The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-02 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

The splendid steam-ship Acadia, Captain Ryrie, ar-
rived here on Friday evening at nine o'clock. She left
Boston on the 16th, and Halifax at six on the evening
of the 18th, and has thus made the passage in eleven
days, which is an excellent run at this season .of the
year. She brings seventy-six passengers.
The trial of 11/I‘Leod, which lasted eight days, has
ended in his acquittal. The apathy which prevailed at
Utica at the commencement of this trial seems to have
continued to the close, and forms a remarkable con-
trast to the intense interest with which it was regarded
in other parts of the United States, in Canada, and,
above all, in this conntry. "At no time," says one of
the accounts, " was the court filled, and it has been
frequently the case during the progress of the trial,
that the court had not 100 persons in it, save the wit-
nesses and parties interested." The reporters, barris-
ters, and witnesses seem to have constituted the prin-
cipal part of the assemblage.
The presiding judge
seems to hare acted with ability
and partiality, and his
charge at the close was unequivocally in favour of the
prisoner. In short, a more conclusive -alibi was never
established, and a greater mass of perjury and fraud on
the part of the witnesses for the prosecution has rarely
seen the light. The jury were only in deliberation 20
minutes when they returned a verdict of acquittal.
During the trial, M‘Leod seems to have conducted
himself with self-possession and firmness. When the
verdict was delivered, not the least manifestation es-
caped the audience—all was quiet and orderly, and the
forebodings which were indulged in by parties not ha-
bitually croakers, have happily been disappointed. The
counsel on each side appear to have been the only ex-
ceptions to the good feeling which prevailed. They
exhibited a good deal of acerbity, and no little animo-
sity.

After the examination of a number of witnesses on
the fourth and fifth days, the Attorney-General com-
menced his reply, and occupied until Monday the
seventh day. On Tuesday Judge Gridley charged the
jury, and in the course of half an hour they returned
with a verdict of Not Guilty.
We take the following on the " Relations with Eng-
land" from the New York Herald of the 15th instant,
from which it will be seen that Col. Grogan has been
set at liberty.

RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND.
The trial of M`Leod is now over, the new cabinet of Presi-
dent Tyler is filled up, preparations are in progress for placing
the country in a state of defence, putting ships in commission,
arming fortifications, invigorating every branch of the public
service, and getting ready for any possible contingency that
may arise, and now is the proper time for • setting on foot
measures for (the adjustment of all our manifold points of
difference with Great Britain. The sovereignty of the state
of New York has been asserted and vindicated, MiLeod held
to trial and acquitted for want of evidence necessary to his
conviction, and this, too, in the face of an unqualified de-
mand by. the ,British government for his release. We have
made no concession to Great Britain—we have shown
unequivocally that we will not yield one single inch to insolent
pretension ; now, then, is the time for our government to
take steps to settle all the delicate and perplexing questions
between us, many of which have been the subjects of nego-
tiation, and angry correspondence. for years. In the first
place, we must indemnify M'Leod amply for his detention
and trouble. He deserved all the inconvenience to which
he has been subjected for his boastful folly., but it is not for
this government to inflict punishment in that way. He must
be indemnified fully, and to his own satisfaction. That
question will then be disposed of. That, however, is a
subordinate matter. The Caroline outrage, the violation of
the laws of nations in the invasion of our soil, is a grave and
important offence, anti must be redressed. The blood of
Durfee must be atoned for—the property destroyed must be
paid for, and then we can go to other points of difficulty.
The capture of Grogan, now that he has been given up, can
be easily arranged. Let the British government disavow his
arrest and detention, and satisfy Grogan for his trouble, and
there is an end to that question.
Then comes the long-vexed question of the north-eastern
boundary.- :This is a matter of great delicacy and difficulty,
but the longer it is delayed the more complicated does it be-
come. There is no reason to anticipate a period more
auspicious for its equitable and satisfactory adjustment than
the present. _

In, regard to the seizure of. American vessels on the Coast
of Africa, there is a good deal of misunderstanding, and an
infinity ot. misrepresentation. It is not unlikely that some
of the British ships-of-war have strained a point in their
eagerness after prize-tnoney, but it must be considered that
we have long pursued precisely the same course in the Gulf
of Mexico, whenever we have overhauled a suspicious-look-

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Lastly, there is the north-western boundary, and the qu
on of jurisdiction at and about the mouth of the Columbia
vet

