The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-01-08 00:00:00

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

The following is the result of the elections in the undermen-
Cooed places :
Reformers. Conservatives.
Arundel 3 9
Andover 8 4
Basingstoke
Bury St. Edmond's l6 2
Boston
Beaumaris .... all 0
Bath

Banbury
Bridgewater all 0
Bridport
Bridgenurth
Barnstaple
Bristol
Clitheroe
Cambridge
Coventry
Carnatvon l2 6
Canterbury
Carmarthen
Colchester ll 7
Chester
Chesterfield
Chiceester 9 9
Carlisle
Chard l4 2
Dover 6 12
Durham l4 4
Deal
Derby
Doncaster l5 3
Denbigh
Daventry
Devizes
Exeter
Eve 8 4
E-vesha:n
,6 6
Feversham
Great Grimsby 9 3
Guildford
Gloucester 5 13
___

High Wycombe
12 ..,..
3
Hull
Hertford
Hereford
Harwich
Hastings
Hs-the .
HUntingdon
Ipswich 2O 10
Kendal
Kidderminster 2 16
Leicester . 3B 4
Liverpool - 5
Leeds
Lincoln all 0
Ludlow
Lichfield
Liskeard ' all 0
Lyme Regis
Lynn 0 all
Louth all 0
Macclesfield
Mahlon
Maidstone l2 6
Maidenhead
Marlborough 0 all
Norwich
Newport, Monmouthshire l4 4
Newport, Isle of Wight 9 9
Northampton
Nottingham
Oxford
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Poole ,
7 11
Pontefract lO 2
Penrhyn
Preston
Pwllhlli
Ripon all 0
Rochester
Reading l4 4
Sudbury l2 4
Stockport
St. Alban's
•
Shrewsbury 17 13
Saffron Waldon
Salisbury
Stamford
Scarborough l7 1
Swansea all 0
Sandwich
St. Ives, Cbrnwall
Thetford .
Tutu ess
Tiverton~
Truro l6 2
Tewksbury
Tenby .
Tamworth
Wallingford
Wisbeach
Windsor
Worcester 34 2
Winchester
Wenlock
Warwick
York 2O 16

Cbt Eiberpool ,Stanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1836.

Great preparations are making for the meeting of par.
liament on the 4th February. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has
sent forth a summons to all his followers and dependants,
commanding them to attend parade at Westminster se-
veral days before the opening of the campaign. He has
called upon his Saxon serfs to come from their garrets
and cellars, his Scotch bagpipers to come from their
clachans, and his Irish banditti to come from their bogs,
and rally round their chief on the appointed day. The
bashaw of the beggars, from his castle in the wilds of
Kerry, has sounded the swineherd's horn, is gathering his
mummers, who are mending their unpaid-for half-boots
and galligask ins, and preparing for a descent upon Eng-
land. Dear to these " vagabonds"—the word is DA-
NIEL'S !—are the well-warmed rooms and the gratuitous
accommodations of the House of Commons, and ques-
tionless they ;•ill be present to enjoy them as early as
possible.
Immense impOrtance appears to be attached to the pro-
ceedings of the.first day, and the conservatives, aroused
by the circular of Lord JOHN, are examining their wea-
pons, polishing their armour, and preparing for battle.
Of course they cannot know what measures are to be
proposed or what recommendations are to be inserted in
the King's speech; and indeed it would be quite as well
if they attached only a secondary interest to these mat-
ters, and instead of acting upon the defensive, as they
did during the whole of the last session, they were to be-
come the active assailants of ministers as soon as the
speech shall be read from the throne. Timid policy is
always bad policy. Conciliatory measures are rarely wise
ones, even when those you wish to conciliate are honest
and honourable men. But as there are no men who
have any claim to this character in • the ranks of those
Who are joints of the tail, or who formed the latest ma-
jorities in the House of Commons, conciliation on the
part of the conservatives would be downright madness.
To trust such men—to repose the slightest confidence in
them—to believe what they promise or deny, until the
promise and denial are proved by fulfilment, would be
worse than madness. It would be fatal to the national
security, perhaps to national credit—it would be fatal to
the church, perhaps to property of every kind—it would
be fatal to the monarchy itself!
If, then, the conservatives understand their own posi-
tion, and the duties they owe to their sovereign, to the
national church, to the people, and to themselves, they
will at once and for ever banish from their thoughts and
from their counsels the cowardly policy of defensive ope-
rations, and begin the war, not with trenching and coun-
termining:, but by open assault and storm upon the whig
citadel, defended as it is by wretched Irish adventurers,
who, although they fight for their bread, and for nothing
else, and are besides desperate men, still they cannot
stand for a single moment before the hosts of England.
Why wait to hear the hypocritical jangle of Lord JOHN
RUSSELL ? Why trifle with principle by listening to
empty professions employed only to deceive ? Why
waste precious time in hearing.the defence of the " Irish
ruMan" against the charges of the poor creature whom
he swindled ? If the conservatives are fond of ingenious
apologies for crime—if they delight in the artifices of a
thief's advocate—if they rejoice in an array of well-
concocted falsehoods and pitiable sophistries—let them
quit St. Stephen's and take their seats at the old Bailey ;
for they may rest assured that neither their constituents
nor the public generally will thank them for tolerating
the scenes of the last session, and wasting time and pa-
tience in personal squabbles—squabbles which would not
reflect any credit upon the inmates of a porter booth or a
penny-hop party at Bartholomew Fair.
We speak frankly because we feel warmly on this sub-
ject. It will hardly be denied that Sir ROBERT PEEL,
who was defeated by just as many men as could be
crammed into a rum puncheon, although well supported
for the first few weeks, was shamefully deserted during
the remainder of the session. Whether this arose from
the over-cautious policy of Sir ROBERT—from his desire
rather to convince than combat—rather to dissolve anti-
pathies by reason than by force—we shall not take upon
ourselves to decide. But certain it is, the conservatives
fought a defensive and of course a losing battle, from the
commencement of the season to its close. They did not
even retire with the consolation of having been nar-
rowly defeated on something which they had originated.
The campaign from the day of the right honourable ba
ronet's retirement from office was a continuous retreat.
There was not in it a single instance of reaction—of a
successful charge upon the pursuers—nor of one master-
stroke of policy !

