The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-01-27 00:00:00

LO-V,DOLIi LAW REPORT. PRIME OAKUM FOR SALE. TO MBRCHANTS, SHIP BUILDERS, SHIP CHAND LERS, AND oTtiERs, , riil-11.1 GUARDIANS of the POOR of lymouth, have for 1 Sale several Tons of Prime OA UM manu factured. from Junk purchased at H. M. Plymou Dock Yard, at the reduced pr ice of EIGHTEEN POUNDS r Ton, with an allow ance of £5 per cent. discount on th purchaser taking five tons. Retail price, for less than a (Fluter of a ton, at 19s. per cwt. • W. B. DOLLING, • Governor of the Corporatlon of Guardians. Parochial-office, Plymouth, Jan. 24, 1835/ SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING KNOWLEDG . ryiHE ANNUAL MEETING of IL LIVERPOOL DlS nucT COMMITTEE of the" SOCIETY for PRo - - MOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, will be held on Tuunsoity next, the 29th instant, at One o'clock, M the BLux CoAT. IlosetTAL. J. B. MONK, Secretaries. WM. HES K ET , LIVERPOOL EXCHA GE. IPROPRIETORS of the IV ERPOOL EX -11 CHANGE will be paid a DIVID .ND of Four Pounds Ten Shillings on their respective Sh es, for the year 1831, upon applying to Mr. JOHN Suni.ow, the Cashier, upon and after MONDAY next, the 2 , 1 of Febru y; and also the further KIM of Thre , ,.. Guineas for eacb Share, in lieu of the right of Nomination to the Public Room fir the present year, provided the same be demanded on or before the 24th day of December next. • . • ProprietOrs should be prepared to produce their Certificates, if required, to Mr. Sudlow ; and personal representatives of de ceased Proprietors, Trtistees, and others, who have not already obtained Certificates. will be required to produce the wills or instrument 4 under which: they claim, to Messrs. CaasoN and C nooK Solicitors, 38. Castle-street. By order of the Proprietors, at their General Meeting, held the tlfith day of Janiiary, 1835. WILLIAM FOSTER, Secretary. TO.THE PUBLIC. THE MASTER COACH-MAKERS of this Town, hay ing seen in the .S'tondard, and Mercury, of this day, an Advertisement from the Journeymen, in reply to their address to the Public, relative to the differences now existing between them, are sorry to say that it is very contrary to truth. In an swer to their first assertion, that their advance was obtained without any threat, we can only say that one of the Firms, early in last spring, received notice from all their workmen, that unless each had an advauce of from two shillings to eight shillings per week, to commence on the following Saturday, on that day they would 'leave their. Work,, to prevent which their demand was complied with.—Afterwards, every Mastt i r, even the indi vidual alluded to, had the same demand mad upon bins. They acemnpanied their dams 4sti to that individu 1 with the threat that unless complied with, be should not h; - e a man t o work for him during the next twelve months ; , ,however long he resisted their - demand, he should be cn shed to pay each man his full wages the same as if at nor .—St l'or the truth of their assertion, that there was not sy threat upon their part. Secondly, we never objected to their Club, except when made the instrument of dictation, which is evident from an order re ceived by one of the Liverpool Firms, stating that unless they discharged a man, who was not a member, they would all turn out.. This demand not being complied with, they put their threat into execution, and every Man left tl-e employ. We likewise affirm, that there are never one-third of the Journeymen Coachmakers out of employ, even during the win ter months; and we believe we are correct in stating, that when out of employ, that Society never affords them weekly relief. Thirdly, in reference to the Advertisement for Five Hundred Workmen,—the ,Masters in Manchester employ nearly all their men by the week, and who have, and will now give a good workman Two Pounds per week. In this town it is customary for men ot ability to work by the piece, by which they are en abled to obtain from two to five pounds per week. This com pletely refutes their charge, that the Masters wish to mislead the public as to their wages. In conclusion, the Journeymen would have no objection to sign the declaration required of them, provided their Society had no oilier object than that of relieving their unemployed members, supporting their sick, and burying their dead, to which it is impossible any nester would object; but it is well known, and can he easily proved, that it-exists for very different purposes. Liverpool, 231 Jun,, 83.5, l'lO.llK UAA II al Iflilt all La. ----- _ y - . RCHANTS, SHIP BUILDERS, SHIP CHAND- ' non eget LESS, AND oTHERsi • COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, WESTAIINSTEn, JAN. 22. withlinti GUARDIANS of the POOR of .Iyalouth, - have for 1.111E.1...-CHALWERS e. - BYRNE AND ANOrnEn• della ) , le le several Tons of Prime OA UM manufactured . Mr. Stan - utters appeared on behalf of Mr. Peter Charles Chel- nominal a to v m eid n i a e l t nit purchased at H. M. Plymon Dock Yard, at the 1 mers, the plaintiff in this case, and stated that it was au actiontttb of, et i_ s t _ price of EIGHTEEN Pourcns r Ton, with an allow- by him to recover from. the defendants, the proprietor and I I nivi l r i . j l t £5 per cent. discount on th purchaser taking five usher of the Morning Pot newspaper, damages fur a libel p m the . publi ration tl him which appeared id that paper on the 28th ofJanuary, 1V33. l price, for less than a quarter of a ton, at 19s. per cwt. 'The circumstances out of which the publication chaigea l as Ir . . • W. B. DOLIeING, beilous arose were as follows ;-Theemlaiutiff, Mr. Cha titers, 'hers," a • Governor of the Corporation of Guardians. had been for a considerable time previous to that at which the where a of the ps flial-gffice, Plymouth, Jan. 24, 1835 7 • events giving rise to the _present proceedings occurred a . large --- . GIETIc' FOR PROMOTING lIRISTIAN dealer in provisions and shipping stores, and had resided asin nuaeivneisrttetir( Lower Thames-street, where also lie had carried on business . . , KNOWLEDG . - agent foie Mr. Collier!, a miller .in Gueros6y. Some time he- °l virtu, ANNUAL MEETING of t LIVERPOOL DIS- fore May, 1.832, he had aansmitted to the latter gentleman in e t w h as s t uv ucT COMMITTEE of th SOCIETY for PRO' the course of business a bill of exchange purporting to hom th iG CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, will be held on acceptance of a Captain Whiteman Freeman,. whom he the Il! toe . c f l :k r t 1 ,AY next, the 29th instant, at One o'clock, at the BLUE Chalmers) had supplied with biscuit. This bill had been duly ioseurst.. J. B. MONK, Secretaries. endorsed to Mr. Cehieu, but when it became due Captain Free- titun r it s: WM.HESK ET II , , . . , man was not in the country and the result was, that on the latter - being applied to for payment, he asserted that . his name had in Charles LIVERPOOL EXCHA GE. . been forged in the acceptance to the bill, and it was insinuated ~ PROPRIETORS of the IV ERPOOL i EX- that Mr. Chalmers had forwarded the bill to Mr. Cohieu know- I' ree I t IANGE will he paid a DIVID .N I) of Four Pounds e _ two had , ing it to be a forgery. Mr. Chalmers- immediately became d ,lungs on their respective Sh es, for the year 1831, sheets to have the charge investigated, and app eared at the The mlying to Mr.. Tonie &meow, the Cashier, upon and Mansion-house accordingly, when the result o f t he examination, The O and also the further NDAY next, the 2d of Febru y• . , m e t . ' to his great astonishment, was, that he was held to bail - to ap- a net , t.L Three Guineas for each Share, in lieu of the right of pear and take his trial for forgery at the ensuing May sessions identity ition to the Public Room fir the present year, provided (153`2) On the• appointed day lie was put on his trial, the re - of the o to be demanded on or before the '24th day of December eked j suit of which was, that at is late hour of the night the jury came rieters should be prepared to produce their Certificates, to the conclusion, that he was guilty of the charge, by finding ita verdict to thatSffect against him. His client, Mr. Chalmers, _ r , red, to Mr. Sudlow ; and personal representatives of de- shortly after his conviction, made an application to the Secre- . .. ‘, m e i Proprietors, Trustees, and others, who have not already d Certifieates. will be required to ],reduce the wills or tart' of State on the merits of his case, ,and the result of this vi ttl en i, eh l/ 1 1 proceeding was, that on the 12th of Jaeuary,lB33, he received cents under which: they claim, to Messrs. emotes and iis Majesty's free pardon, a great part of the intermediate time es-- se Solicitors, 38. Castle-street. having been occupied by the jedges in the consideration of cer- e e e rder of the