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.- TO, CORRESPONDENTS.
C A or,the SIANDRD of Tuesday last, addressed " Rev.
144:.nr; Dingle,XentrY," has been returned to the office
Toer, a.,oetter direction.
• xtracts, on " Sabbath Observance" are unavoidably
wgekired.
cudeavOur to find room on Tuesday for, the article
I.re".,ettiug the Church of Scotland.
9e4e.tter of " J. C." on the Anti-Church Extension Meet-
4, N in our next.
Idover Of Truth" may rest satisfied that the reverend
4, •eknleman alluded to needs no vindication.
Ambulator" is postponed till Tuesday.

Ebt tibtrpoot Otanbarb.

FRIDAY.MORNING, MARCH 20, 1840.

\re have received a copy of the St. John's (N. B.)
Yee% Chronicle of the 24th of January. Its contents
have been already anticipated.

BY the packet-ship England, Capt. Waite, which
arrived here on Tuesday evening, we have received
few York papers to the 23d ultimo, inclusive. The
Quebec, London packet-ship, sailed three hours before
the England, but was passed by her the next day. The
• commercial and financial affairs of the United States
thererema was remained in the same state of depression as before, and
very little prospect of any immediate im-
Provement. There was a complete stagnation of almost
every kind of business. The Daily Express states that
v.erity of the largest manufactories in New England
hod been compelled to suspend operations; and it was
;,estimated that at least one-fourth of the whole popula-
law; i r.
• the states was destitute of employment. Every
.r:11!1kr wore the most gloomy appearance. The prices
.14 every, description of produce had become ruinously
The e agricultural classes were beginning to feel
the pressure of those embarrassments from which the
Illereantile and manufacturing classes had been so long
"114;ering. The whole of the Union was still involved,
ialnlich as ever, in a state of monetary derangement.
the papers before us are full of accounts of fresh failures
13,4 the part of the banks. The affairs of the Manhattan
uank continued to occupy public attention. The di-
rectors, however, confidently anticipate that the ulti-
mate loss which the bank will sustain will not exceed
.50,000 dollars, as most of the loans are well secured.
Property of every description continued to decline in
value at New York. Sheriff's sales were becoming
wore and more frequent, and mortgages were being
foreclosed in' every direction. Land and houses, as
well as
every
minishing other kind of real estate, were rapidly di-
. ensuing in value. It is estimated that rents for the
Year would be at a discount of from 20 to 30
per cent. on previous rates.
The stagnation of business had caused a fall in the
.;ate of . interest, in most parts of the Union. In Bos-
„ton, money was abundant at 6 per cent. on the best
business paper, but found little demand. In New York
" similar depression in the rate of interest had taken
place. The discount on first-rate mercantile paper, in
that market, was 61 per cent, per annum, and from
this to 11 per month, according to its character. Very
little was doing at these rates. In stocks there was a
little more activity. United States Bank, at the last
, sales, closed at 75 dollars; Manhattan Bank Stock was
almost unsaleable. Exchange on England was quoted
at 8 to 81, at which a moderate business was doing.
The last advices received at New York from London
were to the 3d, and from Liverpool to the 4th of
January.
The President of the United States had sent down
to the House of Representatives a very important mes-
asking the Senate to consider the peculiar si-
tuation of the Treasury in the legislation of the coun-
try.. According to the intimations of some of the
members, an issue of Treasury notes is likely to be
t4'cil*quence. The President urges upon the con-
sideration of .the Senate the necessity of an early pro-
via'ioril.by law for the protection of the Treasury against
the finttuationcand contingencies to which its receipts
•ark exposed:'`'
---`41,,4a
ieatioll.aiisuineB that, although
the means of the Treaaniifor, the whole year may be
e4alip the eipendititidof 'the year, ,the department
• InttY,l notwithstanding, "'be''4n`deted unable to meet
j
i'll c 1 4i n s ntiOn it at the times-when they may fall due.
This apprehension arises from the circumstance that
largest proportion of the charges upon the Treasury,

