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leagued against him.—(Cheer;.) In his (Corn. Napier's)
long stay in Egypt he had frequent opportunities
of conversing with Mehemet Ali. He was a man• who
should not be measured by a European standard, but
measure him by an Oriental standard, and he (the Com-
modore) would bound to say that no country of the
East had produced such a liberal and open-minded man
as Mehemet Ali.—(Cheers.) He had had opportunities
of stopping our trade and mails, and of doing an immense
injury to Great Britain; but what was the course he bad
pursued, and the feelings he had expressed ? He said,
" I am not at war et ith England, but with the Ambassadors
at Constantinople." He (the Commodore) touched
upon the impropriety of the monopolies of the Pacha,
who te.orted in a manner not
lam a expectedy h b m(
certainlytheCom-
modore) He said, " Why,monopolisti
_1 am in circumstances which force me to be so ; but
you are also monopolists in England—you have got the
corn trade in England.---(Laughter and cheers, mixed
with a few hisses.) You ace I am a farmer and mer.
chant, and want to send corn to England. I find, on
inquiry, that the price is up to 80s. a quarter, and I send
a ca-go, expecting to bring back a whole cargo of menu-
facoired goods ; out by the time the corn has waived
in England the price has fallen from 80s. down to 503.
That, however, is not all ; there is a duty of 20;. or 303.
clapped on it in addition.:'—(Laughter and cheer;, and a
few hisses.) Then, as to the opening of the navigation
of the Nile, he (the Commodore) had recommended the
propriety of opening it, as it would be an advantage to the
trade and commerce of Egypt. The Pacha admitted
that such was the fact, but, said he, " You must recol-
lect that 1 ant an Oriental. You bad once is your
country a monopoly of the East India trade. It re-
quired a great many years for you to do away with it,
and you must allow me some time for the accomplish-
ment of what I conceive to be beneficial. When I can
see my own interest, nothing will give me greater plea.
sure than to open the whole trade in Egypt and on the
Nile to British commerce. What I expect is, that Eng-
land tsill tell me what she wants, and I will go it. Our
interests are completely identified. You want a passage
to India, I want your trade ; and just tell me what it is
that you expect, and I shall be happy to enter into all your
views, whatever they Ere." He (the Commodore) also
spoke to him about the propriety of abolishing slavery.
The Pacha acceded perfectly to his views, and said, " I
detest slavery, but our religion, in fact, our whole system,
admits it. What can I do? How many years did you
take to abolish it? Ilot: many millions did you ex-
pend before you abolished it altogether? I have no
money. The religion of the country is against me,
and what can I do? Give me time and peace, and I
promise that there shell he no monopolies, no slavery
in Egypt. And everything shall go on to your heart's
content." When Mehemet Ali had done all that man
could do, and had rec ived a promise of the Pachalie
of Egypt in hereditary possession, the Commissioner of
Turkey came to bias and said, " We will make Egypt a
Pachalie, and your son shall succeed to you,—that is, he
shall not, but we will appoirt any one of your sons that
ice think right." Now what was that but to create
discord in hie family ? The provision had obviously
that effect, and the Pscha rejected it. He said
° There is Ibrahim Pemba, whom I brought up as my
son and successor. He has an army of fifty thousand
men under him, and if I attempt to turn him out be
will come against me, It is therefore impossible that I
should accede to yoor terms." Another tax put on him
was that the Porte demanded to have the appointment of
all his officers above the rank of subaltern. The reply of
Mehemet Ali was, that in that case his troops would not
obey him, and he was obliged to reject the condition. He
(Corn. Napier) did hope and trust that after all they bad
seen, the five Powers, or at least the four Powers, who had
a right to exact from the Porte that it would do justice to
Mehemet Ali, would finish by givieg him the bone fide
government of Egypt, and establish 'aim is the Pachalic of
that country, and if they did that, he (the Commodore) was
mora'ly sure that no country in the world would benefit
half so much by the arrangement as Great Britain herself.
—( Loud and long-continued chesring, in the midst of
which the Gallant Commodore resumed his seat.)
The ,Mneon again rose, and said that the company had
just lead the pleasure of expressing the feelings which they
entertained towards an excellent commander, then teen-
guest : but they must all be sensible that he (Commodore
Napier) had had under his command excellent sailors
and soldiers, who, from the confidence they had in that
Commander, the result of former knowledge and experi-
ence of him, did whatever he wished them to do cheerfully
sod devotedly. He (the Mayor), therefore, begged to
propose " the Army and Navy," and he must be permitted
to associate with the toast the names of two gentlemen will
where compel)/ they were favoured upon that occasion.
