The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-30 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The letter of " Larry O'Lashem" might lead to an action for
libel if inserted.
We believe that the Editor of the Mercury is a Unitarian.
The favour of "IL li." came too late.
We •hall probably, have some suggestions to offer in our next
on the subject of the complaint of "A Lnver of Order."
If our respected contemporary of the Courier will refer to our
statement respecting the newspaper stamps, he will find
that we made no reference whatever to the return from
December to March last. "The above periods" alluded
only to the two periods of three mouths each included in the
last returns.

'Ube Eiturpool ei:taithatb.

FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 30, 1838.

INSURRECTION AT SEVILLE.---" Wars, and rumours
of wars," seem to be the order of the day. The Lon-
don journals of Wednesday announce, upon the au-
thority of information received from Lisbon, than an
insurrection had broke out at Seville, in which the
Queen's commandant narrowly escaped being mur-
dered, and all the authorities were forced to give up
their jurisdiction. The national guards had assem-
bled, and established a junta of reprisal,—that is, a
committee of assassination. This movement does not
appear to have been prompted by the Carlists, who
have hitherto refrained from molesting the province of
Andalusia, in which Seville is situated. It seems to
have originated in the abstract love of mischief mani-
fested by the Spanish liberals; and its principal ob-
ject seems to be the gratification of their taste for
bloodshed. How melancholy is the present condition
of Spain ! The whole aspect of the country affords a
striking illustration of the tendency of so.called " li•

beral" principles to produce the evils and calamities of
civil anarchy. The " liberal principles" which prompted
all the atrocities of the French Revolution seem to be
now fast reviving on the continent. The results will
again appear as certainly as those principles obtain the
ascendancy. Our fervent hope is, that happy England
may continue free from the direful consequences of
atheistical liberalism.

INSURRECTION IN PERU.—The brig Fame, which
arrived at an Irish port i❑ 70 days from Monte Video,
brings intelligence of an insurrection in Peru, the re-
sult of which was, the deposition of Santa Cruz, the
assertion of the independence of Peru, and the disso-
lution of the Peru-Bolivar Confederation. Dispatches
to this effect were brought by the captain of the Fame,
Rho had received them by an overland dispatch in 16
or 20 days. The nature of these dispatches has not
et transpired; but we are furnished by a Buenos
Ayres paper of September 9 with the particulars of
the insurrection. The revolution took place on the
29th of July, in the capital of Lima, and was headed
by General Orbegoso, (Viceregent of Santa Cruz in
the north,) assisted by General Nieto and his division
of 1500 men, lately arrived from Huacho. The lode.
pendence of Peru—the dissolution of the Confedera-
tion—and the deposition of Santa Cruz from the Pro-
tectorate, were solemnly proclaimed amidst demon-
strations of public enthusiasm. The President Orbe-
goso then sent a flag of truce to Callao, demanding
the submission of Generals Miller and Moran, who
were stationed there with some 1800 men. Up to the
30th it was not known what determination they would,
take ; General Miller had closed Himself in the castle
with 600 men, and General Moran, with 1200, bad
gone to Chorillos. General Nieto, with a force of
2000 superior troops, had in the meantime taken up a
Position between Lima and Callao. This movement
is said to have been effected in concert with the com-
mander of the Civilian blockading squadron, Commo-
dore Postigo. Santa Cruz was at Bolivia, busily en-
gaged in collecting money.

The blockade of Monte Video was still persevered
in by the French squadron with unabated rigour, when
the Fame came away.

THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—The packet-
ship England has not yet arrived at Liverpool; we
are, therefore, without our usual files of New York
Papers. A few files, however, 11:.ve reached London,
from which extracts have been made in the morning
Papers. We learn that on the first instant trade was
active at New York, and an extensive business was
doing in dry goods. The rate of exchange on Eng-
land was 1091, and the shares in the Bank of the
United States were quoted, on the 31st ultimo, at 120
to 1201. Flour, which was likely to be in demand for
export, was 81 dollars per barrel.
The New York journals ridicule the alarming an-
nouncements made by the Canadian papers respecting
the organisation, on the frontiers, of between 40,000
and 60,000 vagabonds, for the invasion of Canada.
However strongly they may deny this, there can be
very little doubt that a secret conspiracy is on foot in
the neighbourhood of Buffalo, and that arms and am-
younition are continually supplied to the rebels in Up-
rter Canada through the medium of the same organised
body of traitors.
From Canada the news is of very little importance,
the intelligence being only a few days later than that
brought y the Garrick. Sir John Colborne was at
koiltrealb with his family. He intended to visit Que-
' bee before the departure of Lord Durham. The Go-
:erhor•in•chief had issued a proclamation, offering a
reward of 2000 dollars for the apprehension of Dodge
and Theller, who had escaped from the citadel of Que-
r"- Troops were on their way from Halifax to rein-
t'ree the army in Canada. Sir George Arthur had
ttred a bounty for recruits.
trrlie Montreal Transcript distinctly avers, that Lord
urham had received a dispatch -from the president of
Ile United States, informing him that there was formed
New York a committee composed of persons
°C Considerable importance, with a view of favour-
a revolution in the Canadas, and that they
4111.0Pened a species of loan from which to supply
thll4B- The President added, that the government of
e 'United States could do nothing to stop such pro.
teri;
pliCings, and that, even should he arm the American
%11 'tla to cause neutrality to be respected, that !pea-
- tote Would only prove the means of furnishing arms
lathe authors of this species of external conspiracy.
ktveonsequence, he recommends our government to
od prepared.
vervile Toronto Patriot states, that the colonial go.
4nent had received information from the most
path
, •
Ittel "'le sources, that an extensive combination ex-
Vt,...._along the whole of the American frontier, from
Itl"nt to Michigan, for the invasion of the Canadas ;
ktikte.that not less than 40,000 of the rabble of the
ktltil: Were united by secret oaths to attempt their
tg4tion, with an express stipulation that their only
hey 14a to be an unlimited license to plunder wherever
Iti4ittent• A pretty prospect for the approaching
have the Whig ministry ! What with the
t4r1.1 Nlnk . culti•
es of the Canadas, and the necessity
Mil4l.tecting the interests of the colonies by a strong
„
4etsittl j force, superadded to the prospect of a stormy
" parliament, their position is by no means
,tetwe' But they are not to be pitied. They have
all their difficulties on their own shoulders.
they' tar
o
fight their way out of them as well as

to
tizat
°I the ttA.—We have been favoured wal) a copy
elpr QUiana Chronicle of the 10th ult. This paper.
koetesses its regret that the labourers in one of the
fertile districts of the colony, had given notice of

their intention to quit it, and seek employment else-
where. The cause assigned for the dissatisfaction of
the labourers was, undue severity on the part of the
magistrates, in inflicting punishments for occasional
neglect of work. This undue severity was said to be
twofold : first, excess in the amount of the fine, or
period of imprisonment with hard labour, and, secondly
arbitrary and illegal imprisonment in the private dark
holes of different estates. The first allegation is ad-
mitted to be true to a certai❑ extent : the evidence in
support of the latter is by no means conclusive.
The Guiana Chronicle very strongly and very justly

urges the necessity of keeping the labourers as much
as possible in their former localities, as the only means
of preventing the demoralisation of the inhabitants, and
the consequent ruin of the colony.
We have great pleasure in submitting to the notice
of our readers the following admirable address from the
Governor of Demerara. The advice which it contains
is sound. It would have been well if the Governor of

the fine colony of Jamaica had acted in a similar spiri

• •
to the infatuated labourers of that island. The substance
of the subjoined address deserves to be well considered
by all those who are apt to declaim against the planters
of the \Vest Indies.
TO THE FREED MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
FIRST AUGUST.
I have been watching your conduct for the last two months.
I have received reports from the stipendiary magistrates of
every district. Some are favourable to you as labourers,—
all give testimonia s of your peaceful conduct;—but I am
sorry to say you do not all prove yourselves worthy of the
name of free people, nor du you all- respond to the expecta-
tions I had formed of you, which were, that after a short re-
laxation, natural and allowable in your new state, you would
see the necessity of providing a surplus for yourselves and
families, by the full labour of your hands, and thence endea-
vour to raise yourselves its your grades of society by the sav-
ings of your wages.
I bear that some of von, contrary to your duty, content
yourselves with irregular labour,—that your masters cannot
depend on your contracts of monthly hiring,—that you go
into the field one day, and abstain from it the next,—that
when you have earned sufficient to fill your bellies, like the
wild beasts, after satisfying their hunger, you lie down to
sleep, or idle your time,.—that when in the field, many of you
do not work a quarter of your specified task, and then pre-
tend to wonder that you are not paid a full rate of wages.
Are you aware to what this leads?—the abandonment of es-
tates, and your own degradation! Can you expect that own-
ers of -estates will supply you with houses and other advan-
tages, or be content with the labour you choose to give in
return ? Cau you suppose they will allow you to have your
own whims about work, or your own disposal of time? Can
they afford to pay the interest of the first cost of their estates,
of the buildings, and constant expenditure to keep the build-
ings and lands in a state to receive your labour, if they are
not assured of a fair portion of your labour?
I hear cf ill-disposed people, who circulate false reports
amongst you, who encourage you to think that you are not
sufficiently paid,—that you are over-worked. Do not be-
lieve them,--they are your enemies.
If you do not give a fair portion of your labour to the es-
tates, your places will soon be supplied; when, so long as
you have money, you may afford to be idle; but your own
sense must tell you that money, not increased by additional
earnings, will soon be exhausted, and your idleness must
bring many of you to trouble. I exhort you not to disappoint
the hopes of those who have been so desirous of hastening
your emancipation, having thought you worthy of it.
I believe there have been very few instances of severity
towards you, and you must be aware of the great forbearance
of the greater number of your employers. I am taking every
means in my power to secure to you kind treatment and jus-
tice ; but I warn you, for your own sakes, that if you do not
give a fair portion of your labour to the estates on which you
are located, the proprietors will drive you from them; for
they must have industrious labourers, or they will be ruined,
and you along with them.

