The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-27 00:00:00

rEßßum l y ' 7 ..7, 1833. irea......ivismarriasvoixae,marrrearwear.on next p o i n t not i ce d i n t h e Ki ng ' s speec h was t h e necessity of economy. Ministers stated the fact, that the estimates of this year would be the lowest that had been knowa since the peace. lie fact being so, tbey had stated. but not with any view of in initutiog any invidious comparison between their acts and those of the former government. They did not claim it as their ex clusive credit. They wished it to be shared with the government which bad preceded their own ; 'but as that government, iu its financial statement, had had the liberality to admire the econo my enforced by the Duke of Wellington in his former ad:ni nistration, so the present governmerc., in its estimates, had the liberality t o admit that it was ouly acting on the economical principles enforced by the preceding government. At any rate, the statement of this fact was an answer to those who said that the appointment of a conservative government would lead to increased expense in all our establishments. Comparing the estimates - of the present year with those of the last, he enter- Mitred a confident hope that it would be possible to make a re duction, consistent with the due execution of the public service, to the extent of £500,000. (Cheers.) He would now say a few words on the subject of the abolition of slavery. There had been a general impression that the success of that great measure . would be impeded by the restoration of the present ministry to Pin'er. It 'was true that they had not entertained the sanguine expectations respecting the success of that great measure that had been entertained by-many lion:gentlemen on the other side of the'house; but this he would say, that if ever men were under a moral obligruion to promote the success of any great measure of philanthropic benevolence, the present ministers were under a moral obligation' to promote the success of that measure.— What had green the practical course which ministers had pur sued respecting it? So far had they been from seeking any practical advantage from the patronage of the different appoint ments created in the colouies by that measure, their first resolution had been to continue in their offices all the governors appointed under the late administration. (Cheers.) Those governors being' appointed by that administration, were cogni zant of its intentions, and were retained in their posts for the express purpose of carryine those intentions into effect. Lord Sligo, for instance, was the Wellington of Jamaica. The very first thing which the Duke of Wellington did upon his appoint meat to offic e was to write to that noble lord andlo request him to remain in his situation as he was cognizant, from personal instructions, with the projects and objects of the late govern- Inept. L was true that the present government had sent out additional magistrates to some of the colonies, the only instance in which it had incurred expense without the knowledge of par liament: but they had not hesitated to incur expense in such a proceeding, as the object of it was to further the success of that great measure for the abolition of slavery. (Hear, hear.) it had also been said by hon. gentlemen on the other side that the speech from toe throne was in terms vague and inconclu. live, that it was couched in the usual indefinite 14nguage, and that it left parliament uncertain about what was to be done. Now of all the speeches which had ever been delivered from the throtie,'ltMil appeaar to him that this was the most precise as to the intentions of government, and as to the measures' which it intended to propose. He wished the house to recollect that he returned froin the continent on fhe3d of December, and that he was then speaking on the 24th of February.. It was no slight labour in the interim to constitute a ministry, and to give the requisite consideration to the formation of such measures '" were announced in, the speech from the throne. Among the first of them, in point of urgency, was the state of the tithe question in Ireland. Government would propose a measure for Its final and equitable adjustment. (Cheers.) For the coin alutaihm of tithe in England and Wales government was also prepared' to propose an adequate measure. (Cheers.) For the administrati o n of justice iu ecclesiastical causes, government intended to propose a measure founded on the report of the eolmnissiou of which the right hon. member for Cumberland had been the chief promoter; a measure which would destroy all petty l oca l ecclesiastical courts, and would appaint supreme courts for the cognizance of all ecclesiatical discipline—a pro- vision which would enforce episcopal authority, .not over the laity, but o v er the clergy, and would so check, if not entirely prevent, those cases of scandal which occasionally occurred, out without punishment. (Cheers.) Government also intended to propose a measure which would relieve those who dissented from, the church from the necessity of celebrating marriage according to its rites. He had been asked " Was that all you intend to do for the dissenters? You may relieve them from that grievance, but then you leave all their other grievances unredressed." (Hear, hear, hear.) Now, he must remind these objectors that great importance had been attached to the redress of this very grievance. Then, he was told that on the subject of municipal corporations the speech was still more vague and inconclusive. On that point he would appeal to the fairness of the house. A committee was appointed by that house to inquire into the state of municipal corporations. That committee, of which their present speaker . Was chairman, made certain inquiries. It found that it had not sufficient powers to condu9t the inquiry satisfactorily, and it recommended the appointment of a commission to conduct it. On his appointment to office a right hon. friend of his, to enable the government to consider their report, to weigh the evidence which they had colleCted, and to examine the suggestions which they had proposed, wrote to the municipal commissioners for the information which they had compiled. He could have no re serve with the house, and it would, perhaps. be satisfactory to it to hear the commissioners. It was dated the 27th of January, 1832. The commissioners stated that their inquiries were now complete; that 293 municipal corporations had been visited by them; that 241 reports had been sent iu ; that 182. had been printed; but that the remainder of them were at that time un fiuished. The c mainissioners- further declared that they could trot state when their general report would be ready, but they expressed a hope that it would be finished in the month of February. They likewise declared that it was not their inteu ton to present a report on any general branch of the subject unless thee were specifically required so to do. He had been told that in the speech froM the throne net the slightest re ference had been made to the subject of the church-rates. It wan well known that he had'supported the measure brought in by the late government for the transfer of the church-rates to the land-tax. That measure had met with great opposition from the dissenters. He for one could not agree to the extinction of Church-r*:es. He thought that there was an ohlikallon on the State to provide for the repair of churches, but lie also thought that the charge of providing fur that repair /sore unfairly on the land, and it was that subject he had in view when he spoke in the King's speech of devising " a method for Mitigating the Pressure of those local charges which' bear heavily on the owners aud occupiers of land, and for distributing the burden of tirient mortequally over other e tteseription of property." An onforttinate interpretation had been put upon that paragraph svhich he by no means intended. No new mode of general ( fixation was meant by it. It bad a special reference to the re- Port of the committee of last session on county-rates, and to the relief of the agricultural interest froM certain local burdens, or which .the church-rate was one mentioned therein, lie next came to tha.t.part of the King's speech which related to the church commiss i on appointed by government. The subject iwto which it bad to inquire was extensive and complicat4 autl • he could not promise the house to bring forward a measure'nnou it at an early period. He would, however, tell the house what he had already done On the vacancy of the first of those ap- peintments in the church which were usually called—he Would Rot say rightly or wrongly—sinecures, he had advised the crown to Make no appointment to it, but to allow all the circumstances conuected with it to he considered by the church commission. The appointment to which. he alluded was a prebendal kali at Westminster of the value of £1,200 a-year. (Cheers.) Be meant to take the same course on every other ecclesiastical benefice of the same class that might fall vacant. (Cheers.)