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SHIP BREAD 'BAKERY, / 33, STRAND-`STREET. THOMAS LENOX, Successor to M srs. S. Gord. and Son, respectfully informs the Me ants, Shipowners, &c. of Liverpool, that he has taken the Pr ises lately occupied by Messrs. S. Gorst and Sum, No. 33, STRAND-STREET, Canning Dock, where he intends to conduct the SHIP BREAD and and SAIL MAKING BUSINESS, and respectfully solicits a continuance of the favours conferred upon his predecessors as Ship Bread Bakers. REMOVAL. JOHN CLISSOLD, HAIR CUTTER and ERFUMER, begs to acquaint his kind Friends and Patron that he has left his old Shop 77, CHURCH-STREET, and has emoved to No. 48, nearly opposite the Liver Theatr3, whet he hopes to have a continuation of their favours. He has ed up separate and convenient apartments for Ladies and Gentlemen, and he firmly believes that every comfort and convenience will be found in his new Establishment. He takes the liberty of acquainting his Friends that the Person who has opened his Old Shop has no connexion toith hint in any way whatever. Two APPRENTICES wanted immediately. CUTHBERT CLARK, AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER, and House and LAND AGENT, 49, Great Crosshall-street, and 2, Moorfields, begs to return his most heartfelt thanks to his numerous Friends and the Public, for the liber,sl encourage ment he has received during his residence in Livierpool. I l v The advantage of an Establishment for supp ing Strangers, Visitors, and others, (without any charge w alever) with the Addresses, Terms, and every inf4mation i riative to the dis posing of Public and Private Houses orrroperty, Letting Lodgings, with or without Board, Apartments and Furnished Houses, so that persons on their arrival in this great Commer cial Town may, without any expense for the information, be acquainted with the object they have in view, and avoid the expense and trouble of looking for the same, is too obvious to need a comment. C. C. has the honour to announce that he has taken an Office, No. 2, Moorfields, opposite the Railway Office, known by the name of the STRANGERS' OFFICE, established for supply ing Strangers with the requisite information before-mentioned, free of expense. Persons having any description of Property to dispose of, Public sir Private Elonses, Apartments or Lodgin to Let. will find it to their advantage gs e to register the same at 2. Moorlields. Appraisements for Letters of Administration, Valuation of 'louses, Plate, Books, Furniture, and every description of Property. ... Attendance from Tan to Five o'clock. General Agency. Rents Collected. Money advanced on Propcity intended for immediate Sale. Enourante Noticto. , A HIGHLY-RESPECTABLE LIF E NSURANCE li. COMPANY, in London, is desirous of Establishing AGENCIES in the Principal Towns .of E and, who will be allowed a Liberal Commission on all Busine they may procure. Gentlemen wishing such an appointment will please mention, their Profession, with satisfactory references as to their respec tability to some Person in London, arldressing their applica tions post-paid)( to Mr. W. H. BRUCE, Stationer, No. 1, Trump street, Cheapside, London. BRITISH FIRE OFFICE, 429, STRAND, R,IMI 21, CORNHILL, LONDON. Instituted, 1799. PERSONS Insured at this old-establis d Office, whose Premiums fall due at LADY DAY, a respectfully re quested to renew the same within fifteen ys from. the 25th instant. AGENTS FOR LIVERPOO . GERALD ATKINSON and TOWNLEY, No. 5, Water-street, adjoining the Bank. Receipts for Policies effected through the late Agencies of Mr. B. H. DOWNING and Mr. J. C. MOH NALL respectively, lying as above, of which those concerned will please take Notice. A large dry CELLAR to be LET, fit for the WINE and SPIRIT TRADE. ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 9, 77trugmorton-street, London; ii.i,leing-ttreet, Manchester; • 6, E.tchauge-street East, Liverpool. CAPITAL, £3J0,000, IN THREE THOUSA., D SHARES OF £lOO EACH. MUCH LOWER RATES of ASSUR.A CE than those of anv other Office will be found in the riginal and ex tensively varied Tables of this Company. EXTRACT FROM THE TARL . Age. Whole Term cif Life. One Year. Seven Years Quarterly Half-yearly Annual Annual Premium. Premium. Premium. Premium. Premium. - - - --- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 16 0 7 3 0 14 4 1 8 4 0 15 2 0 16 9 20 0 711 0 15 9 1 11 '2 0 17 4 0 18 8 30 0102 1 02 1 19 10 1 1 3 1 21 '4O 013 9 1 7 0 421391 4 6 1 6 2 50 , 1 0 4 2 4 3 19 2 1 13 5 1 19 0 a Pus., „t of li;rpetnrs meet daily, by whom policies may be A Board of Directors meet daily, by whom po .ffected in a few hours. Premiums may be paid Half-yearly or Quarterly. Tables of increasing and decreasing . Premiums, peculiarly adapted to the eireutnstances and convenience of parties propos ing to assure. Distinct Tables, at very moderate rates for all climates, in cluding sea risk, for military and naval officers, and for persons afflicted with disorders not attended with immediate danger to life. Prospectuses, with full particulars and Tables, may be ob tained of the Aeents at the following places : LIVERPOOL Mr. JONA. FLOUNDERS. Manchester Mr. William Swindells. Chester Mr. William Hope. Birmingham ...Mr. George Paulson Wragge. York Mr. George Bulmer. Hull Mr. H. F. Skeet. Leeds Mr. Booth. Sheffield ........Mr. T. M. Bardswell. Derby REDUCTION OF FIRE PREMIUMS. YORK AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ASSURANCE COMPANY, 14, HIGH OUSEGATE, YORE. CAPITAL.. .. £500,000. WILLIAM COOPER, Esq, THOMAS GREGORY, Esq JOHN AGAR, Es a. JAMES AUDUS, Esq. JOHN BARSTOW, Esq. MATTHEW CARR, Esq. HENRY COOPER, Esq. JAMES GADSDEN, Esq. ROBERTWARDGLEADOW,ESq. CHAS. JAMES HANSON, Esq. EDMUND BARU ~ Alderman, Chairman. Deputy Chairman. WILLIAM HARGRO E, Esq. ROBERT HUDSON, sq. THOMAS MASON, 'sq. WILLIAM MAT ESON, Esq. JOHN ORD, E , RALPH ORDVSq. CUTHBERT ippors, Esq. GEORGE WOODALL, Esq. OW, Actuary and Secretary. COMMITTEE POE LIVERPOOL MID ITS VICINITY. James Bateson, Esq. Thomas Jenkinson, Esq. Thomas Bolton, Esq. Richd. W. Preston, Esq. James Jackson, Esq. Geo. Wainwright, Esq. FIRE INSURANCES. T I - IF Directors of this Office taking into consideration the I strong and well-directed Engine and Fire Police Esta blishment which has been brought into operation in Liverpool, and the great attention which is paid, in the construction of new Warehouses, to security against Fire, have determined to adopt the following reduced rate of Premium : On-Floating Policies Ws. per Cent On specific Insurances, with warranty against hazardous trades and hazardous goods 6s. „ Warranty against hazardous trades omitted Warranty against hazardous goods also omitted Bs. „ No warranty against plurality of occupation required. Policies for short periods will be charged the usual propor tions of the above rates. SPECIAL RISKS on the most moderate terms. 'rho following Rates of Premium are charged for ordinary Risks : Quality. Per Cent. First Not Hazardous. Fecund 1 Hazardous Third. Doubly Hazardous 10. 6d. 26. 6d. 48. Od. FARMING STOCK. is ranked by this Company In the First Class of Risks, and the Premium is therefore only Is. 6d. per cent. LIFE ASSURANCE. The following are the Rates per Cent. upon the life of ahealthy Person, of the undermentioned ages : Aye. Prem. per Ann. I Age. Prem. per. Ann. 2 ) £1 13s. 9d. 50 £4 Os 7d. 56 ''''' "" - 3 -- o i 60 6 3 11 .40 2 17 3 1 67..... 81 . 2 0 Joint Lives and Survivorships also Assured by this Company. the Rates for which are equally favourable to the Assured. All further information can be obtained on application at the Agent for Liverpool M. WOTI-lERSPOON, India-buildings, Fenwick-street. SOCIETY FOR THE RESTORATION OF HEALTH. HARVEY'S VEGETABLE ANTI - DR ASTIC PILL i s fast superseding every other aperient and stconachic me dicine. Its success has been most decided in Indigestion. ob stinate and habitual Costiveness, Bilious and Nervous Head ache, Giddiness, or Overflow of Blond to the Head, Rheumatic Fever, Liver Complaints, and all disorders incident to the Stomach and Bowels. In Complaints peculiar to Females and Children, these Pills will be found one of the best and most effectual remedial agents that can be used ; they may be taken by the most delicate females and children with perfect safety. As a Family Medicine, to keep in the house for all primary symptoms of indisposition, they stand unrivalled. No confine ment or change of diet requisite. Price Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. per box. HARVEY'S RESTORATIVE CORDIAL, in Nervous Affections, Loss of Appetite, Languor, and Debility, arising from illness, early imprudence, excesses, residence in tropical climates, seminal weakness, sedentary habits, &c., is infallible. To young and elderly females it affords relief and support, that •no other tonic has given; it mitigates, often totally prevents, .sea-sickness. All persons of sedentary habits and tra smen 'much confined to their shops will find a table spoonf taken o n e hour before dinner of the greatest service. Pr e 4s. Gd and Ils. per bottle. HARVEY'S EMBROCATION effectually a r cures Rheumatism, Sprains, Bruises, and Glandu r and restores Relaxed 11IusCles to their -tone. Pr' bottle. HARVEY'S LOTION OF BEAUTY r noves Pimples, Freckles. Eruptions, and all Cutaneous Di dens of the Face and Neck, cures Chapped Hands, postpon Wrinkles, pre serves the Complexion to a great age, and. used before Shav ing, imparts comfort hitherto unknown. Price 3s. Gd. and 7s. 6d. per bottle. " As a safe and effectual aperient, we fearlessly assert that HARVEY'S ANTI-DRA STIC PILL has no equal in this country. It is not only in some degree, supersedin g other Fa mily Medicines, but many distinguished Physicians are con stantly recommening the formula to their patients as being the safest aperient pill made known."