Though additional supplies of labourers will soon arrive
from other colonies, yet your masters can find work for them
as well as for yourselves; but they will not employ you if
To u do not show you are worthy to be retained on the estates.
They will prefer old servants to new ones; but if the old are
idle, the new will assume their place.
I address this to the idle. I have had pleasure in knowing
that many of you have nut disappointed the expectations I
formed of you, and, therefore, to suck persons this address
does not apply.

HENRY LIGHT, Governor.
Guiana Public Buildings, Oct. 8, 1838.

LIVERPOOL CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY —We re-
joice to find, from an advertisement which appears in
another column,-that forty-three of the clergy of Liver-
pool have signed a requisition to the Rectors, desiring
them to convene a meeting for the purpose of organ-

ising a " Church Building Society" at Liverpool, and
that the Rectors have, in compliance with this request,
called a public meeting for the Gth of next month, to
be held in the large room of the Queen's Arms.
From this unanimous expression of feeling on the
part of the clergy of the town we anticipate the most
gratifying results. We cordially hope that the lay
churchmen of the town will evince their usual alacrity
in co-operating with the clergy, and that they will
contribute liberally in support of the noble object
contemplated in the formation of the proposed society.
The Methodists of Liverpool have recently signalised
their attachment to the principles which they profess,
in a manner which reflects the highest credit upon

their Christian benevolence. Let the churchmen of
Liverpool emulate their example, and by their joint
and zealous exertions raise a fund sufficient to provide
for the spiritual wants of the inhabitants of the town
for a century to come. We would strongly urge upon
the attention of the promoters of the Church Building
Society the necessity of a grand and simultaneous
effort for the accomplishment of the object which they
have in view. Let them not rest satisfied with pro-
ceeding; gradatim in this matter, but determine at once

that so many churches shall be built as the increasing
population of the town may require for the next cen-
tury. Let them not rest contented with half doing
their business. The present is a favourable time for
making this movement on behalf of the Church. If
the clergy only bestir themselves we have no doubt of
their ultimate success.

PROGRESS OF POPERY.—We have received a copy
of the (Roman) Catholic Directory, and Annual Re-
gister for 1839, which supplies us with ample statisti-
cal details respecting the present condition of Popery
in England, Wales, and Scotland. We extract from

it a statement of the present number of the Popish
chapels, colleges, convents, and priests in Great Bri-
tain. The following array affords a tolerable proof
of the rapid increase of Roman Catholics in the United
Kingdom :

CHAPELS.—ENGLAND AND WALES.—Bedfordshire,
Berkshire, 6, Buckinghatnshire, 1, Cambridgeshire,

1, Cheshire, 9, Cornwall, 2, Cumberland, 6, Derby-
shire, 6. Devonshire, 9, Dorsetshire, 9, Durham, 16,
Essex, 7, Gloucestershire, 8, Hampshire, 12, Here-
fordshire, 4, Hertfordshire, 1, Huntingdonshire, 0,
Kent, 9, Lancashire, 90, Leicestershire, 10, Lincoln-
shire, 10, Middlesex, 20, Monmouthshire, 7, Norfolk,
Northamptonshire, 5, Northumberland, 19, Notting-
hamshire, 3, Oxfordshire, 7, Rutlandshire, 0, Shrop.
shire, 9, Somersetshire, 10, Staffordshire, 29, Suffolk,
Surrey, 6, Sussex, 6, Warwickshire, 18, Westmore-
land, 2, Wiltshire, 3, Worcestershire, 11, Yorkshire,
52, Isle of Man, 1, Guernsey, 1, Jersey, 1, Brecknock-
shire, 1, Carnarvonshire, 1, Denbighshire, 1, Gla-
morganshire, 1, Flintshire, 2.
Total of Chapels in England and Wales, 446.