including. the payment of pensions and the redemption
of Treasury notes, fall due in the early part of the
year, while the resources on which it might otherwise
rely to discharge them cannot be made available till the
latter half of the year. Another', cause of apprehension
is, the fact that a portion of the means of the Treasury
consists of debts due from banks, for some of which
delay has already been asked, and which may not be
punctually paid.
Measures have been taken for the prosecution of the
Florida war which must be repugnant to the feelings
of every one possessed of the least spark of humanity.
We allude to the introduction of bloodhounds from
Cuba to hunt down and exterminate the Indians. It
is but right to add that remonstrances have been pre-
sented in Congress, from various parts of the country
against this cruel and barbarous expedient.
The intelligence from Canada reaches to the 10th
of February, on which day his Excellency the Goyernor-
General proceeded in state to the chamber of the hon-
ourable the Legislative Council for the purpose of pro-
roguing the session. After acknowledging the atten-

tion which the members of the Council and the House
of Assembly had paid to the important business which
had been brought before them, his Excellency pro-
ceeded to enumerate the various measures which had
been Under their consideration. He congratulated
them on their acquiescence in the propose reunion of
the two provinces, and looked forward to the comple-

tion of the measure as the means by which the peace,
happiness, and good government of the Canadas will
he permanently secured. He then alluded to the bill
for the disposal of the clergy reserves, by which they
had set at rest a question which had for years past
convulsed society in the province: In framing that
measure he said that they had consulted alike the best
interests of religion, and the future peace and welfare
of the people: and he expressed a hope that their
efforts would prove successful, notwithstanding any
attempt which may be made to renew the excitement
or to raise opposition to their deliberate judgment.
With reference to the bill for the payment of losses by
the rebellion or invasion, he remarks that he has with-
held his assent, as the House of Assembly had ad-
dressed her Majesty praying that the losses might be
defrayed by the imperial treasury : he thinks that it
would he more for the interest of the parties con-
cerned that the bill should be reserved, in order that
the address may be considered by her Majesty's Go-
vernment, before the provincial funds are finally char-
ged with this payment.

The Governor-General next intimates, in his address
to the House of Assembly, that the decision which
they had come to respecting the future settlement of
the civil list, under the proposed union, rendered it
impossible for him to submit to them any renewed

proposal for the surrender of the revenues of the
crown in exchange for a provision for the expenses of
the civil Government of the province.
The Governor-General then expresses an earnest
hope that the members of both houses, on their return
to their different districts, would endeavour to promote
the spirit of harmony and conciliation, which had so
much distinguished their proceedings since the com-
mencement of the session. He concludes in the fol-
lowing terms :—" I rejoice to find that already tran-
quillity and hopeful confidence in the future prevail
throughout the province. Let it be your task to
cherish and promote these feelings; it will be mine
cordially to co-operate with you ; and by administer-
ing the Government in obedience to. the commands of
the Queen, with justice and impartiality to all, to
promote her anxious wish, that her Canadian subjects,
loyal to their Sovereign, and attached to British in-
stitutions, may, through the blessings of DIVINk:
NoVIDENCE, become a happy, a united, and a pros-

perous people."
The American papers deny the correctness of Mr.
Fox's letter respecting the military preparations on the
Maine boundary. They assert that there are new bar-
racks, lately erected, at the lower end of the Tamis-
conata Lake, and that there are about 200 troops
stationed there. A Maine paper states that Sir John

Harvey is effectually opposing the trespassers by de-
stroying the timber they cut, and recommends the
American authorities to do the same.

Advices from Monte Video, to the 20th of Decem-
ber, had been received at New York. The political
state of things remained the same. No battle had
taken place between General Rivera and General
Echague near Monte Video. .It 'was expected that
the President would attack :the enemy, and,, that a.
battle would take place before Many days elapsed.

