The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-10-16 00:00:00

• IREL g(D. • STATE OF THE pOUNTRY. MsONritiT Len tif.ATToe.—On the night of Thursdz-ty, the tenants of Mr. Arthur French, of Carney Castle (tea in num ber) were individually visited by a gang of lawless ruffians, headed by an armed desperado, and solemnly sworn not to wait any more under any pretence. or for any consideration, for their landlord. Before the illegal oath was administered, each victim was placed on his knees and severely beaten with sticks, as a foretaste, we suppose, of what he may expect should he be guilty of a vio!atinn of his oath. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, for tho better apprehending and ()tinging to justice the perpe trators of this outrage, has been graciously pleased to offer a reward of 1:30. We can assign no reason for this outrage, if it be not that Mr. French has rendered himself obnoxious to a desperate faction for dispossessing, by a tedious process of law, a set of refractory tenants who would neither pay rent, nor give up voluntary possession. —Limerick Time s . Dese,:n ‘TE OUTRAGE.—RICI(I.OOGE, OCT. 11, 1&35.-1 was travelling from Limerick on the Glin car on last Friday, when the horses having refused to draw from Askeaton, I, despairing of their being got on, proceeded on foot, having a double-bar relled gun in my hand. On coming towards Robertstown, I was overtaken by two men who entered into conversation with toe, when seeing me off my guard, one of them seized hold of the gun, and while I was endeavouring to rescue it, the other gave me several blows on the head with sticks and stones, which so stunned 'lle, that I could retain it no longer. They then made off, chargiug me not to follow them. The gun was covered with a thick cloth case, which prevented use from making any effectual use of it, although loaded.—l am, air, your very (Medi- . ent servant,—Henry G. Cashel.—Limerick Times. ATTACK ON THE CifirttCll OP JONESHOIIOUGH.—Attacks on protestant places of worship have become lamentably prevalent of late; and we learn, with regret, that even the parish church of Jonesborough has not escaped.. On the night of Sunday, the 4th instant, the windows of that venerable edifice were wan tonly broken, and the interior part of it most shamefully dese crated by, it is supnosed, some of the mere zealous disciples of the ingenuous Dens. The building was, it appears, undergoing a thorough repair, which, in the nature of things, may in some measure account for the sacrilegious act; as this church was by many fondly thought to be one of those doomed to destruction by the heartless hill of Lord Morpeth.. As a further indication of the spirit which actuates the peasantry in the above neigh bourhood, we may mention that, a few days ago, some cattle seized by the orders of Captain Seaver, of Heath-hall, for tithe, of which he had undertaken the payment, were forcibly rescued, and tke bailiffs severely abused.—Newry Telegraph. THE Mueugn NEAR DUNDALK.—The inouest on the 'Jody of John Quinn, who was murdered near Dundalk. on the 22d of September, terminated yesterday evening, and a verdict of murder against some persons unknown was found. The jury were occupied with the investigation for seven days at in terval', from ten till five o'clock each day, and sixty-six per eons were examined, most of whom prevaricated and showed a determination to conceal the truth. THE LAND OF LIBERTY. GLEANINGS FROM THE NEW YORK PAPERS, New Orleans, it seems, has but barely escaped a mobbing scene, and the editor of a paper in that city a Lynching. An ancient philosopher is said to have advised a man who was de sirous of being informed what was the nature and effects of a democratic government, to try it in his family. The example of the spirit of lawless violence which has shown itself in tram pling down the laws, and superseding courts, as it spreads, be comes familiar to the inhabitants of the south, bids fair to bring home to their own experience the consequences of such licen tiousness and outrage upon personal security. The practice of Lynching, which commenced in that quarter of the union, bids fair to become troublesome even to those who have treated it very gently, if they have not directly countenanced and encou raged it. At New Orleans, an article appeared in the Louisiana Advertiser which displeased a military corps, and the conse quence was such strong symptoms of mobbing appeared that the editor had to flee for his life,. and the proprietor, though he had nothing to do in getting up the offensive article, was carried to jail for safe keeping. We arc in a fair way to learn how far a civilized country can proceed without protection of law, and the security of justice. From New Orleans we have accounts of the evening of the sth. Tranquillity had been restored, but no intelligible account is given in the newspapers of the causes which provoked the excitement. At a meeting of the city council on the 4th, two resolutions were passed, the one calling on the goveruor for UM staud of arms, for the use of the citizens in preserving order—the other directing all coffee-houses and grog-shops to Ise closed at eight o'clock. The legion continued to patrol the city, and other cOrps were forming under th e d enom i nat i on of the Urban Guard. The steam-packet brines Cherlestou papers of Saturday af ternoon. The exeitemeut at the south appears to be greatly allayed. The followiug are the only particulars worthy of in terest : EVvecrs oP THE GALL—A gale of wind commenced on Tuesday last from N.E. to E. which continued from that ("hur ter until yesterday noon, when it suddenly shifted to S.E. thence to S.S. E. and blew with great violence. Little or no damage was done to the shipping. owing to the greatest violence of the gale being front the S. The Spanish brig Isabella the 2d, lying fur several days in the stream opposite Magwood's wharf, was driven into Frazer and Co.'s wharf, after parting her cable anti dragging her anchors, destroying her boat, and losing one man overboard, in what manner is not known. The packet ship Saluda was driven high up the dock at Boyce and Cu.'s wharf, where she is aground. The sloop Martha and Jane, lying at Williatns's wharf, had her larboard side stove and sunk. A wood schooner was also sunk at Mey's wharf. A schooner called the Fanner, lying in Ashley River, was driven ashore on the east side, a little above the bridge, where she is a-ground. —The steam packet Edwan lost her figure tread and a few stauncheuns. 'lhe south pier of Chisolm's Wharf .received con siderable damage, also a small pier at Vanderhoret's wharf. Gibb's whirl is likewise badly injured, and some damage bits been sustained at Williams's wharf, the south side of which is gone. Gadsden's north wharf has received considerable da mage, the head being swept entirely away, as has` also Norton and Carroll's wharf. The bathing-house on East Bay, which has stood sixteen years, is so touch injured as to be beyond re pair. We have heard of no rojury is the city. with the excep tion of some fences and trees blown down. We learn frhin se veral persons who visited Sullivan's Island this morning, that no damage whatever was sustained there. The tide did not rise higher than an ordinary spring tide. Much d a m age h as , no doubt, been done to the rice and cotton crops, at riots exposed to the iufluence of the gale.--From the Charleston Mercury. Kay WEST, SEPT. 4.—The schooner Pee Des has been found inside Florida Reef, full of water, masts gone, but hanging overboard, and not a person on board. A scuttle had been cut through her quarter deck, which leaves some hopes that her crew have beets taken off, and attempts made to save the bag gage. The vessel has been taken into Newfound harbour, and the wreckers are now engaged in pumping her out. I am in formed that souse trunks containing wearing apparel have been found in the cabin, and about 180 dollars in paper money, gold and silver, also one gold and two silver watches; she will be brought hero in a few days. [The hopes above expressed of the safety of any of the persons on board the schooner, are, in all probability, fallacious, as from the account published in our pa per or Monday, it will be seen that a black man had been taken off the wreck, where he hart remained five days without suste nance, from whose statement there cannot be a doubt but that every other soul on board (eleven in number) had perished. We have but a few particulars of the affair, but it will probably appear that the hole in the quarter deck was cut by those who rescued the survivors.]—lbid. SUUTHbatr SENTIMENTS.