- ' Re would not fill them urr for the mere sake ti." patronage, but would refer them to the consideration of the commission. (Cheers.) Now, what was the practical course that had been adopted with regard to that prebendal stall ? It had been found that in the neighbourhood of Westminster Abbey, dependent on its chapter, were too parishes, St. Margaret and St. John,-with It population of 150,000 souls. In the first named parish there were 28,000, and, only one church ; and it was an evident fact, 'that one minister must be inadequate to the due discharge of the ditties of such a parish. The government had advised the cominission to attach that stall to that living, making it a con dition that additional spiritual instruction should be provided for the parishioners. 'There was no house belonging to the minis ter or St. M argare t' s . It was not a rectory, nor yet a vicarage. h e prebendal house, therefore, had been made the vicarial hous e uf the parish. This was the course which; oil a future similar occasion, government intended to pursue with regard to St.'John's parish, and he hoped that if any delay should occur in calling for legislative interference on this point, it Would riot be supposed that that delay was intended to defeat the object of the commission, but that it would be taken for granted that it s,was wanted for deliberate consideration Item were the general measures of the government, the iudi of which wasto be found its the speech from the throne. they were measures which, with theleast possible delay, would be submitted to the consideration of that house. (Cheers.) In rivalry to the address an amendment had been proposed, and if the address was vague and inconclusive, the amendment was equally open to the same objection. It indicated no measure, it advanced no principle, it only stated the hope of the House that the seine. principle which restored to the people the right of Shoosi ng th e i r re p resen t a ti ves , an d w hi c h causedthe hill to pass T the abolition of slavery, would be seen in the .promised church reform, and would place our municipal corporations un der vigilant popular control. Now what principle was there ex- Pressed here? To an amendment like this it would he no an-. 'Wer for Inn s to say i;athl;;;Ld ' i;lCiTtite .. .Elirhouseholders 'Vote in corporations. Was it not, therefore, evident that the 4tne nri men t was produced with some other view than the pro fessed one? (Loud cheers.) Was it not . evident that the framers of the amendment were afraid (loud cheers) to recog nise in it those measures in the spirit of the reform bill, on which, they knew, that a difference of opinion existed among their own party? (Great cheering.) Why had they , not in serted a word about the ballot? (Cheers.) Why not a word about the repeal of the Septennial Act? (Cheers.) Why not word about the repeal of the union ? (Cheers.) They knew that on all those measures which had occupied . Public attention, as springing out of the reform bill, there was not one on which they could express unity of sentiment. (Cheers.) No, they must go back a distance of two years, to the time when all their Party was united on the question of the abolition of slavery, and on the re f orm bill ; an d th e y mus t merge all their bitt er differ% chess oti the ballot, the septennial bill, and the extension of the suffrage, which raged at present, for the purpose ,of dwelling 11 1:h regret on the harmony which prevailed among them some Years since,— " Quo desiderio veteres renovamus amores ? Atque ohm °misses flemus amicitias?" • (Cheers, and laughter.) Oh. the time of their union and sympathy was even now once snore gone bV. On that very evening, from ten different quar ter,' had notices been giveu for motions for carrying further the Principles of the reform bill; but they shrunk from the indica tion ofra o y opinion on those motions in the amendment, because t, 4 eY knew that that would lead to an open rupture amongst nem. No; the amendment was proposed for the sake of in ,"lvlng in difficulty the noble lord who had proposed the ad "ten, and his friends near him, svho, because they had con curred in supporting the reform bill, and the bill for the aboli tion of slavery, it was hoped might be caught in this trap, so i nsidiously prepared for them—the trap of compliment to inea 'Nees i u w hi c h they concurred, and of which they were the Lost prominent promoters. If he knew anything he knew that those whom the amendment endeavoured to ember ass would have the firmness and good sense to see what s 'as now the real question at issue. (Cheers.) They knew t hat this amendment w a s a u unnecessary etilogium on the l e form bill and that for slave emancipation. (Hear, hear,) to that part of the analnlrnent which spoke of correcting those abuses in the- church which impaired its efficiency in • E ngland, disturbed the peace of society in Ireland, and lowered b een characte r o f the es t a bli s h men t l u b o th co untries, notice had ueea given of a direct motion on the subject. The words im- V i ied that th e church of Ireland disturbed the peace of Ireland. Ow, that great question ought not to be disposed of by general re solutions. (Cheers.) Ile would frankly avow his determi nation not to accede to the amendment. Indeed he could not acced e to it without implying willing degradation on his part. (Cheers.) Il e kn e w th e res p onsi bility o f th e d u ti es which he :Id re cen tl y ta k en on hi mse lf . Il e f eare d t h e i mposs ibilit y o f e instru c ti ng a government which could have stronger claims on the confidence of the public than the present. (Cheers from th e • • a ministerial benches, and laughter from those o f the °pim tion•) While any difference of principle remained as to the nlnde of dealing with the church of Ireland it would he a diffi- Nt task nort reconstruct the government of L'ord Melbourne, I,ree,l government could be formed without a selection 'f individuals from each of those numerous parties which, though il leY were now acting iu concert, bad been but a few mouths FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1835. His'Majpsty's speech, and the tbbate upon the address in bath", houses, as far as we have received it, Will be found iii the proper place. At ther:hour when we write, and no express having ar rived it .'Liverpool, as we expected, we are unable to form any. Opiiiion as to the result of the debate in the . 11ouse of Com Mons ; but be that result favourable or otherwise to his Majesty's ministers, we have the consolation of knowing that the sentiments and professions contained in the King's speech have received the cordial approba tion of almost all classes of his Majesty's subjects- If, then, the. representatives of the people, actuated by the most selfish and factious motives, as the majority of them undoubtedly were on the question of the speakership, should by an obnoxious amendment plunge the country once more into a second political contest in one year, the opposition and coalition members may depend upon it that nut one in five of their number, particularly as re spects England, would be returned. This we say is our consolation. The country is sick with the turmoil of party politics ; and as it is a noble and distinguishing trait in the character of our country men to see fair play ; we feel well assured that if Sir Ro• BERT PEEL be thrown 'back upon the suffrages of the electors, he will as speedily as the forms will permit be carried - into - office and power with an overwhelming ma jority. to support him. So,confident are we of this, that if it were not- for the expense and.confusion which a new election would ne cessarily cause, we could almost wish, that the opposition' should succeed, and that a discomfiture should produce a fresh appeal to the, people. - At the same time, we are bound to confess, that every thing', in tliat'case, wbul4 depend upon the roorul cou rase of the right hohottriible baronet at the head of the government. If he could only be convinced that by