The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-26 00:00:00

BEGGARLY ECONOMY

The following letter has been addressed to the officers of
the different courts of law :
" Stationary-office, January, 1811.
" Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that the Lords of
the Treasury have returned to this office the entire Ahnanack
frames furnished to their office at the commencement of last
year, with the Imperial Calendars, Army and Navy Lists,
Court Guides, Directories, &c., furnished to them in the
course of the last year, retaining only one or two copies of
each for further and occasional reference.

" It is their Lordships' wish that the course how adopted
by the Treasury should be followed by your office, and by
every other office in the metropolis; and I beg, therefore,
that you will give orders that I may be furnished with a list
of all the old and useless stores of every description, such as
Almanack frames, Calendars, Directories, Army and Navy
Lists, casks and bottles for holding ink, pens, and penknives,
&c., that you may have on hand, of the supplies made to
your office during the last and former years, after retaining
as many copies as may be required of the Calendars, Alma-
nacks, &c., for future reference and consultation. On my
being furnished with such list, I will direct a cart to call at
the office and fetch the stores away.

" It is intended, on the stores tieing collected here, to sell
such as cannot be again used to the highest bidder, and to
apply such of them as may be again used, as the ink-bottles,
casks, and Almanack frames, to further service.
" I beg further to state, that it is not intended to issue any
Almanack fresh frames for some years to come, as those now
in the hands of the differenct offices will necessarily last for
at least five or seven years ; and it is also intended that in
future the old or used pens shall be returned to this depart-
ment ; and I have to request that you will give the necessary
directions for their being taken care of, and sent thither with
the other old stores.

"These measures being intended to obviate waste, and to
introduce due order and regularity into an important depart-
ment of the public expenditure, will, I have no doubt, meet
with your zealous co-operation.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your most obedient servant,
" J. R. M'CULLOCII, Controllcr."

THE GREAT WHIG-RADICAL " DEMONSTRA-
TION" AT LEEDS.

(From.the Lee.ds Intelligencer.)

The " Great Demonstration" of the Whig reformers of
the reform act, in Leeds, has turned out, as we predicted is
would turn out—a decided failure. Of the announced stars,
only a few of the second magnitude were present—such as
Mr. Hume, Mr. Roebuck, Col. Thompson, Mr. Williamt
(from Coventry), Mr. Sharman Crawford, and Sir George
Strickland. Mr. O'Connell was not present ; but arrived
yesterday in time toget a bit of dinner. Sir W. Molesworth
excused himself ; he is jealous of Mr. Roebuck. Mr. Baines
refused, and left Leeds to shew his contempt for Mr. Stuns-
feld's agitation. Letters were read from various parties ;
but we did not hear any thing of one from F. H. Fawkes,
Esq.. of Farnley-hall, who wrote to decline on the ground
that the only point on which he agreed with the managers
was that " Reform" was at a very low ebb. Surely it was
not quite fair to burke the opinions of so active and respecta-
ble a local reformer.

The chartist " Demonstration" was a far more effective
exhibition, and shows much greater power both as to num-
bers and the feelings of the working men. They evinced a
determined and well-founded hatred of the trickster O'Con-
nell, and were successful at all points. The whigs, in fact,
made an abject submission to them ; they literally sued to
them, in bondsman's key, for forbearance ; assigned to them
equal rights on Messrs. Marshall's costly hustings ; accorded
them man for man in the settled list of orators ; and the
working-men chartists waged the battle of argument with
the whig nobs, aye, and beat them too, inasmuch as if there
be any arguments good for Household Suffrage, the same ar-
guments must be still better for Universal Suffrage. The
solitary resolution moved was also squared to chartiA tole-
ration. It simply affirms that further reform is required.
In this the chartists of course agree. So the whigs have
actually taken nothing by their movement, in all respects
playing second fiddle only. We repeat that the affair was an
utter failure, though an immense sum of money has been
lavished upon it, and the greater part of which, no doubt,
will fall to the share of the Messrs. Marshall. It is an old
maxim that foolish persons always pap for their hobby.
But although the whigs have broken down in their attempt
to enlist under their banner the great body of the working-
men of Leeds and its vicinity, they have shewn plainly enoug
that they are ready to join the chartists, or any body of com-
plainants, as soon as a conservative and constitutional go-
vernment shall be formed. Were Sir Robert Peel and the
Duke of Wellington in office, these sticklers for household
suffrage would swallow any other nostrum for the sake of in-
fluence over the minds of the masses. They are men altoge-
ther devoid of honest principle. We question, however,
whether the chartists will ever again accept them as leaders.
If they enlist, they must be content to take the lowest rank.
They have persecuted their old pupils, and to trust them
again would be like making a bosom-companion of the viper.
The subsequent arrival of O'Connell, and his attendance at
last night's dinner, will not contribute to smooth the way to-
wards a reconciliation.

Fears were entertained, at one time, that Thursday would
not pass over in peace. The mayor was alarmed, and adopt-
ed precautions. Besides having in readiness a strong police
force, he requested the military at the barracks to be kept in
a state of readiness for immediate action, should necessity
arise

His worship was right. He ought to be well ac-
quainted with the taste of his own particular friends. They,
perhaps, will snarl at him ; but he did no more than his duty
in guarding against the possible consequence of whig love of
mischief.

Our report of the proceedings embraces all the leading
points of the slightest importance or interest. The speaking
was below mediocrity. Mr. Hume rambles from subject to
subject, and scarcely ever finishes a sentence. Mr. Roebuck
is tiresome ; Colonel Thompson prosy ; and Mr. Williams a
mere chatterer. Mr. Sharman Crawford appears to be a
clever man; but the men evinced a strong indisposition to
listen to him, and many persons left the Mill as soon as he
began to speak. The greater portion went to see O'Connell,
and were disappointed. Sir George Strickland put himself
on his defence as to his conduct as chairman of the Hull elec-
tion committee. It would have been better for him had ha
kept silence, for his explanation only makes the black still
blacker.

We shall have to return to this and other parts of the day's
exhibition when time and space are more at disposal. We
have said enough, however, to show that this " demonstra-
tion" was merely an affair of smoke. The mountain labour-
ed, and brought forth a very tiny mouse indeed.

The Earl of Verulam is about to erect a chapel of ease to St.
Michael's Church, St. Alban's ; a place of worship at the
extremity of that parish being much wanted. The Hon. Miss
Grimston has liberally contributed £5OO towards the endow-
ment of it, and the vicar, Lord Frederic Bentinck, D.D., at
the head of a committee, is actively engaged in promoting
this laudable object.

We feel much pleasure in laying before our readers some
particulars of an experiment recently made by Mr. Bad-
cock, chemist, of St. James's-street. Mr. B. has inocula-
ted a fine young cow of his own with small-pox ; with the
lymph from the animal he has vac2inated his own child, and
from that child he is now supplying the medical men of
Brighton with pure fresh lymph, such as was used formerly
by the justly celebrated Dr. 3enner.—Brighton Gazette.
ROYAL MARINES.—We regret to state that Lieut. Craig,
of this division, was on board the Thames steamer when that
unfortunate vessel was wrecked at Scilly, on Monday last,
and perished on the vessel going to pieces.—Devonport Tele-
graph.

HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.—On Monday, owing to
the frost, the train on this railway was two hours in running
two miles !—Sheffield Patriot.