SCOTLAND.-Aberdeenshire, 7, Argyllshire, 2, Ayr-
shire, 1, Banffshire, 11, Berwickshire, 0, Buteshire, 0,
Caithness-shire, 1, Clackmarmanshire, 0, Cromarty-
shire, 0, Dumbartonshire, 1, Dumfriesshire, 1, Fdin•
burghshire, 6, Fifesliire, 0, Forfarshire, 1, Hadding-
tonshire, 0, Inverness-shire, 19, Kincardineshire, 1,
Kinross-shire, 0, Kirkcudbright, 4, Lanarkshire, 2,
Linlithgow•shire, 0, Morayshire, 1, Nairnshire, 0,
Orkney and Shetland, 0, Peebleshire, 1, Perthshire,
2, Renfrewshire, 2, Ross-shire, 1, Roxburghshire, 0,
Selkirkshire, 0, Stirlingshire, 1, Sutherlandshire, 0,
Wigtonshire, 1.
Total of chapels in Scotland, 67.

Besides 20 stations where Divine service is performed.
Grand total of Catholic chapels in Great Britain, 513.
CATHOLIC COLLEGES.—In England there are nine
Catholic colleges : viz. St. Edmund's, Hertfordshire,
St. Mary's, Staffordshire, St. Peter's, Somersetshire,
St. Paul's, Somersetshire, St. Gregory's, Somerset-
shire, Ushaw College, Durham, Stonyhurst, Lanca-
shire, Ampleforth, Yorkshire, Gelman, Worce,ter-
shire.

In Scotland, one : viz. St. Mary's, Blairs, Kincar-
dineshire.

CONVENTS.—London district, 3, Midland, 5, Nor-
thern, 4, Western, 4, Scotland, I,—total, 17.
NUMBER OF CATHOLIC CLERGYMEN IN GREAT
BRITAIN.—ENGLAND.—London district, 108, Midland,
124, Northern, 231, Western, 73,—total in England,
536.

SCOTLAND.—Eastern district, 20, Western, 29,
Northern, 25,—total in Scotland, 74.
Grand total, CIO.
Is it not high time that Protestants should wake out
of their lethargy, and buckle on their armour to resist
the insidious encroachments of this soul-destroying
heresy ? Is it not imperatively incumbent upon all
who value the blessings which our Protestant faith
has secured to us to strain every nerve for the purpose
arresting the desolating tide which now threatens
o overwhelm our country.

A specimen of the Kentucky pumpkin melon, weighing
1981bs. was brought over to Liverpool in the ship " Garrick,"
by Mr. Thomas D. Rice, the comedian.

SCOTLAND WARD.-DINNER TO ISAAC
HOLMES, ESQ.

