.figure as a fo 'reign crinnt'in the faihionable streetsolLondon. That FLEsCill is declared to be dead iii donsequence,ot, tearing off *bandages is the next 'news we exp, , ct from Paris. That lie never lives to be brOught to trial,--that no authentic biography of the ' platoon-firer is ever pub- . lished, we-shall bet. a sovereign to a franc with any li beral who has a franc to spare. Reader mark the point of these words ; ponder upon them; inwardly digest them ! First and foremost, bear in mind that Louts: PHILIPPE himself was nottonched. They tell us that his horse was killed. We do not be lieve it. The citizen king rode hi m to t h e i„.iew, and came gallopping back upon the back of him. This, sup posing a serious.wound, is too much to swallow. The horse d;d nc.t die until the convenient time came, as de creed, which was two days afterwards. The wounded horse, wounded by a slug in the neck, died, as the French say, apropos ! Something was ,said at first about his 'Majesty being :‘Voundeti in the hand. That was after wards found to 'be too conspicuous a member, and the wound was necorcriorly shifted to the arm, where a-batid av dould . %%Mt mote' ingenuity be applied. , LOUts therefore, escaped by a miracle. The ftilg. of TirAzisik* VOP.I,FIoi'P, I'l4oa-similar deliverance: 'Not .0...........i1 10ii,,,. z filL ER vex' ref the royal family were injured in the slightest cle• gunf, no ' battery Was yoiitted at them. The lilleti'ar the assassin were •only.F.'welled at the Auite, And+ as regards them, a. fearful list .of cold blooded murders signalized the glories of the THREE•pAys. We - tio not atop here-to inquire whether FIEsCHI was, or was not, the agent of parties whoM it would be im prudent to name. We do nbtssert that the escape :of the King of the 'French more than the work of chante. We leave the readerfta So i rin It own conjectures on this, delicate-subject, contenting ourselves with remarking that the ulterior measures of the * government of Paris are Well calculated to raiselhe : darkestSuSpicions. The press of Paris is made responAble for the acts of this unknown assassin. Now, what had the press done to draw down. npOn its conductors, all the fury of the government, and the measureless oppressions which LOUIS PHILIPPE has directed agtilirst. them ? It cannOt for a moment be al leged that they were the instigators .of the murder. It cannot be pretentletfthat they, or anyone of them, were cognizant of the guilty plot, or that they were even re-. mutely the instigators of it. The press of Paris is now what it was in 1830, when it mainly contributed to place the citizen king on the throne. • The same men conduct it who then declared the new dynasty to be the " best of all republics." The press is not now more unprincipled or licentious than it was when it tore the crown from the brow of CHARLES the TENTH, and gave it to LOUIS PHILIPPE. The charter of the constitution of 1830 re• cognised and confirmed its rights and liberties. It insured to France the rights of free discussion, and gave to the _citizens what the driveling whigs of our own island call " the air we breathe, if we have it not we die !" In short, Louts PHILIPPE himself is only. .recognised as, the reigning sovereign by that identical charter which he has violated. Repeal tat, and he breaks his compact with the people—the constitution becomes a dead letter, —and he ceases to be a limited monarch, and he can only reign as an usurper, the head 61 a military despotism. The new law 'declares it to be criminal to introduce into . „ any newspaper, or written or !minted document, any ultu sion. whatever, direct or indirect, to the exiled family, to any republican form of government. Parties offending are to be punished by fine and imprisonment—the maxi mum five years, and 10,000 francsl Whoever, by the same means, shall " turn into ridicule" the sacred person of the king, shall be subject. to the same penalties. In discussing the acts of the king, it is forbidden to introduce "the name of the king either directly, indirectly, er‘by allusion." The party offending may be imprisoned for one year, and fined , 5,000 francs. In case of a second offence, in respect to the matters above alluded to, the maximum punishment is to be doubled. Any person who Shall publicly or otherwise subscribe any sum of money to enable offending parties to discharge their fines, is liable to be fined 5,000 ft ancs, and imprisoned one year. It is also forbidden, under the same penalties, to publiiih, either before or after the sentence, the names of the jury who try the case. The bill extends to all prints, engravings, caricatures, emblems, and theatrical pieces. Bravo, Lows PnILIPPE! Vive la liberle in France The" best of all republics" has been in existence fur five years, and the liberty of the press is completely extin guished! The mutes of the seraglio ate not held in more silent bondage titan the heroes of the THREE DAYS. In Italy men are still permitted to talk about and occa sionally to laugh at the pope. In' det many the emperor is the subject oenewspi:per articles. In Spain many liberties are allowed to be taken with the queen. In Holland the acts .of the King of the Netherlands are.fteely canvassed, but io France, happy and reformed France, where the citi zen monarch created by - the people is only the vile up_ start of yesterday, all tnentipn of or allusion to Lows' PHILIPPE, except, in the sf u of fulsome flattery, is to be punished as the worst of crimes, viz. , perpetual imf' prisonment in a loathsome gaol!, We congratulate the people of France on this the first issue of theirsenseless revolution. They complained of the Censorship of Louts XVIII--4iey rebelled against CHARLES X. for his coup dela levelled at the press; tint the restrictions °Mows and the rigours of CHARLES ' were mere trifles:to the wholesale and sweepin,g edicts of the man of their choice who presides over the " best of republics:" Vive la Liberte ! . Kerrnibet oftperrsoriS 'lisserntifeit yesterday, in Clayton square, to talk trash and treason about the House of Lords ani the municipal corporations bill, that ba)t.t . facetious warrior Colonel WILLIAMS, being in wh,it is Called the chair. It was pleasant to observe that the day was eacessivety hot, which contributed greatly to render the colonel nine!) more cheerful and comfortable in his duck continuations; than he was when he' exl,ibite t . l: in the same place, similarly :dressed; in December last. In winter chick shooting may he good sport, but duck Jights is nu fun. At his last appearance, on the &line stage, the words fell from him like hail-stones, a s if b e had been sowing . his .teeth among the hard-mouthed hirelings who shouted under the balcony ; but on this' occasion the drivel fl wed more genially, arid he ex panded like the iron railings lie leant upon in the heat of the sun. We shall not attempt to do justice to• the here's