This error will we trust be atoned for, and corrected in
the approaching session. Let every conservative, who
can possibly leave his bed without endangering his life,
be at his post on the first day of the session. We are
strongly convinced that the conservatives have.already a
majority in the House of Commons ; but let this be the

test of it. Let them, then, without discussing minor
questions, muster sufficient courage to make a buld;
daring, and united attack upon the head and heart
of the MELBOURNE .administration—we •mean upon the
beggar O'Connell himself They have ample and
abundant reasons to justify his impeachment; but as im-
peachments have for some time been obsolete, the more
expedient course perhaps would be to expel him as a de-
graded member from the House of Commons. We feel
confident that a motion of this nature, introduced and
supported by Sir ROBERT PEEL, would be carried by a
majority ranging from 10 to 30. There are at least
twenty whip Ivho voted for the present speaker, and
supported the amendment to the address, who would, and
who must, support such a motion !
But let us view the matter in the worst light. Suppose
Sir ROBERT PEEL and the conservatives defeated by a
slender and merely nominal majority of one or two—what
then ? Would it not be something gained—would it not
be a triumpb, to see upwards of three hundred members of
the House of Commons declare, by a solemn vote, that
DANIEL O'CONNELL 1.8 disentitled, by his conduct,: from
sitting in any society of gentlemen Here would be a
living document—a record of infamy that would be pro-
ductive of the happiest effects, even as'a lesson. Sup-
,posing they are defeated, what possible harm could arise
`to the conservatives ? Supposing DANIEL to be placed
on the very verge of the precipice which lowers upon the
depths profound of degradation, and that one stray vote
saves him from being precipitated, what better would his
character be, what 'Worse would be the power, or the re-
putation, or theinfluelhce, or the hopes of the comma--
tires ? The bol licy is the best policy. Nothing
was ever gained fo.,..;,rinciple which was not won by cou-
rage. Nothing Waver lost to the cause of truth and
justice which was not s rrendered by cowardice.
But we are told th:; if the whigradicals are an-
noyed
~.140100**4 -• , of the conservatives, they

