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MARCH 3, 1835. . course more in :acCnrtlance with the opinions of their constieti; . ents, and tif,.he believed, a large portion of the community, and . hsould have come direct,y to a vote of no confidence iu his Ma jesty's government. (Hear, hear.) But to show that they were not that 'rope of'sand which they had been described by hon. members Opposite, they were determined to keep united on that one pciiiit,lowever they might differ on others, until they had attained their object-the removal of ministers. The bon. 'member thetiiiroceeeed to comment at great length on the dif tferent speeches delivered on the debate on the address. He 'said, - in the-course of it, that Lord Brougham was in every re 'spect, bothipublic and priVate, a superior man to Lord Lvnd lurtit. He admitted that themilitary knowledge of the Duke 'of Wellington was superior to that of Lord Palmerston, but "contended that the latter was the best foreign secretary, and ',that'Leird Melbourne was also superior to Si r R o b er t Peel. At -the close of Mr. Home's speech Cokinel SIETtiORP said - that he had never made any assertion that was devoid of truth, and if.the hon. member for 'Middlesex 'alluded to him (Colonel Sibthoi p) in the observations he had _inane, he (Colonel Sihthorp) would tell the hon. member that belied asserted that which was not true. Mr. Hume (with some wartnth).—What does the hon. and , gallant colonel mean? If th e h o n. an d ga ll an t co l one l a ll eges • that I have said anything untrue (laughter)— Colonel SlBTlioap (with great warmth, by which the laughter of the house was teueWed)—l ask the hon. member for Middle= sex if he charges me with untruth ? Mr: HUME.-1 - did not notice the.hon. and gallant member at all, and therefare I did not charge him. (Great laughter.) Sir E. WiLstox hoped that after the very personal attack which the hon..member for Middlesex had thought proper tri make upon him and other lion..ineinbers' whiff had the other day attended at the house of the noble Itid - themember, for North •Lancashire, the Initisewiitild iodolge him fur. a very few Mo ments. (Hear,heitr.); He. begged,. in .the , first place, and'in the strongest terms that the forms of parliament would permit; to repel with indignation the-language: which - the hon. member had applied to •Inat and:to :oi hers;: when he designated them as " wol ees in cheeps' clothing." (Hear, - hear.) The aceusatieu , was most unfair and most Unjust lovrarcis' him, 'as: the hen: member must admit, if he would recollect the votes he (Sir E: Wilmot) had g iven duriug the last: two sessions of parliament: * Meat, beat..) Without one single exception, he had voted with the must liberal side:of the house. - • " ; Mr. Richards, .Mr. and :UT. Emerion Tennent also repelled with great warmth the attacks of.Mr..Hume. 'After a protracted debate, in which Mr. Spring. Rice, Sir. MyW' Mr: V:O'Couuor, Sir ff. Haroing-,:Mr. Finn, Mt:'W. Williams, Mr. G. F. Youn g , M. Curteiss, anct•Mr. T. Attwood e took part. . The repot on the address was agreed to, and the address was ordered to be presented to his Majesty by the • whole house, such memberi of the house as - were members;oi the privy council being desired to learn.when it would be his:Majesty's pleasure' to receive it, , ' ' Mr. GOtit.auan intimated that . his Majesty would receive the atilt ess to-day. ' Mr. Hi sic inquired at what hour to-morrow the address would be presented?' •• • Mr. GoULBURN, in reply, stated that he should propose that :the house meet to-morrow at I o'clock, for the - purpose of taking: into consideration; the King's speech, but it was impossible for hint at. that liniment to state the particular time when his •Ma-: jesty would lie pleased to receive the address. An hnn. Member gave notice that on the Bth of May he would move for leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the laws're-• 'Wing to game in Scotland. • • • Mr. F. BUXTON wished to know what steps the oovernment' had taken, or intended to take, with respect to the education of negroes in the West Indian Colonies? Mr. W. E. Gr,/, DS roNX. said that as soon as his majesty's present government entered office, the attention of the noble • individual at the head of the government was directed to the subject mentioned by the hon. member. A short time previous to that circular, questions had been sent to all the colonies in the West Indies, - demanding from all religious and ecclesiastical bodies in the colonies full itiformation as to the extent of the means already_existii;g for supplting instruction to the negro Population. Until that information was obtained, it was obvi oust/ impossible for the government to propose any definite measure on the subject.. Should any deficiency in the means of supplying instruction be found to exist, be had no doubt it would be made up in the first insta nce f rom private sources, and after wards by parliament. (Hear.) Mr. P l . BUXTON observed, that it had been understood when the act for the abolition of slavery was passed, that no magis trates connected with the West Indies would be appointed special magistrates under that act. lie wished to know whether the appointment of magistrates in Jamaica had been regulated by that principle ? Mr. W. E. GLatiszOn said that no person interested in Vest Indian prOperty had been appointed as a magistrate in that colony. Ihe governor of the colony had refus e d his assent . to Li bill according to which .the ma g i s t ra t es co nnec t e d w ith th e velouies would uecessarily, and, of course, be appointed magis trates under the act; and his refusal had been approved of by :the government at home. Mr. O'Bui est moved that it was the opinion of the house that ;the pehlie at large Should have the opportunity of pun-basing, :At as,leiv a rate as circumstances would admit, the statutes, and , all.other pailiamentary papers, which might. be printed for the .use of the house. After a short conversation, in which Mr. Hume and Sir 11. Peel took part, the motion was withdrawn. with the understand ing that it would be brought forward on Tuesday next in a dif fer-ea form. At a guarter to nine o'clock the house adjourned till Saturday one o'clock. THEATItE•ROYAL, •LIVEAPuOL. ITALIAN - OPERA TADA IVJE KYNTHERLAND, Prima Donna, respect- ..IY.II. fully informs the Nobility, Gentry, andthe Public, that her BENEFIT will t a k e pl ac e t h is p re s en t TUESDAY, the 3d inst., on which occasion the Marquis de Muti Pavazurri has kindly consented to lead the Orchestra, and to Sing the cele brated and favourite Clavatina of " Il soave contento," by Paccini; and when will be .performed (third time) Rossini's celebrated - Tragic Opera of _ HOUSE OF COMMONS.