During the last ten days two or three whales have been seen
in the Bristol Channel, one of which, described as being sixty
feet in length, was so near Plymouth, that a trawler was in
great danger of losing her nets by the huge mass becoming
entangled in them.— Western Luminary.
PROPOSED BRIDGE, OR TUNNEL FROM DOVER TO CA-
Lals.—A Havre journal gives the following account of a
project announced in that town. An Englishman, describing
himself to be an engineer, recently arrived at Havre, who
has been to Paris to propose the plan of a passage by land
from Dover to Calais. The: inventor has given the following
account of his gigantic plan to many of the inhabitants of
Havre. M. W. Coppitt (the inventor) proposes to place
twenty thousand piers of stone across the straits, which are to
be laid at the bottom of the sea. These are intended to
form the foundations of a monstrous bridge, seven leagues
in length. A plan of this has been engraved in London, and
will be publicly exhibited in Paris. According to the in-
ventor's account, he gives the soundings of the straits with
great exactness, and the various depths of the sea along this
extensive line. The estimated expense of this bridge is not
to exceed 1800 millions of francs. Though the plan of cones
or piers in imitation of the dyke at Cherbourg may appear
ridiculous, M. W. Coppitt is an ingenious man ; and his de-
termination being that England shall be united with the con-
tinent, he has another project to effect it. His plan, No. 2,
is this :—lt is not to travel above the surface of the water,
but underneath it; nevertheless on dry and firm ground. In
order to accomplish this, M. W. Coppitt proposes to fix a
series of tunnels made of cast iron, three feet in thickness,
and eighteen feet diameter inside. The first of these tun-
nels, which is to serve as its entrance, is to be placed at
Dovere and the last to terminate at Calais, after following the
undulations of the submarine ground. " This plan is sim-
ple, modestly says the inventor;" and the execution of it
is so easy, that I dare not claim any merit for the discovery.
You will understand," he adds, " that if your countryman,
Mr. Brunel, had thought of this plan, instead of excavating
with so much difficulty through a soil of sand at the risk of a
thousand accidents, he would have laid long iron pipes from
one bank of the Thames to the other, by the adoption of this
method, with a saving of twenty millions of francs in money,
and ten years of labour." M. W. Coppitt thinks that his
metal tunnel from Dover to Calais would not cost more than
1000 millions of francs; half of which he proposes should be
contributed by France, and the other half by England.

I LIVERPOOL TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE

ASSOCIATION,

The quarterly meeting of the members of this association
was held last evening in the large room adjoining the York
Hotel, for the several purposes of enrolling new members,
and for agreeing to addresses to the electors of Walsall and
Canterbury, urging them to continued exertions in favour of
the conservative candidates for the representation cf those
places. The chairman of the association, ALEXANDEU
SMITH, Jun., Esq., presided.

_
The CHAIRMAN, in opening, addressed the meeting nearly
as follows :—Several friends have thought it advisable for u,
to prepare addresses to the electors of Canterbury and \\ el- on the occasion of the elections which are likely to take
place in those boroughs. As you are all aware, the ministe-
rial majorities during last session were very trifling ; sine(
then we have had the good fortune to gain Carlow—(hear,
hear)—and we have great hopes of hein., able to carry Can-
terbury and Walsall. (Applause.) The seats which will
become vacant there are at present occupied by supporters
of the ministry—but I am happy to inform you that there is
every probability of conservatives being retnrned in their
places. (Cheers.) Carlow, with Canterbury and Walsall,
will make a difference of 6; the three voted with ministers
before, the three will now vote against them; and on a divi-
sion abet will make a difference of six, which comprises as
much as the generality of the ministerial majorities upon im-
portant questions during the last session. (Hear.) You
cannot therefore be surprised if some zealous conservatives
here have felt a deep interest in the results of those two
elections. (Hear, hear.) They have, consequently, prepared
addresses to the electors, expressive of their sentiments, and
urging them to every exertion in the good cause. (Hear.)
One of the candidates—he for Walsall—is a son of Mr.
Gladstone, of this town, and brother to our excellent friend,
Mr. Robertson Gladstone (hear); he is a very estimable,
excellent, and clever fellow and one who will do credit to the
conservative cause in the House of Commons. The other—
the candidate for Canterbury—is Mr. Smyth, the son of a
nobleman, very well known, namely, Lord Strangford. His
father has been engaged in diplomacy many years, and has,
in that capacity, served his country with great credit to him-
self. (Hear.) If the son is only as clever as his father, I
am sure he will do as much credit to the House of Com-
mons as will Mr. Gladstone. You are aware that the
House of Commons meet to- morrow " for the despatch of
business," and that a very important session it will be. In
all human probability the conservatives will be enabled to
beat those who are at present in power ; and if that is the
case, it is not improbable that a general election may ensue
throughout the country. We know there is no chance of
the present ministry dissolving parliament till they are com-
pelled to do it—that they dare not appeal to the country ;
but Sir Robert Peel and the conservative party stand
upon very different ground. (Hear, hear.) There cannot be
a doubt that conservatism has gained ground, and is gaining
ground every day, and should a general election ensue, we
must feel the greatest confidence in a very considerable addi-
tion being made to the ranks of the conservative party
in the House of Commons. It is well known that there are
somewhere about fifteen or sixteen seats dependent upon who
are in power, such as Portsmouth, Plymouth, and others,
where government have the sway, and where, whether
tories or whigs are in power, they can turn the elections
in their favour; consequently with them, and with the
seats which the conservatives will be enabled to gain,
they will form a very strong party indeed in the house, and I
trust that the measures they will pursue, and the plans
which they will adopt, will be such as will ensure them the
support and confidence of the country. (Cheers.) We have
able men to lead us, and they all appear united, and deter-
mined to work together. (Hear, hear.) I understand, gen-
tlemen, that there was one of the O'Connell family in the
town on Saturday, and that he had a dinner party. A
dinner was given to him, at which certain speeches were
made, which, probably, some of you may have read ; who
the speakers are lam sure Ido not know. I never heard of
any of their names before, with one single exception ; but it
appears that, not content with holding this party on Satur-
day, they had the effrontery to open the Queen's Theatre, in
Christian-street, on the Sabbath day—(hear, and cries of
" Shame")—a more disgracefulact than that I never heard o
in my life, but so it appears from the Albion, which glosses it
over in a very quiet way. It appears these people met in the
theatre on the Sabbath day for political discussion. That you
will agree with me in thinking, is what ought to be repro-
bated by every good man, whatever his politics may be.
(Hear, hear.) They must certainly attach great importance
to holding meetings in Liverpool, otherwise Mr. O'Connell
would never have ventured on such a course as he then pur-
sued ; but I think, so far from doing him and his cause any
good, it will stamp both with the just indignation of every
honest man. (Cheers.) lam not aware that there is much
more that I have to say, but if you please, I will take the
liberty of trespassing upon you a short time longer. I wish
to allude to a matter that is personal to myself, as this is the
first opportunity I have had of doiug so iu public since the
circumstance occurred. You will at once understand
that I refer to a communication made to me from the ma-
gistrates through their law clerks, and to a letler I wrote in
reply to their manifesto. I was applied to by the bench of
Magistrates, and to the bench of Magistrates collectively I
addressed myself, when I denied having made use of the
expressions and sentiments attributed to me. I did not deny
having made use of words similar in effect to those which
had appeared in the papers, but I did deny having made use
of words as applicable to the bench of Magistrates. t did
not intend to bring any charge against the entire bench of
Magistrates, not did I do so, but there are certain facts,
from which certain inferences are to be drawn, and I leave
ti to you and the public, after having heard them, to decide
it there are not the strongest grounds for infering that there
are some parties upon the bench who have made use of the
power they possess for the purpose of political partizanship.
(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, lam alluding now to the system
that has been pursued of granting licenses. Impediments
have been thrown in my way, and I have had the greatest
difficulty in collecting facts at all, but as far as Toxteth
Park is concerned, I have been enabled to collect some facts,
and these facts lam now going to lay before you. I find in
the year 1837 there were 53 applications for licenses in
Toxteth Park, and tout of that number five new licenses
were granted. Out of those five, one was granted to a
widow, and the other four were granted to notorious sup-
porters of the Radicals. In the year 1833, there were uo
less than 73 applications. A. great outcry was made in
Toxteth Park by gentlemen residing there, when they saw
such a flood of applications pouring in, and they sent in
memorials praying that more licenses might not be granted;
however, out of this number two were granted, both to anis-
porters of the radical party. In 1839 there were fifty-seven
applications : four were granted, and all to supporters of the
radical party. (Shame.) In 1840 there were forty-two ap-
plications : nine were granted—one was to a female, I do not
know whether she was a widow or not, and eight to notorious
supporters of the radical party. (Shame.) I believe there
may have been one or two transfers in addition, of which I
have no account ; but this is the statement which has been
given to me, and I assure you I have made no intentional
mistake. I give it to you as I have received it, and I believe
it to be true and correct. Now, gentlemen, one of those
parties who received a license this last year, had applied for
four consecutive years. He had not been able to get
his license until last year ; and if report speaks true, he suc-
ceeded in getting it in consequence of his having subscribed
£5 to the Reform Association. (Hear, hear.) We may,
therefore, infer that it is through that association that these
good people have found their way into the possession of
licenses. (Hear, hear.) Then one of the houses licensed
had been frequently refused before. It was not considered
a proper house to be licensed. But it so happened that it
was purchased by a member of the Reform Association. It
was then found to be a very proper house, and the license
was accordingly granted. Now, gentlemen, I must go a
little further. I must state to you that, besides grant-
ing licenses, various promises have been made for the
purpose of using influence, and so forth, in endeavouring
to procure licences for parties who were applying for them.
In doing so I must still adhere to Toxteth-park, as I know
more about that place than I do of other parts of the town.
It cannot be said that those houses which have been licensed
were licensed because the neighbourhood required them, for
we have eight licensed public-houses in less than a quarter
of a mile, besides one within a few yards of the same place.
Of these, three Were granted this last year. There is a per-
son upon the Park road who occupies a house at the corner
of Whitfield-street, and next door to Carter's, who received
his license last year. This person is a Mr. William Mason.
Owing to the burgess list not having been altered both he and
his father are voters for the same house in Whitfield-street ;
there are consequently two votes in one family, and two votes
in one family were of vast importance at the election in which
I was engaged. A friend of mine was rather surprised that
Mr. Win. Mason and his father should have voted contrary to
the way iu which they had voted a short time previously,
and he asked him what had induced him to vote in the way
in which he had. " Oh," he said, " I have the promise of
a license if my father and myself will vote for Mr. Rathboue."
(Hear.) I took the words down as they were communi-
cated to me by a friend. Mr. Mason's statement was this,
that he had been waited upon by Mr. Lawson, by whom he
had been promised, who said that if he voted as he wished
he should have a license. Mr. Mason informed him that he
had had similar promises made before which had not been
fulfilled, and that he required the promise to be made by
some person upon whom he could place more dependance.
This was a very proper proviso on the part of Mr. Mason,
and I think it shewed that he understood his business very
well. The next day Mr. Richard Yates called upon
him to solicit his vote for Mr. Rathbone, and, as Mr.
Mason states, Mr. Yates promised him that he would
use all his influence to obtain a license, and he added
that no man on the bench of magistrates had greater influ-
ence than Mr. Rathbone, " therefore," said Mr. Yates, " if
you vote for him, you will secure his influence also." (Hear,
hear.) This, I know, is not evidence in law, but I give you
the exact words which Mr. William Mason gave to a friend
of mine residing in his own neighbourhood. Mr. Mason
gave these as his reasons why he and his father had voted
against the party which they had been in the habit of support-
ing. Many other cases have been stated to me, but I shall not
allude to them ; it is unnecessary perhaps to do so,as I have just
stated these facts with regard to applications for licenses, to
licenses granted, and as to Mr. Mason. As to the promises
made in the Park, they have been pretty numerous, as you
may suppose, or there would not have been so many appli-
cations from thence. Now Mr. Lawson had been spoken to
about these promises. The person who spoke to him said,
" Oh ! it 's all fudge, and, as soon as the election is over,
will be forgotten." "Oh ! but," said he, " tbey dare not
refuse Mr. Mason, and he will get his license next year."
Mr. Lawson, I assure you, is a very important person among
them ; for he has got licenses for himself and his brother,
and the best stall in St. James's Market. He is, therefore,
a man of some importance. (Hear, hear.) I will not de-
tain you further, but now proceed to business. I trust that
what I have now said will justify the expressions that I used
on a former occasion, and that the public will be satisfied I
did not use them without having grounds.
Several members were then elected.
Mr. ISAAC Homers said be had been requested to pro-
pose the following address to the electors of Walsall :
"To THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF WALSALL.
"Fellow-countrymen,—lt was with feelings of joy and
heartfelt satisfaction, that we heard you had resolved to des
liver your ancient and loyal borough from the thraldom of
radical representation, and that you had chosen to rally for
that purpose under a name dear to the loyalty and patriotism
of Liverpool—the name of Gladstone. It may appear pre-
sumptuous in us, so far distant and so unacquainted with
your local interests, to offer you either our sympathy or ad-
vice on this occasion, but the times in which we live are so
fraught with danger to the best interests of our beloved
country, that it becomes the duty of all her faithful sons to
unite as one man for her emancipation from factious and
licentious domination.
" You are called upon to say, whether the ministers who
promised us peace, retrenchment, and reform, have redeemed
their pledges.
" Have we had peace? A voice from Spain, Portugal,
Canada, Syria, and China, answers—No !! We have had
war, in some cases, petty and mischievous, in others expen-
sive and unnecessary. We were promised retrenchment, and
yet have not our taxes been increased, and the debt of the
nation augmented by these pretended reformers? We have
had' reform, and what benefit have the great body of the
people derived from the change ? Are our looms more fully
employed—our artisans more fully employed—our shop-
keepers more fully engaged—our merchants more amply re-
munerated? Answer, ye starving artisans, and ruined trades-
men, if this be so

