The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-01 00:00:00

IINN 01 '" SErkEmEan 1, 1835. LIVERPOOL. ANNUAL EXHIBITION. POST-OFFICE -PLACE, CHURCH-STREET. THE E!eventh ANNUAL EXHIBITION of the WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS is now OPEN, and will con tinue e ach day, from Nine in the Morning until Dusk. SAML. EGLINGTON, Secreta - ry to the Academy. Admission, One Shilling; cayalogue, One Shilling. Season Ti c k ets, Fi ve Shill Ks. Exltibition-rooms, August 2.1, 1835. TO CORRESPONDENTS, We regret that the admirable letter of AMBROSE came too late for insertion in to-day's STANDARD. e are unwilling to believe that the Rev. Mr. Murphy could have hazarded such a statement as a "Lover of Truth" asserts he did in St. Patrick's chapel on Sunday last. The letter must therefore be authenticated. Our attention has been called to the scurrilous fustian which has recently adorned the pages of the Albion in a series of letters signed "A Reformer." We are assured that the Writer is the last man in Liverpool who should deal in per sonalities; but such ribaldry, which perhaps passes for wi: in the pothnuses, is beneath notice. trr,Ot iiiberpool '.4-tanbarb. T UESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1835. By the John Campbell, arrived in the Clyde, we have accounts from Bombay to the 27th April, being three Weeks later than our last accounts. The cotton market had taken a most unexpected rise in consequence of the failure of the crops, which had been expected to be larger than .usual. We have been favoured with the following extract of a letter received here by a mercantile house of t he above date : " We have not had an opportunity of addressing you since the 4th instant— During that period our cotton market has got into a most extraordinary state owing to the almost total ab sence of cotton. Even up to this date only very few boats have arrived front the northern provinces; and, as little more than a 117 ' 3 nth remains before the commencement of the monsoon, it is generally feared that we shall not receive 40,000 bales altogether this season for the supply of China and Great Britain. Our Stock of cotton here, which at this season generally amounts to 12,00,./.or 15,00 d bales, does not exceed 1,000 bales in first hands. The extraordinary advance is owing to the very small supply from the northern districts, and to the apprehension that the quantity brought down this season will be unusually small." Our latest accounts from Jamaica reach to the 24th July', and from Demerara to the I4th July. A constant feature now in the intelligence from these important colo nies is a complaint of the increase of crime and the inef ficiency of the police. The Guiana Chronicle has the fUllowing " We are informed that yesterday his Excellency the Lieu tenant-Governor, at the Public Buildings, harangued the police of Georgetown in that style of eloquence so peculiarly his own, ccluplinlented them upon their diligence and activity, and desired t hem to continue to act in the same manner as they had hitherto been doing. "We are by no means surprised at his excellency having thus acted ; for, for some time past, from some baneful fatuity or of judgment, most of his excellency's acts have proved n nY thing but pleasing to the tastes or beneficial to the interests 44 the inhabitants of this colony. The wretched system of our having, then, been proved through the columns of this ''' nl rual, and our statements corroborated by the facts of the n ightly robberies and brawls in this town, it of necessity imme diately became the duty of our governor to evince his anxious desir e to obtain the good wishes and respect o f t h e commu nity by Publicly Publicly expressing his approbation of :he conduct of those by Whose culpable negligence and inefficiency the public peace is t hus disturbed, and property made the prey of the midnight burglar. " His excellency tells the police to continue in their present c ourse, as, in his opinion, they discharge their duties effectively. ahe Pick-l oc k an d the crow-bar of the housebreaker, which have 4 4 made such havoc with the goads and property of the "orehants and other inhabitants of this town, have not yet visi ted Camp House, or perhaps his excellency might think and speak differently on the subject ; and, perchance, were his 131,1te-chest or his cash-box laid under contribution, his next hara ngue to ill ..! lice-officers might thunder forth the anathe kat; of h 4 , 4 ,,:.". " In C, however, we take the liberty to inform his !,' AO lonL , as nightly robberies destroy our pro -14-11Y,60.51-4, y brawls disturb our streets, the community will We yer consider the police as effective merely because his excel . e lle) , may be pleased to style them so—nay, not even if so de scribed in one of his state papers. Demcrarians in general are too homespun a race of beings to distrust the evidence of their s enses, and form their opinions upon the ipse dizit of those who cam scarcely be considered as impartial judges." We have for some time been prepared for this. The Tatnaica papers speak in the same terms of the alarming Increase of crime, and assert.that property is not safe either by night or day. The abolition bill has only been l e operation two years, and yet we find that the whole Th era] aspect of society, in the West Indies, has under.' gone a complete change; and this we fear it will conti nt!e to do until life is endangered, and more severe laws ar e enacted for the suppression and punishment of licen llousness and robbery. If the industrious colonists have v f a ese of complaint now, what will be their situation at k ee end of the current term of apprenticeship ? We all n ew what was the state of society in St. Domingo Iv hen the mulatto government of that island were coin. /)e lled to frame the Code Rurale, which was nothing nl ere than a new system of slave laws, of the most ter. tl fic nat ure , en f orce d b y m ili tary execut i on . P rev i ous t 0 t he Code Rurale, the blacks of St. Domingo were in i" h at was called a state of freedom. They had been s o t n r more than twenty years, during which period th a t usautiful island was a scene of debauchery, profligacy, 2 1 . tr age. and bloodshed. The atrocities that were c4tcorn exceed any thing ever heard of in savage life. tl e ambitious villain made war upon another ; the stro ng robbed the weak ; the idle murd er ed th e i n fi rm . Th eir; f ree d om was li cent i ousness i n i ts worst f orm; i t 81 nothing more than a cessation of industry, and a : i .gn of spoliation and crime ending in ruin, dernoraliz 2ea and desolation. The colony which once exported ' e re sugar to Europe than all the West India islands AUt together, soon ceased to grow sugar at all, certainly tint enough for its own consumption ; and cultivation of every kind would have been abandoned long ago, and tl blacks reduced to cannibalism, but for the re-enact heat of slave laws under the assumed title of Code "Igrate. Since then the colony has improved; but idle tress and licentiousness had taken too deep a root to be s sdi cated ; the law came when it was too late ; the poi. °l3 had b een swa ll owe d an d h a d p ro d uc ed it s e ff ec t s ; and the result w a s that St. Domingo, or Hayti, as it is sle w l called, never recovere d it s f ormer p os iti on , a n d w e 11 Pect nev er w ill. It s bl ac k po p u l a ti on are s till s l aves tinder a military desp o ti s m. They are suffered to exist, butt heY make no advancement hi morals or the arts. "e offer these remarks in anticipation of the conse tine ~ fl ees, which we have every reason to fear will follow i' e .expiration of the apprenticeship term in our own co i?illes unless we adopt some rigorous system of preven•• i l4 Poli ce . I t i s worse t h an ma d ness t o thi n k o f govern . rhe negr o race by the mild laws of England. Even erance which is presumed to be a civilized country, freedom which works well here produces anarchy ti ere - Frenchmen do not understand what constitu t,..