-=lSAl'cnni - v; FEB. 28. PRESENTATION OF THE ADDRESS TO Tub: KING, AND HIS MAJESTY'S ANSWER. _ This day the House of Commons, agreeably to adjournment, met at one o'clock, at which time the Speaker, dressed in his _s•Obes of office, took the chair. Sion afterwards Sir Henry Corry, a gentleman belonging to the King's household,, en tered, and addressing himself to the chair, said that he 'bad waited on his Majesty for the purpose of ascertaining at what hour his Majesty would find it convenient to receivetheaddress •ikauswer to his most gracious speech, andhis Majesty had been gra c i ous ly pl ease d t o appoint two o'clock that day, at St. seen graciously pleased to appoint two o'clock that day, at St. ines's Palace, for that purpose. The Speaker acknowledged the announcement, and Sir Henry Corry:withdrew, By half-past one there were about 130 or 140 members pre sent, including a very large portion of the Irish members and I.:tiglish radicals. FeW conservative memliers attended. There were at least three times as many reformers. Lord Sandon, the mover of the address, and the attorney-general, appeared in their court dresses. ,Lord Morpeth, the mover of the amend ment, Mr. Bramston, the seconder of the address, and Mr. Bannerman, the seconder of the amendment, were dressed in full uniform. Sir Edward Knatchbull and Mr. Goulburn, 4 hu were the only ministers present, appeared iq the Windsor nti ifortn; SiralottGa. CLERK gave notice that on Monday he should %use that tima house do resolve itself into a committee of the Whole house on the supplies. ' • • Mr. Rommel( said that as he saw the right hon. gentleman, Mr, Goulburn, in his place, he begged to take the opportunity of giving him notice that he had two petitions to present to the house on matters of great importance, and he (Mr. Roebuck) wished to know when it.would suit the conve t nience of the right hon• gentleman to have them presented. thOnght_it,zight_ to give this notice; as he consicferedit highly prulial a their plc= sentation would lead to sorne•discussion. The one was.from certain persons in F . reshford, praying that the hou s e w ou ld prel sent an address to his Majesty, calling'on his„Majesty,to diked his att orne y- genera l to prosecute certain earr'sh-ollicers for its- Proper CO;:duct, relative to some transactions connected with the administration of the pour laws 'id that place. The other related to the present state of-Lower Canada. Mr. GoceaumN, as we understood• him, stud that he would Mimi any day most convenient•to the hon. mernber for Bath, to receiv e th e petitions. • 'Mr. Rommel: then appointed Tuesday for that purpose. It being now twenty minutes to two, Sir Gao. moved the adjournment of the house, which accordingly to o k pla c e. , The Speaker then proceededin his state cawithg rria mee, followed bV about thirty other carriages and cabriolets mbers to . James's Palace, to present the address. In th e s p ea k er ' s CaYriage were Henry Sclup)ur, Esq., Sergeant-at-Arms, and his deputy, and the Rev. Mr. Vane . , the spe a k er ' s c h ap l a i n . rhe procession attracted numeuse concourse of spect a to rs , a great many of wh nn accompanied it to the palace. It pro ceeded up Parlianicut-street, passed. Chaiing'.cross, and along It reached St. James's precisely at two o'clock. The Speaker read this address as amended., which he did in a , fi rni Voice, to his Majesty, on which his Majesty made the fol lowing reply : - - _ . " I thank you sincerely for the assurances which you hare given me, in this loyal and dutiful address, of your disposition to Co-operate with me in the improvement, with a view to the I naintenance, of our institutions in church and state. " I learn with regret that you do not concur with me as to the . D°liey of the appeal which I have recently made ta the sense of the- people. " I never have exercised, and I never will exercise, any of the prerogatives which I hold, excepting for the single purpose of Promoting the great end for which they are entrusted to me— the:public good; and I confidently trust that no measure con ducive to the general interests will be endangered or interrupted in its progress by the opportunity which I have afforded to my faithful and loyal subjects of expressing their opinions through the choice of their representatives in parliament." , Th e Speaker and the other gentlemen then bowed to his ma- Jes jy and withdrew. His majest y appeared in good spirits. The readi ng o f th e ddress an d receiving the King's answer occupied half an 'PAIL bRATII FROM Cijoxa DAMP.—On the morning of Monday " I st, a lad in the employment of Messrs. Cordwell and Co.; at telt Colli er y, B oo th roy d-l ane , near D e w s b ur y, was su ff ocate d ~Y chok e d am p. Th ere were severa l p ersons i n th e coa l p i t at the time, but fortunately they escaped without any material in '"3'.— Leeds Intelliyencer. , AX Attic • OLE ARHANGEMENT.—A hardy tar who has been weathering the storms of the last two winters, at the out-harbours o f Newthundland, arrived at his native village in this county, about a fortnight since, and one day iu the present week his faithtul rib, more to his surprise thou to his satisfaction, pre iseuted hi m w i t h a " son an d h e i r ." J ac k p o nd ere d on this' un e.,4Psected honour until his mind was distressed with doubts. , L uevil a bit !" said he, "is he either son or heir of mine I am " Why will you make a fool of yourself (said his 'i f e) by - disturbing your mind about trifles? Call the boy my and y our Heir ! and the thing is settled at once."—Westera 27 :ne s . 11: `e Earl of Fife, formerly so distinguished for the lead be , C o l( in fashion aud theatricals, and a lord of the bedchamber to c ., 15 late and present Majesty, has retired to his seat, Balvenie Bauffshire, where his lordship is now residing in com- Darative seclusion.. Lord Fife served as a major-general in the t he anisli army during the Peninsular war, and was wounded at battles o( Talavera and Matagoida, near Cadiz, in 1810. The earl . at that period had oat succeeded to the family honours, 4 " was then st yled Viscount Macduff. • C aLLANTity.—A person advertises in the Boston Daily Ad rrtiger that he has found a lady's kidglove, near Mrs. Le Cain's, # earl-street, and adds whoever has lost the same,beauti iul as Ciuderelta, may 'have the glove and the hand of the gentle 4;an with it, if agreeable to her.—American Paper. T triats.—The first' Charter by which tithes were granted in. 14, t 1land may be considered as a curious historical dacument. - wut following is given as a literal translation of it:—" I, Ethel m,? r e , by the grace of God, King of the West Sazona, &c., th tlie advice of the Bishops, Earls, and all persons of distinn -I,"n ha my dominions. bane, for the health of my soul, the good peopk, and the pr o sp er ity o f m y ki ng d om, ta k en th e thruraoub ble resolution of granting the tenth part of the lands ray whole kingdom to the church and ministers of ,7 ti liglun, t o b e en j oyed by them with all th e p r i v il ege o f a f re e 11,-.esure. mid dischar ge d f rom all incttrubrances incident t o l a y t .‘ Ibis grant has been made by us in honour of Jesus Ct„-isti . .hl-ssed Virgin, and al Saints ; and out of regard to the idps,(a,l Soleninity, and that Almighty God might vouchsafe his 83, at th e f east of Easter."lngs on u s an d our 4, poeterity.—Dated at Wilt on , A.D. tribe Eiberpool ,Stanbar, TLTE.4I);IFL'AYORY.I_ I 7G, 31_112611 3, 1335. Ministers hae sustained another defeat! After a de late which lasted for three nights, and in which all the argument was on one side, the force of faction prevailed, absurdity triumphed over reason, and Lord Jorvt lins strz, the repealers, and the destructives, carried the amendment by a majority of ,even. It is plain, therefore, that so long as this phalanx keeps together, it will be impossible for the House of Com mons to carry on the public business for the advantage of the country.. No great mischief is yet done, and the narrowness of the majority proves that it has not exten sive or overwhelming powers to do evil, particularly when ministers have the confidence of the other house; but still it is powerful enough to prevent much good be kg done, by wasting the time of the houtie, and ob structing the progress of those desirable and wholesome measures which! Sir 11013ERT PEEL, has pledged himself to introduce. Events may occur of a nature calculated to break up the .unnatural combination" of the -whigs with the repealers arid the levellers; - but unless they occur soon, We see no other course of policy which is open to the administration than . a fresh appeal to the people. In England the conservatives have already a majority' of upwards of thirty; and- all that is required is another contest to secure for the King and his servants such, an increased number:of loyal and indepenilput reptesenta .tives as would counterbalance the factions majorities of Scotland and Ireland. • But would this new appeal produce any. such result? We are confident of it ; and no man knows it better or' dreads it more than Lord JOHN RUSSELL himself. The electors of Devonshire have a man ready to nominate in his room, about whose success we are assured there can . be no doubt whatever. ln this great county we could return two if not three more conservatives than we have at preSent; and, if the , people - of Manchester would but drop their own local politics, and do their duty to their King and country; we might" return four instead of three. • After the words which the King spoke in answer to the amended address, we cannot entertain any misgivinki whatever as to the result. • We here insert the whole of his majesty's reply : "I thank you sincerely for the assurances which you have given me, in this loyal and dutiful address, of your disposition to co-operate with me in the improvement, with a view to the maintenance of our institutions -in church and state. " I learn with regret that you do not concur with me as to the policy of the appeal . which I have recentir made to the sense of my people. "lr never have exercised, and I never will exercise, any of the prerogatives which I hold, excepting for the single purpose of promoting the great end for• which they are entrusted to me—the public good ; and I confidently ti ust that no measure conducive to the general interests will be endangered or interrupted in its progress by the opportunity which I have afforded to my faithful and loyal subjects of expressing their opinion through the choice of' their representatives in parliament." The commons complain that the king was ad% :•led to dissolve the late parliament. They demur to the " licy .of the appeal"' which the Bovereign "recently made",to the sense of his people. What is this but tell ing the King that he was unwisely, and improperly, and wickedly adviied to appeal to his people ? What is this but telling the- people that they are guilty of folly and crime in returning to parliament their present. represen tatives .In short, what other conclusion 'can we come to than this--that the King has no right to dissolve his parliament without the consent of a majOrity of the House of Commons, and that the electors have no right to re turn new members without the sanction of their late re 'presentatives ? • For insolence and absurdity - we never heard of any thing to match this. It conveyS a glaring and open in-' suit to the people of Engtpd. They are.tuld• that they have no right to exercise their Suffrages, (r change their members, or proceed to a new election, without first ob taining the consent of Lord JottK RussELL, Mr. DANIEL O'Cortgt.t,, Mr. WILLIAM EWART, DANIEL WHITTLE . HAnva-r, Jon GULLY,• and honest 'JOSEPH PEASE, the quaker I Good Goya! is it come to this ? Are the peo pie of England so spiritless and so degraded in intellect and intelligence' that they must endure this wanton stilt without resenting it ? Are they to be twitted and snubbed, kicked and cuffed, elbowed and bullied by such dapper statesmen or such vulgar demagogues as Lord JOHN and the Irish beggar ?i Forbid it all that is manly, and noble, - and independent in the British character I His Majesty calinly but courageously replies, " I never have exercised, and I never will exercise, any of the prerogatives which I hold, excepting for the single purpose of promoting the great end for which they are intrusted. to me—the PUBLIC GOOD." The King here gives a dignified but a positive denial to the representa tiphs of the seven whO foi m the majority of his " faith ful commons;" and he accompanies his denial with a re primand that, had there been any sense of shame in Lord JOHN, would have reduced him to the . petrifaction of a monkey. The Speaker, whig though he be, must have felt the humiliating position he occupied, heading as he did the accurnulated fragments of faction, the joints of the tail, the lickspittles of littmE, and the coterie of de structives, who advocate annual parliaments, and who were actually, through him, complaining that the King had dissolved a biennial parliament—the Speaker, we say, must have felt degraded when be looked at the unprincipled quaCks behind him, and listened to the mild but severe rebuke of his offended sovereign. There is not a bagman in all England who would have envied the situation of Mr. JAIKEs ABERCROMBy,.dressed . as he was in the turned off robes of Mr. Commissioner ADAMS. There never was -a more - impressive scene in our history, and it will never be forgotten. Electors'..of England l you see the low place you hold in the estimation of same three htindred of your repre sentatives. You are accused of - liming exercised your political 'privileges unwarrantably in returning your .present rAembers. A knot of Scotch a'nd Irish reformers and repealers assert in the face of, yOur gracious Sove reign that it was impolitic to allow you to declare your sentiments as you did at the hustings in January last. These factious men are not content to censure the exercise of the King's undoubted prerogative; they usurp the liberty of arraigning the King's acts, and your decisions. They insolently usurp the right of dictating to his Majesty as to the time when, and the particular circumstances under which, he should exercise his right of dissolving parliaments; nay, they go further and au daciously claim the right of deciding when you, the peo pie of England, should and'should not elect your repre sentatives! Electors of England! are you prepared to submit to this most insolent,. arbitrary, and .unconstitutional dic tation ? has a majority of the House of.COmmons the right to sit in judgment upon your undoubted privileges as electors, as well-as upon The prerogatives of the King? They have no : stieli right—the power they, exercise i s usurped—the censures they pass aie unmerited will you then permit them to abuse the privileges you hate conferred, and .violate the trust you have repOsed in them 'with impunity ? This remains to be seen. You will be called upon to decide the question 'of right at the next election. That election may not be far distant. It is demOnstrated that the property, the, ntelligence, the real interests, and the sense of the country, are represented by the conserva tives in p"arliament. There are five parties in par liament. First, the conservatives with Sir ROBERT PEEL at 'their - head. Second, the old whigs headed by Lord STANLEY, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and Sir MATTHEW RIDLEY. the new-light whigs led by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Fourth, the'English radicals com manded - by lIt7ME, IVAiiaunTort, and GROTE. Fifth, the Irish repealers headed by - O'CoNsEt.t. Of these,the most numerous party is the conservative one. Its num: betS amc out to at least 260. Lord STANLEY cannot coin tn-inil 30 votes. Lor'd JOHN RUSSELL and the late mL nisterial- party may have 170. The radicals number about 160; and the Irish repealers amount to, say, 3.5. Now, how is it possible to form an administeat!on out :of the RUSgELL, HUME; or O'CONNELL section , :? are all at variance among themselves. The' repealers hate the 'whigs just as much as they do the tories; some of the •radicals hate both ; and Mr. SPRING RICE, who at present votes with O'CONNELL for factious purposes, would to-morrow, if he could, pass a law to silence the Irish demagogue for ever. HUME and O'CONNELL do not draw together except on occasions when the interests of either do not come into conflict; but the Engl:sh ra dicals hate O'CONNELL as cordially as two rival quacks can pessibly hate each other. O'CONNELL has no influ ence in England. He has repeatedly ,tried to form a party here, and has invariably failed. Even the rabble of London, ! Who returned Mr. Tom DUNCOMBE, Dr. LUSHINGTON, and Mr. DANIEL WIIITTLE HARVEY, would scout O'CONNELL, and if need be, fling him into the Thames. Lord STANLEY, being too conservative fur the new -whigs, could of cou rse ex p ec t' no support from the HUME radicals ; and as to the Irish destructives, his lordship is the object of their open denunciation. Where, then, is the party oat of which the materials of an administration, to endure for six weeks, or even six days, is to be found ? Lord Jorrs RUSSELL does not command one-third of a majority,, and his very name, as minister, would make the house sick, and throw the corm .try into convulsions. ACME is out of the question, and O'CONNELL is more so. Mr. SPRING RICE would not be tolerated for eight and forty hours. Lord PALMERSTON is shelved ; we shall never hear again of that splendid personification of a tailor statesman. Mr. POULETT THOMSON never had any pretensions above those of a commission-agent in the drysaltery or' dye stuff line. Out, then, with him ; he is nobody. Old COBBETT and THOMAS ATTWOOD quarrel upon the only subject which they profess - to understand. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT is Morally defunct. Sir JOHN CAM HOBIIOUSE is an unfor tanate non-entity. The Scotch members, on the side of ultra reform,. are, by the blessing of Providence, totally deStitute of talents; Mr. BANNERMAN, of Aberdeen, being one of the best specimens, and yet we question if he can read. I.s . to speaking - or writing . the English lapguage, that is entirely out of the question. If the Scotch radicals have no chance in the formation of a mi nistry, the Irish repealers have not even a shadow of one. It would be a comical illustration of the progress of Eng lish power towards ruin and infamy if we could, see five O'CONNELLS in the cabinet. W e shosrld be' equilly un fortunate and unhappy if we saw our. own illustrious member, Mr. EWART, quoting Latin on the treasury bench, and the loud laugh raised not so much at his per sonal expense, as at present, but at him in his new charac ter as an apology for an English minister. No, no ; -this is going too far; there are limits to absurdity.- Children laugh at the cow jumping over the m oon , i n the nursery rhymes; but thehonourable member for Liverpool has too much taste to enact the part of the bowl running away with the spoon. We have exhausted the list, and we see no man, or set of men, in the present House of Commons competent to govern this country but those whom the King has se lected. A grave duty, therefore, devolves upon his ma jesty, and an e, nually grave and importa n t d uty upon hi s majesty's subjects. If the faction which now interrupts the business of parliament, and has offered so wanton an install, to the people of England, should he'iticluced to de sist from their distracting_ opposition, we might then cal culitte upon the ready ..settletnent of many important questions; but if they continue banded together for the pnrpose of nullifying all the. conservative intentioni . of the ministry, the King will then feel the imperious ne cessity, in the discharge of his royal duty, to make ano ther appeal to his people. There is nothing to fear. The King still lives in the hearts of all the good and great of the vast majority of his loving and affectionate subjects.' He has only to announce that he is embarrassed by the conduct of various factions, and the nation would respond to his appeal in a temper that would sweep the RUSSELLS and the O:CONNELLS from the face of the earth. His caajesty has only to.speak the word, and mil lions of the brave,. and held, and true would rally under the royal standard. His maj!sty has only to inform us thathe'iS beset with and annoyed by the machinations of a popish and. infidel faction, and the church has within her pale ChanfpionS enough to reduce Ireland to the vas salage of a colony, and make the thunder of the yeomen LA SEMIRAMIDE; Compressed in one Act, and in which will be sung all the most • favourite pieces of this Opera. Semiramide Madame Kyntherland. A rsace....Signora Cesare. Idreno Signor Decal. , • • Assur Signor Boisragon. • Oioe Signor Marani. Mitiane Signor Troyan. Ombra di Nino....Signor Cervalo-. . CONCERT, With Orchestra accompaniments and : vura variations, (Piano-forte,) on the favourite Romany rom Mehul's Opera of "`Joseph," (composed by Herz,) he Marquis de Muti Papazurr►. The -, Duo, "E fia ver," (from Mercadante's 11 Elisa e Claudio,) by Sigs. Decal and .Boisragon. BURLESQUE. " Va da si via di qua," (composed by Martini,) by. Mad: Kyntherland, Silts. Duval and Maraui, dressed in Caricature. Cavitina, "11 soave contento," (Paccini,) by the Marquis de Muti Papazurri. . To conclude with Rossini's Comic Opera of IL BA.RBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Conipressed in one Act; and which will include all the most , - favourite Vieces of that Opera,. . hosida • - Madame Kvutheriand. , • . -. ..Count Ahilaviva....Signur Deval. . JO oja Bartolo --Signor Marani. .• , Figaro.......Signor Boisragon. • • ~--% Bertha - e. Signora Castelli. Basilio Signor Galli.. . . _. , Fiorelio . Signor Troyano. '.. Officer . - Signor Garcia. Subscribers' Tickets are not admitted on this Evening. ~. . t , -- ' - • - - - • • Tt.,9IORUOW, .(Wednesday,) will be performed, Ifor• tho filitST TIME in Liverpool,iVaccaj's celebrated Opera of - GUILIETTA. E ttOMEO. Giulietta Madame Kyntherland. Romeo Signora Cesari. Capellio . Signor Deval. Adele Siguoia Campi. Lorenzo Signor Boisragou. Tebitido Signor Galli. Prices of Admission.--Lower Boxes, 4i. ; Vppei Boxes, 3s. 6u.: Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performance ►rill commence at Eight precisely. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. In consequence of the Ocerflow to all parts of the House last night, will be repeated, • - For the BENEFIT of Mrs. RAYMOND; THIS present TUESDAY, th e 3d instant, will be per formed the popular Drama, called THE CARAVAN; OR, THE DRIVER AND HIS DOG. In which Mr. Raymond's Newfoundland Do. 'ill appear. Cornelius Mr. 11. nond. Rose 'Mrs. Raym.. . To which will be added the laughabl , nterlude, called • • WOOING AW r id Wi OR, LOVE UNDER A AMP-POST. John Mr. W. J. Hammond. Ellen Bloomlie....Mrs. Raymond. After which the new Farce of - TRICKS AND TRAVELS. To conclude with-(by pailicular desire) THE MASQUERADE SCENE from'Life iti Liverpol,- • • In the course of which additional Novelty will be given. A variety of Singing, by Miss Hamilton, Mrs. Raymond; and Mr. W. J. Hammond. Dancing, by Mr., Mrs., anl Miss F. Leclercq, Mademoiselles Georgette and Eloise, and the Brothers Jackson, &c. Tickets to be had of Mrs. RAYMOND, 30, Norton-street; at the Box-office, and the Music-shops, &c. Tickets and Places to be had at the Box-office, each day, from Eleven till Three o'clock. Doors to be open at Half-past Six o'clock, Performance to commence at Seven. Boxes, 3s.—Pit, 2s.—Gallery, 6d. Second, Price—Boxes ; ls.