The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-12-04 00:00:00

hey was; according to the cant of the day, liberal policy.
They treated their friends and their enemies- with the
same most remarkable but fatal liberality. He who slan
dered them, and he who defended them, were hospita-
bly entreated at the same board, and .equallY
mented. All this looks vastly fine oil paper; it *as, as
the An7ei icans• say, " extensively liberal;" but, like
HumssoN's treaties, it, had the.n'ame, and the imposi-
tion of the name, w4hout the sense or the attractive re•
ality of ieciprocity.
These are our free opinions. They tray be unpalata-
ble, but • they are not unadvisedly offered; but, right or
wrong, we trust they will have some. effect upon the acts,
the duties, and policy of the new council. We rely
upon this as their probable, and, we trust; natural effect,
when, disarming ourselves of all-partial attachments,
and looking forward only to the common weal, we crave
leave to demand for the ministers of our national church
not any endowment equal to their deserts, or such com-
pensation as our means should codcede, but such
remuneration only as is commensurate with their, duties,
and the scale which: the town of Liverpool and its'inhabi-
tants occupy in society.

• If we closely examine the subject we shall find that the
established clergy of Liverpool are the most miserably;
endowed class of ministers belonging to any town in
England claiming even the one-tenth of the wealth or.
the importance of Liverpool. The clergy of Bristol are
comparatively richly endowed. Most of the livings in
London are worth any two or three of ours. But what
makes the comparison more invidious, and should
shame' the liberals, is the fact, that the establish-
ed clergy of Edinburgh and Glasgow are much
better provided for in a poorer coudtry, where the
necessaries of life are considerably -cheaper, than are the
incumbents of the Liverpool corporation' churOhes.
Pride has built splendid churches; pride has built splen-
did ships, and more splendid docks—pride has founded
charities; and erected town-halls and news-rooms—all the
exterioris grand and noble, and we bestow upon it our
hearty admiration ; but misery has presided over the ele-
ments of life, and stinted the remuneration of those who
serve at the altar. Had the corporation done' its duty in
this respect, we should have had amongst us the most
honoured names of our English divinei—men framed for
the coming conflict—orators. of transcendent talents—
men not only true to their high trust, but able to com-
mand amid the jarrings• of popular opinion, and bring.
back to the sheepfold the wanderers from the path of
duty—the weak, the listless, the simple, and the ignorant.
This subject is far from being exhausted—but we are.
Mote, therefore, anon.

•
The revision of the_ burgess list of the borough of Li-
verpool commenced on Tuesday morning, at.the Sessions-
house, before Mr. ABRAHALL, one of the barristers ap-
pointed for this district.

It will be seen, by a reference to our report of the pro-
ceedings of this exceedingly vexatious court, that the
learned reviser has decided that a. burgess entitled to
vote in respect of property situate in different wards can-
not be compelled to declare now.in valid) .ward he in-
tends voting when the election takes place. • The same
authority further ruled, that all the burgesses who did not
appear; either in person or by deputy, to support their
qualifications, when called upon in open:court to do so,"
should be struck off the list of burgesses..
With these decisions of the learned barrister we. have
no fault to find, but we have much fault to find with the
conservative "bUrgesses, who, although served with no-
tices of objections, have failed to be in attendance to sup-'
port:their qualifications, and have; by this most culpable
and unaccountable negligence, disfranchised themselves.
The court Opens this morning at ten o'clock. The list of
objections is disposed of up to the•letter K, and the busi-
ness will, therefore, commence•witlf the name of "John
Kaye, No. 982." There are still' nearly nine hundred
objections to be heard and decided upon; the greater part
of which are raised by. the reform association.
We have now earnestly to impress upon the conserva-
tives. the absolute necessity of being prompt in their at-
tendance at the SessionS'-house. It is of no use to create
a registration association ;—it is of no use to subscribe
funds, or employ solicitors and agents to conduct the
cause, if the witnesses will not attend in court, and be
ready to 'answer when called upon to make their appear-
ance.

It is expected that the list of objections will be gone
through on Saturday.
,The court will, on Monday morn-
ing, proceed with the list. of new

LONDON LATLST NEWS.

City, Wednesday Everting, •Half-past Seven o'clock.