" ;The appearance which England presents this day is far
different from that she did when the Reform Bill first became
the law of the land. Then we could look around on the pros-
perity of our home and colonial trade ; the greatest facilities
were given to commercial enterprise ; education and usefal
knowledge were brought within the reach of all classes ; our
financial resources were vigorous and improving ; the senate
house was occupied by men of undoubted substance and st-

perior education, and rrot.stnnt yrub
in the best affections of the peoplL.
" The other nations looked to us for wisdom h
ing the peace and concord of the world, and whit
mired our virtue, they respected our power.
" That parliament, which once served as a n
imitation of other nations, is now composed of tt

neither can maintain the boasted majesty of the peni
possess wisdom to legislate for the people's
which they ought to employ in deliberations fo
of millions is spent in authorising schemes for
tages and pecuniary benefit. The highest offi
have been laid open to the ambition of politic;
the finances are impoverished by abortive pl
ency ; the poor of the land are subjected t
cruel enactments; the fairest colonial poss
crown are filled with disaffection ; our foreien
lating and void of principle, is unworthy
nourable people. We have to mourn t
character as defenders of the Pro

; the dm(

dismay honours and advantag.
of superstition, infidelity, and st..
brighter day will yet rise upon Erick
no longer allow her prosperity to lair is,_
enduring happiness and peace to
fellow-countrymen, she looks for new examples of inrl
deuce and firm resolve.
" It is to the conservatives Qf
the storm of conflicting opinions.
the banner of conservatism she rose to
amongst mankind, and dwelt securely under t
ligious privileges and domestic peace.
" Fellow-countrymen,—Your conservative c
unknown to us. His family has flourished in
through their honourable exertions in mere.
have been enabled to indulge in acts of private .
as well as support with princely liberality our rel
blishments and public charities.