°44l liberty is. One of their most distinguished rs admits that trial by jury, as it prevails all over Eng. t a it n ` l, is totally inapplicable to the people of France. If, n ' there be so great a discrepancy between two na tionsi so intimately connected, how much more must there be between the population of the West Indies, Vopulation being of African origin—African of the • w est caste, and the christianised population of these 14 ads: NO, We must frame laws strictly applicable to the state of society in our West India colonies, or we may o ak s up our minds either to lose them altogether by t i t ee awf u l convu l s i on suc h as occurre d i n H a yti, or by t ie silent and despairing abandonment of them by the a b ur° Pean planters and proprietors. Much has been said °li t infusing the colonies with fresh blood from the °th " country, by encouraging emigration, and inda eig flglish, Scotch, and German labourers to substi vth"i!e cultivation by the plough for that which now pre. to ll . s " and which it is almost certain the negro will cease Perform when he is fully emancipated. We have w ear d Various opinions on this subject, and we confess have our doubts. Some West India proprietors, ,h ose opini ons are en titl e d t o res pe c t f r o m th e i r grea t x Wl Perl eete, contend that the cultivation of sugar by the ough is not only practicable but would be attended i ; , `" encouraging and triumphant success. Others, how equally experienced, and amongst whom ranks JANIMS MACcit:EEN, of Glasgow, whose very name is a host in itself, contend that it is impracticable. They assert that it is impossible for the European labourer to bear the excessive heat of the day in the plantations; that some few hardy and inured persons might withstand it, but that generally it would prove destructive to Euro peans. On these conflicting opinions it is unnecessary to offer :1 any remarks. One thing, however, is certain ; some thing must be done to save the colonies, and save the ne groes themselves from the consequences of their own acts. It is also clear that do what we may we have not a moment to lose. Little harm can arise from trying the experiment of European cultivation on a limited scale, and the go vernment should be prevailed upon to lend it the most liberal encouragement. It would be a blessing to the West Indies—it would be salvation to the blacks—if we could establish a rural population of moral and religious Europeans in the colonies. Failing this we must resort to some compulsory laws in favour of cultivation. The negro must not be allowed to roam an idle savage. He must not be allowed to sink in the scale of morals, low though that scale at present be, committing petty larceny by day and burglary by night. He must be compelled to work in the fields. Let him have perfect freedom of action ; let him choose his own employer; let him prcy cure the highest wages he possibly can ; let him seek such employment as he shall prefer, and let him seek it where he pleases; but he must not be permitted to re main idle unless he can show that he has accumulated a competency to maintain him without working, Failing all this, our last resort is the Code Purale. We take the following from the .Guiana Chronicle:— From tin extract of a letter from Surinam, which we have seen, we learn that Prince William Frederick, third son of his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, and grand-sou of the King of Holland, has arrived in that colony, in the Dutch frigate Ceres. The distinguished and royal visiter, was, of course, received with every mark of respect, and demonstration of loyalty, by the governor of the colony and its inhabitants ; for the dutch, if we were to deny them all other virtues, possess, in an eminent degree—beyond almost all other nations—a devoted ness of attachment and respect for their sovereign and hisfamily, which is alike honourable to the objects of so much sincere affection, and those who so loyally entertain' it. The young Prince has already honoured the Jewish congre gation of Surinam with his presence, for the purpose of laying the foundation of their new synagogue, a like compliment was to be paid to the reformed church, by the young prince on its consecration. Great preparations were likewise making for a grand ball to be given in honour of the royal visiter, by the in habitants of the colony. His highness is represented to be a very fine looking youth, of about fifteen years of age. The New York papers continue to furnish us with ad ditional details of the march of outrage and homicide in the United States. On the one hand certain persons al leged to be gamblers, but who had committed no crime, have been murdered by the " respectable citizens" of Vicksburg, or Wicksburg, as it is sometimes spelled, in cold blood. These ill-fated and legally unoffending wretches were, when apprehended, dragged to the7place of execution like dogs. Each man had a rope placed round his neck by the " citizens," and in this condition they were mercilessly pulled, half choked, then released, and half choked again, for several successive times, en during the most horrid torture all the while, until they reached the gallows which were prepared for them. CABLER, who suffered " LYNCH'S law," or in other words was tarred and feathered by the "citizens," when lie was undergoing the beastly process, most earnestly implored the ruffians not to dash the mixture into his eyes. He begged in vain ! A " respectable citizen" coolly re plied, "Stranger, I guess we must slime you all over !" Never again let us hear of liberty, or law, or reason, or justice, or humanity in America! As to the term "ci tizen," it is now synonymous with " tyrant," and we shall henceforth and forever hold it in unspeakable ab horrence. On the other hand white men, " preachers and steam doctors"—will any friend be kind enough to tell us what a " steam doctor" is ?-•--and upwards of twenty black men have been hanged in the same state (Mississippi) without the least proof of guilt, without even being for mally accused, without being tried—in short they have been hanged upon suspicion, and, in point of law and in defiance of every moral and judicial sanction, most foully murdered. Such deeds as these, we contend, bring eter nal disgrace upon the republic. They are blood-stains upon American liberty which time can never obliterate, which all the water in the wide Atlantic can never wash out. What do the philanthropists of England say to these proceedings ? What defence do the STEPHENS, the MACAULEYS, the BUiTONS, and the BROUGHAMS offer for their beloved America ? What do the Society of Friends contribute in the shape of an apology fin the land of WILLIAM PENN ? What say the silly BENTHAMITES, who never could offer a reason for an absurdity or a nui sance which they did not borrow from tile United States ? In a word, what has the press of England, which calls it self liberal, said in excuse or condemnation of these in human outrages and revolting murders ? Nor ONE WORD. The dumb dogs do not bark. They have for so many years, and for party and selfish purposes, extolled the virtue of the Ailiericans, and the perfectibility of American institutions, that, like Lord BROUGHAM ex tolling the innocence of Queen CAROLINE, they actually believe all they have so falsely and factiously asserted. Lord BROUGHAM is a weak man, and on that ground we forgive him; but do all the advocates of American Insti tutions take shelter under that excuse Is tile liberal press so miserably fallen that it deems the advocacy of silence the safest course ? or has it not the courage and the honesty to denounce what it has invariable hitherto professtd to abhor ? What would have been said if in this noble land, in this much calumniated constitutional monarchy—this land of an hereditary peerage which the "well beloved" JOE PARKES has proscribei—this asylum of the "gentlemen of the press," whom JONATHAN THREEHALFPENNY ROE- BocK. has threatened to write down—what would have been said here and elsewhere, and even in America it self, if one hundredth part of the cruelty and crime had been committed here which has been committed in the United States ? The now silent liberal press would have rung changes upon it for the next fifty years. The small scribe would have lived upon it for a long period, as Con- BETT did upon the flogging of certain soldiers in the Isle of Ely. The dishclout politician, playing Mercury in a bath of soap-suds, would have levied sevenpence for every plunge in the froth, averaging some fifteen hundred times per week. All the chroniclers of the state would have become rich by exchanging their small beer for nutriment of a more substantial nature. 