—Orucle of Health for Jan. 29th. a weekly medical journal. HARVEY'S VALUABLE MEDICINES are Sold Whole sale, by J. Boddington,•Resident Director to the Society for the Restoration of Health, 90, Charlotte-street, Rathbone-place, London; C. M WHOOD, 20, South John - street , near the New rustonthouse, Priestley, Aspinall, J. D. Butler, Scholefield Fisher, Wagstaff, Swift, .1-lobson, and .Lloyd, Liverpool •8i.o%Qu1t,..1;1011041. id speedily r Swellings, :e 2s. 9d. per =IMO Imperial Varliament. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25. (Continued from the STANDARD of Friday.) NAVY ESTIMATES. In a committee of supply— Lord ASHLEY moved that the sum of £819,115 be granted to his Majesty for the half-pay officers of the Hoyal Marines and Navy up to the 31st of March, 1836.—Agreed to. Lord ASHLEY moved that 1:522635 be granted for military pensions and allowances up to the 31st of March, 1836.—Agreed LO. Lord ASHLEY moved, that £219,625 be granted to his Ma jesty to defray the allowances of civil pensions (and other pur poses) up to the 31st of March, 1836.—Agreed to. SABBATH-DAY'S OBSERVANCE BILL. . Mr. Po ULTER moved the order of the day for the second read ing of a bill for the better observance of the Lord's-day. After a short discussion the second reading of the bill was carried by a majority of 76, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday (to-morrow). The witnesses' indemnity bill went through a committee, and the report was brought up, but from the tone of voice in which the proceeding was conducted between the Chairman and the Speaker, it was impossible to hear a single word. The highways bill was read a second time, b.ut we could not hear the day appointed for the next stage. REOJSTRATION OF VOTERS. The second reading of the registration of voters bill having been moved, as we presume, by Lord J. Russell, Mr. W A RBURTON deprecated the enormous expense attend ant upon opening up the lists before committees, who, under that bill, if it should pass into a law, would have the power of doing Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that he would not press the clause to which the han. member for Bridpurt objected, if the sense of the house were against him. Mr. H. BULWER thought there were some regulations in the present measure more unfair than in the former. A conversation then ensued, in the course of which, while all agreed in thanking the noble lord for the trouble he had taken about the bill, Mr. C. Buller and Mr. Aglionby recommended that it should be referred to a committee up-stairs. Mr. Foster, Mr. Williams, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Baines, Mr. Rolfe, Mr. Sheil, Mr. M. Philips, and several hon: members whose names could not be ascertained in the gallery took part in this Con versation. TITHE COMMUTATION (ENGLAND.) The report of the committee of the whole house on this sub• ject was brought up. The resolution was agreed to, and a bil ordered to be brought in pursuant thereto. TIMBER DUTIES. The report of the - committee on the timber duties was brought up and agreed to, and a bin ordered to be brought in pursuant thereto. The illegal aec.uritiet bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. CRUELTY TO CATTLE ♦ND OTHER ANIMALS. Mr. PEASE moved for and obtained leave to bring in a bill to consolidate and amend acts relating to the cruel treatment of cattle and other animals. LIGHTHOUSES. Mr. HOME called the attention of the house to the report of the select committee on lighthouses, with the view to their con solidation under one management. After going into a detail of the expenses which these establishments entailed upon the mer cantile marine of the country, and stating a variety of alleged mismanagement, the hon. gentleman proceeded to say that he thought the expenses of the lighthouses of the country ought to be placed on the same footing as the consular charges, and those expenses ought to be defrayed as part of the public burdens out of the public purse; and he was the more induced to that opinion because his Majesty's ships deriving equal advantages from the lighthouses as the commercial traders, were excluded from the charges. (Hear.) The committee appointed by the house had obtained, through the intervention of the noble lord then at the nead of the foreign department, (Lord Palmerston,) the ordinances of France, and the regulations of other coun tries; and with respect to the information contained in the ap pendix to the report, he must say that the example of France should be follo►ced by levying a similar tonnage duty for the maintenance of the lighthouses. By such a course he believed that in this country all objects in this respect would be accom plished for £40,000, instead of £250,000, as was now collected. (Hear, bear.) The expenditure might also be considerably lessened by an alteration in the mode of keeping the accounts, and in the manner of their collection. Mr. Hume concluded by moving for leave to bring in a bill to facilitate the consolida tion of lighthouses under one management.—Leave given. Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the house do adjourn. Mr. SHAW made some remark which we did not hear. Mr. Giseonisu presented an election petition from Leicester, stating that the agent had delivered a wrong christian name. The hon. member gave notice of a motion fur this day, (Tues day, yin accordance with the player of the petition. Mr. WYNN observed that the house could not grant the in dulgence asked. he petition Was brought up. Dr. BOWRING moved that the house do adjourn. The motion was not put. Mr. Ltvirov presented a petition relative to the election for the county of Cork, to supply a defect in a former petition respecting a mistake in a christian name. He observed, that the objection to the petition just presented did not apply to this. Mr. RUTHVEN, jun., who had risen once or twice before to move the adjournment of the house, and was met with cries of "order," rose again, and; persevering in his motion, the house adjourned at one o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, THLR9DAY. The Marquis of Bum presented petitions for the extension of church accommodation in Scoland, and in favour of the church establishment in that country, front the Gaelic church, Edin burgh, from the parish of St. Mary, in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, and from places in the counties of Ayr and Roxburgh. The Earl of ROSEBERY presented a petition in favour of the established church of Scotland from the borough of Queensferry. Lord Bliono tiAsi said that in presenting the petition be held in his hand, he should take the same course that was adopted on a former night by a noble friend of his, and merely state its contents, because he did not wish to commit himself to any of the allegations of the petitioner. According to the new regime of that house, it appeared that an individual, if he spoke on a petition, was held in some degree responsible for its allegations; but he, in order to get rid of that supposed responsibility, would merely read the petition. The noble and learned lord then read the petition. It was from a pers , n named Charles Hayman, who stated that he had been for six years an inmate of the work house of Stapleton, near Bristol; and he complained that he had been prevented from receiving spiritual assistance from the Rev. T. White, who resided near Bristol, and who was (as we understood) a regular dissenting minister. The petitioner stated that he felt much aggrieved by not being able to avail himself of the visits of the Rev. Mr. White. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from Radford Roe, Esq., barrister-at-law, complaining of the high and unjust legal charges that had been imposed upon him. A person from the office of the poor law commissioners pre sented copies of the correspondence of the commissioners on the subject of the Stoke Poges union. On the motion of Lord ELLENaortouGH, the finance accounts of the united kingdom for the last year were ordered to be printed.