Of all the trumpery and contemptible motions that

iave ever been brought before a " reformed" House of

Commons, the motion of Mr. Wallace, on Tuesday

evening, was the most conspicuous that has fallen un-
der.our notice. It was frivolous and nonsensical be-

nents.

yond all precedent. Its absurdity is scarcely capable
of being rivalled, either by Joseph Hume or William
Ewart ; and we are sure that it never can be eclipsed.

The object of this motion was, to propose an inquisi-
tion into the convivial and other proceedings of the
Glasgow University " Peel Club," with a view to the
dissolution of that very obnoxious society—we mean
obnoxious to the discomfited liberals. This was deemed
a subject fit to occupy the attention of the House of
Commons during the greater part of a day's sitting,
and to the exclusion of business of the most vital im-

portance. It appears to be a settled point that the
" tyrant majority" should have some hobby to ride—
some childish toy to amuse themselves with—to occupy
their time, and to prove their incompetency to attend
to those affairs which concern the welfare of the na-

tion. Up to last week the " privilege question" was
the favourite plaything of the liberal majority. That
toy having been thrown aside, Mr. Wallace, anxious to
provide suitable and congenial employment for his
friends on the ministerial side of the House, introduced
his silly motion for an inquisition into the proceedings
of a conservative association, chiefly composed of
youths from fifteen to twenty years of age, whose only
offence is, that they have achieved the emancipation of
Glasgow University from whig•radical thraldom. It is
true that the affairs of our Eastern Empire are in a
most critical state, and demand the serious attention of
the legislature. It is true that the dispute with China,
and the contingency of war with that country, are ques.
tions of vast importaxce. It is true that our 'West In--
dian Colonies are fast sinking into ruin, and loudly call
for the interposition of Parliament on their behalf. It
is true that there are a thousand questions of domestic
policy which are waiting for inquiry and adjudication.
But it is equally true that there exists a political club
in the University of Glasgow, the organization of which
has secured the election of• conservative Lord Rectors
during the last five or six years. In the eyes of the
" liberals" the last appears to be the most important
question. The affairs of the East—the question of war
or peace with China—the prosperity of our Colonial
possessions—our foreign relations—our financial ar-
rangements—and the whole of our domestic policy—
must give way to Messrs. Wallace and Dennistoun's at-
tack upon the formidable phalanx of juvenile conserva-
tives at the University of Glasgow. This is, certainly a
most edifying specimen of the manner in which the
business of Parliament and the affairs of the nation
are conducted by the liberal representatives of the
people!

The circumstances which led to Mr. Wallace's mo-
tion may be thus briefly recapitulated. For many
years preceding 1820 the Rectors of the University of
Glasgow had been promiscuously selected from both
the great political parties; and although the election
was, strictly speaking, annual, yet by courtesy the
Rector was usually permitted to hold office for a
second year. This was the custom up to 1820, when
at the termination of Mr. Finlay's first year, a suc-
cessful attempt was made to carry the election of Mr.
Jeffrey. With this election commenced the political
rivalry which has predominated within the last twenty
years. In 1822 Sir Walter Scott and Sir James
Mackintosh were the competitors, when the latter was
elected. His return, however, was only secured by
the casting vote of Mr. Jeffrey, the retiring Rector.
In 1824, Sir Walter Scott was opposed by -Mr.
Brougham, whose return, by a singular coincidence,
was secured by the casting vote of the outgoing Rec-
tor, Sir James Mackintosh. In 1826, Mr. Camp-
bell, the distinguished poet, was elected Lord Rector,
and a successful attempt was made to prolong his
tenure of the office for a third year, which was the
first instance of such a continuation of the office in
the person of the same individual. Sir James Graham
very properly remarked that the first political club in
the University was formed on the occasion of Mr.

