The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-15 00:00:00

APPROACHING CORONATION.

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On Wednesday:a:public meeting of the Inhabitants, ealle.d by
the -]1,1a,y0.-iii]cossiplianeewitti a reqoisition; was' held at the
Sessions.at 2 o'clock; for the. purpose of adopting. pie-
limioary treasures for keeping the day of the approaching co-i-
-mitation, in a manner becoming the town of Liverpool; The
large tonal of the Sessions House, was greatly crowded, and at
the hour appointed; the -Maor, hilloWed by several Of the Town
Council and wirer getitleMen of the town entered, and were
greeted with 14nd:cheering:
, The • To,w Ciank, at the request of the Mayor, having read
.. •
the requisition to hisu to call the, meeting::
The.gA'Otithen rose and said,—Gentlemen, in consequence
of that requisition, r feel it my duty, understanding that it was
the wish of6e towit at:large, that we should have a meeting on
this occasion; and I rejoice that it is so feel called on to
c.on veto, the:..preseut Meeting. It is often the ease,- that our ob-
ject i. ta]:liffly; and.it is necessary that vre:shoold do so. Con-..
stituted]as soniety is, it is necessary that there. should be politi.;
cal' parties; and it is necessary that those parties -should fight
for what_theyt-think iS ter the benefit of their country.. (Hear.)
But,,there istsotnetimes, found neutral: ground, on where we all
may unite -(cheere);•:.and, it is therefore with particular satisfat-
tiotri•tinat Oresidenver this meeting; wheie hut one feeling ex-•
ists—tuninake arrangtmentS to do hohotir to her Majesty; to he
not merely loyale-ram an old man,:gentlemen---but to have a
galiantermixed.with it. (Cheers.) :Thereare so inany
speakers to address you, that-- I- will not long detain you. It-
wid he my.duty to.hespeak an impartial hearingg-for every one.
I, believe, hoWever,. that like Parkgate, we are all on one side,
(a lain 11. -t-:•.A4-r„Sa:nuel • Huhne will propose the first reSola-
into. IGreatapplause.) ' • - . '•
finmAit,;. rose to propose the first reSolutiori, and
was received irith-ao -enthusiastic bUrst of applanse'which was
eontinuedfor•someminutes]. When it had subsided, he,-tiaht,
Mr, Mayor, I have attended here this day,- Sir,. for the purpose
of proposing a resolution for the iseeeptaoce of this meeting, and
when
.1 conceive, Sir, I should be• guilty of a libel upon the loy
alty, intelligence, and•good-feeling of my fellow-townsthen if it
were necessary for me to use many argnmentS to induce them
to adopt (Cheers.) • 'Often, Sir, as I:have been called upon
to address-public assemblies, I believe that it has never hap.
pened before, that I have addreisod, men of various political
principles, alid of various• shades of thought];.] and I feel that I
ani acting irt perfect accordance and consistency with those
principleS,Uhave advocated, in j3ining,a-number tif gentlemen,
uiih principles Twidely irr!]doing honour to the
illustriouS Princess;-that Divine Providence hastalled to sway
.the sceptre of this:•finighty empire. (Cheers ) 1 thinkon an
-occasion _like the present, it is. much More magnanimous to
merge every _party feeling, and to divest ourselves of every po-.
t+regal bias, an l join .heart and ho,ol iii celebratingthe]Occasion
Which has.bru,aglit us together. I •-thitik it inanly•and 'straight-
f,. a ward to 0-operate manfully and heartily with the public au-
rionties.in thetown, whenever I. deem them -in the right, as
nntch-as4-havefelt-it• to be my duty; temperately and respect-
fa it-y.l hope, :hat firmly, whenever 1 have thought it my duty to
opposethein.,-:(Cheers.) Bat, Mr. Mayor, here, as you have
just ObservetLineatriil ground; here is groUed, on which all
parties maylneet Without the least coMprotnisemf'principle,' and
without t he-least:sacrifice of feeling. It is our dtst v to di so, and I
think here wentav•meet like the rival warriors of-the Peninsular
cainpaign;-,whenoluring the cessation of ho'stilhies, they met
in peace and:atnity to fill their canteens at the same sparkling
fountain:- (Great cheering.) Sir, Ido not look upon the coro-
nation of mir..-gracious queen as a useless pageant;or an un-
meaning 'ce.reuntiny—•as a mere. placing it the diadem oe. her
fair and y bye* amidst the acclaMations of ilinesamis,'
for thegratific/tdotiof a vaitr and idle cariosity; but 1' take a'
loftier view oL.the. snhject,. I view it as the ratification of a
sacred. compact, entered itutei between the sovereign of a free
and mighty oatiou and.themeonle over. whom she is called to
reinii—the one party entering-into a solemn,engagenient before
:hat splendid national temple which is ha-Hon-ea by the
recollection ef,-byegone ages,. and in the presence too (dame as-
sembled nobles: and.- lawfully-constitoted • apthorities',..of the
re:ilm, that .preserve, pure and -inviolate. that 'noble
constitution which she has received from her ancestors, and
those glorious its,StittitionS which have ever proVed, and will, I
• hope, long provetto. be, the-best bulwarks of the preservation of
the civilaud 'teligious .privileges •and liberties of the people;
—(cheer:,)-eand the other party engaging, -by their represen tun.:
tives, to; reodereto• theAnvereign the obediente and thealle,
g,iatice to which cher. illastrions station and. lofty rank so justly',