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY. CANTERBURY ELECTION. Mr. DCGDA LE, as chairman of the Canterbury election com mittee, who have decided that S. K. Lushington, Esq., ought to have been returned as member for the city of Canterbury, moved the house that the late member, F. Villiers, Esq., might be at liberty, by petit:on, to question the validity of the return for the city of Canterbury within the next fourteen days. LEICESTER BOROUGH ELECTION. Mr. GtssoaNs presented a petition from Mr. Joseph Parkes, praying to be allowed to amend a clerical error committed by hiui with respect to the name of one of the sureties furnished by the petitioners against the return for the borough of Leicester. Mr. Parkes was called to the bar of the house, and examined respecting the error, after which the motion was carr i e d on a division by a majority of nine. cottK COUNTY ELECTION PETITION. Dr. LEF it Or then moved for leave to rectify a mistake in the christian name of one of the sureties proposed in the case of this petition—to substitute "William Mannix" instead of " Henry Mannix," and that the time for perfecting the surety be en larged for ten days. Mr. John Jackson, agent for the petitioner, was called in and examined, for the purpose of proving th a t th e error was merely clerical and altogether unintentional. On this motion the house divided. It was carried by a majority of 27... LONDON UNIVERSITY. Mr. TooxE, in bringing forward his motion for "an address to his Majesty, beseeching him to grant his royal c h ar t er o f in corporation to the University of London, as appro'ved in the year 1831, by the then law officers of the crown, and containing nu other restriction than against conferring degrees in divinity and in medicine," observed, iu the course of his speech, that the University did not prefer to have any chair of theology, be cause it was considered the pupils might be instructed in their religious tenets and duties at home; nor did it desire to have the power of conferring degrees in divinity or in medicine. (Hear.) All it wanted was the right to grant degrees in arts and in law, with probably the same initials as in the Univer sities at present recognised. These degrees they looked for in the expectation that they would be received by the public with that respect to which they were entitled from the value of the instruction therein. The London University was not a joint stock or commercial company in the ordinary sense of the word, because four per cent, was the highest interest the share holders could receive for their money. The claims of the University to a charter were daily increasing. There were now 400 pupils, and the medical board was unsurpassed by that of any other in stitution. Mr. GOULBURN objected to the motion on the ground that the proceedings before the privy council, respecting the grant of a charter to the University were not before the house. He con cluded by moving as an amendment an address to the Crown fur a copy of the memorials, in this case to the privy council, and a statement of its proceedings. Sir ROBERT INGLIS did not mean to say anything disrespect ful of the London University; but thought the motion an in fringement upon the prerogatives of the Crown. The question had been well argued, and could not have been brought before the privy council under more favourable circumstances for the institution than last year. With respect to the value of the de grees they were claiming the right of bestowing, honours con ferred by tutors were never considered to be of any particular value. The value of honours at the Universities consisted in their being given, not by college tutors in their respective col leges, but Tiy a class of examiners selected from the University at large. In granting a charter to the London University, it would be only, as it were, conferring one on a particular col lege, and the degree would he of no more value than a college certificate. It was not denied that the London University was to a certain extent a money speculation. Shares were sub scribed for, and might be sold or transferred like shares in a gas company, or any other speculation of the kind. Was this, then, he would ask, the kind of institution for which a charter ought to be granted, with such powers as were sought for? The hon. gentleman kMr. Tooke) had said that he did not claim the power for the London University of conferring degrees in divi nity, but what was the extent Of that power as now exercised by the Universities? He found that in the year 131 the Univer sity of Oxford conferred 268 degrees of bachelor of arts, 168 de grees of master of sits, and only 12 degrees in divinity. Dr. LUSHINGTON supported the motion on the broad ground that it was the duty of a government to give encouragement to the cultivation of those talents which God had given to man, and which were not intended to be left uncultivated. Lord F. EGERTON agreed in much of what had been said by the hon. and learned member who last addressed the house, but as he intended to vote for the amendment of the right hon. gentle man, he could not consent to giVe a silent vote, lest he should be considered as intending to quash the original motion. With the highest respect for the hon. baronet (the member for the University of Oxford), he must say, that if his vote on this occa sion were to be guided by his (Sir R. Inglis's) speech, and that of the hon. and learned member for the Tower Hamlets ( Dr. Lushington), without reference to other considerations, he must vote for the latter. For his own part, he did not think that the interests of sound education would suffer by the incorporation of the University of London. Ile could not object to the estab. lishment of an University for the education of dissenters if placed under proper regulations. It was his misfortune to have scruples as to the admission of dissenters to the two Universities, but having those scruples, he wished to see the means afforded of giving the soundest education given in other institutions to the members of that body, and indeed he regretted that this one of the London University was not better supported by the dissen ters than it had been. but his reason for supporting the amend ment in preference to :he original motion was, that though he had nothing on bie mind which was not favourable to the gene ral proposition of the hon. member for Truro (Mr. Tooke), he was still anxious for further information on the subject, and it was only his desire to obtain that information which induced him to vote for the amendment. Indeed, so strongly was he disposed in favour of the London University that, as a subscrib ing member to it, he did not assent to the exclusions which the hon. member (Mr. Tooke) had consented to make in asking for the charter. On all these grounds he would at present oppose the original motion, but not because be concurred iu the rea sons stated by the hon. baronet (Sir IL Inglis.) Mr. WA [taut:Toll would, if the present administration would bring forward a proposition for uniting the King's College and the London University as one general university endowed with powers of granting degrees, consent to the withdrawal of the motion. Mr. BA RING thought the real question before the house was, whether it would be useful to confer upon the London Univer sity the power of granting degrees. Much had been said about the monopoly of the two universities by the gentlemen on the liberal side of the house (a laugh), but he would ask, if they were prepared to confer a monopoly on the London University over other institutions already established fur academic and literary instruction? He hoped the matter would be postponed until the report of the privy council was laid before the house. (Cries of " Divide.") Sir ROBERT PEEL took for granted that those who were so anxious for an immediate division without any discussion, were fully acquainted with the nature of the motion before the house. He thought that those who had not read the report of the law officers were not the best qualified to place the restriction con tained in the latter part of the motion upon the required act of the crown. There might be reasons good for restricting the proposed charter in respect of de g r e es of divinity, but Ise should like to know why any restriction should be proposed with refer ence to medicine? He was the more anxious for a reply to this inquiry, inasmuch as he had an account of the state of the London University in the year 1833, from which it appeared that there were in that year 480 students attending that institu tion; of these 293 were students in medicine, 113 students in the arts, and 74 students at law. (Hear, hear.) It required explanation why to-night the house should be called upon to address the crown to give the privilege to this institution of con ferring degrees to about 190 students in the arts and law, and at the same time advise a restriction which went to exclude from degrees 293 students in medicine. (Hear, hear.) He could not see the justice of this proposition even upon the showing of its supporters. The question hat already been before the -house, and had !teen by the crown referred to the privy council.' Ought the crown, then, now to be called upon to disparage the autho rity of the privy council, and to grant a charter, without refer ence to the opinions of that body referred to? (Hear.) The committee of the privy council had consisted of the then Lord Chancellor (Lord Brougham), the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Ripon, the Duke of Richmond, Earl Grey, the Bail of Eldon, the Earl.of Carlisle, Lord John Russell, the Bishop of London, Lord Holland, Lord Lyndhurst. Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Lord Melbourne, and Lord Stanley. (Hear, hear.] He (Sir R. Peel) could not conceive a committee more fairly chosen I han that thus appointed by the late govern ment. The committee, thus composed, met on the 26th of April, and again on the 3d of May last, and though the late go vernment did not leave office until the 15th of November follow ing, yet not a single step further was taken beyond a consider ation of the matter. He could not understand why this should have been the case, unless some difficulties, legal or other wise, had presented themselves against the grant. Be that as it might, what course was the crown to pursue ? Surely not to refer the matter again to the privy council, who had already been possessed of all that information of which the house was ignorant. Not even the report of 1831 had been produced. The proposal of his right hon. friend, as contained in the amend ment, would lay before the house all the information submitted to the privy council in the matter of the London University. Possessed of this, the house would then be able to decide what course it ought to pursue. He would not, for the purpose of evading any temporary difficulty, now give to the house any assurance as to the future. if the house was prepared to decide the question to-night, it might pursue its own course; he, how ever, should still think the course proposed most reasonable, while, on the other band, the mere calling for the production of the memorials and other information would be inure satisfac tory, and would not in the least prejudice any future proceed ing. (Hear, hear.) He would, however, say on that occasion he would rather he in a minority, and throw the responsibility of an unjust and unwise proceeding upon the majority against him, than acquiesce in it for the _purpose of escapin g f r o m occasional or temporary defeat. (Hear, hear.) Flu believed the presentation of the address would not accomplish its object. He however pledged himself to nothing, though thus much he would say, that he felt the position of that portion of his ma jesty's subjects who did not conform to the church establish ment, and who by tests were excluded from the Universities, was deserving of attention, and that their clai m t o aca d em i c education was not without oundation. (Cheers.) What might be the proper mode of relief in this respect he was not prepared to say, and he would not interrupt the house in its course by any pledge in this respect. The house might follow in this instance, without reference to any declaration on his part, but it was right he should state that he saw no objection to the principle that there should be made some provision for the ad mission of dissenters to academic honours. (Cheers.) Lord John Russell and Mr. Estcourt then addressed the house. On a division the numbers were For the motion 246 Against it Majority in favour of the motion —llO Mr. CVLOGHLIN brought in a bill for the appointment o: convenient places for holding the assizes in Ireland. Colonel VERNUR was about to submit a motion, but in con. sequence of loud cries of " Adjourn," resumed his seat. Mr. BitoTnEazos moved that the house should adjourn. Colonel VERNER said he would avail himself of the opportu nity afforded by that motion to allude to a matter personal to himself. Having been objected to by the bon. member for Tipperary as an improper person to be placed on the committee appointed to inquire into Orange lodges, he felt himself called upon—conscious as he was in the purity and integrity of his intentions—to declare that there was not the slightest ground for casting the imputation upon his character which was im plied in the hon. member's objection. Last session he was a member of the committtee appointed to inquire into a charge affecting the character of the hon. member for Tipperary, and he was sure that the hon. member had no reason to complain of his conduct then, for he heartily concurred in the report, which acquitted the hon. member of all blame in the transac tion referred to. At all events, gentlemen who made objections to other peoplethemselves ought to come forward with clean hands. Now, any one who took the trouble to examine the constitu tion of the committee must see that it was anything but an impartial one. (Hear.)- The hon. member then read extracts from speeches delivered in Ireland by some members of the committee, in which Orangemen were denounced in the most unmeasured language. Mr. Sash. begged to assure the hon. and gallant member, that when he objected to his being appointed a member of the committee, nothing was more remote from his intention than to cast the least imputation on his character. If he had given the hon. and gallant colonel the slightest pain, he most unequivo cally begged his pardon. (Hear, hear.) Setting his politics aside, the hon. and gallant member was a man of unimpeach able character. The house then adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Farnar. NEw PAR I. lAMENt HOUSES. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER, after some observations which were not heard in the gallery, said that he wished to ask a question of the noble lords opposite on the snbject of a rumour which had just reached him relative to the rebuilding of the two houses of parliament. That, it should be recollected, was a great national undertaking, which should be open to the competi tion of all the architects of talent and intelligence in the country ; but the rumour which he had heard was that one architect alone had been selected for the purpose, and that his plans were not only to be adopted by the government but by the committee of both houses which sat upon the subject. For his part lie could not conceive on what possible ground such a course could have been taken, more especially by a committee of their lordships' house, and therefore it was that he desired to know if the rumour had any foundation in fact. The Duke of WELLINGTON.—It is perfectly true that the government have directed a particular architect to prepare plans and estimates for the re-building of the two houses of parlia ment. These plans and estimates have been laid before the committees of both houses of parliament; but I do not believe that the committee of your lordships' house has as yet decided either on that plan or any , other, or whether or not any other plan should be called for. As far as I know this is the state of the matter at the present moment. (Lord Wharncliffe here communicated something to the noble duke in a whisper.) Yes, I am right, I find, in saying that no decision has been come to in respect to this plan, or whether or not it shall be adhered to, or whether or not the plan of some other architect may not be adopted. 1 be Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose for the purpose of confirm ing the statement of the noble duke. So far from the committee of their lordships' house having determined to exclude all other plans they expressly stated that they received this plan for the purpose of considering it only, and not with a view to prevent other architects from tendering theirs. (Hear, hear.) Lord BROUGIIAm presented a petition from a congregation of unitarian dissenters at Hull, praying to be placed on the some footing with respect to civil liberty as any other class of his ma jesty's subjects. SCOTCH LAW OF ENTAIL. The Earl of ROSEBERY moved that the report of the lords of session on the Scotch law of entail, which had been placed upon the table, should be printed, in order that it might be referred to a select committee, fin which he intended to move, for the pur pose of considering it.—Agreed to. THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. The Earl of of ROSLYN presented several petitions from places in Scotland in support of the church establishment of that country, and fur an extension of church accommodation. The Duke of ARGYLL presented several petitions to the same effect from the island of Mull and other parts of Scotland. The Marquis of BUTE presented similar petitions from Greenock, and a number of places in Forfarshire. AGRICULTURE. Lord KENYON presented a petition from the agriculturists of Ormskirk and its vicinity, complaining of distress, and praying for relief and the repeal of the malt tax. The noble lord thought it was idle of the petitioners to indulge such a hope as that this tax could he done without. (Hear, hear.) The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND presented a petition to the same effect from South Durham. The Earl of Fsisourit presented a petition from Truro against the taking of unnecessary oaths. The equity practice (Ireland) bill and the equity contempts (Ireland) bill were severally read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF C-031MONS.