The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-07-02 00:00:00

OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH.

The following is an abstract of the principal provisi-
ons of Mr. Metre's proposed bill for the better obser—
vance of the Sabbath :
After the repeal of former statutes relative to the same sub-
ject the bill proposes to enact that no person, upon the Lord's
day, shall do, or cause to be done, any work, buying, selling, or
contracting, crying or exposing wares in the street, or in shops,.
&c., under the penalty of from ss. to £l. for the first offencet
from £l. to £2. for the second, £2. to £5. for the third, apes
£l. for every hour of keeping open a shop subsequently to the'
first.
Some clauses then follow respecting disorderly proceeding*
and gaming.
It is further provided that no carriers, drovers, and °fliers.
nor any carriages or boats used for conveying goods and parcels
for hire, nor steam or other carriages, shall travel between nine,
o'clock in the forenoon and six in the evening; and that tie
steam or other carriages shall set off between eleven and 03144
or between three and four o'clock.
That no meeting of any corporate or other public body shall
be held on the Sabbath. Justices of the peace to have the
power of fixing some other day for fairs falling on a Monday. ',
No game to be killed or captured on Sunday. Any leg
process served on that day to be void, and the execution of sue
bt
to subject to an action at law.
The other clanks regulate the legal proceedings under the
~
act, informations to be given within one month ; after why'
come the exceptions.
That nothing in this act shall extend to servants in their
necessary duties; to persons buying or selling medicines; buy'
ing or selling milk or fruit, except between nine and four o'clocic,
such fruit not to be cried or exposed in the public street; to
any baker preparing dough for the following day's baking, or to
the delivering or receiving any victuals at the bake-house, be:
tween half-past nine and half-past ten, and between one an
l
two o'clock ; to persons duly licensed delivering beer or cider,
to private families, for use at their own houses, between one and
three and between five and nine o'clock; to persons serving
travellers or lodgers in hotels, taverns, or other places, the cola'
modifies to be consumed on the premises, or to the delivery of
such liquor or provisions to any person whatever, between sever'
and ten, between one and ttiree, and between five and niee.
o'clock; to hackney-coaches standing or plying for hire, except,
during the usual time of morning and afternoon service at thee.
parish church; or to persons using them in attending places e!.
worship or religious meetings, &c., or to the travelling of th"
mail.

THE TRIAL OF CLOUGII.

(From the Newark Daily Advertiser.) •
The trial of Clough, for the murder of Mrs. Hamilton, beg*
Chief Justice Horublower, at Mt. Holly, will probably be COo'
eluded this evening. For the following interesting letter coo'
cerning it we are indebted to the polite attention of a friend on
the sz't
" lhe prisoner is, I suppose, about twenty-eight years 006"
He looked very pale, but rather genteel in his person anddres
and seems as if he paid much attention to his toilet. ter,
taking his place in the prisoners' box, he looked up to the col%
justice and made a graceful bow; and while the indictment $O4
read to him he stood erect, firm, and composed. Not a mos%
of his face moved; and to the thrilling question, " are 34),
guilty, or not guilty?" he responded in a low, soft, but yet ip
firm and distinct voice, " Not guilty, sir." Friday morolay,
was then assigned for his trial. Long before the bell roo
for court on Friday morning, the people were pressing into 14
court-house, and the crowd was so great that the sheriff had
conduct the chief justice through a back door into his `ea"
Yesterday the court was in session ten full hours. The veeerr
able and respected mother and sisters of the deceased, and odic
females and members of the family were examined. As th.ello
severally turned to look at the prisoner when asked by
counsel if they recognized him, he familiarly and gracefuVio •
but with a fixed and rather gloomy countenance, inclined
head or bowed to them; and when the old lady, with tears rti;
ning down her cheeks, turned quite round to look at him, heolfol
stantly rose and bowed to her in the most grave and respeo.og
manner. The testimony was of the most thrilling and touch' to
character. The description of her (Mrs. Hamilton's) deliOth
person, her amiable character, her piercing shrieks, and her dett'llo
struggles, while he held and pushed still deeper and deeper ,o 0
murderous dirk into her bosom, was truly affecting. But 10,
the trunk was opened and the blood stained dirk, the bron
breastpin, her bloody garments, and especially her cors,eed
pierced with ten holes through that part of it which had coveLer
her left breast, and stiffened and red with the cold blood of Pea
who had worn it, as if it had been literally dyed in blood, it see Tho
too much for every one but the prisoner. He looked upon 'hio
bloody credentials with a steady gloomy gaze, discovering i,nast
countenance, however, no internal emotion, nor in the Ito,
changing his position, which he uniformly occupies, rec d,
ing on his elbow and resting his head on the palm of his 11"% i,
on which he wears a black glove. But the effect of this es.blve
Lion, followed up by the phYsicians' description of her feel
ribs and almost riddled heart and lungs, produced a gust of
ing and emotion in the crowded audience that could not be s_.`th
pressed. • Every bosom swelled • every eye was suffused Ted.
tears ; and, for a few moments, die investigation was susparme
We shall, no doubt, have some fine speaking. especialkY from
Mr. Southard and Mr. Brown. The latter, judging froa,lece
specimens he has given on one or two questions that have oce•
debated, will make a great display of impassioned &elle, hi.
The counsel for the defendant, I understand, intends to po.l'atecl
defence on the ground of insanity, induced by disaPPal
roe."

