The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-12-29 00:00:00

w`'S~Rl rd. 1 Lk: .. ' '-'',. ''', EXTENSIVE ' - '1, 4 ,... , ! ,. '''. i --,... ..;: CARPET AND FURNITURE WAREHOUSE. ' \".•- ' - •' • -.- 4 • : f.• THOMAS BRANCH 4 - 4,',...:..,..rx . 5.5• , ustantiv•on Sale, at the llasinvEn Rooms, an extensive 4.?.:....'. . ..,-......"!-.,..,,\" and valuable Assemblage of Fashionable .;-,1,-'t.. - ..'4'. ; , ; ".. 1- Y - . . ; 11 • BENET FURNITURE, of every description, /.1- 1.- "kt 7 - < • f'::,- -., ‘ "lit ' 01,g DRAWING ROOM SUITS, Ot: real and imitation Rose -0 , ~- 1 -sk '!'" 4‘ . Card, Console Loo, Work, Plower, and Sofa Tables, f, i , .. ) ' 'Asit .' . ' , ..74',. v. , Couches,•Sofas, Tea Poys, Ladies Escrutoires, Cheffo q2 ivr i • -' *Canterburies, and Skreens ; - - - Elegant LOUNGING and LIBRARY CHAIRS'; FOLDING CHAIR AND SOFA BEDS; . . . - MAHOGANY ARTICLES, In Bookcases, Secretaires, Pedestal and Cell et Sideboards, Cheval Skreens, Single and Double Wkir , obes, Trafalgar Chairs, Dining, Card, Library, Loo,• Sofa embroke, Snap, Work, and Skreen Tables, Couches, So Children's Chairs, Cots, Cribs, Chests of Drawers, Night outmodes, Bedsteps, Bidets, Hat Stands, Boot Racks, Music tauds and Stools, &c. JAPANED, STAINED, AND FANCY CHAIRS, In the greatest variety ; . . FOUR-POST, COTTAGE, CANOPY, FRENCH, NURSERy, AND PRESS BEDSTEADS ; Feather Beds, Flair and Straw Mattresses ; PAINTED CHAMBER REQUISITES, of all-descriptions; Elegant CHIMNEY and DRESSING GLASSES ; BATH or GOUT CHAIRS; CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, &c. Also, Brussels, Damask, Venetian, - and Kidderminster CARPETING, '• „_.. Of the best Manufacture and newest Patterns; DRUGGETTS, HEARTS! RUGS, FIGURED FLOOR AND LOBBY °torus, of all dimensions for cutting to fit Rooms, Halls, Shops, Ships' Cabins, &c. INDIA FLOOR MATS, TURKEY .RUGS, . .. And a very great variety of other HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES. • MUNICIPAL ELECTION. ALL PERSONS having any Claims agains .e Central Conservative Committee will please to : d their Ac counts on before the Ist of January next, .ddressed to the Central ConserYatiye Committee, 8, Fenwick street, in order that the same 'May be ex.,' 'tied and paid. PETER WRIGH By Order, THOMAS CARSON, Solicitors. JOHN PENINGTON, Committee Room, 28th . .nee., 1835. TO TUE BURGESSES OF RODNEY-STREET! . WARD. -- /0 e honour you t ouncil as your ‘h Committee and ost unknown, for during the canvass GENTLEMEN, . I sufficiently express my sense of have conferred upon me by returning me n representative ; nor of my obligations to tt , other Gentlemen, to many of whom I was their incessant exertions on my behalf bo' and on the day of polling. Whilst the general res'ilt of the Election is much to be la• mented, I still have some hope of being useful to you, when I see in the Council the names of many Gentlemen on whom, if the Election had never been mad, a political struggle, the united voice of both parties would undoubtedly, have fixed; with them I wilt anxiously co-operate in every meakire which I con sider conducive to the public good, but shall have little left to me but to record my dissent from those measures in which I cannot concur. I remain, Gentlemen, Your much obliged, HENRY LAWRENCE. Rodney-street, December 28th, 1835. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE EVERTON A D KIRKDALE WARD. J wail myself te umy sincere , J ingme a Mem ' my having perso additional obliga- GENTLEMEN, 1 - SHOULD be wanting in gratitude if I did not 1 of the earliest opportunity of tendering to thanks for the-honour you have done me in ele , her of the Town Council. That you should have elected me withoi Daily solicited your votes lays me under M Lion. It only remains for me to assure you that I will conscientiously and to the best of my ability endeavour to do my duty. I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Your obliged and obedient Servant, CHARLES HORSFALL. Evertor,` Dec. 28:/s, 1835. TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. PAUL' WARD. YOU, Gentlemen, who did me the honour give me your independent support on the day of El tion for the new Town Council, I cordially thank you. It. is o matter of personal regret to myself that I have not been e ed, as my only mo tive for allowing my name to be broug forward as a Candi date was to serve your local and the general interests of my na tive town independently. Allow me now, Gentlemen, to bid you and all the Burgesses of the Ward farewell. 1 am, Gentlemen, very respectfully, Your obedient Servant, R. B. BLUNDELL HOLLINSHEAD. Daysbrock, 28th Dec., 1833. TO THE BURGESSES OF RODNEY-STREET WARD. r GENTLEMEN. rullE Mayor having officially announced the JL new Town Gountillors for this Borough,, , est opportunity of tendering our sincere tY kind and disinterested support that we rece; and although in the present instance. Friends have not been successful, they ing to us on that account. To the Burgesses who so nobly came forward in defence of the Conservative Cause our wannest acknowledgments are in an especial manner due; and to the Members of the Commit tee who so, ably gonducted the Canvass we feel that we owe, iodivirluallv and collectively, a deep debt of gratitude. -To many of thew we •-er , previoasiy personally unknown. miff it is, therefore, doubly' incumbent upon us to express the high sense we 'entertain of those kind and friendly feelings which prompted such zealous and active exertions on their part to ensure our success. It is owing to circumstances over which they had no control that their efforts in our behalf on the present occasion have proved unavailing. We cannot take our leave without again repeating our best thanks for the cordial reception which we so generally met with, and assuring you, at the same time, that we shall ever recollect with pride and satisfaction the Votes of those Burgesses that were in so handsome a manner enrolled in our favour. We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful ~n d obliged Servants, JOSEPH PILKINGTON BRAN DRETH. ~ection of the e take the earli• inks for the very fed on the occasion; se exertions of our 'e not the less gratify- JOHN HAYWARD TURNED, Rodney -street, 28th December, 1835. T OVEIIS of TENPENNY ALE may he ac mmadated :1_,4 with an Article of superior quality t o ag " that has ever been offered to the Public, at the BauNswi HOTEL, 53, Ilanover-street. near Bold-street. AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, &c, THOMAS GIBBS and Co., NURSERYMEN, Stransmxre, &C. _I to the Hon. Boards of Agriculture of England an 'weden, beg to call the attention of Landed Proprietors eir Selec tion of Natural GRASS SEEDS, for layi and to perma nent Grass, - and for improving old Mea s and Pastures. as also to their GENERAL ASSORT. NT of AGRICUL TURAL, KITCHEN GARDEN. kbd FLOWER SEEDS. Dried Specimens of the Grasses, Samples of the Seed, together with Sample Roots of Mengel Wurtzel, Hungarian Turnip, Carrots, Parsnips. and a new Beet (used the same as Seakail) were exhibited by them at the Liverpool Agricultural Society's Slum on the Ist October. T. G. and Co. have been honoured with the above Institu. tions' Silver Medals for their exertion in this lateral Branch of Agriculture. T. G. and Co. beg to notify that they have no connection with another house.of the same name, and therefore solicit those who sniy wish to favour them with their orders to be particular in the address, viz, " THOMAS GIBBS and Co., Corner of Half- Moon-street, Piccadilly, London. PATENT WEIGHING MACHINES. JJUTCHINSON'S IMPROVED PATENT IGH ING MACHINES for the use of Docks, harfs, Col lieries. Railways, Turnpike Roads, Gas Wo , &c., &c., to Weigh from One Pound to Ten Tons, Deli v d an d Fi xe d at Reduced Prices, . Agent—Mr. Dn tiny, Castle•street, Liverpool. Sheffield, Jnoe, 1835. JOSEPH'S REPOSITORY, '•- • 92, BOLD-STREET. Persons FURNISRING, l'urchasers of FANCY A CLES, Visit ors, 'atict-Stran,zers. in Liverpool, will find • their