entitle • hee;• and].-which-4 'wish 'to -speak with' lieconljon
trAst.iihefoulti hut• she possesses, not for he•purpose
011.3sersooal..'4ggrif.adiscisient botWeralie general welfare •of she
inilliutonf her:Subjects. Loud cheering.) I am,..therefore:lle
sirous of • seeing itheday,orryibieh thene important .e-vents
()emir, observest:ini-a..manner snitsal to the intelligenee the-
Iffalty, the weal/ and-the spirit of this. great commu-
nity, .) tro-n_that all rarrks.will jtitiniu its celebration, and I am
anxious that tho;.:zirtizan .attik.the mechanic, as well as the
humblest of my - fellow townsmen, may: have an opportunity of
testifying their loyalty, andpititieinatupg in the joyous feelings
which soy!' an i.uteresting occasion is calculated to prOduee.
(Cheers,) la.aecordance, therefore, with those anonerchieal
principles which, I ]have always avowed, I beg. to propose the
resolution which-I now hold, and I shalt indeed be much diSap-
poitited if, in This large assembly 'of my fellow-townsmen, it
meets with ouie 'dissentient] voice. (Mr. 'Hotline then sat dewn
amid a renewal of that general .and enthusiastic cheering with
-which be was reCeiYed;\ y••
Mr. W.ansiSner next rose ,and was received. with general
plaudits. , Rp said,. Mr. 11.1ayor and gentlemien, -1 may, lam
sure, on this'Occasion, content myself with simply seconding
the motion whiefiliakbeen proposed by Mr. Holme; and I doubt
not it will receive the,tmanhnous approval-of all the gentlemen
present. (Great, applause.)
The - MAYOR then rose and- said—Gentlemen, this is-as it:
should he—(laughter)—l don't mean that the short speech of
ray friend Mr. Wahinsley is an it should be, for I should have
been pleased to have heard him at greater length. ] (Renewed
laughter.) But,: gentlemen, when 1 see the chairman-of the
Tradesinen's- Conservative Association moving, and the chair-
man of the Tradesmen's Reform Association seconding, this
resolution, I see that which induces me to say this is as it
should lie. (Great applause.) The mayor,- then put the reso-
!titian -( which With•the others 'will be seen in our advertising'
col Mons), in favour of which all hands •in the crowded court
were held up:
Mr. ill.ACKßtittN then rose to propose the next -resolution,
but was veryininerfeetly heard; as near as' we could collect, he
spoke lo the folloxving. effect:--le said, the..honor of moving
the second resolution had somewhat unexpectedly devolved
upon hille.; bust he very cordially concurred in those noble, ge-
nerous,. 'pat riotic sentiments •• whic h. had fallen from -Mr.
11ohne. (Hear, bear,) In • the 'way he had taken up the
question he (Air. Blackburn) was-disposed to concur. He•Con-
fussed, by neglecting any cinch occasions of festivity and joy,
bethought they, would be acting in a manner•ineonsistent with
their prOfessedattachment to these institutions under which they
had the happiness to live; and he trusted, by joining together
in the celebration. of .snch an :event, they could do it wi'hout the .
compromise of7icnv,principle. (Hear, hear.) It might not te
initaterest mg -to consider fora Moment what they understood"
by that Priliciple of loyalty. In the celebration of the accession
anotlier membc.r-of the jine'of the house of Brunswick to the
throne of these realms. they did not exhibit any thing like
feudal vassalage, nor. a'. devotion to the individual seated
on the throne,
~nor,,,a,mere senseless, unmeaning- attachment
to`the faintly
.to which, in the order of Providence,.the line' of
sac-cession was hunted, but en enlightened attachment to the
institutionsolllor limited monarchy, in which the exercise of
the kingly prerogative was necessary to check and- euard the
other legislatiy.ehrartOes, There attachment, therefore, was
to the colistitutiini,under which they lived; and the monarchy,
he was
.firnul,y pArtspaeled,, was essentially necessary to lire
serve ihnir ritsllte "mut privileges inviu'ulate. • (-hle'sr, hear.)'
It was ihe.,attiionrusent„of a, free people to the. institutions
which hail 441:4 tested for ages. (Great applamie.)
Th-e.Pcot4ll4ttateiiidhe:3l-overninent under whicht hey had the
„lnianintess tax livey.as,steeriogimir happyinedimm; it) a hittier-
degree of •pertect perhapk. than the-world has in an, ni kr.
instance wiint4sed3;llletaseen"the-grititling' tyranny' or a" Sifigle.
di? SinutiSminn,itiedb‘eirliaad, aadthe feebleness suirtufisufficiency
and ItistahilitYliitlonePuldic ''on the other—(applatise)thus
uniting; a irtitipVitiminer. vigour the-executive with se-
cor,:ty and - people. -These Were the perfections
•X. oft r. gover•nnrteiht;"tmd by lonuoexpetience, and by the eon,-
teinions.of Our lnrefitthets—contentiotis in which they had en-
eaged to secure] flielihertierr they now enjoyed, they had a con-.]
si ion ion which nkiVetiii equal power to all parties, and secord,
the. eitjhvineut of happiness to the .'They were there-
fore test Illy Mg their, joy mid liberality. on the gloroms]occasiert,
before,t item ; they..were spewing' their attachment tothe coin-
sti:tutien.orthecotititfy all its parts.] (A cry cif" queStinir,
was here raised,: furllirived, by some confusion.) Ile trusted he.
wa,•speuking to {fie question, and not *andermg from it.
The MAYOR said, it was one of-the duties of the chair to
:Me the speaker, if he did wander ' frOtn'the question. Tie %vas
not. aware that Mr. Blackburn hail.