—Words will never convince the north of these truths—actions must. Let the south then be true to herself and diminish the dangers of such an intercourse, by diminishing as far as practicable, and even at the temporary sacrifice of her own interests, the commercial intercourse with the north. Let the first step, already taken, by the establish ment of a direct line of packets from Charleston to Liverpool, be pi omptly followed up. Let our planters and cotton buyers in the interior compel the American cotton and rice trade to concentrate on the seaboard of the cotton and rice growing states. There is no need of sending their produce to be stored in New York to ensure a speedy realization of the proceeds. Why not store it here ? Our banks are able and willing to ad vance to every reasonable extent. Let us then take our town trade with Europe into our own hands—and assert, at least, our commercial indepeudence of the north. Let the whole people of the south urea and encourage their merchants to effect this patriotic and union preserving object. Let it be one of the chief subjects of deliberation in the convention of the southern .states, if that convention is called, as we trust it will be in ac cordance with the Charleston resolutions, in the end the step must result, net only in the greater sta'eility of southern institu tions, but in southern wealth derived front retaining at home all those benefits of southern industry, on which northern enter prize now fattens. It may starve some of the restless spirits of fanaticism out-at their present purse fed insoleuce ; and, at any rate, will compel the trading community in that section to at- , tempt, by striking down this hell-born monster of hypocrisy . at home, to win back the confidence which once gave them a rich portion of the products of southern labour. And if it fail of this, it will at least tend to secure the permanency of the friendly connexion between the sister sovereignties of the union, by putting a stop to those opportunities of iutermetidling with our business and intruding into our privacy, which the evil disposed among our northern brethren have been too long permitted to enjoy, amid have trade themselves our northern enemies, by abusing. We shalt return to these views, having only room to day to premise these words in soliciting attention on the follow ing article.—Charleston Mercury. NON - INTEI:COLTSE.—We call the attention of the southern merchants to the justice and propriety or extending their inter course with Philadelphia. It is the only northern city that has responded in a proper spirit to the call of the south on the north for energetic action. Let non-importation agreements be eitteied into ho a proper combination atnieng those eugagad in ~ trade at the south, to cease all intercourse with places that show hostility, or a criminal indifference to our rights and interests. Let us encourage our friends and cease all communication with our enemies. Let Lowell be among the first to be placed under the bar of non-intercourse. Let us consume none of her mailufactures.—Charleston Patriot. The .4ikin (S. C.) Telegraph of the nth inst. says, "Judge Lynch pinned it into ii eliap a few dal s since, down on the Runs in this 'Relict. We have net hearth all the particulars. The fellow was found in the cotton Feld with the negroes, and when detected feigned partial insanity. There were ten others of the like stamp detected about the same time iu Orangeburg district. We learn that Judge flung presided there and passed sentence on them. TimE CASE OF ABBE DEAN,—Messrs. Editors,—ln answer to the inquiry of '• Justice." in your paper of yesterday, I would state that the citizen of 'Connecticut alluded to at the meeting on Wednesday as having been tried and executed by a self constituted committee, without the intervention or judge or jury, was Abbe Dean, of Thompson, in the county of Windham, son of a highly respectable inhabitant of that town. Ile is said to have been ti young man of excellent character, and a class leader, if I mistake nut, in the methodist church, of which his father has long been a worthy member. He was hung at Li vingston, Mattison county, Mississippi, (not Tennessee.) on the Bth ofJuly last. A letter hum that place, dated July 7th, pub lished in the Lexington Reporter of the 25th, thus 'briefly' de scribes his fate, "To-day Abbe Dean was tried, and will he hung to-morrow at twelve o'clock. Another man from Kentucky was eso tried. condemned, and will be hanged with Dean. His *muse is Doneyon, from Maysville. The course pursued by the eummittees at Livingston has been approved by other counties, who have sent deputations to that piece, in oilier to learn their their proceedings, and A dopt the same mode!" Another letter front Canter' Grove, M ississippi, dated July 9;11, speaking of the horrible proceedings of the Livingston committee, states, that Dean was hung on the day preceding. These men, were exe cuted as abolitionists, end on a charge, as stated by Doilevon, of having been concerned iu a negro insurrection in that state. They both died protesting their innocence, and, as it is now ge nerlly believed, even in the vicinity where those atrocities were committed, were the victims of a causeless and unfounded ex citement ! —Neap Honest Herald. VENEECEI c.—Wrhave.bern favoured with the following ex tract from a letter, dated Puerte C belto, August 28th. It is ' from a highly respeCtable source :—" lam sorry t o info rm you. that another revolutien broke out in this place on the 17th which is likely to be.vers• prejudicial to the commeicial pros pects of the country. Wje are now in a state at siege here, arid m • • • ` r I \' TM.. LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ' N 1)- with little pr o sp ec t o f e i ng lieveC fo a . ‘ as }}et the military have behaved well toward foreigners but on the first day of the revolution, they attacked the militia and killed four , or live and wounded as many more. The lowa is nearly de4ert by the inhabitants—il is surrounded by 850 of the constitutional troops. The military have only 210 men under arms, and eighty 'Prisoners, criminals, &c. whom they have armed, but they are in daily expectation of assistance from Can:Lana, Ste."—Com mercial Adcertiser. REVOLUTION AT PARA, AND MASSACRE OF THE INHABITANTS. We learn from Captain Tuttle, from Para, arrived Yesterday afternoon, that the Tepuliana (natives) made an attack on Para on the night of the 14th August, succeeded in taking it on the 2.3 d, and made a general massacre of all the white inhabitants they could get at, the majority of which had taken boats, and went to the shipping on the first alarm. The American consul got on board the brig Mercator, which sailed 7 days before for this city, having lost all his effects and happy to escape with his life. The brig w as com p e ll e d t o leave all her papers. Corn. Mot ris, of Brazilian navy, having in command two frigates, two corvettes, one brig, and one schooner of war, together with a Portuguese vessel of war and one English vessel of war, assisted the President in repelling the natives, but without success, and dropped down to Cape Antonia on the 24th, having on board three thousand inhabitants who had escaped. Lauding the females and children at the Island of Mirago, under the care of a guard, the meu he had organized for the purpose of re-taking the place if possible. Coin. Taylor had declared the city of Para under blockade. The brig Mercator, wit. the American consul, C. J. Smith, Esq., peassenger on board, has arrived since we received the account of the revolu tion at Para by Captain Tuttle. We learn from her the follow ing additional particulars. The President having taken no precautionary measures against this attack, which was daily ex pected, and of which be had been repeatedly advised both by deserters and by letters, by the chief of the rebels, Antonio Vinagre, who hail threatened to fall upon the city, onleis his brother Pedro, who was then a prisoner on board the Mexican ships of war, was released. The foreigners and native resi dents had confided in the strength and wisdom of the provincial government, and of the efficiency of the marine department for protection, that they postponed embarking until absolutely sur reunded by the natives, not allowing themselves time to save their clothing or valuable effects, and some not even a shift of clothing. Our countryman, Mr. Upton, had barely time to flee on board, leaving his books in his counting house, which were thrown into the street and destroyed. The Indians were seen firing from the windows of the Ameri can consul's house at the En dish marines stationed at Mr. Campbell's oppo s it e , an d the United States flag was torn up. It was supposed the slaughter must have been immense as the blotto of the Indians had been "extermination of the whites," and a more complete sack of any city probably never took place than in this instance. • The brigs Malta and George were bound for Maranham full of passengers The British sloop of war Race florae with all the English . merchante on board was bound for the same place in,a few days. The Indians had about 150 to 200 armed ►aen. The Presi dent had 300 men under him ready for service, and several forces of artillery which were left unspiked, and were fired from by the natives at the whites in their retreat. The British and Portuguese vessels of war each landed from 90 to 100 men to assist the authorities, but seeing their pusillanimity, they em barked again for their vessels. ~cJiE - vanxsysZsl ~rr:~r^. GRAND MUSICAL ATTRACTION. Vi R. MORI Las the honour to inforni the Nobility and .1.7.1. Gentry of Liverpool and its vicinity, that he will give TWO EVENING CONCERTS, At