„welrtliisolve parliament! This is mere empty swagger
—the show of fight that is sometimes assumed by the
gentlemen of the swell mob. They know much better
than to appeal to the electors at the present moment.
Never did the deeply injured long more anxiously to be
avenged—never did the insulted desire more ardently to
meet his enemy—never did the wronged and falsely ac-
cused more readily throw his glove in proud defiance at
the feet of his slanderer—than do the conservatives long
and pray to meet the whigs and radicals in the presence
of the people of England. That wretched menial of the
whigs, the Globe, prates about some seventy members,
which it calls conservatives, being booked for rejection,
at the next election, in consequence of the brilliant suc-
cess obtained by the reformers under the provisions
of the municipal reform bill. The world which the
Globe illuminates must be confined to London ; the
writer of it is evidently a dapper Cockney, the smallest
of the poodle breed, or he would know that the construc-
tion of most of the old municipal bodies stood seri-
ously in the way of conservative principles. For years
the words "mayor” and " jobber" and "corruption"—
in every popular acceptation have been considered syno-
nymous terms. It was a true definition to a certain ex-
tent, but it was fala'e in application to almost all the most
important municipal corporations in the kingdom. We
are, however, indebted to the whigs for the libel, and it
has militated seriously against the tories. Now, how-
ever, the charge is erased from our journals. The new-
ly-appointed governing body is, in the majority of in-
stances, whig and radical as to politics—and socinian
and infidel as to religion. The people have given these
persons a fair trial ; and we are sure we speak the senti-
ments of three-fourths of the inhabitants of Liverpool,
when we say that, they have been tried and have failed ;
that in one short week they have jobbed more glaringly,
more dirtily, more meanly, more recklessly, and inde-
cently than the tories ever did, in any one borough, no
matter how obscure or degraded, for the last fifty years.
Some additional notice of this nefarious jobbing and
corruption will be found in another article.
Upon this we take our stand, and we challenge the
whigs and whig-radicals to dissolve the present parlia-
ment. We fearlessly maintain that the change in the
boroughs, which is foolishly called reform, will not only
advance the Conservative cause, but expose the hollow
and hypocritical pretension's of those who have harped
and lived upon advocating borough reform for the greater
part of their lives. They, poor creatures, are now in
power—they are amid the turmoil of official duties which
they do not understand, and are incompetent to dis-
charge ; and the day will come—the day when they are
execrated and politically powerless—when they will bit-
terly lament the hour when they, from having accepted
office, became simply the purveyors of needy lawyers, of
hungry partizans of the government, of despicable crea-
tures who have dived into official kitchens to hunt for in-
formation, and upon whom derision, laughter, and con-
tumely will be outpowered like an autumnal pelting of,
rain upon a pauper's grave.
Lord J3UN RUSSELL, if we have any favour in the
smallest corner of your most niggard liberality, pray
give us a geneial election !

The liberals of the reformed corporation have begun
to work for their friends and for one another with un-
common assiduity. The inhabitants of Liverpool will
shortly be under the deepest and dearest obligations to
them ; for what they have already done, in a few days,
may be taken as a foretaste of the blessings they have
in store for them.

" And what have they done ?" we fancy we bear some
anxious reformer asking with his mouth wide open.
Have patience most worthy burgess and you shall be told
all about it.

