The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-23 00:00:00

WW' • 3ux+: 1R35. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL The Public is respectfully informed that Mr. and Mrs. WOOD, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane, are engaged for Ten Nights, previous to their departure for America, and will make their second appearance here these three years this evening; and, to ,give additional effect to the 'Operas in which Mr. and Mrs. Wood will appear, an ar rangement has been made with Mr. BROUGII, principal Bass Singer of the Theatre-Royal, Dublin, and Mr. G. HORNCA.STI , B, principal Vocalist of the same Theatre, who will-make their appearance this evening. THIS present TUESDAY, the 23d instant, will be per formed the Opera of THE MAID OF JUDAH. The Orchestra (which is considerably augmented on this occa sion) under the direction of Mr. Aldridge. Previous to the Opera, the Overture to Sciniramicle: Ivanhoe Mr. Wood 4 0 " . Cedric of Rotherwood Mr. Brough. Sir Maurice de Bracey Mra.t. Uorncastle. Rebecca Ts. Wood. To conclude with the ce, called SCAN. MAG.; OR, THE VII.I.AGE GOSSIP On WEDNESDAY will be repeated the favourite Opera of CINDERELLA. The Prince, Mr Wood. Cinderella, Mrs. Wood. The Baron, Mr. G. Horncastle. Dondini, Mr. Brough. —To conclude with the SOMNAMBULIST. On THURSDAY a favourite OPERA, in which Mr. and Mrs. Wood, Mr. Brough, and Mr. G. Horncastle, will perform. —With other Entertainments. On FRIDAY, for the BENEFIT of Mr. WOOD. will be produced, for the first time here, the Opera of ERA DIAVOLO, or the Inn of Terracina. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received another excellent letter signed "Amicus Veritatis," on the subject of the attacks made upon the Rev. Mr. M'Neill, in the columns of the Journal, hut we cannot conveniently make room for it. In point of fact the public must be tired of the controversy, and we are anxious to put a stop to it. By far too much importance has been attached to the envious and disappointed clerk who writes in the Journal. Give his name indeed ! No, he has &:.ffered un der that head too much already ! The letter of " Veritus," relative to. Birkenhead, will be in serted if properly authenticated. While we are on this sub ject, we beg leave to ask Messrs. Rockliff and Duckworth, as respectable tiadesmen,•whether they are paid for the scur rilous falsehoods'which have recently appeared in their news paper relative to the Birkenhead Hotel and a 'paragraph which appeared in the STANDARD ? If they are_ not paid, some one, we confidently believe, is paid; for surely the con= doctor of the Journal would not insert falsehoods gratuitously in order to provoke us. If, on the other hand, the proprietor of the Birkenhead Hotel be a party to such paltry falsehoods, he may depend upon it he is doing himself a serious injury. But we cannot believe that he knows anything of the matter. It must be some worthless servant, who harmonises with some person connected with the Journal so socially and liberally. Tbe ILiberpool ,Stanbarb, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1835. We have received New York papers to the 27th June : but they contain no political intelligence of the slightesi importance. By the Princess Victoria, Captain BISSETT, we have Sydney papers to the 17th February. The colony was tranquil, but we lament to say that it had been the scene of some horrid crimes. Two executions hod taken place within a week, and three men had been sen tenced to death—and righteously do they deserve it. The following, which we have received direct from an intelligent and obliging correspondent, will perhaps be found interesting, particularly by our commercial read- ers : " CONSTANTINOPLE, 27TH MAY, 1835.—Really, Mr. Editor, there is so little of importance passing i❑ this quarter of the globe that it is with difficulty sufficient matter can be collected to form even an apology for news. In political affairs it may truly be said that even what does occur is hardly of sufficient interest to arrest the attention of, the veriest newsmonger ; but even of this so little can be known to the, public or private in quirer, or, if not so, under the implicit condition that any confidential communication one may receive shall be kept en tirely secret, that to write it down would be an utter waste of ink and paper. Commerce, however, presents a view far more in teresting, and we subjoin you some general information on this subject. First, however, let me inform you that, in conse quence of the inefficiency of our old decayed tariff to secure British merchants from arbitrary imposts, direct and indirect, laid by the government on imports as well as exports, a meet ing of the British merchants of this capital was resolved on, and effected last, week, to take into consideration the best measures to be adopted for securing our trade from such arbitrary imposi tions, and of addressing the Foreign Office, praying for their early attention to the necessity of establishing a new tariff, at once- placing us on a footing with the most favoured nations. anci , guaranteeing to us a fixed rate of taxation. By the bye, it would be better to say un a footing with the most favoured tariffs, as this would be a far more correct mode of expression, though strange and unusual, otherwise it might be supposed the Russians possess the greatest favour of the Turks because they possess the most favoured tariff, though it is notorious they are more cordially hated than loved. The meeting dissolved with the determination of writing out an address, which will be discussed ou a future occasion, and finally despatched with all speed. It is time our government looked into this business, - which is of vital importance to the prosperity of our commerce. Neglect may reduce it to its forme! insignificancy, but encour agement and timely attention to its interests will soon increase it tenfold. " Notwithstanding the very large quantities of British manu factures lately arrived in this market, the prices and demand are equally sustained, and many descriptions of goods have even experienced an advance, though it can be said of only a few exceptions that this advance keeps pace with the value in Manchester. There are several articles of great and extensive consumption, such as gray long cloths, twist, long maddapol laws, tarrjils, &c., which are very scarce, the large quantities of the former lately imported being found quite inadequate to the demand. Such as are unsold are held for higher prices. Of such goods the Persians are now most extensive buyers. Three years ago foreign gray goods were unknown in their country. Glory be to our national enterprise and industry! The first importers of these manufactures into these seas were Ge Americans, and within a year or two they still competed with us in cheapness and quantity ; but they have now entirely dese:ted, these markets where they find British goods made of an article of their own staple production, subject to a charge of duty, freight, insurance, and commission, can be sold at nearly 20 per cent. lower than theirs. There are also several other de scriptions of goods which would leave large profits, such as fine prints with small flowers, coloured cambrics, &c. "In other articles of import few can be named which will have a fair margin. Sugars are in good request : an entire cargo of Brazil white was sold the other day at a price which would nett at least 30s. per cwt. It was imported direct from the Brazils. The quality is much liked. Indigo is on the de cline, accounts being published hero amongst the buyers of a sudden fall of 25 per cent. in your markets, and they regulate their offers accordingly; but, as sellers are not au fail of this sudden reduction, they refuse to