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CORRESPONDENCE. PAUL PRY-1S AI TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.IND✓4RD. Sta,—l am not sorry that a controversy between certain gen tlemen and the Editor of the Albion has arisen :—it shews that C ondescension is not, in all cases, either safe or prudent. By the Way, if some improper person did not gain admission to the keeting of the Conservative Club, or to that of Lord Sandon's C ommittee, how did any account of the proceedings get abroad? ' A ny Conservative would be ashamed so to act, but let the per *sll who has done so beware; exposure and, of course, infamy *ill be his reward, if discovered. HONOR. THE JOURNAL v. THE MINISTRY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST✓INDIRD. SlR,—The last number of the Journal contains an article, eeilecting on the Conservative feeling of our Whig Rulers. The e xpressions of Lord Althorp, Mr. Stanley, Mr. J. Brougham, et hoc genus, omne," at the elections, betray a regard for Peace and quietness, that does not suit this organ of agitation; a nd is " particularly unpardonable in men, who owe their tower to the spirit of radicalism." The " little red lion" is b eginning to enlarge in his cage, and the prophecy of Mr. 'alining, with respect to the difficulty of managirig him, is like to be fufilled. The Journal affects to see, nothing like a licentious democracy," about which he says, " Mr. Brougham, l ellose privilege to lecture is derived from the reflected glory °T his brother, talks so foolishly to the Southwark Electors :" Nuite ge to lecture !—very good. But to the Journal's " pretty lt teetations." Your schemers and philanthropists often over 'ook the immediate circle in which they move, and carry their 40 stru ms and affections into spheres wherein they have no power or chance of being of any service, oftener working much tt il; and this learned Theban, like the star-gazer in the fable, likely to break his shins over • a:stumbling block in his road, Whilst he is gravely explaining events, in the womb of time, to ,Te gaping crowd about him. In his struggles to account for s:ja strange fancy that the Whig Ministers have take up, he ''lst lay s hold of the poor, and how think you he disposes of 114, idea? " poor are if anything too inert; most certainly tite Y are not pining after the rewards of political confusion. — T hey might doubtless be better instructed, bu t they are in all Zir i gno r a n c e habilual - resPecteri of the laws of God and man." e have. here' admitted, first, that political confusion holds eat its rewards; secondly, we may infer that there be those who Pine after them, but that the poor iri their ignoradce are likely respect those./aivs, which if better instructed they might see heir advantage in setting aside ; admirable sophistry ! • • I pray t hat th e y may remain in their happy ignorance and habitual t Pctrd of God's laws, rather than be awakened to a sense of 'aridelity and the free exercise of their judgment and power, /111. shackled by those notions of religion, which are most peculiarly the solace and treasure of the poor. Yes, enlighten hero on this point, and the tragedy of the French Revolution P ill b e enacted here, in all its horrors! But the poor in their i horance are safe ; and " ascending" from this " inert" mass, W e are next introduced into the " society of the middle ei ck , e s , who concentrate that intelligence which gives birth and / k'teney to public opinion, and he must be impertinent indeed to keuse them of disaffection, or revolutionary notions." Let Me kk if it is not knowledge that introduces the poor man into this It/ eiety ; and if " better instructed," I thoughtthat some pining t fter the rewards of political confusion might'follow, when they I taild calculate the wages of revolution ? But it would be " ljeltinent" in you or me, to hazard a reply in the affirmative, 14 atigh quite fair in a liberal Journal to suggest it. Besides, ~ ret urning have evinced in their behaviour quite the contrary in iftarning Cobbett, Fielden, Tennyson " cum ceteris aliis," a total in this very paper of 255 Reformers against 77 e aservatives. This looks " healthy" I suppose; certainly ' tis "independent,"—and I hope is also very " wise." Well, then, here the revolutionists are not; and where do you think e finds them? amongst the " aristocracy." The wolf eked a' quarrel with the lamb for muddying the stream, t ,i, s . -"Igli the latter was drinking farther from its source. What ! : e aristocracy that has been hunted down with a dogged 7' e !linacity ; been held up as 3. besetting and crying sin ; that s •harrassed the fancy, and distressed the sleeping hours of jc !abinieal hate, like an incubus ; who have all to lose in the tetainble, amongst them (credat Judceus) does the Saturday's Zeacle with his " microscopic eye" discover the seeds of revo "'ion generating ! Tantwne ! I a ray blindness I was stupid