13!"t let us give a case or two in illustration. Two men were recently convicted and sentenced to death in this country fora horrid crime. That they will be executed we sincerely hope and believe. A few weeks ago the Sidney papers contained a trial and the convic tion of two men for the same crime, under similar cir cumstances. The people of England, to their honour, have expressed no sympathy towards the criminals. In New South Wales, however, an attempt was made to murder the witnesses who had borne evidence against the condemned, on the ground that the " two young men sentenced to be hanged had only been guilty of a lark," This shows the difference in moral feeling between the convict population of New South Wales and that of the people of England, and long may it remain so. But we regret to say that the difference is equally striking between the "citizens' of the republic and the subjects of the King of England. What we call "mur der" they term "a sudden and justifiable ebullition of po pular feeling." The meanest man in these realms, the vilest scoundrel in Great Britain, is under the protection of the laws. The suspected man in the United States, be he as pure as nnsunned snow, be he guiltless as an angel, if the mob will it, Ile must suffer death, as their own papers sac•, "without law or gospel, judge or jury." But take another case. A thief-taker of the name of PORTEOUS, who had made himself obnoxious to the mob of Edinburgh, was, some seventy or eighty years ago, seized by the mob of that city and hanged. He was, it is now acknowledged, a great ruffian in his day, but he had committed no illegal act. On the contrary, he had brought to justice some of the worst and most desperate characters who infested Edinburgh. - He was the master of police; but those who have read SCOTT'S novel of the -~ •.vi-~~~~" THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Heart of Mid Lothian must be as familiar with the cir cumstance as we are. This PORTEOUS was dragged to the gallows, as the gamblers of Vicksburg were, and hanged ! What were the consequences? The magistrates of dinburgh were charged with a dereliction of their duty. hey were held responsible for the riots which had oc '44arred and the fatal consequences which ensued. The city was deprived of its charter, and the citizens were fined in a Aim which made Arthur's Seat and the Calton Hill look very piteously upon each other. It was a just 1 sentence. A crime had been committed— law and jus tittld been outraged—the supreme power, in the per s° of the King, had been insulted and trampled upon ; aal, in order to vindicate the sovereign authority and the omnipotence of the law, it was necessary to punish the conservators of the local commonwealth. This we say, borrowing from example, is English jus tice placed in fair contrast with the law and justice of the free, moral, and just republic of the United States of America. In this country we are proud to proclaim to the world that the vindication of law is the first princi ple, which is held in the most sacred regard by the peo ple of England. No matter who the man is—no matter how horrid the charge may be against him—no matter how daringly or bow wilfully he may have assailed pub lic rights or personal security—he is deemed innocent, under the clearest charge, until proved to be guilty by evidence snbmitted to a jury, of his countrymen. This is not only our law—it is also our invariable practice. Is it so in America—in the land of freedom? Let recent events answer. The most singular and anomalous part of this pro ceeding on the part of America is that, as far as the ac counts go, and they reach to many days subsequent to the murders, no cognizance has been taken of them by the authorities of the United States. The facts are, re corded, the crimes are admitted ; but we hear of no ju dicial proceedings—no inquest upon the dead bodies—no inquiry into the facts, which in the most arbitrary nation of Europe would even before the coroner be deemed a prima facie case of murder ! All the newspapers give publicity to the deeds of guilt and shame—some of them —most of them, to their honour—more especially the New York Daily Advertiser—condemn the atrocity as bringing odium upon a free country, and an odium so identified with crime that it must call down judgment upon a people who by their sufferance of it make them selves parties to the crime—still the voice of the govern ment is not heard, the law sleeps, the victims are in their graves, the murdered are unavenged; even the blood stained homicides seek no retreat in the bosom of penitence or by supplications for pardon at the throne of mercy. ‘Ve notice this stolid reluctance more in sorrow than in anger. The people of the United States, ren dered bold by commercial success, and even impious by toleration, offer no humble prayer at the footstool of OM NIPOTENCE for forgiveness. They regard not the throne of mercy. They do not look upon homicide as a crime. They have robbed so long in the fields of the red Indian that • they consider the power they have usurped to be in accordance with the decrees of HEAvEg. This is a fear ful state of delusion. He who fishes with the long line must expect entanglement. The Americans have done so too long. In proof of this, as regards the outrages in Jackson, we beg leave to subjoin the proclamation of the Governor of Mississippi. It is a curious document, and deserves the closest attention : PROCLAMATION. By H. G. Runnels, Governor of the State of Mississippi. Whereas, it has been represented to the executive, that there is a band of lawless, base, villainous white men traversing the country, endeavouring to get up an insurrection among our slaves. And whereas, it has been further represented to the executive t hat disclosures have been made by those concerned, well calculated to excite the most serious apprehensions that a widely extended conspiracy is on foot, calculated to produce an alarm, and call forth the vigilance and energy of our people; . . I do therefore issue this proclamation, exhorting all good citizens, and exhorting the officers, both civil and military, to use the most untiring vigilance to suppress all such insarrec tionary - movements, and 'to apprehend all such suspicious persons, and deliver them over to the proper authorities, that they may be brought to condign punishment. To which end especially call on the members of the board of police of each county and district; to exert the authority given to them by an act of the legislature of the 27th December, 18.33, of organizing, in their respective beats, active and efficient patroles. I repeat the importance and necessity of much vigilance in all quarters of the state; and should it become necessary, I do hereby order the quartermaster-general, and each of the assistant quarter masters-general, to deliver the arms of the state into the hands of the people for their defence, taking the receipts of responsible persons fir the same, and at the same time having due regard to the proper distribution according to the exigencies of the case. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the great seal of the state to be hereunto affixed at Jackson, July 13, 1835. 11. G. RUNNELS. By the Governor : David Jackson, Secretary of State. It will be remarked here that Governor RUNNELS does not pretend to say that he has received any evidence upon oath as to the facts upon which i e founds his inju dicious proclamation. He only says that it has been represented to him, where ? when ? under what circum stances ? Was it at the tea table, in the tavern, or in Some gaming-house ? These are the places for idle gos sip and foolish scandal, where the alarmist " half dis guised in liquor," as the Cockneys say, sits with open mouth and long ears. It was represented to this wise and zealous governor, that a band of "lawless, base, villainous white men" were " endeavouring to get up an insurrection among the slaves." This was treason against the state ; be was bound to inquire into the facts, but he was equally bound to listen to no representations which could not be deposed to under the sanction of an oath. Some of the best informed of the American jour nals are of opinion that there was no ground for the charge whatever, and that not a single slave in Missis sippi was cognoscent of any such intended insurrection. But the people seem to be rabid. Their attack upon the post-office at Charleston was absolute madness. They destroyed all the letters and papers they found ; if they