consent to ally consi derable, decline on their late prices. "The grain market is very dull, and literally nothing doing. Reports are more favourable to a large. crop in the southern provinces of Russia. " Most articles oT, export are too dear to buy for the British markets. Wool has declined; that is, such of the holders as insisted lately on higher rates have been obliged to lower their pretensions to their former low price, which, considering the high prices paid two years ago, are very low. Several parcels have been purchased; and, as our stocks are large, there is no probability of an advance. "Olive oil is rising. Though it would still cost within the •alue in your market, yet would be so near upon it as to make it wdangerous article to touch for the present. " Large quantities of galls have just been imported from Trebizond, and a reduction in value is the consequence. The quality is certainly inferior, and there are very few blacks. " - Our stock of Brussa silk is nearly exhausted, the only sup plies worth mentioning being of that of Persia. This is ail artiste which may be expected to advance considerably, as, from the extreme backwardness of the season, the period for the production of the web is not only much retarded, but the worm itself much weakened. Nor does the present aspect of the wea ther seem to favour an improvement in this respect, it being much colder and more changeable than is ever experienced at this season, consequently the cultivators of Brussa and the sur rounding villages, who derive almost exclusively their subsist ence from the production of this most valuable commodity, apprehend, and with much reason, a year of unusual privation and-misery." When Lord PALMERSTON was in Hampshire address ing his former electors, who had resolved to dissolve the connexion between there and reject him for ever, he ven tured to remind them of the great services he liad ren dered to his country by preserving the peace of Europe for three years. The noble secretary boasted that the whig administration of which he had been a distinguished member had acted upon the principle of non-intetfer ence—that they were moral umpires, whose pacific po licy not only gave. them power but abaoltite control in all questions bearing upon the interest and the tranquillity of nations. The boast was as silly as it was untrue. Lord PAL MERSTON did not bring under consideration the murder ous attack of his French allies upon the subjects of the King of Holland in the citadel of Antwerp. He did not present the electors of Hampshire with returns of the killed and wounded, or of the loss of property sustained in that wanton and unjust crusade. He did not bring into the foreground the series of murders perpetrated in Portugal with his connivance. He did not count the bones of those who perished in a foreign land the vic tims of stockjobbing and non-interference. Far less did he confess the serious injury which the trade of England sustained by the adrnission.of French produce and manu factures into the Tagus. The history of these unfortunate proceedings, so dis graceful to British honour, will be written hereafter, and will raise a blush of shame and a burst of indignation when Lord PAI.MERSTON sleeps in a worthless grave. But for the present higher matters, in which the noble lord is also deeply concerned, engage our attention. We allude to the semi-barbarous war against Spain—not openly declared, but openly encouraged by Lord PAL MERSTON and the present government. it is an hostile aggression, concocted, like the other, for stock-jobbing purposes, supported covertly by English money, which our deluded countrymen will hereafter be called upon to pay ; and the mode of conducting it is glaringly of a fraudulent nature—off nature so fraudulent that it must and will rouse the indignation of all the monarchies of Europe, and lead to a general war. Lord PALMERSTON, in short, has overshot his mark. For a long period he has played a double game, in which professions ill under stood, and scarcely tangible, have saved him from the consequences of European combustion. Emboldened by past successes—flattered by hoped for but unexpected results—seeing how ,misrepresentation acted upon delu sion, and how the other states of Europe were imposed upon by the name and fame of England (now trampled in the dust) Lord PALMERSTON has incautiously flung aside disguise, and has substituted for low hypocrisy the bokler-imposition-of polity and duty. No longer do we hear of the word " non-interference." That is erased from the whig vocabulary. Russia, Austria, Prussia, and Holland have not yet interfered in the contest now wag ing in Spain. England and France have openly inter fered, and beforeimany days the British cabinet will be told that the suspension of the enlistment act in favour of the de facto Queen ISABELLA is neither more nor less than a declaration of war against Spain. Such we assume to be the case—how do we prove it ? First, the suspension is not general. It is a suspension in favour of those who as naval and military officers choose to take up arms in favour of the reigning queen and against the pretensions of Don CARLos. We care fully exclude from this part of the argument all assump tions as to who is the rightful claimant. The lady Donna ISABELLA may or may not be an usurper. Don CARLOS may or may not be a rebel. These questions have nothing to do with the argument, inasmuch as Eng land is not bound and has no right whatever to interfere with the domestic concerns of the Spanish people. The simple question is, has. England interfered ? This question must be answered in the affirmative. How? She has suspended the foreign enlistment act—she per mits her naval and military officers to enter the service of the Queen of Spain without detriment to their claims for half-pay or as retired and superannuated officers. She disbands two or three regiments of infantry, reducing poor men to pauperism unless they enter into the Spanish service. She has a large naval force on the coasts of Spain intercepting all supplies to Don CARLos. She has already advanced some two Or, three hundred thousand pounds in firearms and munitions of war. In fine, in the most active, expensive, and most unequivocal man ner, she has taken the side of one of the combatants. Her alleged reasons for this dastardly and dishonest interference are that she has entered into a treaty with France, Portugal, and Sweden, in order to assert the rights of Donna ISABELLA. This may be true. But what right has England to enter into any such treaty ? Holland is 'as much concerned as England, and yet she has entered into no such treaty. Russia, Austria, and Prussia are equally concerned, but they are no parties to it; they have not even been consulted. How these last-named powers will act in this emer gency it is not for us to say. That_ they will feel indig nant at the conduct of the British government is excee ingly probable. That they may resent such unjust interference is also within the scope of probability. • And why ? It must be clear to them that in matters which do not concern the trade or the interests of England the British government are recklessly disposed to favour the liberal and democratic principle all over Europe. They have nothing to do with the quadrupartite treaty. . a J They cannot ackno►vledge it—they do not recognise it. If it be their policy to favour the claims of Don CARLOS, they will do so, be the consequences what they may. And we beg leave to tell Lord PALMERSTON they have good and just reasons for interfering. Russia covets nothing so much as a war with England. Austria, under its new sovereign, longs for a war.with Lou►s PHILIPPE in favour of HENRY V. Holland, writhing under burning indignities, is prepared to