braving the menaces of the House of Commons he would Nave with him the hearty wishes and the cordial sympa thies of the people, as we are certain he would, then we say, let him nail his colours to the mast, raise the standard of the constitution on every high place of the land, let him fight under the royal banner of England, and call io his aid all those who love the monarchy, the church, and the constitution ;—let him do this, we say, and glorious, triumphant, transcendant, will be the victory. The conduct of the opposition has, in the most im portant sections of the empire, excited the disgust of all parties. We meet men who called themselves whigs only a month ago, who are whigs no more. We have met men who voted for Mr. Ewaaar, who will never vote fur him again; and there are thouiands of pro fessed reformers, anxious for the removal of all abtises, who, seeing' that place is preferred to principle, and men to measures, by those who have hitherto, for at least thirty years, declared that prinCiple was every thing and plaCe nothing—measures the substance and men the shadow—now repudiate all connection with the coalition, composed as it is of such conflicting materials. . And can we wonder at this ? Can am honeit Eng.' lishman—we care not what is-the colour of his- politics —but can any honest Englishman see without disgust and indignation this country ruled and dictated to by the priestly faction of . Irehtbd—by men utterly devoid of. principle and patriotism—led by a demagogue whose character was drawn in our last number by a friend who intimately knows him—led by a set of confederated re bels who would establish in England the horrible "reign of terror" which exists in Ireland ? We contend that it is impossible. Men of good character, and, pure views, and superior intelligence, may be indiserekfor a season; but the day of delusion must end, and returning reason make amends .for paSi folly.' Such is the state of the cnuntty, and nf r the„itids of the tnajority of men, at this juncture. They, degirCifeace, and they must and will have it. • In the 'speech from the throne we have the fullest assurance that all real grivances will be remedied—all real disabilities re moved—all real abuses . corrected--all necessary reforms effected. What more can we possibly want.? In Sir ROBERT PEEL we have a man who will not promise what he'does not mean to perform. In him we have no hungry aspirant to place, who looks not to his promiseS with half so keen an eye as he clues to quarter-day. He has told us what he means to do, and who. dares question his sincerity ? • The opposite party might Plunge• us into revolution for a brief and terrible period; brit iI is .clear that, as they have not the confidence of the peciPle of this country, they are total'' , incompetent to carry on the affairs of the nation. The present is nothing more than a struggle for office and the emoluments of office, the latter being a consideration utterly beneath the ambition; or the desires, or the wants of Sir ROBERT PEEL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S pretended regard for what silly people call the "working out of the reform bill" is simply a contest for salary. He has most unexpectedly, add 'inoppor tunely perhaps, poor man, been deprived of his pay ; and, as he and others of his party. considered that the reform bill was a patent appointment to office for life, he-. cannot fer the little soul of him understand why he should be deprived of his imaginary patent and its fruits so soon. • .He must, however, bear up against his misfortunes. There is now no chance for him. He has identified him self so much with the beggar and rebel faction of Ireland , that he is like a weed cast upon the gulf s t ream: i t goes rapidly away, but never returns. It has been established beyond all, disputation that most of our countrymen and countrywomen who have been induced, by an intense love and admiration of the boasted institutions of the United States, to visit that republic, and examine with their own eyes what had ap peared so superexcellent to their imagination, have re turned to England completely cured of their mania, and most thoroughly disgusted with the laws, the morals, and the manners of the people of America. We need not mention names, for they Must be fatuili,ar to every intelligent reader. In that country the name of liberty revery .thing,. and the people areVeaSeiliVith a del . u.• sion under which the fraudulent speculator thrives and the loudest declaimer is deemed the worthiest patriot; but so worthy is he of popular admiration, that he con. v.erts . the very institutions which he lauds iiito a source of private gain. A sort of spurious equality, therefore, ministers to extortion, and what is called purity in the United States would be called. fraud in England or France, or even in the worst governed kingdom in Eu rope. We need not, however, borrow from the pages of the .writers to whom we have alluded, Uor need, wego so far as New York, or Washington - , to .find. evidetite proof of these assertions: • We have ample: . evidencein, the American newspapers. TLe venality and eorrup tion which prevail in most, if not in all, the'deliartments of the executive is admitted, exposed, and- loudly cen sured, in terms less measured than we have emnioyed, in all the journals which have the slightest - claim to re spectability and intelligence. For instanee,. the New York Advertiser of the 29th January last, in speaking of the United States Postoffice department, and the re port thereon, just presented to the senate, says:-- " The facts which are disclosed fulfil the predictions that have heretofore been promulgated, viz., that the second report would contain evidence of greater misconduct and deeper cor ruption than were brought to light by the same 'committee during the last session. ".From the statements which this abstract furnishes of the internal condition and general management of the department, it is impossible, we think, that any matetialdifferencebt opinion can exist among honest and disinterested persons respecting its true character. IT IS STEEPED IN CORRUPTION, and has been perverted frog i its proper course,. tis a great machine to promote the public and social interests andAtmveni ence of the country, to a dangerous engine 'of political. elec tioneering. " If public opinion is not, in sums efficacious inode;'ipcedily aroulfed ou this subject, the constitution, with all its * benefits, must fall a sacrifice to the systematic progress of intrigue and corruption. "'When the people see what rapid advances have been made in this species of iniquity in the course of six years past, what may they not expect, and what may they not fear, in the course of eight years to come." The capitals employed in the above extract are not ours, but those of the paper from which wepke tAe.ex trit'at;'-and we, therefi,re, pray the reader to .beit. in mind that it is not us, but the citizens of Atnerica'ilem selves, who charge the extensive department in ques tion with being " STEEPED IN, CORRUPTION !" Some few pragmatical coxcombs have accused us of "slandering" America, and they have induced one or two traders, evidently of the racoon species, to bristle up into a passion, and load our retnarkS and Our , mo tives with every kind of vulgar abuse; but we throw the "slander" back in their teeth, and by quoting. our air thority to shavV . the world how very thin-skinned, ig norpt, and illiberal must be our defamers. If the alleged acts of flagrant and unexampled ruption rested upon ques . tionable authority, or h a d th e i r origin in he spirit of the jou rna l s , we s h ou ld not have i attached par tot t l Y them mimportance. But th e f act mso uch is, Oaten this corruption, venality, and fraud, i s brou g ht home to the executive government of the United States t in it parliamentary report founded upon the most in controvertible evidence. In unhappy and misgoverned England we 'have a post office, the surplus revenue of which, after defraying all the. costs and charges of its management, amounts to upwards of £1,300,000 per annum. In the cheap and free republic of stripes and stars, the former being emblems of its philanthropy, and the latter of its purity, there is a postoffice which has contrived to run into debt to the extent of several.millions of dollars in.the space of a very few years. It is the worst establishment of the kind, take it altogether, 'that ever was formed, for it is at this moment insolvent. Had its revenues been expended in giving increased facilities