Mr.l3L-aexsunN • continued.' ile• trusted that he was not
wandering front the question. (No.) lie trni.:ted, that in-stat-
itigthe reasons on which their loyalty Was founded, and shew-.
ing that it was foituded'on a rational principle. he WaS not' wan-'
dering from r the vestion ; they 'Were 'Met that day to-AisctiSS,-
and in showing that it • was an occasion for joy and recreation.
Ile trusted, in the joyous celebration which we mark this day, •
that this Wouldbelbe feeling whick,would prevail ;• that it would
be an'enlightetted attachment 'to the contitntion under which
we live, In all its pasts, and that -it would be .the expressiOn or
an -en,',ighteped attachment to the. Queen.-;,, (Applause.) Ile
concluded with proposing the second resolution.
Mr .7SaNDs seconded the motion; lie .obsOved, he need
hardly say that he loud great pleasure in acceding to the request
to second that iniation,... There they -bad no party feeling; they,
had met to give evidence of their attachment and loyalty to the..
Lynne, and he was sure that, like the other resolution, would
meot a ready adoption wills thatatteeting. •
The resohitionwas:carried unanimously.

itiir. R. DA wsoN ruse to move-the third resolution, to the
'4!.,Tect that a k!ab,,criptjoo.be sot on foot to defray the necessary
e,nenies attendil,on.. the celebration of the day of coronation.
119LMES seconded the motion, awl it was agreed
lu uoanirttoilslY, • - • -

The yo,a•tden rase and said,as-example
,was worth a thou.
sand preceptc,Jio,beggerl to put his name :clown for a subscrip-
tiow. of tlventy.gilitiPp.. pplause.)
wri joi.;6,ll,4,etwt.,proposed that Adam Hodgson, Esq. be
regueste.i to bee(iroe Adir treasurer, w.hic!t . • .
litietiv'bocandcd; expressing.a hope that provi-
s'ion w0,,1,1 be wade that airclasses should be able to participate
Sal ilie dAt's ftNitivities. _ _ •

vrascavried
Mr. A. (UDE so x I e it.rose to propose,a vote of thanks to their
chief nt•+iisirate tor i is conduct in.the chair, and he paid a ti l-
imit, of commendation to the mayor fo► his conduct, noteoniv
vp that tr.:tt op every Other public npcssiop op which he had had

FRIDAY 3101,WING, .IU,VE 15, 1533.