interest to tall at this Establishment, which they t • nd THE CHEAPEST AND - BEST SELECTED ST K IN LIVERPOOL, And one of the LARGEST IN THE • K INGDOM: TrIHE STOCK consistsOf FURNISHING IRONMON 4. GERY, in all its Branches, includinc' splendid DRAW ING-ROOM, SIDEBOARD, SYN6MBRA, HALL CHAMBER, READING, and OTHER LAMPS. PAPIER MACHEE and japan TEA TRAYS, Fire and Hand Screens, BREAD BASKETS; Knife Trays, CARD POOLS, CARD BOXES, WINE CARRIAGES, &c. Bronze, Brass, and Wire FENDERS, Steel FIRE-IRONS, Best LONDON Bronze TEA URNS, Kettles and Lamps, COFFEE. POTS, &c. BLOCK TIN DISH COVERS, Fasteners, and VERTI CAL ROASTING JACKS. Superior TABLE CUTLERY, Scissors, RAZORS, PEN pe and POCKET KNIVES, Knife Sharpeners, &c. Brass CURTAIN POLES, Ends, BANDS, &c. Best Britannia Metal TEA POTS, Coffee POTS, PER COLATORS, &c. :And every other description of CULINARY ARTICLES, in BRASS, COPPER, JAPAN, IRON, and TIN. A SPLENDID assortmentof RICHLY-CUT and PLAIN GLASS. consistinir of CENTRE and FRUIT -DISHES, . .DECANTERS,..GobIets, TUMBLERS, WineS, Liqueurs, Champagne-, and HOCK. GLASSES ; Custard; LEMON-. ADE,S, SALTS; Claret, Water, and Cream JUGS ; ittrer-Ifti'&111•3; --- yrine' Ctialefr," WA I Elt -CA ItAPrS. - • .• J. and co.,having all their GLASS CUT ON THE PRE MISES, aree - pAled to cut to match at the Shortest Notice, and tO•sell at the very LOwitsT PRICES, GOLD and Saver GENEVA, LEVER, and VERTICAL WATC H ES, bf-approved Makers. . . GlLT'and - MOSAIC 'GOLD, GLOVE BANDS, Cottibs, II EA D ORNAMENTS, "EAR-RINGS, BROOCHES, Suits, . . BracetetS. • • BERLIN IRON and JET Necklaces, CHAINS,Crosses, EAR-RINGS, Brooches ' &c. ' TORTOISESHELL Cabinets, TEA CADDIES, CARD CASES; Inkstands, &e. INDIA Fans, CARD CASES, Cigar Cases, PEARL COUNTERS, &c. A - Splendid' Assortment of OR-MOLU and ALABASTER OLOCKS, with and without MUSIC, SEVRES CHINA, in VASES, INKSTANDS, MATCH POTS, Lamps, Baskets, CANDLESTICKS, Ornaments, &c. . WORK TABLES, Table Covers, BASKETS, Fans, RE TICULES, Borses, BEADS,II' , :f S. and all the Fancy Manu factures of France and Germany generally imported into this Country. BAROMETERS, Thermometers, MICROSCOPES, Tele . scopes, QUADRANTS, MATHEMATICAL INSTRU MENTS, Measurinsr Tapes, &c. GOLD„Silver, STEEL, Tortoiseshell, and Horn SP ECTA CLES.and EYE GLASSES. !,Mi4SICAL BOXES from 15s. to £lO. 300 .New and. Seeoudiltand Double and Single-barreled GUNS: RIFLES, Blunderbusses, PtSTOLS, Powder Flasks, Sbat Belts, Bce. ; SPAING SPEAR KN IVES and DIRK PISTOLS._ - FLUTES, Violins, AC.CORDEANS, GUITARS, from Iss upwards. Glass, and Bronze iirsTRES, from 10s. per pair and upwards. GLASS SHAPES, -for covering Ornaments of every size and shspe 2 - B. L..J OSE PH and Co,. SUPPLY 3'IERCHANTS, CAP TAINS, • and SHOPKEEPERS on• the most LIBERAL TERMS. OLD GOLD AND SILVER, DIAMONDS AND PEARLS, p,ntrGi I nit ToticEis 1N ExtaisNGE. PLATE AND 'GLASS SST ON HIRE FOR PARTIES. B.—Nu Business dose ott Saturdays until Evening. Etgal NTatict. r •NY . I'erson having a Claim to a Diriclend arising from the .1"1.. Estate and Effects of Mr. JOHN. WItIGHT, Surge - nu, !ate of Renshaw street, under a kin of C..mpositiou some time since; will please to furnish the Ationt of the same to J. G. liatitmsoN. 46, Castle-street, on or'hefore Saturday, the El of January next. in order to make a Final Distribution of what as been Collected. :kith December, Imo. EDUCATION. CiIATEAU DE S.l U . 11121.3T, NEAIi ST. OMER, FRANCE. R. W: G. I'A.RNI INTER. Pupil of Dr. Russell, and I.l'l many years one of the Masters of the Rochester and Chatham Classigel and Mathematical Institution, receives a Limited Number of YOUNG GENTLEMEN, as Boarders in his House, who are attended by native Masters in all the branches of Education, nut comprised in the English Course of Study.- acid Greek of the Mathe- Elocution. The c of the Classics, is This 'Course compiehends the English, 4ti3, languages • Arithmetic and the Ifferent brans mattes; Writing, History, Geography, it method of instruction pursued in the founded on an union of the Charter: systems, which are so blended as ,use and Hamiltonian featly to facilitate the ac matical knowledge of the cuisition, and ensure a sound g dead languages. Every attention is devoted to khe comfort and advancemen of the Pupils; whilst the establishment of their morals, and the improvement of their manners, are greatly promoted by an un restrained intercourse with the heads of the family. They have also constant access to a select library, and attend an English Protestant church. The Youth entrusted to the care of Mr. Parminter derive all the advantages' to be obtained from the best French masters and French society, without any of the danger to be apprehended from the influences which sometimes operatz upon the infant mind when left to the entire control and direction of foreigners. The House is spacious, the Gaidens and Grounds are exten sive, and the Situation is celebrated as one of the most healthy and beautiful in France. Chateau de Saubruit is distant two miles from St. Omer— nearly equidistant, within the range of thirty miles, from Calais, Boulogne, and Dunkirk; and may be reached in eighteen hours from London, or eight from Dover—St. Omer being the first principal town on the direct roads from the coast to Paris and Brussels: TERMS. The English Course, with the addition of French and Draw ing, and including Washing, Stationery, the use of Books, and a Seat in the English Protestant church, Fifty Guineas per annum.—No extras whatever. The Vacations will be a Fortnight at Midsummer and Christ mas, and Ten Days at Easter. No Eatra Charge ix made for Pupils remaining during . the Vacations. No Fee required for Entrance; but the Quarter to be paid in advance—the Charge taking date from the Day of Entrance, For Testimonials end other particulars apply to Air. W. GRAPE!., Bookseller, Church-street, or Dr. Tuottocßio, IL St. Jaines-place, Liverpool; or to ROBERT HICK ENS, BS C. 11, Threadneedle -street, Messrs. Da Poiteucr and COOPER, Tavis tock-street, Covent-garden, London; OCTAVIUS Sewn., Esq., Margate; the Rev. CHARLES DILLACOUR, Heckington, Lin colnshire; and CHARLES WEA VER. Esq., Gloucester. N.B.—Mr. PARMINTER will be in Liverpool during the Christmas week. MR. C. W. RICHARDS'S CLASS AL and MATHE MATICAL ESTABLISH M;•: I' will be Re-opened on the 25th of January, when a full ttendance of Mr. R.'s Pupils is respectfully requested. 3, Mount Vernon Road, near L . rpool, Decetnber 28, 1835. An ASSISTANT is Wanted immediately, and Mr. R. would give the preference to a Graduate of either of the English Universities. *** Post-paid Letters only will be replied to. dio/ fILUMB'S HOUSE ACADEMY, W 'TON, near Present, will be RE-OPENED on Tt: - DAY, the 19th of January, for the instruction of Young Gen emen in Classical, Mathematical, and Commercial Educati Mr. KEYS, Principal of the above ablishment, has ever been solicitous to ,combine, as far as the real interests of his Pupils would allow, the advantages of public instruction with the comforts of home. The very kind encouragement he has received from those chiefly interested in his System of Teach ing—whilst it calls for his best thanks, bears the most flattering testimony to its efficiency. TErtms.—Twenty-flve Guineas per Annum ; Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and French, a separate charge. For other particulars, apply to - Mr. FREER, Stationer, Byrom-street, where a list of references may be obtained. LIVERPOOL - ROYAL INSTITUTION; coLQuirr -17 STREET. Itirß. EDWARD" TAYLOR, oT Lo ON . will deliver a Y 4 Course of FOUR LECTURE'. on ENGLISH VO CAL HARMONY, to commence MOND AY, Jan. 4, 1536, at One o'clock, and to he cont . ued on each succeeding Tunastl i ty and. MONDAY, at thg /aloe hour; Repeating them at Half-past Seven each succeeling TUESDAY and FRIDAY. • VOCAL PERFORMERS. . , Miss Leach, - I Mr. Boothby, Miss Hornby, Mr. Walton, Mr. Ball, - Mr. E. Taylor. Mr. G. Holden will preside at the Pianoforte. . . Subscriptions to the Course, Half--a-Guinea. Admission to a Single Lecture, Three Shillings; and for Children and Schools, H:tlf-price,—a Teacher being admitted Free when Six Scholars attend. , LADIES' CHARITY. Mrs. ELLIS, LADY PATRONESS Mr. GRANT, PRESIDENT. THE ANNUAL BALL for the Bene of this Institution will be held, by permission of the W rshipful the Mayor and Common Council, in the TOW - ALL, on TUESDAY, the 29th of December instant. Tickets. 