The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-10-11 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 11, 1836.

We have been favoured with the following extract of a
letter from Buenos Ayres, which arrived here yesterday.
It relates the perpetration of a most barbarous act, from
which the mind revolts :

" The state of the country is perfectly quiet, but a most horri-
ble scene took place in one of our public squares a few days
ago. Seventy-two unfortunate Indian soldiers having been tried
and condemned for mutiny, were brought outand shot. In case
that life should not be extinct, their throats were also cut. They
were carried away by sixes and sevens from the place of execu-
tion, and thrown into a ditch dug on purpose for their reception.
The streets were absolutely streaming with blood, and presented
a most frightful spectacle ; one Indian, not having been' quite
killed, rose up from the heap of wretches, and vented impreca-
tions on his slaughterers. Some soldiers immediately despatched
him with the butt-end of their muskets."

We have a mass of foreign news since our laSt publi-
cation, furnished by the French and Spanish-papers, cor-
respondence, &c., the entire of which it is impossible
for us to publish. We give as much as poisible, together
with the latest London news. Our last statements 'rela-

five to the alleged defect of Gomez are entirely confirm-
ed. This boasted victory has dwindled down to nothing.
The reviews at Campeigne haVe gone off with safety to
the person of the French king, if not with eclat, who was
preserved from rude intrusion by the interposition of
a circular cordon of two thousand men. He entered the
sixty-fourth year of his age on the 6th instant, Thursday,
and is in good health. The diplomatic note of the new
French government is of importance, as it shows the de-

.ermination of the French government to act with vigour

in suppressing revolutionary societies, wherever its in'
fluence can be made to bear. The French papers do not
contain any intelligence of domestic interest, but they
put us in possession of this document, which is of great
moment, with reference to foreign policy, as the ultima-
tum of the present cabinet, delivered by the Duke de
Montebello, on the 27th ult., to the Swiss federatiVe as-
sembly, suspending all diplomatic relations until
" France shall have obtained that satisfaction which
imprudence on the part of the Cantons had given
to her the right of demanding." This note, for
which we have not room to day, establishes the all-
important fact that Louis Phillipe, with his present mi-
nisters, as well as•the Austrian governmeut, are not in-
clined to suffer a band of republicans to nestle on the
very centre of Europe, from which they may send forth
their agents and doctrines whenever opportunity pre-
sents itself. This proceeding, together with the defini;
tive disbandment or distribution of the foreign corps at
Peri, by an order of the day of Colonel Joise, may be
taken as a fair indication of the intended policy Of the
French doctrinaire ministry, with respect to revolution-
ary Spain, and gives at the same time a broad hint to
our own protocolic, temporising achninistration and their
protege king, Mendizabal, the eminent stockjobber 1 •

Sir Robert Peel has, with, great emphasis and
observed, that the battle of the constitution must hence-
forth be fought in the registration courts." The 'cor-
rectness of this declaration, on the part of the.right hon.
baronet, is now fullrestablished ; and with all those -who
have at heart the welfare and 'the Preservation of the.
British constitutional monarchy, and the blessings which
it comprehends, within the range of its rationatdominion
and protective influence, that-declaration will not only
be duly appreciated, but acted upon, with the' vigour and
unremitting perseverance which. the- emergency and im-
portant interests concerned render necessary. The re 7
form bill having Become the law. of, the , land, we, are
bound as Englishmen, and loyal 'subjects,* to. yieltl!strb-
mission to that bill, and to the measures .and *visions
it embraces, for the purpose of securing a defined, and,
we will presume, an equitable exercise of the' elective
franchise under those provisions; 'but whilst we feel
bound to yield to the equitable principle of the reform
bill, as a means of security against improper voting, it is
quite another thing to submit' to the infraction of that
principle, which certain clefectaand imperfections in the
letter of this new charter of elections throw open to the
selfish and ambitious, as well as to those
,who are, avow-
edly, the enemies of the tripartite rule. of a mixed, and
balanced form of government, whic..lllierPetually acts as
a check to the impure rising. of individuaLluteresis, or
the undue pressure of associated bodies, operating against
the executive power in the state at one time, and, against
the legislative authority at another.'