LONDON GAZETTE.---FRIDAY, JUNE 2s'

BANKRUPTS.
Henry
.Allenby, George-street, Adelphi, boarding-house-k,itlP
Frederick Taylor, Webber-street, Blackfriars-road, victuso`
William Fowler, Cirencester. printer.
Benjamin Hill, Oxford, hatter.
Peter Davies, Pishvard, Pembrokeshire, shopkeeper.
George Horton, Birmingham, bulkier. as
PAPTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. r. Door
J. Singleton and W.Singleton, Sheffield, slate-merchants--„ vies a
and W.Walters, Stourhridge, Worcestershire, ironmongers--4 •up s'ib,
and T.Whitburn, Guilford, Surrey, cabinet-makers--C. IteTl°Blo.
J. E. Pye, Mark-lane, commission-sgents—J.H.Green, and
son, Finch-lane, discount-agents—J. Littleford and W. HaPaatki;f,
James's-street, Clerkenwell, working-jewellers—G. Bower' b 5,
Bowen, Reading, linen-drapers—E. A. Hoskin and J. Stubeete...,
mingham, hatters—A. Thorn and T. G. Thorn, Mitcham, grfod,, liar
Shadrake and J. A. Walker, Limehouse, coal-me •„, 3.9,"0'
and S. Darton, Graeechurch-street, booksellers—J. J. Dari,tvdo.
I'. Cunningham, Lastcheap, hat-manufacturers—K. Net h 1
Calvert, Manchester, whip-manufacturers-4. Bate and D.
Sittingbourn, Kent, drapers-.Jag.. Rusher and Jos. RUSllert i.toP
booksellers—B. Lea, C. Greenwood, J. Middleton, alOl
Great St. Thomas ApoOle, toy-merchants, as far as r,:rr11,91,,rv-t,g4,
dleton—T. Grieve, I.' P. Grelliee, and P. D. Morgan, Bel" _ll,
Waterloo-bridge, and Mill-wall, Polilar, mar.ble:mu-rrhiads
low and It. Barlow, Muncheitter, ulerchauts.
DIVIDENDS. 0-15,
July M, J. Gibbous and W. Sherwood, Li”rpool, raer,„,e iTtecbotti
19, B. Severn. F. 11.. King, and .1. Severn, Church-lanc. "
_few. V'
--- latnann - - 8e1y.,,,,g5,

grocers-July 19, and J. Lambert, Old
E
30, W. Packwood, ~ Warwick. grocer 1, VolV
E. .1. Neep, Norwich, silversmith—July 19, W. Brcnnal.
banks. Lancashire, calico-printer—July 22. 1). ThaekeraY.rfre-ids9
eray, and J. Baldwin, Walton, Lancashire common-brew ep, ,4011
22, J. Baron, Frome Selwoodt_innholderi—July 26, T. Farfr,
cheater, laccman—July 28, F. Fisher, Jun., and W. I. Fish
sail-makers—sluly 21, A. Townley, Stockport, bookselle,
CERTIFICATES Jutv 19.
T. Lloyd, Grove, Shropshire, timbe,r-merchant-1,,.
worth, Lancashire, victualler—J. Barnett, Devotow"
Kent-road, navy-agent.

cl A CCTV
.ALVAN-LEY AGAIN.—This jovial side-shnker has sa, „
good thing about those "unconshionable" dons, the Je.ilc;'s 100
Emancipation of the Circumcised was talked of at uroc
.11ey
kat ned:y by some half•dozen 111. P. persons when
disposed of the subject. "It's all dev'tist: we-11„t°14,
emancipating tbo Jews; but answer wo L
the Jews emanciral.6 is ?"