10s, each, (Refreshments i luded,) to be bad of the Lady Patroness, Rodney -street, at the Preiident's,"ls, Rodndy street, and at the usual places.. The Doors to opened at eight o'clock. C uriages to be set down and take up with the horses' heads facing Water-street. N.B.—No money will be received at the Doors. A Military Bandi will perform at.the foot of the Great Stair case as ruitherly. LISCARD POWDER MAGAZINES. A T.aMEE'PING of Owners, Proprietors, and Occupiers of lA.. Land; Houses, and other Property, situate in the Town ships of. Poulton-cum-Seacombe and Wallasey, held at the Room on Mr. Parry's Green, at Seacombe, this day P" - DAY, the 22d of December, 1835, JOHN WILSON, Esq. , in the Ch The following Resolutions were unanim n agreed to:— Ist,—That this Meeting considers it wi be an act of great injustice that anv clause should be introrrtsced in the intended BILL for the - REMOVAL of the LISCARD POWDER MAGAZINES, which may have the effect of burthening the Owners and Occupiers of Lands, Houses, and other Property 'in the Townships of Poulton-cum-Seacornbe and 'Wallasey, with any Rate, Assessment, or Expense whatever. 2d,— at a Commit tee he appointed, with full power to adopt such measures as may be necessary for the purpose of prevent ing the introduction in the said intended Bill, of any clause of 'the nature alluded to in the first Resolution, and that it do con sist of the following persons :—Richard Smith, Esq., Thomas Webster, Esq., Mr. Henry Meadows, Mr. Ball, Mr. Wilson, Mr. J. B. Blundell, Mr. James Radley, and Captain Cririe. 33,—T hat such expenses as may be incurred in endeavouring to carry into effect the objects of this Meeting be defrayed by the parties concerned, in proportion to the value of their pro perty, according to the Assessments in the Parish - Books, and that Mr. Parry be requested to act as Treasurer, and Mr. Geo. 11. Crump as Secretary. That these Resolutions be advertised in the Liverpool and Chester Papers. (Signed) _ JOHN WILSON, Chairman. GOD SAVE AND BLESS THE KING AND QUEEN !—and long may it be our grateful duty, as staunch and devoted loyalists, to wish, •`with humble, but honest and affecti ona t e sincerity ," the good old English compliment of the season--" a m err y Christ mas and happy New Year," to our beloved Sovereign, William the Fourth, and Adelaide. his Queen, the head; the pride, and ornament of her sex, We are gratified to announce the conval escence of her Majesty, (though the severity of the weather has prevented her customary carriage airings) and also to re cord the contioned excellent health or the King._ His Majesty. on Monday - 541a Catifiet Council of initigilally half aiP hour's) duration. On Tuesday the recorder made his report to the King in Council of the prisoners under sentence. On Christmas Day their Majesties, their royal sisters, and the court getieraily, heard divine service in the palace drawing room: After the service was over, the Bishop of Worcester and 'the 'Dean of Hereford administered the Sacrament to their Majes ties and the court.—Aye. RAmAn-AN —On Sunday last the Ramadan month of the Turks' abstinence commenced. During this period they are forbid to, eat, drink, or lie with their wives front break of day. until the anu sets; the latter is signified by the lighting'of i ttin p &e i the towers at the top of the mosques, when immedi ately after they commence feasting. They do most of their business in the night, and sleep in the day ; rimy call Ramadan month holy and sacred, and affirm that the gates of paradise are opened all the month, and the gates of hell closed. It is un- ; pardonable to drink wine during this month. , • Ms DEA, o Aetve.--- , On Thursday week a communication was made to the overseers of Lambet h requesting that they would send a shell for a woman of the naiare of . Mary Ann• Rackett, twenty-one years of age, and who was stated to have died suddenly at a house in King-street, Lambeth-walk, where .she was at work for a laundress. Dunn, one of the parish officers, was directed to proceed thither, who found•the woman laid out,. and everything necessary done, the chin being tied up, &c., previous to being placed in the shell, while several ivomen were present uttering lamentations over the supposed dead body. Dunn, feeling some warmth about the stomach, asked for some water, when, sprinkling a little over her face, she gave a heavy groan, to the terror of the astonished females. • Instead of being placed in a shell, a comfortable portable bed was pro vided, in which she was conveyed to the workhouse,of•Lamheth parish, where she now lies in a fair way of.edMVery. I'b poor woman is supposed to have been in a strong fit.' Si I.E OF NEWSPAPERS.—The sale of newspapers, &c.be1046: : ing to the Tontine Coffee-room for the ensuing year took piat . on Tuesday, and it struck us forcibly that for those of conserva tive politics the competition Was, irany thing, keener than on formeroccasions ; at all events; they btought the highestprtveil For instance, the Loudon - Standard brought £3. l7s.„witile - the Courier was knocked. down' at £1 17s, • "Again, the . Sanwent off at £2. lie., while for the l‘torni'eg' Postl.:3l ss. wcre.isbtain! ed. The True Sunwas,soidlbr £l. 195.; the Morning Herald brought £3. Is. The Morning Chronicle reached the respecta ble price of £3, and the Globe £2: 7s. • Of the London weekly papers, the Age sold highest. For the Glasgow newspapers there was a good deal of competitiOn ; and we rejoice to say there was no falling off on the prices of former years. The Glasgow Herald (twice a 'week)' went off at £2. 135.; the Chronicle at £l. 145.; the Constitutional at £l. lie.; the Scots Times at £l. 75.; the Argus at £l. 155.; the Liberator (once a week) brought 16s. 6d.• the' Past 18s.; and the Glasgow Cou rier (three times a week) £2. 12s. The Caledonian Mercury (also three times t, week,) an Edinburgh liberal journal, was disposed of for £l.; the Observer (twice a week) brought £l. 75.; and the Scotsman 11. 10s. • THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TUE WHALE SHIPS. On Thursday last a public meeting was held at Newcastle-on- Tyne, over which the Mayor of that town presided, for the pur pose of considering the best means of furthering, the expedition about to sail from Hull in the hope of rescuing the ships - Sup- Imsed to be ice-bound in Baffin's Bay. -After the Mayor, Mr. Chapman, and Mr. flodgson.had addressed the meeting, - Mr. Hutt (M.P. for Hull) delivered the following speech which we transcribe from Ova Newcastle Journul:—Mr. Mayor and Gen tlemen,--On any other occasion I should have considered some 'apology necessary -from rte, had I presumed to interfere in the public proceedings of this town, but-under the circumstances in which we are this day assembled here, I am sure that no such form will by you be considered requisite. (Hear, - hear.) The humane and liberal inhabitants of Newcastle are this day called, on to actin common cause with those with whom I am, in pub lic, more .itinediately connected. At Hull a public meeting has already been held for the purpose of taking measures to rescue or relieve the unfortunate crews detained in Davis' Straits. I have come hither to explain and support the views .my constituents entertain on that subject; and, if I had not that motive, I should still wish to take with you an humble part in the cause of suffering humanity—a cause which levels all distinctions of place and of party, and if it do not make us all members of the same town, at least hinds us all together in sen timents of common