Proprietors, at their General Meeting , held lain legal objections•to the indictment w h ich had been referred h day of January, 11335. . ,to them by the recorder. Upon all those objections tit! judges WILLIAM FOSTER, Secretary. ' had decided against Mr. Chalmers, and in the mean time also that very salutary measure fur the abolition of the punishment TO.THE PUBLIC. • of death, as attaching to the crime of forgery, had been passed, E MASTER COACH-MAKERS of this Town, hay- so that the pardon granted in January, 1833, could not have . es seen in the S'tatulard, and Mercury. of this day , a n been granted on the ground of technical informality, uor isement from the Journeymen, in reply to their address f ro m a motive of mercy on the part of the crown. Very _ Public, relative to the differences now existing between shortly, however, after the granting -of this pardon. he be- C are sorry to say that it is very contrary to truth. In an- came an object of attack by that portion of the public press The o their first assertion, that their advance was obtained which, now flourishing under the smile of authority, was t any threat, we can only say that one of the Firms, early notwii then violently and . virulently Opposed to the government. spring, received notice from all their workmen, that unless On the '2Bth January, 1833, there appeared in the Morning Post, c ipal a lad au advance of from two shillings to eight shillings per a publication which he (Mr. Stammers) would venture to say of Id 1 to commence on the following Saturday, on that day was one of the.mest gross, false, uud atrocious libels ever fabri multi 'leave their. Work,, to prevent -which their demand cited by even the most degraded portion of the press. The ar- and 0 1 inp;k4l with.-Afterwards, every Mase i r, even the lisei- tide prirpoeted to be takurre from the Alen Bull newspaper, and . ea , abutted to, had the same demand mad upon him. They was as follows ;-" Motives for the Exercise of the Royal Cle- fur '.' panted their demised to that individu 1 with the threat inencye-Verily the Whigs select choice subjects for the exer- and B iniess complied with, he should not Fe - e a man t o work rose of hi s M ajesty ' s grace . A . few weeks since the Secretary. n during the next twelve months ; 1 , ,however l on g Ike of State respited two men who had been found guilty of mar .d their demand, he should be cn elled to pav each der under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, and it was then his full wages the same as if at wor .-Se much tor the asserted that they had been respiled to court the favour of the Tht if their assertion, that there was not ty threat upon their mobocracy of Lambeth, for which borough Lord Palmerston had sonic . intention of offering fiimself. In The Timer of Sa- e at adi ondly, we never objected to their Club, except when made turday ive read the following . :-' (From a Correspondent.)- go o d i strument of dictation, which is evident from an order re- Mr. Chaliners, who was convicted of forgery at the . May ses- , , Iby one of the Liverpool Firms, stating that unless they sions at the Old Bailey, has received a free pardon. The case * 3 " Pe treed a man, who was not a member, they would all turn has been reserved by the Court over !several sessions for the and fc This demand not being complied with, they put their opinion of the Judges on certain points of law, but they ulti- /lit : into execution, and every Man left the employ. • utately decided against him, and he received sentence of trans ! likewise affirm, that there are never one-third of the portation for life.- The case then became fit to represent to the fine is keytnen Coaehmakers out of employ, even during the win- Secretary of Stale on the merits, and the result of it. is, that he cloths; and we believe we are correct in stating , that when has received a pardon under the Great Seal, discharging him obtair 'employ, that Society ue"er affords them weekly relief. from the consequences of the verdict, and restoring him to the in Ba irdly, in reference to the Advertisement for Five hundred enjoyment of all his rights and privileges.' in the former case cmen,-,the Masters in Manchester employ nearly all their the men were of such bad character that the officers had taken by the week, and who have, and will now give a good there up ou suspition. la this case we have reason to know E o „___ man Two Pounds per week. In this town it is customary that the crime . of forgery is not new to Mr. yree Pardon ""';' Irish ,en et ability to work by the piece, by which they are en- Patrick Chalmers, either in respect of this or a former instance Do.. ito obtain km two to five pounds per week. ']'his corn- where he was similarly charged. We think we can offer some D o . ly refutes their charge, that the Masters wish to mislead reasons for this act of the Ministers. Mr. Free Pardon Pa- Buse üblic as to their wages. trick Chalmers was some timer s previous to this accusation an Cam conclusion, the Journeymen would have no objection to sign eminent mob header in a small way. • He called a public meet- Of r r i s ss i ,eclaration required of them, provided their Society had no ing in Smithfield, and headed a deputation to the Lord Mayor a : eARLS • object than that of relieving their unemployed members, requesting him to call a meeting to petition for the abolition of Irish urting their sick, and burying their dead, to whirls it is o w pu ni s h me nt of death for forgery. Ile took the chair at the • ssible any Meister would object; but it is well known, and Rotunda. and is or was the bosom friend of that much perse- 4e easily proved, that itexists for very different purposes. cuted and respectable publisher of treason, Mr Iletherin,gton. verpool, 231 Jan., 183.5. These are•convinciug reasons why he has been deemed a fit Water ' - subject to whom to extend the mercy of the Sovereign; but if Colerm - these should fail to convince, we have yne still which must be Carlo, o . 4 , '.=.. Ig 1§ . @ S unanswerable. The political unions met a few weeks since to I,lllltl petition for his pardon, and he is pardoned accordingly." This Belfas 4 ert . Dern a e o , es. •-* #. was ,the pub.ication complained of-a publication which at- co, 2 ‘; ' . g ___.......-----7 -. . tempted to fix on the plaintiff in the first place a stigma, which, a o E ce -e. fruits the circuutstance of his trial and, 'subsequent pardon, was g ..el 75 , i A . -ts 2' co t ..-- • one peculiarly 'calculated to injure him, and which also held him up as a demagogue, a mere mob leader, a sort of second _ a es - se _ e a te -.. A es Jack Cade, and as being leagued with a set of wretched men z q who were.aexustorned to meet at the Iloturida to practise the H - G• 3 ';'. ~ .! 9 L .1 1 1',.1... - 4A.a§a g 3 .)aC : nl O St revolting scenes, and even to deny their God, He (Mr. Wire 2 , trl ~._, lun ~.-D , Y) . t-- g Stammers) could not conceive any thine more likely to injure Ham e c . 3 bc. G cr , 6 ,., co - his client thief such a publication as this.' He hoped his learned o ars E l 2 ---------- friend (Mr. Adolphus). who appeared as counsel for the defend- Fein z a; o ant, would nut attempt to justify such a publication on the score Do.. U ;4 . ces • ..... .re . _ ' '' e * 4 13- 7-l o4g N ." . 'of the necessity of preserving the -liberty of the press. Not all 3 , ,, __el' . .a 5 I ees s rre se csiQ 4 the talent aud e eloqueuce which that learned gentleman had in ' N M! . ..9" • •-•-, es se es ifs ce • es • former times possessed, but which he (Mr. Stammers) must be flats to i _., 1 t-: 1 . k 4. , allowed to add were already. vim the wane, would, he was satin-satin- r en s tied, succeed ,in inducing the jury so to misconceive the true lire '..- •-• meaning of the phrase "liberty of the press." It was incon- Snxi .5 ir , c.) testable that the liberty of the press ought to be preserved alike I,?DP: from the freaks of a despot, or the violent fury of a democracy. Le_ . ° 1 --0. 00 , g ro-,1-- .. -, - c, „-...., but it was equally to be guarded from becoming the instrument et Ce - 7 . ,- - ..,,, . I. ... 8 -i -of private calumny. It would not be enough for the defendant Ph 41). _ -st hut had been copied by him from the John Bull, for what would . 1 1 ~,,,,...,004 -, ,, z•-• Cli ... Q .,.....-, , ..,-, he said of the man who should excuse 'himself for having poi- 1 n 1 ... . 6 ce ce ea. CD sowed his friend by saying he had bought the poison at another 1 ,1 s•m .2•.'„ e• Pe, I -; e.." ...ed.-D -ee te ..) ee man's laboratory 1 Ihe basest villain never would give the • ti ' e - first blow, that was always given by the boldest; and it would ec .-e) es r . ...__...,,,i....„.„4_,. , - r - be no excuse for time Morning Post to-day to stand up and say ~,T , a ..-• • -- s o .- e re e s s ßess ..