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benevol

" Fellow-conntrymen,—ln conclusion, your duty is deal
as patriots ; discharge it therefore as men ; so will you re.
ceive the thanks of the loyal of our land, and of none more
than "BROTHER CONSERVATIVES."
Mr. HOLMES, in support of this address, pointed out
with great eloquence and effect the abandonment of the
principles upon which the present ministry took office—
namely, peace, economy, and retrenchment. Ile showed
from the actual state of things at the present moment that
each of these principles had been grossly violated, and that
the present administration wereunder the domination of a mar
whom Lord Grey had denounced. Mr. Holmes then it,
ferred to local politics, arguing that the same consequent
had been produced in Liverpool by the same party, and t'
the only hope for the country, as well as the town, wps '
existence of a conservative ministry.
regret that we cannot give Mr. Holmes's Wee,.
as shortness of time places us under the necessity O.
viating our report. Mr. Holmes's address Was mina,
for force, vigour, and eloquence, and frequently elicited
cheers of the meeting.]
Mr. DANIEL LEDSON, in seconding the address, said, I
am sure that every individual in this room must have beer
gratified by the remarks which have just been offered by Mr
Holmes. In fact he has taken such a general review
state of the times, that he has left me nothin-
say. lam also happy to say, gentlemen, that our we
chairman has fully cleared himself from the
were cast upon him by the radical newspapers of the
I am quite sure that the sentiments and facts which 11
brought before you this evening, will fully satisfy ever
dividual who can possibly be vtisfied, that he did not inik
to use the remarks which the radical newsnaper press
the town have thought proper to say he did. I say thf.
every impartial gentleman in the town of Liverpool will be
satisfied that Mr. Smith has fully and completely clearer'
himself from those charges. I trust you will excuse me-
(hear, hear)—if I venture, in seconding this address to tl
electors of Walsall, upon making a few remarks. We fi,
that our opponents are again pursuing their old plan of appe
ing to the sense of the people : to fact is, they have -
practised upon the' people ; they re even now end
by every possible means for instance,
Corn-law League —to persuade the people
is a great requisite, and that the thing that is .
is to send to parliament those gentlemen who will s
the present ministry. But that is not their real o
there are other things involved in it. We shall have a
share of the obloquy and abuse with which our radical fr.
delight to honour us. These gentlemen delight to imal
and to tell the people, that their conservative opinions a
mere flight of fancy. Thay look upon the . people
their own domain; they look upon their intellects as
snug and quiet preserve, on which they may pract
to any extent. But the moment that this same peop
fancy they might not be disloyal to their sovereign, that me
meet their friends change, and the people that were some
times lauded as " the source of all power," and from
whom we were to derive everything that we could wish
for politically, this same people fall to nothing, and they are
called greasy carpenters and besotted freemen. (Hear. hear.)
After the remarks made by Mr. Holmes, I shall not further
trespass upon your time. I trust that the electors of Wal-
sall will have infused into them a little of the spirit which ani-
mates the conservatives of Liverpool, and you will then have
no reason to fear for the result of the election. Nothing will
be more gratifying to me than to find the return for is
and Canterbury two good conservatives to join that noble
phalanx of conservative members that will meet to-morrow
in the Commons House of Parliament. (Loud cheers.)
The address was then put and carried.
Mr. RAYMOND HOUGHTON, with a few appropriate re-
marks, proposed the following address to the electors of
Canterbury :
" THE CONSERVATIVE TRADESMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF
LIVERPOOL, TO THE LOYAL MEN OF CANTERBURY.
" Fellow Countrymen,—Your city will soon be the battle
ground of a fierce and determined struggle for political su-
premacy. Allow us, the conservative tradesmen of Liver-
pool, to assure you of the great interest we take in your suc-
cess, and to beseech you not to relax in your noble end-
yours to throw over for ever the incubus of radical re-
tation.

(Loud_cheers

g whatever t

by ttr

esirablc

" Our noble and time-honoured institutions are wo
your best exertions, and the anxious gaze of thous
fixed upon the progress of the present conflict.
" As loyalists, we call upon you to send to parlia
lover of the monarchy, in its perfect integrity.
" As Protestana, we know you will not, cannot tn..
the nominee of a ministry who offer heavy blows am
discouragements' to our holy religion.
" As Britons, you dare not support a fiction who hal
tempted to bind our countrymen to the chariot wheels of th
Irish demagogue,' by virtue of the infamous Lichfield
house compact.
" You are surrounded by the works of piety and patriotism
let us never forget the purposes- for which they were de
signed, nor undervalue the judgment of our sires in crectini
them. A monarchy mild, yet dignified, still exists amongst us,
and the incense of praise still ascends from Protestants tem-
ples. Men of Canterbury, do you value these blessir
then strive to preserve them. If slight defects from t
time may be discovered in the institutions under whi
live, let us apply the hand of careful amendment, am
perpetuate the beauty, and preserve the usefulness,
present happy form of government.
" Our rash opponents would madly put down the work of
sages to make way for the conceits of' theorists. Will you
allow them ? No. Let every heart beat, every head calcu-
late, every hand work in the sacred cause of our country.
" England expects every man to do his duty ;' and is
there one amongst you that would offer to do less ?
"Men of Kent,—Since the days of Harold and Hastings,
you have been renowned for your loyalty and determination ;
you have given our country heroes, and the world con-
querors. We call upon youonce more to shew your love for
old England's happiness and glory ; discard the supporter
of a Ministry who have broken all their pledges ; and return
in triumph the champion of conservative principles. We
were promised peace, retrenchment, and reform ; vv.! have
had expensive and unnecessary wars, an increase of taxation
and debt, and a reform which has unsettled the public min
and which, if not overborne by the voice of stern and u
compromising denial, threatens to end in the curse of n
tional revolution.
" Brother Englishmen, we call upon you in the nal
our common country to buckle on your armour, teas
your exertions until the thrilling shout of victory shall
St. Stephen's, and give utterance that another Briton I
been added to that glorious band of patriots, who are strt
gling to defend our glorious constitution in church and state.
Mr. KERR seconded the address. He said he had looked
very narrowly into the proceedings of the canvass for Canter-
bury, and so far as he could see, there was very little doubt
that the Honourable Mr. Smythe would be elected. If
Walsall and Canterbury should be carried, that would
be equal to four more votes which would make the conserva-
tive party in the House of Commons equal to the ministerial.
The CHAIRMAN then put the address, which was carried
unanimously.

Al thus

The remaining part of the business consisted in the enr
ment of new members, after which thanks were voted to
Smith for his conduct in the chair, and the meeting separat

CONSERVATIVE LIBERALITY.—W. T. Copeland, Esq
the conservative member for the Potteries, has forward(
the munificent sum of £lOO, to be distributed among the poi
at Stoke-upon-Trent. The Hon. F. D. Ryder has with'
the last week subscribed ten guineas to the North Staffor(
shire Infirmary, and £l5 to the Hanley National Schools.

The health of Lord Wrottesley still continues in a vet.]
precarious state. We believe his Lordship is almost exclu
sively confined to his room.—Stafford Gazette.
The statement which appears in a morning paper, that Mr
Larpent will stand for East Surrey on the Liberal interest
is, we have reason to believe, unfounded.—Globe.
Sir David Wilkie is at Constantinople painting a lit,
of the Sultan for Queen Victoria.
Lord and Lady Lyttelton, Mr. W. Gladstone, M. P
Mrs. Gladstone, and a select family circle, are at
visiting Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart., M.P., at H
Castle, Flintshire

THE LADY THIEF.—The history of this prisoner ,d I
connexions are as great a mystery as ever. Some r ,tne
have gone abroad purporting to fix her relationship, but t
appear to be wholly without foundation. In all probs
she has moved in the rank of a governess ; but even
conjectural, for she has faithfully kept her own secret
clear that she has received a very superior educatie
speaks and sings in the French, Italian, and Spanisi.
guages with elegance ; has a most refined knowledge of me
and, indeed, seems to have been taught all the usual ace
plishments of the day. One of the witnesses from the C(
mercial Hotel spoke of her as not havingan appearance " I
that of a lady." This is very probable : a. departure ft
the paths of virtue has a sad tendency to brush off the dcli,
cies of the feminine character ; but, if not a lady, this unf,
tunate woman has at all events received the education of ot.
In the report of the trial we have noticed the remarkable
teration which has taken place in her eyes. This aiteratic
appears to have affected her very much, for, on a person wi
visited her a few days before her trial, expressing his surpri
at the change, she burst into tears. Mrs. Harris, for so
still calls herself, is about 25 years of age.
ANSWERS TO A MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMEN'.
following account of the success of the Baron Van Half
matrimonial advertisement has appeared in
German journals :—" It will, no doubt, be recollected t
two months ago, this bold Baron Van Halberg de Bre
Captain-Colonel of the Rhine and Meuse, applied, thr
the European press, for a wife, giving, in lively terms,
scription of himself, and enumerating, with great del'
the graces and virtues with which she whom he sought
be endowed. This step of the rather eccentric baron h
to the most happy results. He has, without a joke, met
a perfect woman. With his conscientious punctuality a,
delicacy he is now preparing, with his mind at rest, a eircul,
letter to those condescending young ladies who have arere.
to surrender to him their hands and hearts, and all. thei
charms, amounting to no fewer than 749. The
tgetinte
denten, who is repairing his ancient castle to receive
that the terms of his
Queen of the Tourney, deeply regrets
not allow him
own letter and his innate sense of delicacy wills gam?
Some of them, he
to publish the 749 letters he has received..ex
f bypoo mstleide their btrii lel i
says, are so beautifully composed,tlatt
ligh
er e are 12' i 7
of day they would in one week extinguishde
sc.xi,r6
anc
the celebrated correspondence of Mme. ,
101 from t
adsermiitosittablee
eaxleteitnepdr,oetiatmabelef.re
from France.
Fl.teramneoes.t spirituelle,Ti
guse tes, c
and modistes ; 53 from duel :s
actresses, singers,
enlumineuses,
and marchionesses , 329 from Parisian liter:
countesses, and dancers ,
ladies, whose names are already mentioned in a whisper. Ti
yielding to temptation, has announced througf
Ito:tearable and discreet baron, however, to prevent the pos
all these perfumed missives. The
letter he is preparing will be his adieu to the press and the
tsbibeiplitteYss ofthha his
he has burned
public. Henceforth he declares he no longer belongs to the
world, but is devoted to the treasure of beauty which the
wheel of fortune has brought to him."