oration, that having been frequently dune before; for what lie uttered yesterday was precisely the parrot squeak of his whole life, which he picked up from MajOr' CARTWRIGHT, who stole his one idea from the patri ots o f the first French revolution. Of the meeting itself, it is admitted on all hands to have been a decided failure. The colonel's speech Was addresse 1 to some two hundred persons, who seemed to make themselves. vastly merry at his expense. Mr, JAMES BRANCKER had the good sense to absent himself, which his friends, we trust, will duly appreciate„ Lord MOLYNEUX was non est invenius, and there was cons& quently an absence of lungs as well as of Ideas. But the rarest portion of the fun had reference to Colonel WILLIAMS himself. People asked, " What hn sine” has the old fool here ? He does not reside in Liverpool— he has no rights to assert or preserve under the proposed bill—he can neither gain nor lose by cor poration reform." • It is difficult to answer this question. The. Morning Chronicle told us the other day that the country was stirring—that Finsbury had met—that ninchester %%Nis up—that the. Tower Hamlets had spoken ont—that PARKES had summoned' the .Birmingham union, and that Westminster was in - the field, and so onL, Now these people and plarex'are just as much interested in corpora : - lion affairs as Colonel Al4lksts. The eleCtOrs of Maiy-', bone recen►l;r p r es e nted . a petition M reference ta i " the condud of Governor DARLING, of New South Wakes. We can understand their Motives, for unquestionably' they take an interest in their fviends and relations who are located in• Botany Bay ; but we cannot comprehend the nature of the-interest which WILLIAMS has in the cor. poration of Liverpool. He does not reside in the borongh —he is not a merchant, or a cattle-dealer; or anything of the sort ; and therefore we should like to know what tempted him to expose himself at the meeting' of yester day. , , • „ . 'lt is true the worthy reformers of the town were bard pressed for a chait man, and as they prefer a lord on all' occasions when a lord can be found, they were glad in ibis instance to accept a colonel, it being whispered that Mr. Eottrotq•Smiril had offered his services. In this view of the case . - the meeting were perhaps justified.in selecting - a" military personage." A Mr. Boo;ru, who cut a very miserable appear ance, threw out •ft hint about the Lords, which Mr., Justice-of-Peace RATHBONE followed up by saying that the "House 'of Lords ought to.be an elective body." 'This trash comes naturally enough from a man who declared his "blood to be.boiling." General GAscotox reniem bers when it. not only "boiled," b u t run , over . if th e Rouse of Lords is to be elective, what necessity would there be fora House of Commons ? This sage, too, has' discovered that wisdom is not hereditary, and a Mr, RossoN prOved it, by contrasting Mr. RATHBONE, the Unitarian, with. his father Mr. RATHBONE, the Quakei. But comparison is odious between the hereditary ivisdom of the Lords and the.elective wisdom of the present Hobse of Cormwyns. &Mr. JOHN SMITH, who seemed' to be crammed with the wislotn of . the Commons., talked about "stopping the supplies.", I there nu 041 woman in this poor mun'a neighbourhood to tell hfra that the supptiest- tary. - My tee-cm luotinu in the manner ,I did nd. tß.appri:hetisioa tliat t . as. cOuris el ceiild it - at'kii ow by ine re ly .ordering them to withdraw that your tonhhips did not intend: to hear further evidence,lhey might have useiessly taken up witnesses at a great expence from different par:sof the coun try. Lord Min.notniNK : It is desirable that the evidence 'be 'col lected and prinieff iii.specdily as twisible,-so -that it may he in. your lordships' hands by Tuesday-neat, when niece that ,the bill be commi tted. - I have te-ceived several petition - 3 in &Tour of the •measute; , among -when; one from Matichester, signed by 23,0(X), which I will present to yoUr- lorilships on Monday. The Duke of WELLINGTON: I think some other better day' than Tuesdarfor - movintelhat the bill be committed . might be named. lam Anxious not to delay the proceeding with the measure. but the Itomar.' Catholic bill stands' for that day. Wednesday would . probably be better. Lord MEt.noutiNE:Then, let:it be Wednesday. Lord BROUGHAM :Li that case. we on To - esday into the consideration of the other measure, which stands fur a second' reading on that day ? Lord MaI.IIHURNt : That is the understanding. The Duke of W11:111r.iGTO/C then presented a petition froM a place, the name of Which we could not learn, against the Corporations bill.—Adjaurned at live o'clock till Monday, at, 111V-oast three. GRAND CO N C MIT E - ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE. ADEMOISELLE GiiISI. SIGNOR LABLACHE, SIGNOR F.. LABLACHE, of the King's Theatre, SIGNOR PUZZI, and SIGNOR PIO CIANCHRTTIN I beg leave to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Public of Liver- - pool. and its Environs, that ; they intend to gi a GRAND CONCERT at the Roy a l Amphitheatre WEnNEsnav EVENING, the 26tki instant, when they wii erform some of the, most favourite Airs, Duets, - Sri.-. in Belli a New Grand Opera,• I Puritani, Re. Vortherparti-ulars may bs know a application at W. G. Wutss, Music Saloon, Church-stree and in future Advertise .. meets. Bo es, 51.; Front Seats, or Stalls of the Body, ss. ; Pit, 35.; Gillerv. 2s. • . Tickets to .be had at the principal Music Sliops. ) 0014 4sTAADARD are already voted ? The Mr. llpsuN before alluded to, whom Mr. IS ILTAAM RkrnnoNii Mast have bitten, for his evidently Tbroifeil; :nrdutlied sale monstrous absurdities abou t the slity..or 'seventy tlio . ticand Papists lOc.atedin LiverPOOt. - We'understand iliat this is one *of the learned barrister's Vagaries, he htiving.primed with .the .nonsense by counting the christenings at the 'Roman Catholic chapels. We have•no doubt lie believes all that his priest tells him. Accordingto hini the Cit.. thplic emancipation bill will be nothing more than a Piece of waste paper until all !he corporations in England and Ireland are levelled to the ground. -This is candid, but he proves too much, inasmuch as it faitens''fraud and falsehouct on all thOse of his religious . communion who prayed fur the removal of their disabi li ties. We . beg pardon fur wasting so much ink upon these foolish patriots. They see that their party and prinCiples haVe no 1101.1 on the people of England. The people despise them—vre only laugh at them: LONDON LA TES 7' NEWS; City, Saturday Evening.. Half -past Severe - o'clock. The Money Market has again beeorne heavy this afternoon at-a decline iu Consols Inc• Account. from 9j to 891. The Omuium lids • also given way, having been sold currently at prem. this afternoon, nutv,ithstan tug. the belief that the ScAch thanks are purchasing extensively.. It is said that with the original amounts allotted to them by the contractor, these wealthy estab.istimen , s possess between three and four millions .of the Scrip of the New Loan. Up to the close of business there was no reaction iu the price of the Scrip, which left off ttt 2$ per cent. prem. Consols, bath for Money and the Ac -MIMI, left off at 90. Exchequer Bills du out fetch more than 215., and India Bonds 6s. to Bs. prem. , The Ai:lowing are the dates at which the transfer hooks at the Bank of England wit' close, and reopen preparatory to the payment of the quarterly dividends in October next : • Open—Bunk Stock, Oct. 1311 i ; Reduced Atm. 22di 3/ per Cent. Red., 21st; al per Cents. (1818), lath; Annuitie s . fur terms of years, `2oth Oct. • •• P;ires of Entrlish Funds at -four o'clock :—Beark Stock, 215; Red,Ann., 9t4; Consols, 90; 3' per Cents. Red, 99k; New 31 per Cents.. 