Why procrastinate any of these matters ? Nothing
is to be gained by delay. On the contrary, speedy action is
far more likely to be effectual. Most of these questions have

up Within a re

t period, and they hav

exercised a

most injurious influence on mercantile affairs. They create a
mutability in business transactions, causing vexations and
embarrassinen's which none but merchants can appreciate.
Let our government make a bold and decided movement now,
and all the difficulties can be settled in two months time.
Never was there a more propitious period. Every indication
is favourable to an amicable and satisfactory adjustment. A
whig ministry in England is always trimming and truckling
to every paltry interest in the country, and has neither the
couiage nor magnanimity to act generously or justly. They
court the support of that class whOse business interests are
hostile to those of the United States. A tory ministry, on
the contrary, is stronger, and has less motive to cultivate a
feeling adverse to the country. At the present time, a liberal
high-minded course towards the United States would be al-
most generally popular, and a demand on England for repar
ation for the Grogan and Caroline outrages, with a proposition
for the prompt arrangement of the other questions, if made
in a spirit of becoming firmness, would, no doubt, be well
received, and lead to the happiest results.
There is a consideration in this connexion which must bear
great weight with the English ministry when properly pre-
sented to their notice. The power of Great Britain over her
American possessions is held by an attenuated and extremely
feeble thread. Canada is in the most critical condition. The
upper province is now in the incipient stage of revolution.
Nothing but the presence of a strong military force can over-
awe the turbulence of feeling existing there, and repress an
outbreak. Hunters' ledges, a species of confederation, have
been organised all over the province, and, in the event of a
continuance of amicable relations between the British govern-
ment and our own, Great Britain will have great difficulty in
maintaining her ascendancy in Canada. But, in case of a
rupture between the two governments, the internal dissen-
sions prevailing there would inevitably throw the whole
British possessions in North America into the hands of the
United States.

In this state of the case, and upon a careful survey of the
whole ground, we are clearly of opinion that it is the dictate
of wisdom and of sound policy to send a special minister
forthwith to the court of St. James, and demand prompt re-
dress of the wrongs inflicted upon us by the authority of the
British government, and at the same time propose a speedy
settlement of all the questions now open between the two
nations. President Tyler, by this course, supposing the re-
sult to be such as the circumstances give us a right to anti-
cipate, would win immortal honour. The whole country
would support him in a bold national movement of this kind.
Let Mr. Webster be selected for the mission, and supported
by our active preparations for any emergency that may arise;
and the whole thing might be
_accomplished in two months.

The stock market at New York was still falling.
Money continued sufficiently abundant for business
purposes. Cotton was arriving in the southern ports
in considerable quantities. A general decline in flour
of from 25 to 50 cents per. barrel had taken place all
through the states. It was likely that the price of cot-
ton would rule low during the whole season, as the
crop would at least he as large as the last, and, if the
planters had a good picking season, would considerably
exceed it. The fall trade had ceased earlier than usual,
• but a fair amount of business was done—a large pro-
portion for cash. The receipts of tolls on the canals
had been larger than at any previous season, and there
had been a universal complaint at the west of the want
.of tonnage to carry the produce to market.

NEW YORK COTTON MARKET, OCT. 15.—Since the de-
parture of the last steamer the sales of cotton have reached
about 9,000 bales, at a decline of :Id. Our present stock is a
little over 12,000 hales, of which we quote New Orleans at
71 to 11, Mobile 7:1 to 101, Upland and Florida 7 to 10. The
sales yesterday reached 700 bales. The Flour market is still
unsettled, though with somewhat more animation than at our
last accounts. Genesee may be quoted at sdlrs. 623 c. to
sdlrs. 75c. ; Ohio, ditto; Michigan, sdlrs. 621 c.
SAVANNAH, OCT. 9.—COTTON.—The receipts both by
river and railroad have been 1,259 bales Upland and 8 Sea
Island. The sales are as follow :-6 at 8, 47 at 81, 165 at 8,
87 at 8L 235 at 9, 13 at 9 1-6, and 55 at 91, making a total
of 608 bales. The weather, with a few hours exception, has
continued fine, as reported in our last, and every such week
adds certainty to the promise of good crops. 100 casks rice
have been sold at 31 to 31 .per cwt. About 4,000 bushels
new have been received this week, and we hear of a :laic of
20 casks of the new crop at aa, quality only middling. Ex-
change—Sterling is nominal—on New York, sight drafts 1
per cent. prem. ; 60 days 1. dis. Freights—One ship is up for
Liverpool, and part of her cargo has been engaged at id ;
coastwise remain without change, 75c. per bale for cotton to
New York, and 50c. for rice.