Dn. S

.—Glasgat

st of t

MOVEMENTS OF THE IRISH MOUNTEBANK.
(From the Morning He, dd.)
The movements of the mountebank of Irish agita-
tion are of importance in showing the close connection
and good understanding that subsist between the
repeal demagogue and the Government, which pre-
tends to check his designs for dismembering the
empire, while it really affords them comfort and en-
couragement.
Take the late " progress" of the repealer into the
province of Ulster as an example. His avowed pur-
pose was to disturb the quiet of a peaceable, loyal, and
well-ordered community—to break down the strong
attachment which exists in that part of Ireland to Bri-
tish connection, and to fling the firebrands of seditious

excitement among a people undegraded by the barba-
rism, and uncontaminated by the crimes of his south-

ern bondsmen.
On having fair and full notice of his intentions how
did Government act? What steps did Lords Ebring-
ton and Morpeth take to crush the seditious project
and defeat the vile machinations of the itinerant dis-
turber of the country's peace? Was O'Connell kindly
admonished by any of his patrons, or, we should ra-
ther say, prote'yes at " the castle," that, if he went
upon such an expedition, he must go upon his own
responsibility, and must take the consequences ? Oh,
no ! such an intimation as that would have stopped the
burly crusader of " repeal" at once, and preserved
the loyalty and order of the north pure from the con-
tamination of his presence. O'Connell, like most in-
citers of the popular passions, though ever ready to
push his dupes into danger, has a most reverend re-
gard for his own personal security, and would rather
suffer the pains and penalties of sedition a thousand
times by proxy, than once in his own proper identity.
" What cares he for a pike or rope,
Who bleeds or dangles by a trope,
And while his dupes rebel outright,
Stands firm in metaphoric fight."
From the moment that O'Connell had openly inti-
mated his intention of making an experimental tour to
disturb the quiet and corrupt the loyalty of the people
of the north by a proselytising mission in the repeal
cause, there were indications of disgust and indigna-
tion among the well-ordered population of Ulster
which he could not mistake. The first intention of
the demagogue was to marshal a grand procession into
that province, and to make in various parts of his pro-
gress what Lord Palmerston calls a " demonstration."
At Newry, which is on the borders of the province, he
was to be met by 50,000 repealers, who were to escort
him on the road to Belfast, the capital of the north.
But the loyal Protestant population of Ulster regarded
this as an insolent invasion, which, if permitted to
take place, would afterwards have been boasted of in
O'Connell's speeches, and paraded in his slavish jour-
nals—the journals of the whig government—as a po-
sitive triumph of the agitator and his faction over the
loyalty and conservative patriotism of the north.
It was understood that this insolent invasion would
be resisted, and that the same determination to oppose
barbarian encroachment which stopped " honest Jack
Lawless's" organised Popish battalions in the year
1829, and caused their leader, as he afterwards ex-
pressed it himself, to " make his escape over the side
of a mountain by a coup de main," would meet the
forces of the agitator and try their manhood in some-
thing more than a trope-i-cal conflict—something in
which there would be more work and less wind than
ever was expended in any of O'Connell's figurative
eilbrts of heriosm, not even excepting the memorable
sham-fight between himself and Mr. Spring Rice in
the House of Commons. Now this was a sort of pas-
time for which the agitator had no taste—not even to
forward the glorious cause of repeal. So he abandoned
his intention of a " grand popular demonstration"
along his line of march; and sure we are he would
never have ventured to show his face in Belfast at all,
though ignobly stealing into that town in a false name,
if the anti-repeal Government had not kindly pdttred
into the capital of the north and its vicinity a larger
army than that which was employed in the Syrian ex-
pedition to cover and protect the repeal-agitator in his
designs upon the tranquillity of the province.
'Phis is one way of putting down repeal, and a very
Irish way of doing it, it must be admitted to be. Ac-
counts horn the north say that 1,500 troops have been
concentrated in Belfast, in addition to which an army
of armed policemen were sent down from Dublin.
O'Connell, finding that all was made secure is that
way for his reception, ventured to proceed to the
north, having his personal identity ensconced within the
privacy of a travelling carriage, with closed blinds, and
his heroic form enshrouded by the intense obscurity of
the assumed name of Mr. Charles. To consummate
the ludicrous picture of his "triumphant" progress, a
stalwart friend was placed in front of his sacred per-
son, with blunderbuss, on the dickey, covering the
hero of repeal, who, in • the horror of real or fancied
danger, always thinks " the post of honour is a private
station ;" and thus " the father of all Ireland," as a
Tipperary orator called him, went among his " chil-
dren," having more horse, foot, and artillery assembled'
to protect his sacred person than even the Autocrat of
Russia, whenever he ventures to confront the ghost of
Poland within the walls of Warsaw.
If all this expensive military preparation were not
necessary for the protection of O'Connell's precious
person during his repeal agitation in Ulster, why was
it made ? And if necessary, what does that fact speak
for the loyalty of the north, that cannot bear the idea
of an agitation to dismember the empire, to which her
Majesty's Government lend the protection of her Ma-
jesty's troops, while they profess to be anxious to dis-
co ntenance repeal-agitation and repealers.
In the south, where O'Connell has the force of the
mob at his back, we never hear of such assembling
of troops to protect the peace and loyal portion of the
population from any outrages which his myrmidons
may choose to commit. No ; Protestant Ulster was to
be overawed, but Popish Tipperary is not to have its
" freaks of freedom" put down by force of arms. Yet
Tipperary wants an " army of observation" more than
any county in Ulster.
If, in the ensuing session of Parliament, the conduct
of the Government in regard to this repeal-agitation
in Ireland be not made the ground of determined and
energetic proceedings by the conservative party, the
people of England will have some reason to believe
that the interests of the empire, the security of the
peace of Ireland, and the dignity of the British crown,
are not less endangered by the vicious and dastardly
policy of the Lichfield-house ministers, than by the
culpable forbearance of their conservative opponents.

ao assembles. AC occasion ,
neglect of those entrus4ed with the managem..—_
ing, and the entire absence of proper arrangements to securt
that important object, they were compelled to depart for
Dublin, unacquainted with the name of a single individual
present, excepting tbose of the proposers and seconders of
resolutions, which will be found in their proper places. The
deficiency shall, of course, be supplied at the earliest oppor-
tunity.

Prcisely at eleven o'clock, the Most Noble the Marquis
of Downshire entered the Theatre, and was received with
long-continued c'fiecring, followed by several rounds of the
Kentish fire.
On the motion of Thomas Greg, Esq., High Sheriff of
the county of Antrim, seconded by M. Forde, Esq., High

Sheriff of the county of Down, the noble marquis was' called
to the chair amid loud cheers.

occupies fifteen closely-

The report of the proceedins
printed columns in the Dublin Evening Mail of Friday last
We take the following excellent summary from the leading
article of the same journal:—
The meeting in Belfast on yesterday, which was held on
the requisition of upwards of sixteen hundred of the nobility
and gentry of Ulster, was by far the most splendid in point
of the rank, wealth, intelligence, and number of the assist-
ants, and the most important in its political bearings, that
perhaps has ever taken place in Ireland. We have elsewhere
reported, in the most ample and authentic form, the proceed-
ings of this august assembly. But we cannot do it the jus-
tice we desire and it deserves ; for, were we to enter on a
detail of the station and the merits, the influence and the
spirit, which should justly give weight to the proceedings of
a public meeting, we should fall short of the mark, thtless
we could give the name and the position, the local character

,ent on the occasion
. with this meetini

and influence, of almost every person 1
There are many considerations connecte
which are too important to be passed over in

alence,

ted with the brevity required by
We reserve them for our next

which cannot be despat.,
limitation of our space.
lication, and proceed at once with the immediate busine.
the day.