Campbell's thj,rd election. It was called the " Camp-
bell Club," aild existed up to the present time. In
1829, Lord Lansdowne was returned, and in 1831,
Mr. Cockburn, then the Whig Solicitor-General for
Scotland. Mr. Cockburn was also elected a third
year, after the precedent furnished in the case of Mr.
Campbell. His election was secured the third time
by his own casting vote. In 1834, a reaction took
place, and the series of Whig triumphs was terminated
by the return of Lord Stanley. In 1836 Sir Robert
Peel was elected, which gave rise to the " Peel Club."

Mr. 'Wallace maintained that the " Peel Club" was
essentially a political club, and that the literary pre-
miums
,which it annually distributed, were merely a
cloak to the political objects of the association. From
the rules of the " Peel Club" he said that it was evi-
dently formed for the purpose of securing the election
of conservative Rectors, and of spreading conservative
principles. He maintained that it was very wrong—
very wrong, indeed, that such a society should exist.
It is very wrong that the professors and students of
the University should meet to deliberate about the
election of a Lord Rector !

Among the supporters of Mr. Wallace's motion we
find the member for Kilkenny, who, while he con-
demned the institution of the, " Peel Club," avowed
that he was a member of the Glasgow University
Liberal Association. Such is the consistency of the
liberal Joseph Hume ! The truth is that fear caused
Messrs. Wallace and Dennistoun to propose an inqui-
sition into the proceedings of the " Peel Club" " The
recent election for Perthshire has created a feeling of
alarm in the minds of sundry Scottish representatives.
The member for Greenock is beginning to feel uneasy ;
while the member for Glasgow must also experience
some anxiety
.with respect to his own seat, in conse-
quence of the recent demonstration of Conservative
principles. As long as the tide of popular opinion was
in favour of the liberals—as long as liberal Lord
Rectors were returned for the t niversity of Glasgow,
there was no complaint made against the existence of
a political club among the students and prOfessors.
The success of Conservative agitation has spread dis-
may among the Radical ranks. Hence the attempt to
crush this agitation. Hence this pitiable and trum-
pery motion respecting the Conservative youth of
Glasgow. _ _ _

The ground upon which Mr. Wallace and Mr.
Hume proposed to bring the proceedings of the "Peel
Club" under the notice of the House of Commons
was, because the House made an annual grant in aid
of the University. Sir James Graham, the present
Lord Rector, intimated that last year the Government
had discontinued the grant ! How could any one ex-
pect such a grant to be continued as long as the
University obstinately persist in rejecting Whig

Rectors ?

Sir Robert Peel very happily met the proposal to
dissolve both the political societies in the University
of Glasgow. He said that he was certain that the
" Peel Club" would not concur in it. They would
say " No : we are a thriving society, and you are an
unsuccessful one : we know the principles of advan-
tageous exchange too well to accept your proposal,
which is an equivalent to an offer of copper for gold."
It is, certainly, a very unlikely thing thatthe Conser-
vatives would voluntarily resign the advantages accru-
ing from their present organisation, merely to gratify
the ambition, and to secure the success of their oppo-

We do not feel surprised, after the exposures which
Sir James Graham and Sir Robert Peel made of the
motives which prompted Mr. Wallace's spiteful and
vindictive attack on the " Peel Club," that the latter
gentleman most gladly availed himself of the forms of
the House for withdrawing his motion. It was a mo-

tion of which any man of common sense ought to have
felt heartily ashamed : and it is a great shame that the
time of the House of Commons should be frittered
away upon any thing so mean, petty, and contemptible.
The debate of Tuesday evening will, however, have
one good effect : it will serve to enlighten the consti-
tuencies as to the real nature of professing liberals,
whom it exhibits in the unenviable character of low,
meddling, pettifogging tyrants, who would, if they could
establish an inquisition into every man's thoughts, and
crush every semblance of free deliberation.