We can hardly conceive that Lord Grey, who, notwith-
standing his emphatically declared respect for his order,
and his desire to preserve it, shrunk bacic, apparently,
from the momentum of his own creation with horror, and
left the vessel of the state to flounder, and to be tossed
'an the billows of that agitation which he had himself
mainly created, could still have contemplated the distinc •
tion of a balance of power under the working of the ma-
chinery of the reform bill ; hut, on the contrary, giving
him full credit for sincerity, in his various declarations,
whilst disputing the prudence-of his policy, the general
tone of all his speeches goes to establish the desire he
entertained'of securing the equipoise of power in the
state, but regulated by a theory of new principles, in
themselves difficult to comprehend, and still more diffi-
cult to regulate practically. It is of this theory of new
principles ih the objects and working of our representa-
tive system that the whig and radical parties have availed

themselves, each for their own peculiar object, whilst the
Irish papal party have dovetailed in, under the hope of
its proving to them the stepping-stone to that ultimate
system of absolutism which is alone compatible with the
supremacy of the church of Rome. In these hopes the
three distinct parties met considerable encouragement,
from the early apathy, and want of concert, on the part
of the old tory or conservative party in the country—
from that party having become divided in confidence and
cooperation by the passing of the catholic relief bill, and
from the want of a leader, to whom both sections of that
new united powerful body could look up to with full con-
fiding security. The driving of Sir Robert Peel from
office has, nevertheless, indirectly been productive of a
national benefit, although not viewed so by many other-
wise intelligent politicians; but, when we know that it
has been the means of reuniting this powerful party, ex
necessitate rei, for the salvation of the state itself, we

are fully justified in asserting, that the forced retirement
of Sir Robert has proved a national blessing; and were
it only to be proved by the concord of conservative asso-
ciation, that in itself is a sufficient evidence of the benefit
which will ultimately arise for the constitutional cause,

although not, in the remotest degree, contemplated by
the whig and radical factions in their Lichfield home
treaty. The compact entered into on this occasion has
enabled the lowest section of the whigs, in talent and
estimation, to set up a purely conventional form of go-
vernment, to which the other factions have adhered hi-
therto for objects merely selfish ; for nationality of prin-
ciple was entirely with them out of the question, and one
faction is already on the point of breaking with its juste
milieu associates, holding the reigns of government, be-
cause its destructive designs are not carried forward vi
et armis. We will here borrow the words of our shrewd
contemporary of the Times, who, in Thursday's number,
illustrating to the Romish priests of Ireland the strength
of Mr. Macdonnell's arguments, places the whigs, and
their confederates„ in a pitiable dilemma.

" But." says the Times, " the whigs are well repaid for their
disgraceful profligacy. It was their ill humourdimurinurings,
and threats, against the Peers, which encouraged the democrats
and revolutionists to clamour for, and insist iupon, the virtual
abolition of that assembly.
" Of these assailants there are three sections :

" 1 The Irish papists, who have experienced from the House
of Lords the most determined resistance to the restoration of
the popish supremacy.
" 2 The political dissenters of Great Britain, who feel that
the Protestant Church, which they abhor, has its surest pro-
tector in the upper House of Parliament.
"3 The republican and democratic movement, as a whole,
which detests the Peerage, both as in itself, an aristocratic in-
stitution, and as a firm defence of all the various principles,
and attributes of the British monarchy."