to the . transmission Ikters, some excuse, on the ground of public utility, might have been urged for it, although even in that ease it could not have been exonerated from the charge of mismanagement. But when the truth is inquired into by a committee, it is round that it. has jobbed away its ineoute—that its funds THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. hive been perverted from their legitimate purpose, and applied to electioneering objects ; and to sustain it - system of political profligacy. In short, the base transactions disclosed by the committee were so numerous that it occupied the senate two days in reading them, and they are of a charact?r that would disgrace the most deter mined swindlers that.ever carried on a specious trade by means of fictitious bills. • Such is the contrast - bet Ween the postoffice of England and that of the United States of North America ! The mode in which these acts of bribery and knavery are carried on is thus described in the report _ . "A practice has of late prevailed extensively in this depart ment of advertising proposals for carrying the mail on the principal mail routes in a different manner from that in it is in fact to be carried—of receiving bids for carrying• it iu a different manner from that in which it is advertised; which are called "improved bids";---of accepting the bids as made:al together, and entering their acceptance as applicable to that part of the bid which conforms to the advertisement, and im mediately changing them to the improveu bid, and so execut ing the contract; thus in effect letting or making the contract without advertisement. Thii is a violation of law, .and has given rise to, and is made the apology for, other violations of law and official duty." How happy and fortunate must all th&Sir Jowl :ICUS Such:a system ! The repOt proeec4 to Show that all the public contracts are eVadedin this way by the officers of the Postoffice, arid• that fiVourites alone, and political agents, the minions of the executive, obtain be neficial and highly profitable contracts, in which: the , clerks of the Postoffice share. It states that in one year the payments to certain 'contractors . , under the cover of " improved bids," - exceeded the authorised and legal con tracts to the extent of 147,6.32 dollars . The most singular part of the case is that, while job. bing was thus progressing to a most nefarious extent, the postmaster was from time to time presenting reports to Congress, in which he inyariahly congratulated the pub lic on the flourishing state of his. department. Speaking of the last of .thesereporthe committee pbs'erve,-. " There is another eireunistAnoe tou . tllling the above named report which ought not to be entirely Overlooked. It was made out and presented to congress just before the cotatueucei4ut of the presidential canvass in 1832; and it was a paper, the ten dency of which was to bear upon that election. It held out to the American people a delusive view of the prosperity of an important department of the government, and naturally induced a belief that it was wisely and economically administered, while, in truth, the public moneys were 'squandered without stint, and:he department was rapidly sinking to insolcency." • This article is already too long, but we, cannot resist noticing a transaction in which an honest republican quaker cuts a figure, and which is 'worthy of IxET So tomoSts and the Old Bailey. A person of the 'name of REESIDE is found to be considerably in the debt of the PostofiSce ; but the 'heads of the department, in order to place their responsibility in the most favourable light, pretend that a credit of 20,000 dollars stands in their fa.. vour, at 'a certain bank, in the name of R-EsinE. The committee are not satisfied with this represedtation, and they proceed to the bank; and here a new light is thrown upon it. " Your committee, while in Philadelphia, examined the books of the North Western Bank, and obtained a statement of its transactions with the Postoffice departnient, by which it appears that this sum was raised by Reeside on a draft drawn by Limself itilavOur of R. C. Stockton, and accepted hy 0. B. Brown, chief clerk, dated the 29th of April, 1834, and payable three months after date, which draft was paid by the department at maturity ; so that as the transaction awl at the time the account of Reeside was made out and Asented to the com mittee, he was entitled to no credit arising from this transaction. If a credit were entered on the book at the time the draft was negotiated, then, when the draft was paid by the department, there should have been a charge of an equal sum against Ree side to balance it. This was not dune; and this sum stood as a credit to Reeside ; and it helped to reduce a balance of 54,369 dollars, which, notwithstanding his large extra allowances, stood against him on the books of the department on the Ist of April 1834. Your committee called upon Obadiah B. Brown to ex plain this transaction, and lie stated that the draft on which Reeside raised this money had not become due until some time in the month of November, and that since that time there had been no settlement with the bank so that the credit could, in the ordinary course of things, be entered. A member of your committee then, in the hewing of the witness, asked for the statement of the cashier of the Western Bank of Philadelphia, and the paper not being in. the committee-room it was sent for, and the witnesf , was „dismissed until it should be brought in. After a ihcirt time the witness ieturn4tr;',l;tareclihat he had been mistaken; that the charge against Mr. Reeside was omitted by mistake, and` was also by mistake entered againit 'R. C. Stockton, but that he had promptly corrected the entri (in the books and that it was all right. Yuur committee directed the witness to bring iu the books in which :be had made the cor rection; he did so, and showed 710 lest than serhn' erasurs and changes of entry which he had caused to be made in the books in the short time that your committee had respited him pont examina tion. The credit which is due to books thus kept and thus altered to suit emergencies of the occasion, cap be readily ap preciated by the senate." 0! OBADIAH B. BRowNi—many aTtikan has been haned for less than this. .I.l 7 nat would be thought of an English merchant, even of the third rate i.:las"S-; if he kept books in this manner ? Bitt the trick is too 'barefaced to . hide. It smells rank of fraud, of the most impudent . • c orruption, of systematic profligacy. We must conclude for the present with a short extract from the report : " So numerous and so great are the abuses which have grown up in this department, that reform has become absolutely ne cessary; but the measures by which it is to fo effected are by no meatus free from embarrassment. They are the more diffi cult, as many of the evils which require a remedy du not arise from defects in the existing law ;. but from an habitual disregard of plain legal provisions. They may, however, be principitlly traced to the absolute and unchecked power whirls a single vidual holds over the resources and disbursements, and 4411 the vast machinery of this department." . • A "single individual"---what!—in America'? Im possible: AmeriCa is ii,republic—a free republic, where all men are equal, and enjoy the blessings of cheap go vernment purely administered 7 --how tben can one man have unchecked power This would be despotism. Such, however, is the strong language of a committee of the senate, Which is composed of most honourable and intelligent men in the United States, and yet there are spoonbills here who accuse . oOf "sladdering" Ame . rica LONDON L4TES7' NEWS. City, licqf-past Seven y'dt;ik, IrcdneSclayEcetting. In the Foreign Market there has been an advance on;•ilf the various securities; Portuguese from 94, rising t o 92i, anti clos ing at 911 1 ' Spanish Bonds from 571 rose to 5 81, and closed at 58, and the Scrip from 4i. rose to 51 pin., and left off at 51 pni. Chilian Bonds have risen :to 44k, and Columbian .to 37: The following are the closing prices:— Back Stock • " A'24.Brazilian..,• a S 3 i Si 3 per Cent •Iteduced: ...911 ''',Y2 Chilitin ......1 . 43:!- 4 . 411 3 per Cent Consuls 9li ' Columbia - 1i , 34 :1 ,37 3- per Cents... V, i iDutch 5 per Cetits.... ltrA. i q New 33. i per Cent5....94 1 - 1 llitio 24 per Ceuts - 4 )5) 4 India Bonds • 17 18,111exicau Exchequer Bills 31 3fi!Russian - 1101 Consols for Act..9li 1 A, i 1 i iaSpatiish 571 X 8 1 8 Belgian ... 102 i 102 Sc rip . 