--FRIDAY. --- - . After some petitions had been presented the Clerk of the Crown attended to amend the return fur the city of Canterbury, after which Mr. Lushington took the oaths and his seat. • The SPEAKER informed the house that the petitions against the returns for the counties of Cork, Waterford - , and Monaghan, and for the boroughs of Belfast, Newry, and Bandon had been abandoned. Mr. IIIPLTY CoLeuarsE brought up the report of the, coin mittee on the Rochester election petition, confirming the return of Mr. Law Hodges. LORD JOHN RL'SSEL'S MOTION FOR MONDAY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who had previously retired behind the Speaker's chair, in company with Lord Stanley, having re, turned, addressed the house. He said the right hon. baronet opposite (Sir R. Peel) asked him the other day to state the out lines of the motion he intended to make to the house on Mon day next. What might be the particular course he meant to pursue on that occasion he was not prepared to say. He would, however, say that he intended to move that the house resolve itself into a committee for the purpose of considering the expe diency of applying the surplus revenue of the Irish church, after providing for the necessary wants of the establishment, to pro mote the moral and religious instruction of the Irish people. (Hear, hear.) Sir IL. PEEL rose—Was the noble lord prepared to tell the house whether, if the house acceded to his resolutions and went into committee, he was ready go so far as to propose any prac ti.:al plan for carrying those resolutions into effect? (Cheers from the ministerial side.) Lord J. RUSSELL said he was not prepared for that question, and could not therefore tell what might be done. (Hear, hear, from the ministerial s►de.) But if the house went into committee on the motion then it would be followed up by some other pro position. (Hear, hear, from the opposition.) Mr. FINCH begged to ask of the noble lord whether he in tended to apply this surplus, if ally there was to be, to the reli gious instruction of the ltinnan Catholics? (Cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL. was silent. WALLACHIA AND MOLDAVIA. Colonel EVANS said, having seen a statement in the papers that the - government recognised the independence of Wallachia and Moldavia, he begged to ask of the noble lord (Mahon) whe ther that statement was correct? In consequence of the policy lately pursued by this country in regard to Russia, our trade in the Black Sea was greatly diminished, and our genetal interests greatly impaired. Would the noble lord lay before the house a copy of the regulations that led to that independence, and a copy of the cmespondence between this country and Turkey relative to Russia's claim on those provinces? It was a point on which the earliest information ought to be furnished to par , liameut. . . . Lord MAHON said if the hon. member had consulted him be fore on the subject he might have been prepared to give him an answer; but at present he would best consult his public duty by postponing his answer to a fitter opportunity. ARMY ESTIMATES. Mr. HERRIES after briefly observing that that was the only day on which the estimates could be entered upon on account of the other business before the house, and further, that the mu tiny bill would expire on the 25th April, and that great em barrassment to the public service would arise if these estimates were any longer delayed, moved the order of the day for the house going into a committee of supply on the army estimates. Mr. HOME had always found Chancellors of the Exchequer and gentlemen connected with the government anxious to get the supplies with the least possible delay. The course he (Mr. Hume) had adopted he admitted was not the usual one, but un less they adopted it there was no chance of redeeming the economical pledges which most of the members had given to their constituents. It was their duty to refuse the supplies un til the financial scheme for the corning year was laid before them. No harm could, at all events, result from such an in quiry as would satisfy the people that they did their duty. After adverting to several items of expenditure Mr. Hume concluded by moving as an amendment that the army and ordnance esti mates be referred to a select committee to consider of the expe diency and practicability of consolidating some of the military and civil departments of the army and ordnance, with a view to diminish the expense of those establishments and to provide a more efficient control over military expense. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was ready to vote for the motion of the hon. gentleman so far as its object was to appoint a select com mittee to consider the expediency of consolidating the civil de partments of the , army and the ordnance. He (Lord J. IL) thought the war departments of the commander-in-chief, the secretary at war, and the ordnance office in some respects in terfered with each other, and had no objection to refer that sub ject to a select committee, if the hon. member for Middlesex would confine his motion to that object. He, therefore, took the liberty of suggesting to the bun. gent. that it was not advis able for him to press his motion that evening (hear, hear), on account of the statements made by the right hon. gentleman the secretary at war. The course of their present proceedings was certainly no fault of this parliament—(cheers)—it was not their fault that they were getting somewhat too neat to the period when the mutiny bill would expire fur them at present to enter into the discussion of any other subject. He should have no objection to going into a committee of supply, and take the vote of a certain number of men. if the hon. gent. persisted in his motion he should vote for it, but he begged to suggest to the hon. gent. that it would always be in his ower to bring forward his motion, which was another reason why he hoped the hon. gent. would feel no objection to withdraw it on the present oc casion. (Hear, hear.) Lord STANLEY said that he concurred in almost everything that had fallen from his "noble friend, and he mainly rose to urge on the hon. member fur Middlesex to withdraw his motion fur the present, after what had fallen from the right hou. secretary at war. lie differed with his noble friend in this—that if the hou. member pressed his motion, then he would vote agaitist him; whereas his noble friend had said he would vote in favour of it at that moment. If the hon. member would postpone it and bring it forward in some shape hereafter, in which it would not have the effect of stopping the supplies, or of the passing of the mutiny bill, then he should certainly think it well merited the consideration of the house, and a plan through which great and extensive reductions might be made not only without injury, but with great advantage to the country. (Cheers.) He re gretted that the labours of the commission which had been re ferred to had not been brought to a conclusion, because he felt that this was a question that would be much better left in the hands of the executive than it could be to a committee. He should, therefore, be extremely glad to hear from government that they would ire ready to follow up the inquiries which had been commenced by the last government, and that they would 'not lose sight of the plans then proposed of the practicability of consolidating the military and civil departments of the army and ordnance, some of which were highly calculated to lead to such reductions as had been made by his right hon. friend (Sir J. Graham) near him in another branch of the service. (Hear, hear.) He should be glad to hear if government was prepared to act on that view; but if not, and the hon. member would bring forward his motion at a subsequent period, he would not only give him uo opposition, but, as far as he could, be ready to give him every assistance in his power. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought that on all former occasions the house had shown that consideration which was but just to the circumstances under which a government was called upon to administer the affairs of the public. When the present admi nistration took office in December they found many questions unsettled. Among them he enumerated the English tithes, the Irish tithes, and the dissenters' marriages, as questions that were unsettled, and the state of Canada as untouched. Having had all these questions pressing upon them for consideration, the house ought not to be surprised if others had not as yet been approached. Two notices of motions as amendments had been given for that very day. The hon. member opposite (Mr. Ward) had given notice of a motion for to-day fur postponing the vote on the army estimates till after the vote on Monday night. He hoped the hen. member would persevere with that motion • he believed it stood for to-night. Was it to come on after the hon. member for Middlesex's motion had been dis posed of ? (A pause.) lie would take for granted that it was; he hoped it was, because he thought that that would be a fair and legitimate course by which the house could signify whether they would or would not permit the government to continue in the conduct of public affairs. He had never had greater anxiety than he had had with respect to these repeated notices. Notice was given on one day that the navy estimates should be post poned on the express ground that the house had no confidence in the ministers; on the other, that the army estimates should be