In the time of the old corporation the unpleasant busi-
ness of the Liverpool Police Court was executed by the
mayor and aldermen, as the magistrates of the borough,
at no expense to the town whatever ; and we never heard
that the mode of conducting this departthent of the crimi-
nal business was., ever the subject of complaint or open
to public censure. 'pow, however, the times are changed
in all things. Our worthy aldermen are not expected to
do any thing but make speeches—and such speeches!—
in the Common Council ; to enjoy the hospitality of his
worship the mayor; consume a given quantity of veni-
son, and a corresponding quantity of wine. We defy
any man to point out any other duties they can be called
upon to perform, except the serious and important duty
of presiding once a year over the ward elections.
These new made aldermen, therefore, are entirely
uselesss, and they are nothing more than the tools or
fools—we give them a choice of terms—of the council-
lors by whom they were elected, and whose orders they
must obey. They are, consequently, of much less use in
the Council Chamber than is the sleeping chair in the
ball. These very titles are ridiculous; and we predict
that, by and by, the boys in the streets will laugh at
them. The cant word, "How is your aunt ?" will, here-
after, give place in Liverpool to—How is the alderman?
These wooden aldermen being thus cast aside as alike
destitute of utility and ornament, a new class of magi-
strates are to be created by the municipal bill. These
are to be named, and recommended' to the secretary of
state to-day, and they are to be invested with the func-
tions of justices of the peace within the borough. But
are they to be working justices? Oh, no! They are
not to be subjected, like the aldermen of old, to the
drudgery and defilement of sitting in the police-court.
They are not to be allowed, except in cases of emergency,
to come into contact with thieves and pickpockets. They
are to be fair-weather justices, who are to talk, not work,
and who are to be prevented from committing prisoners
lest they commit themselves.
In short their work is to be performed by a Mr. HALL,
a barrister, who is to be a stipendiary magistrate, and
have a salary from the borough fund of ONE THOUSAND
POUNDS per annum! How many more stipendiaries are
to be appointed we cannot tell, but it would not surprise
us to see another brace of them at the same rate of sa-
lary.
We appeal to the burgesses of Liverpool whether in
this appointment of Mr. HALL they see any considera-
tions of economy or expediency. Did they, when they
elected the present council, expect that one of the first
acts of the reformers would be to job away, upon a fel-
low reformer, such a large slice of the income of the

JANUARY 5.

town--,-a sum which would have been touch more laudably
employed in cleaning the streets, or in helping to regute
the poor:rates ?---Did they calculate that the immaculate
reformers tvaiiild so soon abuse the provisions of the muni-
cipal bill as to introduce one or m ore government spies
into every corporation of England, at a monstrous and
unnecessary expens, and for no earthly purpose but to
provide for a political partizan, who has distinghished
himself only by the violence and factiousness of his opi-
nions ?

If the burgesses expected all this, then we most
heartily congratulate them. But, mark our Words, this
is only the beginning of the jobs. The appointment of
the new town-clerk, by paying £4,000 or £5,000 a year
to Mr. FosTEtt, was the first job. The second is the sti-
pendiary job. The third will, perhaps, be the coroner
job, the duties of which office have hitherto been dis-
charged gratuitously by the bailiffs, but which under the
new appointment will entail a charge upon the borough
fund of several hundred pounds per annum. The trea-
surer will probably g. 9 next, and his office be jobbed to
some needy adherent at the Cost of nearly £7OO a year ;
so that before all `the officers can be changed, and all the
offices sweeped out, there will be little -income left to
protect. For be it borne in mind that the expense of
lighting, watching, paving, and scavenging of the new
sections of the borough, such as Everton, West Derby,
and Toxteth-park, which contain an area of many square
miles, and much greater than the whole of the borough
within its ancient boundaries, falls upon the corporation.-
Under these Circumstances we may rest assured, that
before this day twelve months it will be found necessary
to impose a borough rate of, at least, one shilling in the
pound upon the whole rental of the inhabitant household-
ers. Gratifying news this will no doubt be to the own-
ers of shops and warehouses ! We shall we fear have
great. deal more to say on this subject; but enough fOr
the present.

We cannot, however, conclude without calling atten-
tion to the sort of colloquial fustian which passes fur
argument and debate in the Common Council. We
assure the reader that our reporter has been at the great-
est pains to give it faithfully. His instructions are to be
carefully accurate, and not set down a single word that
is not uttered; and we are confident he performs his duty
honestly. But see what sort of stuff it is! Here are a
number of men pretending to instruct each other in re-
ference to the provisions of an act of parliament, and yet
it is clear that very few of those who rise the oftenest and
speak the most confidently have read the bill in question,
or, having read, understand it.
,In the council on Wed-
nesday a great deal more was said and done than the law
allows. Even the new town-clerk is unable to interpret
'the bill. One man prates about the " Privy Council,"
another talks of the " Secretary of State ;" so that, what
with interruption and contradiction, obstinacy, pertness,
and ignorance, we are likely to have a merry year of it.
This, we understand, is to be a great day, but why
are the public not admitted ? We were told that the
re-
formers would make the Council-chamber an open court
like the Court of Common Council in London; but they
have shut their doors against the electors and excluded
the people. Now this, to us who like fun, is extremely
unpleasant and vastly illiberal. It is not always what a
man says which excites laughter, but the manner in
which he says it. There are thousands of persons who
would richly enjoy the debate who cannot endure our
dull and unintelligible reports, and on their account we
demand that the court be open to the public.