the TEMPLARS' HALL, GREAT GEORGE-STREET, on MONDAY next, October 19th, and on Tuuson Y, Oct. 20th, 1835. commeneeHat Eight o'clock precisely, on which occasions will be performed entirely different selections of the moat fa shionable Pieces, including some of the Music from the highly popular Operas 1. PUR ITA NI and MARINO FA LIERO, which have created so great a sensation in London. TILE FOLLOWING EMINENT PERFORMERS WILL APPEAR :- MADAME STOCKHAUSEN, Who will sing several of her most popular It. ian, French, English. and Swiss Airs, including the popular olacea front I. Puritaui, the admired Barcarole from Marie Faliero, and the Bolero by Dessaner. MD'LLE. BILDSTE (Niece of Madame Stockhausen) seve al popular Pieces. MRS. ST. AL Will Play a FANTA [SIR 011 tit ) lAKO-FORTE, MONSIEUR STOCKI AUSEN, A SOLO on the Harp. and a DUETT. Mr. MURI, A new FANTAISIE from I Puritani, a Concerto on the Violin, and several Concertante Pieces. . Mr. LAVENU will preside at the Piano-forte. s•* For programmes, see small bills at the Music Shops, Booksellers and Libraries. Single Tickets for the Body of the Room, 6s. each; and Tickets, to admit Pour, 215.; for the Gallery, 4s. each ; to be _had at the Music Warehouses of Mr. W. G. WEiss. and Messrs. Hass and SON. and Principal Shops. Pupils at Aca demies admitted at Half-price. U,iberpool h_Z-tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1835. We have received New York papers to the 25th Sep tember, some interesting extracts from which will be found elsewhere. It will be seen by the crowded state of our columns, that a very large portion of our time and attention has been devoted to the proceedings of the grand conserva tive meeting at Newton yesterday. The report of the speeches and proceedings will -repay an, attentive perusal. It was, - We venture to say, one.of the proudest days ever seen in this part of the country. We go far ther, and say, that in no part of the empire was ever be held, in respect of numbers, intelligence, wealth, and in fluence, such an assembly of loyal and enthusiastic men. We solemnly declare that we never witnessed such a meeting. There were upwards of a thousand gentlemen , who sat down to dinner, in the new Conservative Hall, the first in England which has been built and dedicated to conservative principles. The noble hearts there as sembled, the chivalrous voices there raised, and the pha lanx of strength there displayed. proved how miserably the enemies of England would fare, or the wretched pa pists would quail, if they should ever rush upon the rash adventure of measuring swords with our protestant coun trytnen. No, we have nothing to fear. What was shown yesterday at Newton told a tale which the insulting levellers, and the united band of papists and infidels, will read with deep mortification, for its manifestations were decisive as to the complete subjection and signal pros. tration in disgrace and infam3 which inevitably awaits them. The eloquence of the noble chairman, Lord FRANCIS EGERTON, and the commanding good sense and true conservative views of Lord WILTON—the powerful address of Sir EDWARD B4aNEs—and the elt-.ctric appeal of the Rev. Mr. PARKINSON, made a deep impression on the assembly. But without detracting from the talents of the distinguished persons we have named, we feel con fident they will coincide with us, that the best and most attractive speech of the evening was that of Mr. THOMAS BERRY HORSFALL. We have neither time nor space to dwell upon or point out its merits, but we earnestly call attention to it as an animated dissection of the grievances, and the misgovernment, and the unhallowed alliance under which the country at present groans. . The effects of democrat y,; enfranchisement in municipal corporations may be seen in great perfection by an occa sional glance at. the Glasgow papers. It is indeed worth any honest radical's time and money, no matter how little he has of either to spare, to take a steam trip to that an cient city, in order to see with his own eyes and hear with his own ears the workings of a system which is bringing into play the most expressive epithets of the vulgar tongue, and making the town councils of Scotland, not bear gardens, for bear gardens are respectable by comparison, but something like' the drinking booths of Donybrook fair, the keepers of which are supposed to be blackguards and their customers thieves. Talk of the' cogers of St. Bride's, London, the lumber-troop, in Fleet -street, or any pethouse in the Holy Land or Rag Fair !—these are sober, discreet, temperate, and respect able places, when contrasted with the periodical ebulli tions of disgusting brutality, low scurrility, and foul-. mouthed abuse, which, since the passing of the Scottish municipal reform bill,, have marked and disgraced the town council of Glasgow. Under the old system the magistracy and town coun cil of Glasgow were composed of the highest order of intelligent merchants and manufacturers, who, acting with the better class of master tradesmen elected into the council by the various incorporated companies of artificers and handicraftsmen, had conducted the affairs of the city for many centuries with great credit to themselves, with out any factious contests or divisions, and to the advan tage of the inhabitants at large. In proof of this it is only necessary to look at the beauty of the public build ings of Glasgow, the regularity of its streets, the cele brity of its charitable institutions, the improvements' on the Clyde, of its bridges, and of every thing appertain ing to the health, comfort, and recreation of the people. Another proof, if proof were wanting, is in the eminent piety and distinguished talent of its clergy, the best and ablest of whom received their appointment from the old and condemned corporation. Its university too, its grammar school, and other similar institutions—need we say a word in praise of them ? Lord BROUGHAM has praised them, and so has THOMAS CAMPBELL, the poet, and so has Sir WALTER. SCOTT. They have been the ad miration of every person of noble birth, or splendid fame, or of rare learning, who has taken the trouble to make himself acquainted with the nature of their foun dations. The only fault we ever could find with the uni versity was the excessive leaning of its rules and forms to democracy. But this attached no blame to the old corporation of Glasgow in the exercise of its patronage. They did not wish to trench upon the popular rights of its matriculates. This surely can be no offence in the eyes of liberals. 'W e, as tories, might contest the wis dom of such unnatural adhesiveness to laws sanctioned by time, and consecrated by the 'approbation of their pious ancestors; but liberal and enlightened persons— we mean modern patriots, the schoolmasters, and philo sophers of our' day—have' no right to question the pu rity of their motives in adhering to popular institutions. We take the opposite side, and if any blame be imputa ble to the old corporation of Glasgow it is on the ground that they paid too much regard ,to the popular doctrines of their times. If they had, thirty years ago, applied for a new charter, and deprived the younger collegians under a certain age from having any vote or voice in the election of lord rectors, they would have placed . a whole some curb upon the silly and gingerbread abstractions of juvenile democracy —they would have kept raw lads out of the arena of party politics—they would have taken the affairs of state out of the hands of simple vouths struggling between the attractions of maternal affection and the Greek Lexicon, and confined them strictly to the Humanities; but instead of this they indulged them in every kind of popular absurdity, and allowed certain professors to creep in—whig reptiles—saakes of a dan gerous venom—immense lovers of BONAPARTY, and re publicanism, and infidelity—sly and captious expounders of the gospel they disparaged or disbelieved—they al lowed all this, and they therefore, unintentionally we believe, gave a twist to the loyal and protestant feelings and principles of the rising generation. These are our impressions. But still, with all their faults, the old corporation of Glasgow had redeeming excellencies, of which the city itself and all its noble buildings and benevolent institutions bear witness. Its civic affairs were conducted honestly and discreetly, and we believe much more advantageously and economically, than under the new system. Whatever they did they never allowed the credit of the corporation to be called in question. The proceedings of the Common Council were conducted with decorum, dignity, and reciprocal good feeling. There were no pothuuse scenes;—no dog . N \ \ , ,N\ --- A fights —no tearing and scratching, like two drunken hags in a fish-market—no personalities, which an insulted coal-porter with three sheets in the wind would be ashamed of—no suspected persons--no dealers in stolen, goods sitting on the bench of justice —no needy bank rupts entrusted with a voice in the application of the cor poration funds. No; the merchants of Glasgow, in the old corporation, were honourable and independent men, above suspicion. But what do we