Co- The Publication of the STAN DA I{ II commenced this morn
ing at 5 o'elock.

THE IRISH MUNICIPAL BlLL.—O'Connell. has once
mote asserted his ascendancy over the imbecile ministry,
by.insisting upOn their compliance with the terms which
he chOise to dictate to them in reference to the amount of
,qualification under the Irish iNlunicipal Bill. The over-
•tUres made by Sir Robert Peel, with a view to the, so-
called„settlement of the Irish questions, and which were,
at 'first met by Lord John RUssell in a spirit of apparent
• candMir and conciliation, have issued, as might have been.
• confidently anticipated, in the disgraceful humiliation of
-the ministerial party, who have been compelled to accede
to a "compromise" far different in its character to that
Which was proffeted-on the part of the Conservatives.;
Thetonduct-of ministers on this question will afford an
instrucOe lesson to the opposition. It will teach them
'the utter futility•or attempting, by any pacificatory mea-
sures, to satisfy the dominant faction in Ireland. It will
teach Them to avoid reposing any confidetiCe whatever
in the good. faith of the, present priest-ridden cabinet,
who; aslong astheirotlicill existence depends uport the
,snpport of "the tail," are impotent for good and Omni-
poten for evil, in reference to every subject connected'
with the ,government of Ireland. It will likewise teach
them that their real strength consists in offering an un-
comproniising opposition to every scheme which obtains
the:sanction of O'Connell and his associates..

. .
.knovvn that nothing less will satisfy the Po-
pish faCtion than the entire destruction of the Protestant
establishnient in Ireland., and the total subvetsion of Bd.-
tisb inflitence over the internal policy of thatill fatedcOun'-
ty. These are the grand objects for which O'Connell has
continued his agitationthese form the basis of every mea-
sure Which the ministers have introduced in obedience to
the will of the great dictator. The Irish Tithe Bill is a
measure of this description. Its avowed object is to crip-
ple the resources of the Church, as a preliminary step •to
the alienation of its revenues, and their subsequent ap-
propriation to the maintenance of the Popish clergy.
We may be called alarmists for indulging in such lan-
guage; but are we not amplyjustified in thus expressing
ourselves ? Has not O'Connell, on numberless occasions,
openly avowed his pillaging designsagainst the Church ?i
Has he not repeatedly told his countrymen that he will
notrelax in his efforts until he has removed the "nui-
sance" of the established Church from his country ? Has.
'he not also told his countrymen that the priests have an
indubitable right to the tithes now-devoted to the main-.
tenance of the Protestant faith ? Has he nut confidently'
predicted that his exertions will ultimately prove success=
ful in the attainment of that end ? IS it not, therefore,
,plain that any plan which he may approve "of, as a lerp-
porary settlement ofthe tithe question, mustbe considered
as a means for facilitating the final accomplishment of
his schemes of plunder? Are the Conservatives then
not
justified in resisting, vi et armis, all such plans?
It is perfectly idle to'talk of conciliating or entering
into any "compromise" with the detestable faction of
which O'Connell is.the mouth-piece.and representative.
Resistance is the only safe 'policy to Which the Conserva-
tives can resort. If this policy bad been acted upon con-
sistentlY during the last ten years we should not have
•liad the mortification to witness the aggravatecl assaults,
to which the Established Church of Ireland has been rem'
cently sobjected—we should not have to record the.
gra-Celal fact,ttirat up Wards-of for tyurembetsofthe Britiih-t 6
House of. Commons had been repeatedly.guiltyof the
abominable.eritne of •perjurvvve should not have to re-
flect nponethe baneful ascendanCy of democratic principles
in the senate and in our municipal councils---we should
not have to lament the. numberlesS encroachments which
have been made upon the venerated institutions of our
cotint6--enciOachments which threaten to sap the very
foundationsOf our national prosperity, •and- to involve
in irremediable ruin the glorious fabrie of our constitution.
We see no utility in mincing the truth, and we, there'
fore, maintain; and shall continue to assert, that all the
evils and embarrassments under which the country has
been labouring for the' last severe vears, as far as they
can be traced to any distinct political origin, are attlibu•
table to the rash concessions made to the POpish faction;
and we do not hesitate to assert, further, that, if this
country had been at all aware of the ulterior designs of
the Papists and their allies; the Emancipation Bill would.
never have been passed. The Protestants of England
were grbsslyimposed-upon in the matter. They were
misled by the solemn asseverations of O'Connell and.
Lie Irish priests and bishOps of the Romish persuasion—
asseverations which wouldnot nowbe considered as mirth
a "StraW, 'eyen thOugh ratified hi,' the additional solemnity.
of an oath.