had been desirous of tracing the insurrection to its au thors, they should have bad the letters and papers and ex • amine(' them. It was pure insanity, if not something worse. We wait the judicial investigation of these pio, ceedings with some anxiety. The unfortunate Morning Chronicle states, that when the municipal corporations bill was returned to the House of Commons on Friday last, it was received with groans! By whom think you, gentle reader? You may guess at once—by JOSEPH HUME and DANIEL O'CONNELL ! Yes, by JOSEPH and DANIEL, two men whose very names are to the senses of every intelligent person what the sham bles or the knacker's yard is in the dog days. The house, however, despite the groans of these most filthy patriots, ordered the bill to be printed, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that it be taken into consideration on Monday—last night. What the house means to do with it we neither know nor care. If it pass, it will be at the best, notwithstanding many excellent amendments, a difficult, if not an impracticable, measure. If the com mons agree to reject the amendments, well and good, for they have done more foolish things within the last four years. We consequently look forward to what they may or may not do with perfect indifference. The ministry and the Joeiles of the press, aided by the tramping tink ers of the commissions, have done their worst to rouse the "people," as they call the gin-wallopers of London and Birmingham, and create an angry collision between the commons and the lords; but they have most signally —most miserably failed. We defy the whole set, backed by the house and the tail, to get up even a decent row. The political unions are nearly extinct, having first be come bankrupt ; and, even if they were in better feather, they would now have no power. The simple tradesmen who trusted their leaders with long scores in the beer houses—too long ever to be discharged—now bitterly regret that they placed any confidence in a class of men whose greatest pride is to cheat one another. THOMAS ATTWOOD has declared that the confederated nailers and chimney-sweeps, of which he was the president, owe several hundred pounds in this way, which he fears—and laughs in his sleeve while ho says so—it will never be convenient to pay. The game, then, of the faction is played to its last card. We know their agony by their groans. From one end of the country to the other the utmost disgust is expressed, and the utmost contempt felt, towards the House of Commons. The respectable portion of the operatives of Manchester have already formed themselves into a conservative association, and their proceedings, which we have reported elsewhere, reflect upon them the highest honour. More energetic declarations, more sound principles, more sensible speeches we have rarely read, and we earnestly recommend them to the perusal of the public. In short, never were any ministers in a more helpless or deplorable situation; even the tail is in convulsions; it is, as a popish priest would say in dog latin, in extrernis—it wags for the last time ! DINNER OF THE MANCHESTER UNITED OPERA TIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. (Abridged from Wheeler's Manchester Chranick.) On Monday evening, at eight o'clock, about :350 operatives, and several gentlemen of conservative principles, sat down to a substantial dinner in the Manor Court-room, provided by Mr. Heatley, of the Plume sand Feathers, Bank Top. The room was plainly and neatly prepared for the occasion : behind the chairman waved a flag bearing the royal arms, and in the centre was a portrait of the Duke of Wellington mounted on his charger. Various banners adorned other parts of the room. The chairman was Mr. Longdale, an operative, and Mr. Ritchie, calico-printer, officiated as Vice-president. As soon as they had taken their seats a private band, in attendance, struck up " God save the King," the company simultaneously rising, which was followed by bursts of applause and waving of handkerchiefs. After grace, the clashing of knives, forks. and plates for about an hour Indicated that a most important part of the basiness of the evening was zealously followed and suffi ciently relished. When the cloth was removed, the Chairman prefaced the first toast by saying, that when be considered the occasion on which they were met, and witnessed the scenes be fore him, he felt, whilst he was conscious of his incapacity for the office he held, he was entitled to claim their kind indulgence, as he was unaccustomed either to address or govern large as semblies_ _Nothing, should be wanting en his part to promote the cause of conservatism, which was well worthy the supporta every lover of religion, of' his king, and his country; and now surety was the time to come forward, when there was a confe deracy in the land to overturn all their dearly-cherished posses sinus—when it was fashionable to be disloyal, and, disobeying the injunctions of scripture, to " speak evil of dienities," and not to submit to their rulers, who were " a terror to evil doer, and a praise to them that do well." (Cheers.) lie was glad to see around hint so many of his brother operatives who had not bowed to the false god, the god of reform, which had un settled every institution which their good forefathers had been instrumental in planting, and which they were in the habit of supporting under the comprehensive name of " Church and Krug." Ile hoped they would persevere and rally round that standard, and he doubted not they would speedily be swelled into such a body that when they next assembled a rooni might not be found large enough to contain them. lie urged them to be united, and to fulfil‘that beautiful passage of scripture— " Behold and see how pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity " The first and most appropriate toast, as a loyal subject, which he could propose was " His most gracious Majesty King William the Fourth."— (Loud and protracted cheering.) The chairman next proposed " The Poliar Star amongst British females, and the brightest Jewel of the Crown—Q ue en Ad e laide, a nd may she long live and enjoy happiness."—(Three times three and one cheer more.) " The Princess Victoria, the presumptive heiress to the British throne ; may wisdom direct her, prudence respect her, and Britain protect her."—(Three times three.) The Chairman.—To the next toast I am sure there will not be one dissentient voice, for it is " Our Glorious Constitution in Church and State, and may the noble machine framed by our ancestors never be put out of order by disloyal workmen."—(Great cheering.) Mr. Johnson, who professed himself a man who feared G and loved his country, spoke against the Whigs, whom he consi dered, instead of the preservers of the institutions of the coun try, to be its destroyers. They had broken the act of settlement and violated the coronation oath. If they had numerical strength, the conservatives counterbalanced it by their superior enlight ened and moral north. Let the wheels of the state machine be well oiled by conservatism and all would yet be well. The Chairman next gave " The House of Peers, and may they retain their independence for ever."