JuLy 2, 1833.

05LQe THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.
Myhts af the Races Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday, and
A,,,r44Y, PerfarmanCes will not commence till S o'clock.
SAY, Pe
of the Theatre-Roval, Drury-lane, is en-
Ved for Ten Nights, and will make.' his second appearance
IS present TUESDAY, the 2d instant, whqn will be
performed the favourite Comedy, called the
HONEY MOON ;
Of?, HOW TO RULE A WIFE.
4_,
undo Duke Aranza Mr. W LACK.
uta
........ Mt. Browne I Juliana... .... Miss Huddart.
After which, the New Fa eof
En's/IR..
M. AND AIRS. pR LIGLE.
..Mr. Browne I M ringle..Mrs. Clarke.
To conclude with the ce of the
TWO GREGORYS.
0 Mr. Gregory Mr. Browne.
AEII `VEDNESDAY, the favourite Comedy of THE WON-
".—
N'iDon FelAss ix MHr. WALLACK—Lissardo, Mr. Browne—
olante uddart. To conclude with the Drama
1„,1
Mr. VauAIILES XlL—Adam Brock, Mr. WALLACK—CharIes
denhff.

spectable retailers must join in commending and carrying
into effect.

But before we come to the remedy, let us say a few
words with respect to the objects of the conspiracy, and
the Authors of the system. The workmen who enter
these unions are sworn in the dark, upon the bible, by a
man whom they do not see, first, to be true brothers of
the union ; secondly, not to work with any master who
employs men not belonging to the union ; thirdly, not
to work fir less than twenty-four shillings per week ;
fourthly, not to work where more than the prescribed
number of apprentices are employed, and this number not
to exceed eight, no matter how many journeymen are
employed; and lastly, they are to know each other by
a given; sign, and contribute to the support of the
brothers unemployed, or who leave their work in support
of the union.

Ebe tibtrpooi

This is the oath, and for absurdity it is perfectly match-
less; but the insolence of the terms enjoined exceeds the
absurdity. The man who tales this oath is a fool in the
comparative degree, but he who keeps it is a fool in the
superlative degree. Is there a man so doltish as not to
know that the oath is an illegal oath, and that the sooner
he breaks it the sooner he washes away its compulsory
guilt ? From fear, or from ignorance, or from a mistaken
sense of duty, or a misled sense of self-interest, a man
may have taken this oath, but when his fears are dissi-
pated, and his reason returns, he will become alive to the
propriety and the justice of breaking through its sinful
forms, and extricating himself from its unhallowed tram •
mels.

TUESDAY MOR-VING, JULY 2, 1833.

TJ`lle news from Portugal is not without interest. SAR-
lua has at length taken his leave, as Colonel
sh°°GEs did, of a hateful and hopeless service, and Mar-
ali‘ SOLIONAC finding that all his efforts were ineffectual,
leas thrown down his baton and returned to France.
These,,. are fasts admitted by all parties. ,
°lv fur the per contra side of the account. It is said
that'\ 1)011 PEDRO has embarked on board his fleet, now
;der the command of Captain NAPIER, And intends, sup-
to4rted by 4,000 men, taken from the garrison of Oporto,
babe, a descent upon,the coast of Portugal nearer the
e MIL We strongly suspect that this is a mere ruse
acoeted fur the purpose of liberating PEDRO, in the
rtiletest way possible, from the hands of his disappointed
d ferocious mercenaries. It looks very like a flight
by moonlight.
kilese, we say, are only our suspicions. The account
y prove true, and the descent may be made, and if
Trade there will be a speedy end to this domestic quarrel.
4'°°o men were embarked from Oporto, that town
hapt have been leftnearly defenceless, and must ere now
4,olfallen to the royal army. If a smaller force than
take be embarked the attempt to make a landing, and
e the capital of a hostile country, in which every man
iti4Posed to the adventurer, must be a desperate attempt
deed' The folloWing is from our Plymouth corres-
Aond„t
v ?L/stouTri, 28th JUNE, 1833.—The weather here continue;
unseasonable—much rain and strong winds from the south
nighst°llth east. Our arrivals and departures for the last fort-
geor:ave been unimportant, excepting the case of the steamer
tr'st„l which vessel has recently been purchased at
the by the agent of Doti Miguel. She brought round from
the 4.„1t named port a number of volunteers for the service of
joinedrtuguese fleet in the Tagifs ; about fifty others have
koti at this port, and the vessel will proceed with the first
Qeorerate weather (the wind is at present right an end). The
tlian,,,,e IV. is destined for Lisbon, and it is said that not less
karit7 men are getting ready in this country for the Miguelite
trail v, and that steamers are being engaged for their immediate
tonorrt, the men receiving two months, pay in advance. The
e t qtil/311 is a copy of a private communication from Falmouth,
trok M the recent news brought by the African Steamer
trri the coast of Portugal :—‘ June 26.—The African Steame?
lean
here late last night from Lisbon and Oporto. NV e
frottl 4Y her that on Friday last five steamers, having on board
tit, '5OO to 5000 troops left Oporto under the command of
ti —Like of Terceira, (Villa Flor,) but whether their destina-
hal/ was Lisbon or some other part of the Portuguese coast
ileariti°t been made known. The expedition was joined by
Ge Y all the vessels of the fleet under Captain Napier:—
neral Solianac had quitted the service, and with Admiral
cott`i°llll..°lls, was about to proceed to France. The Miguelites
both
Ile to bom bard Oporto. The cholera was still very rife
at Oporto and Lisbon.