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

City, Wednesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock.

It is generally, understood that our dignified administration
is actually now in a course of supplication with the mendicant
of llerrynane for permission to put off the appropriation clause
for another session, and that the sturdy beggarman has not yet
sent back his resolve upon the subject, but it is probable that
he will accede to the prayer if an adequate "consideration" is
given.

We hare been without any arrivals of importance to-day, and
mails are still due from Ilawburgh, Mexico, and Lisbon. Our
commercial readers must bear in mind that the Lisbon mails
will in future he made up on Saturdays instead of Fridays, as
heretofore, and that this arrangement will commence with the
mail to be made up on Saturday next.
Our. Newfoundland papers received this afternoon to the litly
ult., state that Mr. G. A. Itenny, conimander of the Manchester,
of Liverpool, had committed suicide by shooting himself with a
pistol. The jury had returned a verdict of insanity. The win-
ter had set in at Newfoundland with unusual severity, storm
and tempest having prevailed throughout November. The sea
had swept the coast more violently than had been remembered
for tha previous forty years, and the tides had risen far beyond
the usual landmark. The shipping belonging to the colony had
suffered considerable damage, The Indian Lass, with the-
master and part of the crew, had been lost. The Venus was
also lost, but the crew were saved. Several vessels were mis-
, and much anxiety was felt-
fsoinrgt,haeinrdshafaedtlb..een so for some time

Prince Edward's Island papers have been received to the 2d
of December. On the Ist of that month the governor of that
colony, Sir William Young, died.
We have Bermuda papers also to the 9th December, but their
contents are entirely unimportant.

During the last day or two there has been much activity in;
the consol market, the speech of Louis Philip announcing his
acceptation of the mediation of the English government, with
respect to the dispute with the United States, being regarded
here as decisive of the prevention of hostilities. Money bas
also been very easy, and yesterday, shortly before the close of
business, great activity was displayed, consols advancing to
93h for the account.
This morning, however, the market exhibited a somewhat
heavy appearance; and, as the day advanced, a considerable
decline took place, consols for account closing at 92?,. Ex-
chequer bills and India bonds are, however, both better, a proof
of the abundance of money. The pm. on the former closed at
18 to 20, and on the latter at 6.

Spanish bonds, which early in the day were done at 51a, fell
to 50i ; and Portuguese 5 per cents. left off at 544. The re-
publican bonds since Monday have advance considerably, Chi-
Tian bonds having been at 47, and Colombian at 314. Both
these have, however, receded, the former closing at 464, and
the latter at 331. The northern bonds have been very buoyant,
but they left off this afternoon somewhat flat. Russian are
1091, Dutch 5 per cents. 104 and Belgian
Intelligence has been received at Lloyd's, a few days back,
of the loss of the Asia, in the Hoogley river, and of her com-
mander having perished. This additional evidence of the great
advantage of substituting some other mode of communication
with Calcutta, in lieu of this peribus passage, has caused in-
creased interest here with regard to the Calcutta and Saugar
rail-road and harbour company, now in course of formation;
and some valuable official documents have been produced,
giving undeniable evidence of the facility with which the pro-
ject may be completed. It appears that some twenty years
ago the East India company contemplated making 'a new har-
bour on Laccon's Channel, although the advantages of rail-
roads were but partially known, ln accordance with this idea,
surveys of that channel, and of Channel Creek; 'were inade-br
their direction, the most experienced of the naval officers in
their service were employed. Their reports were of a most
satisfactory character; and although events having nothing to
do with the practicability of the undertaking, prevented its
being carried into effect, their surveys prove beyond all contra-
diction, that the Calcutta and Saugur company are fully borne
out in the most sanguine expectations they can entertain.
The interest excited, with respect to the project, is much in-
creasing here.

Lotto ELnoN.—Lord Eldon, notwithstanding his advanced
age, has not relinquished the sports of the field. During the
present season his lordship has enriched the larders of many of
his friends in the metropolis with ample presents of game.

EPISCOPAL. ORDINATION.—In one diocese alone there are
not less than twenty officiating Dissenting Ministers on the list.-
of applicants for episcopal ordination.—Ciaistian Advocate.