„, • x 13 " u° - that its tory friend the John Bull had given the first stab, and ' a 's, ... e -. laa o e-sNeri _ 2 4 4 that it had - merely repeated - the blow idler all time injury had g = ca . . -. been inflicted, The learned counsel concluded a very long ad- 1 a e e - ea. se S dress by expressing a hope that the jury would relieve the plain a - 4 .-t tiff from a state worse to him than that of the expatriated bond T e • a 5 s - slave in Australia, which virtually cut him off from all honour- No. re - -•-• - as z a ~ .= OD • able intercourse with the world,• by giving such a verdict as - -a o a . 3 • d . 2 • •. 0 ,,,,,.,., would clear his character from these foul imputations, with the re 0 ' .4. C .,, OD 0') • U. g rsi 4g: c.. - Ys -• -- or addition of such a sum in damages as they might think the case required. , . II .. d a . . - 4:4 a F. ..-. ca els Mr. George Hall was then called, and stated, that in the early of I a ----------. part of the year 1832, he knew the plaintiff as an extensive deg- Up , z a L s a ler and biscuit merchant, resident in Lower Thames-street. pCel ri :€1 C . 2 . 2 P 41A174ga-P ( d. - ~ In his cross-examination by . Mr. Adolphus, it appeared that Mr . O re the plaintiff had already received £3O from the John Bull news- 11 o 71 1 ? . 0 4 I 4--rj.2:1:1; . L.o _ - _____:____--_---L---- -. paper, in consequence of an action brought against that journal age C , ' I'. in respect of the same libel. On the trial of Mi. Chalmers at ma O _ o co ce re Cr) i:"3 Cti2 2i . 113 4 0 ;I I 1.--. C 4 a • Ci I i.:;Gi - z... 5 .=- 0 )...c , ..r , .. co_ --. the Old Bailey, he was heard for a considerable time, and made bee M ~.. --e-.-- rese•-t •-• 1 oes so e 4 ce ce . use in his defence of many pipers. Ile did not call any wit- by messes to facts, but . did-as to character. The case was fully gone of H into. The witness had not heard front Mr. Chalmers that he alt , .. • , e < • . cll L'' 6 • the trial of that against ate John Bull. 1 ci .' . 11 - • Henry enry Elliott proved that on one .Sunday evening about two wit -1 years ago he was present at the Rotunda, when the Rev. Robert o f , CD ....... . .. e . r.ay 'I mr was exciting ridicule towards passages of the Scriptures I t o se. _ -o , 1 which he was reedites. The Rotunda, however, had, in the re- j us is 0 c. , - • . ~, .. collection of the witness, been used for many unexceptionable ;) - 0 - e. -° -• •• • -a. •-aose- ou purposes. a t e• • •.-• e • ... a.. o *e.,' •;,1 se ~ ,o , se re The paper containing the alleged libel as well as the pardon no -1 e L' ee=taeee et e •• F' y.?-1 were then put in, and completed the plaintiff's case. his . C 1.• t ' 7; Z Z .... CI :ease'ae Cm as se 7-: se =7.sese se st se: Mr. Adolphus (with whom was Mr. Manse') addressed the cot ~ jury for the defence. Allusion had been made to his infirmities, !.), "'.• . e sece ies te st es re el ,o and although he had never been conscious of possessing those' dis %.".. a , w0 ,......114.0000tnit73 CD powers which had been attributed to him by his learned friend, he .., _ :P. ' 7 ' • ret P.. 1 0..... CA .. he yet felt it not the most pleasant thing to be retninned or those it" -.es pt., ce, -v,•-uv o pA i ur"3- , s , infirmities, as the consequences-of' his inability were likely to "i ii..o '5 "-. 4t-S . co re ite es m- fall on his client. Ile was e - inly- in the situation of the to et -. e e ' A I r 5 06 - 4 ,s - Archbishop of Grenada, who co never find that his sermons ___ were the worse for his epoplexge 11 who still thought them o e• se , e I •oose-urese•-•00a) m °-":"'• patterns of eloquence, notwithstanding that they itivarialely g . r sent his congregators to sleep. With respect to the action it- be g .9 se-0 , 7 75, cm' es sa =aeer se es , 03 .1 : ,...., self, he was at a loss to conceive fur what it had been brought. a? s Se ~,,,, _., e ti. a co--...,,-..... -- - , F.). ,-,' x 'P According to the statement made by the plaintiff's , own couusel, re -F O cst 74 e ' 1.3 Tau "' `.'s 4 sea ere he (the plaintiff) had been tried and convicted of forgery,. and had afterwards •received his Majesty's free pardon, on a case ... >4 • se , se co ...s .re be ' - . being submitted to the Secretary of State; and it had also been, .S .A ~.': .... ' p. . • , . • :: 12 ~e,:.e.o= entire innocence could have caused the grunt of filet pardon. %v The paragraphs - for it was no more than an obscure paragraph ek e: , ..C) C*4 ,1."3 Cf:: VD C , 3 a 2 lam the Morning Post, was, in fact, little more than a recapitula- el • si ,;••,l non of all those facts now stated by the learned counsel, and all es. .- 1 - - ; ' - 2 ce es _--- those statements which were added were certainly not of a na- I:: • • titre to sustain au action for libel. They haul been told that the t.:' , 9 ts . :.., I, . 6 c<1.1 . . - s.cio= 6 z-' . -i., ...= ,:, ,-- portion of the press to which the Mom ;zing Post belouged had at . ..1" . 5 e e rs css,-,cse eico 'ee A= the time of the appearance of this libel been desirous of attack- p 4.: . •-•, . ~ ..7 - : = 2 g ing the ro) al rerogatire. He (Mr. Adolphus) had always read c Ma; ae . • I , o ___ .. and thought that the writer wet e a very differs kit sort of persons, b C . and that they were men who were disposed to inaintaiti the pre- d oes le, e e ,... P •-.....c.,c00.),?„ - , • .1 rogative to the utmost, and to dispute any man's right tu ques- ti A Pies, tion its exercise. The alleged libel itself contained several f .11 a ."' 2 7z - c6"-o - 952-Tga s '' '. . ~, ~..... ~.. charges, all of which were relied on as being libellous, hut he ( C.... 74 be a 6 .0 -.sr, (Mr. Adolphus) really could not see in what respect they could t ..e.) e . E. - . .„ ._______. :-..,.. be shown to be eerie It was stated in the publication that the r a ••• o , '5 . ,..., --: \ F, - rl ........ ~, , ,o _st-seteire.„ . 7 ., e s-, . 74 e• : ,, plaintiff had been an " eminent mob leader in a small way"- I 'ed e' se - an imputation which, in the present time, by no weans carried t '..t a . e., e. 1.1 uz cr,u.., :i -& .-.... - . ,-.., . with it the contumely which at one time attached to the charac- ! cm se z: 2! ~ :4:4 ter of mob leader. It had latterly been the custom for men of 1 - ...z . g - r j, c7l - "'. ---- rank and itiflueuce to hold eueetinge of the people, and to ad- i ~ . . 0 u., es o 1, - - N c- 0 V • eel Z si3O-7-.7.4 uz . 1f) "" dress them on political affairs at taverns, pur'p'le dinners, and 1 ,S = tej -a. .4 ' ..fl• .-., . --- - . e1... 1 / 4 4....,,z,,A was LOW-4W libel to impute such conduct to these person. Why, then, should it be at libel on a gentleman 7 '-' .=. 9-, 3 , I zi'.4e - 4, , SZ , TiAg 3 .--.' .-% ''-'. a a ,in the situation of the plaintiff to say that he bad beets concerned e 72 '.- est, o 1 in proceedings for which there were now so mane illustrious i ., ~.. us ~,,,..j . - - r : • C 0 r.,- , ki, = .1. ..t : .. 0 . t .. g ,-..., -0 examples? Agitate! agitate! agitate! had been of late adopted ::•,-, ...it . :,,-4 2 . 1 ....gw-.2 .; ....; - , .; v:.. C'D . as the maxim and practice of all parties. The supposed libel then went oil to state, that Mr. Chalmers had called wpublic .1 - .. . -.:-7-3 ::-._..2 , -,.__j , ' • meeting in Smithfield. Had - there been any evidence in denial ,se e's st ce r-- es _ A rises.. re !e l A , 2:2.. s! . of this statement? and if it had been denied, did it amount to a s- E' . S 4 - -- , ; , ;,4,......, .th , 30.0... CD libel to say that a man had held ameeting in Smithfield ? Then E .to cl cf ....7 ---,, , ,,ie it was further stated in the alleged libel that he had. headed a ..' af, es. es 25 1 ,4 esi z 8 8 c , 0 ~. .1; -, 0) ---... deputation to the Lord Mayor requesting bile to hold a meet e tea be • ..4. ing to petition fur the abolition of the punishment of death for . o!. forgery. Was. it a disgraee to as man that he had advocated the 14 4 " 1 . 0 ., -F., . - same cause in support. of which the majority of the learning and g •-' "- - "'' l " 9.N l'- t ? 7 445 = 2 g talent of the legmslature had been arrayed, and which had been ese . 52 "i„l•'e 7.,•••,. - .; „.., y, „ rs .......-, -r .. ~. 2 personal!) aided by Sir Samuel Readily? If it was not this as cas e s o _ es as res -1 -k es oer 06 4 § =Lt 30 graceful, what was there libellous iu the imputation? As to ..2,1). 'V , - 4 .i . : V ' P-4. those parts of, the alleged libel which related to the person .e. - 0 ,&-• i l . :, -• named Hetherington,. and to the fact of the political unions '':-; = 1 . ----,------ . having petitioned in favour of Mr. Chalmers, he (Mr. Adel- . ' t; e e ?e s , e • • a a = -1 ' •V' -- 7 5 . .= - spect to the charge that the plaintiff had takett the chair at the sa' 0 bn s - e) • . - -71 Rotunda, he (Mr. Adolph us ) did no t s e e that any proof had C; tea u 4 _ been offered that it was a libellous imputation on a man that he 'e• ra ,; Ce . - .: G a g • es had done that, for although it did a pp ear that on one particular . • -•-• se -.