On Tuesday evening the conservative electors of Scotland
1 Ward had a public din❑er, at the house of Mrs. Musket, in
Burlington-street, for the purpose of celebrating the triumph
of conservative principles in the return to the town-council
' of Isaac Holmes, Esq. The large room in the hotel of Mrs.
. Musket was neatly fitted up for the occasion, and an ample
and excellent dinner was provided by the worthy hostess, to
which 130 gentlemen sat down. John Formby, Esq., pre-
sided. On the right of the chairman sat Isaac Holmes. Esq ,
the representative of the ward, and on his left Geo. Wright,
Esq., the recently elected member fur St. Paul's ,Ward.
Amongst the company we also noticed Joseph Cooper,
James Holmes, John Wright Watson, George Gorden, John
Sandars, Thomas Overton, William Roberts, William Ni-
cholson, E. Ford, James Morrow, N. Kevan, E. R. Jones,
jun., Esqrs.
After the withdrawal of the cloth, NW! nsGis Dominie was
beautifully sung by a small party of professional gentlemen
who had kindly volunteered their services.
The usual loyal and preliminary toasts having been given,
" Her Majesty the Queen," "The Queen Dowager and the
rest of the Royal Faintly," " Our glorious Constitution in
Church and State," "The Duke of Wellington and the
House of Peers," " Sir Robert Peel and the conservative
members of the House of Commons," and "The Members
for the Borough," each of which were enthusiastically re-
ceived,
The CnainstAti said, that in rising to propose the next
toast upon the list, which was the health of a gentleman
whose triumphant return at the late municipal contest was
the principal cause of their having assembled together that
evening, he should deetn it superfluous to give the toast any
lengthened introduction, or to pass upon the subject of it any
eulogistic; remarks, as the mere fact of that gentleman having
been returned to represent 6cotland Ward in the town-
council was a higher eulogy than any which he could bestow.
That circumstance, indeed, plainly evinced the estimation iu
which the gentleman was held by them, and showed that his
character was already too well known and appreciated to
render it needful that he should throw in his bumble modicum
of praise. Without further remark, he should, therefore,
propose "'llse health of our worthy representative, Isaac
Holmes, Esq." (Enthusiastic and prolonged applause.)
ISAAC Hotstes, Esq., said, that he should indeed be un-
grateful, were he not most sincerely and warmly to thank
them for the highly complimentary manner in which they had
been pleased to receive the mention of his name. On the
last occasion when he had had the pleasure of meeting them
in that room, which was immediately previous to the election,
his parting words were, "If you will do your duty before the
election, 1 will endeavour to do mine afterwards." (Loud
cheering.) And nobly indeed had they done their duty, for
which they were not only entitled to the thanks of himself
and every true-hearted conservative in the town, but they
had, and would continue to have, the proud satisfaction of
knowing that their share of the good work had been done—
that, as far as their efforts could he instrumental in accom•
plishing the objects, they had aided in delivering their native
town from the thraldom in which it was bound, from the
heavy burden whirls was pressing upon it, and in snatching
the domination from the hands of the party who so compla-
cently conferred upon themselves the style and title of
liberals, but for whom destruetives and deceptives was a far
inure appropriate name. (Great applause.) There was one
circumstance connected with his return to which he mieht
beg briefly to allude. After he had been declared elected as
a member of the council, he and his friend Mr. Wright ap-
peared at the Town-hall for the. purpose of making the re-
quired declaration. In the room into which they were
ushered there sat the late mayor, Mr. William Rathbone; at
one side of him was a Soeinian, M r. Thomas Bolton—and at
the other, elated with a high sense of his own importance
and consequence, Mr. William Wallace Currie. He (Mr.
Holmes) prepared his sweetest smiles, its order to greet the
mayor, and tried to recollect the instructions which his
dancing-master had imparted to him in his younger days,
that he might, as far as his poor old lumbago back would
permit, make his humblest and most reverential bow—
(laughter and cheers)—but no welcome was there for the
elected of St. Paul's and Scotland Ward—no recognition
for the chosen of the conservative people—not even the
stinted and supercilious one contained in the old doggrel-
" Welcome, old friend, to me once dear,
But who the devil sent you here