postponed for the same reason ; and when last night he saw the notice of the motion that the army estimates should be post poned till a vote was taken on the noble lord's motion, he did not then entertain a doubt that at last a decision would be irre vocably come to, and that the house would come fairly to the question whether it would allow a vote lobe taken for the num ber of men, or whether it would insist on the postponement of the business of the house from want of confidence in govern ment. He did hope that a notice so recently, so deliberately given, as that of last night,---:given too by one who had taken, as he was entitled to take, so prominent a part in connexion with the Irish church—on the question whether or not they were prepared to postpone voting the flambe' of men required till after the decision of Monday next—he did hope that, consider ing the position in which they stood, that hon. member having deliberately given that' notice, was prepared fairly to bring it under the consideration of the house. (Hear, hear.) The tune had at length arrived when it was necessary fur the house to de termine whether or no they. mould allow further obstructions to be thrown in the way of the public service. On the 25th of April the mutiny act would expire. They had, therefore, the power either by direct motion, or by factious obstructions (hear, hear,) of preventing the public business from being pro ceeded with. He hoped, from a regard to the character of the . House of Commons, the course they would take would be a manly and straightforward course. (Cheers.) If they brought forward irrelevant motions for the sake of postponing the neces sary business of the country, it became them to consider how far that was compatible with the dignity of the house, and the advantage of the public service (hear, hear;) and if they were determined to submit a motion of want of confidence, let the house know the wounds on which they proposed it. (Hear, hear.) To waste the time of the house - by long and tedious de bates and frivolous Motions was not a fair and legitimate course of opposition. (Loud cheers.) It was a fair and legitimate course of hostility for the House of Commons to declare " We have no confidence in your government, and we will not intrust you with any vote or control of money," "and never," said the right hon baronet, "did I pant for any motion as I do for that (loud cheers,) and I am careless of what the issue of it may be." (Great and continued cheers.). With respect to referring the army estimates to a select committee, Sig Robert Peel said that he never would consent to the precedent of withdrawing those estimates nom the annual revision of the house and trans ferring them to a committee up stairs, where, as Sir James Graham had said, " if a government wanted to slur over an objectionable vote, or make an imperfect explanation, they would have a much better opportunity of doing itin a committee, where the public scrutiny was not let in (hear, bear,) where -- there was no irregular perhaps, but still very coercive, report of debates. (Hear, hear.) If a governineet, he said, wanted to screen objectionable votes from inquiry, let them send them up to a select committee, exercising an influence in its formation, and establish thereby the fatal precedent of withdrawing those votes for ever from the jurisdiction of the committee of the whole house." There was no office of which it might not be said, where is the objection to refer au examination of it to a com mittee ? But the real question was, whether there should not be made out a sufficient prima facie case. In the present in stance no case had been made out. After some remarks on the business of the Commander-in-Chief's and War-offices, Sir Robert continued as follows :—The remaining question was this —whether he (Sir R. Peel) would undertake, on the part of the crown, to consent to a committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the amalgamation of the civil departments of the army and the ordnance, or to the appointment of a commission for the purpose. He believed that he might now refer to what be bad hitherto not thought himself entitled to refer to—the communication which the noble lord (Russell) had been good enough to make with respect to the result of an inquiry insti tuted by the late government. He did not think that he should have been called on to discuss that question, and the reason why he had alluded to the multifarious duties which had been devolved on the present government was this—that considering the early meeting of parliament after their appointment, many matters must have escaped that serious and attentive considera tion to which they were entitled. It was only last night that the noble lord (Russell) complained that he (Sir R. Peel) was not prepared, having opposed the admission of dissenters to the universities, to propose a scheme by which, admitting the prin ciple, admitting the reasonableness of their expectations, the one and the other could be, carried practically into effect. He ad mitted the principle, he said,. but could not pledge himself to a measure with respect to the details of which he had had no 'op portunity of deliberately making up his mind. Now, he had no hesitation or shame in admitting that he had not given to that subject that full consideration which it deserved. But he did not see any necessary connexion which it had with the vote of the army and ordance estimates. (Cheers.) The honourable gentleman ought to give notice for a future day of his intention to move for the appointment of a committee for the purpose of making the preliminary inquiries ; that would not at all inter fere with the progress of the army estimates, or with the general public business. (Hear, hear.) 'lf, on cousidering the evidence adduced before the commission alluded to by the noble lord, for the purpose of determining whether, on the part of the executive goverment, they should pursue that inquiry through the agency of their own members, or through the agency of a commission constituted as the last had been, he had afterwards to state, that having read that evidence, he was of ~ opinion that no such change should be made, and that it was ntrt,flecessary such an inquiry should take place; the hon. gentliii)an would be at perfect liberty to submit his proposition to thi4euse. (Hear.). Su c h was the course which, as a man of business and a minister, h e was resolved to pursue on the present occasion, not having given the subject due consideration, and bein„; firmly resolved that he never would, as a minister, consent to establish a bad precedent for the purpose of escaping frtim a temporary difficuity. (Cheers.) That was all the promise he was able to 'give. Ife would consider the subject, and state on a future day the course which government would pursue. The hon. gentleman would then have an opportunity of bringing forward his motion for a committee on the subject with every advantage, and without in the slightest degree interfering with the public service. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Eur.ics, after adverting to the dismissal of the late go vernment, and the dissolution of the late parliament, concluded by saying that the state of his health had not permitted him to attend that house lately, hut from what he had seen government were reduced to such a condition that they could carry no mea sure whatever, and if any opposition on the part of government was started to a question brought forward by the opposition, it was sufficient to insure its success. (Hear, hear.) How long government was yet to remain in that humiliating position was a problem which th,e right hon. hart. only could solve. But they would soon have an opportunity of testing the question on the state of the Irish:church, which would come before them on Monday next, and which called for an immediate decision. Probably the right hun t ,hart. would then see what confidence the house and the country had iu the principles and po.icy to which he had attached himself. (Hear.) M r. Hums consented to withdraw his motion for the present, without abandoning his intention of resuming it on a future occasion, as he still thought that the estima..es should be re ferred to a select committee. _ _ _ _ Mr. WARD also - abandoned his intended opposition to the house going into committee. The house then resolved itself into a committee. Mr. H ERR lES having previously roue into some explanations respecting the reductions made by the late government, and the intention of the present to pay every possible attention to the changes contemplated by them, moved • That it was the opinion of that committee that a number of men not less than 81, 268, be employed as his Majesty's land forces during the year 1 83 5." Major BEAUCLERK moved, as an amendment, that the num ber should be reduced to 75,000 men. On this amendment the committee divided. The numbers were : For the amendment ... 