Lora Downshire filled the chair with his usual ability and
dignified demeanor. The good order and unanimity of the
meeting are decisive proofs that his lordship possessed the
entire confidence of the assembly, and was in his proper
place when at the head of its proceedings.
The first business which occupied his lordship's attention
and that of the meeting, was one which, unnoticed in the re-
quisition, may be said to have taken the assembly by surprise,
and thus to have exhibited, in the most spontaneous manner,
the natural and unpremeditated feelings of all who were pre-
sent. It was a motion moved by the Right Hon. G. R.
Dawson, for an address of congratulation to the Queen and
Prince Albert, on the birth of the Princess Royal. The
motion was seconded by Lord Algernon Chichester, and,
together with a motion for its presentation to her Majesty
and her august spouse, which was moved by Colonel Verner,

and seconded by the High Sheriff of Ferm
by universal acclamation. Such is the ha

day attachment and feeling towards the 1

reign, of those

such a mass o. ev
so simple, that it would be best to confine atten-
,on to the latter only. This was a joint debt by the petitioner
and his partner, Cooper Ewbank, to the respondent, and his
partner, Mr. Cordes, and the demand of payment was served
on the parties on the 28tH of July. On the same day the
parties proceeded to negotiate for the compromise of the
debt and for other purposes, and proposals from both parties
. Watson, the solicitor, for
to prepare a deed thereon ; and the
latter gentleman, in his affidavit, states, that in pursuance of
this arrangement, the deed was so prepared between himself
on the part of the petitioning creditor, and Mr. Bevan, the

were delivered in writing, to M
Mr. Henry Ewbanl

range ment

e nephew, Cooper Ewbank, took no part
whatever, but left them entirely to h:s uncle, whose object in
suing out the fiat, was not to ensure prompt payment of the
debt, but to withdraw him from the partnership, and to en-
able him to carry on the zinc trade alone. Mr. Watson pre-
pared the draft of a deed, the terms of which were finally
settled between him and Mr. Bevan, and the former caused
the deed to be engrossed, so that it is clear the terms were
completely agreed on a whole week before the expiration of
21 days, and nothing was wanting but the signatures of
ties thereto. At this point Mr. Henry Ewbank de-
ht to enforce a right to excludethe petition-
On the

er from continuing to carry on a similar busines

ptember afiat was sued out by the respondent against
petitioner alone, though other negotiations for a compro-
a subsequently occurred. • There appeared to have been
o intention originally to enforce bankruptcy, but merely to

effect a dissolution of the partnership, for the benefit of'the
respondent's nephew. The petitioning creditor was privy to
the suspension over the 21 days, and was not entitled to take
advantage of the debtor's omission. The fiat was sued out
to evade the execution of the deed, to dissolve the partner-
ship, and to exclude the petitioner from the zinc trade. This
was unjust, injurious, and contrary to good faith towards the
other parties connected with the proposed deeds. If the pe-
titioner was a bankrupt, by default, under the statute, so was

and the- fiat to have been issued thereon

been joint and not separate. The petitioner had
shed two of his objections, and was entitled to
declaration by the court, that the fiat should be superseded,
with costs against the petitioning creditor as prayed.

STATE OF TRADE

LEEDS.—We are happy to report that there is a steady
and rather improving demand for goods in our Cloth Halls.
But it is satisfactory to know that even in this respect the
sales in the Cloth Halls do not afford any accurate criterion
of the amount of business now doing, Many of our village
clothiers, particularly at Gomersal, Guiseley, and neighbour-
ing places, are busily employed, per order, in executing a

contract for the Hon. I

India Company, amounting to

;me twenty thousand pieces

BRADFORD, JAN. 21.—There was a considerable business
,ne in the Piece Hall, but at very low prices. The stock of
ods is light, and the holders are living upon hope. Yarns
.._.

keep up. -The spinners look for an advance ; the weavers
cannot afford it ; so little goes off. Wool is steady. In the

coarser kinds business has of late been done ; fine qualities
are not at present looked at.—On the whole, commercial
affairs here are improving materially.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, JAN. 19.—We have no change
to notice this week. There was nither much buoyancy nor
any great want of activity. The demand for low-priced
woollens continues, and prices remain the same, ,but very
firm. Generally speaking, most things indicate well for the

coming Spring
BARNSLEY.

—We are sorry to state that the linen trade
has this week experienced a decline. On Monday a great
number of weavers returned from their respective warehouses
without work.—Leeds Intelligencer.

DESTRUCTION OF SHIPPING IN THE RIVER

WEAR

ver, within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, has the
hipping interest of this port sustained, by river floods, da-
mage and loss so extensive as that which has this day been
occasioned by the breaking of the ice in the river Wear.
The thaw and the heavy rains to the westward, which have
prevailed for two or three days, had led the crews of the re-
pective vessels to use every precaution in securing them, so
s to withstand the pressure of the vast body of ice which
- inevitably, on its breaking up, be borne along with the
le; but, notwithstanding the utmost vigilance of the
respective crews and the river authorities, the harbour, from
the entrance to the Hetton staiths, presents one vast scene
of wreck and confusion. The main body of the ice, borne
down with increased rapidity by the floods, reached the har-
bour at about half-past four on Monday morning, bearing,
with sweeping and irresistible sway, all before it ; driving
from their moorings, and in some instances with their moor-
ings, upwards of 100 sail of ships, several steam-boats, innu-
merable keels and other small craft, with rafts of timber,
huddled together in the most distressing confusion. The
scene which presented itself at daybreak was truly terrific :
vessels entangled with broken masts, bowsprits, rudders,
bulwarks, stancheons, sterns, stems, bows, and rigging, so
as in many instances to render it impossible to identify the
respective properties. The ice is so completely formed into
one solid and extended sheet, that it has remained immove-

One hundred and forty-three gentlemen have given notice
of applying to be admitted attorneys of the court of queen's
Bench, during the present term, and there are also twenty.
nine notices of application for re-admission to practise.
NEW MODE OF LIGHTING PULPITS.—Persons who sit
at the sides of churches and chapels, often complain of the
inconvenience of the pulpit sconces or of lamps interrupting
their view of the preacher. After various experiments, Mr.
Fritchett has succeeded in remedying the evil in the pulpit of
Lendal Chapel, York, by a very simple mode. It consists
of lowering the internal part of the book-board and cushion,
(the external part appeared as before) and placing under the
front edge of the cushion a cast-iron box about six inches
deep and three inches wide ' • the upper half side next to the
___,_prer is glazed with ground glass; inside the box are
":iketygas cock-spur lights, which not only throw a strong
5""1-7b-t-m ,ofv/thoAsiftk-board, but on the preacher, without the
•••-' ""sifirp-tfts'l4inoAanience to any of the congregation.—Pret•
i t4.ri •
. 0

able during the whole of the Clay, undisturbed by the flux and
reflux of the tide, interspersed with wrecked materials, and
men and boys passing and repassing in pursuit of what they
can pick up. In the present confused state, we are unable
to ascertain the extent of the loss of life, as several vessels
have been driven out to sea ; and it is hoped that some of the
missing hands are on board. The following is a list of some
which have broken from their moorings, and belonging to
Sunderland :—William Henry, sunk, sternpost and rudder
gone away, stancheons st f • Ki'

.ove In, foremast gone , —frton, se-
- bunk; Resource, dismasted, broadside
„posed past repairs : Effort, sunk ; Atalanta, loss
esprit, bulwark, stern stove in ; Thistle, foremast gone,
, Beeswing, foremast gone, stancheons carried
,n Victoria, loss of foremast, maintopmast, main-
n carried away ; Petrel, lost bowsprit, bulwark
--1--Tbe Hare, drove to sea, wrecked

Y ; qui

)OM, S

tore in. S

behind South Pier ; Safety, lost; George and Ann, lost ;
Prince Albert, sunk : Earl Durham, sunk ; Neptune, of
paddles, rudder, stancheons, and bulwarks ; Brig Pilgrim, of
Lynn, sunk, almost a wreck. • A Rochester bark, timber la-
den, drove behind South Pier, but afterwards towed into har-
bour. A Dutch vessel, cut down to the water's edge. The
Era, of Rochester, drove to sea with only a dog on board.
The Gamma drove to sea with only a boy on board ; picked
up, and taken to Hartlepool. The Jean, driven to sea; not
heard of. Several other vessels also driven to sea, whose
names are not yet liearned, some of which, having crews on
board, brought up in the Roads, and have since been towed
in.—Those whose opinions are to be relied upon estimate
the loss at £lso,ooo.—The coal drop and part of Hetton
spouts were carried away by ships coming in contact with
them, and several of the Sunderland and Durham Railway
Company's staiths sustained injury.—A poor boy, the last
on board, while in the act of leaving his ship, which was in
imminent danger, by means of a rope, was unfortunately cut
in two. Numbers of men, as well as several vessels, are
missing ; but, being near post time, no further intelligence
can at present be communicated.---Sunder/and paper.