solicitude. (Loud cheers.) It was ob-: served, Sir, by you, with great propriety, that some advantage had arisen from the, peculiar period at which this meeting had been assembled. Since the meeting was convened, the arrival of the Duncombe, Capt. Scoffin, at the port of Hull, has added some important information to the knowledge we possessed of the vessels detained in the ice. Capt. Scoffin left the ice on the 11th of November. On the 7th he had been able to make out the other six ships detained under similar circumstances to himself. They were in. the open Straits, and, as he supposed, but thirty mlies distant from the water. They were drifting southward with the ice, which had already carried them nearly five degrees of latitude, being about 350 miles, and the captain of the. Duncombe entertained little doubt that they must in process of a short time be liberated. (Cheers.) Such is the faveurable view of the case as relates to the Abraham, the Dor .don,,and the Harmony, of Hull, the Lady Jane and Grenville -Bay; of Newcastle, and the Norfolk, a ship out of the port of Berwick. . On the other hand, Capt. Scoffin felt no confidence in anticipating the precise time at whiCh these vessels might be released; at the shortest period the dews must be exposed to great suffering and privation ; and the scurvy, which had al• ready broken out among the crew of the Duncombe, would per- haps every day render the men less capable of exertion- whore 'the utmost would be needed from them. (hear, hear.) With 'respect to those four vessels - frozen up on the western coast Baffin's Bay I fear I have even a less cheering statement t 9 submit to you. Those persons at Hull, who are most conversant with the subject, hardly seem to expect that the hand of stic cour can approach them till the breaking up of the ice in the month of July or August. Everything, however, that man can do is to be expected from the gallant fellows who have volun teered for the expedition of relief. (Loud cheers.) Underall circumstances Captain Scoffin has recommended that an expe dition, for the purpose of relieving the sufferers, should be pre pared without delay. 'Phis view has been warmly Seconded by the gallant and enterprising. Ross, and has been adopted in consequence by the government and the merchants anclihip owners of Hull. (Loud cheers.) In less than ten days I expect the Cove will put to sea. The admiralty, which' has acted with so much liberality and benevolence in regard to commissioning the Cove, has gone yet f i urther, and it 'is un derstood that two smaller vessels will be ordered 'to co operate with her in this very arduous service. (Loud cheers.) Much, however, remains .for the generosity of private indivi duals. In Hull the call has been most feelingly responded to by various individuals and the chartered corporations, but most signally and honourably by the Trinity House, which has sub scribed the sum of £lOOO. (Loud cheering.) The people of Hull know they will be warmly supported by their neighbours of Newcastle—(cheers)—by a community that is never inac tive or indifferent when it is necessary to relieve the unfortunate. (Applause.) Sir, we are about to draw round our Christmas firesides, and I trust all of us will contemplate a family circle collected there which has neither been contracted by mitfor tune nor by death. (Cheers.) Oh! let us remember that some - homes are now desolate—that there are hearts which, but for our exertions under God, may be left hopeless for ever.— (Applause.) . A subscription was then entered into for the double object of relieving the wives and families of the sailors, and also to pur chase the necessary . stores to be forwarded by the expedition about to sail for their relief. MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK, AND TEN PERSONS DROWNED.-JERSEY. It is our painful duty to record the loss of the Margaret, one of the regular trading cutters from Granville to Jersey, with five stock and provisions, which took place on Sunday - se'nnight; between eleven and twelve o'clock, by- which lamentable oc currence ten persons met with a watery grave It appears the Margaret left Granville early on Sunday morning, in company with two'ot her cutters, from the same port, bound to this island; they arrived safe in the course of the afternoon, and made in quiries respecting the Margaret, she being the fastest vessel of the three; the weather being very thick and foggy, she had not been seen by either of the other vessels, nor could any account •be given of her till about the middle of the night, when Mr. Le Veslet, of the Union Hotel, in the Royal-square, was aroused by the arrival of two gentlemen, without bats or other covering, who gave the following account of the catastrophe. After being out at sea some hours, driftiug about in the fog, with very little wind, they at last made the island, and, having lost the tide, came to an anchor off St. Clement's, near La Roque, where they remained all the afternoon and part of the night, waiting for the ebb tide, which turned just at twelve o'clock. They then up sails, intending to make the harbour of St. Helier, but had not proceeded many hundred yards before the vessel slightly struck and hung on a rock for a moment or two, when she gave a heavy lurch, and went down immediately, throwing those on deck into the water. The only persons saved out of fifteen, were two passengers (gentlemen) and the master, and two seamen. master of the Margaret, Captain Le Seltrur, - and tho" pilot, Benest, - differed in opinion respecting alight very distinctly seen from the - vessel; the pilot said it was the pier light, while the - captain expressed his doubt, they being too far out to see it so plain, and in casting his eyes downwards, per ceived breakers a-head; which words were hesrdly out of his mouth, before the vessel struck and immediately capsised. This is the same light that deceived the captain of the Aurora cut ter, which was wrecked a shed time since on the beach at havre-des-Pas. It is one of the new gas-lights erected last summer, iu Regent-road, near' Clio Cottage; being in an ele vated situation, it is very distinctly seen a long way out at sea. The five men were saved in the cutter's boat, which had been towed astern during the passage; and though in a leaky state, she was sculled to the shore in safety, after an hour's passage. —Sherburne Journal. COMPENSATIONS TO DISPLACED TOWN CLERKS AND OTHER RETIRING OFFICERS OF THE OLD CORPORATIONS. The following minutes of the Lords of the Treasury, of-the date of the 10th oLSeptember, after a communication with the town-clerks, on tire passing of the corporation bill, will be also subject to the 64th and 67th s e ction s of the a c t : — " My Lords itOW the 60th clause of the act, rot the reform -of municipal (*Orations, by which compensathin is provided for all corporate: officers, whose office shall be abolished, or who shall be remove'd;:froca his office under the provision of the act, or who shall nut, tie re-appointed as aforesaid; in certain cases, an, appeal is gbien to the Lords of the Treasury, who shall make such order as may appear to them just, which order shall be binding on all parties. " Lord Melbourne 'and the Chancellor of the Exchequer in form the board that, in the discussion which took place in par, liament on this clause, At was stated by them, that in fixing the amount of compensation, it would be right and equitable to take into con d sleration, not only the - salary and just emolu ments of the sfffibe of town-clerk, but also the profits lerived from the perfinance of legal business of the several corpora tions executel i liy town-clerks in their official capacity, and the just emolum* of any other corporate appointment held by such town-cl , and usually held in conjunction with or at tached or anneFed to the office of town-clerk. " My Lord concur in the views expressed by Lord Melbourne and the ChaigoOlor of the Exchequer, and are pleased that their opinion shoilk:be recorded