41 N- 5 1 The following accounts from the Spanish and from the Swe dish and• Norwegian consulates were this afternoon posted at Lloyd's : ' . "SPANISH CONSULATE,," 12, Artillery-place, Finsbury, Feb.- 24, 1835. " catholic Majesty, the Qttee-n of -Spain, ha v in g determined to ext en d t o B ri ti s h' vessels the grace which, by the royal decree of the 11th of December of the last year her Ma jesty was pleased to chncede to Spaniards or being able to ship goons of lawful commerce from the ports of Colunna, Bilboa, Gijon, and Santaudez, subject to the same clauses and condi tions as expressedin the said royal decree. I' commuuicate .the same to you, and request v.ai will give to tile said resolution the usual publicity, for the information of the merchants of this capital. (Signed) 6 : PEDRO ORTIZ Us ZACIAIITI. " To W. Dobson, Esq." "11011ALSWEDSH AND NORWI,GIAN GENERAL CONSULATE, " 17, Great St. Feb.. 25, 1835 . " Slr,-1 beg leave to acquaint you, for the information of all whom it may concern, that the royal board of trade at Stock holm, bas, under date the 9th inetaut, declared the following places free from cholera tuorbus, viz., all the harbours in East Friesland and Oldenburg, London, and all places on the Thames, Colchester, Yarmouth, Glasgow, and New York. " It is,.therefure, with sincere pleasure last I beg leave to notice, that all places in Great Britain and Ireland are now in Sweden declared, free of cholera morbus. (Signed) "Ctrs aLas Torria. "To W. Dobson, - Esq." MARRYING Two SlsTnits.—ln the Consistory Court on Fri day, the office of Judge was promoted in order to set aside a mat riage. In 18 1, Anne. daughter of Charles Goodland, and wife of Mr. Ramsdale, died. It) a feW months after, Joan, the sister of Anne, and a widow, was married to Mr. Lamsdale, and this marriage it was now sought to nullify.—Dr, Lishing ton said, that there were sonic doubts whether the mother of the two sisters was nut a married woman when she contracted marriage with Charles Goodland; ,but where a Marriage had taken place su long ago as 1795, and by banns, the Court must take it for granted that such marriage was legal. I - Ic thought also that a cohabitation with a natural sister of a former wife, had so long since as two hundred )ears, been solemnly deliber ated upon, and decided that such connection was illegal. Up on another point he must take time to cousider.— Judgment postponed. THE' AMERICAN' 'PACKETS: 'vt!' Our attention has been called to an article in the . Liverpool Times of Tuesday, which some amateur ad: yocate, evidently of potent silliness, has been .induced to write in.defence 'of his occasional empl6yerS against cer tain observations which appeared in this journal of Fri day last. We acquit 'our contemporary of the Times, with great good will, for we - knoth that the article was not. written by any party connected with that establishment. The writer, as instructed, sets out by saying:— " The merchants of Liverpool connected with the different lines of packets which ply between this port and the •United States having withdrawn their adrertisemente- from the LivEa- Pool. STANDA RD. in consequence of the infitravas attacks made by that paper on the government and people of America, the proprietors and managers have suddenly been seized • with a 'nlo4 disinterested desire to have a set of 'British packets plying between Liverpool and the States, in opposition to the Ameri can lines." "Infamous attacks!" Hard words, these, sir scribe but we retort them. We care not who the writer is— whether he he a one-eight per cent. politician, or a one fourth,according to the current of the market—whether he be looking out for commissiOns or for bread, both being dependent•upon his servility-- . --whether he be an English man in disguise, currying favour with an American sta pler, or some new fledged schoblmaster, anxious to make the world believe that a New York skippe:r can write ,a letter in tolerable English—but whoever he is, we accuse him of mean and deliberate falsehood. We have made no infamous attacks upon the trade, the commerce.,.the government, or the people of the United States of Ame rica. We have preferred no clrarges of .a national kind which we have not borrowed from the journals of the United States, and the reports of- senatorial committees,. as will be' found in another article. What charges we have made will speak• for themselves; they are not our charges, although we do most conscientiously believe that they are well founded and unanswerable. The writer in the Times is pleased, to tell the world, no doubt with the. generous intention of injuring us, Ithat "The merchants of Liverpool conliected with tip. , (different lines of American •.p 3 5.4kts have withdrawn their advertisements -frow the LINCRPOOL STANDARD." This also is a paltry inisrepreSkitation. They - could not withdraw that which we -never possessed..T. A mem ber of the late liberal government wrote to a depart ment in Liverpool, commanding, . in the most imperative ,termi, that all government advehisements'should "be withdrawn from the LIVERP9OI, STANDARD. The shal low and irritable person in question did not 'take the pains to inquire into the fact, viz., that. we never bad been favoured with any advertisements.frorn the govern ment. Just so with the hireling . of the packet-inasters. We have had occasionally an advertisement from one or two most respectable houses, which, melancholy to re- late; are stopped ! We, therefDre, have lost some three and sixpence a-week, a large surd, to be sure, which must affect our income to a serious, if not ruinousextent. This is, however,'tbe " tottle of the whole." The malignant object of the writer is to inform tile 'Public, under the cloak of falsehood, that the American advertisements are uithdrawn from this paper. But this poor artifice will not answer his purpose. We are proud.to say that this journal is -read by twenty mer chants and• shipowners, all over Edgland and Scot land, for one that reads the piper in which his slander appears. If the Americans do not choose to advertise , with us that is their business more than ours:: • If they cannot afford to be liberal, they ought to know that w e cannot compromise our independence. As to extolling British ships in preference to American ones, we have yet to learn, the truth being On our side, that that is dot the duty of every Englishman who loves his country. There are, unfortnnately for our father land, in these times, a great - redundancy of needy em pities, and spurious philanthropists, who, according to their sickly conceits, imagine they advocate the princi ples of universal benevolence when they prOmote the in terests of foreigners at the expense of Great Britain. These superficial creatures are numerous enough. We meet with them everywhere;- but, thank God, we enter tain no such opini?ns.,'.We know no - ' country but our own sea-girt isle. \Velook first to our own land-marks, because it is our duty; the eharity which we teach begins at home; .and those who 'teach a different doctrine are not Of our class; fur` theca to be the worst enemies of their country. • We shall continue, therefore, despite all venomous attacks and perfidious pretext. 4, to uphold the interests of English commerce against the greatly overrated preten sions of the Americans, and shall,' on public grounds, in variably give the preference to a Liverpool ship over a New York packet. These are our principles, and we mistake much if they be not in strict accordance with the principles of the inhabitants of Liverpool generally. We pass by the allusion to the " red pinel . ' and the "durability" for the present; (being quite satisfied that we can establish all we have asserted.) in order to notice the next charge. The writer says—" The insinuation that United States ships are not ,Yafe is infamously false." Hard words again! The Commissioned scribe takes too many liberties. We insinuated nothing. We did not say that the American ships are "not safe." This is a falsehood impressed for the sake of effect, but it is worthy of the. advocate. What we did say was this : that as British. built ships are stronger and more durable, they are consequently, more safe than American ships. We adhere to the postulate . and its corollary . . This is the first time that we ever heani italisputed that a Bri tish-built ship, of the tirst-eIaSS, was not stronger and more durable than. an American one of the same class. We should like to hear the fact questioned by any man whose opinion is of any value. It cannot be disputed ; on the contrary it can easily be prUved by the extent of survivorship, to use a law term, in reference to the ves sels trading to this port, and belonging to Liverpool and American owners. If the survivorship can be proved (as it can) the durability is ,at 'Once established, for strength and durability give the measure- of safety. In short there is no comparison . between the two . There is not an American packet of sufficient strength to sustain the weight of any large quantity of heavy goods. The best of them could not carry fetirliundred hogsheads of sugar across- the Atlantic in rough weather without being shaken to pieces. Nay, 'mare,. in order to insure safety and allay public apprehension, the agents fre quently state iu their advertiseinents that they will not carry iron or heavy goods. 