GRAND CONSERVATIVE FESTIVAL. AT STONE.—On
Tuesday night, the North Staffordshire Conservative Associ-
ation held their annual meeting at the Assembly Rooms,
in the Crown Inn, Stone, which was attended by about 250
of the leading conservatives of the northern division of the
county. Viscount Sandon, M.P., presided; and James
Bateman, Esq., officiated as vice-chairman. Amongst the
guests were the Earl St. Vincent, the Hon. M. B. Baring,
Af.p., the Hon. Dudley Ryder, the conservative candidate
for the Potteries ; David Watts Russell, Esq., and Charles
Bowyer Adderley, Esq., the conservative candidates for North
Staffordshire.

INQUESTS.—THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.-
1 inquest was held on Friday last, before Mr. Rogerson,
roner. at the house of Mr. W. Redfern. Sehoh, thp

body of Elizabeth Lowe, aged five years and six months.
From the evidence it appeared that on the previous Monday
evening the child with its mother were going to bed, but the
father being out of the house, the child went down stairs to
fetch him in, and whilst in the act of getting a light from the
e her clothes ignited, and she was so much burnt that
ath took place on Thursday. Verdict—•' Accidental
ath." At the same time and place, an inquest was also
Id on the body of a child named Mary Stevens, aged six
The deceased went to the Infant SchoOl,
of the mistress, who was

at diuner in an adjoining house, she and another were toast-
ing bread when her pinafore took fire, and she was so much
burned that death ensued the same evening. Verdict—" Ac-
cidental death." An inquest was held on Wednesday last,
at the house of Mr. E. Green, Bridge Inn, Chapel-lane, on
the body of a child named Thomas Tickle, whose clothes
had cai.bt fire while his mother had gone for a few minutes

out of the house. The consequence was that he was very
much burnt, and only lived a,few hours afterwards.— Wigan
Gazette.