He alluded to General Sir Charles Napier and Captain
Sir Thos. Ussher.—( Applause.)
General Sir CHARLES NAPIER first rose to acknowledge
the compliment, and was very warmly received. Ho said
that it was extremely difficult for him, a humble individual,
to return thanks on behalf of the British army, but as he
was the oldest, though cm teinly not the best soldier pre-
sent, it fell to his fortunate lot to have that pleasure. The
armies of England were not like the armies of any other
nation of Europe. They were differently formed. They
did not consist of slaves forced into the ranks at the will of
a despot. They were enlisted by men animated by the
deeds and stories of Wellington and his followers. Tne
young men of England, so animated, voluntarily entered
the service of her Majesty, and it was to them, for that
reason, a great satisfaction whenever they were in this
manner pahliely complimented. It was particularly satis-
factory to them when they were complimented in the pre•
sence of so much beauty as then beamed upon them. He
must regret sincerely that a worn-out veteran should
be called up to be the representative of the young and
handsome soldiers of England—(Cries of ' Hear, hear")
—riben surrounded by so many of the Lancashire
witches, who bad already been -more then once com-
plimented that night, thought not sufficiently ; but they
knew when the witches turned their minds to ir, that
though the representative of the army might be an old
and battered soldier, they had sufficient discrimination to
find young and handsome ones.—(Laughter.) He would
not, however, waste the time of the company in trifles,
but assure them seriously, that when the army beard of
the honour that had been done them, they would be most
grateful for it; their wish was, that they should always
serve their young and beautiful Queen, who, by the by,
was also a Lancashire witch, to gain the approbation of
their fellow-citizens, and he was sure that it would afford
satisfaction to their minds when they ascertained that their
health had been drunk in union with that of the British
navy, which had ranged over the world unrivalled, and
which, when it found the rolling waters too limited for its
victories, had invaded the land—(great applause)—and as
his gallant relative had just related, defeated their whole
armies ; but here delicacy prevented him from going fur-
ther, and he must confine himself, though the field was
open for a good deal of remark ; he should therefore con-
clude by drinking the health and happiness of the com-
pany, including also the ladies in the gallery, and pros-
perity to the town of Liverpool. —( Cheers. )
Sir THOMAS Ussiran next rose to speak to the toast; he
sail that be could have nothing to remark on the subject
of the navy in the presence of Sir Charles Napier, who
had acted so gallant a part in the Mediterranean, tending
fully to show that when the fleets of England were called
into action they would do their duty manfully and well,
as had been done under the command of his Gallant
Friend. He begged leave to return his acknowledgments
for the very handsome manner in which the company bad
responded to the toast.
Glee, " Britain's best bulwarks."

The MAYOR observed that they were that evening hon-
oured with the presence of several officers of the East
India Company's service; he would therefore beg to pro-
pose the health of the East Indian army, in connec-
tion with the name of Col., Wallace. He need not men-
tion, for they must be engraver' on the hearts of all, the
distinguished services which that army had performed in
past years, and also very recently, to the very great advan-
tage of the community, and he hoped that be might say
that peace was again establishel in the East.
Colonel WALLACE, in responding, said fiat he was at a
lass to express how much he was gratified by the distin-
guished honour that had been conferred on the Indian
army. He had returned to England after thirty-two years'
service—(Cheers)—in eves y part of India, in the Eastern
Islands, in Java, in the whole of Hindostan, and within
the last three months in Affg'aanistan. He only regrettel
that the honour of replying had not fallen to the lot of a
more able officer than himself, in order that full justice
might have been done to the toast; but be did assure the
company that he most deeply appreciated the honour which
had been conferred on the Indian army, and he wished, at
the same time, to state that there was not a man in that
army—which, at the present moment, consisted of two hun-
dred thousand fighting men—who was not entirely com-
manded and controlled by British officers.—(Cheers.) He
was really at a loss to express his feelings on that occasion,
and the company must therefore permit him to conclude by
returning his most grateful thanks.
The CHAIRMAN propcsed 'The Iligh Sheriff of the
county."—(Drunk amidst loud applause.)
The CHAIRMAN—The next toast which I have the
honour of proposing is, " The Lord Lieutenant of the
county—( Applaure)—evith our best wishes for his better
health."—( Applause.).