—(Three times three and one cheer more.) Mr. Ritchie, the vice-president, said he contideredthe House of Lords a body of nobility particularly useful and essentially requisite in our mixed form of government, in order to support the rights both of the crown and the people, by forming a bar rier to withstand the encroachments of both. It was therefore necessary that they should be a distinct assembly—have distinct deliberations and distinct powers from the Commons. It would be found by reference to history that all friends to the British Constitution, of whatever rank, and whatever time, were firm supporters of that house; while on the other hand, democrats and republicans of every grade had been its most inveterate ca lumniators and foes. But were they surprised at this? No, fur they were well aware it was the natural result of the politi cal opinions of the respective parties. When a man had a fa vourite object in view which he was determined to accomplish, and knowing at the same time, there was a certain obstruction existing and that whilst it remained be never could succeed, would he not exert himself to the utmost and use every means to remove that stumbling-block out of his way ? Thus they had the cause of all the scurrilous and infamous abuse that had - been ' heaped on their lordships' house within the last four years, and particuliely since the municipal reform bill came before them. Thus one member of' the House of Commons makes a threatening speech if the other house dare alter the bill; ano ther writes a violent tirade against them in the whig newspa pers, and tells it; readers that the lords were always a nuisance, and ought to be annihilated as enemies to liberty. But in au swer to all this base democratic falsehood he would put the his tory of his country into every man's hands (Cheers.) for there., he would find that from the period when the great bill of rights was obtained from King John, ,the lords had been the best friends of popular liberty, (Cheers.) cautiously interfering with and 'carefully preserving their rights. They laid all read that a House of Commons once expelled the bishops from the I - louse of Lords, murdered their king, abolished the peers, and then, mark the result ! declared their own sittings to be permanent, thus destroying at once the whole elective franchise of the na tion. (Tremendous cheers.) They kept the citizens of Lon don down by billeting soldiers on every house—removed the gates of the city, to give readier access to their military under lings—till the populace, goaded to madness, binned their par liamentary representatives in effigy, at Temple-bar, when Crom well came and turned the villains out, writing on the door, this house to let. (Tremendous cheers.) But they had first got rid of king and •lords previously, or they dare not to have acted in that despotic manner. It would appear that there were now many honourable members who wished to play that game again, and they were called honourable men ; 0 yes! no doubt, as Mark Antony - sail, they were " All, all, honorable men ?" (Cheers.) A whig reforming paper in thi s our own t o wn had told his readers, •` we," says he, "have always held hereditary wisdom in contempt." Surprising wisdom ! A Daniel come to judgment! Did he think any person believed that wis dom descends from father to son? He could assure him, at any rate, that there were none in that assembly who entertained so ridiculous an idea. Nay, he would go further, and say that they subscribed to the opinion of Hudibras, that a lord may be an owl—but then they were equally welt convinced that a calf may be an alderman, a goose made a justice of the peace, rooks made whig commissioners and trustees, and noodles be dubbed with the editorial "we." (Cheers.) The members of the House of Lords, he presumed, were like other individuals in every respect—some were richer than others, and others more intelligent, and no doubt some more eminently virtuous, but with-individual character they had nothing to do. It was the collective wisdom of that house they wished to support. It was their collective wisdom they wished the nation always to have the benefit of. And the fact that it sits by hereditary right, so far from lessening it in the ()Acorn of the people, increased it in a very great degree, for thus only was it placed beyond the in fluence of the crown itself, (hear,) and the low debasement of cringing to democratic insolence. It was, in short, far superior fbr every essential purpose, as a second house of the legisla ture, than if elected by any system the wisdom of man could devise; and their respect was still increased when they saw it receiving into its body men worthy of all the honours their country could bestow, some for great military service, others for naval, and others for senatorial or diplomatic abilities. The people were to consider it as the great national depository of the wisdom and of the intellect of the country. (Cheers.) But let bins not be considered as an advocate of the crown and the aristocracy alone. No, they were alive to the rights of the church, and the necessity that exists for bishops to represent the interests of their church'in the House of Lords, as the clergy could not sit in the House of Commons, if the bishops were for bid the upper house the church would not be at all represented in the legislature; for that very reason, therefore, which the enefalei of the establishment wished them to be expelled, (heai,)'do they—the real " people"--wish to retain them; and as fully as they were sensible of the importance of the third estate as either of the others, and would stand by the House of Comm Ons in all their just constitutional privileges, and would as strenuously oppose any inroads upon them, so they would throw the shield over the other two. The British constitution which gives this empire the blessings of monarchy without des potism' the advantage of an hereditary legislature identified with the well-being of the nation ; a national church where the poor have the gospel preached to theta; a house of representatives possessed of full powers, to protect the rights of the people, en courage agricultere, commerce and manufactures;—this was what they wished to preserve from democratic anarchy, despotism and confusion. And now let him ask what would tie the result to the country if the destructives succeeded in their designs. A king might be dethroned or murdered—he is but a man, but the power he exercises cannot be destroyed. The executive power must be placed in the hands of some one or more; who were they to he? Be they who they would, they could not hold it long:" another faction would arise and overpower them, and they, in their turn, would be destroyed. In the meanwhile the people.would be governed by bloodhounds,—each party having only rine consideration, namely, to chain all others down, and preserve themselves in their unstable power; as the scriptures said of Satan—they Would have " great wrath"—being well aware that they had only a " short time" to endure; Let France witness! It was now 42 years since the French murdered their king, and, after being cursed with republicanism in various forms, and despoti sm in the person of Bonaparte—they were now seemingly further from obtaining freedom than ever. Even the sane party in this country who applauded to the skies their three glorious days, now told us that if the citizen king suc ceeded in his designs the French will be the most degraded slaves on the face of the earth. (Hear.) So much for the glo rious days! Such were the consequences of driving legitimate monarchs from their thrones. He and those he addressed were not of the number who call history an old almanack. They knew it was the only source from which a knowledge of man kind could be derived; they knew the study of it as storing the mind - With the wisdom of ages, and they . held that noble and learned lord anything but a friend to the instruction of the peo ple who called it an old almanack. It was acquaintance with history that would alone preserve men in the true political path ; it was a knowledge of history that could alone prevent men from becoming the dupes of whiggery: The next toast was— " The great Captain of the Age, his Grace the Duke of Wellington," which was drunk with loud and continued cheering; after which Mr. Bennett, au old soldier, who had fought under his grace, gave a brief account of his several campaigns from his first en tering into th e army d own t o th e d ec i sive - battle of Waterloo. (Tbe old soldier entered rather more into detail of the various services of the Duke of Wellington than the time and patience of the company would admit. Arriving at the battle of the Pyrenees and I houleuse—" Too long—too long," c:ied a voice in the room. "Toulon !" , exclaimel the veteran, shouldering his crutch and turning up his spectacles—" I say it Was Tou louse—being there present, a serjeant in the -- regiment of foot.") The Chairman said he was sure the next sentimentwould be enthusiastically received. If not called upon to serve his coun try in a military career, he had not less distinguished himself in a political career—the individual was the late foreman of the lower shop. " The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel (tremendous applause) and the conservative members of the House of Commons."