But who are the persons who have devised this scheme
of dictation, and who are most active in enforcing it up-
on the operatives of Liverpool ? We are glad to be
enabled to state that the respectable portion of the jour.
neymen are guiltless. We have always exonerated them,
and we do it once more. They are the dupes,—
not the contrivers. It is a fact, and we are almost
ashamed to place it upon record, that the directors of
these unions, the fellows who write the placards, who

ssue the addresses, who eat the bread and prey upon the

humble savings of the workmen, are some six or seven
radical schoolmasters, of notorious reputation, in this

town, and whose names are before us. They are as•
sisted by two or three discarded clerks. They meet al

the George Tavern in Hood-street, and at the Garrick
Tavern. These men are the teachers of youth, but they
are nevertheless scoundrels. They are engrafting their
political prejudices, and their diabolical principles in the
very heart's-blood of the artizan. They corrupt the
young, and thee• seem resolved either to starve their pa-
rents, or drive them to the gallows. They are pests of
society which must be expelled from it, or crime and
misery will be the result. The poor men are contributing
their mites to pamper the drunken propensities and the
infamous frauds of these blackguards. We need not
name them, for this notice will point them out. The
"schoolmaster " is indeed amongst us with a vengeance !
The system is to exact 2s. 6d. from every member when
he joins the union. Now, let us see how this works.
The unions are joined by considerable numbers of IrishL
men, who also are sworn not to work for less than four
shillings a-day. If these Irishmen could only obtain two
shillings a-day, it would be more than they ever earned
in the whole course of their lives. Eighteen-pence
would be nearer the mark, and there are some who would

be overpaid by eighteen farthings a-day ; but still they

are all sworn to refuse less than four shillings. Here
again is villainy on both sides. The Irishmen have the
best of the bargain at present, but they will suffer in the
end. The schoolmasters will whistle them off as soon
as they have answered the purposes of the conspiracy.
They will be kicked out of the union on the first oppor-
tunity, and this the able workmen will be compelled to