enough to suspect that a lie ischi evous i n d us t r y" was labouring elsewhere to " separate 7 great from the humble ;" and I deemed it not illogical to :aelude, from the Journal's own statement and showing, since e humble were passive, " inert," and the middle classes so I ntelligent and potent," that this active principle of evil, might be found in " medias res"—that there we might find the ''intion of Mr. Brougham's problem and observe the " working ! attai n an illaudable ascendancy." But if a man be not an a xistocrat," you must not term him disaffected ; and though he a buses the rulers of the state, the liberal is a determined sup hrter of government ! The mo d est behaviour of the Journal in shifting the honour that w as intended for his party, to another quarter, requires that he should be preferred to the upper seat in the company, ! It ' I beg he will walk up and occupy it: to such advocates of : r evolutionary notions" are we indebted forthe present gloomy Zspect of affairs. A power is on foot that we fear our present 4 linisters, how ever desirous, will not be able to withstand. In :lead of being content, they have " risen in their demands," 4 . , cannin g emphatically said, " unreasonable concession will tll aays induce an unreasonable enemy to do." el llow truly did Shakspeare m a k e C or i o l anus s p ea k, res p ec ti n g •° Bl e urgent demands of the Hydra people ! We did request it We are the greater poll, and in true fear They gave us our demands :—Thus we debase The nature of our seats, and make the rabble Call our cares, fears ; which will in time break ope The locks o' the senate, andbring in the crows To peck the eagles." Yours,&c., FIDELIS. THE CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT. THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 11la, —As th e exc it em ent of the election has somewhat sub -4 t, perhap s some o f y our r e ader s will not be indisposed to earn to a few dispassionate remarks upon the subject of the 14,7'lished church, in which I will endeavour to extenuate no '49, nor to set down aught in malice. i i 1 411 (1 first, as t o th e use of an established chu r ch. It is asked at has Government to do with religion at all? toneligion is entirely an affair of conscience, and relates only 0 41 [1'8 spi r it ua l concerns; t o hi s i n t eres t in a f u t ure s t a t e , an d ° I k ivation of his soul. 1p a _ f t his Were true, Government certainly would have nothing p o mk' with religion ; and as far as this is true, Government can k44l,awfully interfere. But religion does not relate merely to s spirit ua l concerns , it i s not so wholly e ngaged about th , future condition as to be indifferent to his present. In t religion conducts man to a better world by regulating his k l o kluct in this. As then religion exercises the deepest and il le 4 Powerful influence on men's behaViour in society, and as ob. r e gulation of men's behaviour in society is the immediate it t iet, the so l e en d i n d ee d, o f c i v il governmen t, th ere th en thi lies a_ necessary and essential connection between them. In 8 reg PeCt 029. may be said not only to coalesce, but to co' exist ; they act upon the same principle, and for the same end. This then shews that religion should be the care of the Magis trate : but it also distinctly defines the limits to' which his care should extend. As far as religion operates upon society, so far should it be his care and no further: over harmless theological opinions he must exercise no controul. The end of civil Government is the preservation of property, and the secure enjoyment of all those benefits for which so ciety is formed. But human laws are inadequate to this end. The law of honour allows adultery, drunkenness, prodigality, lust, and revenge even to murder, as in the case of duelling. The law of the land permits, because it cannot reach, secret crimes. It permits luxnry, prodigality, ingratitude, avarice, disrespect to parents, breach of promise, impiety, hard-hearted ness to the poor; and cannot enforce piety, honesty, forgivenesi of injuries, faithfulness, brotherly kindness, or charity. TO en courage, therefore, what are called the duties of imperfect obliga tion, the sanctions of religion are required. But then, of course, the civil Magistrate must only employ them for that end: if he abridges natural rights, and interferes with liberty of conscience, he is the enemy of true religion; and as has been observed, if he proceeds to support it by violence and persecu tion, "he fights the battles of heaven with armour forged in • hell." It seems, therefore, an actual contradiction of terms to assert that legislation has nothing to do with religion. Religion is a Latin word, the English of which is obligation, from religo, to bind or oblige; and its meaning, as we use it, is, the obliga tion to perform our duty to God and man. Surely then, to af firm that legislation has nothing- to do