981 ; LOng Ann., 161; Oniniurn, 2i pm.; twilit Stock, 255; India Bonds, 8 pm..,-; itorcireq. '2,„1. pm.; Con-. sots for Acct., 90. FORKIGN FUNDS. . . There has been a good deal of animation displayed in thk market for the foreign securitiesdoAny. The value of French : Attack_ is beginning to be affected by the th,a if the -press iu Frioce is interfered aith in the way expected, pubflit tran quillity will not long continue. 'The blper cents have declined front 109.1 to 1081 thia a ft ernoon,'tivith the . exchairge at 2M Mk. Spanish stuck embed rather higher this of eronon than -it opened ir. the morning, touching 49, and the - scrip at 111 discount. Portuguese bonds haVe declined half per cent., flaw...Ay from 9J to 91. There is very little doing in Dutch . and Belgian boo+ , the'former being quotel at - par: and-the latter at 51g fur the 2i 7 per cents. Columbian bonds, after receding to 33, closed at 33f. Chiliau bouds are exceedingly heailyat 39; and Alesicatiat3ll. MEETING OF CORPORATION REFORMERS IN CLAYTON-SQUARE. Yesterday the reformers had a field day in Clavton•sqnare for the purpos, of discharging their park ofartiliery from the heavy ordnance of Mr. Rossini down to the p ipgains of Colonel Wil liams and Mr. William Browne against the House of Lords, because their lordships have 6k/in the libert ; of thinking for themselves, and are nut yet quite prepared to Make their house an office for registering the edicts of Daniel O'Connell apd his administration. According to ancient usage it will be o bserv e d "that saint Monday was selected in the hope of collecting the loungers and idlers who are accustomed to keep that clay unholy. or, in other words, who have riot expended the List sixpence of the edfningi of the past week. • `A few minutes before twelve o'clock from Moto 150 men - and boys were fount Ming on the curbstone of the foot pavement in trout of the Bull lnn. At a euarter.patit twelve the number increased to alpha IA k) or 1,200, and before the close of the meeting the nu m ber possibly may have exceedeil3 500. but in making this esti nate we cannot he accused of illiberality or of the 'slightest wish its deprive the creuxe for which the ul , eiing teas heft of any Weight or advantage arising from a numarims attendance" oil the occasion. With respect to the character of the audience in the square, it appeared to consist of , bet very few who were like:v to be interested us rate payers. household. er., or freemen. Of the latter 'last; we should suppose there were not many present. Within the lions- we found just the persons we expected to find there, viz.:—Messrs. Egerton Smith. - W. P. Freme John o. Hohnes, Harvey, Yates. Blackburn. T. B ‘Nl'ood, CogliMn. &c. : Sic; But we forget the great gm-Mr. Rossini, a learned Catholic bartie:er, who, as it will appear by his speech, made hi.: first appearance as a popular orator. About half past twelve Ml, Wm. Buowsx advanced to the ..ceutre of the balcony and delivered a speech to the hollowing effect:— Gentlemen,—As you are all aware of the object of the meet ing, I propose, gentlemen. that Colonel Williams do take the Chair. (Hear, near, bravo !) • • This motion was secondsd in as brief a speech by Mr. CHAS. Ts Luu It, awl forthwith the gallant rolonel, 'clad in a bite ducks, advanced to the chair and opened the business of the day by say ing—" 'Tat once more the pertinacity of their enemies had compelled them to take the field amain to struggle for those rights which a certain hotly, a certain part of the legislature,. wish to withhold from them to the lost gasp. Every intelligent man must be aware that that p.ut. of the legislature had set its face astainst the people at large—he meant the. House of Lords —and, therefore, the time had arrived when every intelligent man should be up to oppose the horse of Lords. The munici pal corporAttims bill, a hill calculated to put down the influence of the tories, was uow iu a stagnant state in the Pouse ssf Lords.• .but it only regained the_voioe.or ihetietsple itafavour to set it . u-yainy It was a curious feature ie the history of cot Istaations, that they were first instituted for the nrotecturn of the people against the ruffian barons of those olifts—Oniud, [ dooTeatl them ruffians now, a laugh)—who, by their swords, maintained an undue influence oser the people which the batons ref the present day wished to continue,•aud the intervention of time had proved that they were an order opposed to the general wel l' ire of the people. By this corporation bill the inhabitants of Liverpool won ted have an interest in the management of their own affiirs,au•l he would appeal or the Liverpool freemen them selves if it would not he consiucise to their interest to. get the bill passed as speedily as possible. How long had the corporation of Liverpool refused to the inhabitants of Liverpool any parti cipatleu in time management of their own affairs, and of the great estate which belonged to than? They (the carporatien we presume) had converted a portion of that estate to them selves which belonged to the freemen at large, anti he would adduce in proof of this assertion their. refusal to admit them even to a hearing of what to .k place in the common council, It was only since Mr. Leyland's time that any inftemation what ever was given. - How often had they called upon the corporation to grant a common hall? This They had invariably refused to attend to, or to hear the public voice within the ‘;ails of their Exchange. He (Col. Williams) had once written to the may , r requesting admittance to the council, net as a common couned mati, but 'as a listener to their proceediags,in which he, as a tree burgess. was interested, hut' had been ae:lised, and such had been the invariable reply to similar applications. What ceps were the Breda taking ? In The first•place, they sought to have counsel heard at the bar against the cOrmnissioners" report sthis was granted; hut with this they were not' satisfied, but they must then also hear evident* in - support .of the allegations of counsel; . and