Nmv ORLEANS, OCT. s.—The prevailing impression here
is, that, under any circumstances, the cotton crop cannot
ve larger than that of last year. Moreover, our receipts
of ti: st pickings are inferior in quality, which does not favour
the idea of a large crop. Before the receipt of the Caledo-
nia's news, sales were making very freely, chiefly from France,
at 91 to 81 for fair to middling; but since that time business
has been in a great measure suspended, and the sales have
been few and at declining prices.

DREADFUL FIRE IN THE TOWER OF
LONDON.

TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE GRAND ARMOURY

(From the Morning Herald of Yesterday.)

An event which will belong remembered in the annals of
English history, and which may be regarded in every respect
as a truly national calamity, occurred on Saturday night last,
in the entire destruction, together with its contents, of that
magnificent building forming so prominent a feature in the
far-famed Tower of London, denominated `• The Grand
Store-house and Small Armoury," containing, in addition
to an almost innumerable quantity of trophies and other
evidences of British glory, no less a number than 300,000
stand of arms, &c. _ _

In order that an adequate idea may be formed of the ex-
tent of this serious loss to the country, it may be as well to
give an accurate description of the building destroyed, taken
from authentic records, before entering into any of the facts
connected with it. " The grand storehouse is north of the
White Tower, a fine building of brick and hewn stones. It
extends in length 345 feet, and is 60 broad ; it was com-
menced by James 11. and finished by William 111. On the
first floor of this edifice is that mrgnificent room called the
Small Armoury, in which William 111., with Queen Mary
his consort, dined in great state, having all the warrant work-
workmen and labourers to attend them, dressed in white
gloves and aprons. On the south side of this structure is a
stately door-case, adorned with four columns, an entabla-
ture, and a triangular pediment of the Doric order. Under
the pediments are the King's arms, with enrichments of
trophy-work by the celebrated artist Gibbons. At the west
end of this buildingls situated the church founded by Ed-
ward 111., and dedicated to St. Peter in. Chains, in which
are deposited the remains of many noble and some royal
personages executed either in the Tower or on the hill, and
buried here in obscurity. On the east side of this building
is situate the newly-erected Jewel-tower, in which the regalia
and all the crown jewels are kept."
The first discovery of the fire was made about half-past
ten o'clock by the sentry on duty at the Jewel-office, who
perceived a bright light issuing from the windows of this
tower, which is situated at the northern extremity of the
building and immediately attached to the Grand Storehouse
or Armoury, a lofty brick edifice occupying the whole length
of the inner square or court, and directly facing the White
Tower. He immediately ran to the station of the main
guard in the centre quadrangle, and gave the alarm, when the
bugles were sounded, and in a very short space of time the
whole of the garrison were aroused, and called out to render
assistance. The engines stationed in the Tower (of which
there are several) were immediately on the spot, and were
quickly followed by those of the neighbouring parishes,
and almost immediately after by those of the brigade estab-
lishment, under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood ; the
County and West of England were admitted within the
walls. The flames had by this time gained a fearful ascen-
dancy, and the fire had made its way from the Round Table
Tower to the centre of the Grand Armoury, and burst forth
from several windows with extraordinary fury, rapidly ex-
tending both east and west. The outer gates of the Tower
were very properly closed, by order of the governor, against
the admission of the public, the number of soldiers in the
barracks affording an abundant supply of hands to work the
various engines. The greatest possible difficulty, however.
was experienced in obtaining a supply of water, and it was
not until the hose had been conveyed to the water's edge that
any thing like a sufficient quantity was obtained, and even
then the distance was so great to the burning pile, that the
labours of the firemen were frequently retarded for long
intervals._

