The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-26 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL

MASANIELLO ;
OR. THE DUMB GIRL OF With all all the Oliginal Music, Dances, &c.
THE CELEBRATED OVERTURE PREVIOUS TO T
Masaniello
Pietro Mr. Br 0 .
Moreno Mr. . orncastle.
Elvis
Mrs. Wood.
To conclude with the Musical Drama of
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE.
PREVIOUS TO WHICH THE ORIGINAL OVERTURE WILL 56
PERFORMED.

. OPERA.
00d.

Count Almaviva Mr. Wood.
Figaro Mr. G. Horncastle.
Basil Mr. Brough.
Rosina Mrs. Wood.
TO-MORROW the Tragedy of BRUTUS. Brutus, Mr.
Stuart. Tullis. Mrs. Stanrey. Tarquinia, Mrs. Slaw.-10
conclude with THE BROKEN SWORD.

Under the Patronage of his most G acious Majestv, H. R. 11.
the Princess Augusta, Prince George of
Canibridge, and
several branches of the Royal amity, and a numerous list
of the most noble Families in En land.
IurASTER PHILLIPPS, the I PANT TRUMPETER,
INI. (only seven years of age) begs to announ s first ap-
pearance at the LYCEUM ROOMS, 80l reet, Liverpool.
on MONDAY next, the 29th idstant, a during the Week.
The Performances will take place eac orning and Evening.
to commence at One o'clock at n, and Eight o'clock
in the evening.
Master Pit ILLIPPS will Perform TWELVE of his favourite
Pieces.
Terms of Admission—Morning Performance, 25.; Evening
Performance, 25.; Tradespeople, Is.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Nis right—we were mistaken about the day.
question was taken from the London Observer.

The article in

7.",bc Etherpool ,i4,tanbarlj.

FRIDAY AffillNlNG, JUNE 36, 1835.

By the American packet which arrived yesterday, we
' have received New York papers to the 2d instant. They
are unusually full of interesting incidents. A steam boat
had burst, and forty persons, to use the diffident expres-
sion of our repUiliCa'4,,eonterripcirary, are missing. A
fire had taken place in New York and some thirty or
forty houses had been burnt. In some othe-r place an
hotel had tumbled down and some sixty persons, chiefly
from Kentucky, had been buried--not more than ten
of whom had been.killed, or more than twenty wounded.
We have only to add, ''by way of consolation to share-
dealers, that the steamer whichs6lew up did not belong
to the "People's transportation line of packet.,." At the
time when these frightful accidents had occurred, all the
labourers and coalheavers on the river Schuykill, near
Philadelphia, had struck work, and had refused to labour
more than ten hours per day. As in all such cases, ac-
cording to the march of intellect; ,they had resolved to
murder all persons who shoulddisobey their commands,
and in consequence many horrible outrages had taken
place. We regret to hear this, for in all such combina-
tions the working classes, and the most innocent and
virtuous of the working classes, suffer severerv.
On the 30th May the citizens of New York had re-
ceived the Paris papers containing the decision of the
chamber of deputies upon their compensation claims of
five millions of dollars. Small though the sum be, the
favourable chance of its ultimate payment produced ex-
hilarating effects upon the minds of the citizens, al-
though not unmingled with some prudential misgivings.
To see a great nation made comparatively happy at so
small a cost is a spectacle worthy the study of a philoso-
pher. The bitter, however, must be strained from the
sweet, in order to render the draught palatable. The
following from the New York Daily Advertiser of the
Ist June, (the present month) will explain what we
mean:—