LITERARY NOTICES. LORD STANLEY'S REGISTRATION BILL-RE- JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET.
. SECOND EDITION
PEAL OF THE UNION.-GREAT CONSERVA- •
Historic Illustrations of the Bibles principally after the Old TIVE MEETING IN BELFAST. THURSDAY EVENING.-In the home funds to-day there
Masters. Fisher, Son, and Co., London. Division 2d.was scarcely a fluctuation, the business transacted being of
(From the Dublin Evening Mail.) small amount. Consols for money closed 89k to t, and for Standard-yfice, Three o'clock.
The publishers of this work are already well known to the Th. the account 90. Exchequer-bills were at the
This great Conservative demonstration took place on
commerce-
public as having produced some of the most splendid illus- Thursday in the Circus Royal, Belfast, pursuant to- the fol- ment of business quoted 7to 9 p.m.; but Bank and India LIVERPOOL
Stock have maintained 'their late advance by further invest- CORN EXCHANGE,-THIS DAY.
trated works ever published in this country. Though we lowing requisition :
" The undersigned request a meeting of the nobility, clergy, ments ; their last prices were 169 to 171, and 251 to 253.
have had frequently to speak in the highest terms of praise
per, m
Inhelliar:mr i.uitn on gold at Paris is sf.
ngeeixitioryn, IrtitdAonttlgill•lfrii.(l,lwdns toant(lrthßereitisht.constitution and con- (From Messrs.MAKlN
wereN Circular.)
about these productions, we are bound to confess they fall
crivelsmanprelxceehoatn.gt3ol72ss-
.11-)2111. The imports up to Friday las rather inconsiderable,
o.
srd
ai gy t.. 1 oxen
2o ii tsht elanncuoauri;-,
the ounce for standard golif,
far short of the work before us, whether regarded as speci- ties, to be held in Belfast, on Thursday, but including subsequent arrivals, we have to note a good
and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25. 30,
mens of the progress of art or as engines for the improve- 1841, at eleven o'clock, a.m., for the purpose of expressing
it follows that gold is 10 per cent. lower at Paris than in supply of Wheat, Oats, and Oatmeal from Ireland, with a
theirt optinoinonhilli favoura of the principles of Lord Stanley's
ment of the mind and heart. We welcome every instrument
also in opposition to the attempt, now -I-'
By London.
from Hamhurgli of the 12th instant, the price few parcels of Barley and Flour thence ; of any Grain
which serves to endear the Scriptures to mankind, and tends rfoergitshreafirst time undisguisedlyn made in Ulster, to effect the coastwise, however, we have not much to report, and of
to bring them back to the tone from which in the present day Repeal of the Union." of gold is 423 per mark, which, at the English mint price of
hAppended to the above requisition were the names of one .£3 17s. 104 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange foreign produce a moderate quantity only since this day
there is a lamentable proneness to degenerate; and in this
onet ous;enedrssiaxnlr hundred and five individuals including. forty- of.l3.l43,.a4nditthfoeloxwehsatnitetat liam burgh on London at short se'nnight.
view the present publication is highly valuable. Much cau-gold is the same price at Ham- Our market to-day was tolerably well attended by town
tion has been exercised in the selection of the illustrations; Baronets; thirty-two Wenm;benrs Of' Yarli'aitkn° High burgh as in London. and country millers, and at the commencement good useful
eunratb.leesle;veeinghen being
and one great recommendation of them, so far, is that cor- Sheriff's of Counties; six Lords Lieutenant; ninety-eight SATURDAY EVENING.-The English funds, without any
Deputy Lieutenants ; thr:-.• hundred and fifty-five Magistrates; great deal of business, were steady at the slight improve- Baltic red Wheats were held on rather higher terms, hut not
poreal expression of spiritual beings, as well as every thingment of yesterday. Consols for money,left off 89k to 90, being readily obtained, and no extensive sales practicable,
. two hundred and fifty-.,e% en Ministers of the Established
that appears to approach the great Author of our being with Church; forty-five Presbyterian, and twenty-six Methodist and for the account, 90k to 4- Bank Stock is rather flatter, the trade even for these descriptions concluded rather lan-
familiarity, is carefully avoided. There is great difficulty, Clergymen ; and twenty-eight Barristers.
where everything is beautiful, in making any distinction for The interest with which this great meeting has been looked 3-k per Cent. 'Reduced, 98-1 to k ; New 31 per Cents., 98k ; 3 guid at the rates of last week ; whilst in other kinds of fo-
ttrweard tohatshroughrotilit the
uelatier north of Ireland for some perenlt3.3ll:le6du. Reduced, Long Annuities (expiring Jan. 5, reign as well as English and Irish, very few transactions oc-
the purpose of particular remark ; but we cannot refrain from
gentryon apryumsimalilaratotcscausio n. 1860), 30
jyaena.rss,(e;cBp4nigct.alnod, 1859), 13 ; curred, at prices varying little from those previously noted.
noticing one of the plates as peculiarly attractive : it de- The past,nflu of njareencial'iltyarlandthe Ditto, 30 years (expiring Exchequer
Bills, 6to 8 pm. . English, Irish, and Foreign Flour, being also in very
scribes the moment of Jephthah's arrival at home, after hay- province into Belfast on Wednesday was so great,p that ac- limited demand, scarcely maintained our last quotations.
commodation, extensive as are. the hotels in the town, was
bat been at war with the children of Ammon. Prior to the
not to be procured without considerable difficulty. The doors Barley and Malt ruled nearly the same as on Friday.
battle he had vowed that " whatever cometh forth of my of the Circus Royal were opened at ten o'clo- clock, and soon THE COURT. Beans moving slowly were is per qr. lower, and Pease, al-
house to meet me when I return in peace, I will offer it up every part of the building, which is capable of accommodating
WINDSOR, THURSDAY.-The Queen walked On the ter- though rather more saleable, were forced off at a similar
for a burnt sacrifice." On his return he is met by his about 3000 persons, was densely crowded. On the platform,
race and in the slopes this morning, with his Royal Highness abatement.
where the chair was placed, and in the boxes, there were at
daughter, his only child, who comes joyfully forth to greet least 2000 of the nobility and gentry of the province, together Prince Albert. Oats, in partial instances, were the turn cheaper, but upon
him after the victory. His anguished countenance and with a great numbefof ladies. The other parts of the house Her Royal Higeess the Duchess of Kent took her accus-
tomed walking exercise, accompanied by Lady Fanny a tolerable inquiry, most holders remained firm, and we are
woeful appearance are placed strongly in contrast with her were filled with respectably attired tradesmen, shopkeepers
and agriculturists. belonging to the town and neighbourhood Howard. therefore, hardly justified in reducing our quotations.-
Yesterday, after dinner, her Majesty. and Prince Albert, Oatmeal continued in slow request at the rates of this day
animated and gladsome demeanour. The anxiety and asto-
of Belfast.
nishment of the attendants, and the adjacent scenery, are When the interesting nature and magnitude of the subjects with their distinguished visitors, danced a few quadrilles and ,
se nnight.
galopades.
executed in a manner which it is impossible to overestimate. presented for discussion on this occasion are taken into con-
But every engraving is worthy of the same remark ; and seance critical and remarkable period of its occur-
wr eanseLord and Lady Leveson drove to Cumberland Lodge and ARRIVALS OP CORN,
Virginia Water this afternoon. . From the 19th to the 25th Januory,§lB4l, inclusive.
rivastnrdattehde r9tnk, wealth,u, talent, and worth by which it
though apparently no expense has been spared to render this Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, Colonel the Hon. Henry Mol IRE- COAST- BO- -
evernrooottnced to be. the most.irn-
neux, and Lieutenant Hall, will have the honour of joininYi DESCnirri". LANG. wisE. CANADA
REIGN. TOTAL.
work complete in all its parts, it may be purchased at less portant meeting- IwhTcaliathasetaken place in the province
the royal dinner party this evening.
than half the price of many of the annuals, and will bear of Ulster. Following so closely as it has done on the mise-
WIND.SOR, FBIDAY.-Her Majesty and his Royal High- Wheat Qrs. 4936 2124 1209 8269
rable repeal exhibition of Tuesday last, it affords a contrast
comparison with any of them. Whilst there is everything toness
.Prince Alb_ert walked out for a considerable time this Maltl3i" Qrs. 1087 101 1188
with its abortive predecessor, no less striking than gratifying.Qrs. 13 77 go
gratify the most 'refined critic, there is much that will in- Doubtless, the empire at large will compare one scene with morning on the Slopes and on the Terrace of the Castle.Qrs. 9281 1635
oatste go
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
struct the beholder-an important characteristic, which mul- the other-it will " look on that picture and on THIS." OnQrs. Is IS
Lady Fanny Howard, took her departure from the Castle in Beans 3 Qrs. 20 100 427 547
titudes of ephemeral pUblications, eagerly sought after, cannot the one side, it will view with disgust a small section of those
the middle of the day for town. Pease . Qrs. 396 1990 2350
, unthinking and miserable dregs of humanity, inseparable
lay claim to. from society in a populous community; collected to eive their Baron Stockmar left the Castle this`mornine• Shelled Barley . Qrs.
y • " The Countess a Errpl and Lady Ida Hay drove ve out in the Indian Corn •• • Qrs..
Rev, Thomas ScOit's Commentary on the Bible. 4to. impotent support-.to presumptuous ignorance, insane so-Rapeseed Qrs. Park in a pony phaeton this morning. •
Fisher and Co. , phistry, and reckless falsehood ; whilst, on the other, it will Oatmeal .. . . Loads , 7951 9 7960
The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will in-
contemplate with respect and admiration, a large proportion Flout' Sacks 1 1147 $ 400 1555
This is another production of the same publishers ; but as elude the Earl of Uxbridge, the Ladies Eleanora awl Con- Ditto .
of all that is great and
.good-exalted. in station and enlightened&ls. ! 1
stance Paget, Lord Paget, and' Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs.
the work is sufficiently well known and highly appreciated, in mind, in the northern division of the country ; assemblinglnto Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise, Wheat, 230 qrs. ; Beans,
Anson.
we do not feel called upon to notice anythin; further than in maintenance of those loyal and constitutional principles, 350 qrs.; Oats, -qrs. ; Oatmeal, 237 loads; Flour, 90 sacks.
the typography and general appearance of it, which are both which are. the only guarantee of the security and integrity of
COURT OF REVIEW. EXPORTS.-Foreign. Flour, 605 brls.-Ireland. Wheat, 541 qrs.
remarkablethe empire. The consequences which will flow from this
well worthy of the character which the publishers have-Coastwise, Wheat, 6g qrs. ; Barley, 44 qrs.; Beans, 17 qrs.
contrast are too obvious, perhaps to need indi- ' OatniCal, 6 Ids. ; Flour, 158 sacks 326 barrels.
proved themselves to possess for neatness and finished exe- cation. The events of the week have shown'that the mon- Ex PARTE JOHN BUDD, IN RE BUDD, A BANKRUPT ;
Cution. The text i 5 accompanied with all the explanatory ster of repeal is stifled, even in its infancy, in Ulster. The HENRY EWBANK, RESPONDENT.-JUDGMENT. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Jan. 15, 1341.
cry of
rits infatuated advocates is silenced for ever-" incceptus WESTMINSTER, JAN. 20.-Sir J. Cross said that in this Wheat.. 61s. 7d. I Barley 325.10 d. I Oats.. 21s. Bd. ' Rye.. 355.. ad
notes and practical observations of the learned and judicious hy ma
no
incendiaryfriz raer
demagogue into
the
spark
midstof brandofa throwneaeell
abovece t hrseolo7labne thean
etaffidavitpetitioner
ero taadbt beentod thela amountda It! - Beans.. 40s. 3d. I Pease .. 3gs. 1 1 A.
commentator, and there are copious marginal notes, in-Aggregateal average of the six weeks.
dexes, &c. Every part will be embellished with a highly- community is extinguished. The grand demonstrationp made rupt for not paying or securingp payment-of the. same withina- Wheat.. 60s. 6c. 1B r ey.. 325. 63. 1 Oats.. 21s. 6d. I Rye , . 335. 6d.
in Protestant Ulster will long he cherished as an evidence 21 days, as the act (section Bof 1 and 2 Victoria, C. 110) re- Beans.. 40s. 7d. I Pease.. 40s. 3d.
finished engraving on steel, forming a series of views of the
of the triumph of conservative principles, and the discomfi- quires. The petitioner has alleged that the debt had been Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week.
principal places mentioned in scripture, from drawings taken tore of those who are their opponents. greatly overcharged ; that it was secured to the satisfaction Wheat 263.8 d. 1 Barley 13s. 10d. I Oats .. .. 15s. 3d. 1 Rye.. lgs. ga.
on the spot. It was hoped that the gentlemen sent from this office to of the creditor • that the creditor consented to the postpone- Beans, gs. 6d. I Pease.. gs. 63. Ind. Coritl3s.lod. 1 Flourl6s.Oid.
- report the proceedings wouid have been enabled to furnish ment ; and lastly, that the fiat was sued out for other than Liverpool Averages, week ending 19th January, 1841.
Qr 5..... I Wlh7e4a3t. 1 Barley. 0at5.559 it Be_ans. 1 Pease.
CONTEMPORARY PRESS. an ample list of the names of the noblemen and gentlemen legitimate purposes. The first and second objections were in-
_
--t-_. who assembled on the occasion ; but in consequence of the volved in such a mass of contradictory evidence, and the Prices.. 535. 4d. I Os. ad. I 20s. 10d. Os, Od, Os. od.
neglect of those entrus4ed with the management of the meet- others were so simple, that it would be best to confine atten-
MCIVRIVIVATS 11F WU'. IRISH VI MTVTRILt 1\11( , ~ .. . ~:,......4._. 4L.,. 1..,..---..1.. 'Ph:.........., I ....4- ..1.,h. L.- .L......,,;44.,...,".