see now ? We ask the question in order to answer it, as a warning, and for the instruction of the reflecting and intelligent inhabitants who con stitute the burgesses of Liverpool. But for their bene fit we should not have noticed Glasgow or its radical cormatien at al It is painful and heart-sickening to allude to such a set of men ; but as our turn is next—as municipal reform holds us also in its _democratic em brace—and as the road to revolution has been opened by the present levellers of the House of Commons—by the most ignorant, debased, and unprincipled representatives that ever sat in the lower house—lower at least iu mem bers and by character since the last was burnt—we have thought it our duty to bring under their consideration the effects of democratic reform in a northern borough, in the hope that it will inspirit them to assume the offen sive, which is the defensive, in time, and put forth their whole powers,, exertions, and influences to prevent any such calamity and disgrace from falling upon the good old town of Liverpool. We have shown what the corpotation of Glasgow was; it is now our province to show what it is. In that coin mon*council, composed as it is of, perhaps the popular, but, at the same time, the most virulent and disloyal scamps of the town—composed as it is of the most un ruly and most republican dissenters—men who never, even by accident, have entered into the society of gen tlemen—who are strangers to the forms of courtesy-j who are not under the restraints of good manners, and whip neither know wh en t o offer, acknowledge, or resent an insult—who under the mask of hypocritical profes sions give no satisfaction for either the moral or the per sonal outrages they commit, and who continue to insult, like O'CONNELL, because some vow—the vamped-up apology of a scoundrel who has bien kicked—is averred to be binding upon a convenient conscience. We'llope there are few such men in English society. We trust their number is small in Scotland. But experience proves that there are a vast number of turnspits in both countries, and not a few in Ireland, who bark, and growl, but who do not fight. The new and reformed corpora tion of Glasgow, the model of ours which is to be, con tains at least one member who calls another a " liar and slanderer." Indeed the word " liar" is buffeted about in the council room of that town exactly in the style in which people play battledore and shuttlecock. The ." lie" is as common as rain, and as little valued as waste water. The members of the new council, accord ing to their natural propensities, throw overboard all the rules of civilised life, and terms are used that in other associations would lead to immediate murder. The Glasgow Courier informs us that a common-coun cillor, of the name of M‘GAvot,—a low bred dipper or dissenter of some obscure and pragmatical order—had applied the terms we have been dwelling upon, namely, " liar and slanderer," to another member of the council who happens to possess the rare qualities of a gentleman. Mr. Convener M'LELLAN, so designated and insulted by this foul-mouthed and unwashed brute, resorts to the only alternative left him. He calls upon him to retract or fight. The fellow does neither. Why ? because he is equally devoid of courage and a sense of justice. He hands over the challenge to a magistrate, and seeks the protection of the law of the land, without any regard for the laws of decency and honour which he had himself violated. Prevented from seeking redress in one county, Mr. APLELLAN crosses into an adjoining one, and again calls upon his raffish antagonist to meet him, in the fol lowing letter, which would rouse the resentment ofa cow or a hog : . Kirkintilloch, half-past 6 A.M. Monday, 12th Oct., 1835. Robert M'Gavin, Esq. Sit,— From the extraordinary course you have adopted, a course which no gentleman, who has any regard for his cha racter, would have adopted, in putting into the hands of the judicial authorities toy two letters of date Friday last, requiring from you a retractation of, and apology for, the opprobrious, in sulting, and highly injurious epithets applied by you to me in my absence, or that satisfaction which one gentleman, Whose feelings have been grossly outraged, is entitled at the very least to expect, and demand from auy one having the slightest pre tensious to move in society as a gentleman, and a man of honour—any further notice of you on my part may well appear Quixotic, and were it not for the situation in which you are placed, as a member of the city council, I certainly should not have given myself any further trouble about you; but finding you there, and seeing you permitted to exercise so much in fluence in the city's affairs, and that y ou are put f orwar d i n t h e council either as the demagogue leader of the ruling faction, or their most approved Punchinello, I cannot permit you to escape with' that impunity which you may think you have secured to yourself, by the cowardly course you, in the fear of deserved chastisement, have pursued. In the belief, however, that you, have acted merely as the tool of the leading faction alluded to, in adopting this course, so dishonourable to yourself, and unjust and injurious to me, I shall give you yet another opportunity of setting yourself right in public opinion, by meeting with me to day, at eleven o'clock, at Gartshore Western Gate, nine miles from Glasgow, on the old Edinburgh road, by Kirkintilloch, where I shall be attended by my friend. Since you have tacitly refused to retract ycur foul and in famous aspersions on toy character, you surely cannot refuse either to stand by these aspersions as a man, or to acknowledge them as malicious lies, by a dastardly refusal to vindicate them in the manner I again require you to do. Like the other agitators of the day, you may have registered a vow in heaven that you will never fight a duel; but, sir, if you have registered such a convenient vow ' you ought at the same time to have coupled it with the vow, tll'at you never on any oc casion would utter falsehoods, injure the feelings, or assassinate the chat acter of your neighbour. I have now just to say, that I will wait for you at the place and time mentioned for one half hour, viz., front eleven till half past eleven, A.M. Should you.fail to appear, I then am entitled to consider you as the most despicable coward, " liar and slanderer," that ever ventured to hold up his countenance among honest and upright men. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, • (Signed) Aitcno. M•Lxt.t. AN. As may be expected, Mr. M‘GrAviti did not think pro per to keep the appointment, and thus the matter stands at present. . CONCF.KT AT THE MUSIC -HALL, B^1.1)-STHEET.—Mr. Eyton gave his annual concert at the Music-hall, on Wednesday night, to au audience sufficiently numerous to fill that spacious room. As we have neither time nor space to give a detailed notice, it must suffice to say that the performances were well received, and that they were concluded with " God save the King." The following gentlemen have been appointed magistrates for this island, by the King, on the 17th of August last, accord ing to the late act of 'Tynwald, and are, we understand, to be sworn into office this day before his excellency the governor : Sir William Hillary, Bart., Fort Ann; Sir Geu. Thinkwater, Kut., Kirby; Alexander John Guldie, Esq., Nunnery; Richd. Murray. Esq., Mount Murray; John C. Crcllin, Esq., Castle town; William L. Drinkwater, Esq., Douglas; Thos. Carran, Esq., Peel; John Anderson. Esq., Cooley Lodge; William Farrant, Esq., Ballamoar; William Christian, Esq., Claugh bane ; Godfrey Tait, Esq., Ballamenaugli.-2tfame Sun, Oct. 9. Wor.yEans sirro N.—A gold Sn u uo x has been presented to Captain Manning, and a silver cigiv-case to Lieutenant Bau der, by some of the inhabitants of olverhainpton, in testimony of their approbation of the conduct of these officers during the recent riots in that town. The Admiralty have recommended Captain Back to his Ma jesty for promotion, and he has been promoted accordingly by an order in council, as he has served the requisite tima as a commander to enable the board to du it in any other way.— Even fag paper. FASHIONABLE NeRIVALS.—At the Adelphi Hotel, the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Leitrim and Countess; the Bishop of Bangor; the ltight Hon. the Earl and Countessof Burlington ; the Rt. Hon. Lord Lilford ; General Halket, and fancily; Gall owa y Bey, and party; Col. MacGregor; - Wilbraham, Esq. of Itood flall; Le barons Bianchi; W. Stanley, Esq.; Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, of the Bache; Capt. Courtney, R.N.; Mad ame Scherar, and family; Peter de Domek, Esq.; Palmer More wood, Esq., of Leamington; Col. Ferguson ; M. Bleucuw, of Lynn, Norfolk. On Wednesday last the Rev. J. B. Winstanley, A. 8., mi nister of St. Mathias's Church, was duly licensed by the Lord Bishop of Chester, according to the respective acts of parlia ment, to the separate chaplaincies of St. James's Cemetery and the Borough or Common Gaol of this town. • BLACKBURN.