make any sa entices to punish the powers who have robbed and despoiled her. Here then we have a world in arms against whig ridden England —against red-tape statesmen—against apostates who make war not only against their early principles, but against the doctrines and politics which gave them distinction when they were starvelings in the ranks of the tories. But in war success converts treason into loyally ; and if an English army should succeed in placing ISABELLA firmly on the throne, and dispersing the numerous par tizans of Don CARLOS, then the British cabinet will avert the fearful reckoning which must otherwise await them. But i supposing the reverse to happen—that Ge- neral EvANs' armament is destroyed, and Don CARLOS invested with the crown—what then ? Who is to pay !or the upset coach ? The stock-jobber will of course lose his money. So much the better. Certain lawyers and money-lenders, gun-makers and slop-sellers, will feel themselves in an extremely unpleasant situation. Better and better. But who is to refund to the British government the money they have already spent or may spend in this unwarrantable and unnatural contest? Lord MELBOURNE says he trusts to the honour of the Spanish government Honour of a broomstick ! Does Lord MELBOURNE think that in case Don CARLOS succeeds he will be so mad as to tax his people to pay debts con- tracted b) , persons who were his mortal enemies—to pay the stoekjobbing• and swindling rogues of London ? Not a bit of it. The British goveinment will have to bear the loss. But what will the British people say to this ? They are not parties to the war. They have not been con sulted, even through their representatives in parliament; and not being consulted—not having sanctioned the war —not having voted the subsidy, it would be unreason able to call upon them to pay the money. Gentlemen of the House of Commons, you must look to it. You well know that Mr. SPRING RICE can hardly make the two ends of the year meet. He has a herd of needy com . missioners to pay who are dunning him incessantly. The twenty millions to the West Indies is not yet voted and has to be provided for. These small items, taken in conjunction with the expense of the Sparish war, must either lead to fresh taxes—or—the fund. We beg leave to call attention to an important docu ment which will be found in our advertising columns. We allude to a petition from the merchants, shipowners, and other inhabitants of Liverpool fo the House of Commons, praying that no " material alteration" may take place in the present fixed duties on Baltic and colo nial timber. A select committee of the House is now sitting for the purpose of considering the policy of changing the present duties and placing the. Baltic timber trade in a more favourable position, at the expense and to the serious injury of the British colonist and the British shipowner. We are delighted to observe that the petition is signed by men of every shade of politics; for this simple fact Vit TAMPOOL sis'ANIJARtI. removes at once all suspicion of the policy contended for being of a party nature. It is exclusively a question of trade in which the interests of the nation are deeply concerned. The petition states, and . states truly, that the present trade in the colonial timber of North America employs annually 450.000 tons of British shipping and 20,000 British sailors. Any change, therefore, which should affect this important trade could not fail to inflict a grievous injury upon the native shipowner and the native sailor; and in proportion to the injury inflicted a corres ponding benefit would be conferred upon foreigners. For instance, the quantity of timber imported from his Majesty's colonies in North America amounts at present to about 600,000 loads annually. The value of this timber is paid in British manufactures exclusively. Every artizan, every tradesman, every manufacturer in Great Britain, is consequently interested in preserving and extending to the uttermost this valuable trade. Every ship engaged in the trade is built, rigged, coppered, painted, and repaired by British subjects. The twenty thousand seamen spend their wages in England. There are consequently thousands of families dependent upon them. The profits of the trade are also spent at home. Not one single shilling is remitted to Canada ; we pay for their produce in goods; we give labour for labour; we find employment for thousands of emigrants, and they in return furnish employment for weavers, spinners, stocking workers, cutlers, tinmen, potters, glass-blowers, tanners, shoemakers, ship-carpenters, and every description of artizan. It is well known that for many years the British ship ping interest has been in a declining and ruinous state. We have at this moment more ships, calculated for the timber trade, than we can profitably employ. Would it not then be rash and injudicious policy to impair the ac tivity of the colonial trade, by bringing it more closely and unfairly into competition with the ship and forest owners of the Baltic,, who neither use our ships in the transit of their timber, nor take our manufactures in ex change for it ? If by lowering the present protective duty on Baltic timber, which a few ',interested persons are naturally enough anxious to do, we were to give a preference to the foreigner, what would become of our 600,000 tons of shipping and our 20,000 sailors? Most unquestionably the, greater number of the ships would have to be sold for firewood, while the majority of the sailors would be thrown out of employment and consigned to destitution Canada would in that case be ruined. Then, again, supposing that it were the interest o the consumer to use Baltic timber, which we deny, what benefit would the foreigner obtain at our expense ? In the first place, he would speedily possess himself of the whole carrying trade. There would not be a single plank, or spar, or deal, or log, brought from the Baltic in a British vessel. The foreign ship-owner, being en abled to build his vessels at a much lower rate, and man and navigate them at less expense, would speedily and inevitably drive us out of the trade. He would se cure the entire monopoly of the timber trade. At present he takes few of our manufactures, and he would not . take more under. other circumstances, for he can procure the few that he consumes cheaper and more conveniently elsewhere. Why, then, should we confer such advantages upon the ship and forest owners of Prussia, Norway, and Sweden, without receiving some equivalent benefits ? We should be absoltitely throwing away our trade, ruining our shipowners, injuring our manufacturers, and reducing to beggary thousands of hardy seamen, without receiving or securing one single corresponding advantage. It is absurd to tell us that the northern states of Europe would make up for the loss we should sustain in Canada by an increased consumption Of British manufactures. They would do no such thing. We have positive proof of this in the value of the manufac- tures which they at present receive for the vastly dispro portioned value of the Baltic timber we consume. Every advantage is on the side of the foreigner, and against the British and colonial merchant and shipowner. We hear no complaintS on the part of the consumers of colo- nial timber. Its price is not asserted to be a grievance ; its quality is not questioned, for the red pine of Canada is quite equal to that of the Baltic; and in many respects the Canadian timber is preferred in the construction of machinery, &c. But let us view the subject in a still more important and national point of view. Tile navy of England is the strength of England. : Take that away and she is a de fenceless island. Destroy the navy and England would be completely at the mercy of the