In the Grand Armoury, which is stated to have been the
largest room in Europe, being upwards of 350 feet long and
60 wide, were deposited 280,000 stand of arms, besides a vast
quantity of military carriages, bombs, and other spoils of war
captured by our troops in various parts of the wor d. The
flames having once penetrated this hall, no hope existed that
any portion of it would be saved, and the exertions of the
firemen were confined to the preservation of the surround-
ing buildings, upon which they played with all the water they
could obtain. At this crisis the greatest apprehensions were
entertained for the safety of the crown jewels deposited in the
regalia office, which closely adjoins the eastern extremity of
the Grand Armoury, and the yeomen of the guard, under the
direction of their captain, were deputed to undertake
moval. This service was safely performed without ac-
cident, and the whole of the valuables, including the
beautiful model of the White Tower, were consigned
to the care of the governor and placed in the vaults
beneath his residence. The heat from the burning pile
had now become so excessive that the firemen could no
longer act in the centre square, and it was quite impossible
to attempt to save any portion of the arms, &c., contained in
the grand storehouse. Notwithstanding the lateness of the
hour, the alarm soon spread through the metropolis, and
Tower-hill and its immediate neighbourhood were densely
thronged. At this period of the conflagration the atmosphere
was illuminated in an extraordinary degree, and the fire
mignt have been seen at many miles distance, while the re-
flection on the surrounding houses and on the shipping in the
river, produced a most striking effect. About one o'clock
the appearance of the burning mass was surpassingly grand.
The flames having at that time extended to nearly the whole
length of the armoury, shortly after the roof, being com-
pletely burned through, fell in with a tremendous crash, the
flames rising with a lurid glare far above the towers of the
citadel. A company of fusilier guards had been some time
employed in forcing a breach between the line of houses
adjoining the western end of the armoury with the hope
of staying the further progress of the flames, but the roof
of the latter building having now given way they were
forced to desist. At this time it was feared that the whole
of the southern side weuld fall a prey to the flames, but by
the judicious exertions of the brigade establishment they
were prevented from extending across the narrow avenue be-
lween the outer wall and the Round Tower, above alluded
to, and hopes were entertained that no other portion of the
building would be sacrificed. This expectation happily
proved correct. The fire was not subdued, however, until
near fivo o'clock, and the mass of ruins was burning fiercely
throughout the whole of yesterday. No further mischief
was, however, apprehended, and the walls being in an ex-
ceedingly bad state, little was done by the firemen. It was
hoped that this calamity had been unattended with loss of
life, but we regret to record the death of a fireman named
Richard Wivell, of the brigade establishment, a fine young
man, aged 24, who was killed by the fall of a mass of stone
from the top of a wall, under which he was holding the
branch. He was struck on the side of the head with so much
force that his helmet was driven in, and his skull dreadfully
fractured. He was conveyed to the guard-room, and
attended by two of the garrison surgeons, but all attempts
to bleed him were unavailing, and he expired in a few mi-
nutes. George Wright, of the county establishment, was
also very severely injured, but hopes are entertained of his
recovery. The indisputable fact of the scarcity of water is
most lamentable, as it appears that. the whole of the inner
square is one subterranean tank for the express purpose of
containing water against a contingency of this nature ; but,
strange as it may appear, on the plugs being taken up the
tanks were found dry, and all hope of obtaining the desired
supply was at an end. It is stated that the duty of attend-
ing to these wells belongs to the engineer of the 'rower, and
there can be no doubt that the circumstance of the neglect
will be rigidly inquired into. Many rumours are in eircu-

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TII EATRE-ROYAL , LIVER POOL

Under the Management of Mr. CLARKS, Sole Le

During the remainder of the Sea;:on, the performance,
will commence at SEVEN o'clock. Doors to be opened a
Aj.F-PAST SIN.

Last Week of MIL and MISS VANDENHOFF.
PHIS present TUESDAY, November 2, 1841, will be
repeated, in consequence of the enthusiastic applause
with ;vhich the Play was received on Friday last, Addison's
revived Tragedy of

CAT 0 .
Cato
Porcius:. Mr. Henry Vandenhoff,
His second appearance here
Juba Mr. H. Holl.
Lucia , Mrs. Baker.
Marcia Miss Vandenhoff
At the end of the Play

A PAS DE DEUX by Master and -Miss C. WEBSTER.
To conclude with the new Play, written by Sir Edward
Lytton Bulger, Bart., called
MONEY.
Sir Frederick Blount Mr. Henry Vandenhoff.
Evelyn Mr. Stuart.
Lord Glossrnore
Graves. .. ... Mr. Baker.
Capain Dudley Smooth Mr. Chaplin.
Lady Franklin.... Mrs. Clarke.
Georgina.. Mrs. Barton.
Clara Miss Vandenhoff.