The Marquess of Normanby has evidently kissed the
" blarney stone." Few men are 'equal to him in the
facility with which he lavisheS hia compliments. He
must be acknowledged to' possess a thousand horse
power of flattery. In proof of this, witness his hyper-
bolically extravagant eulogium .of the Irish at the dinner
of The Benevolent Society of St. Patrick," on
Tuesday last, in London. In the course of his speech
as chairman, after remarking on the Opportunities
which he had enjoyed of forming an estimate of the
Irish character, during his vice-regal, or, rather, his
gaol-delivery " progresses," he said that "he found
that charity was the very essence of the Irish character,"
and that "he was convinced, from his personal obser-
vation, that the Irish people were the greatest people,
morally, politically, and religiously speaking on the
face of this earth !" Faugh ! if he speaks of the great
majority of the Irish people, he is guilty of uttering a
downright falsehood : for it is a matter of notoriety
that their morality consists in murder and violence,
their politics in sedition, and their religion in the
grossest superStition. All that is good, noble, or
amiable in Ireland, or among the Irish, is owing to
the connexion of that country with England, and the
admixture of British blood with the native tribes.

On Tuesday last the Irish Papists of this town as,
sembled in thousands to celebrate St. Patrick's day,
and paraded the principal streets of the town, with
banners and bands of music. The 'procession was
chiefly composed of a number of clubs and secret so-
cieties, exclusively Popish, and having political objects
in view, identical with those of the traitorous Ribbonite
associations in Ireland. We write thus deliberately
and designedly. We have something more than mere
suspicion upon which to ground our present charge.
The spectators who quietly looked on the procession
of Tuesday last had an opportunity of seeing, though
not for the first time in their lives, several Ribbon
Lodges. These murderous traitors, with whom
originates nearly all the crime for which the sister
island has obtained such an unenviable notoriety, are
permitted to march through our streets in triumphant
processions; whilst the loyal Orangemen, who are
banded together for the protection of our established
religion and the constitution of the land, are not allowed
even to wear a 'favour or to exhibit a flag in celebration
of the most glorious events in the history of our coun-
try. Ribbonmen, whose grand designs are, to extirpate
Protestantism from Ireland—to alienate the property
of every Protestant in that country—and to place the
island once more under the dominion of Popish go-
vernors—are allowed to insult the loyal inhabitants of
Liverpool with impunity, and to mock us by the ex-
hibition of their treasonable emblems : whilst the
Orangemen, because they are Protestants—because
they have displayed the most constant and unflinching
loyalty—because they are determined that the Ribbonite
conspiracy shall be frustrated—are treated, by the
Protestant authorities of this town, with the utmost
contempt, and if they have the temerity to avow their
principles by any external display, theylare left to be
assaulted or even murdered by their Popish enemies,
But we need not wonder at the favour shown by
our local authorities towards the Papists, nor at the
audacious demeanour of the latter. It is the fashion
of the day, at Court, in Parliament, and in our Mu-
nicipal Councils, to depress Protestantism as much as
possible, and to give every encouragement to Popery.
It is every where the order of the day to inflict " heavy
blows" and to give " great discouragement" to the
established religion of the land ; while it is every where
the policy of our liberal rulers to patronise Popery and
to protect rebels. We need, not, therefore, feel any
surprise at the insolent, domineering, and tyrannical
conduct of the low Irish Papists of Liverpool, who
already look upon themselves as our future masters,
and treat us as prospective vassals. If the Papists are
again permitted to parade the town of LiverpoOl, all
we can say is, that the public authorities of the town
are willing to be considered as conniving at treason,
and that the Protestant inhabitants of the town have
consented to place their necks under the yoke of Popish
tyranny. Protestants of Liverpool ! shame upon your
cowardly dereliction of principle ! How long will you
permit a horde of beggarly aliens to trample upon you
and insult you ? Shake off your lethargy, and be men.