,otid laughter.) No; neither Mr. Wright nor himself was
welcomed either by look, nml, or sign ; they could not even
catch his worship's eye, and at length they took their depar-
ture from the council chamber without the least recognition.
( Hear, hear.) Such was the nature of their reception.
Since then, however, he (Mr. Holmes) had appeared in a
different manner in the council room. (Cheers.) Scoffs
and insults had been heaped upon him, to be sure ; but they
little knew the spirit or the character of the man with whom
they had to deal, if they fancied that conduct like that would
put him down. Scoffs and insults would only rouse the man
within hint, and come insult or jeer, scoff or scorn, he would
make them (the members of the council) hear the voice of
one that had never quailed before any one. (Great applause)
The electors of that ward had sent a memorial to the council,
every word of which seemed to have been armed with a
sting. Every word of that petition was true, every word
would be substantiated,—and under the lash of truth every
liberal member seemed to writhe. He (Mr. Holmes) de-
fended that petition from the attacks of their and its oppo-
nents. And what had he then to listen to? He had to
listen to a repetition of what Mr. Rathbone had said in Pitt-
street ward. There was the man who, in conjunction with
the members of his party, formerly called out for free repre-
sentation, and who talked loudly of the right of unrespeeted
petitioning; and what were the sentiments of himself and of
his coadjutors now? A wonderful revolution seemed to have
taken place in them ; the liberals (or deccptives) seemed to
have one set of sentiments, and one form of language, when
out of office, and another form of language when in power.
(hear, hear, and cheers.) They were something like
O'Connell, the big beggarman, in Ireland. That notorious
gentleman once declared that he would be satisfied with the
concession of certain things in a certain bill, if he could but
obtain them; but what does he say now ? " Why," says he,
"we are in a different situation, and therefore we now ask for
more than we did formerly." (Hear and cheers.) Mr.
Rathbone says it is not the business of the constituencies to
interfere in the election of mayor, aldermen, or committees:
for, says he, the council are wiser than the electors in these
matters, and ought not to be dictated to by theta. No dicta-
tion, forsooth! So the "free right of petitioning" had at last
come to be designated by these exquisite liberals " dicta-
tions !" (Applause.) But he could tell them what they
ni,ant by dictation; it meant interference with their party
tricks, with their party preferences, and with their party
aims; and petitioning was supporting and encouraging them
in all that they deemed right. A memorial, it would be re-
membere:l, had also been presented from West Derby Ward,
with respect to the election of aldermen, in which the
.peti-
tioners prayed that, as their ward had chosen conservative
candidates, one conservative alderman might at least be
elected. But was that just and reasonable prayer attended
to? Nothing of the sort; it had been utterly disregarded.
They (the conservative members of the council) had been
taunted with having voted for a rejected candidate, Mr.
Henry Lawrence; but he had done so, and so had his friend.
Mr. Wright; and lie was of opinion that the election of that
gentleman would have been an honour to the council; and
rejoiced, indeed, should be have been to have had his co-opera-
tion in the good cause. (Cheers.) As to the private meet-
ings in the Angel, Mr. Rathbone glorified in them, because
his opponents disliked them, and they had worked so beauti-
fully and so well—(laughter, and hear, hear)—for the radical
party; and he adds, that we have as much right to interfere
with those meetings as with any private affair. That assu-
redly was incorrect; for they were meetings on public mea-
sures by public nteu, and ought not the public to be made
acquainted with their reasons for acting as they did? , It was
ridiculous to assert that the Angelic men met for the purpose
of considering private affairs; the subjects which they dis-
cussed were, in fact, interesting to the whole community,
and the public ought to be enlightened respecting thetas. There
the public reporters ought to go ; there some of those who
gloried in conservatism ought to go. Those meetings were
not merely for reasoning upon, or to gather information re-
specting any particular subject; but there matters of general
interest and importance were settled, and when the coun•
cillors went into the chamber, they ceased to he open to rea-
son or to conviction: they went to vote upon a predetermined
question, and not to deliberate. (Hear, hear.) He believed
Mr. Rathbone had said at the Pitt-street Ward dinner, that
a few black sheep had got into the council. (Laughter.)
That could scarcely hare reference to himself at present, for
he was not wearing black cloth; perhaps it might be an allu-
sion to his friend Mr. Wright, who appeared in a black coat.
(Continued laughter.) However that might be, he could
tell them one thing which was certain, namely, that a few
scabby sheep had got in—(loud laughter and cheers)—and
he heartily wished that they could make the whole flock bet-
ter than it was. ( Hear and cheers.) With respect to the
memorial from their ward, as he had previously informed
them, it seetned to touch the liberal councillors to the quick.
One of the strong arguments against one of its clauses, as Mr.
Rathbone asserted, was that they wished to carry out the re-
form principle. That was the reason they selected the com-
mittees in the manner they had done; and how, forsooth,
could they carry out those delightful reforms, unless nearly
the whole of them were reformers? Ile would tell them an
anecdote which would perhaps illustrate this point. There
was once a clergyman who waited upon one of his parishion-
ers, and complained that he did not attend church so often
as he ought to do. "Why," said the parishioner, " I will
tell you the reason of it. When Igo there, you are always
telling tne of my faults. Now if you would occasionally tell
me of some of my good deeds, I would go." " I cannot do
that," replied the clergyman, " for I have never yet heard
of any good deeds which you have done." "Oh !" said the
parishioner, " but you do not know what I intend doing."
As it was with the parishioner, so it was with reform—all the
good that was to result from it was yet to come. (Laughter
and cheers.) if the good was sought for in this town, it
would be a hopeless task indeed. In every department there
had been waste and extravagance; and with respect to prin-
ciple, their whole conduct might be said to be one continued
stream of unprincipled measures. (Loud cheers.) Ile
thought that he had been termed at the last council meeting
a renegade dissenter. That was really very curious; for he
had always understood that those who departed from the
church were the renegades; and it was certainly the first time
that he had heard of a person, who went back to the original
fold, to be called a renegade dissenter. But what was the
truth of the matter? Why, that he was a dissenter only
while under the conttol of his father; but, deeply as he re-
spected his father, as soon as he was married, and might be
said to have legally obtained the right of thinking and acting
for himself, he went back to the church—became a member
of the establishment. (Great applause.) There were many
men amongst the different sects of dissenters whom he re-
spected; and Ire respected every man Who humbly worshipped
his God according to the dictates of his conscience ; but he
scarcely needed to say that he did not respect hypocrisy,
cant, and deceit. Ile meant not to infer that such things
were to be found amongst the dissenters; but he wished
broadly to express his hate of cant and hypocricy, wheresoever
found. There were some classes of dissenters of whom he
was much afraid, and one of those classes were the Socinians.
Gee-fourth of the whole council was composed of men belong-
ing to that community. There was a story told of a poor In-
dian who had offered a Quaker some beaver skins for sale on
the Saturday, on which day the Quaker offered a certain
price for them, which was not accepted. On Monday, how•
ever, the astonished Indian found that only one-half of
what had been offered on the Saturday was offered on
Monday, whereupon he exclaimed—" I think they go to
meeting to try to cheat the poor Indian out of the proper
price of his beaver skins." Now, he did not mean to say that
the Socinians went to chapel for the purpose of concocting
schemes to cheat the people; but he could nut, nevertheless,
refrain from observing and remarking upon the unanimity
with which they acted together -upon all occasions. If, how-
ever, they did not go to chapel to concoct their schemes, they
most certainly went to the Angel; and the result was, as he
hid told them to their faces, that they seemed most admi-
rably marshalled and drifted. No sooner did one rise than up
rose the others, as though they were bound together like the
Siamese twins. (Loud laughter and cheers.) He had been
told, at the last council tneetina, in one or the finest arid
richest brogues that it was possible fur a bry-trolling,; Irish-
man to bring over to this countty, that he was not friendly
to the Roman Catholics, on account of his morality. Now,
he must distinctly assert, that the Romish religion was the
first one to which he should fly if he wanted absolution.
(Hear, hear.) He had met with men of high principle
among catholics; but why was he to be taunted there that
he disliked the religion of the catholics on account of his
morality ? It was well known that, on account of giving in.
dependent utterance to his opinions, he had lost many votes
at the late election; but he was happy in being able to state
that, without having had recourse to anything like a deceit-
ful suppression of opinion, or without any dereliction of
principle, he bad carried the election. (Much applause.)
That was a source of congratulation perhaps; but there was 1
another and a higher source of congratulation in the fact,
that the ranks of the conservatives, in the town-council, were
annually increasing ; and in the same proportion, of course,