If our 'readers will refer to our latter articles on this
very subject, they will find the same opinions expressed,
and only varied in form ; for there cannot be two
opinions, amongst reflecting minds, unshackled, by one
or other of these anti-English and anti-constitutional
confederacies, on the' point; but the concise form in
which Our contemporary has placed the question, affords,
inour judgment, a sufficient apology for our again press-
ing it upon the attention of every man, who has an in-
terest in the preservation of constituted law, and who, as
a being of ordinary prudence, would deprecate perpetual
change, and perpetual innovation.
We have shown forth the triple power arrayed against
the British Constitutional Monarchy, and as such against
the virtual independence of every man living under that
monarchy,—aye, even of those very infatuated beings
labouring for its destruction ! What, then, is the duty
of Englishmen ? Will they remain passive spectators of
the nefarious triumph of their associated enemy, and
thus perform a_ suicidal act against their own liberty ?
Will they deprive themselves, or allow others, by their
arts and stratagems, to deprive them of their fair elec-
toral privilege, under this very Bill ? Will they allow,
their own mighty English interests to be superseded by
the agency of one man, in the Irish legislation, and by
means of his bribery rent,.without a fair exertion and
competition ?- These are questions we wish our Coun-
trymen, who have not yet bestirred themselves to serious.
ly ponder and act upon. If they had any doubts before
of the necessity for active individual exertion let the
developement which has been made at Birmingham rouse
them to exertion. The disclosures made at that great i
meeting, abundantly prove that no man is justified in
depending on his neighbour's exertion,—that each and
every one should be his own agent, in a struggle where
the grave interests of all are involved.
At the period of general excitement, and when the
delusion of the public mind assisted in pressing forward
an object of presumed national benefit, it did not appear
to have been contemplated , by reflecting minds, that
this measure of reformation would be made the means in
the bands of designing men of unhinging the entire
frame-work of our political system; but, on the contrary,
it was received by thousands as Ma settlement of a great
question, upon the representations and declarations of its
leading advocates,—whilst by far the most dangerous
parties in the state, it was, avowedly, received as. a means
to an' end—rendered the stalking horse of a faction,
whose aim has been, that of acquiring and maintaining
power, at the sacrifice of every sound principle,—with
another faction, viewed as the causeway to an ulterior
object of a still more desperate character! Thus many
of the best intentioned men in this kingdom rushed to
the_goal of reform, without for a moment contemplating
that they were propelling the machinery of our oligarchy,
or collecting the materials that must eventually revo-
lutionise the State and render Reform itself a bye-word
and a mockery for the reflection of future ages. For
what else can we understand from the insensate succeed-
ing cries of Reformed Law—Reformed' Church—and
Reformed Peerage ?, Do not these cries emanate from
those who are enemies to Law—to Church—and to
Restrictive Government ? Are we 'to confide the re-
formation of our well-known laws to seditious partizans
—our Protestant. securities to infidels, and dissenting
enemies, or our Peerage to anarchists and republicans,
merely because a few weak-minded individuals in high
station and in our extended society, have been foolish
enough to lend themselves to these delusions? Away
with'the assumption, that the graver mind of England is
to be tampered with any longer,--the delusive mask as-
sumed by our combined enemies has been torn, from the
per; of their design, and we can see and reflect on the
black and dreary character of its objects, its features,
of social dietneraberment,—and no man who truly loves
his country will any longer identify himself therewith;
nor' can any man who reflects, that this is a Christian
country, whose, laws have for ages been regulated, nay,
built on Christian principles, desert his duty to his God,
or his duty to his own, conscience, aid the wild current of
destruction after the ample warning which has been
afforded him.

The voice of protestant England resounds in our ears;
every
post brings us intelligence, of some glorious ac-
cession to that cordon of conservatism now forming
around the altar and.the throne—Suffolk and Caithness,
Glasgow and Cornwall; nor will our borough of Liver-
pool alloy, her honour—the honour of Lancasbire—to be
sullied in the comparison. Let us compare Suffolk with
Waterford—Birmingham with Wicklow—our own- con-.
templated gathering with the "justice association.' We
disclaim invidious distinctions; they are not of our
creation; but the hereditary freemen of Liverpool are
preparing to record by their public verdict their sense of
that injustice which is contemplated by those who have
given the word of promise to the ear, but broke it to
the hope," and bartered their own independence while
assuming to wield the destinies of a chivalrous nation
that the world itself could not humble into submission.
What a paradox compared with hirri, who,

" Had he but liv'd, through storm of power,
A watchman on the lonely tower,
His thrilling trump bail roused the land
When fraud or danger were at hand;
By him, as by a beacon's light,
Our pilots had kept course aright:
Like some proud column, though alone,
His strength had propp'd the tottering throne !"