he would ask what was their. evidence bid that of town-clerks and aldermen ; offered, he supposed, mien the twins' ( a p t, ut se tting a thief - to catch a thief. [Some'carts were at this moment passing through the square, and the.g,illant colo nel stopped his harangue observing, " I can't emit', t!,e ruin- Wing of a carol When the honourable officer resumed, he said that a •fine specimen of tors proceedings was exhibited in the case of Leicester. Thoug6 the•corportion of that birrough was poor, they could manage to borrow money. to set up a tory candidate. He did • net charge the corporation of Liverpool With a similar impropriety; but he would say nothing alioat the "old general." When the slave trade was the fashion, they (the corporation) were shrewdly suspected of spending their mimes , • to bolster up that iniquity. (Cheers.) . [(fare the e o hmel said, ." Allow the, gentlemen, to take breath a iittle.l Well; if they wetted theinselveSs if every man put his hand to the oar, and endeavoured to teach the lords the wisdom which they did not in herit —although they were the only body sopposea to inherit ivisdomos4Hore there was another interruption from another noisy cart.l The higher orders of society must put themselves to school again; for they had yet to learn that the middle classes and the median:es were outstripping them, an I from fh ac dasses they had also yet to learn those lessons which. alone could save them ft oth utter. annihilation. Now, gentle men, (the eidonel said) open your ears and listen attentively to the resOletiens which wilt be. proposed to you for your conside ration atilt adoption':• Mr. Law ireNca HEYWORTH had but little to say in addition to what had been advanced by.their excellent and able .ehair m.ol: ' The people had on this occasion come forward With the • ,atatriotie intention of doing g od to themselves and their'fellow mett: t The - passage of -a- cart through ,the square ioterrtipted eyworth's speech forsa short time.] :had peen tended tar a better man than hialtif should have proposed. the reselut ion obit h he intended fir submit ti their crinsidera- Geeclemen,(cootihnell Mr. ,lies-worth) that gentlenian is Mr. Ilepe. who is 'prevented from biting iiresebt bylhe nettS of one of his partners He would not detain theta by reading Mr. Hope's apology for his absence.' Had, however, Mr. Hope been present to propose the resolution entrusted to • him (Mr H )• in his absence, he felt assured they would run to the petition and sign it as one man. - Never was there so ;toper tont an assemblage broughltogast hes as the one-he was tollsess ing, and he ten -fed they would showt hernSelves-alive to their own interests and that they would not suffer themselves to be solohled Inv the aristocracy, or permit them to trample mom their rights. There was an inclined plane down which they (the loots) must slide if they did, not accede to the Wishes of the people. Mr. • Heyworth then read the first resOlotion. To this he had no doubt they would asseAt. Before: 'however, it was read from the chair.. he would point ono the hypocrisy of the birds. They pretended to protect the, rights 'of the poor! -When ditl that feeling take possession of their hearts? When fell they • so Aesperately in love with corporations i By and by they would' timid out that their own privileges were affected ; they ranee that they are the only politicians; they esteem no matt a politician unless he can gull the people. But don't he gulled by them ! He was iejoived at Witnessing the display of great moral feeling • which had brought (hem forward on that day; and, after some observations in the same strain. Mr. Ileyworth concluded by .moving:—'Chat this meeting feels • entire confidence in Lord Melbourue and his majesty's ministry, and embrace the present opportunity of expressing their cordial thanks to them f -r the zealous awl judicious man aer in which they supported .1 he great and salutary measure of corporation reform in its progress through the House of Commons, and for its subsequent intro. duction into the House of Lords. Mr. H. HoaNav .said a few words on' seconding the resolu tion, which .was read by the chairman, put to the meeting, and ,• Carried unanimously, with the exception of one baud, which the chairman said was field up by mistake.. Mr. JOHN HOLMES said that. as they were now told that the corporation of Liverpool were anxious for a separate bill. he had great pleasure in proposing "that the meeting considers env at ttutpt to seek a separate bill tor this town as an insidious effort to deprive the borough or the benefit of the corporation reform, eriginatiag in exclusive and selfish views, and opposed to the wishes and best interests if the great body of the people of Liverpool." • Mr. Hoist's!, a Reman catholic barrister, 'who was an itinerantaiemity from. the C itholie Assocl slims db.& ord prior Vale passieg of the emancipation bill, then came f :ward to second The resoletion. ant coin indeed bs - mugagmin delailieg time words of the : resistosilo whi h bail previewily teen read: by Mr. /Lames, Having coucltided titts• tusks. he said, iu •a'yoise of stentorian power, that there was no individual present who con sidered it a pride and glory to have drawn his breath iu the country who had less desire to come forward on a public oeca stun himself; but when he saw that their liberties were openly invaded, he couSidered it to he the duty of every. man to endeavour to protect. then, . They might all recollect, when the 'great - enemy of Spanish liberty invaded the territories of :pain, 'en wheat the•princiele rested, and then it was said that the .mmete cOmninitted were sulE 'lent to make the"- very- stopes rise up in enimosity again.sChium. Such was his situation at the present' meeting; for hid it pat been for the importance of the subject, he certainly should•not twee nettle forward.. The meeting swiss called for the purpose of obtaining a reform in the corperatloos, dad none required it more thou Liverpool, which fur six cen turies had been mist uled. lie (Mr. Rason) was one of that class - wham were born aliens in their uative laud. His religion was that of a Raman catholic. and he would tell the Itentan cathelice of Liverpoot, that until the bill lot the reform of municipal corporati o ns passed into a law, the catholic relief bill would. be to them as a dead letter and waste tmper. (Cheers., 'The dissenters would also be in a similar sttuation; for unless the corporatiou hill passed, that act which aboliehe I the. sacra , mental tests would be worth nothing more thin waste paper in Liverpool. (Cheers.). He would tell . .those elle', who belonged to the establishment of the church of En laud, that se long as the forty-hue individuals composing toe cotlUnlim Council reigned pre-enainently in Liverpool, not one of them differing in political sentiments would ever gain a seat there. (Cheers.) The