—The churchwardens of Blackburn have with drawn a motion for a church-rate in that town, in deference to the opinion of the inhabitants; and the expenses of the church are to be defrayed by voluntary contributions, as in several other towns in Yorkshire and Lancashire. ------ The multiplication of railway in the neighbourhood of New castle is remarkable. There are not less than four at this mo ment actually in progress; namely, the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, the Hepburn and Blayaon Railway, the Sunderland and'Durham Railway, and the Durham Junction Railway, and there are four more in contemplation. Tna ROYAL VISIT TO CILICI.SEA HOSPITAf..-Thirty covers were laid for the party. The gallant veteran, Sir Samuel Hulse, addressed the King—" May it please your Majesty, I have swad before tu'u Kings since I have been governor here, and should have been happy to have stood before a third." (Sir Samuel was wheeled into the room,) " Enough, enough," exclaimed his Majesty, and took the old soldier by the hand. Ile is in his 90th year. Mr. John Mackay Wilson, the talented author of "Tales of the Border," and for several years editor of the Berwick Adrer tiser, died at Berwick-on-Tweed, on Friday morning. About a fortnight before this unfortunate result, Mr. Wilson burst a blood vessel, and from that period gradually sunk under the ef fects of this accident, although his medical attendants and friends by no means imagined his end to be so near. A Soaaa I'u e.—Why are the Temperance Societies a bar to friendship ?—Because they prevent the shaking of hands ! t)cToEtil 1 644). ANNUAL DINNER OF THE SOUTH LANC' SHIRE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. The little town of Newton-in-the-Willows, although. it 18 longer possesses the privilege of sending two members to pr liament, has lost none of its importance, as it is become permanent head-quarters of the South Lancashire Conservse f ! Association, the parent of all the other similar societies svbic! are now established in every district and almost in every to o . of any importa nce i n th e United Kingdom. The S o uth Ls% cashire Cons erva ti ve Association has te scarcely been found!: three years, and yet during that short period it has enrolled " f members all the tal en t, wealth, and influen ce o f th a t portion,' ) the palatinate f rom w h ence i t takes its name. To perttetY,'l the society .a b u ildi ng f or t h e accotnmodat ion of its members been erected since the last anniversary dinner, which is at olf, the most promi nen t o bj ect i n the town of Newton, and we try will be a lasti ng monument of the good old English feelmg _lacy raised it. The Conservative Hall is situate at the back of I": Legit Arms Hotel. The principal front has a bold Doric tics, in the centre, with fluted columns, surmounte d b y a r„ meet. The windows are raised upon a rustic b asemen t, awl; royal arms in alt o - re li evo are to be placed over each entrap door. The oth er f ronts are similar, with the exteption of 1 7 i 7; tars being substit u t e d f or columns. The interior is divides three compartments by sixteen light cast iron columns, Kttb i frieze and . cornice ab ove , supporting the roofs. The ceiling ! the centre roof i s c i rcu l ar, and a few feet loftier than the sid..", and there are f our recesses in which galleries may be hereafter i ; erected. The externa l di mensions of the hall are 121 feet; length and 8f; in breadth. The interior therefore is sufficien t . ) capacious to admit of eight tables, each 90fe e t long, with a 0. 1 1 table at the en d o f th e room for the presid e nt o f 54 feet in leng t h' These tables will accommodate a b out 100 0 persons; an d. . addition..there is en anti-room which, by throwing open th i. ' folding-doors, w ill a ff or d space to dine 900 persons more. T"'a building. still in an unfinished state, was planned by Mr. Rich° Lane, of Manchester, u n d er w h ose superintendence it In' erected. The Hall was first opened yesterday to celebrate the thi rd , anniversary of th e assoc i at i on fur whose convenience it raised, and for th a t occas i on was tastaf.w and elegantly ,n up by Mr. Doveton, of Manchester. 1- ' l le - mvalls were hung e l ', blue and white glazed calico, fluted and ornamente d w i t h 6 9'5 drapery and rosett es ma d e o f the same materials which exterw e round the corni ce o f th e room. , On the centre of the wall along which the cross or presideal's table was placed, was suspended the banner of the South Lail; cashire Conservative Associati on . t h e I mperial Crown of Great Britain, richly emblazoned, the Union Jack and the fullori e D inscription its gold letters, " The Con s ervatives of South 1 4 11 r, cashire: may their principles awl numbers grow with th e i , rowth and stiengthen with their strength." Beneath t'„ nethipti was the followiug motto :—" King and Constitution , , l ß arch and state." On the right of the banner was hung a 'ld length portrait, painted in oil colours, of our late "good, °„" r King," . George the Third, and me the left, another or o at present monarch, William the Fourth. These are copies of th e pictures in the Town-hall of Liverpool. a When lighted up t h e Hall presented a sc ene a t onc e gre d ed and imposing. El even e l egant chandeliers, with grow glasses, were susp en d e d f rom the ceiling. In addition to these' ° two projecting lamps were affixed to each of the eighteen cs- t iron supporter s o f the roof. The man agement o f t hi s door' ment was confided to Mr. John Molineux, of St. Ann strati Manchester, to whom grea t cre di t is due for the excellence t' his arrangement s . A commodious orchestra on one side ofitr,; room was filled by t h e M anchester band, and another golle'; above the vice-chairman'3 seat was appropriated to the a ccrf modation of ladies, who were admitted by tickets granted 14 1° Committee of Management. To prevent the confusion that might arise from the admissi e l of so large an assem bl age of guests the eight tables were divi d e' by tablets indicating the towns and districts appropriated to the members coming from those places—namely, Liverpool, 1 ‘,. 1 , 4°. cheater, Warri ng t on, Bolton, Wigan, St. Helen' s , Ortnee"' Tyldsley, Oldh am , Staley-bridge, Ashton, Bury, Bold, Widne s ' Prescot, &c. At balf-past three o'clock the trains arrived from Manches t r and Liverpool, w h en t h e company began to assemble, and II; rolling in of equ i pages of every description fr o m diff er ent pa r t s of the county ga ve t o t h e town an unusually animated aPPei,.er ance. At five o'clock the company assembled at the dine, provided by M r . M ay , of the Legh Arms. Each of the loc i tables bad a vice-preenlent, namely, No. 1. Edward Kearslev, Es . Ivy Cotta ge, near Wi gan . 2. Thomas Kidd, gsq., Farnworth. 3. Thomas Ridgmvav, Esq., Walsuchea 4. Robert Sharp, gsq., Manchester. 5. Sir Thomas Bran eker, Liverpool, 6. Peter Greenall, Esq., St. Helen's. 7. George Harriett, Esq., Ormskirk. 8. John Clare, Esq., Warrington. At about a quarter-past four o'clock Lord Francis Ege rfl '„ rt arrived by the mail carria ge o f t h e first-class train from 3At:, cheater. 'He alighted in company with the Earl of Wilton, Harry Mainwaring, Crnie, of Manchester, and sot other gentlemen, and wa s rece i ve d w i th loud cheers by the gr 7& number of persons as sem bl e d i n f ront of the hotel. Immedia t e after this the last carriages bripgiug the gentlemen I r ene Liv er ' pool arrived, On his lordship taking the chair he was again received %li h t !! a round of applause. On his right was Lord Wilton, a nd to left Lord Skel mers d a l e . Th e other noblemen and gentler,,t who sat at th e p res id ent ' s ta bl e were Lord Cole, Hou. Bootle Wilbraham, M.P., Sir John Gerard, William Howse, Es q ., o f H u tt on P ar k , J ohn E utwiste. Eeq., of Foxholes, D i bu Kearsley, Esq., M.P., John Ireland Bhsckbuine, Esq.. A 1 • 1 .1 .: If. Formby Parker, Esq., Sir Edward &oases, Sir R. Broo ke , Colonel Pliunhe Tempest, Sir H. Maiiiwaring, etc. At:flog s :l the other distinguished gent;einen resent, p we also noticed b e '. Lindeay, son of Earl 13alcarres, Lord, Esq., Mayor of Sc'igel" Aldennan Sir Thomas Brancker, Wiiiiraban, Egerton, 12 ; s q; Tattoo Park, J ose ph Rid gway, Esq., of Ridginont, Copt*" Clarke, of Hyde, John Sidebothlim,,Esq., of Hyde, E. L. Si. ur hotham, of Shepley Hall, It. Onsey, Req., Ashton-under-Lin e ' Peter Greenall, Esq., St. Helen's, Charles Cholinondelv,_Es,.q:' Aldermen John Wright, Joh n an d P eter Bourne, and . N. r binson ; Thames Tobin, T. B. Horsfall, Nathan Litberlan d' RichairlDawson, Boileau. Myers, Duncan Gibb, Hober t Alexander, H. Gask e t), o f Wig', _.lt n h y, o f Rochdale, an d W. S. Rutter, c o ro ner o f M anc h ester, Esqrs.; the Rev. Mes‘irt, Prince, Blackburn, vicar of E cc l es, Badnalt, Ileeketh, C r Prescott, rector of Stockport. and C. D. Wray, of Manchest e r, and Daniel Grant, E sq., of Manchester. Upwards of oue the' „ sand persons sat down to dinner. After the dinner " Non nobis Domine" was most effectie el l sung by the professional gentlemen present. • ; Lord Firs NCIS EGERTON th en ruse, and Was received -n the , most enthusiasti c manner. After the cheering had se - 1)5410 0 :i gave, " His