- 0 ...; :c :4. 0 C V 1) .. the plaintiff had been in no way connected with a ; but it hail, o _ se s 'a -se. •-• 9 lon the other hand, appeared that the place called the Rotunda e, .•... .... oit 66 - CS. • •• • • :i.'• .'" . ''' 0 C.) a Z e-i . r. a go :I, • • , • o.' 8 ...• it. . ~ ;to , c 3 c ,. ...e; , had been used indiscriminately for different descriptions of ex -0 • ' T. s.: - i.' a rs' e.= e ' 4•-: c'' 9 a.- hibitions and purposes, the greater part of which might have .0 um , ~,- ...sie 'sl n n ~ = 7., 0 , - - 9 es" Ti 07 -. .. g been very innocent. The whole case of the plaintiff, then, E••••• P g=tDc... - .4; , ...r..z".4,1-'=Ogi amounted to nothing; and yet it was soug,ht, by means of an ee address to the prejudices of a jury, to iuduce them to find the matter in the publication o it f it t o h t e ht t!,: t f i e tt u k tl e a L i t i t t f t l h il e me i llo a r n e t i l i a) r i ti t i l e at sole e The manuscript memoirs of the Duchess of Pesti! are stated in a Freuch paper to have been sold iu London fur £3OOO , t i 'nose of putting money , clearing of character could not he the only object Of this ac . sterling. 1 tine was evident, for the plaintiff had , alrea . dv had an opportu- The poor inhabitants on the estates of Sir T. D. Acland, • nity of doing so in the action against the John nos. The only Bart., art the pari s hes of Seaworthy and Lai:khan), have lately • o ffence (if offence it could be called) of this eleferelant had experienced the kind attention and benevolence of that philan- b e en the copying from time last-meutioned pumper th e p ara graph . thropic g entle ma n, which, with benefactions from other estima- i n question. There had been no corroboration of it-um at hie persons, has, indeed, made their Christmas a happy and a t e mpt to give it a greater degree of importance, no desire to merry one. T o u pwards of 226 families, consisting of about 7(,`0 a dd to add to its effect by colouring; beyond that, the Morning persons, a sufficient qualities of beef was distributed for their P os t h a d been wholly innocent of all intention to injure the Christmas dinne rs ,' The Selwortbv Sunday School children, p l a i n tiff. There was no proof that any person had iu cense amounting to about 8.), were regaled with a dinner of roast beef quence of this publication ceased to respect the plaintiff, or that and plum pudding, at which Lady Acland and amiable farinlY he had suffered from it in his trade or business; and tier any kindly waited ems their little guests.-Taunton Courier. -thiucr that was in evidence to the contrary there to-day, We hear that Sir Ch al k s Rowley is expected to be member Mr:Chalmers might be now as much looked up to as he had fok-Portiniumh after all, it being aseertamed that a scrutiny been before the commencement of the origival proceedings will strike off atufficiouteiumber of bad votes to give a majority against ben, A jury was mot called upon by the law to sanction in his favour.-Theeeto n Gusette. any proceeding by which, that law could be made the instrumeu - , of irppreision by any man who might threaten to bring an ac- • lion against another unless he were paid a sum of money to withlinti it. - Upon all these grounds, he (Mr. Adolphus) confi dently left his ease to the jury, satisfied that even if they gave a verdict at all against the plaintiff. the • woillel give him only nominal dam ! gm and thus frustrate the main object of actions of, t his description. Mr. Justice Gaselee in summing up observed to the jury that the publication charged as libellous contained a distinct elle, • gation that "the' crime of fOrgery was not new to Mr. Chal mers," a sort of statement which was by no means warrantable where a party had received a free pardon. The general object of the publication, hoWever, appeared to he more to abuse the Ministers than to attack the character of the plaintiff; but, nevertheless, that general object did not warrant the defendant in libelling the plaintiff, supposing that the jury were of opinion that the charges amounted to a libel. The question for the jury was simply whether or not those charges did amount to such libel. If they thought that they did, then their verdict would be fur the plaintiff, with such_daint o ores as they considered a sttf licient compensation. Mr Adolphus reminded the learned judge of an informality in the proceedings. The name of th , plaintiff was Peter. Charles Chalmers, whereas the alleged libel referred to a Mr. Free Nrdon Patrick Chalmers. Nu connexion between the two had been established. The learned Judge thought that, looking at the, circum stance of the plaintiff having been tried and convicted, .and afterwards pardoned, there could not be much doubt as to the identity of the twtinatues. His Lordship took a note, however, of the objection. The jury then consulted for a short time, and returned a ver dict for - the plaintiff—Damages, one farthing, having previousl asked whether such a verdict would carry costs. Mr. Adolphus inquired whether the learned Judge would cer tify, hut his Lordship said that he did not consider it a case in which ho ought to certify. SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Three o'Clock. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE.-MONDAY, JAN. 26, 1835. The supplies have again been moderate from Ireland, notwithstanding the Wheat trade -has been dull, the prin cipal sales being made to the town millers, at a decline of Id per bushel.—There has been little passing in Oats and Oatmeal, apclpo alteration in the value or demand fur Flour.—Good Malting Barley has been In deland and Beans were Is per quarter dearer. TUKSDAY, TwO O'CLOCK. There was a dull sale for Wheat at this day's market, at a decline of Id per bushel.—Oats and Oatmeal were in good demrnd at ld per bushel advance on the former, and 3d per load on the latter. Flour was extremely dull, and for some qualities lower prices submitted to. The imports of Butter are 4,178 tirkins, the stock of fine is small, and for that quality full market rates are obtained, while inferior is dull and lower.—No alteration in Bacon, Hams, or Lard. PRICES. s d lIBBNs, imp. mea. 8 d e d 511 Irish.... . . 34 0 37 . 0 6 6 FLous, , ty 280 lbs 510 Eng.Sc Irishsdp 31 0.. 33' 0 Ato Da . . Imes 3O 0 34' 0 7 2 Do. leconlls Do. thirds l5 0.. 18. 0 3 0 MEAL, tr 240 lbs 0 0.. '0 0 Do. new BRAN, clr2llbS 1 1.. 1' 2 OF BUTTER, &c. SD SD Bacon, y cwt.... 29 0 31' 0 , Hams, dry 46 0.. 56 0 Do. wet — 0 .. 0 Firkin Lard, Bladdered dn 5O 0 0 Grease Butter AN BRAG WHEAT., 4p 70 lbs. s d • Irish dried rod 5• 5 Do. dried whito, 5 10 .. 1)o. undried 5 3.. English Canada 6 6.. OATS, SP . 451hs Irl.h BARLEY, 4r 60 ills Irish grinding 3 6.. AVERAGE PRICE SD SD Waterford, new 64 0 8t 0 Colerain. Carlow, Limerick ...... Belfast 7l 0 78 0 Derry Cork, 3ds, dry , REPORTED ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the 20th to the 26th An. inclus ive. _ . IRE- COAST- FO- BRITISH D E S CRIPTIONS. LAND. WISE. REIGN AMER. TOTAL, I ---------- - WHEAT BARLEY..... blrs 172 3189 . 3361 OATS. FLOUR Sacks' 5313 33 53-18 Do Barrels! BRAN ... CVITI, OATMEAL ...Loads. 1399 59 1438 MALT gm' 31 347 381 BEANS Qrs 57 114 171 PEAS .. ....gra RTP Qrs SIIRLLED BARLEY CRII RAPRSEED ...... •• Barrels' INDIAN CORN... Qrs! 1 . COTTON MARK . Our market is very quiet M.—Two o'CLOcK. his morning, without change SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. - T.The Albirm, Putnam, from New York; (sailed Ist January.) Syl , ella, Graham, Nicoya. - Eatrb., Brewer, Savannah. (off.) 1 and 3 - Snowa. of! at half-past 12 o'elock. TELEOR Arn Ovrice, 27th Jan.—OtT Great Ormshead, inward hound. No. I Walter Scott, A. S. (not quite sure,) at 11 a.m. COURT OF EXCHEQUER—Tntasnar. uteri v. LAWSON. This was an action tried before Mr. Baron Parke in the city of London, when the jury found a verdict for the defendant. Upon the trial, it will be recollected, Lord Brougham was sub pc_ened, but did not attend. A few days ago. on the motion or Mr. Lee, a rule to show cause was granted. Mr. Lee this morning movt.d the court for an attachment against Lord Brougham, on the ground that his lordship was, a most material witness for the plaintiff; that the noble lord had been served with a subpoena, and 55., being the sum mentioned by the noble lord as his expenses, were paid him. Indepelidetit of the noble lord being a material witness, he, by Its non attendance, hail beets guilty of a contempt of court. Lord Abinger.—How was he a material witness? Mr. Lee.