'ThOrlightest accident in jures them. Loek at the United States a few weeks ago, as fine a vessel as the best of theM; She touched the g rodnd, gently, almost imperceptiblya on-the west shore, when laden *ith a valuable but light:dargo. What were . the consequences. She had to put into the Graving - Dock, where she was detained a very considerable space of time, the cargo meanwhile havinklalie discharged. He proceeds to say, " the assertion that the fittings-up of the cabins of American ships are ''elaborately vulgar,' is as false as the otheri.", False !. - how so ? Are you such a booby as not to know that the eabinet 'and upholstery I work of a ship's cabin, as well as any. other apartment for dining, smoking, or sleeping in, is entirely a matter of taste ? There can be nothing "false" in it but on the score of taste. Your taste may be exquisite, and ours " vulgar," but none but a blockhead would impute false hood in either case. We .assert that the- style of the Ano-rican cabins is elaborate, ultra-decorative, costly, but flashy in its ornaments, gorgeous like the Lord Mayor ,of London's state-coach, rich in gilt and glitter, and pro fuse in mirrors and glass balustradea. The cabinet work is all well enough in its way. It- would have a splendid appearance in a third-rate tavern or a gin palace. The various and curious woods are surpassingly beautiful. It is quite a treat to see the bird's-eye maple set off with a dash of the tail of the yellowharnmer, and the deep thunder shades of the fleshwood relieved by gleams of lightning, all natural, all adMirably polished, and no doubt considered superb and most " particularly handsome" in Boston, Baltimore, and New York ; btit nevertheless in out humble estimation ridiculously " vulgar: . This we say again is purely a matter of taste, but the 'scribe of the packets has no right .to priinounce it false without proving that it is a taste which those who are the acknowledged arbiters in such matttrs are unwilling to ' sanction. As to the South Sea trade, the whale fishery, and the 'number of British ships lost at sea, these have nothing 'to do with the question, and wr are nut to be dragged into a controversy about sea serpents. With respect, to t the rates of insurance, we shall probably' have a few words to say in our next; but when the writer makes his appeal "to every man, woman, and child in Liver pool" as to the gent eelity of his taste, we cannot help laughing. We have no doubt the majority would be • 'with hiriac' part entiirly tlee !at ildrert, -bat. ;that.- Would not remove or refute the charge of vulgarity. . Lastly, for the pyesent, we are accused of attacking private . property.-• We • dent it. If giving a - pre ference to, and upholding the vast superiority of British ships over the Ships of the United States be attacking private property, we glory in doing it. Too long have these foreigners been allowed to acquire areputation at our expense, end too • long have the public been. de ceived as to the quality of their ves se l s , • t h e sw if tness o f their sailing, the liberafity .of. their terms, .and the con venience , and somfurt of their acconundationa. - 'These delusions must be brushed away. - We are anxious to see the British shipowner participating in a trade which is alike profitable and honourable, which would give employment to our own seamen, - and satisfy travellers of all kinds that the voyage, from Liverpool toNew York, in a Liverpool ship, fitted for the express purpose, can be as speedily-and,- at least., as safely performed, under the direction of our own navigators in cabins as com fortably,- and still more chastely and elegantly finished. If this be attacking private property, all we can tell our opponents is, that we mean to persist in it. We shall not rest satisfied till we see the British flag: waving where it ought to wave—in places where the. republican banner has the Monopoly. • It is amusing to be accused of injuring the private pro perty of ." the gentlemen interested in • the American packets." Who are those gentlemen ? Can it be true that there are gentlemen in Liverpool who own property under the American flag, and who invest their capital to employ foreign in preference to British sailors, when so many of the latter, after bleeding in defence of their country, ate now starving in the streets and bye-lanes of England ? We are assured that there are such men in the town of Liverpool, and who are recegnised as pa triots. ;But we can .hardly believe .it. ;If there be such men, there. is not a word of reproach, or contumely, or shatrie too harsh or too grating to,he. hurled against them, for they , deserve to : be driven. out of English society. The public are further it . CorMed by this commissioned scribe, that our motives for assailing the fir packets con sist in our wish to annoy "political opponents." I thank the Jew for teaching me that word ! So, then, the . own ers of these foreign vessels are our political opponents? If so; it is our turn to complain. The people ,of Liver pool will now perceive who are the parties who minister to tae levelling and destructive factions of the, town, and inspired.by republicanism would pull down the altar and the throne.. We Consider• it . a disgrace to' the laws of England that such be allowed to med dle with our national and doMesticconcerns. But the riddle is solved. • We now see.how.it is that the adver tisements,of these patriots are found:in mOst , extravagant profusion in the radical fjOtirnals-4n 'papers, in short, 'which have little or no circulation, and which are rarely seen by tile mercantile .classeS. This article is already too long,-or we should attempt to analyse this sort of political patronage as exhibited in the Liverpool Times and some of its contemporaries. But there is a good time coming. LANCASTER Assizrs.-L--The Lancaster assizes are fixed for Saturday, the 14th March next. Bute Day before the assizes, Thursday, the 19th February instant. Rule Day after the as• sizes, Tgursdav, the 16th April next. Records to be ordered on Friday ? this 27th day of February instant; in all actions where the issuea.sha.ll have been made up on or previous to that day. The Ballot for the order in which the Jury Process shall be Issued from the Prothonotary's Office will take place at Lan caster immediately after,the opening, of the Commission on the evening of the first day of the assizes as usual. Declarations against Defendants in Gaol, on Writs of Capias or Detainer, must be filed on or before Tuesday, the 17th March. In pur suance of the General Mule of Court of September assizes, 1g34, the Causes at the next assizes will be entered and tried in the following order:-Ist List for Lousdale, Ainounderness, Black burn, and Leyland Hundreds. 24 List for Salford Hundred. :3tl List for West Deibv Hundred, and Places out of the County. Witnesses in all Causes in the,first List must be ready to go into Court at the opening of the Court on Monday morn ing, the 16th March; in all Causes in the second List, at the opening of the Court on Tuesday, the 17th Marc,h ; and .in all Causes in The third List, at the opening of the Court on Friday, the 20th March. ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY.—On Friday morning, as the first-class train which leaves Liverpool at seven o'clock arrived within a short distance of . the Leigh Arms Hotel, Newton, the waggon immediately attached to the engine was thrown off the rails, owing, we believe, to one-of the wheels giving way. So violent was the concussion that a portion of the railway was toru up, and the springs of several of the carriages were da maged. No personal injury was sustained, and prompt assist ance being rendered, the train was enabled to proceed after a short delay. TIIE DUBLIN CHINA TRADE.