— (Renewed cheering.) " The land we live in." The Vice-President proposed the health of Mr. Longdale, the chairman, which was drunk with much applause. " The venerable Earl of Eldon, that stanch supporter of con servative principles." (Cheers.) The Chairman next proposed the health of a much-calumni ated and reviled body— " The venerable bishop and the clergy of the diocese." (Cheers.) Mr. W. Marshall, an operative, spoke to the unjust and un founded charges that were brought against the clergy, and urged his operative brethren to assist in putting down the infidels of the day and their popish coadjutors. He denied that the work ing clergy were overpaid, and begged to direct their attention for an example to the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Salford, who vi sited the by-lanes and streets to find out fitting objects to whom he could administer spiritual relief and counsel ; the Rev. G Dogard, of St. Andrew's Church, was also an amiable and per severing minister, entitled to respect and praise; and he might also direct them to the Rev. A. Hepworth, of Chorlton-upon- Medlock, who, in the eleventh hour of his age, went from house to house to administer consolation and reclaim sinners. A stand should be made against encroachments on the established church, and the middle classes of the people would do it whe ther the higher orders did so or not. (Cheers.) " The army and the navy." Song, " Old England for ever," by Mr. Potter. " The members of the county." "The conservative members of the boroughs of Lancashire, • . and may they speedily increase." " The South Lancashire Conservative Association." " The town and trade of Manchester and Salford." "The operative conservative steam-engine, and may its powers increase and drive the various fumes of infidelity and sedition from our land." "The boroughreeve and constables of Manchester and Salford." " The magistrates of the division." Song, "The fine old English Minister," by Mr. Neville. Final toast—" The conservatives of Great Britain and Ireland." Speeches were delivered p_y Mr. Sheldrick and Mr. Stan field, operatives, also by M'l. Thos. Potter, (not the magistrate, ) of which, however, our limits do not allow us to give even a brief report The principal part of the company retired at-a seasonable hour. 'the whole proceedings terminated as they had commenced, in an orderly and admirable spirit. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. In the sporting world the Doncaster meeting, which is to take place this month, absorbs the greatest attention. With respect to the two first favourites for the St. Leger many heavy sums continue to be laid out upon them, Mundig hating a triflin g advantage over the Queen of Trumps. The reports which were in circulation with respect to Ascot have turned out to be nothing material, and those who laid long figures against him, under the impression that he would not start, will find dif ficult edging at the present quotations. Preserve has made a rapid advance to the position she now holds, being fourth fa vourite. There is still very little said about the outsiders, but several double even bets upon the Cup and St. Leger have been laid—for instance, Mundig and General Chasse have been backed at 9 to 1, as also the Queen and the General at the same price. The present quotations are : DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 7 to 2 agst Mundig (taken) 16 to 1 agst Jupiter (tk) 4to I.agst Qn. of Trumps (tk) 18 to 1 agst Mamsel Otz (tk) 7 to 1 agst . Ascot (taken) 20 to 1 agst Crescent (tk) Bto 1 agst. Preserve (taken) 125t0 1 apt. Ainderby (tk) 9to I Verbena (taken) I3oto 1 agst Turban (tk) 14 to 1 ilia liornsca (tk) DONCASTER CCP, P.P.—Entered or not. 6 to 4 agst Gen. Chasse (tk) 10 to 1 agst Physician (1k) 7 to.l agst Muley Moloch (tk) 14 to 1 agst Touchstone (tk) 7 to 1 agst Glaucus (tk) 15 to 1 agst any other. The Eghain races went off last week Ivith great spirit. LGCAL NEWS. THE CONVICTS.—The wife of one of the two men (Ogden) now under sentence of death at Livet pool, tor the offence com mitted near Oldham, died on Wednesday last, of a severe fit of dropsy. RESPlTE.—Abraham Ogden and Martin Mellor, the two criminals lying under sentence of death in the Kirkdale county gaol, for the offence committed near Bury, have been respiteil during his Majesty's pleasure. No orders have been received respecting John Tarbuck, who also is under sentence of death for an offence committed in Manchester. EXECUTIONS.—A report has gone abroad that it is the inten tion of the sheriff in future to execute criminals within the borough. This is not the fact ; they will be executed at Kirkdale, as heretofore. How such a rumour could get abroad we cannot tell ; the hindrance to public business by executing at the bo rough gaol, leaving the limited space for the populace out of the question, would be such as to render it extremely inconvenient, if not impracticable. IMPORTATION OF TURTLE.---A large quantity of turtle has recently been brought into this port. which will be the means of causing that delicious soup, so much sought after, to be sold at a lower rate for the present than tieretofore. The greatest con signment has been made to Mr. Robert Wilson, of the Albion Hotel, Manchester, whose skill in dressing the article will, without doubt, be the means of bringing numbers to his turtle feasts. Mr. Hadley, of the Adelphi, in this town, has also re ceived a considerable quantity. PRINCE GEORGE OF CUMBERLAND AND PRINCE GEORGE OF CAMBItIDGE.—At the Court at Windsor Castle, August 15, 1885.—The King, as Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, has been graciously pleased. by letters patent under his royal sign manual and the great seal of the order, bearing date this day, to dispense with all the statutes and regulations usually observed in regard to installation, and to grant unto his Majes ty's nephews, the Prince George of Cumberland and the Prince George of Cambridge, duly elected Knights of the said most noble Order, full power and authority to exercise all rights and privileges belonging to Knights Companions of the said Most Noble Order of the Garter, in as full and as ample a man ner as if they had been formally installed, any decree, rule, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.—London Gazette. DEATH OF PATRICK POWER, ESQ., M.P., FOR THE COUNTY OF WATERFoRD.—The Waterford Mail announces the death of this gentleman as having , takin place on Monday week, at his residence in Kilkenny. rile fatigue consequent upon attending his parliamentary duties had it appears considerably enervated i s streng th. An attack of dysentery was the immediate cause of his death. Mr. Power was a radical reformer. THE LIVERPOOL AND MANctIESTER RAILWAY.—As no ab stract of the half-yearly report of the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, made to the general Ince ing held on the 22d ult., has yet appeared in the newspapers, we have ob tained a copy of the report, and extract from it the following particulars, which possess a considerable share of public interest at a time when so many extensive lines of railway are in pro gress or in contemplation. The receipts for the he ;f-year are £ s. d Coaching department 52.137 3 4 Merchandise do. . 13,631 1 4 .Coal do. 99,474 16 0 Total expenses, including interest...6l,Bl4 6 2 Net profit for the six months 37,660 9 10 which pays the usual half-yearly dividend of 41 per cent., leaving a surplus of more than .C2OOO. It may, perhaps, be worthy of remark that this is the first time that the dividend for the first half of a yea? has been entirely paid outfit* the receipts of that half-year, which is necessarily less productive than the second half. The expenses of locomotive power are still heavy, amounting (including the purchase of three new engines) to £16,462. The cost of repairing engines amounts altogether to £7,594 13s. 4d., which is a reduction on the amount mentioned in former reports, especially when the increased amount of traffic is considered. it appears from the report that the new tunnel to Lime-street is not likely to be opened for some time to come —various circumstances having occurred to delay the comple tion of the station in Lime-street. As that will be the great en trance to Liverpool from all parts of the kingdom, it is intended that the buildings shall be "not inferior in style and design to the most approved public buildings of the town;" and the com mon council of Liverpool have voted a suns of £2OOO towards the expense of architectural decorations. BELFAST ELECTION.