57 Against . it i•••••• 229 Majority fur the original motion .. The following votes were passed : £77,431 Os. 10d. for allowances to the principal of the public departments of the army. £9,440 for the Royal Military Asylum. £1,275,675 to pay soldiers' pensions. The house then resumed. Mr. EWART moved that the house dci'adjourti. The motion was not put, and the house proceeded to other orders of the day. Mr. RUTHVEN, jun. moved that the house do adjourn. The motion was not put, and the hon. member repeated it. The question was then put from the chair.(as we believe) but Mr. PaAsix brought up a bill, the title of which we could not hear. Mr. RUTHVEN, sen. rose and called the attention orthe'chair to the circumstance of the question of adjournment having been moved, and, as he understood, put, notwithstanding which other business was proceeded with. A good deal of mirth was excited in the house by the Speaker continuing to dispose of the question immediately before it, whilst Mr. Ruthven was endeavouring to gain a hearing. At length the question of adjournment was put from the chair, and the house adjourned (amidst loud laughter) at a quarter to one o'clock. LONDON LAW REPORT. COURT OF CHANCERY.—WEDNESDAY. JUDGMENT—WARREN v. BUHTON.—The Lord Chancellor gave a very elaborate judgment in this appeal this morning, stating that he was of the same opinion as his honour the Vice- Chancellor, that this was not a case of trifling importance; indeed no question in which the interest of so large and respect able a body as the society of Wesleyan methodists were in volved could be considered as of a minor importance. His lordship said the question to be decided embraced only two points; the first was, whether the district committee had the power to suspend a minister; and if they had such power whe ther they had properly exercised it in this particular instance in suspending Dr. Warren. In order to arrive at a just conclusion on these points he would abstain from making any comment on the conduct of either party in this transaction, and merely go through the whole of the regulations by which this society had been governed from the death of the Rev. John Wesley up to the present time. His lordship then proceeded to go through all the rules, commencing with the year 1791, and comment ing at considerable length on the different hearings each had to the other, and after again expressing his deep regret that this unfortunate dispute had arisen, concluded by saying he was perfectly satisfied that The district committee had the power to suspend preachers, and that it had legally exercised that power in the present instance. He was, therefore, of opinion that the Vice-Chancellor's judgment ought to be affirmed.—Judgment affirmed. _ _ The crowd which assembled to hear this decision was un exampled in the history of courts of justice—it was with great difficulty that the officers could preserve order, and the interior of Lincoln's Inn-hall resembled the bustle of the Royal Ex change more than a court of justice. CITY OF DUBLIN ELECTION PETITION. The annals of blackguardism afford no parallel in their re cords analogous to the lengths to which the parties are going, in their efforts to stile all inquiry into the details of the late Dublin election, and to smother all investigation as to the materials of which the pure and patriotic constituency is com posed. Knowing, as we ,do, what disgraceful and disreputable facts that inquiry must or necessity elicit—knowing the scenes of flagrant perjury which it must bring to light, and the system of atrocious intimidation which it must expose—we are by no means astonished at the efforts making to prevent the develop ment. And yet we will confess, that we were not prepared for the atrocious attempts made to libel the characters and destroy the credit of the gentlemen who happened to be the securities for the prosecution of the petition. By the regulations of the house, officers are specially appointed to investigate the, solvency and circumstances of those who enter into recognizances—befoi e this tribunal are objections to be raised, and allegations sustained, and the decision of these examiners is final and conclusive. And yet after that decision had been come to—after every pettyfogging cavil had been overruled, and every paltry argument defeated—after distinct and positive evidence had been given that the gentlemen who had gone security for £5OO, were each worth £20,000 at least— a libellous and infamous petition is presented to the house, impugning the Solvency of the parties—solely with a view of injuring the characters of individuals, and of endeavouring to protract the commencement of the inquiry. But of so nefarious a nature was the petition, that the house rejected it with in • dignant scorn. We greatly regret that the rules of parliament di not admit of its reception, or that the energetic appeal of Mr. Shaw for au investigation as to the truth or falsehood of its assertions could not, agreeably with the usuages of parliament, be complied with—for then its atrocity who have been made apparent, and the persons aggrieved been afforded the means of legal redress against their unprincipled slanderers and diabolical maligners. But all this ruffianism will not be without its good results in the end. It is true that the delay is heaping immense expuse upon the petitioners, whose witnesses have been for the last ten days in London; but the cause is not so much theirs as it is the country's : and we emphatically call now upon our friends in every part of It eland to contribute towards the fund for prose cuting this petition, which will have the effcct, not only of depriving Messrs. O'Connell and Ruthven of their seats, but of exposing to the legislature and the empire a system of fraud and perjury, unequalled in the history of political base ness and turpitude.—Dublin Erening Mail. PRIZE CHRONOMETERS. In consequence of the appearance of an article in the STAN DARE.. of Friday last, on the subject of prize chronometers, we have been requested by Messrs. Litherland, Davies, and Co. to republish the following letter, relative to the performance of the chronometers sent by them to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, for public trial. From this, letter it will be seen that the award of the admiralty prize did not solely depend upon the merit of the chronometers : TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. SlR,—Noticing,a paragraph in your paper of the 18th inst., en the subject of chronometers on the late trial, ws,consider it calls for some observations; in consequence, , - 11 make the following extract from the paragraph in (pestle. " On the determination of the late anuu ' 4 meters, at the Royal Observatory, Greenwid prize was again awarded to Mr. Joh n f ooley-street, for the very great sup riori No. 144, being the only chronomet r entitled to any reward." From this statement, the public t infer that Mr. Carter was entitled to the premium for hi ronumeter No. 144, for its superior performance. The pla facts are as follow. On the termination of the trial, the pr e number of our chrono meter, No. 315 (according _to the formula laid down by the Board of Longitude), was 3.62 sec. Mr. Carter's, by the same rule, 4.27 sec. On . this occasion, an affidavit was tendered to us by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to the effect, " that the springing and adjusting of the chronometrical parts of the chronometer must be entirely and solely our.own, .without com bining the talent or.assistance of any other person for those purposes," and stating that without this declaration was made before a magistrate, we were not entitled to .the premium. Upon mature consideration, we declined taking this oath, and consequently lost the premium. Mr. Carter took this affidavit, which was followed by his being awarded the premium, without any reference to the merits of a chronometer infinitely superior. r rom the slight acquaintance we have with Mr. Carter, we presume that the paragraph quoted was inserted without his knowledge; and we trust he will do us the justice to acknow ledge the superiority of the going of our chronometer, and that we were fairly entitled to the premium, only for the oath tendered to us, which oath is without precedent on former trials, and entirely unknown to us on depositing our chronometer for trial. In conclusion, we have to remark, that our attention hag been solely directed to the production of good chronometers, by the combination of talent in the different branches of chronometer making, under our own immediate inspection, being ourselves practically acquainted with all the mechanical operations re quired to form a good chronometer : the truth of which will be borne out by the fact, that out of five chronometers, deposited by us on the last three public trials, four have remaiued within the limits, the fifth not exceeding them before the 10th month Your humble servants, LITEIERLAND, DAVIS; and CO. March 21st, 1835. swing is the r Litherland, Mean daily rate. " stir. minus° • 04 'Minus() 36 minus 0 It)• minus°. 08 0 00 plus 0 16 plus 0 06 plus 0 19 plus 0 49 plus 0 57 plus 0 77 plus 0 61 trial of chrono ( the government rter, of No. 207, of his chronometer, the late public trial Liverpoo, The foil of Messrs. ite of going of the prize chronometer avies, and Co., No. 315 : Ext. eine' variation. sec. 1 3 1 8 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 8 1 3. 