with it, is, to say the least, illogical, and a contradiction of terms. This 'appears to me so self-evident a truth, that I think it would not have beon / denied' if religion had been confined to its proper use, the re gulation of men's conduct in society; and not extended for the mere gratification of ambition and cruelty to the enforcement of abstract opinions and useless ceremonies. And this truth ap pears to have been so generally acknowledged that until the formation of the American republic, no civil Government, I believe, ever existed without some kind of a religious establish ment. The patriarchal Government was purely religious. The Jew ish Government, sanctioned by God himself, was religious during its whole duration. The regal Governments of former times were all religious, as the ancient republics of Greece and Rome. Athens, not only had a religious establishment', but a test law. Every Athenian citizen, with au oath, of which the following is a part—" I will not dishonour the sacred arms, nor desert my comrade in battle. I will defend and protect my country and my religion * * * * 1 will always be ready to obey the supreme Magistrate with prudence, and to submit to the established laws * * * * and lastly, I will reverence the national sacred rites, of which I call the gods to witness." Religious establishments, then, having been thought expedient by the common consent of mankind, and a religious establish merit having been sanctioned by God himself in the government of the Jews, it remains to be shewn whether christianity made any change in this respect, whether, as is very confidently as serted, a religious establishment is prohibited by the religion of Christ; the consideration of which I will reserve for my next. Your obedient servant, PRESBYTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STINDARD. SIR,—In calling to mind the extraordinary excitement mani fested during the late election in this town, it will readily occur to us that some strong cause must exist to account for the ef forts made by Mr. Thornely's party to return him to parliament as one of its representative; besides, the old clap traps which the professors of cheap philanthropy are wont to hold out, such as slave emancipation, abolition of the corn laws, B:c., &c., &c. It behoves all members of the Established Church to open their eyes and become aware of the plain truth, which is simply, this : The alluring promises of reduction of taxes, abolition of tithes, and free trade in corn, are merely artifices made use of by the enemies of the church to get such men returned to parliament as will, overlooking the solid advantages of an established reli gion, pledge themselves to its overthrow. Let all Englishmen who justly value the surpassing consolation afforded to the many by a pure and Established Church look' to this, and ask themselves, why it is that almost every candidate who has been willing to pledge himself to violent measures (and how many are there ?) will be found to belong to the class of Unitarians. Let us look to the separate merits, or rather qualifications; of two of the individuals who contested the representation of this borough at the late election, 1 mean Lord Sandon and Mr. Thornely. Ido not speak of Mr. Ewart, for he has shown how unfit he is to represent Liverpool, or any other place; which re quires from its member the performance of a more important duty than a daily ride to the house. In our noble representative we find a man who, during his political existence, has, as a statesman and a man of business, fully justified the high expectations which his academical career gave rise to. His moderate and liberal view of politics, and the signal service which he has rendered to his constituents during the short time he has been their representative, have gained for him the support of the moderate men of both parties, including an overwhelming majority of the respectable mer chants of the town. Besides, his high character, which roiifers additional lustre on his exalted birth and station, gives ample assurance of the honesty and uprightness of his intentions ; and he is, moreover, a zealous supporter of the church, and being such, will doubtless consult its true interests by endeavouring gradually to lop off those excrescences which have grown to it in the progress of years, and which may be said to be rather consequences of human imperfection, than arguments against the beauty and utility of the structure. In regard to Mr. Thornely, I would ask what his pretensions are to offer himself as a candidate for this borough? Did he come forward in compliance with a requisition from the lead ing merchants of the place ? Certainly not. The merchants, as a body, were decidedly opposed to him, and were shocked at his presumption in offering himself as a fit person to represent them in parliament. Previously to the two last contests he was but little known in the town, and can