for the future guidance of the decisions on ''such cases as may be referred to them under the act. ; • ____ . • "My Lords proceed to consider the principles upon Which -such compeusation.Should be awarded. ' • ' "My Lords re4the act Ist William IV, c:•58 ; by which the legislature have- secured compensation to office's - of the courts of law upon abolition of office. " My Lords read the 4th reason of the House of Commons for dissenting to the amendment of the lords, proposing to con tinue the existing town-clerks for life, in which reason it is to be stated that - „j„t and liberal construction cannot be given t o the compen 'ti fratsie proposed to the House of Commons. . "My Lo . coiliidekthat the principle adopted by the legis laturein th ifeited act.,may fairly be applied to the cases of the town-cle 4 and they 'ate of opinion that in all cases where. such officer holds his office-r% life, or when the usage has been such as to raises just expects i that the office should continue for the.life oflhe holder, a corn sation of not less than two. tt l / 4 thirds of hi' 'rofits may be grad to such officer, estimated upon the pr iples stated in the:c.. mencement of this minute, -end caleul , ~ alson.an live-rags:- :s Ju4 emoh.,roants, for ti five years vious to the Ist day ii s f : 4Liary, 1835." FATAL ACIII)ENTS ON THE gl N'EN PERSONS DR, PENTINE VNED. tended greittly in a number of !ant distress, oe- I ytle-park4on in , we beligv the ;equenc+. the previ " s •ght, e Se: t . eat 1 , ..! e. pt on of - pleasarrtig until I thousdnfl per mrd . proceedin g lonianto the ,k of ri ver . i the ha s, im iscovered that a , ingerous" had, men to prevent way/ immersing a), the foreman is ssistants, by it fiat-bottomed mty . minutes in carried into the r, Elsl,Tood, and , and the other by the society, ; but we lament !zertions of the sir efforts were I spark having fears were en- 1 other means. were W to say, surgeor. only soe tied for rortain ST. iolyday, many thousw olis assembled _tptind , to witness the co venture their ;h there were hu dr , until about 12 o' ter, and eight . others, the same fate. Fortui the proMpt as. , imane Society, tiie `pt This warning 'had no _ ___ as crowded as ever. A bout threeecTOck sour persons fell in; three were got out in a very weak state, but an hour having elapsed before the body of the other was found, all attempts to restore animation were ineffectual. About four o'clock five persons fell is ; three were recovered, but the other two were not found until quite dead. One of the bodies was removed to the Grapes public ' house, and the other to the King's Head, Pimlico, LIVER THEATRE, LIVERPOOL, Air. 7 P. COOKE for a limited period. PHIS present TUESDAY, the 29th, and TO-MOaROW, J- (Wednesday,) the 30:h instant, will be perfornat'd THE PILOT. Long TOM Coffin Mr. T 7:Cooke. Kate Plowden • Mrs. avmond. After which, a new Interl l . called THE MARRIED I KE. Principal Characters by Mr. Melvil • and Mrs. Raymond. To conclude with • THE MONSTER; OR, THE FATE OF FRANKENSTEIN,, The Monster Mr. 'l'. P, Cooke. See small Bills. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. ITALIAN OPERAS. SIGNOR DE BEGNIS has the honour to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liverpool, that the..-ITALIAN OPERAS will commence on MONDAY ne , - the 4th Jan:, 1836. rrit‘tA DONNAS. Signora CONTESSA DEM.! TONI, Miss WATERS, (Pupil of Signor De 1 - nis,) and Mademoiselle DE A GIOLI, Signora OLDERICCI, and Signora MARIAN!. Signor BERRETONI, Signor CURIONI, Signor DE ANGIOLI, Signor GALLI, Signor PLATONI, Signor 7,0171, • • and Signor DE BEGNIS. • • Conductor—ll Cellebre Maestro Cavalier GABUSSI. LIST OF THE OPERAS • To be performed during the first Three Weeks. FIRST WEEK MONDAY, January 4 IL BARBIERE. '• WEDNESDAY ......... CENERENTOLA. FRIDAY LA SONNAMBULA. SECOND WEEK. • • MONDAY LA DONNA DEL LAGO. WEDNESDAY L'ITALIANI IN ALGIERI FRIDAY..... TANCREDI. THIRD WEEK. MONDAY L'ELISIR D'AMORE. WEDNESDAY IL DON GIOVANNI FANATICO PER LA MUSICA. And MONDAY....IL PURITANI, &c. • The CHORUSES will be upon a most extensive scale. Further particJers may be known by applying at WEtss' Music Warehouse, 2, Church-street, and in future Advertise• ments. The Box-office will be open on SATURDAY next, the 2d Jan., where Places may be taken from Eleven till Three o'clock. • Notwithstanding the great expense attending this under taking, the Prices of Admission will remain as usual, viz.:— Boxes, -Is.—Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d.—Pit, 2s. 6d.—Gallery, Is. Ebe TLiberpool *tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1835 The packet ship, the Independence of New York, having the President's Message on board, passed Holy head yesterday, at one o'clock, P. M., but she had not reached the river IA hen we went to press. The state of the weather, and the time °Nile tide, will most probably prevent any communication with her until a late hour in the morning, for a steamer that was despatched in quest of her last night returned without having seen her. If she should arrive at the time we calculate, we shall pub lish the more interesting parts of the Message in our Second Edition. The New York Advertiser of the Ist December, has The following : THE NAVY YARD.—The Philadelphia Gazette says : Besides the line of battle ship Pennsylvania, now on the stocks at our navy yard, there is a frigate in a state of considerable forward ness, called the Raritan. ller Model is pronounced by seamen to be of the highest order of beauty. She is rated as a forty four, but will carry GO guns. The Warren sloop of war is getting out for service, and is expected before the Delaware closes, to go round to Norfolk, where she is to get a part of her crew. She carries twenty-four long twenty-four pounder, and will be commanded by Master Commandant Taylor. The old frigate Cyane, which was captured from the British during the war, is now in the course of beingbroken up, having fora long time been unseaworthy. In the yard are to be seen eight very gune t 'iong twenty fours we believe, which have upoa them the British crown, proving that they once had different owners. LIVE Oda TimnEu.—The navy commissioners have adver tised for farther proposals to be received at their office till the 4th January next, for the following live oak timber, embraced in their advertisement of 19th September, for which satisfactory offers have not been made:— For the frame timber, beam and keelson pieces, and for the promiscuous pieces for one ship of the line, one frigate,.one sloop of war, and one schooner, to be delivered at the navy yard, near Portsmouth, N. 11. For the frame timber, beam and keelson pieces, and for the promiscuous timber for two frigates and one steamer, at the navy yard, Charlestown, Massachussets. For frame timber, beam and keelson pieces, and for the pro miscuous timber for one steamer and one schooner, at the navy yard, Philadelphia. For the frame timber, beam and keelson pieces, and for the promiscuous timber for one ship of the line and one sloop of war, at the navy yard, Gosport, Va. For the frame timber, beam and -keelson pieces, and for the promiscuous timber for one frigate, one steamer, and one schooner, at the navy yard, Gosport, Va. ( From the New Orleans Bulletin, Nov. 14). Tax as.