—This election closed on Thursday last, the third day of the poll, during which no vote was taken for either candidate. At six o'clock the booths were closed. The sovereign then stated that the numbers were, for Mr. Dunbar 162, for Mr. Tennent 82, and declared George Dunbar, Esq., to be duly elected. Mr. Dunbar arrived in Liverpool on Sun day, and, after stopping a short time at the King's Arms Hotel, proceeded to London to take his seat in thellouse of Commons. This he was expected to do last night. CASE OF SUPPOSED POISONING.—Bridget Dolan, an Irish girl about twenty-five, was examined at the New Bailey, Man chester, on Monday ast, on a charge of attempting to poison seven.of her master's, Mr. Sandiford's, children. It appeared that on-the Friday evening, as Mr. Sandiferd's eldest daughter was practising on the piano -forte, she suddenly felt a stiffness in her fingers, which prevented her from striking the keys: Immediately afterwards she and her six sisters were all seized with sickness and other symptoms of having taken some mine ral poison.. A surgeon was sent for, and by the prompt appli cation of remedies, although three of the children remained In , great danger through the night, they were all eventually saved. It seems that Dolan had prepared the milk for the children with a small quantity of water, seven of whom partook of it, while the eighth child of Mr. Sandiford, who took tea with her father and mother, exhibited no symptom of illness. When Dolan fetched the milk from the cellar, Mrs. Sandiford remark ed that there were some greasy spots on its surface. which she pointed out to the woman, woo replied that they were of no consequence, and by stirring up the milk remove d t h e remark able appearances. The stomach pump was used by the sur geon, and the contents of the children's stomach's given to Dolan, against whom uo suspicion existed at the time, to take care of that it might be analyzed. On the following morning, when the surgeon called for that purpose, Dolan was directed to fetch the bowl which contained the liquid, who, instead of doing so, told her fellow-servant to "empty the stuff out of the b0w1.," and take it to her mistress. This the other did as she was directed by Dolor. These were the grounds on which Dolan was taken iuto custody, and examined on suspicion of having wilfully administered the poison. On the examination before the magistrates, Mr. Kenworthy, the surgeon, stated that the symptoms exibited by the children warranted the concin s;on that arsenic had been administered to them; but for want of any positive proof of the fact, Dolan was discharged. ACCELERATION OF THE MAIL TO LONDON.—An arrange. ment has been made by the Postmaster-General, which, by ac celerating the pace of the mail coach from hence to Londuu, and, by starting from Lives - pool forty-five minutes sooner, will bring the mail into London at seven p. m., which will give to Liverpool a daily direct post to the Continent, instead of twice a week only, and will also save twenty-four hours' delay on all letters passing through London. This d es i ra bl e arrangeme nt is to commence on the 3d September: the mail will then stall from the Postoffice at half-past nine, and the box will be closed at nine. This will not at all curtail the time fur writing to Lon don, as a second bag is despatched for London every ;teeming at eight o'clock, the letter-box being open during the night and till half-past seven the next morning ; and, by this conveyance, letters are delivered in London at the same time as tbos6 sent by the mail of the previous night. - The late Earl of Devon has left but little of his property, over which he could exercise the power of testamental v disposition, to his own relatives. To his coachman, and wife, and their child ren (whom during his lifetime be had caused to be educated far above their station), he has left the Charenton estate, and the house in Paris, with all his personalites, among which arc some articles of rare value. Powdernam Castle, in Devonshire with £5OOO a year out of the Irish estates to keep it up. have descend ed to the-presant earl— the surplus revenues of the Irish estates to Viscount Courtenay, eldest son of the present earl.—Public Ledger, 11.4 E% ; 4 ‘ll- _: THE LAND OF 'l'HF r FRF,E Au American paper, published in one of the Southern Mated. recently contained the following:— "LINES TO TUE AMERICAN FLAG. " Bear up the standard, bear it high, Until it flash against the sky, The banner of the free. Oh ! let it there in splendour float, To martial drum and bugle note, That all the world may see, " And, gazing on its stripes and star, Look for their freedom not afar, But beaming in the east. Ring forth the clarion's thrilling peal, That every knight of heart and steel May sit at freedom's feast. "Flag of the free! flag of the free ! 'Tis thine alone to claim the knee. The homage of the brave," &c. &c. As a contrast to this poetical, or more properly speaking bombastical effusion, in another page of the very same paper wd found the following advertisements : I.—" For sale, a likely negro women, 28 years of age--a prime field hand." 2.—" Negroes for sale by Barret and Bmad—A negro man, a prime field band, 28 years of age; a girl about 16 years; a negro boy 17 years; a woman 27 years; a boy about 14 years ; a woman about 33 years. Also, a prime negro woman about 33 years. Also, a prime negro woman, a first-rate cook, washer, and ironer." 3.—" Negroes.--A lot of uncommonly likelynegroes for sale —fellows and boys. Sold for no fault—inquire, &c." 4.—" The undersigned will sell, by public auction, without reserve, 123 negroes," ..„ s.—` Negro men wanted—Cash will be paid for negro men, from 18 to 30 years old. Apply at the store of Graham and Hope." 6.—" For sale, by private contract, a likely negro woman; a negro girl; a negro boy, brother to the girl." Sold for no fault and warranted sound. Terms cash." 7.—" For sale, a valuable gang of negroes, 74 in number, ac customed to.the culture of rice." B.—" Cash ! Cash ! Cash ! The highest prices will be given fur negroes of every description. Apply in Beaufain-street, sue door east of Coming-street." Negroes wanted.—Cash will be paid for likely ne , rroes, of troth sexes, fratn the age of JO to 20 years.—Persons having such to dispose of may apply to Hugh M'Donald." lU.—"This day, ficii inst., will be sold, at the north of the Exchange, at 11 o'clok. a wench about 38 years old, a field hand, with her child, 10 mouths old; also a wench, 45 years old—a good dairy woman,' poultry, minder, and nurse on plantation. Conditions, case." ll. " Brought to Augusta jail, on the 17th inst. ,a negro man, who calls himself Ril e y. Th e owner is r e quested to come for ward, pay expenses, and take him from jail." 12. —"'ltvenntv-five dollars reward.—Run away from the sub scriber. on the 12th instant, Charles, a yellow fellow, 24 years of age. The above reward will be paid fur his apprehension." 13.—ltun away, a negro woman,3o years old. She is abright mulatto, and of common size. A reward of ten dollars will he paid to any one who will lodge her in jail, or bring her to my house—Wiley Glover." 14.—" Ten dollars reward.—Run away from the Subscriber, a negro boy named January, rather chunky built, thick cheeks or jaws. The small part of his leg, haying been broke or badly hurt, shows different from the [eft, which is notable, and he says done by a horse when he was small. Any person that will apprehend said runaway and bring him to me, or place hint in some safe gaol, so that I may get him, shall have the above reward.—William Watson." 15.—" Fifty dollars reward.—Run away from the subscriber s his negro woman Patsey ; is about forty-jive years old. She has two scars nn the right cheek, ma d e by the whip. The above reward will be given to any person wlio will deliver her to the subscriber; or twenty-five if confined in any gaol, so that I get her, it is expected she has endeavoured to get back to Virginia, where she was raised--if she was not stolen. She was bought of John Laue, a negro speculator.