confederated nations of Europe. It is not many years since the whole of the continent was banded against us—its whole power wielded by one tyrant—all its policy directed by one head—and the bond of union was open and undisguised lostility to the people and the institutions of this coup= ;Ty. What should we have done then if we had not been ;he masters of the seas ? A similar crisis may come again; and instead, therefore, of frittering away our naval strength by foolish concessions to foreigners, we ought rather to be recruiting our resources, and pre paring for the storm and the evil day. But how can we maintain our naval superiority with out the nursery of a mercantile marine ? We have already stated that there are twenty thousand sailors employed in the Canada timber trade. These men would be like a right arm to England in case of ano ther war. Destroy that trade, or even injure it, by giv ing a large portion of it to the northern states, and you will strike a blow at our naval preponderance, and our naval resources, which it will be difficult, if not impos- sible to recover. We shall, perhaps, return to this subject. We hinted, but with some reluctance, that Lord STAN LEY would probably have cause to regret the obtrusive and rather dictatorial letter - which he fired off against the North Lancashire Conservative Association. It has turned out just as we expected. When his lordship is made acquainted with the spirit which pervades the con servatives of that part of the country, and the angry feelings which his letter has excited, he will perhaps wish that he had acted a more discreet part. They ask —" who is Lord STANLEY that plays the lord so loftily over us ? We did not ask his opinion —we did not seek his advice—we did not consult his feelings or his me dium politics, or his convenience in the formation of our association. It is time enough to decline connecting himself with the society when he is asked to join it ;and , . it would have evinced better taste, and would have been more befitting the dignity of Lord STANLEY if he had re frained from expressing his sentiments towards a body of men who.do, not recognise him as one of their mem bers, -until called upon to do so as one of the represehta- Jives of the county." ' Stich is the courageous language of the conseryatives of North 'Lancashire. Had Lord STANLEY kept his spleen in subjection, and not thrust himself so ostenta- tiously and unnecessarily before the public, it is quite possible that the conservative electors of the northern division never would have troubled themselves to inquire what were th:e • opinions of his Icrdship in the matter. But they now know him ; be has unveiled himself; lie has written himself down, somewhat like DOGBERIiY, in their good opinion, by a most unceremonious attack upon their conduct, and the noble lord must therefore . be content to abide the consequences. - We are not, however, the enemies of Lord STANLEY, and in proof of this we shall leave him in the hands of Sir THOMAS HESKETII. The honourable baronet has completely given the coup de grace to the epistolary pretensions and the laboured arguments of the noble lord, and it would be cruel to slay the slain. As we only copied the pith, such as it was, of Lord STANLEY'S letter from the Preston• Pilot, we shall treat that of Sir Tao- MAS HESKETH in a similar manner. What follows will suffice : Rugbrd Hull, Preston, June 15, 1835. MY DEAR LORD STANLEY,— * * * * Though we may differ in opinion as to the means and measures by which the political constitution of Great Britain in church and in state may be best maintained and secured unimpaired, no man, I am sure, can more cordially concur in the spirit of the " Declaration" on which the prin ciples of the North Lancashire conservative association are founded than your lordship must do, having, as you have done, given such noble and disinterested proof of your attachment for, adherence to, and support of the vested rights of that most im portant branch of that constitution, " The protestant church as by law established." • It is not my intention, indeed it would be impertinent in m e to do so, to enter the lists of controversy with your lordship, as the champion of the merits or demerits of conservative associa tions ; but, individually, I feel, and believe I speak the senti ments of all who were present at the meeting in question, when I say, that they all felt and feel that such associations have been necessarily and unavoidably forced upon the country; Ist, by the baneful effects of the reform bill, constituted as the elective franchise by that measure is, a measure which I must differ from your lordship in believing " was called for by the deliber ate opinion of the country;" and, 2dly, by the measures of the present administration as now proposed, to despoil the rights of property both of church and state, in addition tothose encroach ments already effected by that administration, when last in office, upon the institutions of the country. I must be permitted to say that I feel it to be a somewhat ex traordinary degree of inconsistency that they who, in the time of excitement, caused by the progress of that measure, invited and encouraged the nation at large to foam " political unions" to carry by popular clamour and by threats of physical force, their measures, should declaim against those who associate together to regain that legitimate influence in the great council of the state which has been for a time wrested from them, but which influence is, I thank God, returning to them as the public mind becomes gradually disabused of the fallacy of those doctrines, which, as your lordship justly observes, " the sophistries of ignorant or mischievous quack doctors in politics impose upon the ill-in formed ;" and while we assert our legitimate right to associate together to regain that influence and that just and fair repre sentation in the senate, ace would also exert that influence in endeavouring sto stem the torrent of those innovations with which the most sacred as well as civil institutions of our coun try are threatened.—WE UPHOLD NOT ABUSES, NOR BLINDLY RESIST IMPROVEMENT! Your lordship asks, " And with regard to North Lancashire especially, where is the cogent necessity which calls for the formatiott of such a society? Are your objects general or local ? If local, I ask, to which of us, to my honourable col league or myself, is this hint addressed?'-' Our objects, I reply, are general ; I disclaim on my own part, and I take upon myself to disclaim on the part of the conservatives of North Lancashire in general, any the most remote design or desire of ,injuring or weakening, even if we had the power, that popu larity which has placed you in that honourable post which you deservedly hold as one of the representatives of Nprth Lanca shire ; ectually do I'disclaitn, if it can by possibility be re. : qiiialteiliat I should - do so, any other feeling than those - of ad miration and respect for your excellent and honourable col league. I must stand excused if I decline to enter into any argument upon the farther general questions contained, in •our lordship's letter ; it is foreign to my habits of private life and retirement to obtrude myself in public controversy on the public notice, farther than the necessity of the case in the present instance demands of me. With all due deference and respect for the motives which have dictated your lordship's letter to me as chairman of the permanent general committee of the North Lancashire conser vative association, but which is, through me, intended of course to apply to all who compose that association, I will only add further, and I do so in justification of that vast body of highly honourable, enlightened, and respectable men of whom it is