—lt is nut necessary to set out in affidavit tlfat a witness must be material in a ease of this sort.; but the object of calling him was to prove that the libels related to Mr. Dicas. Lord Abinger considered that the court would not be doing • justice if it granted an attachment against any person when it was not proved-that he was a material witness, much less against a person of Lord Brougham's rank. Ile had berme hiaa the notes of the case, and from them he was Convinced that the no ble lord was not a material witness, and, therefore, the &mit could not grant the attachment. Mr. Lee telt quite convinced that the court would make no distinction between Lord Brougham and any other person; but he c onsideredlhe court had no power to refuse, for the learned judge would - recollect, that Sir John Campbell on the trial said that Mr. Dicas had called no ssituess but his own clerk to prove his case. Mr. Baron Parke.—That was not made a point to the jury. Lord Abinger.—lf it was a doubtful point, the court would grant a rule to show cause why an attachment should not issue; but his lordship was in no way a necessary witness. Tice Court then inquired of Sir - John Campbell if he was ready to show cause against the rule obtained by Mr. Lee. • Sir John C,unpbell replied in the negative. Mr. Lee.—Then the court will make the rule absolute. The Court.—Certainly not. Upon the application of Sir John Campbell, the dk4endant was allowed until to-morrow to show cause. 'There being no other business before tho court, it rose at eleven. GRAND CONSERVATIVE DINNER AT HUI.' A grand dinner was given on Friday by the Conservative I prty at Hull, to celebrate the triumph of constitutional prin ciples in the return of Mr. Carruthers to Parliament for that borough. It proved the most splendid entertainment ever pro duced in' that town, upwards of three hundred and titty gentle men meeting in the Music Hall, which was the scene of the festivity. Around the room were suspended the banners of Mr. Carruthers, and the company consisted of the .leading men of the place. H. Broadly, Esq., was in the chair, haying on the right hand 1). Carruthers, Esq., C. Cresswell, Esq., recorder of Hull, and other gentlemen;. and on his left E. Gibson, :Esq., the toavor of Hull, D. Wranerain, Esq., Alderman Bolton, &c. Alter the. toast of "The King, God bless him," which " was received with three times three enthusiastic cheers, and other 'loyal toasts had been given, the Chairman, in a neat speechi. gave "Thejiealth of David Carruthers, Esq.," which was- drawl: with three timea three, .and one cheer more. , - 4 Mr. Carruthers, in a speech distinguished for its eloquence' and manliness, expressed his sense of the manner in which his health had been drank. Ile referred to the Kopf* ofa re-action throughout the country in favour of the principles of the Con stitution, "It had run like wildfire from the mansion , o the rich man to the cottage of the poor." Speaking of Couserva tism, the honourable member thus expressed himself;—Gen tlemen, I ask myself this question, and I say what is Conserva tism, and what is Destructivism What is Conservatism That very man who loves the country in which he breath e d-the first breath,of life ought to be thankful for the constitution un der which lie lives, a constitution that gives liberty to all, that encourages the humblest man by his talent, his worth, his industry, and, by a combination of circumstances, in the great and wide field of competition before him, to endeavour to rise tip to the highest and most honourable station in the country; as witness a gentleman in this country who was himself a ma nufacturer, and whose son now is the prime minister of Eng land.--(Cheers.) Gentlemen, this is that Conservatism that • I have always worshipped; it is that Conservatism that I . ant ready to sacrifice my lite for the good of.—(Cheers.)--It is tir the preservation of all ecclesiastical and civil rights; it is for the preservation of the Constitution in all its force and efficacy —King, Lords, and Comtnons ; it is for the confusion of the politics and the frustratiou of the knavish tricks of those who are opposed to it.—( Loud cheers.) After various patriotic; toasts and speeches, the meeting li*ke up, highly gratified at the entertainment they had received. Sstunnuin Corm—The farmgrs have already an earnest of that attention to their interests being paid by the present go vernment which the late one refused to accord. It hits long been known that a most iniquitous system of traffic has been carried on, through the Channel ishiAds, in smuggling wheat from the continent. The late government, if they did not openly encourage the traffic, certainly connived at it, as they refused to put the law in force when the must flagrant cases were brought before them. But we now live under more favourable auspices, and we have the pleasure of informing our farming readers, that Mr. Baring, President of the Board of 'Davie, de dared on the hustings, at the teceut election for the county of Essex, that "his very first .act, as President of the Board of Trade, was to detect an abuse of tin porting foreign corn, isith out duty, through the Isle of Mau, and to put a stop , to it." To Itow great an extent this nnprincipled evasion of the law has been carried on no one can tell; but that it has been assiduously carried on, to the great injury of the farmer, no one can doubt. We congratulate the agriculturists that the law will now he put in force, and thus one source of injuiylo their interests will he stopHl. For this redress of a grievance they may thank the King and the tories; the.whigs tamed a deaf ear to them when complaints were made.—York Chronicle. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD .ape.sv~t~c+>avFs::~~ LIVER THEATRE. CHURCH-STREET, CO.V7IVUED SUCCESS. FOURTEI WEEK OF LIFE IN LIVERPOOL. . . _ MINS present TUESDAY, the 27th instant, and every X Evening during the %reek, .LIFE IN LIVERPOOL. The new and splendid Scenery of which is nightly hailed with the most rlistinguislicdaud iapturp i us applause. Principal characters, Messrs. liammokra, Raymond, Melville, Shaw, Simpson, &c. ; Mrs. Raymont Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Herbert, &e. &e. To conclude With tlic beautiful s rious Pantomime called PEROU 14:; OR, THE OSSOI a ISLAND. Kanko Mr. Leeleieq. Umla. Mrs. Leclereq. Tickets and Places to be had at the Box-office, each day, from Eleven till Three o'clock. Doors to be open at Half-past Six o'clock, Performance to commence at Seven. Boxes, 35.--Pit, 2s.—Gallery, ,Gd. Second Price:—Boxes, 2.s.—Pit, Second Price to the Gallery. Second Price at Half-past Eight. BArrY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. TWO NEW PIECES: Under the distinguished Patronage of Lord FRANCIS RGER TON, and R. B. • WIL BRAIIAM, IHIS present TUESDAY, the 27th instant. will be pre • sented a, New Romantic Drama of intense interest, called WALTER BRAND OR, THE DUEL IN THE HST. . The SCENES IN THE CHIC!, a will form a principal feature in the evening's Entertain' ents, commencing with Trampoline Performance. The c ebrated Antipodian, Mr. Williams, will go through his • •t iishing performance. Mr. Batty will introduce his celebr .d Mare Beda, in a Comic Scene called 'The Ist of Septe her, or a Day's Sport near, Everton. Grand Cavalry Mauceuvre and Martial Review. A new Pantomimic Scene by Mr. Ilicken, entitled Xaos, the Greek Dumb Slave. To terminate with a laughable act, called he Union Frolic, or a Flare-up among the Butchers, Bakers, Millers, and Tailors of Liverpool. Tu conclude with a new Farce, entitled • • THE CHRISTENING. In preparation, a New Grand Spectacle, written by Mr. Ster ling, entitled An AraG's Oath, or The Cave of Tombs. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—Gallery, Children under Ten years Half-price to the Boxes and PiL HOLLOWAY'S SANS PAREIL, GIMAT CHARLOTTE-STUEXT. MR. CARTLITCH'S SECOND WEEK. rums present TUESDAY, 'the .27th.,:instattl, and TO •11.. MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 28thA'nstant, MOW?: THE TAR' AR. 'Sea Song by Mr. tt.t.Y. After which, LUKE THE L B URER. The parts of Timour and I eby Mr. Cartlitch. To conclude with the new hug! le Farce, (received nightly with shouts of applau , 6e,) THE MAN TIGER & Tun UNFINISHED GENTLEMAN. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, YAROMEER THE YAGER and ether Entertainments, in which Mr. CAUTLITCH will appear. TO CORRESPONDENTS. 