Glee—" Here, in cnol grot."
Commodore NAPIER then rose and said, there was a
toast pet into his hands which require I him to address not
only the gentlemen, but the ladies—it was the health of
the Mayor of Liverpool—(Cheers)—the conservator of
peace, trot only between the gentlemen, but between the
ladies.—(Laughter and cheers.) It was with pleastre
that he 'had the honour of proposing the health of the
Mayor of Liverpool. They had heard the very eloquent
speech which the Mayor had made that night, and a moat
!Uttering one it was towards him (the Commodore). It
was his duty to endeavour that the toast he was propos-
ing should be drunk in the most open, honourable, and
distinguished manner that it could be done, and in a way
worthy the Mayor of the second town cf the nation.
There was not a place inure honoured than that of Li-
' eepeol, for the conquests they had made owr the ele-
ments. The difficulties and dangers of the entrance; to
the port of Liverpool—net second even to London—they
had teen able to overcome, by their exercise of the abili-
ties of the inhabitants of Liverpool, over which the Mayer
at the present moment presided. He begged leave to pro-
pose " The health of the Mayor of Liverpool, with three
times three."—(Great applause.)
The CHAIRMAN said he could not but feel highly gra-
tified at the ',cry friendly manner in which his h. alth had
been proposed by the Gallant Commodore who had ho-
noured them that day with his company It spas a source
of pleasure to him that he ELM the office of Mayor at the
time so distinguished a visitor came to see them, He, in
common with every one who had gone before him, and he
trusted with all those who should sue 'cod him, would ever
be willing to render a just tribute to such honourable gen-
tlemen est the one who I:ad just addressed th AD. He
begged to return them again his thanks, and also assured
them that it would be his sincere desire to discharge the
remainder of the period of hie Mayoralty in a manner that
would give satisfaction to those itl the town where he had
so long lived, and in which he should in all probability
die.—( Loud applause.)
The CKAIRMAN—I beg to prop;«TheHealth f the
Members ;
Members for the Counry."_(Drunk loud applause.
The CIIAIRMAN—The next toast is " The Health of the
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Members for the Borough."—( Appian ,-..)1?,..1i ..- s"'"
toast will be te3ponded to by some of th 1 end'.
mac_l 1
)
Sandon and Mr. Cres:well, who are now 4 L,,:l 4 ;......,
There were loud calls far Mr. Aspinall, ut,td " tel
, Mr. RICHARD DAWSON rose. He said,
the Decoration Committfe—(Loud lauglittßeftript":tik
confusinn)-:-.he begged to assure them that, in reapott - "4
ing to ths.t toast, he had only to express his -gratification t 4
that the town of Liverpool should be represented by two
such men as Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell.:—(Applause
and hisses, cries of " Chai-, hear," and uproar.) They
bad met on that occasion to pay proper respect to Cf En- '
modore Napier, an officer in the navy of Great Britain,
and there was no man who bad a higher regard for the
navy of Groat Britain than be (Mr. Dawson) had,'' for he
had a brother in that service who had signalised himself.
He vas most anxious on every occasion to-do everything
he could to support the navy of Great Britain, and en tha
present occasion, in the decorations which graced that as-
semhly, there was not the slightest political allusion. He '
concluded after thankirg tit:in for the attention with which
they had listened to him.

The CHAIRMAN said the next toast was one which would
be received with the g,reate;t satisfaction. He begged to
propose " The health of the brave companions in arms of
Commodore Napier," and associated with it the name of
Captain Massey, one of those who had distinguished them.
selves in the late warfare in the East. Tht en times three. )
Captain MASSEY returned thanks. He was most pry ud,
in the name of his brother soldiers, to return thanks tor
the honour conferred upon them for their services in Sy,
Wherever tbtir Gallant Commineer went they followed.
—( Loud applause.) The British navy were more et le.
bratrd for deeds than words, and he could only say that he
' had n: t words to express how warmly they would thank
them. He only hoped that their deeds would prove that
they were grateful for the honour they had received that
day. Once more be begged to return them h's hearty:
thanks.—( Applause. )
Glee, " Rule, Britannia."
The CHAIRMAN said they had been honoured that even-
irg by the presence of a Parsee, and he begged to' propose
that gentleman's bealth.—( Loud applause.) •S
MANACKJEE CußsErikk, of Bombay, dressed in the COS,
tume of the country, wan received with much applause.