—The Hellas, Captain Scanlan, made her passage front Canton to Dublin in 121 days. Sho ie a clipper-built schooner, 210 tons register. The Dubtiti Mail says:—The idea of trading directly from Dublin to China, first originated with Mr. Charles Bewley, one of the firm of Bewley and Sons, whose Obituary we lament to have to record in our paper this day. Captain Scanlan is a native of this city; he is the first Irishman who ever enteredthe port of Canton in command of . a vessel direct from Ireland. Our mercantile readers may be anxious to learn the partienlars of the cargo. It is us follows : 350 chests Bohea ; .2206 chests and boxes Congou ; 152 boxes Orango Pekoe, and 50U boxes Caper Congou. PitIiSIiNTATiON OF A PIECE OF PLATS:.—A splendid and gra tifving tribute of respe a ct,bas lies,npresentect to, the Itex,,,,tkorge ' - Vinbrugh 'LL,B. whose resignation o f the irthiablerrectOry of Aughtou, Lancashire, was some time ago announced in this journal. The motive of the reverend gentleman in taking this step, as stated in his farewell address to his parishioners, reflects equal credit upon himself and upon the church in which-he has .been, for upwards of half a century, a most exemplary minister. Feeling that he could not conscientiously retain the emoluments o f a h e netiee,-the duties of 'which he was unable, through ad vancing years, adequately to perform, he at once came to the determination to resign it, affOrding in this act en instance of disinterestedness and of personal sacrifice to printiple in strict accoriance with the lihorality and benevolence by *bids his whole life has been distinguished. - His retirement, however, is accompanied with the unabated attachment Of hisparishioners an d fr ien d s , w h o - conjointly, in testimony o f their respect to him as a man and Christian pastor, have presented him with a costly vdse ofmassive silver, richly embossed, upon the pedestal of wEieli is the following inscription .—" To the Rev. LI:OLGU VANORUGH, LLB_ late Rector of Aughton, Lahcashire,,Pre bendary of Wells, Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, and to the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells. This testimonial is presented by.th e p ar i s hi oners o f Aughton, a nd by other friends, as a tribute of unfeigned regard to one, whose life, during his incumbency of forty-eight years, and uninterrupted residence among them for a period of forty-three years, has been aliright Pattern of all that adorns the pastoral character. 'bin. Dim. 183-I." Liverpool Courier. CRAPI.AIN TO TUE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The Speaker has given this appointment to the Rev. John Vane, a natural son of the late Sir Harry Vane Tempe.t, suit half-brother to the Mar diioness of Londonderry. Mr. Vane was, and, we believe, still is, a Fellow of Dulwich - College. He was also chaplain to the Master of the Rolls during the time Sir John Leach held that office. CHESTER CONSTITUTIONAL CI.UrS.-Our friends will per ceive, by an advertisement in the first page, that a meeting is about to be held in the Town-hall, in this city, for the purpose of forming a constitutional conservative club: and, we have no doubt that the appearances of the times will induce a great number of individuals to enrol themselves as membera.—Chester Courant. LAUNCH or THE STEAM SHIP " CITY or .GLASGOW."—OrI Monday. Port-Glusgow was again the vette of one of those spirit-stirring occuri criers which have of late tended so much to increase the celebrity of our river, and extend the nante.and fame of our native artisans. On that day there was launChcd, from the building yard of Mr. J. - Wp o d, one o f the most. splen did steam vessel's which that ingenious and scientific gentleman has vet produced; and when we recollect that the "Dundee" and " Perth" steam ships were lamechvd front the work, it wi!l be felt us no small compliment to the launch of Monday. , She was named the "City of Glasgow"--is the property of the City of Glasgow Steam-packet Co., and is intended for the Glasgow and Liverpool trade, as a consort for the 'Vulcan and John Wood; and, truly, the City of 'GI of her namesake. fm the Glasgov: • and 45 feet itenss beau the admiral celled in any sp: by Mr. Robt. Y calculated. from engines, (being not surpass, any has attained a iii vessels, and th, c,,Utiibute much Glasgow Courier We regret to a' took place yestt consequence of Morning Post. Ttts UtijVEltS have been na►n vacant seat it) pa elavation of Sir Occasion. The fi of London, and Sir Frederick P. the latter offer H ut in gdou, for will be a eandidai LANDLOGD AN• CATIIOIIC GENTLNIC 1 0 1 , - ~ ,le perz4, 7 lt states, that Mr. J. E. Redmond. agent to a br.inish of the Bank of i • Ireland, in Wexford, and brother of that hightnindeil and in dependent catholic gentleman, one of the late candidates for the county W ex f or d , Patrick Walter E sq „ proposed at a meet i ng of the protesta n t gentry held at Enniseorty , the following resolution Th a t on t h e the re presentation of expiration of the leases of the present catholic tenantry (who „ te a against their landlordo their places should be .tilled proteStauts and independent. catholies, and where that was not found practicable, not to renew any leases, in order to de rive then of their franchise." This is doin g th e b us i ness , and if this resolution be followed up, the county Wexford will soon be rescued from priestly domination. The agitators may depend npon it that their reign is drawing near its end, and if the pro testants and such men as the Messrs. Redmond unite, they will soou reslorc peace to Ireland by the prostration of those vile incendiaries who are waging war against property in this un haßpy country —Carlow Seotior/. From the Lisbon papers we learn that on the 14th instant the royal consort of the Queen, haling taken the oaths of qualifica tion, assumed his seat in the Chamber of Peers, and delivered his maiden speech in that assembly in support of the present administration. The only subject of interest, .which had been discussed in the Chambers of JJeputieslsas a Prolea of later re lative to the sale of church property. 'which terwinatedina way satisfactory to the parties most-interested. It stated that one of the reforms contemplated by the. governmert in the .Church , estahlisloueut has for its object to permitpriests'to marry. :This regulation, ;th adopted, will do much. to.separate the 'prirstbood from the see o't Borne, and to unite them wore closely wi.th the people, by giving to each a common iutetesr, and creating an association between them. One of the most prevalent reports. of the day in the political circles of Lisboa is, that Count villa Real is shortly to proceed to London as , ambassador from the court of Lisbon, and that his post in the ministry, that of secretary for foreign affairs, will ha taken by the Duke of Palmella. ..... ..,.....,..... emu ships were launched from 'the work, it wi!l 'all compiinient.to the launch of Monday. , She "City of Glasgow"--is the property of the City am-packet Co., and is intruded for the Glasgow trade, as a consort for the 'Vulcan and John . uly, the City of 'Glasgow m a y well be proud of She is the largest vessel that has vet been built • trade, being about nil) feet from 'stein to stern, s the wings. The elegance of her symmetry has itton of the scicUt:4 , ,,..and is certainly not ex- essei afloat. fler'inachinery is to he furnished .rapier, of the VultYatt Foundry here, and it ii' i the beauty of hanieuid and the power of her about 230 horses.) - that' her speed will equta, if 'Vessel built in the kiugdom. The river:Clyde iroud pre-eminence in the production - of steam ie new "City of . Glasgow" will undoubtedly h to establisia and eolith m that :character.— announce the death of Lord Sce,borough, which terday at Marcome Moor, neat' Doncaster,' in being thrown from his horse while hunting.— STTY OF C Am aitivort. 7 4iin learned g en tl e m en led as candidates f ';:te hon our of filling the srliatnent for this u aq rsity, which t h e exp e cte d r Charles Mannersl utton to the peerage 'will first is the lion Charles swan Law, Recorder the brother of. Lord Ellen boroug'n, the secoed "i)the preSent Attorn e y -G enera l . Sho u ld himself _lo' will hav e t o res i gn hi s seat for r which Office, in that case, Sir George Murray ate. s o TENA IN T.—SPIRITEII CoNDUCT OF A ROMAN rToist s N.