The Popish party are now endtavouring to delude the.
British.public in a similar manner. O'Connell and the
PriestS,are seeking to persuade the, Protestants of En;
gdand that they merely ask for municipal institutions
assimilated in their character to those of England and
Scotland. This, hoWever, is an empty pretence--a base
trick=:-a false 'profession. The real object which the
Papists seek to accomplish to render the power con-.
ferred upon the Irish corporations subservient to their
own. political designs--designs which have, over and
otr again, been proved to be incompatible with the ex
istence of Protestantism, and the'exercise'of British in•
fluence, in Ireland. ' -

. The mere question of qualifrcation,:isrlsonneetistro.yß
the Irish municipal bill, is orl, gF "a-.secondary.character,
in comparison with the grand principle of resistance to
Popish ascendancy. Even should SießobertPeel suc-
ceed in obtaining what is termed a bona fide ten-pound
qualification, the bill will prove far from innocuous in its
operation. Unless some enactment can be introduced
into the bill which will put an effectual stop to the bloody
and accursed system of intimidation,' practised through-
out Ireland towards the PrOtestant electors, it will be in
vain to insist upon any increase in the amount of the
f.t.anchise. The Popish party will be sure to avail them-
selves of the ready instrument of terrorism, to deter the
Protestants from voting, and thus render the bill an
auxiliary to POpish ascendancy. Those who are aware
of the personal risk which the Protestants would gene-
rally incur by asserting their municipal rights, will
readily believe us, when we say that very few indeed
.wbuld have the physical courage to exercise the fran-
chise.. The field would, in the majority of instances, be
left clear to the turbulent demagogues who might obtain
favour with the murderous mob of Papists.

There are also other evils in the bill which a ten
pound franchise would by no means contribute to re-
move. To these we may, perhaps,, hereafter refer, as
the several clauses are discussed in committee.

Much stress has been laid by Mr. O'Connell and
others on. the alleged inconsistency of imposing a higher
qualification upon the Irish municipal constituencies
. than upon those of England and Scotland.. The cunning
jesuy, who-is pleased to take Lord John Russell and his
•associates under his protection, avows his willingness to
accept a ten- prinnt franchise on certain conditions; but
~then it must be such-a, franchise as will leave the door
open to-perjury 'and fictitious' voting. "If this is re-
fused,". he exclaims,- "then give me the English or
Scotch franchise,", Now :the. English :franchise would
please. us Much better than the mach-von-red " bona fide
ten pound" qualification. Here all who have been rated
for three year; and residents in the borough for the same
period, and who are not in arrears for their taxes, have
the, privilege of voting. Let it be so in Ireland, and
lei the Poor Law Bill be taken as the test for rating.
We believe that holders paying a rental of £5 will not
be rated at all. under the Irish Poor Law Bill ; at all
events we believe that this is not enacted in reference to
large towns. Give us, then, a bill allowing all who are
rated to have the municipal franchise; but, then, let the
'other Conditions which we have enumerated, as apper-
taining to the English municipal bill, be imposed upon
the rate-payers. Let them be compelled to prove that
they have been rated for three years; let them pay up,
their arrears of taxes, and let them prove their residence
in the borough for the requisite period. Such a bill i
would be like'the English act. But such a bill would
never satisfy O'Connell, and for this, among .other.rea-
sons, that it ',mild he impossible for it to come into
operation unfil after three years from the passing of the
Irish Poor Lan Bill.