The distinguished honour they had done him that night
was as great as unexpected, consequently he was at a loss
in what manner to express his sense of it. He sincerely
thanked them, however, from the bottom of his heart, and
felt sincerely fl itteiel, and would ever retain a grateful
sense of it.—( Cheers.) The town of Liverpool was like
a modern Tyre, celebrated for the en' e, prise of its mer-
chants, and to whose enterprise it owed its greatress.
They were all aware that that enterprise had increased the
commercial enterprise of India, and /3ornbaY in particular.;.
therefore, in return for their mark of honour, be proposed
the health of the merchants of Liverpool, and particularly
those interested in the prosi:eity of India..--(Clicers.)
Major-General Sir CHARLES NAPIER said there had
been a toast put into his hands, which he felt the
warmest disposition to give, and yet had the greatest
ignorance to speak upon, it was, " The good old town of
Liverpool, and the trade thereof." Now, great the town
of Liverpool was, and good also; but he who had been
forty years in her Majesty's service knew little about the
trade thereof ; but the East Indian bad at that very mo-
ment given him the power of addressing them on that
subject, for it was very easy to speak of the trade of L'.
verpool, which five minutes before he could not do. He
now knew that the trade of Liverpool was ,so g: sot and
noble that it had raised the East Indian trade, and the
trade of the whole world by its force. He had always
thought Liverpool second to London, but from what he
had heard that Evening he thought it greater than Lon-
don.--(Applause. ) London was the great moneyed pro-
prietor, and Liverpool the great agent who broughtin
the revenue from the estate. He would not e.der Into a
deep sea, and talk about what he did not understand, but
for the honour tie had that day received in the presence of
his gallant relative, with all his heart he ga.,-e that toast.--
(Loud applause.) He hoped some of the merchants of
Liverpool would respond to it.—(Applause.)
WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., rose to respond, but spoke in a
tone of voice quite ins:at:dole at the reporter'; Ho
wan loudly applauded at the conclusion by those immedi-
ately around him.
The CHAIRNIAN said they were that evening faviurcd
with the company of a gentleman who was endeared to all
by whom he was known fur the urbanity with which he
discharged his duties. Ho Legged to propose the health
of " The Colonel Commandant of the district. r—( Chr-ers.)
Colonel FALCONER said it few w, reds which •cvere in.
rudible except to those immediately around him, its re-
turning thanks.
Commodore NAPIER said, as tint was the class of the
eveoing, they cool not do , batter than drink to their
amiable friends. who came there to superintend, he. was
almost going t ) say, their meeting. He begged to pro,
pose the toast of the .‘ Lancashire Witehes."—( Applause.)
This being the last tat of the evening, the company
began quietly to disperse about ten o'clock.
This festive meeting, the first at which the two great
political parties of Liverpool have mat fa,r some years,
formed perhaps as magnificent a scene as has cvur been
witnessed in the town, and with two or three very slight
exceptions, it was characterised throughout by a spirit of
harmony and forbearance which was exceedingly creditable.

COMMODORE NAPIER'S TRIUMPHANT RE-
CEPTION IN LIVERPOOL. •
This gallant Offices, whose fame has spread through
Europe and the East, landed in this port yesterday...
amongst the warmest anl most unanimous expressions of
respect tii t ever erected a successful commander on his
return to his native country. If he had not taken the
public of Liverpool almost as much by surprise as he took
Sulymaa Pacha by his landing at D'Jouni, Ibrahim Pacha
iii the attack on his army at Calat Meiden, and the Go.
vernor of Sidon, in the heroic assault on that fortress„ he ,
would hare been ee'comed on his landiag,by s!s‘e greatir
part of the male poputatien of Liverpool. As zt was, be
did not move a single step during the whole day without
receiving the warmest rks of respect from all classes of ,
the community, and he itat entertained in the evening at
a public banquet, worthy of himself and of the second com-
mercial city or the empire.
Tl.e reception given to the gallant Commodore, warm
and eothusisstic as it was, in no degree surpassed his dr-
serts. To hire we are holebted mainly fur a series of the
most rapid and brilliant successes ever achieved by the
British arms—successes which preserved the integrity of
the Turkish empire—kept open to British commerce the
overland routes to India, and secured the peace of Eu-
rope, by settling the possession of Syria before the war
party in France had time to throw the world into confusion.