composed, that the North Lancashire association has for its ob ject the very reverse of those political unions to which I 'have alluded, and the very reverse also of those results which you fear. Our object is— Not that of " weakening," but of protecting "the prerogatives of the crown ;" . Not of " undermining," but of maintaining " the indepen dence of the House of Lords;" • Not of "controlling," but of restoring and securing " the freedom of the House of Commons," enslaved as it now is under the domination of THE IRISH AGITATOR and his SATELLITES. Believe me, my dear Lord Stanley, Your's very faithfully and sincerely, Tilos. D. HESE:ET/I The Right Hon. the Lord Stanley, 4T. arc. WILLIAM COBBETT is dead. That extraordinary man bath concluded his eccentric course, he bath ceased his 'turmoils, and he is now where the weary are at rest. As a nervous, animated, and powerful political writer, Mr. COBBETT was unquestionably the first man of his day—as a politician he was one of the worst. His style was simple, correct, but rustic and colloquial. His language was the home-made wholesome language of an Englishman, who hated all foreign finery, who despised the jargon of the French and Cockney schools, who spoke as he thought of his country, and for his country, fearing God and honouring the King. He was a re former to a certain extent, but he was not a sickly and malignant leveller; he was attached to all the institu tions of bis country, and particularly to the church. He sometimes laid his flail over the backs of the " par sons," and they, frequently deserved it; but he loved to look upon the tapering spire among the green woods of his native land ; he listened to the sabbath bell with filial fondness; lieVas - delighted - to see the white-smock clad labourer climbing a style in the fields on his way to the house of prayer; in short, no man would sooner have taken up arms in defence of our venerable establishment than WILLIAM COBBETT. Mr. COBBETT'S nature was averse to republicanism. He had lived in America, and knew what a lank-haired greasy and cheating Yankee was. He did not like " parson justices," but he abhorred " butcher and shoe maker judges." He suffered persecution, and often spoke harshly of his country, but he still loved merry England. Despite adversity, it was ever to him— Dear as the light that visits these saleyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm the heart. No man ever Wrote so much, or toiled so much as Mr. CORBETT ; and yet, as we have said, though a great political writer, he was no politician. He could handle a subject better than any other man ; he was happy and expert in reaching the marrow of details; but lie failed in convincing, because he never fully understood his sub ject. He was invariably wrong on every question lie discussed, and on every theory he encountered. No man ever rose from the perusal of even a single page of his voluminous works without being instructed or amused; but we defy those who have read the whole, or have studied him most intensely, to tell what were CORBETT'S principles or opinions. It was here he failed. There is a pervading absence of consistency in all his works. He evidently did not write for mankind but for him se lf. H e seems to have been impressed with an idea that the world of his readers ' did not reason upon his views, but took for granted what WM. COBBETT said. His dogmatism, therefore, was only exceeded by his egotism. Had he been a man of higher powers of mind, he would have reached the most distinguished place in moral and political society. He wanted temper ; he was sadly deficient in judgment. Perhaps he was not devoid of sincerity ; but he had no respect for principle, simply because he never formed an opinion which he did not abandon, and never possessed a real friend whom he knew how to appreciate. He is now however silent. The hand that guided the master pen is, cold, and we only say, PEACE TO HIS ASHES ! The 4 lrish steamers which arrived in this port on Sun• day brnught over upwards of two thousand of the most wretched apologies for .human beings on which the sun ever shone. The passage money, we are told, was only threepence per head. It is needless to add that the very, moment they were landed they began to beg. - The lead ing thoroughfares of the town were infested with them the 4reater part of the day, and towards evening they betook themselves to the fields to sleep—perchance to steal. . It is very' bard upon this community that it, should be exposed to the nuisance which these beggars bring with them,, merely because the owners of steam boats can af ford to' carry them for threepence. Whether they beg or steal, the biirthen upon us is the same. If they are re moved it must be at the expense of the parish. If they steal, the county is saddled with the burthen of imprison ing, trying, and transporting them. What a pity that the traders who bring them cannot be compelled to carry them back, and maintain them until they do so. SEATS IN CHURCH.—On Tuesday last the Archdeacon of Co ventry held his visitation in that city, when an important ques tion was put to the Archdeacon (Spooner) by a churchwarden elect, which was, whether a parishioner paying church or vicar's rates could demand to be furnished with a seat in the church, without paying rent for it? The archdeacon's answer was in the affirmative. The question was put again and again, in va; rious forms, and the answer was that evey parishioner was en titled to a seat, and that the churchwardens had no legal power to charge even the amount of one farthing for it to them. It was urged that it was regularly done, and the difficulty of keep ing order without was pointed out; to which the archdeacon re plied he was aware of all that, but still the.e was no law to justi fy a money charge. It was then asked, how were certain ex pences to "be met I' 'I he answer ivas, by church-rates.— Bir miriyh ant Journal. THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BILL.-THE YOUNG FREEMEN OF LIVERPOOL. In another part of our paper will be,found the resolutions passed by the young freemen of this borough at a meeting held at the dolden Lion on Friday, and their petitions to the House of Commons founded thereon. It will be seen by a reference to Lord John Russell's muni- pal corporation bill, that one of its clauses, operating retrospec tively, excludes froth the enjoyment of their rights and privileges all persons who shall not have been admitted freemen before the sth day of this present month of June. Against this arbi trary and unjust exclusion from the enjoyment of an inchoate right, as clearly theirs, whether gained by inheritance or by servitude, as the succession to the throne of these realms in the next heir to the crown can be, the young freemen of Liver pool complain as an act of the most abominable injustice and op pression. Here we see an attempt making to deprive a great many persons of an undisputable right who have done no wrong —an attempt to inflict "pains and penalties" upon those who are innocent; for it cannot be alleged that they have abused a right of which they are not in the aetual possession. It will, perhaps, be thought by some that the number of free men who are about to be summarily robbed of the rights and privileges to which they were looking forward to the enjoy ment of is but trifling. This, however, is not the case; but, were it so, were the number only three instead of three thousand two hundred, the injustice would not be the less on that account. The sons of freemen and apprentices to' freemen affected by Lord John Russell's corporations' bill are abottt 3,200. A considerable number of these have completed their appren ticeships, or are-of full age, and were, excepting the formal act of admission as