But we need not now take up the remainder of the
beautiful stanza, for the ." trumpet's silver sound is no
longer still," nor " the warder silent on the hill :" he
has dropt his mantle on a congenial spirit, and ere many
days its notes may be expected to strike through an-
other thousand English hearts of oak, re-echoing the
sentiments which Sir George Sinclair so recently pro-
claimed at Caithness. .And here let us impress upon oar
readers the speech of this gentleman, which in force 40

elocution and power of reasoning has not been surpassed,
if equalled, by any which has been delivered on the po-
licy and condition of the whig ministry since the close of
the session. It gives at once a triumphant refutation of
the fallacious folly of Wicklow and the splenetic falsehoods
of Waterford—a justification of his own parliamentary
conduct—a vindication of the Peel administration, and a
complete exposition of the unprincipled quality of the
ministerial policy towards the Irish protestant church.
Whilst Caithness displays its constitutional fervour
by welcoming Sir George Sinclair to his ancestral home,
with a long and splendid train and a public dinner,
Suffolk pours forth her hundrerls—neither rain nor winds
prevent six hundred gentlemen and opulent farmers
from attending their conservative feast. Here we find
Lord Heniker surrounded by nearly all the rank and re-
spectability of the county, whilst the speech of every
gentleman who addressed the assembled company in de-
fence of the House of Lords is responded to with cordial
enthusiasm. Nor must we forget Stroud, the refuge
of Lord John Russell, but which disclaims the proprietor-
ship, and declines the honour of having his little lord-
ship as her protege an hour longer than she can, with
decency, eject him in his present truly unprovided con-
dition. We thus sum up, for the amusement of our con-
stitutional friends, these active demonstrations on behalf
of the cause with which we deem it an honour to be
identified.

We again repeat that the nefarious opposition to Sir
Robert Peel has placed that gifted statesman in the
most independent position it is possible for an English
commoner to enjoy—he has the power of preservation
within his own hands, without the responsibility of office
—he is enabled to wield with terrible effect the choicest
principle of the British constitution—he thoroughly
understands the remaining strength of that power which
even the reform bill, despite the arts of the designing,
has not entirely destroyed, butparalysed for the moment ;
and, whilst we render to the Lords and to their talented
leader the homage which is due to patriotism and sound
judgment, we must not forget, the conservative peers
having dome their puty, that the interests of this country,
under the constitution and the reform bill itself, must be
sustained, in the first place, by individual exertion
amongst the people, as electors, by their taking care
that the elected are men of probity and discrimination.
suited to the crisis of events. Yielding, therefore,
" merit to whom merit is due," we nevertheless main-
tain that the preservation of the glory and independence
of this Christian country, politically considered, depends
upon the continuance of a determined, well understood,
and virtuous opposition to the House of Commons.

We feel that we should be deficient in the duty and
loyalty which we owe and most sincerely entertain to-
wards fte person and virtues of our illustrious protestant
Queen did we not on this occasion, in an especial man-
ner, record our grateful sense of that beneficent kindness
which has prompted her Majesty to identify her royal
name, her interest, and the best wishes of her heart with
the success of our protestant schools. We are not the
mere panegyrists of rank and station, even the most ele-
vated in this land, for the mere sake of panegyric.
Entertai -ring a becoming share of veneration towards
the Que of England in her elevated station, we yet
view pre-eminently the more exalted situation she fills
without ostentation as the " nursing mother " of our
church in " this our day and generation," and tender to
her Majesty accordingly the unaffected homage of respect,
certain, as we are, that it will he most gratifying to her
Majesty, when she learns that her munificent condescen,
sion ant, example has been mainly instrumental in
realizing the object so long sought for with regard to
the fund necessary for the completion of the school of
St. John the Baptist, at Toxteth-park. It is not merely
the intrinsic value of the present of her own work, made
,by a Queen of England, to this object, although that
present :alone produced one hundred pounds ; but it is
the happy association of her name and her influence with
that object to which we attach real and merited import-
ance; and unworthy indeed would the LIVERPOOL STAN-
DARD be of its high patronage—its identity of interest
with the sacred cause of our " Church and King," did it
pass a merely silent vote of commendation upon such an
occasion. These are the progressive triumphs of chris-
tianity which, on a former occasion, were declared by us
to be the peculiar gems of Britain's classic isle—the liv-
ing monuments of that gospel dominion upon earth which
is but the prelude to an eternity of rest and heavenly
possession. In furthering the cause of protestantism in
the slate, we disclaim all and every feeling of personal
ambition or mercenary advantage; we look for our re-
ward to a source far beyond the reach of temporal favour,
however gratifying we may feel the approbation tendered
to -us for our humble labours in the support of religious
truth and christian government. Ours is the tribute of
rational devotion; and in the name of the clergy, the
whole protestant community of Liverpool, and of the
thousands of its infant population, who will lisp her name
in accents of grateful remembrance whilst they rise up-
wards to maturity, we tender, with all respectful consi-
deration, to our christian Queen our heartfelt thanks.