Loan WARM—Lord Ward has arrived at Mivart's Hotal,,
from his seat at Dudley. '1 his young nobleman, who has i e--
centiv some to the title, possesses estates of the value of
£150,000 per annum. His lordship is in his 19th year.

TALENT OF THE ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS.—The newspapers
and other political journals of this country are couducted with
extraordinary talent; with more, in fact, than was ever before
applied in any nation to the same function of public teaching.
Indeed, without talent of a high order and without a variety of
talent, it would be a mere impossibility that an English journal
seould sustain its existence. Perhaps it would be impossible to
show any exception to the rule, unless in a rare case where a
provincial newspaper bas inherited from a past generation, a
sort of monopoly or privilege of precedency as a depositary of
advertisements. Advertisers go where they have been used to
go, on a certain knowledge that readers interested in advertise-
ments will, by reciprocal necessity, go where advertisements are ,
most sure to be found; and therefore a monopoly of this nature
is most secure where it is most intense. But allowing for this
single exception, the political press of England has so much
more than its fair proportion of natural talent, that for thirty
years and upwards it has even acted injuriously upon the litera-
tore of the country, by expressing too exclusive direction upon the
marketable talent of the young and the aspiring. Other modes of
intellectual exercise have been starved or impoverished that this
might flourish exorbitantly ; and the result is, that never amongst
men has there been au exhibition of so much energy, vigilence,
sagacity and-perseverance, as we of this day behold in our troll-
tical prer QUi?feey, in, Tait' ll:ragas-iv for December:.

JLNUARY 18ti&

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ITALIAN OPERA.

• .
The second performance of-the Italian opera company tk
Place on Wednesday night, when " La Cenerentola," -ano oo
ther
of Itossini's compositions was produced to a good, although not
to a full house. The music of this opera, and the story upon
Which it is founded, are too well known to require any length-
ened commentary or description from us; we shall, therefore,
proceed to speak of the performers themselves, the greater part
of whom are 4otal strangers to a Liverpool audience.
The cast of the piece was as follows:—Don Ranziro, Mr. Ben-
nett ; Dori Magnifico, Signor De Begnis; Alidoro, Signor De
Angioli; Dandini,'Signcir Berrettoni; Angelina, (Cinderella,)
Signora Contesse. Degli Antonj; Clorinda, Signora Oldericci;
and Thisbe, Signora Mariani.
Mr. BenneU has a very sweet tenor voice, and is, we have no
doubt, a very beautiful English melodist; but, in an Italian
character, he is evidently very little at his ease, and, indeed,
looked and acted his part as if the character of a prince had
been thrust upon him by sonic strange or sudden caprice of
fortune. Hence, the character he supported was exceedingly
tame and spiritless, and on this account must be regarded as a
failure. The Don Magnifico of De Beguis was, like all his per-
formances, full of life and spirit; but,' if we were disposed to
find fault, we should say that it wanted the mock gravity and
rich burlesqne human. of .Marani. His appearance on the
stage in his robe de chambre, in the second scene, and his de-
scription of his dream to his daughters, Clorinda and Thisbe,
were rapturously and deservedly applauded. Berrettoni was
all life and animation in Dandini, the valet of Ramiro, whose
character he assumes in the first act of the opera. Between
him and De Begnis, Don Magnifico, there were some rich
scenes; but his voice, a fine toned bass, more than once, per-
haps from over exertion, failed him. We come now to the
-other rare ads. of the company, Signora Contessa Degli
An-
tonj, a lady of mature age—perhaps a thought too old for the
character of Cinderella—with a fine person, elegant manners,
and graceful action. Her voice is one of great compass and
melody, and her execution was, in some passages, exceedingly
brilliant.; it is therefore unnecessary to add that she was ap-
plauded loudly throughout her performance. Several of the
concerted pieces were encored, and among them that beautiful
sestetto, ."Questo e un nodo."
At the close of the opera, the applause continuing, Signor de
Begnis led iu Signora Antonj before the curtain and expressed
by their bows and their curtsies their thanks to the audience for
these marks of their favour and approbation. The band, led by
Mr. I. Z. Herrmann, does great'credit to his skill and manage-
ment in that important department. Signor Gabuzzi presided
at the piano, and was very effective in accompanying the reci-

tires.
" II Tancredi" will be performed to-night. We have only to
add that the opera is deserving of the support of the public;
and to those who wish to see a more enlarged and efficient com-
pany we have only to say—show that you deserve a better by
supporting the one now before you, possessing, as it (lees,
singers of great talent and excellence in their several depart-
ments.
LIVER THEATftw..—Throughout the week " My Poll and my
Partner Joe" has drawn very respectable houses: It has been
;very well got up. As Mr. T. P. Cooke's engagement ceases
to-morrow evening, we recommend those of our readers and the
public who wish to witness this novelty, to do so without delay.
hhi'• W. J. litimmond appears fur the first time this season on
Monday.

TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY.—We are happy to
learn that, at the monthly meeting of the Tradesmen's Conser-
vative Society, held last night at the Golden Lion, fifty-four
additional members were enrolled, making a total of more than
tiye hundred tradesmen who have joined that society during
•the few weeks since it was instituted. Fiwining, as it dues, au
important.link between. the higher and lower classes, there is
little doubt that it will exercise a salutary influence on our next
general election. •
BALL AT LUCAS'S Roosts.—On Tuesday evening a grand
masquerade and fancy dress ball was given by Mr. Stubbs at
this place, which was both numerously and fashionably attended.
Upwards of three hundred persons partook of the festivities of
the evening, which were prolonged to an early hour.
LIME-STREET WARD Butcrtom.:---The result of this election
shows that no blame can be attached to the central committee
or their solicitors at the late election. We allude particularly
to the arrangements with reference to the duplicate votes. We
'have seen the outline of those arrangements; the publication of
which is only delayed until it can be authenticated by the poll-
book, which will be published early in the ensuing week. The
Lime-street election has been a fair fight and Mr. Lace has
been fairly beaten by the sense Of the ward. At the close of
the poll the numbers were—
For Mr. Morecroft ' .. 270
Mr. Lace

Majority in favour of Mr. MorecrOft
" HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL."—A correspondent; in remark-
ing on the frequency with which some members of the council
rise in their sew -fledged attempts at local government and so-
called economy (not of time, certainly) to give vent to their
ill-digested opinions and profound (!) knowledge of the munici-
pal act, and also to exhibit their skill in verbal (*deism, has
suggested that when Pope wrote his celebrated couplet, com-
mencing—" HOPE siniay4 eternal in the human breast," that
the three first words must have been written in the spirit of
prophecy, as to what was to occur in the first town-council for
Liverpool, under the municipal bill.
ROYAL Isisitdrion —A lecture was delivered on
Manday at this institution by Mr. E. Tay 'or upon vocal har-
mony, and was repeated ou Tuesday evening, to one of the most
fashionable and numerous audiences we have ever seen in the
lecture-room. It is scarcely possible to speak too highly of Mr
Taylor's abilities as a lecturer. His language and delivery are
both of the finest style; and while the matter of the lecture was
interesting in the extreme, the vocal illustrations, executed un-
der the able directiou of Mr. Holden. by Miss Leitch, Mr.
Walton, &c. added considerably to the effect. Atnong the gen-
tlemen present we noticed a number of the most eminent
merchants in the town. , „