Roman cathodes of Liverpool in particular might consider that whilst the corporation existed iu its present state they- would be uotfitng mote than the slaves or the forty one.' He would wish to impress that deeply upon their meets. It appeared that the feudal system of the olden nine was wished to be kept :A/4' when a proud and selfish aristocracy told their sovereign that they were superior to him in power, and if lie did not - choose to allow them to rule their serfs, meaning the people, he should cease to 'reign over them. This was the system then, eccordiug to the work . of Dr. Robertson, the author of the day , and corporations were then instituted by political kiugs, what ever their secret inteuti ons m i g h t b e . f or the purpose of raising the people from their prostrate amid degraded state, amid ,to , ;ace •thein ou a level with their f e ll o w men, that they might feel and enjoy their freedom. As years relied on those towns to which :eorporations were granted Imecame rich and flourishing, and the o bject of the peers w is then to share in their heuefims. They eutmsequently retold a peer, the Earl of Derby. Mayor of Liver - pied, bet would they city that ambition to fill the civic chair was the cause of his be - cetui t s c hief magistrate'.' Nu; be found that the coeparetion was formidable and influential, and was consequently anxious to sway it; and what were the peers fight- Mg for now ?—why the saine thing and it' this bill del not pass, the yeforiti hiil would he nothing but waste paper. (Hear.) Whenever a community had risen into importance there was always a class of persona who took the cr relit upon themselves • and the corporation ofLiverpoolclaimed the niertt of raising the borough to prosperity, but lie (Mr. Roesou) had beeu it strict watcher Of the proerees of Live , pwa's success, and he would say .unhesitatitagly that it hell risen in hopprtenee and wealth in spite mif. , "the efirta of the it igmmi chy, It was the enter- Weleeeif mei-chants who brought tit the common" stock the pro-, thitY'or alt quarters of theglimina which rushed in-tu the eheltstme every. title, that caused Liverpool to raise its he.a.l mere proudly ' then e nvhif thierepublics of Italy in the middle ages, and vet those with dalelmlew lime bellows claimed .he creulit of playing the orge Iteseon having quoted settle; hicteepoetical emelt a bellows-blewer end an oreeniet, by way of aims; ratimm, went min to say that tie would ask, whet a municipal eorporation was as it Ivey existed ? Why, it was it litniteriumanerchy. consisting of a chief megistrate, a common council, andlture•esses. He was a butseess hitnself, he birth; his father, his grandfather, cud their predecessore lemvitig lived in the tiurough tor about two centuries. He, however, hail nut taken up his fieeediiime hay ing refaced to do so tinder a corporation so constituted, and would therefore throw hack with contempt the. privilege which the magistrates had observed was otciug to their vats - den and that of their forefathers that the freemen enjeyed. Thy Coin tuen Council hail - acted illegally; he was a lawyer himumetf, and such he haiarded his reputation by steting that, in accord ance with the charter of time corporation of Liverpool, the cor peratioo miught to have erected a common ball for the burgesses to assetelee in. What would the commons of England say (which was a similar case) if the country did not erect a suit able place for meeting? Thiecorporetion never thought of build ing a hell, and this reminded him oft he time he cello. to Liverpool to meet hewer , ' sixty and seventy thousand otitis Rowan cadet lic brethren, who were all debarred from hevieg a voice in the affairs of the town. Lord Chatham once, in a speech mar fiery eloquence, hail said, that whilst there was three millions of slaves across the Atlantis, piiblie liberty a as not safe; and he wuctld ask whether politic ribemtv in title town, was sa fe, when between fifty and sixty tltousatelammue class of persons besides the r at were prevented fruit taking a fair share with other of their fellow-citizens in the management of affairs, in which they h id a direct imerest. He would ask whether it was tea; so nable or just .that the population of Liverpool should be in sulted by being deprived of a right entice led to forty nmen, mneny of whom - were inferior to them, and ethers only equal ? Seme of the first men of the town were exciu led from a parti cipation in the management of its affair. There via time late Mr. William Rethbone, it gentleman whom he (Mr. Itosson), recollected whcu a child, es an illustrious citizen, a man of fiery elovence—the mein Pillar of this great commercial ceintimu nits., and the admiration of all countries to which he travelled, anti he was au alien in his native town, uo share in its rminicipal management. He could assure the meeting that they had now before them, its the person of himself, one of the most humble individuals in existence, and nothing could have induced him to come forward bet' , ire his fellew-eitizens, but the knowledge that he was taking part its proceedings which might ultimately cause the abolitien of a system of misrule which bad existed for six centuries. The last time he addreesed his fellow , (-hives was in April, 1829, when einp.used in defending his Roman catholic leethieu, and as he had said before, he shouhl ' not have come forward now, but for the importauce of the sub ject. He hoped that in these days Liveipeol would not cease to he the it•nige of king, lords, and commons. lie would tell them to look to Venice and see the workings of au irrespensi tile and incompetent legislature there who h el turned their countrymen into chives, and now it was a place of insieeefis cance.'fit only " to 'Mint a immoral or adorn a tale." Mr. Mims mein then entered into a very particular nescription rif ells tra velling in a gondol,' at Venice with a friend, detailing time con versetion between himself, his friend amid the conductor of the gondola, by which the ineeting were put iti possession of the iminher of guns that formed a garrison fair the tewn—the width of the canal, and other little matters with which the meeting were - heartily tired. which consequcutly must he an impoloev Nit our woe trying the natience of our rewlers by detailing. He then took up the subject of boildiug',:' and, emmeitiered that the moniipoly in that brench of trade Was very great in Liverpool without any benefit to the town. He was or opinion that the chapel of the Mount Cemetery haul no claim to architectural design in the least, aud that it would never have been formed if the inhabitants generhily had been cemented in the subject. He concluded by again reading the resolution he was called upon to second Mr. WILLIAM RATtiBoNE, in proposing the next reso'eition, dwelt upon its importance, and expressed his hopes that the ineetine would agree to, and express their determitiation to support it. Mr. Itathbone then read the following resolution : "That, in the opinien of this meeting, though many noble birds are entitled rma the esteem and confidence of the country, a majerity of the souse of Peers appear, by their conduct on too many ocemeiimus. to .he ignorant and regardless of the state of public opinion, cud destitute of all true sympathy with the feelings and wants of the people."