TnEAritE Emirs r. W. Farren has been playing during
the week in some of his principal characters. It will be seen by
the advertisement that this veteran comedian takes his hene-
lt to night, when we hope the appearance of the house will he
on a par with the estimation in which he is held by the public
as the first comedian of the age. Mademoiselle Celeste suc-
ceeds him next week. The managers appear determined that
we shall have a constellation of stars.
PENN'S &Infs.—The bathing season- having commenced,
we take an opportunity of drawing the attention of the many
stiangersnow in town, to the excellencies of Penn's Baths—
, They are at once an ornament and a credit to Liverpool. Every
convenience cOnducive to comfort may be found in them; either
for the invalid who seeks a restoration of health, or the valetudi-:
.fiarian who luxuriates in an occasional dip. The absence of all
danger must render them to the timid, a great attraction.
-A large timber ship, the Majestic, bound from St. John, N.B.
to• Liverpool, and.which is said to have been abandoned so long
as eighteen months ago, had drifted cff the Berlinques, and. was
met with there and subsequently towed in by the Trinculo, brig of
war, on the 23th. The Portuguese war steamer Terceiro was
sent out to try to tow her in, but did not succeed, and damaged
-herself in the attempt. • The Majestic was eritirely'disinasted
and water-logged, and it required great exertions in bring her in.
She is a very large vessel, 130 feet long, and 600 or 7(X) tons
burthen. 'She had been stripped of all the iron, and of every
thing which could he carried away. It is reported that another
.large vessel has been seen in the same neigbourhood in a simi-
lar situation.— Letterlivin Liston. -
PRESI?.NTATION OP. PLATE TO MR.' EGERTON SMITH.—A '
very handsome and valuable service of plate was, nn Wednes-
day evening, presented to Mr. Egerton Smith, as a testimony
lif,.regait) to himself, audits a token ofthe general feeling'enter-
lained towards hint for his benevolent exertions in founding the
permanent Night Asylum for toe Irouseleis Poor. It is well
-:known that Mr. Smith was
.the first originator of the above-
named institution, -and that the example set by Liverpool,
through his instigation, has been followed by-ninny other towns
in the empire, the metropolis included. About fifty gentlemen,
subscribers to the testimonial, sat down to dinner on the:eCrasjon
at the house of Mr. Horne, Meisev-hotel, Old Churchlard.
The dinner was sumpluouS,•and the %,ines excellent. The.
:service of plate is really very beautiful and it.does extreme
honour to all parties concerned..
ZOOLOGICAL' GA R Dmvs:-"—Vesuiiius belched forth from its
!bowels a second eruption of smoke, sulphureous flame, and
molten lava on Tuesday evening, and, we must dothe tnquittain
the- justice to.sav, that, like other actors of less note, it has
greatly unproved by practice. Its preparatory and accompany.
tog groans and flashes of lightning showed. this improvement in
an astonishing degree.' The Bay of Naples too, owing, we pre,
sume, to an increased supply of water and fresh caulking, pre-
sented fewer shoals, and was therefore wore effective. The at-
tendance could not have been less than three or four thousand
persons, all of whom appeared to be highly gratified with the
exhibition, which would have been more numerous but for the
doubtful state of the weather. There will be another. eruption
this evening.