hardly, from•the ob scurity of his position, hive had an opportunity of acquiring that knowledge of public business so indispensable in the mem ber of a large and flourishing community like that of Liverpool. I should feel some delicacy in thus stating my opinion of the prqensions of any individual; but when it is remembered, that in addition to the circumstance of his having obtruded himself, unasked by them, upon the notice of the mercantile portion of this community, Mr. Thornely has so far forgotten himself as to attempt to harangue the county meeting at Newton, on Tues day last; I cannot but be of opinion, that, in having forgotten that modesty of demeanour, which is most becoming to a per son in his station of life, he has at the same time foifeited all claim to exemption from any remarks which his "vaulting am bition," or rather, gross presumption, may give rise to. In such a House of Commons as would adequately represent the various interests of this mighty empire, Mr. Thornely might possibly find that it would require brilliant abilities (which he does not possess) to cover the disadvantages of his actual posi tion in the social scale ; and that it is not sufficient to be a de magogue and a swallower of pledges, to enable a man to com mand that attention in the house; which a member for the se cond town in England ought to expect. For, we 'have lately learnt, that it by no means follows that the circumstance of re presenting Liverpool will alone confer influence. Witness another aspirant to public honours, who boasts himself a " na tive of Liverpool, and who will yield to none' in attachment to his natiio town." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. I would here earnestly call upon all true churchmen not to alloW themselies to be deceived by these would-be philanthro pisti, or to believe that any public measure, at once safe, li beral, and conducive to the real interests of the community, would not find a zealous, and, let me add, an able supporter in Lord Sandon. And let me call upon all such to ask themselves the true meaning of the exaggerated promises which have been so liberally made by Messrs. Ewart and Thornely, and their party. If they consider the matter dispassionately, they must feel a conviction that such promises and pledges are the means by which the 'insidious enemies of our church look to accomplish the impious task of levelling with the dust that sacred edifice, to establish which, our forefathers shed their blood.—Yours, &c. ARISTOGITON. TO THE EDITOI? OF THE LIVERPOOL STrINDARD. SIR,—In a late number of the Liverpool Albion, now the organ of the sectarian faction in this town, the editor has made an unwarrantable attack upon the Established Church, and has even hazarded assertions which may be construed into an attack upon religion itself. An extract from this article was, from the same motive, quoted in a London morning journal, notorious for its support of radical and infidel principles, and for its almost daily invectives against religion in general, and the Established Church in particular. In the indecorous attack alluded to, the editor of the Albion represents the proportion of the Protestant population of this country who adhere to the Established Church as but compara tively small; that a majority of the nation are dissenters; that these h?ve, of late years especially, increased more than in proportion to the population; and, therefore, that the influence of the Church of England is rapidly declining. To confirm his statement, he refers to the relative state of the two parties in this town, as a good criterion by which to judge of what it is in the whole kingdom. The evident object of this article is to depreciate the national church, with the view of exalting the sectarians; the pretended growing importance of whom it has of late become the practice to.magnify beyond truth, for the invidious purpose of bringing the established religion into dis repute. To show; hoivever, the fallacy of the statement made by the editor of the Albion, and of the deduction he makes therefrom, it is only necessary -to advert to one simple circumstance, namely, the number of churches belonging to the establishment, compared with the number of places of worship in the dissent ing interest, which have-been built in Liverpool within the last ten years. The comparison will prove, if it be taken as a just criterion in the case, how utterly devoid of foundation, how completely at variance with the truth, is the representation of the .4/bion. It has been said; that should the dissenters become so much increased as'to comprise a majority of the community, the 'funds of the national church ought to be placed 'at their dis posal. Nothing, however, but that absurd self-sufficiency, and the no less absurd propensity to exalt the. merit of their own faith, which distinguish all' sects, can speculate on the proba bility,of the majority of this country ever