On WEDNESDAY, will be performed, Mr. Sergeant
Talfourd's Play of lON. lon, Miss Vandenhoff; Adrastus,
Mr. Vandenhoff; Clemanthe, Mrs. Baker. To conclude
with the Farce of the REVIEW. Caleb Quotum, Mr.
Baker; Looney M‘Twolter' Mr. T. Lee; John Lump, Mr.
Slaiter Grace Gaylove, Mrs. Barton ; Lucy,- Miss E.
Honner.

On THURSDAY, for the last time, Sir Edward Lytton
Bulwer's Play of RICHELIEU. Richelieu, Mr. Vanden-
hoff Baradas' -Mr. Stuart; Julie, Miss Vandenhoff. To
conclude with the NERVOUS MAN. Mr. Aspen, Mr.
Baker ; M'Shane, Mr. T. Lee.
On FRIDAY, will be produced, Mr. Knowles' new Play,
now performing at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden with
distinguished success, ,called OLD ,MAIDS, with other
ENTERTAINMENTS, being for the BENEFIT of Miss
VANDENH OFF, and the last night of the engagement of
Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff.

•-• . ,

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

We have made arrangements for receiving by the early
post this morning, the returns of the elections at Pres-
ton, Lancaster, Leeds, and other places, which will be
published in a Second Edition.

ICbt Lit irPool .ttinbarb.

TUESDAY MORNMC, NOVEMBER 2, 1841

Well and nobly have the Conservatives of Liverpool done
their duty in the struggle which has just concluded ; and from
our heart of hearts we thank them ! Throughout the length
and breadth of the land the splendid achievement of yester-
day has by this time spoken " trumpet-tongued," proclaim-
ing the determination of a united people to adhere to the " old
ways" of the constitution—to stand fast upon the rock of
their established Protestant religion—to be steadfast in their
loyalty, and to rally to the support of the throne and the
altar against every attempt at innovation or injury ! For this
we thank our Conservative fellow-townsmen, one and all—
high and low—the merchant and the honest operative as
well ; arid their country will thank them too,—their children
and their children's children ! They have done their duty.
The result of yesterday's struggle, we repeat it, is not to
be viewed, merely in relation to the consequences of a local
nature which will spring from it. The struggle itself was a
great battle for a principle—the battle of Conservatism
against the evil spirit of modern liberalism. By its result the
people of Liverpool have affirmed again, and even more
loudly than ever, their determination to be governed upon
Conservative principles, to have the administration of their
local affairs, as well as the government of the country, con-
ducted upon the principles of " our glorious constitution in
Church and State." The country will receive the victory,
and has a right to receive it too, as a confirmation, by the
people of Liverpool, of that effort of the national will which
placed Sir Robert Peel at the helm of state. The inducing
causes of that victory—the influences by the exertion of which
it has been achieved—have been the same ; and the same too,
is the language in which it speaks—detestation of the princi-
ples of modern "liberalism," of, its truckling to popery, its
fondling with infidelity, its servility to the strong, and its
hard-hearted and insolent contempt of the weak.
In this light we are satisfied that the victory of yesterday
ought to be viewed ; for what an anomaly would it have pre-
sented to the world if this loyal community, returning two
Conservative members to the House of Commons, had con-
tinued to declare their confidence in a local government such
as that which we have now happily got rid of ! How loudly
the anti-national faction and its organs would have proclaim-
ed any other result as a declaration of the people of Liver-
pool in favour of themselves and their nostrums ! We have
committed no such folly however. We have not been thus
contradictory in our conduct. We have now a local govern-
ment allied, in feeling, with the government of the country ;
and we have members of parliament for our borough, form-
ing a connecting chain of communication between both.

Our fellow-townsmen will not, we are confident, whilst
congratulating themselves upon their victory, neglect to pay
a just tribute of regard and thankfulness to the instruments,
by the aid of which it has been accomplished. To the un-
tiring exertions and unceasing warnings of those champions
of our Protestant faith,—the clergy of Liverpool—how
much of the spirit in which this good fight has been fought
is to be attributed ! How much to our district Protestant
societies ! How much—we say it without hesitation=to
the Conservative press, amongst whose exertions we claim
consideration for our own, as having been at least hearty and
sincere, if they have not been always so effective as we could
have wished. But we will not dwell upon this portion of
our subject ; our object, indeed, is accomplished when
we have repeated our deepest thankfulness to our Con-
servative fellow-townsmen, for a victory, which has once
more placed our good old town in that proud position amongst
the cities of the empire, which she has ever previously held,
and which we trust she will ever continue to maintain.