It is impossible for us, notwitlimanding the crowded state of

our columns, to pass over without R special notice, the assem-
blage of rank, wealth, and respectability, which we may fairly
pronounce to be the triumph of the constitutional cause in the
opulent county of Hereford. Our friendly correspondent as-
sures us, that this dinner meeting was one of the proudest dis-
plays of devoted loyalty—steady patriotism—and christian
decorum, which can possibly be imagined, and certainly a festi-
val which, in unanimity of purpose, has not been surpassed at
any similar demonstration in the kingdom. In the unavoidable
absence of Lord Eastnor, who had met with an accident, the
chair was taken by the high-spirited and inflexible advocate of
protestantism, Sir Edwin Scudamore Stanhope, Bart., and he
was surrounded hy a galaxy composed of the rank, wealth, and
respectability of the county, including the venerable Earl
Somers, the Lord-lieutenant, Viscount Hereford, Sir J. Cot.
terel, Bart., Sir flungerford Hoskins, Bart.,. the Hon. and Rev.
Somers Cocks, several ynembers of parliament, gentlemen of
property, naval and military officers, clergymen, and a most
harmonious band of English hearts, amounting to upwards of
seven hundred ! Who will now dare to attempt a contradiction
of our assertion, that "the shrilling blast of the constitutional
trumpet sounded at our Newton dinners would reverbera►e
through the length and breadth of the land ?" We may be

justly proud, that the constitutional standard was first displayed
with anything like effect in this county ; and from that hour
has conservatism made rapid strides—its march has been or-
derly and cheering in the progress, unaccompanied with clamour,
whilst it has produced that feeling of concord in design, and
that unanimiiy in purpose, which has been unknown since the
burst of the revolutionary war, as regards our home policy ;
and we trvy say, without a parallel, since the days of William
the third.

At the recent dinner at Hereford, the first to commemorate

the uprisiuz. of the cause in that county, the most enthusiastic
feeling of tle‘'otional attachment to the cause of church and
state, perva::,:d the entire company ; and the speeches of the
chairman and Earl Somers were listened to with the most pro-
found attenti'in ; those parts which exposed the nefarious policy
and dangerous proceedings of the present government, whilst
its profey.sions of attachment to the protestant church and cause
denied
.tire value and sincerity of its acts, produced a deep itn-
pression ; and an immediate friend, who was present at the
dinner, and who is rather a whig than a tory in principle, de-
scribes' the .entl►nsiasm at the vindication of the conservative
majnrity,of tl►e House of Peers to have been deep and effective ;
for this dinner was remarkable for the determined and old
English-like dignity of its entire proceedings. It is with re-
gret, that we are compelled to curtail any portion of what
passed. \ are assured, that upwards of two hundred more
tickets would have been sold—the first issue was five hundred,
and the second, one hundred and fifty ; but no accommodation
could be fourd for more! Here is a stimulus if we wanted one.
Four or f. v'e additional constitutional dinners are announced
in various parts for this and the ensuing week. The men of
West Kent purpose giving their highly-spirited, patriotic mem-
ber, Sir William Geary, a public dinner at Maidstone. Pre-
parations for the nccommodation of one thousand persons, are
making at this town. There is something ominous in our number:
and we are of opinion that those naughty creatures, the " Lan-
cashire Witches," have been performing their enchantments
far beyond the verge of their uative•county—we, however, freely
forgive them, for the exercise of their rambling sorcery in this
respect, En lung as they retain a fair share for home purposes ;
for we believe that a special license, or protestant dispensation,
was granted them, at Newton, for such constitutional objects.