the ranks of the deceptives were decreasing. (Cheers.) He
trusted that at the end of three years they would have in
their hands the choice of aldermen. (Loud applause.) Let
the other wards act as the Scotland Ward had done, and
then the consummation so devoutly to be wished should be
realized. That ward had shown a brilliant example to their
brother conservatives, which, if followed throughout the
town, would enable them to root the deceptives out of the
council chamber. (Cheers.) There were some of the de-
, structives, or, if they like the name better. the ultra-radicals,
who had inanifest.td a desire to go over to Ireland. But what
said the great agitator to such a proposal ? '' No, no," said
Dan ; " that will never do;" so it appeared that even among
" patriots" two of a trade could not agree. O'Connell had
a mortal dislike to English agitators setting foot upon the
soil of his native land; he feared, perhaps, that they might
be going over to beg. (Laughter and applause.) During
the late war there was a quaker on board of a vessel, in
which he had a considerable amount of property. As even-
ing came in sight, and the captain went up to the quaker
and demanded from him, '' Will you help us to fight, as you
have some interest in the safety of the vessel?" It was not
in accordance with the quaker's principles to fight, and he
answered—" No; I cannot aid thee, friend." The enemy
approached, and the contest began. During its continuance,
the peaceful-minded quaker observed a man endeavouring
to gain the deck of his vessel, and taking up a handspike be
dealt him a pretty sound blow, remarking, " If thou ;rawest
to fight, fight in thine own vessel; we have fighting enough
here." And so it was with Daniel the renowned. '' Nay,
nay," says he, " keep away from Ireland, my good friend;
we have beggars enough here, without your coming over."
(Laughter.) And in truth it was so; yet the big beggarman
begs from beggars, and was not ashamed to take the pittance
from them. (Great laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear.")
He again sincerely thanked them for the favours which they
had conferred upon him. He was highly gratified at seeing
such a numerous body of his constituency around him; and
if he were to meet them at the end of the term for which he
had been elected, he hoped that every one would have rea-
son to be satisfied with his conduct during the period that
he should have been their representative, and if then they
should be desirous to replace him in the council, he should
deem it a pleasure and an honour to serve them. (Enthu-
siastic applause.) The speaker concluded by proposing
" The health of the chairman, John Fertnbv, Esq., and suc-
cess to him when he is nominated fur Scotland ward."
(Applause.)
The CHAIRMAN in returning thanks expressed his readi-
ness, if on any occasion they found themselves in want of
another Candidate, to offer his services.
The CHAIRMAN next gave "Mr. Houghton and the absent
members of the town council in the conservative interest,"
with which he begged leave to couple "Mr. Wright, and the
members of the council who have honoured us with their
presence." (Great applause.)
Mr. WRIGHT returned thanks amidst great applause. Ile
had been brought forward for St. Paul's Ward and elected
on the conservative interest. He did not doubt but that
many gentlemen more fit to represent the ward might have
been found; but to the utmost extent of his power he would
endeavour to fullil the expectations and the desires of his
constituents. (Cheers.)
"The Lancashire Witches," "the health of Mrs. Kevan,"
"the independent electors who had supported Mr. Holmes,"
" the canvassers of Scotland Ward," were then given and
severally responded to.
Mr. HAYMAN spoke briefly and eloquently npon the suc-
cess of the conservatives in Abercromhy Ward, which bad,
he said, seemed to have been forgotten in their triumph over
victories gained by St. Paul's and Scotland Wards. The
victory of Mr. Robertson Gladstone was a victory which he
believed to have been achieved by the members of the church
of England backed by the Wesleyan methodists, who had
honourably and nobly done their duty, notwithstanding that
they had been basely libelled by the radical press of Liver-
pool. It was said, "Oh, it is impossible for a Wesleyan
methodist to vote for 111 r, Gladstone, on account of the Cooly
question." But miserably were the enemies of Mr. Glad'.
stone disappointed, who had made a statement which had
indeed been replied to, but which had never yet been
answered.