Alas for the philosophers The pride of the race
is cut down ; its choice specimens rejected ; and its
Magnus Apollo, the mighty William himself, obscured
for ever. Alas for the philosophers, educational and
anti-corn-law, free-trading and warehouse-building ;
but—more than all beside—alas for William Rath-
bone!

" Last morn we saw him by the accustomed spot,
Beneath the Green i3ank's shade ; * *
The evening came, and then we saw him not."

He had evaporated—gone off in a cloud of drab-
coloured &tine, doubtless to enlighten the darkness of
some unknown land, where there is neither a " Pitt-
street," a " North Toxteth," or " Great George's "
(which from henceforth shall be great indeed)—to
harrow up his meek soul with their appalling memo-
ries; no churches to vex his Socinian spirit with their
obtruding steeples; no Bible-teaching schools, and no
Bible-teaching parsons, to rack him into perpetually
recurring agonies. William is gone ; and others be-
sides William, although none so great as he ! Let us
bestow a passing glance upon them, reader, before
they are consigned to oblivion for ever !

And first we have lost Mr. Michael Ashcroft, by
whose return to the Council what a world of enlighten-
ment in the mysteries of cropping and sowing, gra-
zing and milking, was to have been showered upon
us ! He has gone back to his farm-yard—a second
Cincinnatus. Next in the list come a host of lesser
names—the tomtits of the faction—Mr. Geo. Quayle,
Mr. Christopher Rawdon, Mr. John Holmes, and
Mr. J. Woollright. After these, however,. comes a
bird of loftier plumage. Mr. Hugh Hornby, once
Mayor of the Reformed Council, and perhaps the
" noblest Roman of them all," has yielded before the
might of a nobler still, in the person of James Aspinall,
Esq. The eminent speaker, and erudite philosopher,
Mr. Charles Holland, is not doomed by fate to exer-
cise his talents or to display his eloquence within the
walls of the Council-chamber. The surgical philoso-
pher, Mr. John Cooper, is returned to his gallipots ;
the electors of Ahercromby Ward having pronounced
unmistakeably their determination—

" Throw physic to the dogs ! We'll none of it ! "

Of the remainder, why need we particularise ? They
never have set the Mersey, or any other river, on fire
as yet; and they never will.

From henceforth—thanks to the noble exertions of
the constituencies !—the Corporation of Liverpool is a
Conservative body—a body composed of Englishmen,
not only in name but in heart as well—supporters of
their Church and Queen—the true and tried friends
of the monarch and of the people ! We may have
fewer shining lights, perhaps, in that body—less glit-
ter and tinsel, and infinitely fewer pretensions and
professions ; but we shall have, what is far more valu-
able in a municipal body, a greater portion of sound
honesty of purpose, and disposition to advance the
real and intelligible interests of the community. We
shall have fewer theorists—fewer builders of castles in
the air, or upon the dock-quays—fewer projectors of
whimsies and spinning-tops;- but more men of busi-
ness and more measures of sterling
usefulness, as the
result. The Corporation of Liverpool will once more
take its station, in the estimation of the people of
England, as the legitimate representative of the mer-

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m for the gifts of a Whig Ministry, prostituting alike
,he interests, the respectability, and the character of

he town and of themselves, to advance the ends of a
action, hostile to the real welfare, and despised in the

marts, of the aggregate people of Great Britain

We know not in what " slough of despond " the
fallen Radicals will from henceforth lie, and we are
not solicitous to trace them in their fall. We know
not where the light has fled to, which has been extin-
guished ; but we know that, although these stars have
fallen from their circle, the world is not therefore left
to darkness ; For anything we know, one may be
still groping his way to " Green Bank," or some other
suburban retreat; others may have assumed the cowl,
r gone on a pilgrimage to Mecca or Jerusalem ; but,
notwithstanding their declension—though we know not
their fate or their whereabouts—the world wags

" Merry as a marriage bell."

A. smile is on every face we meet : bright eyes are

glancing upon us on every side : congratulation is on
every tongue : and we only hear an occasional sigh as
some kind-hearted mortal exclaims, amidst the general

" ALAS FOR THE PHILOSOPHERS !"

Our Monday's contemporary takes occasion to chuckle
over the circumstance of Mr. Harvey's having, notwith-
standing the objection against his eligibility, taken his seat
in the council as alderman for 'Castle-street Ward. We
never doubted that Mr. Harvey would do so. The object
for which that gentleman was elected would not have been
effected unless he had done so ; and we never anticipated
that any qualms on the score of decency would deter him in
such a case from exercising the full stretch of his disputed
authority.

• . With respect, however, to the continuance of this gentle-
man in his usurped
.seat, we are not so sanguine as our con-
temporary. An application will be made to-morrow for a
writ of " Quo Warranto," to try the question, which is at
least a doubtful one ; and we should not be surprised, al-
though our contemporary might be, to see the claim of Mr.
Harvey abandoned at once on the issuing of the writ.

We are informed that some of the gentlemen of the flags
were overheard, yesterday, felicitating themselves 'upon the
" liberal " victory in Exchange Ward, as a proof that their
much-vaunted " liberal " policy in commercial affairs was
becoming in high odour amongst the merchants of Liverpool.
We dare say that such an impression will be sought eagerly
to be created; and certainly the very name of the ward it-
self—" Exchange Ward,"—in which the whips are enabled
to make their solitary boast of victory, would in the first
instance favour the supposition. •
The public, however, must be made aware of the description
of merchants by whose suffrages, and superior enlightment
on matters of commercial policy, Exchange Ward has been
won by a whig candidate. We give the names and addresses
of a few of these as they stand in the register; and would
venture very strongly to question,—not whether they would
be ornamental at a levee,—not whether Mr. Henry Holmes
would plume himself upon being permitted to " march through
Coventry" with them ; but whether, even in the case of such
a consummation, the gentlemen of the flags would be found,
in great numbers, anxious to be, as spectators, placed in very
close contact with the ruffling of their clothes in the wind :
3231, Meeken, John, Hatton -garden ; 3232, ivrCann,
John, Henry Edward-street; 3233, M'Carthy,- Martin,
Henry Edward-street; 3234, Maguire, Terence, Henry Ed-
ward-street ; 3236, Mulhane, James, Henry Edward-street ;
3237, M'Avoy, Peter, Henry Edward-street; 3238, M`Der-
mot, Michael, Henry Edward-street; 3239, M`Donaugh,
John, Hodson-street; 3240, M`Manus, Charles, Hodson-st. ;
3241, M`Nally, Owen, Hodson-street; 3242, Murphy, Jno.
Hodson-street: 3244, M'Cormick, Martin, Lace-street;
3245, M'Connell, Michael, Lace-street; 3246, M`Garrigal,
Owen. Lace-street; 3247, M`Lean, Patrick, Lace-street;
3248, Maloney, John, Lace-street ; 3249, Mulloy, Patrick,
Lace-street.

And these be your merchants, gentlemen ! Upon what
Exchange do they " most congregate ?" The Stock Ex-
change, we presume, or the Pig-market. These be your
admirers of " liberal commercial oolicy"—the absence of

restrictions upon commerce, and restrictions of every other
description ! The M`Canns and M`Carthys, the M'Avoys
and the Murphy's, are from henceforth to be rated amongst
the mercantile aristocracy of Liverpool.

" Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary!"