'he speech of the Rev. Mr. Buchanan, at GlaikoW, will, it pos. sible, appear in our next. We have been eompelled to omit several letters and communi cations fur want of space, some of which are already in type. In answer to D. L., we beg to state that it is impossible for auy man born, bred, and educated iu Ireland, to pronounce (for to that his question is limited) the English language with the correctness of a well-educated and native-born English man. A boor in Yorkshire or in Lancashire is as incorrect iu his pronunciation as a turf-cutter in Galway, or a peep o'-day boy iu Kilkenny; but when the educated classes in Ireland are known to be defective, and those in England cor rect, in the accent, we must, according to our bumble judg ment, decide in favour of England. Zbe tiberpool s.4antiarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1835, We drop for the preSent any further notice of the differences between France and the United States of America with respect to a small sum of money. LOUIS PHILIPPE and ANDREW JACKSON are in Out estimation the Loeinat and PEACHEM of the political world. The one accuses the other of something very like knavery; the charge is flung back ; a serious altercation ensues, and the worthy. chevaliers are about to tear each other's eyes out, when a returning sense of their common interest and common quiet induces them to shake hands and admit— Brother, brother, wo are both in the wrong. Such we suspect will be the end of the PRESIDENT'S threat. France will not lay the money—America will Plot go to war ! We turn to another subject which equally concerns the citizens or the United States, and which we feelessured will command the attention of those of our countrymen who haVe for many years heard the rustic institutions and the cheap government of the republic extolled as the perfec tion of human wisdom. In the New York Daly Adver tiser of the 30th December last, just received, we find an account of certain atrocious acts of piracy and robbery committed on the coast of New Jersey in the previous month of October. We venture to say that more-diabo lical or systematic deeds of plunder and murder never were committed in any savage - or civilized country on the face of the earth. At a place called Barnegat .• Inlet, in the stab; aforesaid, two vessels were cast ashore at the time above specified. They were both laden with' valuable cargoes, and they were both plundered. As one of them did not happen to be insured, no particular notice was taken of the catastrophe. The other, -how ever, being insured in the Boston offices, and as the whole cargo would have been saved had it not been feloniously carried off by the, free,citizens, the directors of the Insurance companies determined to make inquiry, apprehend the wreckers, and put a stop, as Tar as possible, to such crime and cruelty in future. We need not dwell upon the meritorious and courage , ous efforts which we're made—not by the government ! but by private individuals, to discover and bring to jus tice the perpetrators. Suffice it to say that several were secured, much property recovered,ana that hopes are en tertained that the whole gang will be taken and punished as such crimes deserve to be. The New York paper from which we quote sums up the details as follows: " At least two-thirds of the inhabitants of that district, for an extent of four or five miles r are implicated in this demo niacal business, in which they w e re led en by a magistrate. They have carried on the work of piracy there for years past; it has been the main stay of the majority ; many of them have grown riCh, and bought farms with the proceeds of. their plunder. Heads of families, farmers, storekeepers, &e. have, for tear of punishment, ab scon d e d an d l e f t t h e i r f am ilie s and propeity behind them; but inei.sures Inky° been taken by which they will doubtless alt he arrested; for their names and persons are well known, to the number of above a hundred. In fact, so numerous have they been, that although the authorities, and a few others not implicated, in the neighbourhood, knew of their proceedings, they were absolutely afraid to give information, or to molest them, for fear o f b e i ng mur d ere d , or burnt in their dwel lings at night; and when Ifuntington started to arrest them, the general impression was, that. he would not return alive; and Such was the dread which they had inspired, that he could get scarcely any 'one to assist hint. He spent three nights on the coast tryingio . catch the justice. who is still at large; *" These infamous wretches used to lay in watt for coasting vessels, hoist decoy lights at night on the shore to. ensnare vessels passin g and repasssing ; and it is believed that numbers of vessels,have been wrecked in this way, their cargiks stolen, and their crews murdered !! The pirates would rise in the morning and with their spy glasses look out for wrecks. As soon as they saw one they would notify the squire, he would come down to a tavern on the beach, his scouts would tell the captain of the stranded ship that if he wanted to make his protest, theme was a justice of peace close at hand. In this way the latter would learn what cargo the vessel had, and tell his gang of the same, and in the night they would be sure to plunder the,vessel. They have been known to take the budget of clothes away by force from the passengers that were saved from the wreck; and latterly they have become so numerous and bold, that they would plunder a vessel openly in the day time." This is cheap 'government! A justice of peace in America is the principal person implicated in acts of plunder and murder. In the house of this exemplary juslieB of the peace, whose name is PLATT, the officers found a portion of the cargo stolen front a ship in 18.32, which had been cast ashore and plundered of property to the value of 30,000 dollars. The justice and his son had' fled, but the officers succeeded in securing an old pirate in the employ of the said justice. - What a delightful state of things How pleasant it must be to live in a country where a magistrate acts the part of decoy-cluck to robbers—who exhibits false lights to lure "The wandering seaman from the deep,"--• who holds up the burning faggot that is to light some hapless crew to destruction—and who, if spared by the elements, are , murdered by their fellow-citizens, in a land of liberty, of equal rights, and where butchers are, in the strictest professional sense, the administrators of the law. We certainly have wreckers in England who live upon the spoils of the sea, and prey upon the victims of the storm ; but we have no justices of the peace who embark in such speculations—we have no magistrates i n England who encourage crime, 'are the abettors of mur- der, and require wealth by violations of . thosc I, w wilich they are appointed to observe and-enfurce. It is 'only in a country where the people imagine they possess equal rights, but where the grossest corruption prevails = where justice is bought and sold—where every post and place under the government is a job—that such enormi- ties could be committed or would be endured. We have our blemishes, We confess, and, with respect tuship- Wreeks, great blemishes but our vices in that respect are humanity itself compared with the . conduct of the justices and the citizens of the United States. The Staffordshire .4dvertiser of Saturday last contains a full and, We believe, a faithful report of the speech de- ivered by Sir lloorArr PEEL to the electors of 'Fain worth on the 16th instant, The occasion was-a il:nner. given by the right honourable baronet to his friends, chiefly for the purpose of giving him an opportunity to emler them his thanks for returning him to parliament. Sir ROBERT was not present during the election; but as soon as he could disengage himself from his duties in London he hastened to 'l'amworth to acknowledge the honour conferred upon him, and to explain his views of public policy as far as he could do so' consistently with his official responsibility. We cannot make room for the whole of his animated achifess, but we the less regret this, inasmuch as the extracts which follow contain those declarations _which can alone interest the general reader. In answer to the factious cry, that: the people have "no confidence" in the new administration, the right honourable baronet obser - ves " Have Hull, and Liverp..ol, and Bristol ' marked their disap probation of thu principles av'ow'ed by the King's government ? Look at the constituencies' of counties and towns,--constituen- cies existing under the reform bill,--and judge whether the men who repre4ent them are to lie denounced as persons un worthy of the confidence of the people. (GreiAt cheering.) But _ . the truth is', that there never was an assumption snore gratuit ous and more arrogant than that of 'those who undertake to an swer for the opinions, and to claim for themselves the authority of the people of Bectand. (Cheers.) Every little knot of an gry politicians speaks in the name of tbe'peopte, . 