—No Se&md Price to the Gallery. Second Price at Half-past Eight., TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are obliged fto F, F. and D. 8., but we cannot conve niently recur to the American fallacies berore Friday. • We have seen the stuff in the old woman's trash-bag of Friday last, but it is a Month old, and 'otherwise too contemptible to be noticed. nit LIVERPOOL STANDARD: of England heard in the glens of the north and the mur derous defiles of the west. O,E WORD FROM THE KING, AND THE FACTION IS SILENCED FOR EVER ! We wait most anxiously to hear that word. - We take leave, with all humble submission, to represent that the time is almost come when that word should be spo ken. We have had for four 'years a period of faction, during which the property of every man has . beOn tam pered ctfth, and when no man who has invested his pro- Perty in any undertaking is certain that it is safe for twenty-four hours.. Lord BROUGHANI, who has been in vited to the arena of the HouSe of Lords in the absence of Lord LONDONDERRY, is extremely desirous to place the corporations of England upon the same democratic basis as those of Scotland. If this advice is to be fol lowed up, we might as well have an elective monarchy or a republic at once. The corporation of Glasgow, which was formerly in the hands of wealthy and inde pendent merchants, is now in those of radical attorneys and furious dissenters. What are the consequences ? No man of auy sense would now lend to that corpora tion an hundred pounds. Its credit, its usefulness, its dignity, are destroyed. So mean and vicious are the reformed members, and so acrimonious in their religious hatred, that a proposition was actually made in the com mon council, only a short time ago, to stop, on the score of economy, the few pounds given annually by the corporation to defray the expense of the sacramental elements in. the city churches! Thus wickedness shel ters itself under economy, and modern liberality is made the pietext for dishonouring the most sacred institutions of christianity, and sapping the foundations church establishments. What has happened in Glasgow would happen in Liverpool if Lord BROUGHAM and Lord Joint RussELL had their'will. . The corporation of this town can borrow; at present, any sum of money at three per cent. Could it do so if Mr. Wm. RATHB6NE, Mr. JAMES BRAtiCHER,• Dr. CoLtms,lMr. CHARLES ABURCROMBIE, and their party were in the common council ? On the contrary, we much question if they could, under such circumstances, .bOrrow a single shilling. If they were in power, he would be a bold man who should offer fifty . pounds for an hundred-pound bond. It is to avoid this wanton spoliation of property, this destruction of credit, this suspension of trade and cum merce, that we call upon the intelligent part of our coon- .' trymen to uphold the monarchy; and give their strenu ous support to those ministers who have the King's en tire confidence. The London University, or the Broom College, as some people call it, is rapidly on the decline, withering away like a tree scathed by lightning. At a meeting the other day, one of its shareholders proposed that the money already advanced, and upon which no interest has yet been paid, or is likely to be paid, should be con- Vetted into a'grant to the general fund, somewhat in the form of an endowment. This plan was objected to by the parties interested, although they all have the strong est conviction that any thing like a dividend is entirely out of the question. In short, the school is a decided failure; the original plan cannot be carried into execu tion, the funds arising from fees are totally inadequate, its professors are disheartened by the poverty of the establishment and the paucity . of students, and, in short, it would not surprise us to see, before another year or two, the boasted London University transformed into stables, a pawn. shop, or a gin . palace.. So much fur the barren labours of those who, warring against divine truth, have dared to rear an academy .in which the term religion is unkdown, and the voice of the preacher of the gospel never heard. 'ln thiS lesson to human pride we can trace the auger. of the unitarian and the socinian. They have touched the institution, and it is blasted. They .have had the direction of it, and it is a wreck. They have excluded the bible from its halls, and it is . nOw doomed to the owls and the bats, a ruined temple,— A fixed figure for the hand of scorn To point his slow unmoving finger at. Surely, after this exposure, the disinterested proprie tors will not have the face to aik fur a charter in favour of an institution which is virtually in it •state of insolv-; eney. Surely they cannot expect that at the hands of the conservatives whiCh the 'wings would not give, 'and which Lord BROUGHAM, the founder of it, made no ex ertions to obtain. The fact is, that his lordship does not appear to entertain any very high respect for his asso ciates. , The Lady HEWLEY cause has opened the eye"; of the public to the way in which charities are wrested to improper purposes, and shown how the unitarians ma nage property in trust. The sect has greatly declined in public opinion ever since, and they have only to be thoroughly known to be correctly estimated. Lard BROUGHAM has found them out; they can no longer be of any use to him; and he has, accordingly, cut the painter ! LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Hal&ast Seven u'clodc, Saturday Evening. The firmness displayed by his Majesty in his reply to the ad dress of the Commons, and th e ev id ent determination of the ministers not to yield to that party which would subvert to fac tion the vital interests of the country, has caused the Money Market to retain a position strongly marking the opininn of the capitalists. Upon the publication of his M:kjesty's reply this afternoon Consols, which had been at 911, advanced to 911 sellers, and India Bonds, which yesterday were 33 to 31. closed at 34 to 3'4 premium. India Roads alsO bear a premium of 18 to 20, with a firm appearance. • The settlement of the Foreign Market took place on Friday, ,and it passed over without defalcation. As will be seen by our el 'sing quotations, the Foreign Securities are on.the advance. In the Share Market there has been considerable.speculation on the new schemes for 'working the' various Engli-h mining districts-- The Ilayti Consuls have been dune at premium to -day. Another company ftir silver mining, on the celebrated South Hooe Lode, is in course of tl,rinatio9, and we believe the prospectus will be out on Monday. The following are the closing prices of the Funds : Bank Stock 2231 1 Belgian... 1011 1021 3 per Cent Reduced 911 Chilian 4:l , la 3 per Cent Consols ..91i h i Columbian 34 per Cents Reduced ..09; Mexican 42 414 2 1 ' New 34 per Cents 991 9 Portuguese 91; 2i 1 India Bonds lB 2:1 Russian I 09-1 Exchequer Bills 34 3d Spanish 581 / i Consuls for Act...!..911 1 1 1 1 -11 Scrip 3 i ii Nip'''. The late boisterous weather has had the effect of causing an absence of most of our continental arrivals, and a paucity of news not missed in the importance of our home affairs. To-day we have advises from Calcutta to the latter end of December. , It appears that the war with the Rajah of Joud pole had been determined upon, although the accounts seem very contradictory upon the subject. THE KING'S SPEECH. Teaching this flocument the Liverpool Journal of Saturday last says : "The people of England have an annual entertainment 'which goes by the name of his majesty's most gracious speech.' On Tuesday, from a new stage, under a new acting mana ger , and with a itqw company of subordinate Performers, his ma jesty was pleased to inflict a sample of his graciousness' on his lutes of England, Wales, • Scotland, and Ireland, whom, for what rea,son we know not, he delig:its to speak of as' my people,' —just as a West India planter might say my slaves.' rhe persons who put such words into the mouth of our chief magis-, trate seem to forget their meaning. They should learn that the King is not the owner of the people he governs." • The true intent and meaning of these exceedingly paltry and flippant remarks are too obvious to require any very lengthened comment from us. In the first place, they want the charm of originality. Our learned contemporary has, we imagine, been rakiug the ancient and almost forgotten common sewer of infi delity and republicanism, the writings of Tom Paine, from whom he has borrowed the idea, if not the words. The King, as the father of his people or subjects, uses the terse "my people" in the scree, sense as the father of a family, the master of a school, the head of a mercantile establishment, a lawyer, or a member of parliament, when either of these may chance to say • my children, my family, my pupils, toy clerks, my clients, or my constituents; in all these cases the words are used without giving or intending' to give offence—without assuming or hu- ' plying any other superiority than that which naturally belongs to these stations. The phrase "my people," which gives so much offence to our sensitive contemporary, is like that of " my children" in the mouth of a father—one of endearment. This effusion of radical spleen may suit the taste of some of the readers.of the Journal, but is not, we imagine, calculat e d to promote its circulation among the respectable portion of the ca tholics of this neighbourhood. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE BY A GlRL—Yesterday an in quest ens held at the Wenlock Arms, Wernock-road, Shore ditch, on the bodynf Emma Bell, aged 13. Jane Jones, aged 17, a tambour-worker, apprenticed to Mr. Angus, of Nu. 5, Wenlock-road, said that the deceased, who was au orphan, was a fellow-apprentice. She always appeared in a state of me lancholy, and when any one attempted to cheer her up she said that the death of her father precluded her front enjoying any happiness, and she only thought of ending her existence by lying down in the canal. T. such au extreme did she carry these melancholy thoughts that she invariably burst into teats when any of the apprentices were visited by their parents. On Wednesday night she suddenly left the room, and was not beard of till next pawning, when- she was found in the canal. The deceased, it appeared, was always tieated, on account of her forlorn situation, which marked kindness. Verdict—Found ground.—Landon parer, SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS, BART. We have great pleasure in announcing that Sir How ard Douglas has been appoitited to the situation of Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, in the room of Lord Nugent, who is recalled. We congratulate the right honourable baronet on the flattering occasion of his being once more called upon to serve his Majesty. He has already done so in various high offices of respon sibility, and the manner in which he has discharged his duties has been honourable to himself and beneficial to his country. That his Majesty duly appreciates - the falue of Sir Howard's services is proved by the preSent appointment. No man has more at heart the honour and welfare of the nation, and there are few men who have studied or understand liar interest so well. We are sure that the • people of the lonian Islands will find in him a chief magistrate of bland. manners, of generous feelings, of enlarged views, of commanding talents, and of unbending integrity. • The mercantile classes will find in him one who knows no master but his king, no interest but that of Great Britain, and of those who are under the protection of the British crown. It is hoped that Sir Howard will be induced to pay Liverpool a visit previous to his embarkation. THE ABERCROMBY SPEAKER JOB. The following estimate of the expences to the country cau.ed by the recent vote on the speakership, will illustrate will► all the force of figures the patr►otism and economy of the whip. A more perfect job we never witnessed or heard of. The state of th'e "job" lies in a nut-shell, thus:— , The Speaker's salary £sooo Sir C. .M. Sutton's pension 14000 Here we have a positive and immediate charge upon the country of £4OOO per annum; and receive in return the services of an inexperienced imbecile ,in the chair of the commons at a period when we require a man of more than common energy, and possessing knowledge of the forms and business of parlia ment, of which Mr. Aebrcroinhy is .coulessedly ignorant. But this is not all; Mr. Abercrowby is,an . old man, with a very impaired constitution ;. and as it is notorious that he only hold's the office fur a short period, ..we shall .have ere long a fresh speaker, when the items of charge will be thus increased : The new Speaker's salary • £sof ) Sir C. M. SUtton's pension ' 14000 Mr„Abercroinby's-pen.sion . .f.:4000 • £13,000 If to this we add the items for a service of plate to each speOter, thg state-ca:riage, and other appointments, &c., we may safety say that the late factious vote of a worn-out old Seach . depentrent of the Whigs into the chair of the House of Commons, at present involves an expense of .i.:10,000 per , annum to the eotintry,.with every prospect of that sum being shortly augmented to £13,000. ‘l , ell indeed may Lord John . Russell cry out, "We have triumphed." it was a pure whig triumph L-the triumph of job!—Aye. ,1 tADVEHTISLMENT.I LOSS OF THE HENRY. CAPT. SPEAR, FROM NEW YORK.. We, the undersigned passengers, on board the Henry, of Hull, winch vessel, bound hence to :New York, round. , red at sea 15th December last, having had our attention drawn to thp , report or a case at the Thames Police,. London, which appeared iu the morning and evening Loudon papers of th th and 28th Janua r y, ( P u bli c Ledger,) and which was of wards published in thelivEtteout. STANDARD of the folio ' g week, Hereby certify— That throtighout the passage, until the loss of the ,nry, Capt. Spear acted with the greatest propriety, and". t perfect so briety and steadiness, and.that.every Attenoo as paid by him to the sailing aiurnavigation of the ship, i • at his conduct ot towards ourselves and the rest of the pass is was that of uni form kindness and htmanity, and that, t . to best of our judg• went, the loss of the Henry is to be att timed entirely to the effect of the . tempeituous weather which she experienced. We also certify, that the conduct of the crew. was, latterly, very disorderly, and that their disohedieuce and improper con duct was encouraged by some of the steerage passengers, espe cially after the hiss of the masts, and eventually Captain Spear was obliged to stove th e li quor cas k s to prevent several .of -the crew and passengers becoming so intoxicated as would have most probably caused the loss of their lives during their removal to the Sarah, Captain Cormack, when the. Henry was left in a sinking state. Liverpool, Feb, 21, 1835. JOHN Fantscv: Dublin General Postoffice. DUNCAN CAMPBELL, Liverpool. his ROBERT ELSTAUP. mark his RICHARD >O., ELSTAUP. • mark 'WILLIAM DODP. JOSEPH CHIPPENDALE, Liverpool. JOHN HALL, cabin passenger. JOHN CAWS and Family, ten in number. JOHN' CROOKS, York. AMERICAN PAPERS. At the Supreme court in Boston, on Wednesday, Feb. 4th, Mr. Dana, lessee of Tremont theatre, recovered the sum of two thousand live hundred and sixty dollars, by judgment, of Charles Kemble, tragedian, ounded on his engagement with the former gentleman. - In consequence of a rash and undignified expression said to have been used by General Jackson shortly after Lawrence made the attack on him, namely—" it wus.that d-----d rascal Poindexter that hired him,". it is said that Governor P. ha.sl written to the president on the subject. I have not heard what has been the result, but I have no doubt, that there has been ,! a communication on the subject.. I have heard several say, that the president did use the language attributed to him, very I shortly after the affray. But for the benour of this country— for the dignity olhuman nature I would hope, that it is not so. —Philadelphia Gagette. SLAVE THAns.