—The reselueou which lie had just read was the one he intended to propose. (Cheers.) If they looked bark to five years' history of the House of Lords, they would find that the lords only granted reform through fear, ,when the Duke of Wellington fnund that tle army would have reform. Had the local courts bill been pissed by them, these c. urts would have brought. first rate-barristas to prat tic- in-the country; they would net have had self-elected magistrates, who tnade a their beast that they could dispose of 200 vas's in an hour. When he thought of these things "his blew! boiled ;"• hut he 'did not e wish to address himself to their pitjudices nr (heir passimini! What was the language of the House of Com mons? The consideration there - was, how much can we get thrOtteh the amuse of Lords. Then there was church reform. He (Mr. Rethbone) was nut a churchman; he was one of thet degraded. sect the unitarians; but was he on thei accouut to be excluded front the enjoyment' of his natural rights and privi s lefts? Ele wanted to see all sects equally respectable. In tile lords, the Duke of Cumberland was up posed to church reform anal ,o all reform; he was the grand master of orange l o dg es; th e P l an who . hiss denied that he attempted to int reduce ineuliordination into the army; but. all that he had to say of that denial was t• believe it who can." He had introdueed into the army then a fearful mockery of religion. The Heinle of Lords were forcing up the people, and they are showing that they have no sympethy with the people. Something mo re was wanted by the people than,, grand dinners at the Town-h propet•grounds were wanted for their recreation, and schools tor their instructien e The House of Lords was forcing upon them this truth, that ability and integrity were not hereditary, and that the lords ought to be an elective holy.. At present he did net wish to see that question agitated; .but, if forced upon the people, it would be tor them to take into consideration time present state of the I-louse of Lords. The worthy gentleman 'concluded his phillippic by moving the resolution, - • - Mr. JArmies . MeLListseutt, in secondiug the reseltition, said something about want of ern') ithy'between the lords and the people; the- accident of birth ; and the interest of the few at the expense of, the trieny—s.ail very fine no doubt, but - not very distinctly heermle . Mr. HENRY Bootts then came forward •and said that the re •selinion he held in his heed was one he was sure the- meeting would cordially adept, and s which, he experienced greet plea sure in priipe'Sing. It was. to exprese'silie :contideese of the present meeting in Lord Melbourne and the rest- of his ma. : jest v's ministers.—The resolut ion '• Thaethia Meeting are aim ximitis to express die high satisfactionswith - which they have witnessed the' persevering exertions of time faithful ;rept esent4, qivi4;4)t . the people, displayed in' carrying ati . o,iisttiii4el sefie tn. hiR • through the Collin - moos' Ileum .Perliimmetit i •apd they' confidently rely upon them for the eadoptien . of such ef fectual measures as the constitution has • ; Placed their hands to secure the passing 'if the seid bill into aiew." - Ile . • was confident that the resolution nut only eepressed the opinions of the meeting but . of 'the people or England, as no ministers had ever conduched themselves with more judgment .and temper than they had done. They had in fact done their clots by the people ' and it now remained a itlethe people to do theirs. (He n s) r it so he ppeimed thetethe ministers msf the crown in intriabeing me:ism-es foi the benefit of their. country were not so fortunate as to bask in the sunshinehif royal favour, ..they could fall back the approbation of the people wit mvntill support them. (Ilear.) Ile municipal reform hill - passed the nous:, of .Commons, and even - Sir • Robert Peel, the leading moan of tbe•emiservolives, tltimittett the soundness of its general principles, and - how were th e y t o is crouPtfor the &tete' , • tnined.opposition of the Lords. The reimsee was that the House o f p eers consideredeorpetations to be the strongholds of the cosem petories, and (het if they were opened the influence or that party wou ld cease. Ile did not understand what the Lords had I to do with corporations et all—they were the peculiar properly of the people, having nothing whatever tado with them ur their privileges- . To the Duke of Newcastl e they might appropri- ntely say," Mimi your own order, and let via do what we like with our own." (Cheers,) The Earl of Witichilsea had said that the anxiety for corporation vermeil was a symptom of the disaffectien of the people. This opinion appeared to heunt the n o ble earl like epos., but he (Mr. Bee th).ll.otight , it waviiieh time f.r the people to look after theim own. (Hear.) They had very great reaeon to chanplaiii of the violent etchil tome seemly con hit t • of the House of Lords on the occasion of the• introduction of the coreoretiou hill, as they had done everything' to• t h war t th e etferts of the people. Ile (Mr. Booth) was but against the privileges of the House of Lords, but be might 4hruw out to them a friendly hint, which was that the time was not fardistant when every institution would be judged upon ac cording to its utility, anti harmony with the Noirit of time age. lie wetifd have that house reineMber that a government coulee not long resist the decided hostility aud settled cuatememt of the . whole country. Mr. BLACKBURN in coming forward to second the resolution, said. that at few weeks wee, when They met mm tile Emi..r . c , e,f time List, they did not auticil ate Su- h a result, therefore the meeting un this eecasion etas much larger than the funnier one. (A thigh,) They then imtiticipatedthat the :Leasure was likely to pass butts houses of parliament, awl pro! ally to their ptiesiveni as, he ch emeteining this (million, maim to be ascribed the proceeditass of the lords respecting the hill—their proccedfug was about as wise a one and likely to end iet as successful sail issue as - Wal muistng Withesses to prose that thesielurious orb slunisees above their heads dad not reflect brightness. ('iieer.) 