1 They remind one of the story of Mr. Sheridan,—that three tail,ore met in 'l'onley-street to petition parliament, and headed their petition, " We, the people of England." (Laughter and cheers.) They begin by excluding from their definition of the people the no bility, the clergy, the magistracy, the lauded proprietary; they assume that between those classes, and the class which courti tutes, in their sense of the term, the people, there is uo coins munity of interest or feeliog, and that iu the class so constitut ing the people, there is perfect unanimity. (Hear, hear.) Now, let them make what exclusions they please,.cau they make any which, with any semblance of decency, will exclude this society from its light to be considered a part of the people? I see around me magistrates, country gentlemen, the ministers of the established church, the minister,s of Roman Catholic and dis senting congregations, farmers, manufacturers, retail dealers, — entertaining, no doubt, different opinions oti many points, but agreed in this—to support the King in the exercise of his just prerogative, and at least to heat before they condemn the in tentions of his government. (Loud cheering.) My belief is, that in holding this opinion they hold it iu concurrence with a very large proportion of that class of society which has educa tion, intelligence, and property, and that that proportion is daily increasing in numerical and moral strength. (Cheers.) I am told that I am not: a reformer, and that if I become a re former I must bean apostate. Now, before I determine whe ther I am a reformer or not, I must have a definition of the term. I see some men who call themselves' reformers, who throw the greatest opstructiuns in the way of real reform, who consume the public time in useless snotious ; who make speeches for mere display; who condemn everything as wrong, and set nothing right; eh() soar above the vulgar task ofdevisiug prac tical remedies themselves, and leave no time to others to devise them. (Hear, hear, hear.) They denounce you as a defender of all abuses if you do not adopt their definition of an . abuse. One gentleman thinks the legislative union - an abuse ; another thinks the church of England an abuse; another thinks grand juries an abuse; another insists on vote by ballot; another on expelling the bishops front the House of Lords. I voted against all their propositions on these subjects, which were suburitied to a vote; and if this be the test of an anti-reformer, and a pa tron °rebuses, I must be condemned' as such,— , but I must be condemned in company with Lord Althorp and Lord John Russell, who voted as I did. (Loud cheers.) I shall continue to take the same course; shall claim for myself the right to form my own judgment, neither taking for granted that that must be an abuse which any one may please to call an abuse; nut deterred from applying a remedy by the fear of being charged with apostacy. An apostate indeed ! Why, I have done more in the cause of substantial and permanent improve ment than nine-tenths of those who call themselves reformers. (Great applause.)" The premier then proceeds to show the nature of the - calculations upon which he rests his hopes of support in the new parliament. ~ He says t— • . "Notwithstanding all the ominous predictions of our inability to carry on the government, 1 own to you that I do entertaiu the greatest confidence that those predictions will not he verified, (cheers,) and that the representation of the country will not refuse to give the King's ministers a FAIR 'I Itl A 1,. (Cheering.) A few weeks only can elapse before the experiment will be made. I am not alarmed at the lists that are published, dividing the members of parliament into "conservatives" and. •' reformers:" I cannot but think that many of those, who are classed as se formers, entertain opinions not far different front my own; and every hour that passes will, I doubt not, increase the disposition to take a caleter view of the principles-upou •whit Is we propose to act. (Cheers.) It' the pia,tte and the representatives of this country are convinced that we are desirous of maiutaining our national institutions,.and of improving them, with a view to their maintenance, I do not believe that they will lend themselves to any factious opposition: to the King's government. (Great I ,cheering.) The people Of England are anxious, I believe, to preserve, in their full integrity, the prerogatives of their uncient monarchy. (Great cheering.) 'racy are anxious to maintain the free and iudependeut action of every branch of the le-gisla ture ; they are anxious to maintain the church and its connex ion with the state, less for any civil or secular object, than be cause they believe the mains •.tance of. the established church to be the best security for the maintenance of that faith which they profess, and the surest bulwark against infidelity on the one hand, and fanaticism on the other. 1 hey will support the church on high grounds ssf religious feeling and principle, iu which even many, who do not conform to all the doctrines of the church, may cordially and zealously concur. ..This - ohject, I. for one, ant determined to maintain. (Rapturous applause.) But, it is quite consistent with that object to relieve any real griev , ante, and to remove any civil disadvantage under which those I who do not concur in the doctrines of the established church may labour. My Opioion is, that with that course, coupled with a sin cere desire to pronwte rational and well-matured improvement, the people of England will be content; nay, more, that qt that c0t....:e they will cordially approve. (Hear, bear, hear.) As for myself, whatever may be the result, I regard it without any feelings of anxiety or apprehensiou; I have no object uf personal ambi tion to gi atify, and whatever else I may lose, I calling lose the consolation of having acted on a sense of public duty at a period of great difficulty. If I succeed, 1 shall have the satisfaction of thiukiug that I have succeeded against great obstacles and amid the most coutident predictions of failure.. I BRLIEVki THAT I CHALL sccc sun. (Thunders of applause.) I have that couti• deuce in a good cause; I have that confidence in the success of good intentions; that I believe that a majority of the representa , lives of Ignyland will be satisfied with the measures which I shall prOpose,.and that they will lend their support and co-operation in carrying them into eject. (Cheers.) We have no doubt but that in these sentiments a vast majority of the people will heartily concur. • Our attention has been called, by one of the parties concerned, to a series of letters which were published in one of the Liverpool newspapers on Saturday last. This correspondence will be found in another place. We should not have noticed it at all but fur ono irresis tible reason. The character, conduct, integrity, and in- dependence of this journal are arraigned by a reverend gentleman, whom, fur the sake of his friends, and the church to which he belongs, we are Sorry to see coming forward, like a London informer, to make charges the utter fallacy of which is plainly marked on the face of them ; but, these charges having been made, we cannot hesitate for a moment in doing our :need of justice to le gentleman accused, and in refuting the slanders ca upon ourselves. We allude to the correspondence between Mr. THOMAS Dzany HOUSVALL and the Rev.'jAMES ASPINALL. The animus of the contradictory allegations is confined to a question of private character. Throwing the evidence aside, which is of the first importance, and, in our opinion, settles the question ; but, throwing the evi dence aside, the charge rests upon the credibility of the disputants- In the first imitancei . therefore, we put it to that test. The Rev. JAMES ASPINALL has been before the public as the incumbent of one of our churches, as the author of a few sermons, which display neither pro fundity of thought, rareness of learning, aptness of il lustration, nor even a popular acquaintance with his sub ject. But no man ought in justice to be censured for a want of talents. If Mr. ASPINALL possessed redeeming• qualities of another kind,, such as 'Meekneas—A regard for the influences of moral action—if he had ever placed a rigorous restraint upon that voluble httle enemy—the worst enemy in a weak man—the tongue—if he could have subdtted his political partizanship to a degree of temperate moderation—or, if more generous, ho had been the friend rather than the violent assailant of the church to which he belongs—whose bread lie eats—with whose oil he is anointed—and whose sacred robes he wears—had this been the character of the reverend gen tleman—we are sure he would not have been a party to this silly controversy, nor have laid himself open to the exposure which we now make on the score of duty and strict justice. The Rev. Mr. ASPINALL, at a period of strong political excitement, after he had voted for two church levellers, - one of whom had been defeated, chooses to drag forward Mr. THOMAS' BERRY HORSFALL, and far factious, and, therefore, the meanest of all purposes, especially in a clergyman, by circulating a report that he, Mr. T. B. HORSFALL, is the.editoy