burgesses, free on the sth of June, and would, if such an enactment could have been contemplated, have taken up their freedom. Others are absent as sailors, or 'in the pur suit of other avocations; another class, and by no means incon siderable in number, have completed their servitude within two or three months, and is several instances within as many days. Surely it cannot'be deniedahat these are all aggrieved persons, and that their case is worthy of consideration. The petition agreed to on Saturdaywas signed, between the hours of two o'clock on that day and seven last evening, b y 1 2555 young freemen directly interested in its prayer. It was forwarded by the mail last night to London, for the purpose of being presented to the Hause of Commons by Lord Sandon. The county members and Mr. Bwart have been requested to join that noble lord in supporting it. We shall be curious to see what sort of an advocate they will •find in Mr. Ewart. We have great pleasure in informing the young free Men of -12iverpool that their case will have an able supporter Praed, one of the members for Yarmouth. This gentlethap gained' high honours at Cambridge, and although he only en. tered Parliament at the last general election, has already dis tinguished himself as a young man of great ability. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. St a,—This day's Journal has ushered into the world another of those thundering epistles addressed to the Rev. H. 3PNeill, by one who styles himself a " Protestant Layman." (?) . . This stout " defender of the faith," whose notions of religion will, it seems, allow him to enter a church on the Sabbath-day expressly to seek matter for bullying letters to the preacher, is quite frantic at finding that he can neither frighten Mr. into silence nor provoke him to a reply. Stung almost to madness by this unpardonable slight, he would yet fain per suade his readers that Mr. M'Neill, " behind the skulking hole of au anonymous signature," has endeavoured to meet the charges brought against him! But, ere making this assertion, he does allow (for argument's sake, no doubt) that Mr. M'Neill's "champions" may have an existence distinct from that of the reverend gentleman himself. Listen, then, how kindly he speaks to his fellows incog.:—" They are mistaken, however, if they think that I (!) shall condescend to reply to such small fry as they are:" This is • from a teacher of humility, sir Again, " I dislike dealing with underlings--I prefer squaring accounts with principals." In tha course of my experience in business, I once heard nearly the same words from the mouth of a very fine gentleman, adorned with gold rings, &c.,who after wards proved little better than a swindler. Since this incident I have naturally felt a suspicion of all who express themselves in a similar swaggering manner: I should therefore like to know what claim Mr. " Protestant Layman" has to receive his castigation at the hands of a: " principal ?" Does the vain man think that the talent displayed in his vapouring letters places him above the level of " underlings" and " small fry ?" 'But soon he turns and - gravely asserts his belief that Mr. M'Neill and his " charn piGns" are a kind of tria juncta in uno—that the " lumbering letters" in the Standard ate written by the rev. gentleman him self. Sure as of my own existence that this assertion is false in one instance, and firmly believing its falsehood in all, I am somewhat amused at this bold declaration. But we will admit for the sake of argument (chat few will believe to be the fact) that it is even as he would have it. Supposing that Mr. M'Neill has anonymously defended himself,•has. "A Protestant Lay man" (?) any reason .to expect it otherwise? Would this gallant assailant challenge the object of his attack to come from " behind the skulking hole of an anonymous signature" whilst he himself finds it prudent to keep out of sight? " But," says this hero, " there is no reason except my own will why my name should he concealed." If so, let him throw oft' his dis guise —let him show Mr. M'Neill that his antagonist is one worth his notice, and then, perhaps, he may be induced to give him the chastisement he covets so much. Has Mr. AV's/ell' more reason to skulk than the gentleman who so gallantly attacks him ? but is it to be expected that he will stand forth to combat every anonymous coxcomb who chooses to assail him? But it is apparent, through all his blustering, that the " Protestant Layman" is smarting under the consciousness that he has not power to draw upon himself the notice of Mr. . But this, verily, would be a " lumbering letter" were I to procethin a minute dissection of the mass of direct falsehood and-splenetic misrepresentation contained in that of this." Pro testant Layman.'.' I will therefore have done. But, "first, I' would. ask with what intent he has introduced his humorous sketch of the " rise" of Archbishop Magee ? In spite of this , envious snail and the sliver with, which he has sought to dis figure it, the character he has drawn seems not so discreditable entice to the archbishop himself or to his son-in-law, Mr. M`Neill„ as he would fain make it appear. One more question I will ask . . • He.tells us that Mr. opinions have been a stumbling-block in his way to preferment. D oes he argue from this that they are merely assumed for worldly purposes ? June 20th, 1835. J. LIVERPOOL POLICE. YESTERDAY.—(Before JAMES ASPINA LI, Esq., Mayor, and Alderman PETER BOURNE.) AN ANCIENT BRITON VICTIM zED.—Charlotte Whittle, John Whittle, her husband, Catherine Reynolds, Mary Fegan, and Jane Jones, the three latter dependent on the former for board and lodgings, as a recompense for which they gave their ser vices as adroit thieves to inveigle and rob the unwary for a joint benefit, were placed at the bar charged with abstracting sundry monies from the pocket of James Parkinson, an old Welshman, whose white locks and simple countenance bore strong evidence of the number of years he had lived in " blissful, stupidity." The complainant, in pure Welsh, which would amount to a crime to understand without the aid of an interpreter, said that ' on Saturday night, at a late hour, he arrived in Liverpool from Hawarden, in Flintshire, and being at a loss for a respectable. place to take up his abode he inquired from Anne Fegan and .lane Reynoldson, wham he accidentally met at an ale-shop in Dale-street, " where he could. meet with decent lodgings." " Lodgings! oh, lodgings is it you want !" said Miss Fegau, iu an insinuating Irish brogue, " sure me and Jenny here can show you to a gentleman's house, the better of which for live goose feather beds there isn't in Liverpool." The complainant felt much obliged for the civility shown to a stranger, and ac cepted of the offer, and Miss Jenny and Miss Anne piloted him to the house of the prisoner Whittle, where a hearty welcome awaited him. Being , rather in liquor complainant fell asleep before the fire instead of repairing to bed, and on awaking in an hour afterwards was consoled by finding his pockets turned inside out, and the fourteen sovereigns which were snugly wrapped up in as many pieces of paper as coin were missing, as was also a glazier's diamond. He was quite sure that the pri soners had robbed him, for he saw the diamond in the hands of one of the _prisoners after he awoke. What time was it when you went to the house ? enquired the magistrate of the complainant. Complainant.—About ten o'clock, and this good woman (pointing to Whittle) fetched some drink, which I paid for, and then I fell asleep. Magistrate.—You were very 'imprudent in getting into the society of such good women. What brought you to Liverpool Complainant.--I am a glazier, and came to buy glass fur window panes. Magistrate.