becoming dissenters, of their being persuaded' Co renounce the 'male of worship . in which they have been educated, in order to embrace sectarian doctrines. Human nature and the very construction of society oppose it. Those who are brought up in the established reli gion are as firmly attached to their faith as the 'sectarians can .be; and they are unable to discover anything in sectarian doc trine or practice, or in their influence on character, which would induce them to prefer that form of religion to their own. There, are, in regard to matters of religion, two classes of persons in society (and these form the bulk of it) who are im ,pervious to sectarian influence, and whose habits, feelings, and mode of thinking, will always remain a barrier against the in fluenee of sectarian efforts, in the inviellou, though futile, attempts to undermine the,national faith. Those who are less strict concerning modes of worship will not be induced to change that to which they are accustomed, in order to embrace one which will impose greater restraint upon them, even did it pos sess, in their estiniation, any superiority'over their own. The respectable, affluent, and intelligent classes, are equally indis posed to exchange the liberal but pure, doctrines of the Church of England for sectarian fenet. The. austerity, , 'the intolerance, and habits of sectarians, and especially the cant with which all sectarians are more or less tainted, are repugnant to the in telligent and affluent classes. The bulk, therefore, of the peoPle of this country, and, in fact, of every civilised society, are from habit and mode of thinking, necessarily adverse to sectarian influence, and placed beyond its reach. That influ ence can only be applied successfully, and generally, to the habits and mode of thinking, which belong to a class that form but a minority of the community. If the Presbyterians and the Roman Catholics, therefore, be eXcepted, the sectarians, generally speaking, may be said to draw their congregations from the inferior grades of the middle classes, the only portion of the community to whose habits and feelings sectarian discipline is adapted. Those of the snore intelligent and affluent classes, who are connected with their communions, form but an ineonsiderable number. This fact is sufficiently demonstrated, both by observation and the avowed poverty of their ministers, who certainly would have been more liberally remunerated than they are if any considerable propor tion of their adherents belonged to the intelligent and affluent classes. The observations of the Editor of the Albion implicate him in a charge of a more serious nature than even that of villi fying the national church. He has said, in the article above referred - to, that all the religion and all the morality which prevail in the country, and even its preservation from infidelity itself, are owing to the dissenters. That the Established Church has failed in the duties which were expected from it; and that, there exist no morality or religion in the country but what hdve been derived from the dissenters. Of the Protestant community of this country (England) the majority are adherents of the national religion, and this majority includes, generally speaking, nearly the whole of the intelligent and affluent classes; the portion of those who have embraced sectarian doctrines being very inconsiderable. Now this majority' do not, according to the Alpion, receive any moral or religious instruction from the church to which they adhere, because of its unfitness to' impart moral and religious instruction ; and as they do not attend sectarian places of won_ ship, theymuit, of course, be without the influence of religion. The majority of the people of England, comprehending nearly the whole of the intelligent and affluent classes, are, according to the statement of the Editor of the Albion, without the bene fit of religious instruction. He will not, however, I presume, assert that they are also without the qualities which are essential to good and virtuous membeis of society. He will not maintain that, although with_ out 'the succours of religion, the intelligent and respectable classes' of this good town of LiVerpool, for example, who are members of the established, church, are not equally qualified with their sectarian fellow-townsmen, for all the duties and re lations of society.' If, then, the members of the established church, who accor ding to the representations of the Editor of the Albion, have not the benefit of religious instruction, possess, nevertheless, all the requisites of useful and virtuous members of a great civil ized community, does it not follow, as a necessary deduction that religion is useless ? That it is a delusion, a cunningly deiised fable, and tbi - .tt it would 13.F:f9rtho benefit of society to threi3Off its restraints i This, certainly is the-, conclusion to which, the obscrvatious of the Albion will lead. " • The