Much bitterness has, we understand, been erpressed by some
of our " liberal " friends against our last Tuesday's article,
in vindication of Lord Lyndhurst, arising out of the acrimoni-
ous speeches and unfounded imputations upon his lordship's

motives and public principles, which were sent fortis at the
great Waterford dinner. We cheerfully 'plead guilty to the
charge of having written warmly in defence of his lordship,
because we are perfectly convinced of the falsehood and Was-
lice of the statements which were made on that oceasion,—
but, if any one or more of the humble remarks we put forth, '
for the purpose of rebutting the gross malignity-of those state-
ments,
have told keenly on the sensibilities of this nobleman's
traducers,—we say to to them—" qui vult carpere capiat It
is at once preposterous to imagine, that Lord Lyndhurst, is
either the moral or political enemy of Ireland, merely beery,. , •
his enemies chose to torture a word figuratively applied by him ••
to those beings, whom we have shown, by their actions, are the
political and moral aliens of Ireland. The phrase "
employed by Lord Lyndhurst, was hypethetically-used_by him in
the fervour of debate, and deemed, possibly, a fair set•off for .
the opprobious epithets with which the modest responsible man :• •
of Derrynane had honoured the nation of Englishmen at earl-
ous times, and those who stood forward to defend her interests
—and of various parties, in opposition to his liberal pretee-
tions,—there was nothing either "brutal" or " bloody" in
the term applied by the noble leader of the " tories ;" but it is
in his association, and in his power, that the string rests; and
it is keenly felt by the consciousness, that it was jest in its
application, connected with the infernal machinery of that
system of alienation, which these despots in principle have ale.;
ready established, and are labouring to perpetnate in lrelaud•
Personally, Lord Lyndhurst needs no defence from oar feeble
pen ; but we are bound to disabuse the minds even of liberals,
and those politically opposed to us, and to do justice to all
parties ; and whilst the Morning Chronicle fuMes in its frothy
declamations against the Quarterly Review, or its Conductor,
for his defence of the Peers generally, and of Lord Lyedhurst
in particular, we may as well justify our own position even by
anticipation of the woeful assault, rather than tacitly suffer ear
opponents to. sail forth under their flimsy canvass of misrepre-
sentation, unmolested. Under this feeling, we would advise'
every man who wishes to form R fair estimate •of the preten-
sions of that eminent individual to read in Fraser's .414-
gothic for the present month, at page 457, the real grounds
on which Lord _Lyndhurst is the ,subject of that ire, and
the malicious jealous denunciator of Ireland's greatest alien.
We have his own words in his last letter addressed to
Mr. Sharman Crawford, " the accursed Lyndhurst smartie"— • ;
nere is the sore point—it is the power, not the person, of Lord
Lyndhurst, that is the object of this tnan's insatiate revenge
But what says Miss Moggy Fraser ? "He is the recogoieed .
leader of the most honourable party in what, considered, es
public grounds, as a whole, and, without reference to the
factious fraction which be opposes, is the noblest body. in thee
world ; and he owes this lofty station to his own overwhelming r,
talen•s. In our assembly,whicb comprises men who have filled •
the greatest offices, governed vast provinces—led victeribes
armies—conducted important missions—presided over mirth,
of justice—represented vast constituenries,—who have, lie
short, fulfilled with distinction the highest functions of pnblie
life, in every department ;—in an assembly where we fied
princes and marshals, viceroys and ambassadors, chancellors
and judges—orators. and statesmen, knights. amsd nobles—the ,
presence of any one of whom, with a few disgracefnl.exceptions,
would be considered to beath ornament in any company in the
world;—in this easel:id:o; Illestrious as it is by high birth,.
ancient desceUt,. polished breeding, and not more so then by
great talent, knowledge, and elognence—its most illnstrieue
portion has, without a dissenting voice, chosen Lord Lyndhurst
as its organ, and its chief. It is indeed a distinction of which
any man might justly be proud ; and that just pride must be
enhanced by the consciousness, that he executes the duty en-, • •
trusted to him, so as to:excite the admiration of his noble: •:
allies, and; what is a tribute no less decisive, the bitter fury of
his ignoble antagonists." Ah ! Moggy, there you have mod; *
good hit,—verily the Lady pugnacia Barkley has not token the
mettle out of you Moggy.—even the fighting Knight of Derry.- •
mine himself must exclaim—" this is a fioorer my- darlin "
Well, to be serious, we will leave the great 0 to torn hie owls
estimate of •Moggy's quaint allusion to Catiline, who she ;Le-
svos with Sallust, was ".nobili loco natus "—we have already •
drawn our contrast ; but if the night cap of our favourite
Moggy will fit the stupendous head of the great Champion for
all Ireland, we shall not envy his wearing it, with all the
honours it entails,—and, perhaps, we will applied the motto
" Honesta quam Splenditla !" Again, recommending to oar
readers the perusal of the whole memoir, we say with Fraser,—
" Little could Copley have contemplated, when he was paint-
ing his celebrated picture of the Death of Chathatn, that his
own son was destined to equal time fame of Chatham in such an
asses bly as that in which he was employing his pencil,"—aed
we will add, by his own labour, industry, honour, and bard
earned reward ! Are his traducers satisfied