" It POT AND THE KETTLE.—COBBETT versus the
Fr:4,le4 newspaper—had a fight in the King's Bench on
the "43' last, and a singularly amusing fight it was. Al-
-1 the Pot came off the richest, having obtained
00 for the sauce of the Kettle, still it is difficult to
,IpAY which came off the blackest. Ni. CHARLES PHILLIPS
fo-mnded the former, while Sir JAMES SCARLETT stood up
titet the latter, and both did ample justice to the merits of
°PPOsite clients, without condescending to utter a
cl.d or strike a blow in defence of their own. It was
ti
t'ldedly what in the fancy circles would be called a cross.
pilt is odd enough that two men who have, with the sin-
tle exception of the Time:, indulged in more personal
b4etives scurrilous attacks, and malignant misrepre•
tit4tiCHS, than any two other men in existence, should
h°tlt be prosecutors at the same time of actions for libels
WI their respective (reader, . don't read this respected)
hbeatacters.) The bare idea of HUNT and COBBETT being
ov lied in the newspapers is enough to make a cow jump
er the moon, or a steam engine burst out into a fit of
of Ater,
es And yet be it known unto all men that both
th
the. e worthies have had their feelings wounded, and
4, It reputations injured, and probably theirpeace of mind
tirlitr°Yed for ever, by two clumsy squibs in two or three
e journals. One paper was hoaxed by a paragraph
viageg that during the Preston election there had been
W In which HUNT, after having his nose cut of, bad
tilattedthe mob to murder an attorney. For this calum-
itetletin nose and guiltless murder HUNT brought several
ktir-118, and in two he found a jury sufficiently stupid to
litrlti forty shillings damages and costs—the chaff to
xt:r and the coin to his attorney.
% CeBBETT's case the damage done was of a still more
sousells nature, and yet no murder was imputed to the
Agra Collector of Paine's bones. It was stated, in a
that gatalk originally published in the Leeds Intelligencer,
&eate4le honourable member for Oldham was an uncerti-
eab: bankrupt. This was true, and yet it was untrue.
loalee,tt had been a bankrupt, and, of course, must. at
this ,Inlle or other have been an uncertificated one. For
4'6e a
LT gave an HUNDRED POUNDS!
It •
ite,r this, who will say that trial by jury is not a farce ?
libei°tltid be much better for the parties, in an action for
to ° fix
-rupon a sum as the damages, and then toss up

do in their own defence. The masters will refuse to em-
ploy them, and the working journeymen will refuse to
maintain them in idleness. The system, therefore, has
begun as it will end—lN FRAUD
Now for the remedy. The employers have submitted
to this'fraud and tyranny too long, and it is time to adopt
means to explode a system which is bringing wretched-
ness upon its instruments. Let the masters call a gene-
ral meeting, and pass resolutions not to employ a single
workman who is a member of these unions. In the mean
time let all work he suspended, and it must not be re-
sumed until it can be done by operatives who do not be-
long to, or have withdrawn from, the unions. If, on
these resolutions being acted upon, the men still hold
out, let offers be made to workmen in other distant towns,
and we will answer for it that a sufficient number of
hands will be easily procured. We know that there are
numbers of operatives anxious, above all things, to see
such resolutions passed, for they would then have some
obvious excuse fur breaking their present fetters. A
little spirit and courage is all that is necessary.

We congratulate the universe, as orator SHEIL would
express it, on the reappearance of Lord ALTHORP in the
House of Commons. On the very day that the ministerial
papers had been instructed to insert a paragraph lament-

ing the serious illness of the noble lord, and announcing
his departure for the Isle of Wight for the recovery of his
health—on that very day did the noble lord walk into the
house as fresh as a field of corn, as rosy as a farmer's
maid, and as robust as a border wrestler. We, among
others, were generous and credulous enough to believe
that his lordship had for once in his life done a wise act
and had retired from Parliament altogether, leaving Mr.
STANLEY to discharge those duties which Lord ALTIIORP
either would or could not perform. His lordship, how-
ever, it would appear, has a higher opinion of his own
qualifications and consistency than is entertained by his
best friends, in which case we leave him to blunder on

and be laughed at as before.

And, of a verity, not a single hour was allowed to pass
without the noble lord distinguishing himself in his own
peculiar vein. On the night of his reappearance he
contrived to render himself as ridiculous as possible by
virtually defending the political unions, and opposing Mr.
FINCH'S motion declaring those unions to be illegal,
dangerous, and unconstitutional. Lord ALTIIORP did
not confess that he was a corresponding member of any
of these associations ; but, from his eagerness to get rid
of the motion, it was tolerably clear that he looked back
upon his former dalliance with the tinkers and nailers of
Birmingham with strong feelings of satisfaction. And
why shoUld we quarrel with him for this ? Gratitude is
the noblest attribute of the human heart. It appertains
even to the dog, and to almost every other biped and
quadruped. Lord ALTHORP must know that to these
unions he is indebted for a large portion of his salary.
He must know that to them the public are indebted for
their darling reform bill, the GREYS for their places, the
RUSSELLS for their exclusively rotten boroughs, the brief-
less whit lawyers for their itinerant commissions, LEOPOLD
for the crown of Belgium, and DON PEDRO for Captain
NAPIER and other fresh and salt provisions. But for
these unions the nation would long ago have been de-
prived of the inestimable services of the noble CHANCEL-
LOR of the EXCHEQUER, whose memorable budgets will