of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The object of this most indecent charge is transparent ,~.; , enough. It has been resorted to, over and‘4er again - , by some of the conductors of the Liverpool press, and by its half-paid and .voluntary amateur writers, of . whom Mr. ASPNALI: is one, in order to intimidate the friends, well wishers, and supporters of this paper. The people who have had recourse to this puerile and very contemptible stratagem knew the charge to be false—they admitted it in their personal and . disgraceful attacks upon another party—they admitted it in. at least an hundred personal invectives during the last two years, none of which were treated as they might have been, and as we are' pre pared to do, when necessary, by calling . the real authors and responsible parties to account. Of those who knew the charge to be false we impress Mr. ASPINAP. How . does the reverend gentleman ap'ear as a witness, or, rather, as an informer in his own case ? says that he called at the Standard -office, asked for the editor, and was shown to a hack room, where he found Mr. Hens- FALL. This may or may not have occurred. We be lieve the initiatory part to be untrue altogether. No clerk. or "young man" in the office would have shown Mr. ASPINALL to the editor without the latter's assent. No one in the otlice would have dared to do this ; and we have the evidenCe of the publisher; the shopman, the clerk, and every p; ;son on the establishment at the time, that Mr. ASPINAI.L never made any such request, and never received any such answer. Here, then, we have very strong presumptive evidence that the reverend gentleman is either troubled with a romantic memor:., making his wish " the father to the thought," or that he has adopted fur himself, like some of his political friends, a new science of ethics which he is determined to turn to his own advantage. Mr. HoRsFAu. stakes most distinctly that he never had any conversation with Mr. ASPINALL of the nature describ ed by thelatter. It is impossible that Mr. lioasFuL could have had such a conversation. Even if he, had been editor, which he never was; Or'ilad the'power ofinserting or rejecting aqiclA which he never poisessed, he could not have promised Mr. ASPINALL the insertion of a letter which he (Mr. HousvAtt) had never seen. The letter was received by the accredited editor—it was read—it was deemed frivolous, sore, egotistical, and, consequently, inadmissible 7 —and if not returned, it was most certainly committed to the flames. We quite forget what became of it, but we know that Mr. HORSPALL never saw it, never was consulted upon its merits, and, consequently, could not give, as Mr. ASPINALL represents, an opinion, favourable or otherwise. Most unquestionably he could not promise its insertion. It is now near two years since we, who write this, undertook the editorship of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, and if there be in Liverpool, or elsewhere, any man who believes that we would under take such a responsibility under the censorship or con trol of any man or men breathing, he does us a foul wrong. The editor 6f the LIVERPOOL STANDAuo—we state it once for as perfectly independent now as he has been during his whole life. No man can di'ctate to him, or control him in the free expression of his senti ments.. He dreads no responsibility—he fears no conse quences which he is not ready to meet. There are a "ew intemperate persons belonging to the expiring whip faction who have sought a personal (panel on matters connected frith the animadversions of this journal. These empty threats'carry with them their own impotence. If these• pistol and ball heroes desire to find their .real assailant, they know where to find him. It is silly vapouring to dance over - the fields in search of an antagonist who they know cannot be found in the path they take. If Mr. JAMES AIKIN, or Mr. JAMES BRANCKER, or Mr. RUSHTON, or people of that stamp, be anxious to prove their metal to be something more than " Sounding brass," they need be at no loss to find the aggressive and the only responsible party. 'Neither need they fear that the person they might thus honour with their conimands is of more ignoble blood than their own, or of inferior stand• ing in society. Liberals and levellers should not be particular in these matters. But What do these appeals to the legitimate number of footsteps prove—appeals made by men who should be the last to court fame at so - great a litaard ? Whyt this, that the cause mast be a rotten one, and its advocates in desperate circumstances, or they would not have recourse to - tho prnotituagof tlio bolly. They hare had for too Many years the press of Liver:pool under their control, and they cannot bear the infliction of being treated as they have treated Miters. But we tell them they' must' bear it. The ' same measure they have meted to others will be meted.to them. They may storm, and wince, and menace, but we shall follow the even tenour of our way in utter disregard. of their threats or their indignation. But we return to our subject. We have shown that the statement of the Reverend Mr. AsPINALL is false, and we cannot, even Ori , the, most charitable consideration, come to any other conclusion than that it is wilfully so. We regret the necessity of bringing so serious a charge against a minister of the church of England. Lie, how ever, has compelled us to make it, and there is no mode of escape from the charge of wilfulness but in the supposi tion that he draws upon his int,gination for his facts, and adheres to the delusion from seine kind of instinctive obstinacy. We state this in order to find some apology for the reverend gentleman. But we must reduce the matter in dispute to a narrow compass. The Reverend JAMES ASPIKALL asserts one thing. Mr. THOMAS BERRY HORSFALL asserts the con trary. The former rests his charges upon his own un supported authority ; the latter rests his contradictiim, not upon his own credit and veracity alone, but upon the best evidence which the circumstances of the case will 'permit. Here then is a disparity in the value of the evi dence, all the advantages of which are on the side of Mr. HORSFALL. But confident in the strength of Mr. HORSFALLS posi tion, we throw his corroborative evidence overboard. We are willing to submit our case to any twelve gentleman of Liverpool, and we call for their decision, without any collateral evidence,. upon the value of tl:e respective credibility of the disputants. This again ushers in a painful subject. Mr.• ASPINALL is a clergyman of the chUrch of England, and we are aware of the handle that will be made 'of the exceptions we are imperiously called upon to take to his veracity, his memory, or his discernment. He, however, has forced this unpleasant duty upon us, and we shrink not from its performance. Mr. •THOMAS BERRY .1 - foRSVALL is known to the in habitants of .Liverpool ax a: gentleman whose honour and integrity are as pure as human virtue ever em braced. We knew no man whose word Is more sa cred, or whose reputation is more 'unblemished. Mr. HoasFALL is incapable of colouring a fact, or speaking or countenancing an untruth. Under the guidance of strong religious feelings, and of strict moral rectitude, he would as soon commit murder as violate his word, harbour a deceit, or utter a falsehood. A man more sen sitive on these subjects we never had the honoux of knowing, and we feel persuaded that all who know hint as well and bettor. than we do will answer fur the truth of the opinion we have formed,. Is it likely, therefore, that a man so fenced round, with a character-so pure and noble, would be guilty of a falsehood in order to screen himself from the impotent attacks of Mr..ASI'INALL or the silly and ludicrous swag tier of others I It is absurd. On the other hand how stands, in public estimation, the Rev. JAMES ASPINALL ? This' is a delicate question, but it must be answered. Among the electors and the respectable inhabitants of Liverpool is his character not as well known and us duly appreciated as that of the Re verend Dr. WADE, Mr. DANIEL Wlltrit t r. HARVEY, Sir JOHN KEY, and other, equully bright patriots ? If his credibility - be unexceptionable, let him, if he can, pro duce a member of his congregation to touch for it. lie will understand us when we state that une most respec table member of his church has left it for reasons which he formally assigned, but which it: is unnecessary to repeat. It is unnecessary, and it would be distressing to enter into details. The public can form an estimate of his cha racter without our direction. They have already formed it, and upon that character we venture to ask whether the word of the rev. gentleman can be taken in prefer ence to that .of. Mr. THOMAS BERRY HORSFALL ? OP ,JANUARY 27, I gar?.