At a quarter past eleven oclock, the Chairman having re-
tired, Mr. Ford was appointed to the vacant chair, and the
harmony and hilarity of the meeting was kept up till a late
hour.

PUBLIC MEETING OF THE SHOPKEEPERS 0
LIVERPOOL.

A general meeting of the shopkeepers of this town, was
held on Wednesday night at the Music-hall, Bold-street, in
pursuance of certain iesolutions passed at a preliminary
meeting of several individuals connected with the various
trades. The object was to discuss the propriety and prac-
ticability of making the curtailment of the hours of business,
adopted by most of the drapers, general amongst the shop-
keepers of all other branches.

S;ion after seven o'clock, above three hundred gentlemen
had assembled, amongst whom we observed most of the lead-
ing tradesmen of the town.

Mr. WOOLLRIGHT having been proposed to the chair, the
meeting was addressed by Mr. Tripp, of Lord-street, Mr.
Tate, Mr. Jeffery, Mr. Urquhart, Mr. Greetham, Mr. Slater,
Mr. Williams, Mr. Jas. Owen and Mr. Reay, who severally
strongly urged the destructive effects to health, and the great
bar to mental improvement, which the present exceedingly
late hours of keeping open the shops, imposed upon the shop-
keepers' assistants, and also to the great extent to whin it
robbed the shopkeepers themselves of social comfort. It was
contended that if the shops were all shut up at an earlier
hour, precisely- the same amount of business would be trans-
acted in them as now, saving the waste of gas, and affording
time for recreation and improvement to the assistants.
Resolutions were unanimously passed to the effect that the
hours of closing the shops should be eight o'clock at night in
the winter, and nine o'clock in the summer half-years, with
the exception of Saturdays :—auil that the whole body of
shopkeepers should form themselves into an association, to
bring about the proposed curtailment of the hours. A com-
mittee of the various trades was then chosen to carry the
above objects into effect.
On the motion of Mr. SLATER, seconded by Mr. REAP,
the thanks of the meeting were then unanimously given to
Mr. Woollright for his readiness in taking, and his services
in the chair, and the meeting separated at ten o'clock.

COLLISION ON THE LIVERPooL AND MAN,
CHESTER RAILWAY, M,VEMBER 26.

We are requested to state that the circumstances of the
accident caused by the Birmingham Mail Train overtaking
the train from Manchester at the foot of the Iluyton inclined
plane, on the morning of the 26th, have been the subject of
strict investigation by the directors of both the Liverpool
and Manchester and Grand Junction Railway Companies.
It appears that the engineman of the Birmingham train
having been taken ill on arriving at Stafford, it became ne-
cessary to send in his place another. This man, who had
previously been employed with luggage trains, and was not
accustomed to work the trains with passengers, was to blame
in allowing the carriages to descend the incline at a greater
speed than is permitted by the Grand Junction Company's
regulations; and, although every means in his power were
taken to stop its course as soon as the signal of another train
being on the wny was given, he was unable, owing to the
failure of his Tender break, to slacken its speed sufficiently
before it reached tne spot where the Liverpool and Man-
chester train had unfortunately been stopped by losing the
fire bars of its engine. Under ordinary circumstances the
train might have been easily stopped in sufficient time to
have avoided the collision, although the engineman of the
Birmingham train was not justifiedin descending the incline
so rapidly; and there appears to have been a want of judg-
ment in the engineman of the Manchester train, which alight
have been put in motion when the other was descending the
incline, especially as it is was known by him to be close at
hand.

We are authorised to state, that the directors of the Grand
Junction Company, regretting deeply the occurrence of this
unfortunate accident, (the first of the kind that has hap.
pened,) have adopted such measures of additional precautio❑
as will, it is expected, prevent a second instance from taking
place.