Widle the journals in the pay of M. Thirrs were trum-
peting forte the heroism of Ibrahim Pacha ,and his
Licuteatoo, Sulymen, and predicting that the Anglo-
Turkish forces would be dispersed by their veteran
regiments, Napier was marching from victory to vic-
tory, routing their armies one day. and
.storming their
fortresses another, until the occupation of Syria by its
rightful masters hid become a fait accompli, and that be-
fore poor M. Thers could get on his armour, or come to
the assistance of his Egyptian friends. By these rapid
successes the threats of that little great man became as
ridiculous as his intentions were odiouek and he was
compelled to give place, amidst mingled exi*essions of ridi-
cule and disgust at home and abroad, to the able and excellent
men who now preside over the affairs of France. If the war
in Syria mod have been protracted to the spring of the. ;,
present year, as in all probability it would have been if the .
victory of the Turks and Marines over Ibrahim Paths had
not broken the spirit of the Egyptians in the field,- and
the storming of Sidon had not shown them 'that
they were not safe ev ea behind the ramparts of, their
fortified cities, the war party would have been able to
maintain themselves in Fiance, and, according to their
presentown co
demands
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unquestionably have been followed by war. It is to the
promptitude and bravery of the gallant Officer who was
yesterday the guest of the people of Liverpool, whose
movernents baffled all calculation, and rendered all pre-
vious plans abortive, that we are indebted.ve fearrethaelsooreinri
throw of all these projects, and, consequently, for the
O the gallantpreservationolthep Commodore
eaceot.Europe. \
dfr eibenteddstand foes, that the British navy has not yet dc-
generated since the days of Nelson and Callirgwood.
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devotcdoess, without widen everything elsteoblaistityysa.alPionlu7r.'iacTnaodl
a nation like this, possessed of commerce only- bounded by
the limits of the globe, and of vast colonies in every quer- _
ter of the world, the knowledge of this fact is all im-
portant ; and notwithstanding the clouds which
i have re-
cently lowered on both sides of the Atlantic, it s not un-
likely that it wall enable us. to live in perewnfortha quartere
vikt
of a century longer. It has, at least,
by those who, from. folly,' g
world how gross a delusion l prac-
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to this uallant
we must say that nothing could be
opinions of this brave effic.cs, and ofl his employers, joined
.nerous, than their conduct through_
ing his services to the empire. In justice to the Conser-
vativesheart and hv'alonondeai nrdeaayp mostplaaiul applauding lehediasllyv faoepeorliulorns,gesda and aek no w led g.
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Sur'EgANNUATIoNS.—An account has been
laid before. Parliament of an allowances or superannua-
dt fin January,
184 0 ;
tines in public offices or departments which remained
iasl eoa
'
the annual afficiont 'oibleb
; the aunt amountwich w
c,..ased iviCcill the }ear, and the total amount' 'reinainior
pas on the 31st of December, 1840. ' Tbe.total cam-
i ah 3 m
Is t tzirrae n t ic'.
o
pensati end superannuation allowances ' •
owauces rernaupng pay,
able on the 31st of December, 1840, was 657,6281•, about
two-thirds cf whicharc paid to four' departments, V.z..
Ordnance, 41,69-q
' ; Admiralty and subordinate Naval
Departments, 112,7491. ; Excise, 12.5;5474 ; and Cos-
tow, 154 33a. .
l'usEYism.—Wha: are the.. Bishops about ?
They arc liolci:z their tongues. They have not,uttered a
single sNliaVe 'against the Tracts; nay, not against the.
Tract 10. 90. Thcse tracts are not condemned.. We
Leg the read: rto bear this in mind. Nu wiathema has
been fulminated against the Oxford Doctors.. Not
one English Bi:11)p has declared ex cathedra, or. as a
Bishop, that the d
_cctrines promulgated in the
.Traiti era
heretical. It is, verily, a curious concern altogeti.oi. and
is like!y, we' 'can very clearly foresee, to lead to very
strange, if not starrllng, consequences. If the Council of
Trent is acknowledged to be an authority in the Anglican
Church, and the proposition is only disputed in anonymous
pamphlets,
hlets the difference between Anglicism and Catholic-
i9ln will be found in discipline alone.—Dublin E. Post
DI VISION OF PROPERTY.—At a meeting
held a short tin a si I:.'e at Carcassonne, as a letter from
that plac:, states, the persons preset amused themselves
by crowing lots for portions of the estate of a Marquis in
that neHabourhooe, in the wane of any future revolution
taking flAce I