M a j es t y the Ki ng, Duke of Lancaster." (li e cheers.) Ilere there was a general cry for the national anthem. O i l , was well sung by the glee sing ers , accotupan i e d by t h e bee' and was received with loud appl a u se . the Lord FRANCIS EGERTON then gave , " H er M a j ee lf Queen, the o rnamen t o f the throne, and th e lib era l su pee r '' t of time charitable institutions of our country." Glee—" My dear Mistress." The next toast proposed was, " The Princess Victoria and the other branches of the Royal Family." (Three times three.) Glee—" Hail, Star of Brunswick." This was followed b)' " The House of Brunswick, and 012 : , they never forget the principles that seated them on the throw n. This toast was received with " three times three." Mr. Davis's overture haudthen played the air, " When ord er in our land commenced," which elicited considerable applau s t t Lord PRAtsCtS EGERT ON th en rose and said that then eke, toast he hail to propose was " The army and the navy," an d intended to profit by the opportunity, in coupling with it i tt, name of a distinguiased officer, now present among them. need only mention his name to have the toast drank with ee; thusiasm; inure he would nut say, than that lee had been t h companion of the Duke of Wellington, when this noble ee e3 ,, mender was fighting in supp or t of hi s country's rights. since that period he had fought in his countey's service under t hj burning sun of India. He meant Sir Edward Barnes. Sir EDWARD BaRNES then rose amidst the loud cheerief; and said, My Lords and gentlemen, it has not unfrequee, t ,4 fallen to my lot t o h ave th e h onour of returning thanks fur "'s high honour which you have just bestowed upon the arm feel it one of the proudest days of my life, one which affords the highest possible gratification Su having the honour of a d. dressing such a nu merous, such a respectable, and such a it i a body. (Cheers ) It will, I am sure, afford the army at lu ' great gratificati on to know th a t they have bean renienmbeted this moment; and I am sure that they will agree with me ticipating 'the most favourable remits from this me etate' (Cheers.) Gentlemen, etre of the m os t important duties h the army has beets called to perform is to assist-the magistra te !, in the pre servat i on of peace, and of the lives, the liberty, tui the property o f t h e su bj ects. (Cheers.) I need not tell yeu,„ gentlemen, that this, amongst their various duties, is the rn e ', unpleasant an d t h e most distressing to their feelings that t h e. can possibly b e ca ll e d upon to perform. lel uthiug can be more repugnant to loyel feelings than t o b e com p e ll e d to thaw the ir swords.upon their f e ll ow countr i men. (Cheers ) Gentleinee return , .„ I must rep ea t h ow much grat i fied I am - its rising to toy hearty tha n k s f or th e h onour done me, when I see the be ' , proof in this assembly, and it? those loyal assemblies which ha' taken place in oth er parts o f t h e country, that the army win u e, be called upon for the performance of such a ditty as fbave a d tended to. (Ch eers .) Th e example here set to the people, al, the influence whi c h y our examp l e must have upon the peel's, at large, must c a ll f or th th e i r b est energies in the suppor t well as defence of c h urc h an d state and the constitutiope, (Cheers.) And, ge n tl emen , w hil st t h ese great tneetiugs eo. courage all those wh o are o f th e same op i n i on with them, t " will also strike a strong terror into the hearts of those who er, disposed to distuib the public peace. (Cheers.) As a hod)* know well that thenny must not e nter in t o p o liti cs; but .I°l cannot suppose us t op e so dull, so s t u pid t o pass i ng even te,te; , we do not look w ith p l easure to these meetings as the best 5 curity that we shall not be called up o n t o aid the magietrat d eo in the preservation of the peace, but that you yourselves will it with your own influence, with your own power, and with y°' ir own authority. (Cheers ) (sentlemen, having had sa t ' share in the ionisation of conservative associatious, I feel ni); self most particularly,, and, indeed, most highly honoured ti being permitted to beat this tabl e , and, as may he suppose d , ...A MR most proud to see so l a r ge a body of gentlemen as senibt.e; before me. (Chee rs .) Any b o d y who attempts to reconerl, all parties of politi cs wi ll fi n d th at h e h as engaged in a fruiti!; attempt, (cheers,) and, like th e f a bl e o f t h e boy and the ass, oa, will himself be c omp a red t o th e l atter. (Laughter ) Still tho u ,. are grades in politics which I wou ld w i sh to see r ec onciled, e; as to have one great object in view, and that is, to keep doT i , the radicals. (L o ud and conti nue d c h eering.) Nay, geet • amen, you know that some of these gen tl emen wou l d throw doa - rm te, the throne, while others would pull down the church; °d ie d () again, would d es tr o y th e H ouse o f L ords. (Hear.) ,They not say so openly: they cloak anal disguise their wicked in,t i c e tions so as to keep within the law. (Hear and cheers.) 5 first class say, " Let us have che ap government, " What ilea, that mean, in plain language, but ' Let us have a republic ? I Hear.) Cheap governnient recolle c t th a t ra di ca l, the l a t e Mr. Hunt, said he wuuid have a ki ng at £5OO a veer, (la u t' a ter;) he, however, repented before his death, amid becain e ,a good conservative. (Laught er .) H e used to say , that he wo o l make a good king for £5OO a year; b ut I will say, that, if " a t reign had continued fora month, we should h ave b a d a kiog e. the end of that time for half that price. (Laughter.) Those we va • speak of cheap government would lead one to su p p ose but themselves desired a cheap government. We ail wan t e . goverument, but we do not wish to have a cheap and nasty o ne' that Ire a (Laughter and cheers.) We all wish for a government b ' . spected at home, and which, if not feared, will, at least, be 7 ) noured and treated with reverent i al awe abroad. (C h ee ls Well, then, there - is anoth er spec i es of radical who wou ld pu s o down the church. He d oes not say at once " down church," but we will have no tithes. But, if there is noth',4 left to support the cler g y men, we may as well pull down 7, 4 4 . church at once. (Ch eers .) S ome of these persons are . .;', O pulling down the House of Lords; others for giving it a l o t l io washing by turning a river into it; others, again, would als o lir the peerage, and probably destroy the first link of the In 13 chy. (Hear.) Now, gentlemen, 1 would only like to se come e ne of these barkers, ac e , th e greatest of them all invited to into the House of Lords, and only see how he would cringcl, fawn, and look like a f oo l. A t f i rst he would, through n',°ke modesty, stick hi mse lf b e hi n d t h e throne, and only be seen , " Halley s s comet, without his tail. (Loud laughter and clieerint h ; Only wait-a tittle, an d see h ow h e w i ll come forth an d ap e lord, as if ttie blood of all the Howards flowed through his rcin A WORD TO THE WORKING CLASSES. ( From the Unstamped Press.) If O'Connell can succeed in wheedling Your attention he will keep you till the day of his death involved in barren projects, the totality of which are not worth one of the public dinners ho receives. His crusade against the lords is one of these. While you are engaged in this crusade the middlemen will keep en croaching . more and more iipon your rights, and entangling you in their meshes, till at last there will be no escape for you, except through means the very thought of which makes one shudder. They have already gone a great way; but if you will be so wretchedly stupid as to join their selfish crusade against the lords, whilst they are building workhouses for you—then are you irrecoverably lost. Let the middle classes mice get the lords into tbeir clutches, and, consequently, the whole legisla tive power into their hands, and from that moment will com mence such a night of slavery fur England, as England or no other country ever knew heroic. Mark ! we are now hazarding a prophecy; therefore give heed, and judge us hereafter by the result. Once more then we repeat—There is wo hope for you if you will jolts this crusade against the lords. The middle classes once in possession of all the powers tf the state, youriate is sealed fur at least a century to come. Pause, therefore, ere it be too late, and while you leave O'Connell and the middle classes to look after their own affairs, do you look after yours. Let them look after the lords; do you look atter the commons. Let themo on build ing the workhouses; do you bethink yourselves how you will escape them, and keep your children (ruin them. If O'Connell` talks to you about the lords, tell him that your u s kids are so occupied about the commons, and the workhouses, that you have no mind for anything else; and if he tries to come blar ney over you, tell him to go back to Kerry, and persuade the famishing Irish (if he can) that they ought to have no poor laws; and if he attempts to_lecture on what he calls "the abuses of the poor law system in