'beau said that persons who ase!.mbled together to petliar: their rights were political .agitators, add that agitators yee!te great evil. Nu tine could deny that it was..an evil to leeve heel hess and the other pursuits •of life to atten,l punkt- meetings; but the blame could not be thrown upon the people, eti they were forced to - it. There were few who could i.ut perceive the oureasoualde opposi , ion which was habitually tract .with the -Huuse . of Lords, as they - had - universally - art tilt.tuBvlOes against the desires of the people, and if that infaitodiel course: was to •be persisted au, allodr valuable institetious retails be etilangered, a nd popular excitemeut Would become the urdist .of the day. In all their reasoniuge and reflections on the corlis ration bilhehey must assume it to he a fair and moderate;mie. and even Sir Robert Peel conceded that: Every one who knew the political coaduct of Sir Robert Peel was aware that he tells apt to defend every kind of abuse whenever defensible ; but this he could riot find in the corporation bill. Was he not the de fender of rutten boroughs and the abuses of chureh. and would he not have opposed it had be any grounds for cluing so .There was a strauge combinaliun of insimity and itithecility bre trayed in the oppositien to the bill, and they would have been al:. loss to have foetid out the cause had it not been stated by Lora Lyndhurst in a speech the'inost extraordinary for ingenuity iu briuging forward the force of intellect in a bed cause, that it was a mile measure, and there arose the objection to it. It certainly was a whi t '; measure, and calculated to overthrew the power of the tories—that was the rub, and hence the tears, hence .the wail iugs. and hence the opposition. If, however, the bill was passed into a law, and be nad no doubt that it would, the effect would be that the same power arising from wealth, influence, and character world exist. and the only difference would oc, that every inhabitant would be put upon a footing of perfect equalitY. He, notwithstanding, still believed with Lord Lynd hurst that the bill would b e th e M eans o f prostrating the intlu• euce of the tortes, the faction through whose influe nc e th e Liver pool corporation had misruled for a quarter of a century. Once let the corporations be overturned, and the voice of the people heard, the tories who had so long, trampled over the liheriies, not only of this country, but car Ireland, would lie abased tot ever. The downfall of that fatal aseendaucy svh , ch had sac long reigned in the councils of these realms, he believed, would he hailed with pleasure by every friend of peace, nut only i n Eng laud, Sent:and. and Ireland, but all over Europe. In conformity with the res dutian he hoped they would all pledge themselves to support those able ministers now in ofth'e. especially Lord Melbourne and Lot d John !fussed, who had proved themselves competent, and therefore deserved' to be Tallied round by the pe° , c'e 81-ekburne, after so m e f urt h er e b s e rrat i ons , cou ,.. . . caeled by exhorting all present not to forget the registratiau of votes for both the borough and the county. (A laugh.) Mr. ditto; SMITH, in ereposiug the next resolution, said that, on coal:he to town that morning, he had understood the meet.' ing iteehded to petition the lords tO pass the b:11. He was glad to find that it was nut, a; he shuu:d have feet bound to oppose seeh a proceeding, as he- did not see that the people had any alliaity whatever with the flutist) of Peers. He theft alluded to the cren.tion of peers by Gemge the Third.' which he said was done for tory .purposes, ilesienaled the freeni - en as the most wretched class, of persons in' the town, and hoped that the Ileuse of Commons would step the supplies . He Was sure that, if the come-ions did that, the ministry would stand; as the" Wive would be the tat to take office williaut a purse. • Mr. EYR, EVANS :>ecoruled the resolution, " • . • Me. Tclos. BocTee then proiosed the next resplutinn, and, having concluded reading lt, he said that the rights which the corporators called vested and prescriptive were nothing less than' ueurpatione, for which they had the. evidence of the Atternev-General, and Mr. Biackburee, the chiefcommissinner, The bill'which they wishe;l to. be. passed was to restore those - - rights to those who paid scot-and-lot,, for whom they were ori; ginally intended. A noble duke, in speaking of Liverpool, had said th• t it was the pattern ef•a corporation. : - It was. hoe - ewer, a self-elected one, and that of itself was sufficient it there was nothing else to condemn it. At a late electiou, to show the political bias of the Genii-mit Council, only three. Mit of the fertyhme voted for the libel al caildidate. (Hear.) With respect to the expenditure of the corpuration, he would tint say that they stole the rands, but they. ceiteinly gave item away to their depeedauts, and had managed to gel £BOO,OOO in debt. After alluding to the purchase of :same laid at Birken-, head, as being en uut'aireransactiou on the part 4)1 the corpo ration, and the lowu dues question, My. Bolton concluded. Mr. SHIEL, after a spec, ti fur which we have not room, pro. posed t h at the followille be adopted, and sent for preSentation to rear representative, Ewart, Esq., and that out towns man, Thumas Thurnely e Esq., be requested to support the prayer. T o t h e flown:Table the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of the town and neisrhboorhood of Liverpool, i❑ public meetin4 assembled, Shewt•th,—That your petitioners are fully convinced of the urgent necessity of a thorough reform in the corporations of England an 1 Wales, and of the correction of the abuses that note generally exist in those institutions, That your petitioners ate persuaded of the wisdom and era ciency of the great measure which has lately passed )our ho nourable house for that important purpose. That your petitioners are deeply impressed with sentiments of respect and gratitude, for the came. perseverance, and unre mitting attention which the faithful reptesentutives of the nation have bestowed in the proereSs of that bill. That your petitioners, therefore, most earnestly entreat your honourable house nut to permit their just Lopes to be disap. pointed, but that, in order 10 secure the speedY passing of that bill into a law, your honourable house wi►l have recourse to such effectual means as the constitution of the country places it= your hands, for asserting and maintaining the tin , Mufiteti rights of the people. A well-dressed Irishman then stepped up to the Chairman, and handed him a taper, which he said contained a resolution which he wished to he put to the meeting. It seas a vote of thanks to Daniel O'Connell, Esq , M. P. The Chairman refused to put it to the meeting,on the ground of being irrelevant. • The Irishman then left the balcony, saling that the meeting was tint a liberal one. Mr. JOSEPH EW A 117. proposed a vote of thanks to the chair man, which was seconded by Mr. Egerton Smith, and the meet ing bap oxa t ed. COMMON COUNCIL .PROCEEDINGS. We mentioned iu our last publication. that in consequence of there not being a sufficient number prt-sett nt the last ineet.