It is made a subject of accusation against Earl de
Grey that he used no exertion, and employed none of
that influence which he might have commanded, for
the purpose of making the new corporation of Dublin
a little less Radical than it turns out to be ; but it
strikes us that there is little weight in the charge. 1u
the first place, it was quite evident, from the state of
the burgess-roll, that not all the influence which the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is master of could have
made any material difference in the new " reformed"
council ; and, secondly, it would not have been good
policy in his excellency to have interfered in the election
for the sake of such very limited results as he might,
by so doing, have been able to procure. The orders
given at the Castle, it is understood, were, that the ser-
vants of the government should take no part in the
contest; and these orders, we may presume, were
strictly obeyed ; for even in the Castle Ward the coun-
cillors returned are all Radicals and of the entire
council elected more than two-thirds are Roman Ca-
tholics, Radicals, and Repealers ! It is rather an odd
coincidence that a municipal government of such a
thoroughly Radical character should be coeval, in the
commencement of its regime, with that of a Conser-
vative administration, and that Lord Eliot, who, for a
Conservative, was rather forward in speeding on the
Municipal Reform Bill for Ireland while it was passing
through parliament, should be the Irish secretary, and
resident in Dublin, at the initiation of its operation.
Such a bill for Ireland we have always regarded as a
monstrous production, and, for anything we can yet see
of its working, it is only the whole absurdity realised.
Regrets, however, are- now unavailing; the deed is
done ; and whatever annoyance or obstruction it may
be to his government, Lord de Grey must expect to
find, and prepared to deal with, a Repeal corporation,
not only in Dublin, but in almost every town in Ire-
land that shall be blessed with a reformed municipa-
lity. Of the new corporation of Dublin, 42 are Ro-
man Catholics and only 18 Protestants; the total of
the pure O'Connellites is 46 ; so indulgent are the fates
to the late master of her Majesty's late ministry ! He
has lost a cabinet, but he has gained a corporation ; lie
no longer stands at the king's gate, first beggarman,
with well. filled wallet, taking toll of all that pass in or
out; but he becomes first magistrate of the capital of
the " first flower of the earth, and first gem of the
sea," and the chief almoner of its bounties; he may
expect no more advancement by the royal prerogative,
but he becomes a lord through the suffrages of the peo-
ple, and next session of parliament promises to present
a Repeal petition at the bar of both houses of parlia-
ment in his full costume of Lord Mayor of her Ma-
jesty's good city of Dublin. This is no creation of
the imagination; it is matter of ordinary and perfectly
sober calculation. _ _

Mr. Daniel O'Connell, the renowned Repealer, alias
disloyal separator of the kingdom, was yesterday chosen
Lord Mayor of Dublin, and in that capacity will,
doubtless, invest the cause of " Irish Independence"
with whatever force and dignity he can bestow upon
it. He has long been promising his dupes a restora-
tion of the Irish parliament, and its re-establishment
in College-green, and now he may fairly say that he is
paying down a good instalment of the debt. The new
municipal council will be a good type of the long-pro-
mised parliament—the shadow of the coming event.
The Repealers will become possessed of a handsome
house to meet in—the city mansion-house, and other
appurtenances in the capital both ornamental and use-
ful; and agitation will henceforth assume not only a
legalised but a far more dignified exterior than it has
heretofore enjoyed. The new corporation, we -are as-
sured, will become possessed of such control over the
parliamentary registration, as hereafter to render the
city of Dublin a mere borough in their hands. Well,
let the world say what it will, is not Daniel O'Connell
a " clever vagabond "to the last? There is something
ludicrous in the fact, that while the different members
of the late ministry scatter and hide themselves, like
rats, in holes and corners, the Mephistophiles of the
set turns up arrayed in greater honour than he ever
possessed before, and stands revealed—a Lord Mayor
in all his robes ! That such a circumstance can pro-
duce any serious effect on the destinies of Ireland, we
are not at all disposed to admit, more especially while
the government of the country is in Conservative
hands ; hut we advert to it as a proof, and we think it
is a striking one, of the strange and paradoxical sort of
result which arises from the liberal system, and liberal
legislation. However, liberalism, we may suppose, has
now run to the extent of its tether, and we have, for-
tunately, a Peel and Wellington ministry to give due
effect to the laws. The government of Earl de Grey
in Ireland has commenced most auspiciously, and is,
indeed, everything that one could wish. We should
have no objection to the movement which would give
to the Romanist and Papal party the mere trappings•
and outside show of power, and transfer the substance
and reality to the proper authorities. Should Earl de
Grey be so fortunate as to effect a solid exchange of
this kind, we would gladly run with others to see such
as Dan O'Connell in his Lord
aharmless
Mayor's
o a M`Hale or the most reverend
Dr. Murray as Isis chaplain,
for his sheriffs, and any .other Tom, Rey-
nolds coach, ranee
e with
Tom Steele and "mY
dear Kay"
or
grimalkin, for his fool. "I'would be a sight
worth seeing, and almost as innocent and merry as the
burning of Guy Fawkes on the fifth of November.
But Lord de Grey, we anticipate, will be able to effect
this desirable consummation. Let it be borne in mind
that since the act of Roman Catholic emancipation was
passed, or nearly so, the Whigs have had the adminis-
tration in their hands, and we have not seen how that
measure would work under a Conservative governmaednt:
and that the experiment is only now about to be ul
The result will be an interesting one.