--,. is dist •
\sell . , . distressing beyond measure to see. men, otherwise
h disposed and naturally of industrious habits,. driven
eldl°ll. to • their g ruin and destitution by. t.hemost profligate of
fie, ' order—the scum of the political unions, and by
t
eaed incendiaries who indite the inflammatory language
°I di,
indite ''r pl
:lacards, who are paid for the wretched stuff' they
11, and thus share among themselves the last six-
nee and the last loaf of the
deluded and starving opera-
tive,.
It will hardly be believed in those
places where such
penes do not occur that the present combination among
tee rktnen in Liverpool has produced effects of a na
12.4 e almast as heartrending as if a famine prevailed or a
t:tilence were sweeping away its unnumbered and.
Merles, victims. The mallet is silent, the chisel is
bluntlarge the brush is dry, and the trowel is rusty among a
t.h P°rtion of the trades of this great town, for reasons
iii nonsensical nonsensical that could possibly be imagined. In
~,f !Lt. industry to a great extent is suspended, the savingsk
14 cue artizan are exhausted, the mason and the
bric
4,Yer have not a farthing left to meet the demands of the.
itl4traching winter, and the only activity that is seen Is
for
tl°se Places where we never see it without blushing
el_, he stupid
and vicious indulgences of the working
ti,t, les' We allude
, _the last few 1 to the pawnbrokers' shops. These
(lays have been crowded to overflowing.
'1,..„ brisker trade
4rulle fool's hankeer never was driven by legal extortion.d
never in so short a period realize
out 1 large Profits. We saw a woman, yesterday, come
1114°(' one of these pest houses with an infant in her arms
.
had t
In ears in her eyes. She was a young woman, too,' and
slti:ablY been pledging her marriage ring for a
4 tiitiyl . or the last of her wardrobe, in order to. procure-
oierve, dinner which the blockhead her husband did not de
asti bake''ll'e market people, and especially the butchers.
f)f lab 14 rftl the effects of this. unpardonable cessation
4._,°14. very severely. One of tbe former told us that
lay
itu not sell one-third the quantity of meat, on Satir-
Tb!ti he was accustoloact to do to this class of persons.
~,..7 eonspiracy, therefore, which is reducing thousandff
tt, ma°,
istti„,., ° to Pauperism, and sowing the seeds of disaf-
1140' and demoralization, has reached such an extent
Iflete Cc'taPt measureamutt be resorted to to put it down.
to do have
120 knowledge of what the Government mean
skitzte
_l, hut we see clearly enough what the masters
41;itio•q°
s what the authorities hare must assist them in
a, km what all laudlords, rate-payers, and re-

live in history and form the subject of mirth when their
author•is dead and forgotten.
_ . .

The shallow and unprincipled witlings who write in

the honourable member for Berkshire's • paper are
pleased to inform us that the strongest argument in favour
of these unions is the existence Of conservative clUbs.
If we suppress the one, say these worthies, we are
equally bound to suppress the other. This sort of rea-
soning is as stale as it is absurd and untenable. It was
used against the Orange Societies of Ireland, in defence
of the demagogues of the Catholic Association ; but the
parties who used it were well aware that the principles
of the former were based upon the law, while the principles
of the latter rested upon spoliation. disloyalty, and revo-

lution. It is precisely the same in the case before us.
The conservative clubs were formed to support the throne,
the church, the constitution, and the laws of the land; ,
but the political unions are avowedly constructed to
overturn the monarchy, to plunder the church, and to
trample upon the laws. During the mania of reform
Captain DUNCOMBE, then a member of the House of
Commons, enrolled his name as a member of some union
in St. Giles's London, and declared his intention to resist
the payment of the taxes. Lord MILTON and Mr. Win.
BROUGHAM did the same. These were acts of rebellion.
The men who so rayed may, it is true, have been mad,

THE UV ER POOl, STANDARD.