—The British brig of war Cruiser arrived at Havana on the 13th January with a prize schooner, having 340 slaves. Four vesse:s irons Mika had arrived there in twelve days previotts, : having landed their cargoes, consisting of 2,300 human beings, on the coast, who were trotted up to the city. The legislature of North Carolina has decided, by a vote of 50 to 33, that a free man of colour shall not be permitted to edu cate his own children, cause them to be educated. The idea appears to prevail pretty extensively that a conven tion will be held at Baltimore in the course of the ensuing spring, fur the purpose of selecting and nominating a successor to General Jackson, as President of the United States. If the friends of Mr. Van Buren have come to this conclusion, it is probably owing to movements of an alarming character in va roots ruts of the union, particularly at the si.uth-west and south. As they always keep a good look-out, for the purpose of ascer taining what is going on, it is not unreasonable to suppose that some things have recently occurred which must give them un easiness ; and under the n;fluenee of growing apprehensions, it would be very natural for such adreit and experienced managers as they are to take their ground in season, and forestal as lunc h of the calamity with which they are threatelied, as the nature of things will admit. NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGHT FOR FALMoUTH lIARROI R. • Trinity•house; London, Feb. 12, 1835. The preparation.; which have been for some time past making for exhibiting a light on St. Anthony's Point, et the east side of the entrance to Fahuouth Harbour, being in a state of great forwardness, notice thereof is hereby given, and that a light will be exhibited on that Point in about two months from this date, and thenceforth continued every night f rom sun se t t o sunr i se, for the guidance o f vessels entering ur departing from Vahnoutti harbour. This light will burn at an elevation of sixty-live feet above the level of the sea at high wafer spring tides, and will be visi ble in all directions from S. 4't degrees •E. round southward, westward, and northward up the• haemnr or Falmouth. And in: order to render it readily distingui,hable from all other lights in that vicinity, it will present a quick but regular succession of flashes of brilliant light. • Further particulars, with the exact time at which the light will be first exhibited, will be hereafter puhlished.., • By order, J. HERBERT, Secretary. NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGHTHOUSE ON - THE START POINT. Tn UNITY LIGHT 1101'su, February 12. The works which have been for some time past in progress for erecting a lighthouse upon the Start l'oiut being now much ad vanced, Notice thereof is hereby given, and that the same are expected to be completed, and the intended light exhibited therein, in the early part of the ensniug autumn. The character of this light, which will burn at au elevation of 204 feet above the level of the sea. at high water spring tides, will be that of a powerful revolving light, showing a succession of brilliant flasheS at regulated intervals of one minute, and in addition thereto, a stationary light will also be exhibited in the same lighthouse in the direction of the Berry head. Further particulars in respect of the distinguishing chat ac ter of this li g ht, w ith th e exa ct time of its fi rs t exhibition, will be hereafter published. PORTLAND HIGH LIGHT. Notice is also given, that at the time of the first exhibition of the said intended light, at the Start Point, the high light at Portlaud will cease to be exhibited as a revolvi ng li g h t, b ut w i ll be coutioued as a fixed or stationary light, together with the low light, both being visible as fixed lights in to same direc tion seaward as heretofore. By order. J. HERBERT, Secretary. IMPORTANT TO MARINERS. The latest accounts from Florida furnish the following schedule of the situation of the light-houses along the Florida shore:— Cave Florida Light, stationary—situated on the south side of Key Biscayne about 400 yards from the beach. The height may be considered 70 feet above the level of the Rea, distant from the Gulf stream about seven miles. Vessels drawing ten feet may approach within two miles and a bah' of the light. Lat. 25. 47. N.. long. 80. 42. W . Light-ship, Florida —is situated on Carysford's Reef, near the site of the old one, in lat. 25.08. N., long. 80. 27. W. It is easily distinguished, as two distinct lights are shown, which can be generally seen at the distance of twelve miles. Its oh jest is to warn vessels from the dangerous rucks and shoals near where it is placed. Key 'West Light—Stands on the S.W. point of the island of Key West, is in let.. 2133,N. long. 81 G2l W. erected for the purpose of gu ar di ng vessels when entering the harbour, the directions for which are as follow :—Biing the light to bear N.N.W. and th e S an d y . Key light to bear W.S.W. and you cross the reef in about five fathoms water, run for the Key West light until withi n two miles, then steel N.W. until you liken Fleming's Key, which on Mangrove island, in the northern pert of the harbour. Height of the light-house from the lei* of the sea, 83 feet. 6 inches. Li g ht stationary. Sand hey Light —Revolving once in 51 seconds; it is the best light ,on. the coast; S. W. oy S,. front Key Nest Light; let. 24. 26. N. lung. SI. 57. W, situated directly on Ole reef; the•: light is 70 feet above the sea. Tortugas Light—Stationary; On one of the dry Tortugas islands, near the. western extremity of the reef, in lat.. 24,31.. N. f 9, S E (X) N ) EDf HON Standard Office, Seuen o'Clock. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE.-MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1835. This week's supplies of each article in the trade are very moderate ; the demand for Wheat has continued dull, and a further decline submitted to on middling samples. Oats being very . acme,. an advance of Id per bushel has been realised. Flour has been a very dull sale, and generally at lower prices than the former week. - Oatmeal has also been dull. Barley has not been so much inquired for, but fine qualities fully sup port their price: TUESDAY, Two O'CLOCK. There was a better attendance of dealers at to-day's market. Wheat and Oats brought an advance of Id per bushel on la'st week's prices. Oatmeal was held for higher rates, but little done in it. There is ❑o improve ment in the value of Flour. The imports of Butter are 3,379 firkins. We con- tinue to have an improved demand at 4s to Gs per cwt. advance on last week's prices. Bacon and Lard have also been sold on better terms. AVERAG: Willi:AT, V' 70 ths. a d a d Irish diied red.. 5 3 rir 5 7 Do. dried white, 5 10 .. 6 6 Do. undried.... 5 3 .. 5 10 English Canada ...... 6 6.. 7 2 OATS, 4p 43 tbs... Irish.. 2 10.. 3 '4l BARLEY, 47 60 lbs. Irish grinding... 3 6.. 4 0 AVERAGE PRd CI SD SD Waterford,....... 64 0 0 82 0 Culerain. • 66 0 .. 70 0 Carlow, Limerick Belfast Derry 6B 0.. 70 0 Cork, 3ds, dry • - - • • REPORTED ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the 24th Feb. to the 24 March inclusive. IRE- COAST- FO- BRITISH TOTAL. DEsCIIIPTION R. LAND. WISE. REIGN AMER. - - 1 WHEAT • Qrs 1681 1681 BARLEY .Qrs 63 430 493 OATS Fi.outt Sleks 312 t 134 3238 Do - Barrels BRAN.... ....... .... CW I 'OATMEAL Loads 1266 1266 MALT Qrs 20 20 BEANS Qrs 18 18 PEAS ' • Qrs Bra Sum.t.Ro BmALEY Cwt; • RAPESEED Barrels, . INDIAN CORN QTS! COTTON MARKET.—Tw 0 u'-LOCK. There is but a moderate demand for Cotton to-day, and the sales will not exceed 2,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Wind W.N.W.--Strong breeze. ARRIVALS. • Cincinnati, Barstow, from New York. Bengal, Tolan, from Mobile. The vessels that sailed hence on Sun lay last. were seen yesterday afternoon about 20 miles Rod of How "by the William Huskisson, (steamer) °from Labor. - PRICES. BEANs, imp. mea. s d s d Irish FLOUR, if , 2fo tbs Eng.st Irishsup 36 0 .. 38 0 Do. linos Do. seconds 24 0 .. 28 0 Do. thirds l5 0 .. 18 0 MEAL, r tbs 0 0 0 0 Do. new BRAN, tr lbs 1 1.. 1 2 OF BUTTER, &c. SD SD Bacon, 4' cwt 29 0 , a 31 0 Hams, dry 44 0 .. 42 0 Do. wet ...... 