—We have received froM our correspondent at Nat chitucees, an extract from the Red Ricer Herald, containing, two days later news from Texas, butfO later intelligence from the seat of the present warlike oper 'tions, San Antonio. The ge neral council have put forth eloquent address, appealing to their brethren of the Unit States of the north for succour, which we take pleasure - g I publishing below. The rewards of fered to volunteers in sacred cause for which they are bat tling are liberal, and,linited with other nobler motives, love of liberty and sympatil for an oppressed and gallant people, will we doubt not, calirlo their aid thousands of brave hearts and strong arms fro `our own division of the land. The new' iunicipal bill, concocted by certain needy Whig rs for the purpose of obtaining power for a faction l a ' place and pay for themselves, has, as far as Liverp 1 is concerned, proved eminently successful. Theele t ction took place on Saturday last, the result of whit was declared by the Mayor yesterday, and it ap pear that of the whole eight-and-forty councillors only fiv' are conservatives and forty-three radicals and de ,. s uttives ! The victory is most complete ! The corporation of 4 1,.iierpool is now in the hands of unitarians, Roman ca r tbolicOquakers, anabaptists, and other dissenters, so that of the whole members not six are to be depended Upon who are friendly to the institutions of the Church of tngland. All that we foresaw, all that we feared, all that we perdicted, has come to pass. A hand of avowed and furious levell9 - s are in possession of the Town-ball ; the credit of the town and the bonds of the creditors of the corporation are at their mercy ; and we wish those who have anything at stake, as well as those who have nothing to lose, great joy un the occasion and the com pliments of the season! The original plan of coercion and robbery, as it came from the mint of Lord Jock RUSSELL, has been faith fully adhered to. The old freemen were first disfran chised, and most dishonestly and wantonly deprived of the rights they had received by inheritance or acquired by servitude—the natives of the town were punished and degraded unnecessarily and unjustly—in order that the elective power might devolve upon comparative stran gers—upon. Irishmen who keep dram-shops, beer shops, slop-shops, and houses of a still inure disreputable cha racter—and who, instigated by missives from Ireland, and persuaded if not compelled by their priests, have joined the English raiicals in this struggle and have car ried the day. It is a fact that cannot be too often or tco strongly proclaimed, that Liverpool iS now, as far as mu nicipal government is involved, completely in the hands of the popish priests and the Irish hucksters. The work ing classes of Liverpool, including the old operative free men, who support the keepers of beer-shops, gm-pa laces, and wl►isky booths, are displaced in the scale of so ciety by the strangers they spend their money- upon, and who, thus supported, tyrannise over them, their employ ers, the merchants, shipowners, and all the respectability and intelligence of this great commercial community. That the unitarian faction have been assisted in their revolutionary proceedings by men of a different station, and who have disgraced themselves by their conduct, we and shall prove, when the proper time comes. It is with feelings of shame and sorrow that we are called - ........... . % A 4 . . .. , most melancholy and fatal accidenthich it the pleasures of the clay, artk htt throw] ,y resp ile -families into th' oatii.oigna d on F •at the Serpentine r'm 113 From risries we have made " , t spot, vintr pa • 'rs•may be relied tysr.,:f.l„. cons( ratlekd ::4,si,t yof the frost 4tir * the i ?e,t,Zif pe ..igoiiimenced, skit A n the irlfitour y ,trynroing, `,•,,, ith, ti ustoiliary tarts, ' ing we ~ ery . -10 t halfpast 12 o'cloc , tch time' everal were on the ice, when lou shrie c. :.. •re bet the vffeinily , of the Receivi... ...ase belt t tl A Hui aneAkiety,. on the;. 4. . bank dreds persillitV•bAh to tbe•. and on 1 ately h teitd to die . spitit,:-wh , 7 2 — was dis . piece i,i4e which: had . tikoe;-u- . . , - ed o . 7. Da ithstan igti std , the exertion society's r been ' r 'ed b •,iika , i t : d given w y the ' e oft ' ' ter. Besot e Hun 'e" Soc . - i .;;Ar''' mmoned hi: Is of.hi . peakh 41'irch 4 - , •ho with their drags, acid ro • ~tte,,q.",'.., i n about (wet caring it) pe ~- .7.s,illia ~ A , .N. immediately c ving-hOuse,. 4 en Me - — 4;• oolley, Sawyer, surgeons, - 4-;: . - - -.• *Cc' cc. Hot-baths ,s for rest ;'. lag anin ~U' , r e commended with the : 4 ,,,,....: :est li ;*tiess resorted to ;. i'f, that nt-.71 , stall ,l . . lii :' the unretnitted ex :ohs and •k, • nttapthafear two hours, tbei sttcressfu 77p, ei g isrout of the 15; the vital o reverfr,:": : . e remaining seven. Strong ned that : 1.,:r bodies were left under the ice . , 3Asi E.':41 4 PAax.—Friday being a h. lands of 4 . e inhabitants of the inetropc i ,the sh ~ ,4 of water in St. James's-park. duns d , - skaters who had the hardihood tc on its.:, . ightly• frozen' surface. • A !thong! re d% up the ice, it remained unbroken k,-: when young man fell into the wate s, in at ipting ~ to rescue him, shared t inately 't ' life-boat was at hand, and by i ice of the rkempleyed bv the Royal Hut vhole were rescued from being drowned. o effect, as dther,dorts of the ice continued TO CORRESPONDENTS. Why does not the writer of the letter signed an "Eye Witness," favour us with his name and address. We cannot publish such a statement on anonymous authority. A word to Mr. Councillor Sbiel in our next. The Rev. Mr. Tetlow is not the only clergyman who voted for the unitarians; but wait until the poll book is published! The letter about Mr. Councillor James Aikin will do quite as well another time. The lady in Carmarthen must give a reference to some known and, of course,' respectable person in Liverpool. upon to state that clergymen Of the Church of England have voted for radical and' unitarian candidates For getting every sense of decency and. gratitude, they have supported those who would pull the churches in, which they profess to worship GOD about their ears. But the moral depravity of the proceedings of Satur day will be found black enough in other respects. Men who ought to know better have violated their solemn pledges—tradesmen have not kept faith with their , friends —butchers, bakers, tavern-keepers, coal agents, and others in a similar grade, have voted against those to • whom they owe almost every thing in the world—the first shilling that relieved their necessities in the streets, and the first credit and act of confidence which enabled them to commence business! All this is extremely dis . gusting; but we would rather see it sincerely repented of than condignly punished. What can these men say for themselves ? Let. us con cede that they were desirous to give the factious and pre tending liberals a "fair trial." All this might be excused if there were a particle of reason in the proposition. Most of the conservative candidates were also new men, who sought to have, and were entitled to claim, the same new trial. The inconsistency and folly of the proceed ing on the part of these speculative electors is this. The service to be performed by all the candidates was the execution of a pecuniary trust, and nothinc , more. But instead of selecting m en mos t com p e t ent to discharge the duty, they have actually returned men whom they them selves would refuse to trust in any matter connected with their private interest. They have elected some men whom they would not trust to the extent of two hundred pounds, except under peculiar circumstances; and there are others who are so destitute of ordinary intelligence, that they would not entrust them with any thing more difficult than the lighting of a cigar or the compilation of some indifferent. doggrel arranged to be sung out of tune ! Such are the numskulls—we say.irothing of the sages—who are to have a fair trial, in directing, reform ing, improving, jobbing, quacking, tub-bathing, cork jacketting, and knocking down the corporation of Liver pool—they taking care of the spoil, and the plundered freemen looking on as silent spectators! There is one thing, we confess, we are delighted with; because, let the cynics say what they will, there is some times honour among thieves. We return our best thanks to Lord JOHN RUSSELL for having well considered the character of the men upon whom he conferred the bene fits of this municipal reform. There mustbe a few drops of honourable blood in his veins after all. He knew into what hands the ancient corporations would fall, and