—You might have taken less pains to lose your money. Complainant.—Ave, by St. David, but I should like to get it back, or else my wife will kick up a precious row. (Laughter.) The prisoners on being called on for their defence, denied all knowledge of the money. The man Whittle said be was not in the house at the time ; and the others were innocent of the sight of d sovereign fur many a day. The constable who apprehended them, said, that the person who was supposed to have the money was not in custody, and the magistrates remanded the prisoners. STREET PREACHING.—In allusion to the case of the Rev. " Boatswain" Smith, who on Thursday was apprehended for b the thoroughfare near the A? a structinaPrinces-dock, by 'preaching. • The Mayor stated to the reporter present, that he had been i C misrepresented .by the Liverpool- Chronicle, which had given a paragraph relative to the occurrehce. He ( the Mayor) had not ordered. Mr. Smith to be taken into custody for preaching in the open' air. His wish wa, , that the daily• business at th e d oc k s Should not be interfered' with by any obstruction, and the orders he gave were, that if there was an obstruction, the officers of police must do. their duty. ROBBING.CHILDREN IN THE STREETS.—Parents should be cautious in allowing children to play away from home unpro tected,' as there are a number of thieves who make a p racticea rubbing them of their clothes, or anything of the least value they may have about them. To-day a girl named Emblem, who has once or twice commuted a similar robbery upon - child ren, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a coral neck lace from a child four years old, residing in Burlington-street. The mother of the child in this instance happened to witness the theft, ran after the prisoner, and succeeded in giving her into custody, not however before the necklace had been trans ferred to another girl, an accomplice, who made her escupe.— The prisoner was remanded,. AN OLD OFFENDER.—Anne Hall, a wretched wreck of hu manity was charged with being drunk and disorderly at 'a late hour on the previous night. Bacheldor, the Bridewell keeper, stated that the prisoner was discharged only a few days ago from the Kirkdale. House of Correction, and that the present was the hundredth time she had been brought before the ma gistrates. On referring to the book he found that she bad been fifty times committed by the magistrates. and forty-nine times discharged. On promising to reform, Mr. Alderman Bourne said he would give her another chance, and she was accordingly discharged. GREAT IMPORTATION OF BEGGARS.—SeveraI Irish vagrants were brought up for begging in different parts of the town, when it was stated by a police-officer that the Irish packets, which, on account of the opposition existing, are importing thousands of miserable mendicants fir sixpence each; on Sun day last they brought over no less than 2000, who, Immediately on landing, commenced labouring in their avocation. LONDON LATEST ivßirs: City, S'Otntchty Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock. The principal topic of conversation in the city to-day has bad reference to the reported intention of government to mite a loan, for the purpose of providing a sufficient sum to meet the demands of the West India planters for compensation on thi.. abolition of slavery. It is stated that about 5,000,000 only will be required fur the purpose, as it would appear by a gtivein ment notice recently issued that a considerable sum is already in hand to meet the claims. If. the last notice issued by the commissioners of Exi - .hequer bills is understood rightly, a aura equal to nearly £14,000,000 sterling it invested in Excheqiiei' bills, to answer the coming claims on the part of the Wes;'. India interests. To this ruinous; which has been strefigthenett, j e by the proceedings in parliament hot night upon the Wei n.' India question, is to be attributed the heaviness which has prevailed in the money market. The great destruction of property, which took place recently in the island of Dominica will be still fresh in the minds of our readers. We understand that government has granted a loart. of £BO,OOO to the colony; and has also- made the colonists a - free gift of £12,000 to be distributed among them ac c o r di ng t o the extent of th e i r l oss an d th e number-of - acres possessed by the sufferers. The intelligence from New South Wales is very satisfactory. The . General Ilarco ur t, w hi c h has justotirived, brings over a full cargo of wool and other produce, for which there is amoug our mercantile interests a most active demand. The best criz tenon of the growing prosperity of the colony is perhaps to be found in the fact, that in one week £5OO was depositedin the' Savings' Bank of Sydney, while the total amount deposited in the same establishment by the small tradesmen and others was between £22,000 and £23,000. The decline which has continued to-day in the public secu rities is chiefly to be ascribed to the reports respecting financial matters already referred to. Consols for account have declined to-day from 911 to 911, and up to four o'clock this afternoon no reaction beyond a mere fraction took pl ace , th e l as t p r i ce o f to-day being 91Ii. The market for Exchequer bills and India bonds continues rather flat at 28 to 30 for the former, and 7 to 9 for the latter. Bank stock is ,rather beetter, leaving off at 216. The speculative business in consols is at present carried on to a very small amorint. Prices of the English hands at four o'clock :—Bank Stock; 216; Reduced 5 per Cents, 90;; Consols, shut; 31-per Cents. Reduced, 981; New 31 per Cents,_ 100; Long Annuities:, 16 — ; 11-16ths; India Stock, India. Bonds, 9 premium ; Exche quer Bills, 30 premium; Consols for Account, 9li. DREADFUL EARTHQUAKE IN CHILI ! Our contemporaries, 66 Chronicle and the Journal, published ; on Saturday, second editions, announcing, on the authority of a letter received by a house -in. this place, dated Santiago del Chili, Feb. 27, 1835, that " A inost awful earthquake was ex , . perienced on the evening of the 20th of Feb ruar y l as t, i n th e southern provin ces o f Conception, which has levelled with the ground not less than seven large towns and a number of villager ; leaving upwards of 200,000 inhabitants without a shelter to pro-; tect them from the inclemency of the approaching winter, in the utmost distress and consternation. It is, in fact, the most cam pt-re-ruin thi3rotrtitry lifts - steered from the rartie - caTse - t6t""° -- - centuries,. the loss of both lives and property beinc , immense..::'' - It was most violent in the town of Conception, but was also felt here very strongly, although not sufficient to do any damage to the edifices. ft would be vain to express the desolation that this awful event has caused—when Chili will recover, God only knows!" This letter, we understand, was brought by the Rimac, We published in the Standard of Friday, extracts from two letters conveyed to England by the same vessel, one of them d a t e d Valparaiso, Feb. - 28th, fa this letter it is stated that " a very strong shock of an earthquake was felt here a few days since; Talca suffered very severely; nearly all the houses are down, and from fifteen to 'twenty lives are lOst" but not a word about the seven lar ge t owns an d a num b er of villages said to have been destroyed, or the 200,000 inhabitants left by this calamitous vi sitation without any shelter from the inclemency of the approach.: ink winter. The crew of the lilinae were, it appeals, totally ignorant that such a dis a st rous occurrence had happened. We suspect the affair will turn out Al be notbing more than thtt " severe shock" alluded to in the letter Which we quoted from on Friday. NEWTON RACES.