The petition from the Protestants of Liverpool

against the annual grant to the ,Popish College at
Maynooth, has just been forwarded to Lord Sandon,
for presentation to the House of Commons. It has
12,350 signatures appended to it. Last year there
were only 4,500 signatures. The great increase in
the number of signatures may be construed into a
favourable indication of the state of public opinion in
this town. Four or five years ago it would have been
a matter of some difficulty to procure a thousand
names to back such a petition. Now, thanks to the
persevering exertions of those clergymen among us
who have taken a decided stand against Popery, and
to the speeches made at the great meetings of the
Protestant Association, there are found twelve thousand
and upwards of our adult population, who are desirous
of removing from our national character the stigma of
supporting such a hot-bed of vice and sedition as the
College of Maynooth. Let the example of Liverpool
be universally followed. Let our Protestant friends in
other districts continue to agitate until the public
mind is more deeply imbued with an utter abhorrence
of Popery.

The "great meeting" at the Sessions-house, in fa-
vour of the Irish Municipal Corporations' Bill, has
met with a most inglorious issue. The•petition which
emanated from the " grand majority" of hereditary
hodmen at that meeting was, on Monday evening, pre-
sented to the House of Lords, by the Marquess of Nor-
manby. The petition was signed, as our readers may
recollect, by the Mayor of Liverpool, as the chairman
of the meeting. It happened to attract the attention of
Lord Charleville,- after it had been presented, and the
noble lord remarked that "hie Mayor could not sign
for the corporation, nor for the public meeting; con-
sequently the petition was to be regarded as that of
Joshua Walmsley only. Oh! most lame and impotent
conclusion. After all the mighty preparations—after
all the mustering of forces, and the drilling of Pro-
tector recruits—after all the anxious deliberations in
high conclave at the Angel, and the cutting and clip-
ping of Parliamentary debates, for the purpose of ma-
nufacturing speeches—after all the waste of words
during the stormy discussion in the Sessions-house
and the waste of ink by our Radical brethren of the
press in boasting of the " triumph of. the Liberals"—
the petition could only be received as that of Joshua
Walmsley. Well may the Irish corporations tremble
for their fate. Their doom is sealed—Joshua Walmsley,
Esq, Mayor of Liverpool has petitioned against them.

We have been informed that Joshua Wahnsley, Esq.
Mayor of Liverpool, has already had his address to the
electors of Liverpool printed, at the Globe office, Lon-
don, and that we may expect, one of these fine morn-
ings, to find the walls of the town placarded with this
precious document. We do not vouch for the accu-
racy of the report which has reached us ; but it has
strong probabilities in its favour. We understand that
his Worship intends to claim the suffrages of the elec-
tors of Liverpool as a moderate politician. Whether
this rumour be founded on fact or not, it is well for
our Conservative friends to be prepared. If it. is cor-
rect, his "Worship must imagine that no election will
take place before November. Our own belief is, that a
dissolution of Parliament will take place before his
mayoralty has expired.

CHANGE RINGING.—On Monday evening a mixed band
of ringers, consisting of part of St. Peter's, and part of the
old company of St. Nicholas', rung on St. Peter's bells a
true and complete peal of grandsire caters, consisting of
5,040 changes, in 3 hours and 22 minutes.
PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.—The usual
monthly meeting of the members of this association was held
in the school-room belonging to St. Mark's Church, on the
evening of Tuesday. The place was crowded with a very at-
tentive and orderly audience, who appeared extremely delight-
ed, with the addressses that were delivered in support of
church extension. The Rev. Mr. Marshall presided. Speeches
were delivered by the rev. chairman, Mr. Radcliffe, Mr.
Newton, Mr. Reay, Mr. Crisp, and the Rev. Mr. Fenton.
Resolutions and a petition in favour of church extension, were
adopted, and the proceedings terminated shortly after ten
o'clock.