utility of religion, the necessity of its succours for even the very being of society, has afforded an evidence of its truth, which all the ingenuity of infidel philosophers has never been able to overconie. •Great and eminent men, in both ancient and modern times, whilst they avowed their disbelief in it, have, at the same time, 'acknowledged its necessity for the peace and welfare of society,.by promoting its institutions, and have thus given, without intending it, an irrefutable proof of its truth. But the Editor ok the Albion, however, has discovered what the infidel philosophers, both modern and ancient, have been unable to trace, in all their research, that religion 'is perfectly unnecessary for society, that the most civilized nation in exis tence is, with respect to the majority of its members, 'without religion. R. N. ALLEGED TOWN-HALL MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF_THE LIVERPOOL ST.eIND"IRD. Town-Clerk's Office, 26th Dec. 1832. SIR,—My attention was called by a friend on Monday even ing to a statement in the 'Saturday's Liverpool Journal, in which it is insinuated that a Meeting was held in the Town-hall after the close of the Poll on the first day of the late Election, in order to determine on a proposition. made for resorting to Bri bery, on behalf of some of the Candidates, and in which meeting it is added, that I gave some advice or opinion on the subject. Having long ceased to find in the weekly productions sent forth to the Liverpool community, by most of the local press, either amusement or interest, I seldom read them or I should have sooner published _this letter, but it, is due to the friends of the Candidates implicated in the accusation, as also to the office I have now the honour to fill, (without reference to personal considerations,) that I now request you to give this public and unqualified assurance of the utter falsehood of the insinuation. No such meeting to my kOwledge or belief ever took place, nor did I ever give any such advice or opinion as is imputed to me in any way directly - or indirectly. I am, Sir, • Your obedient Servant, THOMAS FOSTER. We are sorry to hear that the Duke of Beaufort has lately been much indisposed. His grace and the Duchess are at En. stone, in Oxfordshire, and will not proceed to Badmington, in Gloucestershire, till the latter part of January. The Earl of Harewood has already commenced his annual winter donation of blankets, coals, &c. to the poor tenantry at Harewood, and on his lordship's other estates. Princess Lieven continues indisposed at Ashburnham House. Her highness is attended by Sir Henry Halford. A great num ber of the nobility now in town visited her highness on Saturday. It is said that Lord William Bentinck is to be immediately recalled from India, and that that splendid piece of government patronage will be bestowed upon Lord Durham, son in-law of the premier—in reward, we suppose, for his Lordship's brilliant services during his late embassy extraordinary. London Staqard. Mr. Abercromby, the late Chief Baron of Scotland, it is now said will succeed Mr. Manners Sutton to the speaker's chair. This gentleman will receive the support of ministers, in come- Suence of which, It is supposed that Mr. Lytticton and Mr. pring Rice, who have both been named, will withdraw their claim. Mr. Abercromby will sit in parliament for Edinburgh. —London Standard. • • • • • EXPECTED MARRIAGE IN H I Gil LlFE.—There is a'rumour of a marriage ,being op the. tai /between the accorriplished and beautiful daughter of a late gallant Admiral, and a Noble Lord, the eldest son and fieir of one of the wealthiest and worthiest Earls in thie nOrthefEnglatili. The parties kaiale be betrOth ed to each other are not in . Italy.: young lady is accom panied-by, hexmother .and her guardian, a rich and most influ ential Noblernan, who, it is generally reported, will give, with his approbation of the match, one hundred thOusand pounds as a marriage portion.—Court Journal. The last week's collection of ConservatiVe rent in Dublin amounted, as we learn from the Dublin Evening Mail, to about five hundred and eighty pounds. DEATH ON THE HUSTINGS.--On the Bath Hinting's, on Mon day, MT. - Orchard, aged seventy-seven, was among the electors. He had been perfectly well all tho'morniy:2:, but was attacked with sudden illness; a little water was brought, - and he recovered; relapsed in a. few minutes, and, in a veltshort time afterwards, HORRIIBLE CASE ,OF -POlSONlNG, ' —Therrillage of Wighton, near Wells, Norfolk, was last week thrown into a dreadful state of alarm by the following circumstances :—A poor man, named Wright, aged 41, on the Saturday morning, when :flriv ing a load of corn to Cley, for Mr. Mack, became vlOlantly ill, and on arriving at Cley he was obliged to call in tifegsiist ance of Mr. Mirk; surgeon, who pOid him every attention, but he died on the following morning. - His 'wife, who resided- at Wighton, was sent for, and as the people of Cley conceived the case to be one of cholera, she consented with apparent rchict ance to the burial of the body on SufidaV. On returning to Wighton, Mrs. Wright found her father,ltichard Darby, who had lived with her, also dead. This excited 'some attention, and a girl was accidentally heard to say that Mrs. Wright had been buying poison at Wells. It then appeared that she had bought four ounces of arsenic a few days previous, on !the pretence of wanting it, for a ratcatcher in the village, and that she had.