There cannot, we think, be a divided opinion on the -pro7 •
plety of acceding to the proposal of •‘ R. G. J." iu letter
to us, published on Friday last, wherein he recommends that
the meeting of the " Operative Conservative Society" should
immediately succeed that proposed to be holden on the 18th
instant, at the Amphitheatre. The saving of expelito is an oh- ,
ject worthy of serious consideration ; and we beg leave to
clbmit the proposal made by ‘,l R. G. J." to the serious Mien.:
lion of the Committee of the Tradesmen's Society, and to,
point to its members the strong resolutions recently passed at
Birmingliatn, inserted in another part of our impression. The:::
benefit of Operative Conservative Associations is so manifest ace
to merit every encouragement and support;

vi• 'nil, brnoatar

THE EXPLOSION AT THE POSTOFFCE. •

We give the following particulars relating to the examination
of Gomez, the individual who had put the letters into the Post-
office, the explosion of the fulminating-powder in which caused
such serious injury to Barnard, the letter-stamper.
Mr. Peacock, on his arrival in London, obtained the assist-
ance of Ruthven, of Bow-street Police-office. Inquiries were
then immediately made at the Swan with 'rwo Necks, audit was
soon ascertained, that Pelayo, on his arrival in town, had appli-
ed to an individual in the coach-yard to recommend him to some
private lodgings. Ile was directed to the house, No. 3, Ben-.
bow's-place. Golden-lane, St. Luke's, where, it appeared, be
eventually took up his residence. Ruthven, in consequence,
proceeded, to this house on Saturday morning, accompanied by
an officer attached to the Postoffice, and demanded to see Gomez.
They were informed that he was from home, but was expected
to return shortly, and they expressed their intention to wait
until he should make his appearance. After having remained
some time, Gomez knocked at the door, and immediately on his
entering the house they seized him by both hands, so as effectually -
to prevent all attempts at resistance, a course which appears to
have been most fortunate, for, on proceeding to search the
prisoner, they found a loaded pistol in each of his trousers'
pockets, as well as a dirk concealed elsewhere about his person,
They proceeded next to examine his pockets minutely, and dis-
covered a letter in his possession, the impression on the seal of •
which was found, on being compared, to correspond exactly.
with that on the two letters which were sent from Liverpool,
directed to Havannah, but which had not been forwarded. The
prisoner was directly put into a hackney coach, and conveyed to
Bow-street, where he underwent an examination before Mr
Minshull. After the examination of the prisoner, Ruthven
returned to his lodgings in Benbow-place, and brought away
a very heavy box, which it appeared had belonged to him—
He obtained a key also, which, on his reaching the office, he
found fitted the lock, to external appearance. On its being in-,
troduced, however, it was discovered to have no effect on the
bolt of the lock, which it did• not turn. Two-smiths were in
consequence sent for, and after considerable exertion they suc-
ceeded in forcing open the lid; they then found that it had
been firmly held down by strong iron bare. On an examina-
tion of the contents of the box, a dagger with a cross handle
was found, of a very curious construction. The blade was
clasped, and it was not until some ingenuity bad been em-
ployed that it could be opened. There was also a smaller box
found, which the officers deemed it hazardous to open, as•they •