England," tell him that you have just got a lesson on the "fallacy of confusion," which has taught you to distinguish between the abuse of a thing and the thing itself. Whatever you do, may God prosper you, my friends, and save you from the whigs, the middlemen, and the work houses. " THE LUCK. OF EDEN HALL;". OR TIM FAIRY GOBLET. BY MRS.CRAWFORD. There earns a youth to our golden isle, And he vow'd a row, and he smiled a smile ; And he won the heart of a maiden as bright As ever drew sigh from a gallant knight : • And away they lied when the moon wa s u p, And the reve lers drained the wassail Away they fled o'er the moorlands wild. And the Musgrave raved fur his only child. " Go saddle my gallant grey," he cried, " And let twenty horsemen mount and ride As though •Heaven itself by their speed might be won; No low-born churl will I have for my son. By the Wend of the Musgrave, no child of mine Shall wed with one of a nameless line!" So saying he mounted his gallant grey, And with twenty armed followers rode away. The Lady of Musgrave all that long night Wept for her lord, and her daughter's flight; Her maids, as they looked on her sad face, sighed, And to sooth her with guileless speech they tried. "Isis easy to talk; bet a mother's lure Hath the brooding wings of a turtle dote; And where was there ever a mother knew cheer, When danger or sorrow her child was near Now the seneschal be was a kindly man, And to courage his lady he thus began : " Courage, sweet mistress ! there's hope in store; Thus much have I learned from the fairy's lure. 'l'o-night when I went to St. Cuthbert's spring, As they sate on the green, in their magic ring, I seized on a cup they had filled with dew And brought it —see, lady—to comfort you." " Oh look!" said her maidens, as forth he drew The fairy's glass (rain his cloak to view. And well might they look; for no mortal's glass Did ever that elfin cup surpass, Nor mortal hand ever painted such flowers As wreathed its brim, nor in Eden's bowers - Ever blossomed such roses and hearts-ease bright, As laughed into life on its frost-work white. But the lady scarce deigned her sweet eyes to lift, Though to gaze on the charms of a fairy gift: What comfort to me can that bauble.briug ?" "Hush, lady ! I heard thelairies sing,— if this glass, that I hold, either break or fall, Farewell the luck of Eden-hall !" Then the Lady of Musgrave grew pale with fear,- " Go, lock up that goblet, and hold it full dear; " If on aught so brittle our house depend, The luck of the Musgraves will soon have an end :" And so feat ful was she that glass would break, It kept her all night at her heads, awake. But the bugle was sounded at last, and then Came the baron home, with his merry men, And his daughter fair, as a bonnie bride, And her gallant knight at her palfrey's side. Her father had pardoned young Isabel's flight, For a peer of France was her own true knight; And the fairy cup it was filled for all, And christened " the luck of Eden-hall." Fair maidens, pride of our golden isle, Old England dear, ':is like ye'll smile At this rude display of my hurdle art, Yet lay up the mural, my sisters, to heart. Yes, a moral may lurk in a fairy tale, Like a•bee in the bells of the Asphodel,— That she who in maidenly grace would pass, Must be charily kept; like the fairy's glass From the holy fount, or the delicate flowers That flourish and bloom in elysian bowers. The crystal of virtue is fragile as fair, And no rude touch may it safely bear. * At Eden-ball, the ancient seat of the Musgrave family, iu. Cumberland, is a beautiful painted drinking glass, called " Fairy Goblet," or " Luck of Eden-hall," from a legend which says, tUat the old butler going to draw water from St. Cuthb er t' s surprised a ci,mpan y of fairies, who were amusing themselves upon the green near the holy spring, where they left the above named cup, singing as they fled away at the butler's approach— " If this cup either break or fall, • Farewell the luck of Eden-hall." On Wednesday night last, an accidental fire took place in the parlour of the York lintel, which might have been attended with serious consequences had it not been timeously discovered. The e.rigin of it was traced to a swell chimney from tilt adjoin ing house, which was only divided by a thin partition of plas ter from the hotel parlour. The fire was speedily suppressed, and every necessary precaution adopted to prevent a similar ac cident. OA the that glance at the occupations of pupils in our public schools, every one is struck with the strange, not to say absurb, spectacle of young Englishmen being engaged from morning to night, through a succession of eight or ten years. in learning the language, manners, geography, and antiquities of Athens and Rome—communities long ago extinct, and having but a very remote analogy to the political and social state of their own country. When this system was first introduced into our schools and colleges. at the revival of letters, and even so late as the end of the seventeenth century. such a system of education was defensible, on the principle of utility, and ahuost on that of necessity. All liberal knowledge, all scientific treatises, and al most every thing that was elegant in polite literature, and in works of the imagination, were comprised in the Reman and Greek languages; while all the intercourse of literature and di plomacy was maintained in the Latin, as the universal language. These languages, therefore, formed the indispensable basis, and even an integral and important portion of superstructure of a liberal and practical education. But, who, at this day, would think of having recourse to Aristotle, Theophrastus, or Pliny, for the study of natural history; to Cato, Varro, and Virgil for a knowledge of agriculture; to Hippocrates, Celsus, and Galen, for instruction in materia medica, and surgery; to Archimedes, Theodosius, and Diophantus, for mathematics; or to Plato, Ci cero, and Xenophon, for the sci ence o f government an d po li t i cs ? And entirely has the Latin language ceased to be the medium of scientific und diplomatic communication, that it is rare to hear now even of a private correspondence being maintained by learn ed individuals of different nations, on any literary subject, in that language. The very foundations, therefore, of utility and necessity, on which the present system was built, have been either washed away by the Itipse of time, or overlaid by the im provement and discoveries introduced by more recent diligence and genius.—" Education of the Aristoera4y," in the British and Fihci , qu Reciew, LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Wedaesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock. There has been great excitement among our capitalists and others connected with the monetary interests since our last re port, in consequence of the Bank Directors having refused to discount paper with the endorsement of any joint stook bank of circulation upon it, which has been caused, according. to report, by an abuse of privilege on the part of some of their bodies. The result, however, was seriously felt here, the bankers imme diately contracting their discounts, and rise pressure for money was very considerable. Consols were affected to some extent, and the floating securities, particularly Exchequer Bills, falling to 12 prem., and India Bonds to par. When this resolution was made known in course of post in the country, it caused d considerable sensation there, and the results were considered as likely to be so disastrous that even the Bank. Directors began to shrink from the consequences, and the leading discount brokers were accordingly informed on Monday that the rejected paper would be cashed until the Ist of January next, when the practice would be altogether discontinued. This partial respite has had the effect of causing an improvement in the market; money has become comparatively easy; the bankers have re sumed their discounts, and, aided by the payment of the divi dends, which commenced to-day, the rate of interest has been considerably lowered. Consols for money left off at 91, and for the account at 911 I. Exchequer Bills are 13 to 15 prem., and India Bonds are 1 to 3. The intention of the Bank to recommence a crusade against the joint stock banks with the coming year is the general topic of conversation here, and generally is much animadverted upon, as it is considered that the directors are using tyrannically the giant power intrusted to them, and that, although naturally jea lous of the joint stock associations, it is punishing the mercantile community at large, who can have little deserved to be the victims of such rivalry. In our Foreign Market there has been considerable specula tion in Spanish Stock, the old Bonds being yesterday at 46, but they c►osed heavily at 441 . 