THEATRE-ROYAL.—WC have only space to remind our
readers that the season of the Theatre-Royal commences
next Monday. when Mlss Ellen Tree will appear as the
Countess in Sheridan Knowles' Love..
RITCHIE'S PATENT LETTER COPYING MACHINES.—
We perceive that Mesas. G. J. Poore and Co. have been
appointed agents ,for the sale of the above well-knoWn Co-
pying Machines, the character of:which stands, deserVedlY
high among all classes who have used them.—See ado.
GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—In another column will be
found an advertisement of_ this justly celebrated remedy, So.

universally recommended by the faCulty, for its•efficacy in
removing and preventing disorders incident to the eyes and
the head. The testimonials appended to the advertisement
are of the very highest character.
THE WEATHER. AND ITS EFFECTS.-ThC skill of the
medical practitioner is not only directed to the cure of disease,
but be it said, to the honour of the profession, that they also
point out to the afflicted the means whereby many diseases of
serious magnitude may be averted, or the effects of which
considerably alleviated. But in a variable climate like ours,

although the advice laudably given may be tolerably well at-
tended to, it is altogether impossible to prevent such diseases
abounding in great multiplicity and virulence. Hence those
painful affiictiOns, Gout and Rheumatism, have recently pre-
vailed in a most unprecedented degree ; but, happily, through
the use of that most excellent medicine, Blair's Gout and
Rheumatic Pills, the patients have, for only a short period of
time, been prevented from following their sundry avocations.
FEARGUS Co'eoNNoß.—This notorious individual
was tried at the York Assizes las Tuesday, before Mr. Justice
Coleridge, for a seditious libel in the Northern Star. The
Attorney-General, Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, and Mr. Wight-
man, conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. O'Connor defend-
ed himself. After ten minutes' consideration, the jury re-
turned a verdictof guilty against the defendant. The kttor-
ney-General prayed immediate judgment, but his Lordship
declined to pass sentence, there being another prosecution
against the defendant at Liverpool.

LIVER THEATRE.—The season will close very shortly,
and we would therefore recommend an early visit. We per-
ceive that Mr. W. J. Hammond is announced to perform for
a limited period, and have no doubt his well-known talents,
combined with those of the regular corps, will prove conti-
nuously attractive. Mr. Raymond, with characteristic ge-
nerosity, has intimated his intention to give the proceeds of
the theatre, on Tuesday evening next, towards the fund in aid
of the public charities, and it is gratifying to see that the
performances on that occasion will be under distinguished
patronage. The pieces selected are The Fatal Secret and
The Bold Dragoon ; in addition to which there will be sing-
ing by Mrs. Barton and Mr. F. Gardner, and dancing by
Misses Thomassin and Lidia and Mlle. Chevallier. Surely
there is attraction enough here, particularly when the bene-
volent object of the performances is taken into consideration.

TOKEN OF RESPECT.—The passengers by the packet-ship
South America, having resolved to present her commander,
Capt. Bailey, with a testimonial of their esteem for his gen-
tlemanly conduct and uniform attention towards them, a de-
putation waited on him on Wednesday, and presented, on
behalf of the passengers, an elegant silver bread basket, with
the following inscription :—" Presented to Captain David
Goodwin Bailey, of the packet-ship South America, by the
passengers. on her voyage from New York to Liverpool, in
February, 1840, as a testimonial of their esteem for his gen-
tlemanly conduct and uniform attention towards them, and
also for his exertions in bringing the ship into Cove Harbour,
against a strong easterly gale."—Captain Bailey assured the
deputation of the satisfaction he felt, at having contributed
to the comfort of his passengers, and was much gratified at
receiving this token of their good-will.
OBSERVANCE OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY.—Tuesday being
the anniversary of the patron saint of Ireland, the members
of the various Hibernian, and other Irish societies in this
town, assembled at an early hour at the places of rendezvous
previously appointed. They afterwards combined, and, at-
tended by bands of music, flags, &c., paraded through the
principal streets of the town to St. Patrick's Chapel, Tox-
teth-park, where a sermon was preached to them by the
Rev. Mr. Maddocks. At the conclusion of the discourse,
the procession was again formed, and, after the societies had
marched through several other leading avenues, the members
retired to their several club-houses and places of entertain-
ment to dinner.

