The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-17 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We shall avail ourselves of " Francisco's" favour on
Tuesday
There is no law in chess which makes it imperative upon a
player to notify to his antagonist that his queen is in
check ; though this is frequently done—as a matter of
courtesy.

Ribtrpool AE:-tartbatb•

FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, IS3B.

{IIP The Publication of the STANDARD commenced. this
morning at 5 o'clock.

COMMERCIAL RELATIONS OF TIIE KINGDOM.—The
subject of the foreign policy of our present ministry
was prominently introduced to the notice of the House
of Lords on Tuesday evening, by Lord Lyndhurst, on
the presentation of a petition signed by nearly 600 of
the wealthy and intelligent bankers, merchants, and
manufacturers of the city of Glasgow. The speech
of Lord Lyndhurst on this occasion was characterised,
in an eminent degree, by that calm and dispassionate
eloquence for which his lordship is so celebrated ; and
it is scarcely necessary to add that it told with tremen-
dous effect against Lord Melbourne and his imbecile
and pusillanimous associates. The picture which he
drew of our foreign relations was of the most appal-
ling description; and what gave the greatest weight
to his representation was, evidently, the appeal to sta-
tistical data in support of the assertion that our fo-
reign commerce is in a state of declension. This was
proved most satisfactorily. The noble and learned
lord proceeded to trace the causes of this declension,
which he just'y attributed to the infraction of treaties,
on the part of foreign powers, and to other acts
against which her Majesty's government ought to
have provided." In the emphatic language of the pe-
tition; " it is only by the sacrifice of bur power, and
the abandonMent of our rights, that the commercial
relations of Great Britain have been thus crippled and

enclanger.ed."

In support of the very strong but justifiable language
of the petition, Lord Lyndhurst adduced sev,•ral docu-
ments of an official nature which fully bute out the
statements of the petitioners. It appears by a return,
which has been recently laid before the House of Com-
mons, that the total amount of exports for the year
1836 was £91,000,000., whilst, in Hit! last year the total
amount was only £85,270,000., making a difference of
nearly £6,000,000. The total official value of manu-
factures exported from Great Britain to foreign pits
in 1837 was £77,932,617., and in the last year
£72,312,207., making a decrease of £5,620,410. In
1837 our cotton exports amounted to X 50,249,212., and
in 1833, last year, they were only £41,403,110., mak-
ing a decrease on the export of cottons of £8,746,792.
In another staple manufacture, that of woollens, the ex-
ports in 1837 amounted to £7,535,064. ; while last year
the exports only amounted to £4,680,247., making a
decrease of £2,854,817. In linen manufactures there
was a decrease of £1,000,000. on the exports of last
year as compared with 1837. On the exports of silk
the decrease was £335,853., and on hardware and cut-
lery £415,349.

How is this state of things tube accounted for ? Can
we fix upon the present ministry the charge of neglect-
ing the commercial interests of Great Britain, and thus
causing the melancholy result indicated by the state.
mentsdlich we have just made ? Is Lord Palmerston
answeArble for the rapid declension of our foreign trade?
Are his associates guilty of conniving at the ruin of
'British merchants and manufacturers ? Lord Lynd-
hurst maintains that they are guilty, and we believe
he has successfully proved the truth of this very seri-
ous charge. He showed that had our foreign secretary
possessed " a little diplomatic skill, and a little activity,"
the Germanic league, which has so strongly militated
against our commercial interests, might have been de-
feated. In like manner, for want of "a little diplo.
matic skill, and a little activity," the Russians have
been suffered to close the whole of Poland against our
staple manufactures, by the imposition of an almost
prohibitory tariff, and that in direct contravention of
the treaty of Vienna. The transit trade through Po-
land has also suffered in consequence of the infringe.
ment of the same treaty. In Cracow again we_ have
suffered through the invasion of our rights, guaranted

by the treaty of Vienna, on the part of an armed force,
that had completely remodelled its trade. This coun-
try, in respect of Cracow, is reduced to the humiliating'

position of being refused the privilege of having a con-
sular agent to exercise the necessary vigilance over our
commercial interests. In this case, as in many others,

we have insult superadded to injury, and both tamely

submitted to by the "little men" now in office. Another
instance adduced by Load Lyndhurst was an infraction

of a treaty on the part of the French government. By
this treaty the merchants of Great Britain were enti-
tled to carry on a trade in gum on the banks of the
Senegal. Two of our vessels, laden with gum, have
been seized and confiscated by the French on the most
unfounded pretences: and, although two years have

elapsed since this took place, the demand for redress

has been hitherto unattended to. The consequence of
this denial of justice has been, that we have been corn•

pletely driven from this branch of trade. In reference
to the trade of Great Britain with Java, Lord Lynd-
hurst remarked that under a treaty with Holland cer-
tain duties were to be imposed upon British goods im-
ported in British bottoms. "The duties were to be
double the duties imposed on goods imported from
Holland in Dutch vessels; and in case the vessels from
Holland imported goods from Holland not paying any
duty, we were to pay 6 per cent. on similar goods im-
ported into Java from this country. What had taken
place in Java? The treaty had been disregarded. Du-
ties to an extravagant amount had been extorted from
British merchants. Nearly £40,000. a-year had been
forced out of their pockets. This system had been going
on for years, and was still in action. There was now
£400,000. due to British merchants for duties which
had been extorted front them in violation of the treaty.
Had any attempts, he would ask, been made to prevent
the continuance of those extortions? Efforts might
have been made, but nothing effectual had been done
-to stop the Dutch government in its course of violation
of this treaty. Such was the respect paid to our go-
vernment on the continent of Europe ! Such was the
respect paid by foreign governments to treaties in
which we were concerned with them !"
The noble lord next adverted to our commercial re-
lations with Algiers. Formerly this trade produced a
very considerable revenue. It was then only liable to
a duty of five per, cent.; but since the occupation of

A giers by the French a great part of our trade has
been placed under actual prohibition, whilst the re-
mainder has been placed under the high tariff im-
posed by France, which has almost annihilated it.
Here again the Whig imbeciles have suffered our com-
merce to be injured with impunity.

Again, for several years we had been carrying on a
very profitable trade with the natives, of the eastern
coast of the Black Sea, which had givjn ►ise to a
transit traffic of the highest importance. Here we
have been unceremoniously deprived of our commer-
cial intercourse through the intervention of Russia,
which power has actually had the audacity to seize
upon a British vessel whilst pursuing a legitimate
trade. The merchants of Great Britain will not be
slow in attributing the contumely, with which we have
been treated by Russia, to the cowardly and truckling
policy of Lord Durham, who Unites in his character
the two apparently adverse qualities of proud and wil-

ful despotism with the most grovelling servility.
The reply of Lord Melbourne to the very able
speech of Lord Lyndhurst was, like the other recent
oratorical efforts of the superannuated beau, as desti-
tute of argument as it was feeble in purpose. He
seemed overpowered with the load of obloquy which
the distinguished leader of the opposition had heaped
upon him and his miserable colleagues in office.

On the subject of the commercial enterprise of
Great Britain, and the means suggested by Lord
Brougham for encouraging its development, we find
the following very judicious remarks in the London
Standard:—

" Providence has assigned to Great Britain the empire o
the sea; and, with that empire, the duty of colonising or
civilising the world.
,Nothing. but a greedy desire of sup-
planting others in commerce already estahlished—a feeling
that constitutes the principle of the econoinists' school—or an
insane abandonment of-our naval ascendancy can prevent
this country creating, in a very few years, a commerce with
her own colonies and dependencies, and with remote nations,
'tenfold greater than the commerce of all Europe. We must
first, however, get rid of Joseph 1-lutne's clan and their per-
nicious doctrines. They who will never give away a shilling,
except when they cannot help it, are sure never to lay out a
shilling to any profitable account ; and this has been pretty
much the case in our national policy. We can provide mil-
lions by the score or hundred to carry on a war, or to crush
au insurrection; out for any protitat;le purpose—for any
outlay that promises a return, we never have money to spare,
and this though the whole world is open to our adventure,
though our population is said to be redundant, and though
our capital is proved to be so by the fact that consols are at
91 or 95 per cent.; in other words, that the use of money is
worth little more than £3 per annum for the £lOO. We
could wish men to turn their attention to this view of our
Commercial prospects, and we rejoice to think that the Duke
of Wellington has done so. Lord Brougham's anticipation
of the ascendancy of Great Britain, as the head of a liberal
propagandist alliance, is, like most of the noble and learned
lord's ideas, a little visionary. After all, the cause of repre-
sentative government is not of so much influence with the
majority of mankind, even while the humour lasts, as the
sense of religion ; and the humour in favour of any plan of
government is exceedingly fugacious, as the instability of
all veryillpopular governments has proved. Besides, there is
no security for the permanence of the propagandist vocation—
indeed there is almost a certainty that it must be of short du-
ration. if it succeed, it perishes in its success; if it fail, it
sinks in despair before enemies who, from the nature of the
contest, must be implacable. We think there is good hope
that Great Britain will assume in the world a place cor-
responding with that which she held in Europe 260 years ago,
but not through the agency which Lord Brougham surmises.
We trust that the agency of that elevation will be the same
in the reign of Queen Victoria that it was in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth—the agency of religion, and that Great
Britain will present, as she ought to do and may do, the
spring of gospel truth, and the fortress of gospel churches
throughout the earth."
In the course of this debate Lord Minto made some
rambling observations on the adequacy of our naval
establishment, which were as amusing for their sim-
plicity as for the gross ignorance which they displayed
of the very subject on which, of all others, he ought
to be best informed. This admiralty functionary con-
fessed that he "could not recollect exactly the num-
ber of ships in commission, because the number va-
ried, but lie believed there were from seventeen to
eighteen sail of the line now in commission, and of
these a very considerable proportion might, if it were
desirable to do so, be sent to any part of the world.
Besides, our arrangements were such that we could
send at a very short notice a large fleet to sea." He
then proceeded to say that Great Britain had squa-
drons stationed in several places, where they were al-
ways found sufficient for the protection of our com-
mercial interests, and protested that he had never
heard complaints from those places of. the insufficiency
of our naval force. This we can readily believe ; for
when has the British navy been found inefficient?

What we have reason to complain of is, that we have
no squadrons in those places where they are most
needed for the protection of our commerce-:—in the
Black Sea, for instance, where the British flag has
been insulted with impunity.

O'CONNELL IN IRELAND.—The modern Barnpfvlde.
Moore Carew, or "King of the Beggars," has again
made his appearance in Dublin, the ordinary scene of
his incendiary agitation, and has already 'convened a
public meeting of " his constituents," to consider of
certain "ulterior measures," to be adopted in order to
procure full "Justice to Ireland." Thus it is ever with
this revolutionary firebrand—" ulterior measures" al-
ways form the order of the day with him. Whatever
course of legislation may be adopted in reference to
Ireland—whatever alleged grievances may be removed
—whatever concessions may be made to the demands
of the priests and the Popish rabble—fresh causes of
agitation are hourly discovered, and some grand " Ul-
terior measure" is propounded as a panacea for all " the
ills of Ireland." So it will ever be, as we have uni-
formly contended, until the property of Irish Prates-

ants is confiscated—until all true loyalists are banished

from the country—until the influence of the British
crown over the destinies of Ireland is annihilated—and
until the ferocious priesthood reduce the country into
a state of vassalage to the " Holy See of Rome." These
are the great ends which they are labouring so sedu-
lously to accomplish—these are the "ulterior plans"
which the Jesuit O'Connell contemplates with so much
satisfaction. We feel confident that the repeal of the
Union will form the staple of agitation for the next sea-
son. But will it succeed ? We think not. There is
a spirit recently aroused among the Protestants of Ire-

land which will yet make O'Connell and his myrmid-
ons tremble, and, perhaps, bring the traitors to the
gallows. Let these truculent demagogues but once
lift the standard of insurrection—let "the millions be

told what to do," and let them hut attempt to act upon
the advice which instigates them to rebellion—let this
take place, and we shall soon find that, in spite of the
exaggerated physical resources of the anti-British fac.
tion, the Protestants of Ireland, supported, encouraged,
and assisted by the Protestant people of England, and
protected by that Providence whose aid they may justly
invoke, will yet rise superior to their blood-thirstyene-
mies, and eventually rescue Ireland from the accursed
thraldom of Popery. We have no fears for the event
of the struggle which O'Connell is likely to provoke.

ADVERTISEMENT DUTY.—A return has just been
published showing the amount of advertisement duty
charged to each of the provincial journals in England
and Wales, from the 30th of June, 1837, to the 30th
of June, 1838. The following is a list of all the jour-
nals paying more than £5OO. per annum each :
Manchester Guardian . £1,829 5 0
Liverpool Mercury
Gore's (Liverpl.) Advertiser 965 8 0
Aris's Birmingham Gazttte 943 4 0
Leeds Mercury 935 5 0
Stamford & Lincoln Mercury 804 9 0
Myers's (Liverpl.) Advertiser 710 5 0
Birmingham Herald
Manchester Courier 664 4 0
Newcastle Courant

LIVERPOOL STANDARD 564 1 6
Liverpool Albion
Liverpool Mai1..

Leeds Intelligencer
Liverpool Chronicle

520 7 0
518 17 0

From this list it appears that, out of fifteen papers
contributing more than £5OO. in advertisement duty,
no less than seven are published in Liverpool—a strik-
ing proof of the commercial activity of the "good old
town." We feel grateful for that measure of support
with which the Liverpool Standard has been favoured
in the advertising department, which has placed it
fourth in the list of the Liverpool papers, and eleventh
in rank among all the provincial journals of the United
Kingdom. This is a position of which we have every
reason to be proud, especially when we consider the
disparity in age between the Liverpool Standard and
its more successful competitors, to say nothing of the
many older journals which it has left far behind.
It is a curious fact that the whole amount paid by
the Liverpool papers is £5,673. 16s. 6d.; whilst in
Manchester it is only £3,543.

On Wednesday, the Bth instant, was launched from the
building-yard of Messrs. Falcon and Alexander, of Working-
ton, a beautiful new barque, for Thomas Lee, Esq., of this
town, intended for the Barbadoes trade.

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

The quarterly meeting of the council was held on Wed-
nesday.

CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION.
The MAYOR reported that the claim of Mr. John Oakes
Bridge, late auditor of the accounts of the receiver of the
town dues, for the compensation for the determination of his
office, which he held at a salary of £lOO per annum, had
been before her majesty's lords of the treasury, and that, on
taking into consideration the claim of Mr. Bridge for
£697 19s. 4d. as a suns in gross, or an annual sum of
£66 10s. 4d. for his life, being two-thirds of the salary of
£lOO, their lordships had awarded that Mr. Bridge "is en-
titled to a gratuity of £80."
GAOL. COMMITTEE.
The MAYOR desired the town-clerk to read his report on
behalf of the Gaol Committee.
The TOWN-CLERK accordingly read the report, which was
somewhat to the following effect :—That some alterations
and additions, authorised by the couneil, are being proceeded
with. That the committee had found it necessary to sanction,
on a report and estimate by their surveyor, the building of a
tank to contain rain water for the supply of the washhouse in
the prison, &c. &c. Some communication was also contain ed
in it respecting the heating of cells, the appointment of a
blacksmith, and lastly, the resignation of Mr. Fursbaw, the
surgeon.

The MAYOR suggested that the course of proceeding
adopted on the appointment of governor of the Borough Gaol
should be followed on the present occasion in filling up the
vacancy of surgeon to that gaol.
The TowN-cLaux read the proceedings on that occasion.
It appeared that the council had referred hack to the Gaol
Committee the report announcing the vacancy in the situa-
tion of governor,,requesting them to advertise for candidates,
and recommended the most suitable for the election, and ap..
proval of the council.
Mr. GEORGE ROCINSON moved, and Mr. HENRY LAW-
RENCE seconded, that the same course be adopted on the
present occasion.
The To wN-ci.ERK thought the most convenient way would
be for the Gaol Committee to report to the next meeting of
the council their opinion as to the salary of the surgeon, and
then they might advertise for candidates.
Mr. G. H LAWRENCE thought that a very long discussion
had taken place on a former occasion with reference to the
salary, and that it had been then fixed.
Mr. BENN said it had been fixed at £lOO.
Mr. Re wnoN thought that sum insufficient for the increased
duties of the office.

After some further discussion the report was referred back
to the Gaol Committee to tix the salary, which is to be sub-
mitted to the council for approval next 'Wednesday week,
prior to the issuing of any advertisement for candidates.
Mr. G. H. LAW NCI wished to know whether any appli-
cation had been made to government to induce them to send
convictsdirect from this port. He understood that they wale
actually going to withdraw the vessels from the Irish station.
It wan a great hardship to the town.
The MAYOR said that the subject had not been lost sight of.
Applications had been made, and were being made, but
hitherto without success.
Mr. EARLE said the thing was abominable.

A [)MISSION OF FREEMEN.
The MAyon, in calling the attention of the council to the
petition from persons entitled to the freedom of the borough,
praying that as the legislature had deemed it proper to abo-
lish the stamp duty upon their admission, that the town-
council will follow the example with respect to the fees, said
it appeared that he had inadvertently made a mistake in
stating the number of the signatures to the petition. Mr.
Peachey, the secretary of the Freemen's Society, had in-
formed him of the fact, and had requested him to add a num-
ber of sheets to the petition. To this he assented, and had
since received the following letter from Mr. Peachey :
"Strickland-street, Everton, August 14th, 1838.
"Sin, —ln reply to yours of the 2d instant, in the name of
the petitioners, I beg to thank you for presenting their me-
morial, and also for your kindness in allowing the accompa-
nying sheets to be added to those presented. At the same
time, I have to beg your worship's parduu, that my negli-
gence should have caused you, unintentionally, to have
understated the number of signatures, and as you have been
so kind to express your intention of coi reeling that to-mor-
row, I beg to state that, in all, there are 1320 signatures.
And 1 further beg to hope your worship will support the mo-
tion of Mr. John Smith, as I am instructed to say such a
settlement will give the petitioners satisfaction, as it appears
that similar arrangements have been made in other places,
viz., Bristol, Stafford, Chester, &c.
"I have the honour to be, your worship's obliged servant,
"W. ltathbone, Esq., "W. J. PEACHEY.
Before entering into this matter, he would request the
town-clerk to read to the council the opinion which he had
taken from eminent counsel on the subject, and it remained
with them, after hearing it, to say how far they could grant
the request of the petitioners.
Mr. WALMSLEr said he had a petition to present, agreed
upon at a meeting of the Tradesmen's Reform Association,
in the prayer of which he entirely concurred. Previous to
the meeting, when the petition was agreed to on which Mr.
Smith had founded his notice, he (Mr. Walmsley) had placed
a motion on the books to bring this subject before the coun-
cil, but he withdrew it, believing it would come with more
weight as brought forward by Mr. Smith. He felt that he
had no right to take precedence of Mr. Smith, and therefore
he should reserve what he had to say until Mr. Smith had
brought his notice forward, and then he hoped be should be
able to satisfy the council that they ought not only to reduce
the amount of the admission fee, but to make the admission
a free admission altogether. e begged leave to present
his petition.
The MAYOR read the petition, which was as follows
To the Worshipful the Mayor and Members of the Thum,
Council of the Borough of Liverpool in Council assembled.

THE MEMORIAL. OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF

THE TRADESMEN'S REFORM ASSOCIATION.

" Respectfully sheweth,

"That yOur memorialists have observed, through the
medium of the public prints, that the freemen qualified by the
reform act, are now petitioning fur the removal of the fee
charged by the Town-council upon their admission.
" That your memorialists believe the claim of the freemen
to be founded on equity and justice from the following rea•
sons:—

" lst.—Because the legislature having confirmed and per-
petuated the elective franchise residing in qualified freemen,
and having also repealed the stamp duty on their admission,
have virtually recognized the principle, that pecuniary re-
strictions on the acquirement and exercise of the elective
franchise are injurious in their operation, and ought'not to
exist.

" 2d.—Because, from the circumstance that the freemen
applying to be enrolled belong almost exclusively to the
operative classes of the community, the amount of the fees,
while it operates as a barrier to the possession of the fran-
chise, acts as an inducement to wealthy persons entertaining
strong political opinions, to advance the money for the pur•
pose of party objects.
" 3d.—Because .your memorialists believe that moral
causes are in active operation, through the means of ex-
tended education and intelligence, which have a tendency to
produce a beneficial change among that class of voters to
whom this memorial more particblarly refers.
" For these reasons your memorialists respectfully pray
that the fee now taken upon the admission of freemen be en-
tirely abolished. And your memorialists will ever pray.
" Signed on behalf of the Committee,
".JOSHUA WALMSLEY, Chairman."
The MAYOR then said, perhaps it would be the better
course if the Town-clerk were then to read the case which
he had drawn, and the opinions which be had taken on the
question.
The TowN-cuinK rose accordingly, and said the case was
as follows:

" Are the council of the borough of Liverpool justified, in
law, in giving up £1 fees on the admission to freedom, ac-
cording to ancient custom paid to their officers, (see extracts
herewith,) and now the property of the borough fund, under
sect. 2 of the municipal corporations act, and agreements
whereby the borough fund takes the fees of the officers in
question, and pays them by salaries? And what would be
the effect of the relinquishment and nonpayment on the
validity of the admissions to the freedom ?"
The extracts referred to were taken from the inquiry by
the municipal commissioners into the corporation of Liver-
pool, and were as follows:-
4' SWORD BRA RIM. _ .

" The TowN-cutnx.—lie had also a small portion of the
freemen's admission fee, which has since been given up.
" Mr. HouG.—Did he give up that without compen-
sation?
" The TOWN-CLERK.—Yes; and be has no other fee or
perquisite whatever.
"Mr. 1100 G.-1 hear that portion of the freemen's fee was
2s. I thought it had been stated at 6d."
" Mr. It A DCLIFFE.—WiII t he commissioners hove the good-
ness to ask who got the benefit of that concession ?"
" The TOWN-CLERK. —lt devolved upon the town-clerk."

F LIEU. DOM.
The fine upon admission by servitude is Gs Bd, and upon ad-
mission by birthright is 3s 4d. These, however, are mere
nominal entries in the books, without ever being demanded
or paid, unless it may be considered as part of the tee of £2
paid on each admission, of which £1 is required for stamp
duty, and the other £1 goes to the town-clerk and other
officers. After the party is ordered by the council to be ad-
mitted he is sworn before the mayor and one of the bailiffs as
follows:

[Here follows the oath.]
FEES ON THEADMESION OF FREEMEN.

" Mr. WILKINSON.—What fees do the freemen pay ?"
"The ToWN-cLEnK.—Those who acquire their freedom by
birth or servitude pay the same,
. namely £2; of which it is
for the stamp; of the other LI, 2s go to the sergeant-al-mace,
s to the water-bailiff, and the remainder to myself as town-
clerk, as a remuneration for the trouble of examining docu-
ments, and inspecting claims prior to the admission of free-
men, and for subsequent insertion in ibe call-book. Upon
admission by gift, the stamp duty 'is £3 and the admission
fee the same, which expenses are paid out of the corporate
funds, without any charge to the parties."
"Mr. WILKINSON.—Are there any fees upon admission
to office ?"

"The Towx-cLEak.—None whatever."
FINKS ON ADMISSION OF Ft:ARMEN.
The TowN-ci.rink.--A have made inquiries respecting the
fines paid on the admission of freemen, to which allusion
was made yesterday, and 1 find that between 1746 and 1747,
the amount paid was £322 18s 4d; twenty-nine persons hav-
ing received the freedom by purchase, and forty-eight by-
birthright and servitude. In the case of birthright, the tees
amount to 3s 4d, and in those of servitude to 6s Bd. From
1717 to 1758. there appear to have been no fines, and in
1758 only £l5 151 were received. With those extracts, copies
of the late act of parliament for the abolitiou of the stamp
duty on the admission of freemen, and the late municipal
act, were sent, and the opinion of counsel was as follows.
He should, however, state that that was the opinion of Mr.
Starkie, Q C.,Mr. Wightman, and Mr. Crompton, the as-
sessor of the orough."

"OPINION.
"«'e are of opinion, that the council of the borough will
not be justified in giving up the fees of £1 which have been
customarily paid upon the admission of freemen, &c. and
which have now .become applicable to the borough fund. The
town-council have the management of the borough fund as
trustees for the borough, and it would be a breach of their
duty to relinquish or dispose of any portion of the funds en-
trusted to their care for the general benefit of the borough. If,
however, the town-council should give up those fees, we are
inclined to think they would be liable to an information in
equity against them, as trustees for public purposes, at the
suit of the attorney-general. We think that the omission to
pay the fees would not invalidate the admission to freedom;
but that, under the proviso in sect. 2 of the municipal corpora-
tion act, the persons so admitted would not be entitled to ex-
emption from tolls, &c., until they had paid such fees.

RK
" Wm. WIG WINIAN.
"CHARLES CROMPTON
" Liverpool Assizes, Aug. 14, 1838."

The MAYOR said with that opinion before them, it would be
in the discretion of the council and of the mover (Mr. Smith)
whether they should bring on a discussion.
Mr. SMITH asked if the fees had not been reduced in other
places, or abolished.
The MAYOR reminded Mr. Smith of the opinion as to the
consequences of such a course, which was equally applicable
to a reduction as to an abolition.
Several members of the council said, if other councils had
done wrong, that could form no precedent for them.
Mr. SMITH thought there could be no harm in bringing the
discussion forward.

It WAS, however, intimated that it would not be desirable,
as it could lead to no practicable end.
At the request of several members of the council, the opinion
was again read.
The TOWN-CLERK said, that the difference of a reduction
of the whole pound, or merely 17s Gd of it, was of no conse-
quence; by either it would appear they would do a wrong at
law.

Mr. SMITH thought he could shape his motion, that the
Town-clerk be requested to introduce a clause in some future
bill to accomplish their object.
Mr. Cumin thought they were irregular.
The MAyoa said that was a new case altogether.
Mr. SMITH would not be irregular; but he could give such
a notice for a future council.
Mr. H. Hoist Es would have voted for the abolition if they
could
.legally have taken such a step; and
Mr. LAWRENCE said, the Town-clerk had made a judicious
selection of counsel whose opinion he had taken,aud he thought
they were bound to abide by it.
The motion of Mr. Smith was then withdrawn, and it was
understood he afterwards gave the following notice fur a mo-
tion ut the next council meeting:—
" That on the next application to parliament-Tor a toe,'
act, the Town-clerk be instructed to insert in the bill a clause,
to empower the council to reduce or entirely abolish the fees•
at present chargeable on the admission and enrolment of
persons entitled to the freedom of the, borough."

CRUSALW. AGAINST COCKS AN!) HENS

Mr. IL LAWRENCE felt sorry that the most important mo-
tion on the list should have been passed over without discus-
sion, as it would have afforded them some amusement, and
relieved the discussion of the dry details that they geuerady
had before them.— (Great laughter.)
Mr. SMITH hoped Mr. Lawrence would not crow over a
fallen foe.—(Laughter.)
The Matron observed, that the member who had given the
notice alluded to, bad withdrawn it, and his facetious friend
might add, that it was laughed out of court. (Laughter.)
The above short conversation we understood to refer to a
notice put on the books by Mr. Jordan, to prevent cocks and
hens perambulating the streets.

ENROLMENT OF INDENTURES.
The prayer of a petition from Alexander Wells, for the en-
rolment of his indentures, though the prescribed period had
elapsed, was acceded to, after some discussion, and the coun-
cil rose after about an bout's sitting.

We understand that St. Andrew's church, which has been
closed fur some weeks for the purpose of being cleaned and-
painted, will be reopened for Divine service on Sunday next.
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Another grand ate. is to
take place at tbese"Gardens on Monday next. The enter-
tainments of the last Gala are to be repeated, Mr. D'Ernst's
fire-works are alone worth the trouble of a visit.

A handsome new coppered barque of 337 tons measurement,
was on Saturday last. launched from the building yard of
Messrs. K. Wood and Sons, Al aryport, called the John Hor-
ton, built for Thomas Chapman, Esq., of this town, and in-
tended for the South American trade.
CHESTIER QUEEN'S SCHOOL.—On Wednesday last, the Rev•
the Dean and Chapter of our cathedral, elected the Rev. K
W. GleadoWe, M.A. (second master of Stamford Grammar
School,) head master of Queen's School, in this city, on the
resignation of the Rev. W. Paull. M.A., and also to the minor
canonry, vacant by the death of the Rev. F. Casson, M.A.—
Chester Gazette.

CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—Mr. Thomas William!, of
Glanrafon, Llanfairtalhaiarn; Denbighshire, while flyfishing
on the 11th instant, caught, a young partridge, 5 ounces in
weight; the hook just penetrated beneath tne wing of the
bird.

MARSHAL SOUIT.—A portrait of this veteran is now ex-
hibiting in Bold-street, at Goadsby's rere,itory. It is exe-
cuted in chalk, in a masterly and free style. The artist is
Mons. Clement Boulanger, who has been staying in London
to paint a picture, for the King of the French, of the late
coronation.

STRAUSS' .BANDS—It is with extreme pleasure that we.
have to announce that this fine band will again perform to
Liverpool, previous to Mr Strauss' departure for the conti-
nent, where he has engagements to appear before. the King
of the French, the Emperor and Empress of Austria, and the
Emperor of Russia. By referring to the advertisement, it
will be seen, that on Monday and Wednesday evenings
next the concerts are to take place.
TAKE WA IiNING.--" Half the accidents and offences'
that enliven the columns of our newspapers originate in the
disregard of this precept. People take snuff, colds, wine,
steps, tea, wives, offence, hints, fright, and medical ad-
vice; but they cannot—they will not—take warning !—and
er consequence, they incontinently get hanged, drunk,
drowned, shot, f,rsewhipped and ridiculed, . SM.'—are
thrown out of windows, and off coaches, kick up and are
kicked down, &c., &c. While as a sequitur, adulteries,
law-suits, duels, murders, black eyes, &c. ensue."—Baxter's
Humour and Pathos. Just published.

THEATRE ROTAL.—The assizes have absorbed so much
of our time, that we have not been able to pay our customary
attention to the Theatre. During the week, the attractions
have been rather numerous; Mr. Dowton, Mr. Vandenboff,
Miss Vandenhoff, and Mr. F. Vining, have been playing.
We have heard much of Miss Vandenhoff, and hope shoal
to see her. This evening the comedy of the " Hunchback"
is announced for the benefit of Mr. Vandenhoff.

STUM.—It may not be generally known that Mr.
Stuart has had the misfortune to break his arm just above
the wrist. The accident occurred while embarking on board
the Rock Ferry boat a short time since. lie is obliged to
wear the wrist in a sling, and it is expected that he will not,
recover the use of it for some time. He appeared last even-
ing, for the first time since the occurrence, as the Ghost in
Hamlet, which be played with his accustomed ability.

The Sun, which lately printed an account of the corona-
tion in gold, and with it a medallion profile of the Queen,
has again illumined its sheet with two medallion profiles
—the Dukes of Wellington and Dalmatia. The likenesses
of these warriors, who have been for "full fifty years,
harnessed in rugged steel," are excellent and done in a style
which render them worthy of a place in the portfolio or to
adorn the study.

PROMOLI'S 13 SZA A n.—One of the lions, if not the greatest
lion, ofLiverpool is Promotes bazaar. We very much question
if another such establishment exists either in this or in any
other country, as to extent, costliness of stock, or the vari, tv
of articles of which it consists. All that is elegant, rich, and
useful, from every quarter of the globe, is here to purchased.
China, Japan, and India contribute their rich and unique
wares, while the European continent seems to have been
ransacked for the purpose of associating together its beautiful
manufactures. The whole bazaar is laid out with a taste and
skill that does Mr. Promoli infinite credit.
A LEGAL. AND LITERARY Titto.—On Monday afternoon
last, in the Nisi Prins Court, at the South Lancashire Assizes
at Liverpool, a trio of gentlemen of the long lobe, whose names
have obtained celebrity in various wars, were for some time
conversing together. Mr. Murphy (not of the " weather
almanac,") the author of the papers by "Father Piout," iu
Frazer's Magazine, and of other literary productions of merit;
Mr. Warren, the graphic delineatorof some of the most fear-
ful workings of physical suffering, and mental agony,—the
rage of the passions, and the blightof disease,—in his " Pas-
sages from the Diary of a late Physician ;" and last and least,
in stature at any rate, whatever may be thought of him in
other respects, was Mr. Roebuck, the ex-member for Bath,
who is a small, low man, of sallow complexion, and certainly
somewhat flattered in the " Portraits of living Reformers."
THE EVERToN AND [(MEDALS FLORAL SOclETT's EXIII-
BiTioN.—The Floral and Horticultural Society of Everton
and Kirkdale presented for public inspection a show of choice
fruits, flowers, and vegetables, on Thursday week, in a splendid
marquee erected in the garden attached to Mr. New's hotel,
Kirkdale. The day was extremely unfavourable, storm and
rain, without a single gleam of sunshine, having prevailed
from morning's dawn till night-fall. The visitors, therefore,
were exceedingly few; those who did attend being only from
the immediate neigbourhood. This was a serious disappoint-
ment to the lovers of nature's most beautiful productions, a
was the more to be regretted, as the exhibition, untwit list and-
the unfavourable season, was one that has scarcely been sur-
passed in any department. The show of carnations was reir-
ticularly fine, and Mr. Soorn and Mr. Evans, of
and. Mr. Lodge, of Manchester, deserve high comp:HT:N.I fio.•
eis known
require admirable
any taste ' in
M
their great success in the cultivation of these beautiful
The Calceolarias of Mr. Skirving attracted great att,;.'
i"
floriculture r.
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of us. The fruit and vegetables were parti Icu ary net iced as
being of the finest description.
Tux TEE-TorAL Discussioar.—We had a ticket
us for admission to the " Graud Discussion" with ho-t
Tee-totalists have been delighting themselves during" "-h
week at the Amphitheatre, but our time being. „ce •more important avocations we could not prirticipnel-I,•wi'h
delight, and are tee-totally in the dark as to the niatter2.
have heard, however, that an individual named Acland
dertook to maintain the cause of temperance without the lee-
total clause, and Mr.Grubb, the champion of the tee-:,a,CA.:.,
was pitched against him, and tee-totally thrashed hi
nent. On the following evening, Wednesday, Mr: A c,:lio•s
temperance, of course, was diluted into tee-totalism, and ba
went through the farce of publicly signing "THE Pl./LDG E."
We should not be at all surprised to hear shortly of
coming the paid advocate of teetotalism ; stranger thiogs
have come to pass. Whilst on the subject of tee-tota',isin we
may mention that a rival society is shortly about to be esta-
blished, that it may ramify and strengthen itselt beton. the
ensuing Christmas, which is to be named " The Juvenile
Tee-total Anti-Plum-pudding Society ;" the object of Which
society is to prevent the sad effects which take place du i
the Christmas holidays amongst children, from overgoriji,g
themselves with plum-pudding. It was stated the utlier
night, we heard, that a confirmed "drunk-bard" made s-:e-
-ral ineffectual attempts to sign his name, but could not II :so
till he had steadied his hand with sixteen glasses of sixpenny
gin. We'have also heard it as a lamentable and und.iula,u
fact that a confirmed though juvenile gorger of plum-pudding
positively ate three and twenty ordinary sized plum putiiiiigs
before he could sit bolt upright in his chair!
SOUTH LANCASHIRE Assizaa.—THE CAUSE LIST. —Tt e
civil business, at least so far as respects the number of
causes fur trial at the present assizes, is smaller than it has
been since the August assizes, 1836; as will be seen by the
following numbers:—

Salford. West Derby. To! al.
1836. August—Causes 54 65 119
1837. March „ B7 B2 16q
August „ 59 72 11)
1838. March „ 5l 125 .176
August „ 56 6l .
These numbers give an average of 61 causes in the Sal and
hundred list, and 81 in that from the West Derby Intw!red,
or 142 as the total number entered ; so that the present ;,•:,•r.,,,
show five fewer causes than the average number from Sal hord
hundred, and twenty below the average from the West D,ri.y
hundred. In another respect, too, the present assizes show
a decrease,—viz. in the number of causes to be tried by 5;,,!..
cial jury. Whether this is owing to the convictitul chat a
Lancashire common jury is generally as conversant ..,i!ii
matters of business, and as capable of deciding 'ridaly .rn
mercantile questions, as a special jury could be ex t•ecl*.il :0
be, we shall not pretend to say; but there are only tn.o
causes in the 117, marked in the cause list for trial by si.e-
cial jury, both in the list for the West Derby hundred.

ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY. AUG. 13.--We
have had a fair average market to-day ; and the demand
the lower qualities of flannels still continues good. There is
no change in the prices. In the wool market there is uo al-
teration.

ExEct,:tON.—INFANTIcin.K.—Mr. Baron Gurney, lief,re
leaving Chester on Friday morning last, directed that
execution of the two unhappy women, Anti Byrom and Dinah
Jones, who had been convicted the previous day of Ole no--
der of their illegitimate offspring, shall take place on Satur-
day, the Ist of September next.—Chester Gazette.