—henry Bird." _ _ In comparing the poet's address to the American flag, with the advertisements for the purchase, sale, or recovery of slaves —announcements of every day occurrence in the land of the free—it will be seen that in.the former all the world is invited to gaze on the " stripes" of 'the banner of the free," and that Henry Bird, one of the advertisers, although somewhat less poetical, is equally fond of immortalizing " stripes ;" for he states that "his negro woman Patsey, about 45 years old," may he identified by " two scars on the right cheek made by the whip." NEW NATIONAL SCHOOL AT BOOTLE. On Friday last the first stone of a national school was laid at Bottle, near this town. The day was fine, and there was a nu merous attendance of the friends of education in that neigh bourhood to witness the interesting ceremony. The following is a copy of the document enclosed in the bottle deposited under the foundation-stone : '"This first stone of a national school for the instruction of the poor children of the township of Bootle-cum-Linacre, in the principles of the Establisked Church of England was laid this 28th day of August, A.D. 1&35. - John Gladstone, A.M., Minister of St. Mary's. Wi ll Robertiam W ilson Theakstone, Wardens of St. Mary's. , Charles Okill, Treasurer. Samuel Rowlands, Architect. John Mackaret Contractor. John Johnson, Builder." The Rev. J. Gladstone shortly addressed Mr. Theakstone, requesting his assistance in laying the foundation-stone of a • national school fur the children of their township. Mr. Theakstone, in a brief but appropriate speech, expressed his readiness to co-operate in the ,promotion of any work which had for its object the good of their neighbours. '1 he ceremony of laying the stone having been performed— The Rev. J. Gladstone then said—Let us now implore the blessing of Him by whom alone our work can prosper " 0, Almighty and everlasting God, whom the Heaven of Heavens canuot contain, who yet humblest thyselfto behold the things that are in Heaven and Earth, from whom proceed ail holy desires, all good counsels, all good deeds, we praise and magnify thy holy name that thou bast put it into the hearts of thy servants to erect this building. In the Christian inseruction of those, who in their infancy, were dedicated to thy service, grant, 0 Lord, that the whole building may lie fitly flamed and joined together, Jesus Christ being the chief corner stone; that thy holy word may be faithfully taught, at, diligently heard within these walls ; and that the blessed seed of thy word may be sowed in willing and grateful hearts, and produce an abuti , dant harvest of true religion and useful learning. Visit Kith the rays of Heavenly light those %%Ito are lost in the mists of igno.- • ranee and sin; turn the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, so that the knowledge of the I,ord may cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea. Prosper, 0 Lord, with thy especial blessing those and all the efforts (ditty humble servatat; in the furtherance of thy kingdom on earth, through Jesus . Christ our Lord." The Earl of Breeknock, only son of the Marquis Camden, was married on Thursday, at Bromley Palace, to Miss Murray, eldest daughter of the Bishop of lioehester, LORD BYRON'S OPINION OP REPURIACS.--In one of Lord Ilvron's MS diaries, begun at Ravenna in May 1821, we find the following :—" What shall I write ? Anotherjournal ? I think not. Anything that comes uppermost; and call it 'My Dictionary.' Augustus.—l have often Keen puzzled with his character * * And 'et it is difficult to say whethet hereditary right nr popular choice produce the worser sove reigns. The Homan consuls make a goodly show; but then they only reigned fore year, and were under a suit of personal obligation , to distinguish themselves It is still more d'llicult to say which form of government is the worst—all are so bad. As for demo cracy, it is the worst of the whole : for what Is, in fact, democra cy? An aristocracy of blackguard." Wakley, the "burning and shining light" of Finsbury. was teaching a god-son of his, a little shaver of some ten years growth, the other day. Having laboured in vain to get the younker to understand the "Catechism of the / Corn Laws," written by poor Pay-rhino Thomson, he exclaimed to his juve nile namesake, "Tom, Tom, I am afraid you will never set the Thames on fire!" "No, god-father, (was the buy's reply) I should be very sorry to do anything so wicked." Wakley bl e w his nose violently, and was observed to look hard at the insurance plate on the opposite house for some time, to conceal his At Oxford Assizes, Mrs. Anna Maria Wathen, a lady of most elegant appearance, whose age was stated to he 37, was charged with stealing a flower-stand, the property of Mrs. Ann Maria Thompson—Guilty. M re. Wathen was again indicted for stealing a silver spoon, the property of James Nliddletou.—Guilty. She was sentenced to be imprisoned for six months in the house of Correction. There were several other indictments against this lady. but they - were not proceeded with. Mrs. Wathen was under stood to be connected by marriage with a family rank in England ; and to be related by blood to a noble earl iu an adjoining county. ASSASSINATION AT CALCUTTA.—Extract of a letter from Calcuttn,i.dated April2:—" We have just received accounts from Delhi, of the murder of Mr. W. Fraser, the tonuniiioner on the part of government in that part of the.coontrv. Ile had. been out to pita a visit, and was returning homewards on horse back, with one mounted attendant behind hint. A naive, also mounted, joined the attendant, and talked to hint for a little while, then rode forward, and on coming up on the left side of Mr. Fraser levelled a blunderbuss and fired, when that gentle- , man fell instantly dead from his /ose. The horse of the attend- ant reared at the fire and report, and threw his rider i so that the murderer escaped. The body had been struck by sevetut slugs, and one had . passed directly through the heart. Mr. Fraser was a man of daring courage, and, though a civilian, was all his life fond of partaking in military adventure. Ile had the official, or brevet rank of Major in the Ileginient of First Local • Hose, under commaud of the celebrated Colonel Skinner. LADY WARRENDF.R v. SIR GEORGE WARRENIIER.—The judgment in this importing case was given in the House or Lords by Lord Broughatn nn Thursday. A considerable num- • ber of Peers attended to hear it. Ilis lordship slated the cirenm stances of the case, which are bricCy these : Sir George War render, a Seotchman, in the year 1810, wank d Ann Eoscauen, . daughter of Viscount Falmouth, a lady born and educated in England, and who never was in Scotland before her marriage. The marriage took place in England. In ISI2 Sir George was appointed to a scat in the Board of Admiralty, and resided at the usual official residence.from that time to Ibl9, when a final •! separation took place .between him and Lady Warrender, From the separation till the ear 1t34 they aPart. Ladv \t'arendcr spending her time ehiefiv on the Contint nt. In 1534 . Sir George sued a divorce in the Court Session in Scotland upon the ground of adultery, alleged to have been committed by .• her when abroad. To this actin n she pleaded that the marriage h av ing teen contracted iu Englund, acid she being all English woman, it could only .be disst , lved by Act of Parliament. After some proeeedinvs the Court of , "lessiou repelied this objceticn, and lot ud that they had power to dissolve a marriage so eon- - • tracted ; and the case was appealed to the Ilirise of Lords. Lord Brougham now reviewed at great length the laws and practices prevailing in France and other countries urn n the same subject; the general principle of the whole of which seem ed to be, that, where nothing was expressed to the contrary, parties marrying out of their own country must he viewed asr entering into the coutiact with a view to their own c:cruicile . and to their own laws. It was a principle t oth of the Roman and the Scotch code, that no laws of (twits bent to those of for eigners. On these grounds his lordship moved that the decision of the Court of Session should be aftiinied.—Lord Lyndhurst thought it unnecessary. after the full and clear review of the state of the ease read by Lord Brougham, to trouble their lord ships at any length. lie agreed with Lord Brougham that the decision of the Court of Session should be affii med. The ques tion was then put, and the judgment affirmed. • - The glit>s were fired at Aln wick on Monday morning last, on the arrival of the news of the town. of Aln.vick having been. withdrawn from the corporation bill, and a large party of the freemen met in the Town-hall in the evening to celebrate the event. The corporation of Alnwick is a private one, and es excises no municipal privileges.—Netrcastle Journal. 474 4 , 44. ;4' t , • - d' V S