ENOItItIO7S PLATE OF IRON.—We were on Tuesday shown
in Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co's.. yard, two plates of iron,
two
7 ;n and
generators S cw t;
o They 'h
Aelyr. are
ulo- iwiraterdn,dse pi for
which are said to be the large,t ever made. They measure 10
theth thick,
bottom and
plates
feet 7 inches long, 5 feet 1 inch wide, and 7-16ths of an inch
weigh
of ee
tea between
.and were made by the Coatbrook dale Iron Company, Shro
shire, who, we were informed are the only company in Britain,
(we may say in the world,) that can make plates' of this • size,
or even approaching it.
LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.—The Assizes for South Lancashire
will be opened iu this town on Thursday the 9th of August, be
fore Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Williams. Mr. Ba rot;
Alderson will preside in the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice
Williams•in the Nisi Prius Court. This is the first time Mr.
Justice Williams has come the Northern Circuit since his plc.-
ulotion to the Bench. The commission for the Northern Circuit
be opened at Lancaster on Saturday the 4th of August.
't ASPRALTe FOOTWALK IN CHURCW.STRILET.—Some months
ago an application was made by Claridge's Asphalte Company
to the highway Boatd, to permit a portion of the footwalk in
Church-street, opposite. to St. Peter's Church, to lie laid with
asPhalte; the new material used (and it is said with great suc-
cess) in the composition of roads. The intention of the appli-
Cants was to convinc.e the Board, and the inhabitants of Liver-
pool generally, of the value of the material, but for some reason
or other the experiment was delayed. On Tuesday, however,
the workmen commenced their operations, which were regarded
with great curiosity by a number of individuals. Several yards
of the foutwalk were completed in the course of the afternoon,
since then a large portion has been completed,- Judging from
this specimen however, we hardly think it will be a substitute
furl flags in a country where flags'are cheap. In the first instance,
there is a layer of brick work which we should imagine more
expensive of itself than flagging, and this is covered with a
layer of about an inch thick of the composition, which appears
tube a mixture of boiled pitch and pounded granite. The result
wilk,however, prove its utility.
;Thin!' Y Cot.cts, DeeLIN.---On Tuesday the frillowing
ge'rttleinen were efected to vacant" Fellowships :—Jae. Mater,
liobr'rit• Dixon, S. Stack. • Premiums were awarded to NV. Lee,
f';';-ifilDoWelf,, J. Milealt,'Williain'"Atwell, James" Booth. The
follaiing were declared c, Wars :—C. Bickmore, R. F. Neely,
Richard LonglieltPityc.•PoWer, W. J. Thornhill, Jas. Smith,.
Wrici'q4taClpoole, R.'l'. Wheeler, F. lieoinev; F, King, A.
Daly';.G. Lee, Win.•:Magee,-- A:, Purcell, J. Ringwood, .1.
Bassett, A. Read, J. Gaggin, G. Stone, C. S. '
Ra I pli,••Thirina s Traty; . •

ATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION.—We understand that.
British and American. Steam. Navigation Company, owners of
the splendid steam-stin British Queen, have contracted with
our townsmen, Messril. Fawcett and Co., for a pail of engines
78 inches diatneter of cylinder, and 7 feet stroke for their second
steam-ship, to be callea the President. a vessel of 1,800 tons
. .
measureMent, building expressly for the Liverpool and New
York;•trade, and that the manufacturers have undertaken to put
these engines into operation before any others, for the New
--Icirk- bile. There is, therefore, no doubt that the above spirited
cOrtipany will be the first to establish with a line of suitable
Packets a regular steam communication with America, and
their 'arrangements are so far advanced for building additional
vessels, that there is every reason to suppose, in the course of
next, year'they will be able to fulfil the intentions expressed in
theirprospectus. (published nearly three years ago) of sailing
their Packets from Liverpool and London, to New York
'alternately, on the Ist and 16th of each month.
‘-` ROYAL WI.LLIAM" STE.4M•SHlP.—Lieutenant Swainson,
R.N., to whom the City of Dublin Company have confided their
Steam-ship, the.; Royal William, for her intended voyage to
New York, comeslayourablv recommended to,the notice of the
• public, by his command of several ships out of Liverpool, of
• which town lie is a native. Capt. Swainson was for many years,,
'diiring, the late war, employed on the American. Coast, and
hence became-familiar-with the port of, his present destination.
He was subsequently employed of Long -Island and Saudy
I-look, (New'York) in his Majesty's Ship, Dragon, Captain
(now Admiral) Sir Robert Barrie, C.B.- :Since.thetermination
of the war,.Capt. Swainson has been- engaged in the command.
of several Vessels from Liverpool to the Bast Indies. In the
course of his services he made five voyages to India, and one
to New York, in command of the Albien,, belonging-to Messrs.
Cropper, Benson, & Co. He. also commanded the Othello out
to India, and subsequently made two voyages to Madras and
Calcutta, in the St. George, of 604 torts, belonging to Messrs.
Acraman of this town; after which, he was again .called into
his late Majesty's service, being' appointed to co:imamd the
lAitaaviairlaess,tacballicsubititiae,nt in Lower Canada, and thence to New York.
In 1835 he was apismiinneteadpitunetahnedecihninutan,ananddorfettuhernißngnminorles..36to,
he has since been engaged in making himself familiar with the
peculiarities of steam-navigation, to qualify himself for his pre-
sent command.—Capt. Swainson is in possession of a handsome
tribute of respect, from the passengers by the St. George to the
East Indies, and we do not know an officer better qualified for
his new appointment, either in urbanity of manners, or as an
experienced seamen. We wish him every success, in his con.-
mand of the first steamer out of his native port, for the United
States. -