—(CoNcLumn.) The Shrigley Cup, value 100 sovs, given by AV. Turner, Es4 o M.P., added to a Handicap Stakes of 15 sovs each, h ft. 28 subs. Oue mile and a half. Mr Mostyn;s b f Birdlime, 4 yrs, Bst 21h Mr A. Bower's b m Lady Stafford, 6 yrs, Bst 71b Mr Critchlev names hr h Prince, 6 yrs, Bst 41b Billinge, ti h by Sir Gray, and Syren also started.—The Prince took the lead for about hirlf a distance, when Birdlime passed him, and made all the running, winning very easily by twd lengths. At the turn of the hill home Lady Stafford attempted to head the mare, hut Was unable to 'keep pace with her; linge, who was the favourite, ran a bad horse, being the last in it.—Betting: 6 to 4 agst Billinge, 2 to 1 agst Birdlime, 4 to 1 agst Lady Stafford, and 7 to 1 agst any other. The Warrington Purse of 50 so v s, added to a Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs each.—One mile and a distance. • Mr R. Turner's b c Fearnhurst, 4 yrs . 1 Mr Allanson's b m Lady Moore Ca w, 5 vrs Lord Francis, Buccaneer, Bucepliflus, Radical, Ayesha, Miss Chester, and Prince; one paid.—Mr Turner's Fearnhurst took the lead at the top of his speed, which was very slow, Radical second, and Lady Moore Carew third ; in this form they -ran until they mounted the hill, when Carew took the secend•place within fifteen lengths from home' Fearnhurst began to slacken; and bad the distance been three lengths further he would have been beaten easily; as it was, he managed to win by about a head. A worse lot of horses were never brought out,-3 to. L agst Fearuhurst, 3 to 1 agst Buccaneer, and 3 to 1 agst Radical, Match for 1(X) sovs, h ft. Two miles. Mr Nanney's br'c Friar Tuck received forfeit The St. Helen's Purse of 50 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sees each, 10 anus ft, for two and three year olds. Golborne Course. The second to receive back his stake. Lord Derby's eh f Verbena, by Velocipede, 3 yrs -• k 1 Mr Houldsworth's b c Hectic, by Sultan, 3 yrs . Mr Price's ch c L u df or d , by Wamba, 3 vrs Fidelio, Vulture, Lade Blessington, and Lord Francis also. started; two paid.—Verbena made the running, with Hectic in her quarters, and won with the greatest ease imaginable. sto 2 on the winner. A Plate of CO for all ages. Two mile beats. Mr E. Peel's ch c Tamworth, 4 yrs , . .1 I Sir T. Stanley's lir c Young Tarragon, 4 yrs Mr R. Turner's Vc. Fearnhurst, 4 yrs . 3 3 Sir R. 13ulkeley's b c Lambkin, 4 yrs . 2 4 5 to 3 on Taniworth. who won easily. . THE ELECTIONS. Irswtcx.—At the close of the poll On Friday night the nom= hers were— Mr. Morrison , , 542 Mr. Wason .4 . 533 Colonel Broke .... 455 Mr. Holmes 435 Messrs. Morrison and 'Wagon were returned as duly elected. . CARLOW.—This contest also ended on Fiiday. The numbers polled during the five days Were as follows : Mr. \rigors Mr. Raphael 626 Colonel Bruen , 572 Mr. Kavanagh ~ 571 • It is said that Colonel Bruen intends to petition against the re= turn of Mr. Raphael, on the ground that he is not dulylualitied‘ HULL.—Final close of the poll: Colonel Peronnet Thompson 1428 Mr. St. John Mildmay ..... . . ... . 142,3 Majority for Thompson A scrutiny has been demanded. LGOAL NEWS. " THE CORN TRADE—ISLE. OF MAN.—Mr. P. Thomson, in his place in the House of Commons, on Friday, intimated the in tention of government to bring in a bill to prevent the importa , tion of corn from the Isle of Man, except on payment of -the ordinary duties. ►SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.--A short-time since a young girl threw down a handful of shrimps to a brood of fifteen young ducks, belonging to Mr. .1. Whittaker, of the Grapes Inn,. Yorkshire-street, Oldham, and in a very short time eight out of the fifteen died; and what is perhaps more remarkable, the eight which died were black and white, whilst the remaining seven were white without black.—Manchester Chronicle: ELECTION FOR OE.DUAM.—lmmediately after the demise of Mr. Cobhett, the late member for Oldham, various of the dis appointed whig candidates at the general election became on the gui vane to offer for the vacant seat, and repaired to Oldham to canvass. Amongst them may be enumerated Mr. Ashton Yates, of Liverpool. Sir Charles Wulseley, and Colonel Torrens: Mr. Yates and Colonel Torrens are the rejected of Bolton-le-Moors at the last election, and Sir Charles Wolselev, of Stafford and Manchester. The friends of Mr. Ashton Yates appear confident that he will be returned—to Liverpool. NEW COINAGE OF HALF SOVEREIGNS.—The late coinage of half sovereigns, which the newspapers have announced as on the point of being 'issued, is to be withheld, the pieces having been made so thick that they would not ring. -The *hole batch is to he melted and recoined. CAUTION TO CARTER! PLYING Foe litnE.—The inhabitants . . of Queen-square and the neighbourhood have fir some time past been loud in their complaints of the nuisance Caused by the drivers of 'certain light carts having there establisbed a stand, though the place is not appointed as such. Their conduct, we are informed, is disgusting and brutal in the extreme, and they have fofsome time past set both the inhabitants and the police , at defiance. Several of them were, on Friday last, summoned before the magistrates, and fined iu penalties of from 2s. 6d. to ss. each, with costs.- PLATE IItpBLEPT.—On Friday morning last, or late on Thursday night, the house of M'r. Touhmin, solicitor, at Barn field, V6st Derby, was broken into, and a large quantity of plate, consisting of teapots, spoons. creainjugs, forks, stolen therefrom. Af.reward of: i:2O has been cifered for the apprehension of the burglars. The opening dinner of the Waterloo Hotel; Crosby, is fixed for to-morrow, when a numerous company •is expected. James Heyworth, Esq.; takes the chair, and Mr..Georga Robinson the vice-chair. The new steamer, City of Glasgow, arrived .on Thursday, ha ring acceraidished the distance from Greenitck in lq hours! Her passages, we believe, are the shortest oit record. Naw COACH TO LONDON.-L-It - has long .been a matter of complaint by attorneys and solicitors, as well as by the mer chants,. that in consequence the mail l eav i ng at ten o ' c l oc k at night they are' often yery Much hurried. in making up par cels and dispatches in time for its departure. liy an adver tisement in another part of uoipaper it will be seen that Messrs, Bretherton and Co. intend, for the express accommodation. . these numerous classes, to start a coach froth "Woi;dside early : ' in the day, and to be•si) arranged as to arrive in Lomfon•e.arly the next morning. We understand it is their intention to ap ply for leave to carry a triail.bag,which will be felt as a real convenience, as Liverpnol,..freirri its increasing size and great_ commerce, requires . inoteirequent communication with London and other places on that line of road. CORPORATIONS OR ENGLAND. It has often been asserted, that the corporations have exerted an undue 'influence in the return of conservati ve .members to parliament. The • following facts with which we have been favoured by a friend will ,shOw how the case stands. Of all the corporation towns` in England and Wales, the tories returned by thein amount to 9:1 1 , the whigi to 117. and the radicals to THE DORCHESTER LABOURERS,-,-We understand this two of, the six men who were convicted at Drirchester in March. 18.3 , L, and transported for seven years, for the offence of administer• ing unlawful oaths, namely, James and George Loveless, are to receive a pardon in the colonies for the remainder of the term, •provided their conduct has been good since their transportation. The other four are to receive immediately. a-pardon in the colonies, and after they had been there two years, if.tileir con. is good, will receive a tull pardon.—Morning