-put some in two cakes, which she gave to her husband and father. Their bodies were consequently disinterred on Friday, and ou examination poison was found in their stomachs. The woman was then taken into custody: Two of her children died very suddenly a short time previous to her husband's death, and the general opinion is that the woman is insane, and that in killing her husband she laboured under a fit of jealousy. She rias been committed to Norwich Castle.—Suffilk Chronicle. DIARRIED. On Sunday last, at Manchester, J. Bradley, jun., of Toxteth Park, to Susannah Stones, widow of the late Mr. John Stones; and" thiid daughter of John Lillyman, .Esq., of Syke House, Yorkshire. • - On Monday the 17th instant, at Ennersdale, near Whitehaven,-J. Gordon, Esq., of Dumfries, to Miss Brocklebank, daughter of J. Brocklebank, Esq., Hazle liolme. On Monda3r, the 26th ult. at 'New York, Mr. Theodore P. Brett, to Isabella, daughter of the late Mr. John Jones, of Nottingham, (England.) On Thursday, : the 13th instant, at St. Nicholas' Church, Mr. Mill er , to Miss Anne Nirvn„ ne. On Tuesday, the 18th instant, at St. Pancras, New-road, . London, by the Rev. Dr. Moore, Mr, James Part, surgeon, Wigan, to Caro line, second daughter of Mr. John Cumberland, of .Camden Newtown. On Monday last, at St. David's Church, by the Rev. R. Davies, Mr. Wm. Jones, timber-merchant, to Miss Owen. Same day, at St. Philips' Church, by the -Rev. R. L. Townsend, Mr. Wm. Ashton, second son of khe fate Mr. James Ashton, pilot, of this town, to Mrs. Sarah Head, relict of the late Mr. Joseph .Head, joiner, Dexter-street; Toxteth Park. DIED . A short time back, at Crathorne, Yorkshire, R. Clipman,Esq. , aged 107 years. He was born and lived all his* time in the same parish. The same may be said of his father and grandfather for several gene rations, and they all farmed under the Crathorne family successively. —Norwich East Anglian. On Thursday, the 20th instant, at his residence, Coleshill, War wickshire, George Pinkerton, Esq., at an advanced age. He was a gentleman of retired habits, and universally respected. At Dover, aged 70, Capt. J. Hatley. R. N., last surviving compa nion of the illustrious, navigator, Capt. Cook. On the 26th Sept., at Fernando Po, D. Collier. Captain of the Swift snre. On Monday, the 26th ult., Mr. William Hughes, late of Upper Canada, in the 80th year of his age. On Tuesday, the 27th ults, at New York, Mr. George Whitehead, He was a native of Ashton, near Manchester, ( England,) On Wednesday, the 12th instant, at the Vicarage, Eccles, Amicia Eliza, infant daughter of the Rev. T. Blackburne. on — Thursday, the 13th instant, John, the eldest son of Mr. John Bartlam, aged 23. On Saturday, the 15th instant, at Graythwaite-hall, Elizabeth, the wife of Myles Sandys, Esq . ., of Graythwaite, in this county. and sister to Limit-General S►r John Hamilton Dalrymple, Bart., Colonel of the 92d Highlanders, of Oxenford Castle, in the county of Edinburgh. On Sunday, the 16th instant, at his house, Highfield-street, in his 42d year, Mr. Cuthbert Pye, cart-owner, and late warehouseman to Messrs. Morris aii4 Hignett. Same day, of a decline, Miss Sarah, second daughter of the late Mr. Francis Nickson, of the King's Head Inn, Frodsham, aged 21. Same day, at Abervstwith, in the 62d year of his age, Thomas Mar riott, Esq., late of Manchester, On Monday, the 17th instant, Mrs. John Adamson, aged 64. Same day, Anne, wife of Mr. Thomas Roberts, aged 46, On Wednesday, the 19th instant, at Ballasalla, Isle of Man, Mr. John Sharpe, in his 87th year. Same day, in Russell-square, London, of . effusion on the' brain, the effect of long previous illness, but accelerated by the recent loss of her lamented husband, the Right Hon. Lady Tenterden. Same day, at his house, in Pembroke-place, after a long and pain ful illness, which he endured with much Christian patience, Mr, Wm. Wilson, aged 74 years. Same day, aged 71, Mrs. Katharine Lander, relict of the late Mr. William Lander, many years a.respectable inhabitant ofßirniingham, and also of Byrom-street, in this town. Same day, at Workington, John Beck, Esq., late• Comptroller of the Customs at Workington, aged 83. • On SUnday last, Mr. George Webster, son of Mr, Thomas Web ster, of Prescot, deservedly respected by his relatives and friends. On Monday last, Emily, the infant daughter of Mn William Col. ton, Upper Parliament-amt.