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appointed :—Mr. Thomas Holt, Mr. Horsfall, Mr. WV tegar,
Mr. John Holmes, Mr. 13olton, Mr. Maxwell. Mr. Stuart, Mr.
Shiel, Mr. Thomas Smith, Mr. John Cropper,' Mr. Bii.ch, Mr
Leathom, Mr. Henry Lawrence, Mr. William Brown, and
r.
Joseph Hornby.
The whole were then proposed and carried as a committee.
Mr. Councillor SMITH then brought on his motion relative to
a subscription being given by the corporation towards the ex-
pedition to the North Seas for the purpose of relieving the ice-
bound Greenland ships. He had written for information on
the subject-to the town-clerk of Hull, and had received several
letters in return. There were eight vessels still confined there,
containing four or live hundred souls on board, and he was
anxious that one of the first acts of the new corporation shOuld
be to contribute towards so holy a cause as their relief.
Mr. Cou n cillo r SHEIL would beg to ask the town-clerk, if it
was iri their power to entertain any such question?
The TtiwN-CLERK had considered the question whether the
act enabled the council to grant any money for such a purpose,
and he still entertained the same opinion as before, that they
had no such power,
• The MAYOR then read two letters which he had received, one
from Mr. Whiteman, the principal draftsman under the sur-
veyor, and the other from Mr. Barrow, the principal assistant
draftsman, both tendering in their resignations:
Mr. Councillor Hors would beg to ask if Mr. Whiteman
received a salary from the corporation ?
The MAYOR.—IIe did. Mr. Hope might be furnished with
a list of all the paid officers, which would prevent unnecessary
interruptions.
Mr. Councillor MAxWRLL (one of the committee of inquiry.)
—They had not done with those gentlemen yet: they would be
very material witnesses. He begged to move " that the resig-
nation of those gentlemen be not received."
Mr. Councillor LaweaNcts thought an instantaneous notice
too abrupt. •
Mr. Councillor BovroN submitted " that the letters of resig-
nation be submitted to the committee appointed to examine into
the accounts of all the paid servants of the corporation, and float
they should determine whether they were at liberty to tesign."
Mr. Councillor BLACK BORN seconded the motion.
Mr. Councillor J. HOLMES.—If the committee did not accept
the resignation, there was no necessity for the motion.
The letters were then ordered to be referred to the committee.
Mr. Councillor LAWRENCE.—These gentlemen ought to have
notice of this.
The Mayor gave orders to that effect.
Mr. Councillor HOPE would move "that a committee of nine
for the general improvement of the town be appointed, three to
be a quorum."
Mr, Councillor MooN seconded the motion, which was put
and carried:
The following gentlemen were then appointed on the com-
mittee :—Mr. Earle, Mr. Hugh Hornby, Mr. Jordan; Mr.
WO, Mr. Edward Cropper, Mr. Barclay, Mr. Henry Holmes,
Mr. Tavleuf, and Mr. Booth.
.Mr. eouncillor HATiinorm moved " that a watch committee
-be now appointed, to consist of nine members." Mr. Rathbone
afterwards withdrew it till Friday, and gave notice that he would
move for an education committee.
Mr.'Councillor Ai Kul moved for the appointment of a com-
mittee to inquire into the present relative position of the town
Council and dock trust, and to recommend what course they
should pursue for the future.
Mr. Councillor HORSPALL seconded the motion.
Mr. Councillor -HoLmEs moved that the committee 'should
consist of seven.
Mr. Councillor BOLTON seconded the motic-n.
The original motion with the addition was then passed. The
following gentlemen were then elected :—Mr. Brocklebank, Mr.
Win. Brown, Mr. Hobert Benn, Mr. Evans, Mr. Aikiu, Mr.
John Thornelv, and Mr. Sharpies.
Mr. Councillor Ai KIN now moved the choice of aldermen by
the different wards.
The aldermen were then chosen seriatim for each ward by the
councillors of such ward,' wit h the exception of No. 10, Rodney-
street Ward, and •No. 14; West Derby Ward, they not having
agreed on their choice. The following is 4 list :
No. 1, Everton Ward Alderman ins. Hornby.
2, Scotland Ward „ W. Blain.
3, Vauxhall Ward „ Thos. Bulky.
4, St. Paul's Ward
5,-St. James's Ward YI W. Brown.
6, Castle.:street Ward G. Robinson.
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7, St. Peter's Ward. T. Leathom.
8, Pitt-street Ward. l,
W. P. Freme.
9, Great George-street Ward, „ 'l'. Booth.
11, Abcrcromby Ward ...., „ 'l'. B. Barclay.
12, Lime-street Ward „ 0. Heyworth.
13; St. Ann's Ward. IL Benn.
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15; South Toxteth Ward__ „ T. Smith.
16, North Toxteth Ward
The Mayoe.—M r. Eyre Evans and 111 r. Moon are the two
gentlemen to be contended for by the other two wards. We
shall hear the result on Friday.
The meeting was then adjourned till Friday, (this day,) at
eleven o'clock, having continued about four hours.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.4.NDARD,
Sitt,—Can you or. any of your numerous readers inform me
what is the punishment for the following offence :—A radical
broker is apprised of the loss of a vessel: he is too cautious to
get insurance eeected in England, but succeeds on the continent.
Is he liable to the same penalty as if it was done here.—Yours,
&c.,
A SUBSCRIBER.
Liverpool, 31st• December, 1835.