thought it probably might contain fulminating silver or gold,
the composition which, it was supposed, had exploded on the
stamping of the letters. The box was then reclosed and sealed,
in order that its contents may be safely preserved, and that no •
mischief could possibly result. In addition to the articles men-
tioned above, there were found in the prisoner's trunk copies
of the letters which exploded; also, a blunderbuss loaded with -
eighteen balls. The prisoner evinced great obstinacy, and •
refused to give any account of the crime with which he was
charged. When shown the lock which had been torn off the
trunk, he appeared much annoyed, saying that he.gave sixteeu
dollars for it. He was remanded forifurther examination till
Monday.
On Monday he was re-examined, an interpreter being pro-
cured. A good deal of evidence was given, which tended to
prove that Gomez was the criminal. In this box was found a
letter, not loaded, to the Governor of Havanuah, demanding
1500 dollars. He could give no intelligible reason for demand-
ing that sum; but told a foolish story about his life having been
attempted by the father of a lady in the Havanuah, with whotst •
he had been in love. The handwriting of this epistle corre-
sponded with that in the loaded letters. Several other letters
addressed to persons in,Matanzas and Trinidad were found in
his box. He was again remanded till Thursday next.

CHARITA ISLE DONATION.—We are requested to apprise "A
Friend to the Caledonian Free School," who sent £5 by by post,
under cover, addressed to the Rev. Dr. Ralph, the chaplain,
that the money has been received, and will be applied to the
important purposes of the charity.
It will be seen, by an advertisement in another column, that
the Tradesmen's Conservative Association have made arrange-
ments for accommodating 200 gentlemen at their anniversaiy
dinner who may not he members of their society. Our esteemed
representative, Lord Sandon, Mr. W. E. Gladstone, Beg,
and several other distinguished persons have accepted invitations
to the banquet, and it is also expected that the Hon. Cherie°
Canning will be present. By covering the stage with tables,
accommodation can be provided for more than 700 guests. At
there are now few:disposable tickets, an immediate application ie
necessary.
GIRAFFE.—We understand that the spirited proprietor of the
Zoological Gardens has completed his purchase of noble
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specimen of that rare animal—the giraffe. It lIRS'• been bougl
t
under the condition that it is perfectly healthy. A man ..11”
been sent to ascertain whether it is well ; and he is expected, to
return in a few days with this novel attraction, The anitdl"."`
one of the largest of its kind.
LACE'S LIVERPOOL LOCALITIES.—Mr. Lacey has ; in,'t pub-
fished a series of pretty engravings on steel of the principal
buildings and situations in Liverpool. The views are drawn
with great spirit and fidelity, and will serve to give oar.
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aria friends one idea of " Liverpool Lions," while to those.
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" who are to the manner born," they cannot but prove egret'
able additions to their collections.
Mr. O'Connell tells the people of Kilkenny that if thtehyatdi, dffeivf
from him he is ready to resign his seat ; ham
they condemn him be must be in the. wrong." w
is this Why Mr. O'Connell is condemned 7.houatr IL:dm% giof.
constituencies, as well informed, and as fit to ju gi himself
duct as the people of Kilkenny, and still 11!3tntls0
right.