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 EXA MPLJ Rate for February—slow Ditto November—fast 1831. January February The Trial Number is found by taking the differ ence of the greater and !os ier mean monthly rate and multiplying the same by 2, ind adding thereto the mean of the monthly extreme va riation. April .... May June .... July ... August Sep:emberl October November December 0 3G U 77 Difference 1 13 Difference multiplied by 2 2 26 Mean extreme ut variation 1 36 Trial number 3 62 LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. IN consequence of the Overflow to all parts of the house last 1 night for Mr. RAYMOND'S BENEFIT, the same enter tainments will be repeated this present TUESDAY, the 31st instant. TIIE PARIA; OR, THE JUDGMENT OP TIPPOO. • Serjeant Delany Mr. Raymond. Dickey Mr. W. J. Hammond. Susan.. Mrs. Raymond. I Emily ..Miss Hamilton. To which will h e a id e d th e laughable Vaudeville, called THE FOUR SISTERS. Mr. Beauchamp... .Mr. Melville Caroline Mrs. Raymond. Diana • Mrs. Itayino d. Eugenia Mrs. Ra ond. Ellen Mrs. avmond. After which a new Farce, ailed PADDY KELLY'S B GET. Major Hastings r. Melville. Paddy Kelly Mr. Raymond. Mary Miss. Hamilton. SINGING, by Miss Hamilton, Mrs. Raymond, Mr. W. Hammond, Mr. Raymond, 2tc. DANCING, by Mad'lles Juliette and Elloise, Miss Fanny • Leclercq, and the Brothers Jacksoni The whole to conclude with a new Faroe, called HOW TO GAIN £30()O. Charles Kelso Mr. Melville. Muzzy Mr. W. J. Hathmond. Charlotte Mrs. Raymond. Fanny Mrs. W. J. Hammond. Tickets to be had at the Box-otlice, anti at the usual places. r 11 - 1 E MARQUIS DE MUTT PAPAZURRI has the honour to inform the Nobility an Gentry of Liverpool and its Vicinity that, under the Patr age and Shperintend ence of a Committee of Gentlemen, ho have kindly offered him their countenance and suppor he intends giving Two CONC At the WELLIN ON Rooms, the first on TUESDAY next, the th of April; the second on FRIDAY, the 10th of April. The names of the Performers will be announced in a future advertise►nent. Books of Subscription are open at Mr. DANsoN'S, and at the Newspaper Offices, where Tickets will be ready for delivery in a few days. Subscription for the Two Concerts 14s. Os. Single Ticket - is. 6rl: GRAND ORATORIO, AT THE ROYAL AMPHI EATRE. THE, SEVEN TRU PETS. XHE Nobility, Gentry, and the üblic a re r e s p e ctfully i formed that THREE SPIRITU CONCERTS will take place in PASSION WE K, when the Grand Oratorio of THE SEV.EN TRUMPETS, composed. by Signor H. J. PANORMO, will be performed, and a MISCELLANEOUS ACT, selected from the Works of Haydn, Handel, and others. The whole will be conducted by Signor H,J.PANottsio, assisted by nearly all the COMBINED MUSICAL TALENT in Liverpool. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We regret that we cannot make room for any part of the extra ordinary exposure of Dr. Arnold in the Northampton Herald relative to the Rugby school. Jt Eibtrpool gttailOarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1835. The Liverpool American packets have, during the late northerly and easterly winds, been considerably longer on their passage than those of London. We have re ceived ouc regular files from New York, but they con tain nothing later than what appeared in the London journals of nearly a week ago. The letters of Mr. LI VINGSTON, the representative of the United States at the French Court, to the minister at Washington, are perfectly unique as , specimens of diplomatic correspon dence. The subject of the correspondence is, of course, the five millions of dollars alleged to be due to Amerie - a by France. Indeed, what else could he have written about? It. has been the only topic of discussion in the political world of the republic for the last four months. There is not a single letter which comes from New York which has not a word to spare for, if not a considerable slap at, the dollars. "Are the dollars to be paid?" asks an anxious correspondent who in general confines his inquiries to cotton. " What about our claims?" asks another, who never had a claim upon England for any thing but tobacco. "Must we go to war about the five millions Y" inquires a third, in an important postscript, which he had broken the first seal of his letter to write. In short, this dollar war of the imagination is the only .subject of interest or conversation. We are not surprised, then, at seeing the correspon dence of the American envoy engrossed with it. But notwithstanding his natural anxiety on so important a question, involving one of peace or war, the honour and interests of America, and an expenditure, .in hard dol lars, of a sum of money an hundred.tirnes the amount of the sum in dispute, still we are glad to observe thit4lr. LIVINGSTON has a thought to spare'on national econoin'y and other domestic matters. In his letter to the •Secre tary of State, and which is published for the benefit of the ncion, be writes as follows, eery word of which is worth a king's ransom, and Which Mr. JosEPll HUME ought to have engraved on brass and suspended from the walls of his breakfast parlour : Mr. Livingston to Mr. Forsyth ' LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES. Paris, 11th January, 1835. Hon. John Forsyth: Sir,—Believing that it would be important for me to receive the dispatches you might think it necessary to send with the president's message, I ventured on incurring the expense of a courier to bring it to me as soon as it should arrivs at Havre. Only think of that, Master JOSEPH HumE! " Ventured on incurring the expense of a courier" I Let us see— how much might be the important outlay ? An ostler, mounted on a Norman cob, changed seven times on the journey, might trot from Havre to Paris in ten bolus, and gallop in six hours, the expense thereof, in either case, not exceeding three pounds fifteen shillings, English' money, including ten fraAcs to the garcon: We can understand from this how extensive was the risk which the ambassador ventured upon. No wonder that, due mention is made of the circumstance in his official despatches, because how else could ills extraordinary ex yenditure have been accounted for ? It is of first rate concernment that the citizens of America should know that their Paris envoy, entrusted with the negociations relative to the five millions of dollars, bad gone the extreme length of spending three pounds fifteen shillings upon a courier I These despatches, the same letter in fact, contain some other curious and extremely delightful episodes. The following is one :—*- "The only letter I have received from home is one from my family. This, .to my great satisfaction, informs me that the president will be supported by ail parties, and Jam told that this is the language of saute of the opposition papers, but at they are not sent to the legation 1 cannot tell in what degree this sup port can be depended upon." The dignity and the easy familiarity displayed in the above passage are inimitable: The solemn grandeur and the monotonous gravity of a state paper and an official document are relieved. by-the interesting allusion to family affairs. It evinces refined taste, and the most admirable condescension, when the envoy informs his government that he has received is 'letter from aunt SusA $ or uncle BEN, and that sh e or h e ass u r e him Nk. that the President will be "supported by all parties." But it possesses diplomatic virtues of another kind. The ambassador complains that none of the opposition papers are forwaided to the legation at Paris. Does this arise from negligence or spleen, or is it simply economy ? It is, at any rate, extremely illiberal on the part of General JACKSON'S executive, and we hope, now that Mr. LIVINGSTON has called attention to it in his important despatches, that the evil will be remedied. The question to be debated, if not decided, last night in the House of Commons involves principles of far greater importance than is discernible at a single glance. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was to move that the house re solve itself into committee, " for the purpose of consider ing the expediency of applying any surplus revenue . of the Church of Ireland, which may not be required for the spiritual wants of the members of that church, la the religious and MORAL instruction of all classes of the community." The tortuous and 'disingenuous mode by which it ixj•' - pioposed to ledtbe botise to the adoption of this mo tion is worthy only Of . its propounder and- his party.. rt is framed for the purpose of netting as many votes as possible upon a subject of paramount interest, and the object of it. is try the strength of parties, and em barrass Ili, majesty's ministers. If the house be induced to place a resolution of this nature on its books, Si r ROBERT PEEL will.be placed in this' dilemma—he must either carry on the government with a millstone about his neck, under the weight of which he must sink event' ually, or he must recognise a principle which he and his party, including Lord STANLEY. and his adherents, ha .o THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. NlAncll 31, 1815: