The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-09 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The 11th and 73d regiments, ordered home from the Mediter-
radian, are also to proceed to Canada, making an addition of
1,201 rank and file to the numbers we have already ettume-
rif#4:
'die Hercule., and not the Hastings, the Inconstant, Pique,
04 Vestal, are the ships of war selected for the conveyance of
tritietiout to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Al regiments stationed in Canada, or intended for it, are to
belliigmented to their full establishment (80 added to their pre-
i!reng,lll), and vie believe the same arrangements will ex-
tiato every corps in the service.
-is reported in the hest-informed military circles, that
20,0e6men are to be added to the present strength of the army.
A less number, it is said, would nut afford the necessary rein-
fOrcements fur America, and enable us to relieve the regiments
in the,Elst whose periods of service have expired.
*dor-General Sir W. Macbean has been appointed to a
milt:nand in Canada, and Major-General Sir James Macdon-
nell is to command the brigade of guards under orders f it the
same quarter, thereby causing two vacancies in the command of
Irish diltricts.
It is now doubtful whether a regiment of cavalry will be sent
to'Canada, or a few.sq,uadrons selected from two or three regi-
ments. '

Weunderstand that-the Ist regiment of life guards, as well as
the battalion of foot guards now stationed at Windsor, have re-
veiVe&Orders from the Horse Guards to hold themselites in rea-
diners fcr fmeign service. This has created a great sensation,
as we may naturally presume it will cause a vacancy in a high
office in her Majesty's household.

A GENTLEMAN SWEEP.--A crowd gathered a short time
since about the housi of a chimney-sweeper, who lives in Cam-
den-town, and has a small garden before the door. 'Curiosity
had att,acted them, for the dingy tenant appeared with his every
day complexion, and a white smock hock thrown over his habi-
liments, and he was busily engaged in clipping the grass with a
pair of shears When he raised his head to sneeze, the crowd
laughed' heartily at the singular figure before them. " Why
you warment," said the sweep ;o the vulgar people, whet are
you looking site'? It ant to novelty for to, seen gentlaniett
cultiwitte his owls wegetables, is it ?"

jL.NuAitv 9, 1839

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET.

Second appearance at tbis Theatre of Mr. HOSKINS, from
the Theatre-Royal, Manchester, &c.. who is engaged fur a
limited period.
THIS present TUESDA Y, the 9th instant, the performances
will commence with an entirely new Nautical Drama,
yclept JACK'S ALIVE !
OR, THE JACOBITES IN 1745.
Jack Jibboom (in the service of King George) Mr. T. P. Cooke,
With the Song of " Drink and Kiss the Lasses."
To which will be added-a new laughable Interlude never acted
here, called THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.
Skirts. (a Man about Town) Mr. Hoskitis.
To conclude with
BLACK EYED SUSAN.
With the original MuSic selected from Dibdin's Songs, by. Mr
Blewitt.

William
In which character he will introduce the Sons, " Boun

'Prentice to a Coasting Ship." and Danee-his
celebrated Hornpipe.
On WEDNESDAY, a variety of ENTERTAINMENTS,
and a popular INTERLUDE, in which Mr. RAYMOND will
pet form, being his first appearance this Season.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

The last week of Mr. THOMSON, who will pourtray his popular
and justly-celebrated Grecian Statues, his original invention.
The INFANT ACTORS, neudy Thirty in number,
Will exhibit their astonishing and pleasing exercises in a gor-
geous Pantomime Act, called ST. GEORGE and the DRAGON,
in which the Stud of Ponies will appear.

grans present TUESDAY EVENING & TO-MORROW
1 EVENING, the 9th and 10th-instant, will be performed
a new Historical Drama, called
THE BATTLE OF SEDGEMOOR;
OR, THE DAYS OP KIRK AND MONMOUTp:
A Sailor's Hornpipe, in Character, by Miss X. Gates.
Mr. T. Thompson's classical sceneof the GRECIAN STA-
TUES. or Living Model of the Antiques.— unequalled
SCENES IN THE CIRCLE.—Mr. Gin will appear as the
HORSE-TAMER OF CORFU.— Master Adnini, the juvenile
equestrian will perform his peculiar act called THE HIGH-
LAND NIMROD.—The Chiarini Family will go through a
nusnlior nr new and elegant P.voLuTloNs'on the TIGHT
ROPE.—A -I_,_"-tateniitnietAct intrntjucing the Stud of
Ponies, called ST. GEOFIGI4I AN I). 11-111: DRAGON, per-
formed only by the Juvenile Grinpany.—Mr. Ryan will intro-
duce a new Equestrian Battle Scene, entitled THE FLIGHT
OF THE SARACENS.
The whole to conclude with a laughable Farce;:;entitled
DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW YOU'RE OUT*

Prices of admission, Dress Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Lower Gal-
lery, Is.; Upper Gallery, 6d. 'Children half-price from the com-
mencement to the Boxes and Pit only. Second Price at Half-
past Eight—Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Lower Gallery, 6d.
Box Office open every day from II till 3 o'clock, when Mr.
HALE will be in attendance. Doors opened at Six o'clock,
and the Performances begin precisely at lialf•past. Private
Boxes may be had nightly for Parties at 21s. and 425.
Instructions in the Art of Riding given. Riding Master, Mr.
Gin nett. Terms may he known on application at the Amphi-'
theatre.

Proprietor, Mr. BATES. Stage Manager; Mr. NEVILLE.

BY PERMISSION OF THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL

THE MAYOR.

UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED AND PERMANENT PATRONAGE

OF THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE.
I-11H E Nobility, Gentry. and Inhabitants of Liverpool, are
most respectfnlly invited to visit and examine the asto-
nishing production of Nature, the Stupendous
SKELETON. OF THE ROYAL GIGANTIC WHALE,

Now EXHIBITED IN QUEEN'S-SQUARE.

The Proprietor deems it wholly unnecessary to attempt any
description of the amazing gigantic native of the Sea, whose
wonderful size, strength, and character (so far as description
can go) are so well known to every reader of natural History,
who must have been struck with astonishment albl admiration
on reading the various accounts of the Whafe, not only by the
e i,
Historian, hut by the adventurous Vo gers in the Northern
Seas. It may be truly observed, ho 'Pr, that no written ac-
count can furnish any adequate idea the enorrnbits frame of
.the creature, every bone and joint of which is a wonder in
itself! It is no exaggeration to say that it must be seen to be
understood, and even to be believed. The examination of the
Skeleton now offered for public inspection must impress every
mind with a sacred sense of the boundless power of the Creating
Hand that produced all the living wonders of the Earth. from
the minutest insect to the magnanimous monarch of the ocean.
The Whale, of which the Skeleton is now to he seen, was Found
off the Coast of Plymouth, in October, 1831; and then Weighed
118,00011)s., and measured in length 102 feet, circumference 75
feet.

The Proprietor feels that, on inviting the l'ublic to view a
curiosity so interesting to all who admire the amazing produc-
tion of Nature; he should not do, ustice to himself if he weret
to descend to the too common modes of endeavouring to attract
the crowd by extraordinary assurance of success; but he respect-
fully begs to state that the Skeleton has been visited by many
Thousands in various parts of the Country, and that every
visitor has been astonished and gratified beyond allexpeetatzon.
Admission—Gentry Is. ; Tradespeople, Servants, and
Children 6d. each.

rbe Eiberpool ,Stanbaib.

TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1838-

(0.- The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morn-
ing at 5 o'clock.

THE REVENVE.--,The official returns of the revenue,
for the year and quarter ended on .Friday night,j46
been published. Upon the faco_of.tlyf." tables:it-WM be
seen that the public receipts for the last tweltie monthf
have fallen short of those of the corresponding period-4
the preceding year by no less than £1,900,353. This
is a remarkable difference; but it is to be recollected
that the returns for the last quarter of 1836 showed art
excess over those of the antecedent year of noless than
two millions and a half, so that the contrast with-so
usually favourable an account as that of last year is =-
fortunate for the present. Upon the quarter there ap.
pears an increase of £213,173. The loss of public
in-
come is chiefly observable under the head of the " Ex-
cise," which has fallen off; upon a comparison of the
year, to the amount of £949,836, and, upon the quar-
ter, to £212,900. The " Customs" present an increase
upon the quarter amounting to 1:453,340, but a defici-
ency upon the year of £890,156. The revenue for
stamps has declined upon -the year and quarter to
amount of £318,268 and £29,129 respectively. In t
produce from assessed taxes the falling off is uniform
upon the year and quarter, the first being less by
£12,013, and the latter by £15,632, than on the corre-
sponding periods of last year. Under the miscellaneous
axes there is a deficiency of £5;894 upon tlte year, and
£9,699 upon the quarter; but the `• re-payments" of
(public money have increased upon the year by £248,071,
and the quarter £193 upon the preceding accounts. The
Postoffice returns show an improved revenue of £27,743
for the year, and of £27,000 for the quarter. The
amount to be raised by Exchequer Bills for the service
of the cure& quarter is estimated at £5,878,545.

THE TRADESMEN'S REFORM ASSOCIATION.—The se,
cretary of this august body has just issued the following'
notice to the members : •

TRADESMEN'S REFORM ASSOCIATION,
20, CLAYTON SQUARE.

I beg to inform von that the Monthly Meeting of the
Members will be held in the Music Hall, Bold-street, on Thurs-
day evening, the 11th instant, at Seven o'clock.
T. Blackburn, Esq. will bring before yonr notice the subject
of National Education, with a view of petitioning the Legisla-
ture on this important subject.

Resolutions connected with the motion given by Mr. Grote
on the question of the Ballot,—on the Extension of the Suffrage,
—on the introduction of Sir John Cam Hobhouse's Vestry Bill,
and other business relative to the Rules and Organization of
the Association, will be submitted to your consideration upon•
' -
that occasion.

I remain, your obedient servant,
H. TINDAL ATKINSON, Sac.

January 5, 1838.

*** The Members' Tickets fur the ensuing year are now
ready for delivery, and will be required to be produced at. the.
door.

From this it would appear that the radicals, notwith-
standing their former abuse of what is designated the
hole-and-corner system, are so deeply enamoured of it
as to adopt no other sort of proceeding in the present
times, for the purpose of originating their petitions:—
Formerly they used to placard the walls, and invite the
inhabitants of Liverpool to give their attendance at the
usual rendezvous, Clayton-square, at a great •publie
meeting for the purpose of getting up petitions idd ad-
dresses to the hous'es of Parliament. There, amidst the
assembled thousands of the people, resolutions were for-
mally put, and declared to emanate from the public, of
Liverpool. Now, the practice is strangely altered. Ever
since the memorable rebuff at the Sessions' House, and
the equally mortifying demonstration at the Alusio-hall
on the subject of church-rates, the radicals have.. most
prudently avoided making any appeals to the " inhabi-
tants of Liverpool." Their present course is to summon
the members of a political union to meet in a room
which must be necessarily packed with their own party,
and there to concoct the petitions which are from time
to time sent forth as the spontaneous expression of pUb-
lic opinion.

We, however, owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Secre-

tart' Atkinson for giving us some insight into the secret
machinations of the faction by which he is retained. We
are informed by the above notice that Mr. Sutor
burn is engaged, or has engaged himself, to edify the
assembled snot:sectary of Liverpool, on the subject of

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±e1t.7..74.34ext.X7-,` - •
.—n-I\l7l t onal Edu(.!ation."— We s-tipposelliat tiff r
,
whichto'delivet'hifUself of on this occasion is in-
tended to produce a demonstration. in favour of Lord
Brougharn's educatiOn scheines, the design of width, no
doubt,
.is to exclude the pririciple of religious education
from all onr eleemosynary institutions. This design is
certainly not avowea: Indeed. the contrary is insidiously,
professed. But we know too much of the tortuous
course pursued by this hypocritical faction to suppose
that their professions are to be construed literally. There
is so much of Jesuitical mental reservation about their

declarations, that it evinces only comtnon prudence to
give no credit to their most solemn asseverations. Wit-
ness their oft refuted assertion that the Bible is not ex •
eluded from the Corporation
.Schools.
. But there is something very peculicir in the circum-
. stance of Mr. Blackburn's being engaged to 'introduce
the nostrum of an anti-scriptuial system of education to
- the notice of the Reform Association. It is well known
to most of our readers that Mr. Sutor Blackburn is
a rigid Independent—" a Pharisee after the straitest
sect"—and that he has rendered himself conspicuous for
his advocacy of the Bible Society. That such a man
should concentrate his energies to further a scheme
which would render useless all the exertions of that no-
ble institution affords a specimen of mental degradation,
and. of the triumph of party zeal over the monitory:whis-
perings of conscience, which it is humiliating to con-
template. .
As we shall endeavour to procure as full a report as
. possible of tl‘special nonsense which may be uttered by
The " lean apothecary" on the occasion,, we may perhaps
' hare it in our power to show the decided contrast afforded
by a comparison of his present opinions with his former
'sentiments, as declaredinbie,speeches at the anniversa-
. .ries Vf the Bible Society.

Of this, however, we feel confident, that Mr. Black•
burn's sentiments, if still in accordance with those of the
Educatlinl Committee, Will meet With no hearty response
from the people of Liverpool—of course we mean from
the protestant public of this town. Should a petition in

'favour g an irreligious and unchristianising system of
national instruction be adopted by the Reform Associa-
tion, surely no one will have the hardihood to assert that
nell a petition would be entitled to the designation of a
petition from the " inhabitants of Liverpool" Nay,
further, if such a petition should lie for signature in
different parts of the town, and if ten or twelve, or even
twenty thousand names should be found appended to it,
we would still designate it as any thing but a petition
from the protestant People of Liverpool. It would only
be a petition from the Roman Catholics and infidels of
the town. It should be borne in mind that the Roman
Catholics boast that they constitute nearly a third of the
population. If that is the case, (which we are by no
means prepared to allow,) what with canvassing from
door to door for signatures, and exposing sheets at the
entrances of the Popish chapels to be signed by men,
women, and children, it would be no extravagant ex-
pectatiaii to look for a list of some twenty thousand

...
Papists among the signatures. We mention this merely
to hint that the circumstance of a petition being sent from
Liverpool, with even that large number of signatures,
will afford no proof that any Protestant has signified his
approbation of Mr. Blackburn's scheme. The whole

matter is essentially Popish,* and Mr. Blackburn is only
surrendering himself as a willing tool in the hands of the
priests.
We 'perceive that the substitution of Sir John Cam
Hobbouse's Vestry act For Sturges Bourne's act is like-
wise to be mooted at the meeting of the Reform Associa-
tion. We have already warned the rate-payers that. the

radicals have been long meditating .a grand attack upon
the present administration of our parochial affairs. We
again earnestly entreat the householders of Liverpool to
tie prepared for effectually resisting the threatened in-
terference with the present system. If the monopolizing
faction should, by successful manceavring, carry their
point, the public may rely upon it that the parish-offices
would very speedily be packed with the menials of the
Reform Association. The same jobbing anti trickery
that we see practised in the management of our munici-
pal affairs would be introduced into the select vestry.
But there are two or three other topics to be discussed.

'Among these the "Ballot" and the "Extension of. the
'Suffrage are enumerated. Respecting the former of
these questions we solicit the notice of our readers to the
following admirable remarks from the Times of Saturday
last :
"In our recent remarks on the ballot question we demonstrated

succesively, that if the privilege of votinK secretly were allowed
to those who prefer it, the right of the elector to give an open
suffrage according to his choice could not be taken from him
.without a tyrannical restriction of individual liberty and a total

sacrifice of the moral benefit which the public example of up-
right men always confers upon the community; further, that if
the optional system were adopted, it would be found in practice
to be-completely destructive of the desired secrecy; and lastly,
that if, neverthe'.ess, an opportunity were actually afforded for
trying the experiment of the proposed gagging bill upon the
liberties of the constituency, there is no conceivable device
whereby its contemplated objects could be successfully realized.
To say, in reply to this, that the practice of secret voting is
found to work perfectly well at the East India-house and in the
west-end clubs, is merely saying what is wholly beside the ques-
. tion. Between a promiscuous political constituency 'and the
select membership of these aristocratic associations there is a
• very palpable difference. While we admit that in the latter
,neither the electors nor candidates are subjected to the formal
ordeal of a poll, we strenuously maintain that the actual method
-'‘'whereby their elections are determined possesses only the name
of secret voting, and nothing of its substance or reality. When

•
gentlemen become candidates for the direction of the one, or
for membership in the other, the respective constituencies are
invariably canvassed, either by themselves ot, by friends, some
lime before the vote is to be taken. From the station which
the parties occupy in life, as well as from the rank and zeal of

•
'their supporters. a direct and definite answer to such applica-
tions is always asked and given, as. a matter of mere civility.
The votes, indeed, are so universally promised before the
election, and so sure of being given in faithful fulfilment of the
'promise, that the candidates, having in their hands a list of the
proprietors or members marked as pledged, Can calculate on
success or rejection with such absolute certainty, as almost al-
ways induces them, in cases of premonished failure, to relin-
quish their pretensions before the balloting day, just to save
.their friends and opponents the trouble of a useless ceremony.
Accortlingly, we find that, in contests for the East India Direc-
tion, it is the practice of candidates to put forth and withdraw
their pretensions,
on occasion of several successive vacan-
cies, until, having obtained the promised support of a ma-
jority of proprietors, they at length advance to the ballot only as
•the nominal and pro forma act of tellership which declares their
previously4equired success. On that success, considering that
they have to deal with a straightforward and honourable con-
stituency, they are accustomed tcrrely with the utmost confidence,
wholly irrespective of the ballot, and as if no such thing existed.
In such cases, as all the world knows, thete is no real secrecy
whatever. In many instances letters_ of thanks are sent by the
succesiful :candidates to the majority of the electors, whom, in
,spite of the ballot, they know to have been-their friends. In
private clubs a person rarely thinks of applying for admission
who is not almost 'certain of carrying his election wholly irre-
spective of ballot chances, and therefore, how well.soever the
present mode of voting in these aristocratic associations may.
work, the ballot; considered as a device for securing secrecy, can '
derive no recommendation at all for any such examples.
" But even if the members of. these institutions had pre-
vented in practice that experimental proof of the ballot's powerti,
,which we own they do possess facilities for demonstrating to a
considerable extent, were they disposed to exercise them. we
Vhotild still contend that between their case and that of a pro-
iniscoons political constituency there are certain differences
which, as far as concerns the merits of secret voting, place the'
latter body al a great and olivious‘disadvantage. What the
.East India Company and the clubs are chiefly called to vote
-Upon are points (such as the election of office-bearers or mem-
bers) on which these respective constituences haYe not been
previously committed by an antecedent course of opinion or of
action. On occasions whereon they wished to defeat particular
candidates, they might throw in their ballot-balls without hav-
ing been formerly known to entertain or express any such ha-
bitual biasses as might enable the public to predetermine with
confidence_ the side they Would prefer to support. In cases of
this description, of privacy were their object, their vote could
neither be anticipated nor interpreted by a tecurrrence to past
Sentiments ; nor would they natutally be betrayed into subse.
Optent discloures on matters of such purely temporary interest.
But the secrecy which these patties might thus maintain, with-
Out much effort or mauagemeol, is paced, almost necessarily,
beyond the control of the county and borough censtituences•
For the most part the suffrages of such constituencies must be
exercised not on matters of ria,,inv, miment, but' in regard to
eertain distinctive prineill, permanent p(rliey ; con-
.cerning which,. as constittitilg the topics-of. daily-conversation.
I.ltit..Seui n not fail to Le. I; newt) throughout. the :eiWre
.thrir)rt.quaintauce. or ricighbouthood, ,1-leneovhen

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`alltirlintrtsS tcliletors OfvWhmn t! ioterriii•ntor 1155"nri psi ssinal
knowledge, yen often hear it said, on the mere strength of po-
pular renort, that Mr. A the banker is a tory, and that 11 the
butcher is a radical. The fact is, that, with very unequal ac-
quirements, both the banker a butcher happen to possess
tongues. Tongues, it is well known, have a strange propensity
to talk—no matter whether in the clearing-house or in the
slaughter-house. In short, the political sentiments of every
elector are more- or less known, and therefore, the Grote-box
may envelop the voter in a temporary and ostensible fog, his
previously expresied predilections are sn generally understood,
that under no system of covert suffrage can he possibly obtain
credit for having voted *against them. He may have been
bribed or badgered to assist the pretensions of a peculiar can-
didate. He may have felt it serviceable to give that candidate
a promise; he may have been wheedled or dragooned into the
nominal support of a person whose principles he is notoriously
opposed to. tut when the day of election arrives, it is all to
no purpose. Vote he may, under the ballot system, there can
be no real secrecy, and consequently no effectual protection.
Nay, even if the cadidate whom he professes to back shall gain
the contested seat, the elector's known sentiments will be held
in all cases to have determined his vote; and as nothing can
rescue him from the snspicion of having clung to his deliberate
opinioni, and sacrificed his dissembled promise, we have hete a
strong common sense presumption which reduces the vaunted
secrecy of the ballot to the very shallowest of folly's delusions.
"To allege that votes polled under covert could neither afford
evidence of absolute treachery, nor justly provoke retaliation,
does not in our opinion mend the matter. In the event of a
candidate having gained his election, we admit, that, in the
elation of victory, he Mighinot be disposed to pry too curiously
into the fidelity or unfaithfulness with which the more doubtful
among his pledged supporters had discharged their engage-
ments; although, even in that event, the deSire of ascertaining
the parties on whom he could or could not rely on a future occa-
sion might very naturally stimulate hilts to prosechte the inqui-
sitorial process with a zeal and vigilanCe proportionate to its
difficulty and importance. Of course, if the candidate shall
have lost his seat, the said desire, aggravated by the mortifica-
tion inseparable from an expensive failure will diiplay itself in
such augmented earnestness and strength as will leave no expe-
dient untried either to,elucidate the causes of defeat or to fur-
nish facilities for avenging it. Nor are the means wholly want-
ing for satisfying this desire by modes of inquiry and calcula-
tion which, if not absolutely unerring, must materially diminish'
the chances of mistake. For example, in prosecuting the de-
' tection of treachery, the duped and disappointed candidate will
' find that by far the larger proportion of his pledged adherents
cannot possibly be liable to the slightest suspicion. All who
are notoriously identified with himself in-Political opinion—all
who have expended money and zeal in his favour—all who have
spontaneously promised him that.support which their independ-
ent circumstances might have enabled them to withhold with
impunity—all who have made sacrifices and encountered loss
for his sake—all who have never been known to give a vote or
i.utter a sentiment unfavourable to his principles and preten-
sions—all these classes of established voters, so capable of being
categorically assorted, he will necessarily exclude from his
. scrutiny. Down he comes, then, to his pledged fresh men
and doubtfuls. Of the spontaneous bias of those electors who'
have been registered for the first time, he will conceive him-
self entitled to judge with tolerable accuracy, partly from their
family politics, and partly from the flippant frankness where-
with they promised him their vote on considerations which
may fairly• be regarded as mercenary. Concerning others
whose promise may have been reluctantly obtained by the use
of great influence, or who may be known as opposed to him
' in politics, or whose general character is hfbitually volatile,
capricious, and deceptive, he will naturally entertain the
strongest misgivings. Then comes the retribution: it is in
I vain to deny it. If the 'rejected candidate be an opulent
landlord, or an extensive consumer, it is but too probable,
, whatever be his politics, that after narrowing his list of defaul-
t
ters to those on whom presumptions tell most heavily, he will
visit them with such a course of systematic retaliations as cir-
cumstances enable him to exercise. Between squire and farmer
.there will be suspicious distrusts, sharp reckonings, petty
vexations, and notices to quit. Between customer and trades-
man there will be diminished orders, false protestations, and
a closing of accounts. Between superior and dependent there
will be a breaking up of every kindly reciprocity; and all this
' the more galling on both sides, because, while wholly iusepara-
ble from the infirmities of irritated humanity, it proceeds upon
grounds which, from their very nature, are not distinctly as-
, signahle; and because, as one of its many evils, the innocent
may suffer with the guilty. The peaceful and profitable rela-
tions of society would thus be quite as much disturbed under
the ballot-s)stem as at present; nay, our conviction is, that by
the plan of voting secretly the ordinary resources of retaliation
would he called forth to an extent of which the open poll has
heretofore furnished no example."•

SAMUEL KNIPE'S COMPENSATION.--We most cordi-
ally sympathize with this unfortunate tool of the Radical
faction. Our readers will remember that this silly old
man, under the persuasion that the shortest road to-fame
and emoluinent'under the auspices of the. Town.council,
was by heaping falsehood and calumny upon the rories,
volunteered his services to.: Mr. Joshua Walmsley, the
chairman of the Reform Association, anti was employed
by him at a low figure in raising objections to some
hundreds of poor freethen, who had Committed the unpar-
donable offence of voting for the conservative candidates •
at the previous election. Such was- the liberality of
Joshua's political creed, and such the honourable mode
he adopted to satisfy his revenge. In Samuel. Knipe he
found a most convenient tool. With a prospect of ulti-
mate benefit he engaged in the work, and esteemed no
servility too abject 'so that he might conciliate his em-
ployers, and secure their suffrages for his own advance-.
ment. The result was that several hundreds of men
Were objected to without even a reason being preferred
why they should not be retained on the burgess list. The
scene in the Registration Court was indeed a mockery
of justice, and the conduct of this Knipe and his asso-
ciate, Mr. Vandenhoff, then the solicitor to the Herm m
Association, expouse them to some severe censures from
the Revising Barrister. After a lapse of time, this Sa-
nine] Knipe prefers-a claim for compensation before the
Finance Committee, who unanimously agree that his
claim cannot be allowed. The, proceedings of the com-
mittee were afterwards confirmed by the council, and this
meddling, insolent upstart is left to suffer the reproach
and scorn of every honest man, without sympathy from
his employers. We have searched the columns of the
Mercury, the Chronicle, the Journal, and the Albion,
but all his radical associates are silent, and not a single
word is uttered in justification of his conduct. Poor
Samuel Knipe! Well, indeed, may your woe-begone
countenance lead us to " pity the sorrows of a poor old
man." Abandoned. by your friends, and laughed to scorn
by the tories, what course will you now -pursue ? You
are too old to be a watchman, and too lazy to be employed
as a pitch boiler at the graving docks, therefore take our
advice and become a public informer. It would suit
your character and might become a source of considerable
emolument. In addition to the frequent violation of the
bye-laws framed by our sapient Town-clerk and his more
enlightened Deputy, you might make some discoveries
of a graver character. The Mayor of Liverpool might
be detected in the act of threatening to "wallop" a gen-
tleman, or his principal legal adviser first milling a
coachman and then driving his horses, and many in-
stances of a similar character. Mr. Hall will do you
justice in his peculiar way., Therefore, we say again,
take our advice and become a common informer.

SIR JAMES GRAIIAM.—A public dinner was given on
Thursday last, al, Carlisle, to this highly gifted and pa-
triotic gentleman. We are extremely sorry that we
cannot find room for any thing but a short extract or
two from the eloquent address which he delivered on the
occasion, and which occupies fivecolumns of the Carlisle
Patriot.

We have also to. plead want of room as a reason for
gi-iing; no report of the very interesting Conservative
meetings at Oldham, Tintwist le, &c.

TAXING SMALL TENEMENTS.—We have elsewhere
inserted an admirable letter on this important subject, to
which we wish to direct the attention of the cottage-
owners of Liverpool, whose interests are most materially
jeopardised by the bill recently brought before the House
`of Commons.

There is one point, however, to which the letter we
have copied from the Times does not refer. We allude
to the wholesale disfranchising effect which the Small
Tenement Act would have throughout the kingdom.
'This feature in the measure is perfectly characteristic of
the Liberals.

The Pope has forbidden infant sehoolt within the Papal
States.

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