There bas been a considerable pressure, for money to•day in
consequence partly of the shutting of the various stocks for the
dividend, 'and from the arrangeuients. for the taking up the
commercial hills drawn the 4th instant. In consequence of
this, consols for money declined to 91, and for the account to
01. The accountant-general- purchased yesterday 170,090
consols, which he took at 94, for the unarranged West India
compensation claims. This functionaries purchases have in-
deed of late been the sole prop of the market, and their dinii•
nution has probably bad some effect upon the prices of the
various stock, in addition to those causes ne have stated above.

The Exchequer bills and India bonds have partaken, although
not to any great extent, in the depression existing in the funded
seearitie4. The former bear a prern. of 13 to 15, and the latter
of 2to 4. Omnium has declined to 32 pm.
In Foreign Stock Market,llie intelligence from Portugal
of the change of the Portuguese •ministry, the holders of the
long list of the liabilities of that 'country, whose love of freedom
simply means an enthusiasm for anything likely to bring them 10
per cent., viewing with apprehension, the slight removal of any
of those worthies to whom they are indebted for the creation of
those bonds, the existence' Of Which, as marketable commo-
dities, are so dependent on their coneoctors preserving poWer.
Out of place, the influence of gulling; Would be, almost evapo.
-rated; and we, therefore, can- excite -no -surprise that the-exit
of Saldanha and his eolleaoc;:i:hasbeen follovied by a depres!
sion of about 5 per cent. in the stock. • • Prior to this intelli-
gentie, the 5 per .cent. bon4W,Cie'-at, hem which they' fell
to 88; the dividends are now in course of payment on this
stock, and ex dividend the bonds are quoted at 831 this after-
noon, the 3 per cents. leaving off at 531.
Spanish bonds which, according to the prognostics of the
wiseacres holding them, were to have advanced on the receipt
'of the queen regent's speech, have, on the contrary, receded.
Before the arrival of that unmeaning document, they were at
491, they closed at 41. The deferred (Heaven save the mark!)
are at 22.

Those valuable sinks for money, the transatlantic bonds,
have also all given way; , and the only wonder is that, in the
face of such accounts as we almost daily receive from one or
other of the republics, they bear any price Whatever. Colom-
bian stock is little more than nominal at3l, the Mexican at 36,
the Brazilian at 84
In the Northern bonds the price is about per cent. lower
than when we last wrote. Belgian stock is 1001, Dutch 5 per
cents. are at 'col, the 21 per cents, are at 54/1, and the Russian
5 per cents. are. at 1084.
Our Railway Shares, which a few weeks ago were sought
after with such avidity, are fast approaching a discount, which
indeed some of the last engendered have already touched,
among which are the Gravesend railway shares, the South-
ampton, and the Btightou (Gibbs), which all those bearing a
premium are on the.decline.
The advices from Canada to-day are of same little interest.
That diriaterested patriot. Mr. Roebuck, it appears is to be the
agent with a salary of £6OO per annum, and £5OO for an outfit.
The electors of Bath ought to be Most grateful to the Canadians
for this welcome tender, as hitherto their member has cut
an appearance, which, although not uncommon in " the re-
formed house," would, if Beau Nash could have risen from his
tomb, have caused him to expire with horror, that Bath could
be degraded by such x representative. The papers contain a
letter from this honourable M. •P., the style of which shows that
he is prepared to " go the whole hog ;" and it is said that it has
even startled the revolutionary Party in the" colony. After
thanking Mr. Papeneau (to whom •the latter is addressed) for
the appointment to the agency, this editor of three halfpenny
trash thus fulminates forth :—".I cannot avoid taking advan-
tage of this opportunity of recording solemnly my opinion as to
the demands which, as• guardians of a public people, you are
bound to insist on. The object -you have in view is to frame a
government in accordance with the wants and feelings of the
people. In America no government can unite their conditions
but one that is purely democratic. Any. pretence, by which it
is sought to saddle you with any species of aristocracy ought by
you to be scouted and repressed: The legislative council from
the beginning has been a mere pretence; and your efforts ought
never to relax until you haVe thoroughly rooted out that
wretched imitation of a baneful and mischievous institution.

"All your grievances spring from this purest source, if this
source he not damu,:d up the grievance, will;
.never cease to
exist.

"All other objeetg hugh , tbercr!)ro, tp viel to the paramount
'One 'of extirpating (to coautils !Make it *leCifv.if you will,