—Tlie. Wexford In .1 epend Pnt States. ago, awl might lie in a f u .v short weeks aeain,iubitterhostilitytd' each other. Then as to the question of the repeal of the union with Ireland, were there-no differences of opinion on that point which would prevent any lasting junction with the party by which that question was advocated? The hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. O'Connell) had stated on one occasion that no consideration could induce him to accept office under any go vernment unless the question of repeal was to be brought under its consideration. The hon. and learned gentleman must now perceive that more than two-thirds of those who concurred with him on many othei points were opposed to him on this. But supposing a ministry to be formed whirl) was to exclude the noble earl (Grey) and the noble lord (Stanley, we understood) and some of their friends, was it to be expected that it would have that share of public confidence which a government ought to have ? But a government with the - noble earl or the noble lord and their friends could not act cordially in unison with those other parties to whom he had alluded. They could not set those parties at open defiance and act. in open hostility against them. They might. perhaps, prevail for a time by physical force, but after a short period they themselves would be the first victims to fall. Under these circumstances, he felt it his first and paramount duty to stand by those trusts which had been confided to him, and to call upon the house to wait until it saw the measures which the government were about to p ropose. (Loud cheers.) He offered to them measures of re form, ecclesiastical and civil. He offered to them the settle ment or the tithe question in Ireland—the commutation of tithes in England and Wales. He offered them reform of all proved abuses in the church. Ile offered them the redress of grievances complained of by the dissenters, as far as related to marriages and other important points. He offered them the prospect of continued peace. (Cheers.) They might disre gard his offers if they pleased, and take those of others; but his would have this advantage, that he would be more likely to be successful than °duos, and he would act, he hoped successfully, as the mediator and restorer of harmony between the two houses. They might form other alliances, or they might connect them selves with different extremes of parties; but the time would come when popular excitement would abate, and when they would have nothing left but to lean for support on those who had gone on calmly and quietly—when, in short, they would have no alternative but to leave the government in their (the conservatives') hands, or to resort to those measures of coer cive violence which would rend.'r reform inefficient and seal the fate•of the British constitution. (Loud and long continued chee,ring , followed the conclusion of the right hon. baronet's addresi.) • After a few words from Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Mr. GISBORNE asked whether the inns of court (as we understood) could not give relief as far as they were concerned without the interven tion of parliament? Sir It. PEEL was understood to answer in the affirmative. The debate was then adjourned to Wednesday, and the house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—WatacusnAr. The House sat to-day at one o'clock for the purpose of going up to Kis majesty With the address. Alley prayers had been read by the Bishop of Bristol, the Lord Chancellor in his state robes, Lord Gage, the seconder of the address, the Earl of Shaftsbury, Lords Wha.rncliffe and Bexley, 'with the Officers of the House, in full dress, formed a procession, and went up to St. James's. The House ad journeyl till to-morrow. It was remarked, as being rather singular, that neither the Earl of Hardwicke, the proposer of the address, or any of the State (Meets were present. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEnNESDAY. The Speaker entered the House at half-past three o'clock, at which Wile there were about two hundred members present. Prayers were then read, and the House counted in the usual form, after which most of the members left the House. After some notices of motions had been given, and some rou tine business bad been disposed of, the adjourned debate on the address to his majesty was resumed. Mr. Robinson opened the debate and at the close of the re port was still left speaking in favour of the address. THEATRE•ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. ITALIAN OPERA. ADXME KYNTEIERLAND, Prima Donna, respect .l.U. fully informs the Nobility, Gentry, and the Publi c , th a t het BENEFIT will lake place on TUESDAY next, March 3, on which occasion the Marquis de ,Muti Papazurri his kindly consented to lead the' Orchestra, And to Sing the celebrated and favourite Cavatina of "II save contauto," by Paccini; 'and when will be performed (th' d time) Ressini's celebrated Tragic Opera of LA SEM AMIDE, Compressed in one Act, and in which will be sung all the most • favourite pieces of this Opera. •. Semirainide Madame Kyntherland. . . A rsace.... Signora Cesari. • jdreno Signor Deval. Assur Signor Boisragon. Oroe Signor Marani. Mitt ane Signor Troyano. Ombra di Nino....Signor Cervatos. After which will be introduced the Duo, "E fia•ver," (from Mercadaute's Elsa e Claudia,) by Sigs. Deval and Boisragon. Calf-Mina, "Il soave contanto,' (Paccini,) by the Marquis de Mutt Papazurri. 'fib conclude with Itossini's Comic Opera of IL BARBIEIIE DI SIVIGLIA, Compressed in one Act, and which will include all the most favourite Pieces of that Opera, Rosina Madame Kyntherland. • 5_ Count Almaviva....Signor - Deval. Don Bartolo Signor Marani. Figaro Signor 13 oisragon. Bertha Signora Castelli. • Basilio Signor Galli. Fiorello Signor Troyana. Officer Signor Garcia. Subscribers' Tickets gre act admitted oa this Evering. • Prices of Admission. —Lower Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d.: Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performfice will commence at Eight precisely, LIVER THEATRE, CIiVECH-STREET. . -- /PHE Public are respectfully informed, that in cons e q uence 'JI. of the unexampled success which has attended.the Per formance of LIFE IN LIVERPOOL,,and which still con tinues to meet with a degree of approbatipti and support before .unkitrAvu in a provincial theatre, having 'wen received up to SAturday last, its 42d representation/with undiminished itap plause, in order to afford an opportu !I\' of witnessing this lo ca l and successful Drama to those w have not yet been en a bl e d to do so, it will be Repeated, at ALF PRICE, every Ev e nin g doring the week, when it mus t 1 eiiively be withdrawn, to give place to the usual course of Benefits. 'This present FRIDAY, ,the 27th, and TO-MORROW, f§athiday,) the 28th'iuslant, will be performed HAMLE."I"I'RAVESTIE. Hamlet Mr. Carter I Ophelia .Mr. W. J. Hammond. After which, BLUNDERING. • Rose..,.(with a popular Song)....Mis, E. Hamilton. Barney Mr. Raymond. To conclude with LIFE IN LIVERPOOL, 43D, 44TH, 45.rn, 461 n, 47TH, AND 48TH TIMES Tickets aud Places to be had at the Box-office, each day, from Eleven till Three o'clock. Doors to be open at Half-past Six o'clock, permance to commence at Seven. • Boxes, 33.—Pit, 2s.—Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Boxes, 2s.—Pit, ls.—No Second Price to the ' Gallery. Second Price at Half-past Eight. LIVER THEATRE. FOR THE BENEFIT ait - RT.RAYMOND. MONDAY next, March the 2d, on which occasion will ‘...1 be performed the popular Drama called CARAVAN; OR, THE ( DRIVER AND HIS DOG. In which Mr. Rayinoud's Newfoundland Dug trill appear. Cornelius... Mr. liavmond.—ltose....Mrs. Raymond. To which will be added; for the first time these two 3 ears, the I•• laughable Interlude calleJ WOuING A WI OW; • Or, Love under a p- post. • John Ellen Bloomlie After which the new Farce of TRICKS AND TRAVELS. To conclude with (by particular desire) THE MASQUERADE SCENE, From "Life in Liverpool," being the 49th night of its repre sentation; in the course of which additional novelty will be given.A variety of Singing by Miss E. Hamilton. Mrs. Ray mond. Mr. W. J. Hammond; with Dancing by Mr., Mrs., and Miss F. Le Clercq. Mad'les. Georgette and Eloise, and the Brothers Jackson, &c. &c. 'Tickets to be had of Mrs. RAYMOND, 30, Norton-street; at the Bux , OtEce, and the Music-shops, &c. 'TO CORRESPONDENTS. •.• In consequence of so large a portion of our space being occupiecl,,by the debates in parliament, we have been obliged to itniq.it, great number of advertisements. ,f.t.:Z.bt::ll , ibtrpoot ,Stanbatt. w_~~ -._.._.C-_ , r.-- /_ .. r -- -=. --~-.._.