STATE OF TRADE.—There has been a fair inquiry liotb f•ir
goods and yarn during the last few days; but, the buyers,
who were compelled to give a slight advance last week in
consequence of the increased firmness of the cotton market
at that tune, have endeavoured to take advantage of the sub-
sequent decline in cotton at Liverpool. In this attempt they
have not been successful, but the business
done
at the prier,:
of last week has been on a rather limited scale.—Aluncheater
Guardian.

KII:BY LONSDALE.—The hay season in this neighbourhood
progresses very slowly, continued rains having fallen for the
last three weeks. Never, in the memory of the oldest in-
habitant, was there so little bay housed
,at this time. The
grain crops begin to look very (..yi eat breadths of oats
on high situations will be mown for feed for the cattle, it
being certain that they will never make any grain this sea-
son, not having shot into ear yet.--Lancaster Guardian.
OPENING OP THE M
,NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL AT AS[IW (TH,.
NEAR ROCHD,!,LE.—This neat and compact building-, I.oely
erected by Wilbraham Egerton, Esq. was opened ontina,y
the 12th instant, when two sermons were preached on
occasion at the parochial chapel of Ashworth, by the Per.
Richard Durnford, M.A. rectorof Middleton, and colle(ti.ins
made for the institution, amounting to £l5. 17s. Consid,r-
ing that Ashworth is a very small and obscure chapelry,
great praise is due to the congregation of that place for their
liberality. The united collections which have been made
there within the last three months amount to the very baud-
some luta of £45.

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Majesty on the occasion :

LIVERPOOL MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 17,1838.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

SECOND EDITION.

Standard Office, Three o'Clock.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

The Sun of yesterday announces the prorogation of
parliament till Thursday, the 11th of October next.
We have only space to insert, at present, the following

delivered by her most gracious

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
" The state of Public Business enables me to close this
protracted and laborious Session.
" I have to lament that the civil war in Spain forms an
exception to the general tranquillity. I continue to receive
from all Foreign Powers the strongest assurances of their
desire to maintain with me the most amicable relations.
" The disturbances and insurrections which bad, unfortu-
nately, broken out in Upper and Lower Canada, have been
promptly suppressed ; and I entertain a confident hope that
firm and judicious measures will empower you to restore a
Constitutional form of Government, which unhappy events
have compelled you for a time to suspend.
"1 rejoice at the progress which has been made in my Co.
lonial possession towards the entire Abolition of Negro Ap-
prenticeship.

"I have observed with much satisfaction the attention
which you have bestowed upon the amendment of the Domes-
tic Institutions of the Country. I trust that the mitigation of
the law of Imprisonment fur Debt will prove at once favor-
able to the liberty of my Subjects, and safe for commercial
credit; and that the Established Church will derive increased
strength and efficiency from the restriction of ,the granting
of Benefices in Plurality.
"I have felt great pleasure in giving my assent to the Bill
for the Relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland. I cherish
the expectation that its provisions have been so cautiously
framed, and will be so prudently executed, that whilst they
contribute to relieve distress, they will tend to preserve order,
and to encourage habits of industry and exertion.
" I trust likewise that the Act which you have passed re-
lating to the Composition for Tithe in Ireland, will increase
the. security of that property, and promote internal peace.
" GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

" I cannot sufficiently thank you for your dispatch and
liberality in providing for the expenses of my household and
the maintenance of the honour and dignity of the Crown. I
offer you my warmest acknowledgments for the addition
which you have made to the income of my beloved Mother.
" I thank you for the supplies which you have voted for
the ordinary Public Service, as well as for the readiness
with which you have provided means to meet. the extraordi-
nary expenses rendered necessary by the state of my Cana-
dian possessions.
" MT LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

" The many useful measures which you have been able to
consider, while the settlement of the civil list and the state of
Canada demanded so much of your attention, are a satisfac-
tory proof of your zeal for the public good. You are so well
acquainted with the duties which now devolve upon you in
your respective counties, that it is unnecessary to remind
you of them. In the discharge of them you may securely re-
ly upon my firm support, and it only remains to express an
humble hope that Divine Providence may watch over us all,
and prosper our united efforts for the welfare of our country."

The very limited stocks reported to remain in Ireland, and
the high prices there, continue to diminish our supplies from
that quarter; we have consequently very little Grain or Flour
to notice thence since Tuesday, except a moderate quantity
of Oatmeal: the arrivals coastwise also are trivial for to-day,
and those from abroad confined to 1350 qrs. of Wheat and
350 of Pease. With exceedingly fine weather, however,
during the week, until last evening that we had some rain,
buyers were much more on the reserve than of late, and
apparently most descriptions of Grain were a little depressed
in value.

Influenced by a favourable aspect in the weather this
morning, and scarcely any buyers at market, the trade alto-
gether was so extremely inanimate, as to render extensive
sales of any article wholly impracticable. In this unusual
state of dulness, free Wheats were offered generally at a de-
cline of 4d to 6d and bonded samples 6d per 70lbs below the
rates of Tuesday; the former with very little effect, and in
the latter, beyond two cargoes of good red Baltic forced off
at the reduced price of 9s. 6d., nothing deserving notice
transpired.—English and Irish Flour, in the absence of
country dealers, was ld. to 2d. per sack cheaper, and more
neglected than usual.
Barley, Malt, and Pease, appeared to meet much less at-
tention, and though held at former prices, each may be con-
sidered the turn lower. Beans, upon a very limited supply,
remained steady in value.
Oats continuing to be offered more freely from granary,
and participating in the general languor of the trade, must
be noted Id to 2d per 451bs lower; and Oatmeal declined is
to is 6d per 2401bs from our last quotations.