he took care to divest them of honour and patronage at one stroke of his pen. It was boldly conceived and cle verly done. Policy and a strong love of. place encou raged him to court the favour of the radicals, the low so cinians, and the Irish papists. But he knew that they could only be rendered subservient to his views by keep ing them in a subordinate position, where hope should draw a more attractive picture than reality. He accor dingly gave them power; but with a sense of prescience which cannot be tocoloudly extolled, he took care they should not possess one item or one chance of any wind fall of valuable patronage. He knew his birds so well that he would not suffer the very poorest church living to remain at their disposal. He conceded to them the sa voury honour of being scavengers. He very properly conceived that the sweeping of the streets, and the col lection of the manure for the public good, could not be placed in better hands. Nor did the noble lord oppose the clause which conferred upon the new councillors the distinguished honour of lighting the lamps. " What do you propose doing with the old lights of the town ?" asked Mr. WILLIAM EWART, in a fearful whisper. " Oh," answered Lord JonN, " it is quite arranged : the new lights must do it—Mr. COGLAN will regulate the spurs, Mr. SMITH the argands, and Mr. THOMAS BOLTON will superintend the blowing out in the morning." Fit men for such things, say we ; but this is not all which Lord JOHN RUSSELL has, by a remarkable fore sight, ruled and ordered for the town of Liverpool. The church patronage has been transferred, and the work of ~, s venginf f. sweeping'. lighting, and cleaning the com mon sewers preserved, in a very proper spirit, to the new municipal council. They are to have nothing whatever to do with clerical appointments, nothing with law pa tronage, without paying for it at a rate which they dare not presume to say they can afford ; and as little with the town-clerk, who is the only independent officer of the corporation, and by all appearances its master. But this is not the worst. Their aldermen are to be honoured with on empty title, to which certainly less power or honour will be attached than to that of a parish beadle. The new made alderman is to be nobody in any court of justice, any more than a chini neysweep, who, by the way, will Cut a more attractive figure if he should be dragged, not,to the bench, but into the dock. The name of alderman is retained, but, we think, in well-studied burlesque._,. It is like PETER SNooKs, the deputy butler, playing" My Lord Duke" in High Life below Stairs. It is like a footman out of place, hired at ninepence per night and a pot of -beer to play "my father's spirit," the murdered King of Denmark. How a reformed alderman is to look a gentleman in the face we positively cannot form the most remote judgment. How he will feel when passing the Sessions Court, in which he cannot show himself, except as a spectator, or a culprit, we have not the powers to describe. Never was such marked distrust and humiliation inflicted upon any set of men, as our particular friend Lord JOHN Rus- SEL has evinced acrd bestowed upon the aldermen and councillors of the reformed borough of Liverpool. Having thus clearly shown the odious disparagement thrown upon the reformers by the provisions of this com ical bill, we now proceed to examine some of its intri cate if not studied and intendedly obscure and impracti cable enactments. We have heard who the man is who drew the bill; but whether his flights toward the realms of nonsense were for the purpose of making it a farce more than a comedy, and like one of SHERIDAN'S turnpike gates which did not open at either end, in stead of a practicable thoroughfare passable with safety at all times—we have no means of deciding. Nay more—that the bill was intended to be practi cable and intelligible we have the greatest doubts. — In the first place, we can comprehend the motives of an able lawyer makiliCk bill . a : .: . nn114„ for he might be serving his employers under cir cumstances which he could not, even in his cTfi defence explain. On the other hand, we do not choose to as sume without better evidence, because we cannot bring ourselves to believe on such evidence as is before us, that any man one degree removed from an impractica ble idiot would have drawn such a bill which in so re markable a degree sets all simplicity, intelligibility, and common sense at defiance. We are disposed to make every concession to whip diplomacy, under trying cir cumstances, and more especially because we have rea son to apprehend that the bill was absolutely laughed at by the highest legal authorities to whom it was submitted, and only adopted by Lord JOHN RUSSELL in the full per suasion that its blunders would be its own executioners, and that the whole mass of impudence, fraud, and ab surdity, would be detected and instantly rejected by the upper house. Unfortunately for the [Ands they did not understand the mean tricks of the whigs, and still more unfortun ately they were advised by some honourable spoons to treat with seriousness what should have been treated with ridicule and rejected with contempt. They passed a bill—but they overlooked the first principles which it in volved. They looked at expediency and forgot justice. They contended for trifles but lost sight of principles. They protected the few whom they listened to, but dis franchised the many who had far better claims upon their honour and their sense of equity. But we pass by this, because their own acts have fallen severely upon those whom, at so great a sacrifice of principle, they were anxious to bear harmless. They, under an evil influence, imagined they could save one portion at the expense of another; but events prove that they have sacrificed the most valuable, without be nefitting the individuals for whom they were induced to profess so much solicitude. We cannot afford to laugh at the bill without inviting the reader to join us, and,by placing before in the ne- DECEMBER 29, 1835 cessary incentives. Let us begin by noticing the quaTh tication clause. • The 28th clause says, "nor shall any person be quali' fled to be elected or to be a councillor or an alderman of any such borough who shall not be entitled to be on the burgess list of such borough, nor unless he shall be seized or possessed of real or personal estate, or both, W the following amount, that is to say, in all boroughs di rected by this act, to be divided into four or more ward!, to the amount o f one thousand pounds, or be rated to the relief of the poor of such borough upon the annual value of not less than thirty pounds." This is the clause under which every very necessitous person, of doubtful credit, .and limited means, who pays £3O rent annually,' imagines himself to be eligible to : all offices under the corporation. But we beg to remind the reader that this is Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S bill, and that it is consequently, considering the legal character and pretensions of his Liverpool adviser, exceedingly contradictory and absurd. By the clause we have quoted, it would appear that in the larger boroughs, such as the borough of Liverpool, any person, although not possessed of £lOOO a-year, if rated at thirty pounds per annum to the poor is eligible! This is a grand mistake. The bill contradicts itself like its author in all. his public proceedings, in a very foolish and ludicrous manner. The 2811) clause is as clear as clear can be ; but what says the 50. h clause? • Listen, reader : " And be it enacted that no person, elected a mayor, alderman, or councillor, or auditor, or assessor for any borough shall be capable of acting as such (except in administrating the declaration herein-after contained) until he shall have made and subscribed before any two or more such aldermen or councillors (who are , hereby respectively authorised and required to administ e r the same to each other) a declaration in the words, or to_ the effect following; (that is tn,say)„ . "I, A. B, having been elected mayor, alderman, coun cillor, auditor, or assessor for the borough {of Liverpool - ) do hereby declare that I take the said office upon.rnyielf, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties thereof ac cording to the best of my judgment and ability, and I do hereby declare that I am seised or possessed of real or personal estate to the amount of one thousand pounds, over and above what will satisfy all my debts."