-, ink of the Con l i o tm Coun c il. t he :\Lavor nad - snttlyn•tnecl a special cocaciL which was held accendiugly . au Saturrhy last. Ther,, were twenty-seven members present, namely, the Mayor, Am brose Luce, and Jan u s Pownall, Esqs., bailiffs; Messrs. Brancker. Staniforth, Wright. T. Care, Leyland, Lawrence: Robinson, and Sir T. Brancker; Messrs. Sintdbach, Hofstad, Conde, Cottle, J. D. Case, Leigh, Moss, Eiaart, Thompson, Houghton, Molvneux, floilinshead, Ashton, Ciludstoti9, Cuck b host and Walker. In the absence of the Town-clerk, who has been for some weeke in Loud nt, opposing the municip4l re:Vrin and 111 porting the freemen's rights and privileges, the treasurer, Mr. J. D. Case, was directed by the Mayor to read the proceedings: of the fieeinen's committee. On yoing through these, it ap pearVfl a very large number of persons entitled to their freedolt had come forward to take it up; anti those proceedings, us. well at the renewal uf teases , the applic a ti ons t or w hi c h vreve unusuallynumerous, fur stone time occupied the attention of the Council. Tne report of the proceedings or the select finance committee were then read. Before their confirmai.ion .as put to the Council, Mr. Bailiff Lace inquired why Mr. Barnard's appli cati:in for a renewal of his lease, now within five or six veers of . its expiration, fur his premises in Sweeting-alley, had been ne gatived by the select finance committee. The chairman of the committee being absent, in consequence of the death of his bra_ ther, Mr. James 'Bourne, the surveyor was sent for to eiplain more satisla.ctorily to the Council the grounds on ehich Mr. Barnares application had been decided. Mr:John Foster, the surveyor, then stated, that in order to secure as +noel) property as possible in the neighbourhood of the Town-hall, Which tnietit hereafter he required fit pot poses perhaps now unfi,reseen, the renewal of Mr. Barnard's lease, within a very few years of its *expiration, hail been refused. Mr. Bailiff LACE objected to the council's refusing the re newal of this lease; first, on the ground that Mr Barmird had lately purchased an iutegrat part of this property, at least so much so as to present it from ever being available to the cot po ration; and secondly, that the council were going direct') in the fare of what had been brought forwordogainst that clanse in the municipal reform bid. touching the ready disposition on the part of the council to renew leases at all times. The question of confirmation of the proceedings. being pia by th e Mnvor, it Was carried‘by a majority of 23, to 4, the tumerity being Messrs. Wri4ht, Lace. Currie. and Glad s t one . An a pplication from Mr. North, Mt. Latham fianmerts.so. licitor. was read for the recovery of the freedoin of the borough, of which he had been deprived,bv the Common Council, when it was agreed that the ,consideration of this subject should far the present be-postponed. The treasurer read a statement of money required . for carry ing on the public works, awl other expemes.amounting w gether to £136,414, to meet which the •council voted - £150,000 should he raised on bond, at 4 per cent:. fns seven xears. TheproCeeding,-s of the .Dovk Committee, in their late meet ing, :bAtog lead- and confirmed, the coun'tg broke. up at tour o'clock. . . THOR MAJESTIES AND TOE ymtk.Fii 1g ,rnsTIVAt...4-At pttblie meeting of the nobility gentry. cl.ergy,yapkeie, tort ctfatits Mill other Inhabitants of York..lieifil in tire.9rirld-trall on Mi-rlay Lest, the Lord Mayor in Ihexhair,ittratresolveri that a lAyal and alitiress should be presented tnite.K,ing, inviting his Majesty and his. illustrious Queen to . ,'the ensuing grand Yorkshire musical festival with their presence. ' , Stir'itild the in. vitati.in lie aeeepted, st the ilon."l'.. W. Wilson, lord otyrr, and the very Rev. the Dean of York.' have ,both tender ,ed the u.e of tlier elegatit mansions fot the use stbtheir ma. jesties. The addles has bet-ti torwaitled to Lord and the two city inemberi; LotailMr, aud Abe C. Dr:Lades for presentation. ' 2 • - • • . lirt.trisosmLNT FOR DEBT 8i1,1,-Mii!it'pf the• bills men tioned in our last number. (for ;,lay). are.i.ending stilt bebtre nue a i r rt he Other of the -Houses of. Paihunient." Amongst thee., the Imprisonment for Debt Bill deserves.-yaetirttlar mention, l ' i t u s s ' t k , for clause after clause has leen 3ddeil o t .a ti , pia t epress the truly forrindable inass alterati on. t for the LOgishi hire to grapple. with .ot,.thiti.i.eirson of the}err, notwillist'ainling the' unseemly. haste WhiCh the •Attor bey. General seems anxions.to 3 , 0'10 al°'.it• 11;uty he as well , at all events, for members of. ParliaMeat to .know thht the bill in queitlon goes far beyond the.simple .tbject nrrginallt pitiposed by it. Besides abolishing imprisonnient . fortlel,t cu 'pestle pro. cess, it dispenses,•in the7great• nisjnrity .Ofdivtions, with HE the ordinary im „. e ,,lio t o bet w e en• process ant} jiclginent, thus en• ab;ing the p:aintiff to al ring to execution:s(A botum; reverses or. reinsert the whole known method .nt proceeding against d e bj,, es ; and t- en the pieteat country Commis. sinners of BankruPlrY, Ito. we simuid suppose. bile already been ch:.ngeri often enough to satit4 the most atertlt oar' of innovation. lleoti is .tlow ti,, l•e <like ci- v olteet in t r. -J• nc l ge It Comorrissioner for each count a play t,hieh v ill polio MI not last a • year front its vidutorircetneut. It seems, that this Cotirt, of Review. ,the tuw:estnf-64 anti in:policy of which hate 1, ( 4. 13 proved to demon s tration, is to 1;e Volstct.. , cl lap :strew. w the vie" of its forming Pall of the inuchinett. rendered I:reels:a! i,y the bill; Surely a measure (t‘so sweepiitg a character shortitl not be hurtled over (luting the morning sittings, and at a retied %t hen most of the lawyers are tiecct.satily abeent tutu the house. The ample patronage the bill proposes to mat in the govern. orient sufficiently accounts • for the irSinued.reseiness of the nil. rtistr) to second the zeal 'if their taw tSter in its. behalf.— . Front The Law Alajjazine for DKFEAT Or TII - 6 WHIG WATD/CALII ,tT Florvtlit+lEO. Ott Wednellllay a ineetiog vas ivski to « , asitter ttf the prop irty of cloning toaethet the freemen acri (learn's cr liodiester. to peti icu in favour of the Manicqral Retoro. OM, uheir it wet deter mined, upon a representAti. n Mat tt e% /mkt be . ri,tvoted I A an amendment, th i o the meeting strold coirimse 4/4 inbatitant householder s o f Rochester, Chatliani, Spoof!, and y. Thu. the flee/lien and electors of t7f chf ster air denied the tied discuss:on of their rights. and ha% c decided trqi absenting !b tu ,. selves. Three of the rot eulost wore ra of tt is ilk to., tric t s it Te l 4 kium for torisibterial paClCltaCet to thu new tulhu cotaiuL &Elf 3 . r, I