3 . this afternoon, and the Bonds or 1834 at 421. Columbia Stock is 331, Belgian 103, Danish 761, Dutch 5 per Cent. 1001, New 21 per Cent. 541, and Por tuguese 5 per Cent. 881. Yesterday was the settling day in 'the Foreign Market, and, this day in the Consul Market, and 'both passed over withMit difficulty. In our shares there is nothing to notice as regards the mines, which are as dull as the water contained in them; but we have a perfect mania in railway schemes, and •doubt not shortly, if Capel Court is to be believed, to be able to deliver oar epistles in our own proper persons, without that (about to be) tedious process of his Majesty's mail. Intelligence has been received from Mexico to-day to the 22d of August. General Alvanz had expressed himself unwilling to submit to the propositions made to him by General Bravo, and the latter, having thus failed in his negociation, was about to return to the capital. Several corps of troops of the line were marching upon Texas by laud, and a detachment had arrived from Arezaba with the design of embarking at Vera Cruz for the same destination. The chambers and the executive power had been in open op position. The minister Tournel, and the commandant Valencie, had written to Santa Ana inviting him to return to the capital. Congress had been dissolved, and the new one would pass the central constitution, which those in power had drawn up. This document wai understood to be the production of Dun Lucas Aleruar and the Bishop of Puebla. The city of Mexico appears to Le in a state of great distress in consequence of the scarcitg of money, which had compelled the government to put into circulation paper money, with which it paid those in its employ. The paper motley was in so little credit that it 'sold at 18 to 20 per cent. discount. It ap pears that the chambers in their struggle against the govern ment reckon upon the assistance of Generals Bravo, Curteza, cud Canaleza. Ou the Ist of August there was a grand military assemblage in the city of Mexico, at which were present the president, ad interim, Baragen, the ministers, the generals, &c. Their object was not precisely known, but the current rumour was, that the high military functionaries wished to elevate Santa Ana to the imperial throne. Advices were also received from Guatamala. The republic was trancluil, and Genernl Morezon had been re-elected presi• dent by the unanimous vote of the people. HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF THE LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. This meeting was held on Tuesday evening, in the Music-ball, Bold-street. On account of its being the first meeting since the formation of the society, the anxiety to obtain tickets was unusually great, particularly when it was known that Lord Francis Egerton had con sented to take the chair. Notwithstanding the unfavour able state of the weathet• the room was crowded to ex cess: 1,800 tickets of admission were issued. Among the company there were some of the most influential merchants of Liverpool. Lord Francis Egerton having taken' the chair, Mr H. T. Atkinson proceeded to read the following report II iiPO RT. The committee feel great satisfaction in announcing to the members, that during the last half-year 385 names have been enrolled as members of the institution, 81 of whom, up to the present period, have not vet renewed their subscription. The present number orrnembers.is as follows: Subscribers for a year ... 8 for 6 months ...272 for life Honorary and other members -304 The committee revert with feelings of infinite pleasure to the indefatigable exertions of Mr. Black, in the formation of this institution, and his gratuitous services in the establishment and direction of a class fur the acquisition of the French language, which ultimately numbered 130 members. The committee have re-engaged this gentlemaa's services for the ensuing session, and they have much gratification in stating that the classes already number 115 members. The engagement made with the Rev. Mr. M . Gowan having terminated, the class fot English grammar and elocution has been placed under the superintendence of Mr. W. Carter. A requisition, numerously signed, having been submitted to the committee, for the purpose of procuring the appointment of a class for instruction in the Latin language, the committee have selected Mr. James Black, from whose popular mode of teaching the best results in the improvement of the members is confidently expected. The increasing commercial transactions of this port with Spain and her Transatlantic possessions, have caused a want of the Spanish language to be sensibly felt by many of the members of the institution, and the committee have therefore engaged the able services of M. De Lora, fur the purpose of teaching that language. The classes conducted by air. Tate having closed, the ser vices of Mr. \V. M.N. Fisher have been engaged for the ma thematical department, and Mr. W. Tate will also deliver a series of lectures on the theory and practice of British and foreign commerce, intended to give a general view of the im port and export trade, of the laws and regulations of bills of exchange and marine insurance, and of the forms and modes of keeping the mercantile and banking accounts of this coun try, with the metrology, monetary systems, commercial and bullion operations and exchanges of the chief trading places of all the other ports of the world. From the circumstance of so great a portion of the members of the institution being engaged in pursuits in which the acqui sition of commercial information is of such great importance, it is confidently expected that this class will form one of the most valuable features in the institution. A class for landscape and perspective drawing has been formed, under the direction of Mr. G. Pickering, whose ac knowleged abilities as a teacher and an artist, offer the best security for the progress of his pupils. The classes for gymnastic and calisthenic exercises, under the management of Mr. Harrison, will be continued during the next six months. The library at present contains nearly 800 volumes, the prin cipal part of which have been presented by the patrons and members of the institution. The great demand for Looks which has been experienced since this department of the institution has been opened to the members induced the committee to make a grant of £6O in order to increa se th e num b er. N otw ithstanding this, time library is still inadequate to the wants of the members; but it is confidently hoped, that through the continued accession of members means may be found to make this importatant and interesting feature of the institution as extensive and efficient as the committee feel it will be permanently and valuably useful. The discussion class which was established for the purposes of discussing subjects exclusively confined to lite ra t ure an d sc i ence has continued to be a tt e nd e d by a great number of the members. The great advantage which has been found to arise froth the establishment of this class is, the necessity it involves for read ing and iesearch. LECTURES. The large class room of the institution was, in the first in stance, appropriated for classes and the delivering of lectures, and haring been found too contracted for the cotumodation of the members, an application was math- to the committee of the Royal Institution, aho in the most liberal manner granted the use of their spacious and convenient lecture loom fur twelve months: this institution being required to pay only the neces sary charges for lighting and attendance. • In consequence of this arrangement a much greater effect was given to the lec tures which followed than was possible with the limited means possessed by this institution. The lectures delivered during the last h a lf year have been a course on the literature of Englund, commencing with the Eli zabethan era, by Dr. M.Kenzie; a course by Mr. Ellis Sweet love, on the phil o sophy of the atm os ph ere; a ccurse on the Ti drama, and dramatic literature of Spain, b y M . de Lard; ate introductorylecturet co aenoitunritstie of the eonbotaiy, by D r. Thorburn; in addition to these the iito ya Institutio n pre sented the members with the privilege of admission to lir. Grant's able and eloquent course on the Zoology of inverte brated animals. Arrangements have been made for the early delivery of a course of lectures on the natural history, physical constitution and intellectual powers of man, by Dr. Bryce; the origin of language, by Mr. Black, and French language and literature by Mons. Lefebvre. The report having been read, Lord Francis Egerton addressed the meeting; but the press of other matter precludes us from giving his lordship's speech, or any of the other excellent speeches delivered on the occa sion. The speakers w e re Mr. Alde r m an Floisfall Mr, Adam Hodgson, Mr. John Eden, Mr. Donovan, Mr. M. W. Collett, Mr. Williams, Mr. E. E. Lewin, Mr. Sandbar:li, Mr. Ri c h ar d Davi , sou, Dr. Jeffieys, Mr. A. D. Bayne, M r . Joseph Leicester, Mr. Black, Mr. J. E.,Gladstone, and Mr. T. Comber. --- THE BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN.—Of the officers who corn manded ships in the memorable battle of Camperdowu the thirty-eighth anniversary of which was co mmemorated on 'Sun day last by his Majesty's visit to the chapel of G reenw i ch Hos pital, but three survive—Admir a l Sir Henry Trollop e , Ad m i ra l Sir Jobn Wills, and Vice-,- dioiral Sir William Hothatn, all of them iinights (-hand Cross of the 13atb.