! !.! We do not ask haw many of the newly elected coun cillors can honestly and conscientiously make this solemn declaration. That is their business much more than ours; but we allude to the strange circumstance, in order to show the perplexing and contradictory nature of most every provision in the bill. The clauses which have reference to the mode of elect ing the aldermen and mayor next claim our attentions_ It is enacted, that all the new corporations shall consist of a mayor, aldermen, and councillors. The last were elected first ort Saturday, the old Mayor conducting the election, revising the returns, ai d declaring in an official form the names of the successful candidates. Having done this, the functions of the old mayor, the aldermen. the bailiffs, and the coroners ceased. All these officers became defunct at two o'clock yesterday afternoon. If a man should be found drowned, or commit suicide, there is at present no coroner to sit on his case I The wiseacre who drew the bill did not, perhaps, consider this of any importance. The body must remain where it is laid, the nearest public-house perhaps, until a coroner - can be elected, which is not likely to happen before a fortnight. It was also intended by the bill that the late mayor should remain a justice of the peace until the Ist day of May next; but, as there is no mayor or corporate officer to swear him in, he is not a justice of the peace! .Such blundering was never seen. Well, then, we come to the election of aldermen on Thursday next. They are to he elected by the council- , lors, at least so says the act of parliament ; but it does not provide a returning officer. In short, there is no person named, or competent to declare the aldermen duly returned. If they elect a chairman or president for that purpose, he may select any sixteen burgesses he pleases; for there is no penalty imposed in case he should obey his own pleasure in preference to the wishes of his &al- Here is aSempe, iF tever , there r. - nx cue. in the world, and how they are to get out of it without endless litigation, or the benefit of a second new bill, we cannot even conjecture. The same dilemma will occur on Friday, tl4 Ist of January, in the election of mayor. There is no return ing officer—no man competent to declare upon whom their choice has fallen ! ! ! We have numberless omissions and absurdities of this nature to point out, but enough has been said for the present. However, we cannot conclude without inform ing our readers, that jealousies and dissensions have already broken out amongst the new councillors, as to who shall have the honour of being the first reformed mayor. The aristocratical portion of the radicals, who say that there are not an hundred persons in the whole of Liverpool fit for a gentleman to associate with, have proposed Mr. WM. EARLE as mayor. They are opposed by the low, or democratical . party, who prefer Mr. COG' LAN or Mr. E. SMITH; but the divisions have run SO high, that it is said a compromise willte effected. Mr. WM. W. CURRIE. was named, but he says he is not rich enough. Mr. WM. RATHBONE was proposed, but he confesses he has not temper enough, a singular instance of Mr. RATHBONE'S modesty and good sense. Under these distressing circumstances, it is expected that Mr. THOMAS BOLTON will be the mayor; if so, but whether or not, we can promise our readers rare sport.for the next ten months. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Saturday Evening, Half-past Seren o'clock. The public securities up to the termination of business u Thursday. afternoon (yesterday being Christmas day, it was ob served, as a matter of course, as a close holiday) exhibited a slight degree of heaviness without any very assignable• Cause, if perhaps we except the fact that many of the Bulls closed their accounts preparatory to their absenting themselves from busi ness to enjoy the festivities of the season. The American and French question has ceased for the present to excite much in terest among the speculators in the funds. The fluctuation in Consols for the Account this week has been between 91i and 91i, the latter quotation having been given shortly previous to the termination of business on Thursday-the last price was rather higher, viz., 91i I. The variation. in Money Stock has 'been extremely limited. Exchequer Bills have fluctuated be tween 13 and 16, and India Bonds between 2 and 5 premium- Bank Stock hai advanced from 21Ji to 212. - There has been a rumour current this aftecnoon that his Ma- - j esty's government has ordered twelve additional vessels of war to ha - rtaced:tn coninilYsianTwitrtW - Iffewlit - rotentirigl3ettlsfr commerce, should a rupture take 'place between France and America. . The continental arrivals to-day are very unimportant. We have no accounts whatever frarn the colonies. Business of a commercial nature, as well indeed as in the Public Securities,. has been conducted upon a very limited scale, the attendance of merchants and others having been small : added to this, the city has, during the greater part of the day, been enveloped in so "dense a fog as materially to check mercantile and other trans sections. The Money Market has been nearly . deserted to-day, and speculation, in consequence,. was very :nactive. Consuls for Account, which opened at 91i, fell to 91i. and closed buyers at that price. The departure of the Pantaloon to the United States, and the reported increase in the navy,.hase had some slight effect upon the market. 'ln Exchequer Bills and India Bonds there has been no variation to-day. Bank stock re mains et from 2111 to 212. Bank Stock, 212 Long Annuities, Red. Annuities, 90f India Stock, Consols, shut • India Bonds, 4 pin -34, per Cents. Red., 98-j Exchequer Bills, 15 pm. Ditto New, shut Consols for Account, 91i Omnium, pm. In the market for Railway and other Shares there is hut little doing this week. The Great Western Railway Shares have varied between GI and 71 premium ; the Lon d on and Green wich between 7 and 8; the London and Bilmingham between' 47 and 18; and the North Midland between D I and 2 pi einiurta per share.' The Danube and Maine Shares have fallen to a discount of I per share. In sonic of the minor Mining Shares business has been on the increase; but the variations in them have not been of importance. A want of energy has been shown in the Foreign Stock Mar ket. Spanish Bonds have receded frolll' 48i to 484, but rallied before four o'clock per cent. Portuguese 5 per Cents have declined from 834 to 824, and the 3 per Cents, to 544 ; each, however, closed per cent. liigher. There has been scarcely a bargain done in auy of the other Foreign Securities. Chihaf are a shade lower, closing at 4 , 11 i Mexican Bonds remain no minally at 38, and Colombian at 02. The Share Market is equally languid. The great and in creasing demand. which exists for iron has led to an improve ment in the British Iron Company's Shares from 1:32 to 1:3 4 per share. Danube and Maine Shares have declined to 11 dis count, and in the Railway Shares there has been no alieration to-day. Chilian, 44 Russian, 1081 Portuguese (New) 83 Spanish Consols, 481 Portuguese 3 per Cents., 541 Dutchper Cents., 5 5 1 SH AR Es.—London and - 13iackwall Railway, 3.1; London and Gravesend, dis. ; Danube and Maine,l4 ; London and West uainster Bank, l 5; British Iron, 33. • THE WEATIIEEL—The thermometer sank down to 21 degrees of Fahrenheit on Tue s d a y ni g ht, being th e coldest point t ha ' year.—Lo'ndnn papt.