"There seems to be some uneasiness in the minds of a por-
tion at least of the community, lest the condition annexed to

the act of the French Chamber of Deputies, ordering the
money under the treaty with this country to be paid; may prove
the source of further difficulty, and perhaps prevent the final
adjustment of the business. All that is required on the part of
the French Deputies is, that General Jackson should say, in
some form or other, that he did not intend, by the language
made use of in his message, to threaten or intimidate them, and
in that way induce them to pay the tuoney. The language of
the message, after a long account of the difficulties which ex-
isted, and a statement of the views which the President enter-
tained of the exigencies of the case, and recommending that
`a law be passed, authorising reprisals upon French property,
in case provision shall not be made for the payment of the debt
at the approaching session of the French Chambers; ' is as
follows:—' Such a measure ought not to be considered by France
as a menace. Her pride and power are too well known to ex-
pect anything from her fears, and preclude the necessity of a
declaration that nothing partaking of the chcqacter of intimida-
tion is intended by ur. She ought to look upon it as the evidence
only of an inflexible determination on the part of the United
States to insist on their. rights.' It would seem that the Depu-
ties were not fully satisfied with this salvo at the end of the
message ; and probably they were still further excited by seeing
Mr. Livingston's letter, which at first blush was calculated to
convey the idea that he thought it was advisible for the head of
our government to talk a little largely about the conduct of our
ancient ally.

The Meaning of this is seen at a glance. The French
make the payment of the dollars conditional upon an
abject apology on the part of Mr. ANDREW JACKSON,
President of the United States. The president menaced-:
them with war; he is, therefore, called upon to say that
lie did not mean what he said; that he had no intention
to compel France to pay the money ; that he spoke and
wrote of hostilities in jest ; and that he exceedingly re-
grets that any thing he said or wrote should have given
offence to the majesty of the French nation. Unless this
is done, to the letter, unequivocally, and without reser-
vation of any kind, the five millions will not be paid !
Now comes the qaestion—will Mr. President JACKSON
make this humiliating apology ?—will he eat his words ?

he unsay what he has said ? or will he, like JosEpti
HußtE, call that white which only a few moons ago he
pronounced to be black ? We do not think so meanly
of General JACKSON as to believe thaehe will submit to
Kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet,

And to be baited by the rabble's curse.
No ; General JACKSON, we feel confident; will make no
apology, and of course the money will not he paid. The
French Chamber of Deputies calculated upon this when
they offered such humiliating terms.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL is already in a dilemma about his
new measure of corporation reform. The ninth clause
of the bill is in these words :

" And be it enacted, that after the passing of this act I
I'ERSON shall be elected, admitted, or enrolled a citizen, free-
man, liveryman, or burgess of any borough, or by any name, a
member of any body corporate in respect of any right or title
other than by occupancy and payment of rates within such borough,
according to the meaning and provisions of this act."

Viewing this clause in connexion with the preamble of
the bill, we, in common with many others, conceived that
it had reference only to the right of voting for the com-
mon councilmen of the borough. Its language was cer-
tainly plain enough, but this alone was calculated to lull
suspicion. We could not have believed it possible
any man—that Lord JOHN RUSSELL—that Mr. DANIEL
O'CoNNELL—could have contemplated and intended any
other more monstrous or iniquitous proscription. It
turns out, however—indeed it is confessed—that Lord
JOHN RUSSELL inserted this clause for the express pur-
pose of repealing one of the most popular and important
provisions of the REFORM BILL ! that

There, Englishmen ! you see what a whig lord is—you
see what your patriots are ! Have you forgotten.- the
cry—" The bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill r
It is this bill which Lord JonN RUSSELL has, by an art-
ful contrivance, endeavoured to cut to pieces, and deprive
a large portion of the working classes of their political
franchise. If you forgive him—if you forget this act—
you will deserve to be robbed, trampled upon, and en-
slaved fur ever.

It will be recollected that there were two reform bilk-
The first was the work of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the
Earl of DURHAM. This first bill failed, for it pleased no-
body ; and, as the ministers saw nu chance of carrying
it, they withdrew it, and substituted another. Lord GREY
framed the second reform bill, Lord JouN conducted it
through the house, and, after undergoing sundry mudifi-

For the BENEFIT of Mr. WOOD, and the Last Night but
Four of the engagement of Mr. and "Mrs. WOOD, of the
Theatres-Reyal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane.
Fifth Night of the engagement of Mr. BROUGH and Mr. G.
HORNCASTLE.
rrIHIS present FRIDAY, the 26th instant, will be per-
-1 formed Auber's Grand Opera of