0 0 Firkin Lard, Bladdered do. 5O 0 .. 55 0 Grease Butter THE TELEGRAPHIC LIGHT. On Saturday evening Mr. Coad exhibited his telegraphic light on the river, and, we are happy to say, with the most per fect success. The Egretnont passage boat sailed from the Pier head at seven o'clock with a portable gasometer on board, and, such was the effulgence of the light produced, objects on either side of the river were distinctly visible when the boat' was about mid way. While on this, as well as on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, to whatever point the light was directed by following its rays the persons who were walking about could be seen. If the light, which on this occasion consisted of six jets or burners, had been exhibited on an eminence it would no doubt have been seen at a great distance; indeed its applicability to the pur poses of a night_ telegraph is, we believe, now fully established. In saying this we are only repeating the opinions of Mr. Vig boles, Mr. Stephenson, and a great number of other profes sional and scientific gentlemen who have examined, made themselves masters of the subject, and speak in high terms of the invention. These testimonials, however well deserved or flattering, are not of themselves sufficient to repay the projector for the time and money expended in bringing his light to its present state of perfection. That it is capable of further improvement there is no doubt, and that it may be usefully employed as a medium of comiminication between ships at sea, in distress or otherwise, and the shore is admitted; therefore, as the prosecution of the work is beyond the means of a single person, we hope those who are interested will now take the thing seriously in hand and do what may be necessary to insure its general adoption. We are sorry to state that the Earl of Sefton lies danger ously ill at his house in Arlington -street. CHARITY SERMONE.—We are informed that two sermons will be preached at St. Jude's, next Sunday, after which collections will be made in aid of the schools in connexion with that church_ The morning preacher will be the Rev. Hugh M‘N jell ; the evening discourse will be delivered by the Rev. Wm. Dalton. HURARD GALLERY.—The artists in connexion with this establishment have been very successful in taking some ex cellent profile likenesses, in miniature full-length figures, of a great number of public characters of Liverpool. We have seen some portraits of private families which do equal credit to the taste of the artist. SIGNoRS DEVAI, AND MARANI.—Mr. Tovey, a very pro mising young artist of this town, has published two admirable lithagraphic portraits of Signore Deval and Marani. These will he followed by a series of Liverpool public characters, tak ing withiu its range the most eminent of our politicians, magi strates, and professional men. WAREHOUSE ROUSER Y.—On Friday evening last, between the hours of seven and eight o'clock, the warehouse of Mr. John Slinger, wine and spirit merchant, No. I, Dule-street, was but glareiusly broke nopen. The thieves entered by the upper part of the premises, occupied by a corn-dealer, and it is supposed they had remained concealed there from the time the warehouse was Closed, as Mr. Slinger left all safe at seven o'clock. They Tdrced the warehouse door, and then proceeded to the counting house, every drawer in which was ransacked, but, fortunately, as nothing valuable was left therein, the villains did not obtain any booty. Neither the ales nor wines were touched. The watchman on duty discovered the outer door of the warehouse open on his first round, and there is every reason to suppose that the attempt was made before the watch was set. Mr. Whitty, on the first alarm being given, was promptly on the spot with Captitiq Roberts. DEATH OF CAPTAIN OSRORNE.—(From a correspondent.)--- Drowned. at Palermo, on the `2sth ult., Captain Peter Osborne, of the schooner Lapwing, while .passing with his crew and a Custom-house Officer from the quarantine ground to the clear ance office, preparatory to the landing, of cargo. The boat, in crossing a very dange•ous place, which all strangers are com pelled to do before clearance is sanctioned, was swamped by a heavy sea; the crew and Custom-house officer were provi dentially rescued with much difficulty, but the captain found a watery grave in the '27th year of his age, leaving a large circle of fri e nds t o l amen t hi s melancholy fate. The Lapwing was placed in quarantine by the Palermo authorities, notwithstaed ing 11w production of a "clean bill of health" from Liverpool, and though ordered to observe quarantine for a period of four teen days, they, strangely enough, on the tenth day, directed the captain to proceed with his clew to the clearance office. Ths is certainly a case of peculiar hardship, and merits the notice of merchants and shipowners, in a representation to the secretary of state, in order to prevent the recurrence of such arbitrary conduct, and the lives and property of British sub jects being so often wantonly endangered, and too frequently sacrificed. . i lursda_vtt thOepee early a h uorPaRLIA ExTeRY LATE Hotais. — Under our p ar li amen t ary head it will be seen that onenf our representativ es de bate in the House of Con - mulls Oni of five, p.m. ' on the impOrtani question--Whether long spe ec h es should be inflicted on the reporters before or after the drowsy midnight hour. Te e speech of the hon. gentleman we could not find room for, but we can assure our readers that on this great occasion he did not sink below his level. The debate was, however, a dj our ned by the mover to Friday, the 11th March, but in what ann. Done we are unable to state, as that day of the present month and year happens to be on a 'Wednesday. This is a h a ppy illustration of the superior accuracy to be expected from the transaction of business at early instead of late hours. DREADFUL ACCIDENT A7' HOLLINs-GREEN FERRY—SEVEN MEN DRoWNED!—On Wednesday last a melancholy accident occurred at. the Hollins-Green Ferry, by which seven unfor tunate teen have lost their lives. It appears that a party of twelve nee igators, who were on their road from Worsley to the near Dunha m , w h ere they had Duke of Bridgewater's canal, to make some repairs in an embankment,. got into the ferry boat to cross the Mersey, the boat being under the charge of two boatmen. The river was very tongs at the time, and the s tream was running ver y rapidly, in consequence of the heavy rain that had fallen for some days previous, and when the boat reached the middle of the stream it swamped, and the whole party, including the two boatmen, were precipitated into the water. Seven of them succeeded iu reaching the shore in safety, but the other seven, we lament to say, were drowned. Five of the bodies were taken out of the water on the same day, but we understand the other two have not yet been found, leaving probably been carried away by the current. The deceased were all tine young men, and three of them Wer e married. One named Davies, we are informed, had oul3 been married a few days before the melancholy event occurred. The bodies were taken on shore in the townsfiip of Rixton-cum-r; la zehrook, where Mr. Hayes, coroner for the Prescot district, would bold au in quest over them. —.Manchester Cumin . KIDDREINiINSTUR ELECTIoN.—True bills were found, at the adjourned sessions, against Henry Lea, Esq., and George Harris, Esq., carpet-manufacturers, and Beinemin Fawcett, roadster, George Bickerton and Thomas Pugh, shoemakers, under the 58th seetiotrof the reform act, fur haying 'voted at the last election, after they had lost their votes. They entered into recognizances of t`lti each, and two sureties of EU) each, tie appear at the Easter sessions, and to answer to the indictment When stalled upon.— Worcester Guesdiae..