REMINISCENCE.—In an extra edition of the Dublin Morn
ing Register, a popish paper, " published to enlist every
friend of Ireland in support of the O'Connell Compensation
Fund, May 26, 1837," we find the following names of contri-
butors from Liverpool :—C Blundell, Esq., Ince, £lOO. J
Brancker, W Rathbone, R V Yates, J C Ewart, Lawrence
Heyworth, S T Hobson, R Roskell, James Muspratt, God-
frey Barnsley, and J Mulleneux, Esqrs., £25 each. Liver-
pool Franchise Society, £35. T Bolton, A M`Gregor,
Harvey, C Rawdon, lames Rawdon, E Chaloner, E Har-
vey, and W Harvey, Esqrs., £2O. each. W R Preston and
A F O'Neill and Sons, Esqrs., £l5. each. R Alison, W F
M`Gregor, R Hall, W Fawcett, T Slattery, R Sheil, R Rath-
bone, C Birch, T Holt, and J Meller, Esqrs., £lO. each.
C W Crooke, M O'Connell, R W Wood, N Kaye, G Lynch,
P Leonard, J Andrade, a reformer, T Coglan, V Higgins, J
Mather, J Hamilton, J Clow, D Brennan, W Earle, Esqrs.,
and Dr. Reynolds, £5. J Finch and Sons, Esqrs., £lO. T
Rodick, J Budd, J WalmsleY, G Holt, D Powell, J Aiken,
A Kaye, E Hore, J Hore, and W Mather, Esqrs., £5 each.
J Harnet, Esq., 1:3 3s. Hibernicus, £3. Four Friends,
£2 10s. Dr Carson, J Wybergh; R M Beckwith, T Bean,
Ripley, T Harvey, and W Logan, Esqrs., £2 2s each. J
Rimmer, W Fairhurst, C T Everest, a friend, C J Corballis,
two reformers, Mark Aungier, and J King, Esqrs., £2 each.
T Urquhart, W Appleton, and M Tiernan, Esqrs., 21s each.
C Grimshaw, W Bartley, Esqrs., and Dr Callan, R.N., 21s
each. P F Curry, E Wilmer, J Woolright, R Richmond,
H Crompton, J F and C S, and G Robinson, Esqrs., 21s
each. J Sheeham, E Moss, and R Jenkins, Esqrs., £1
each. Mrs Corbally and Miss Corbally, £1 each. An ene-
my to humbug, J Leyland, B Norton, J H Green, and R
Johnson, Esqrs., £1 each. Colonel Williams, S 13, a re-
former, L Rayner, J Charnley, J O'Donnell, B Slater, J
Brown, R Moore, Kershaw, T Drewry, G Law, J Tate,
sen., W K Headland, N Crooke, a friend, C J Townley, and
A M'Clellan,'Esqrs., £1 each. Rev P Wilcock and D Daly,
Esq., la each. S Thornely and Keogh, Esqrs., £1 each.
Esq., £2 2s. E Evans and C Simpson, Esqs.
W Thornhill,
£lO each. J Langan, Esq., £5 ss. A reformer, £5. B
Brteberton, Esq., £lO. A. radical, H Homes, J Homes,
and Jevons and Sons,l Esqrs., £5 each. A reformer, £3.
Wm Logan, Esq., 1:2 2s. F Patten, Esq.' and the Rev. J
R Robinson, £2 each. H C Langton, Esq., £2 2s. W
Redyard, Esq., and a friend, £2 each. T Morecroft, Esq.,
£2 2s. T Haigh, Esq., £2. Sundry small subscriptions,
£l7 4s.
THE DEATH OF MR. GRANT, M.P. FOR INVERNESS.
SIIIRE.—The Master of Grant was found dead in his bed on
week. The nature of the illness of
Wednesday morning
which he died was not known. He was only in his 23d year,
and was chosen member for the county of Inverness imme-
diately on his coming of age, on the retirement, from ill-
health, of the Chisholm, in 1838. He was a young man of
very amiable manners, and was exceedingly popular in the
north of Scotland.