LIVERPOOL AINTREE MEETING,

or may have laboured under temporary insanity; but
still as madmen they were the more dangerous. Maniacs The second Liverpool Meeting, commences this day, and if
are not allowed to walk the streets, and wby should they
the weather prove propitious, we anticipate much gratification,
be allowed to meet in clubs ? It is not asserted that the if we are to judge from the extensive preparations made by the
conservative clubs meditate any outrage upon the constitu- various caterers in the way of amusement, refreshment, &c.
tion, or any offence against the laws ; and it is not denied All have been on the qui vice. The proprietors of stands on the
that the unionists meditate both, and have laboured hard course—the owners of .every description of oonveyance, from
the jaunting car to the carriage and four, have been equally
to accomplish that which they meditate. Here, then, is
,indefatigable. 'We are gratified also to be able to state, that
ample reason for tolerating the one society and putting the arrangements made by the authorities for the protection of:
down the other. In the one case good men combine towohfen we
the paLbtlicthea:erlocfesthweillm;)aset
nentrieitiitlesupe character.rintndeinicde
defend their property ; in the other bad men conspire to say that
de Groby, and General Yates, we are sure we need not
rob, pillage, and murder. In the one case self preserva-• add; that asafa.r as thelN management, is _
to concerned,erceiv
en nothing. is,
is left
tion is the impelling motive •; in the other, the motive is betiontetTroins wished
for.e stewards eae
oan.SOgl d p
no aconsideration to • allow• the
plunder. - disgraceful thimble tables on any part of the race-course, and
the light-fingered gentry will be most carefully looked
Lord ALT
HORP may or may not see this distinction; ,that
The following are the races appointed for this day:--
but' lihs
tr.e?
even if he did see it, he'is too much compromised The Croxteth Stakes df 15_ sovs._ each,_ 910 ft,
six 30
nadddaedeci
mares'rs old,an6sdt
gBetinfoosuar,aBoswt
allowed 31b.
five, Bst
milet th ,
by his own acts to adhere to the safer and the just prig-and a quarter.i'
ciple. His system, and that of his colleagues, has been, Eight subscribers.
A Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft for the produce
and is to this hour, a system of innovation and robbery.
of mares covered in 18:29; colts, Bst 4th; fillies Bst lth: untried
It is proved to he so by the West India and the Irish stallions ormaresallowed3lb, but not two allowaces. Twci miles.
Church bills. The people, already overburthened with Fsubscribers.
ell;iexeven epstakes of 25 sovs each, p v with 30 added; for two
taxes unequally imposed, are to be further taxed in order yrs old colts, Bst 51b ; fillies, Bst 31b; 1' YC. Sixteen subs..
that our once inestimable colonies in the West Indies A. Alvaei daennaPlate v
upwards,
Bssot v9sit fo. r
marestbree yrs old,
geldingsil2t b
allowed fnnr
Bst
may be desolated with greater impunity, and that the 31b;' heats; to start at the distance, and go once round. Six
well-fed black, in the infancy of civilization, may be con- subscribers.
vented into an indolent and worthless . savage. The BETTING.—The near approach of the meeting has caused
considerable stir in the sporting circles within the last few days.
Whig system, besides being based upon plunder, is also The odds are as follow :
a system of dismemberment. Ministers, it is imagined,
pocket, E 5
to li
aP,,,;sPt. —L9ad.oy t2s
aa i
os tr
_d 8 IC,hanc e I I o r 5 to-Mowbrav 1 apt PH ick-
to at,.;st ill
are opposed to O'CoNNELL's repeal of the Union. They (tk), 811- to 1 agst Revolution, 10 to 1 agst David, 10 to-1 agst
may be so in words, but they are far otherwise in deeds. Lleirjecsiattla2btoovel atriset
fColtinot,Aaibng(takr) and
yl2totoruln agsrt
thus cup
The swamping of the Irish bishops is of itself a virtual Consol,- Napoleon le Grand, Algiers, Caractacus, 'Westport,
repeal of the Union. The rights of the church and of and 'fwde I.V °E.AR OLD STAKES, P.P.-6 to 4 agst Vittoria (tk),
its prelates are guaranteed by the KlNG'ssolemn oath and and .4 to 1 agst Roman (tk).
the act of Union. If the church therefore be deprived of a fillSir.s LtoE• ER.—I Lt(6,4racaegstJac_k
("et, 4 to 1 agst Powlett's
and 6 toFalnae,st Controller.
moiety of its dignitaries what meaning would there be in Ihe Race agst3all will take place at the Wellington-rooms, on
an oath, and where would go theaet of Union ? The Irish Wednesday evening, under the patronage of the stewards.

demagogues are clear-sighted enough to perceive the
dilemma in which the Whigs have voluntarily placed
themselves ; and if the church bill should ever pass into
a law, O'CONNELL Will most assuredly avail himself o

the argument, and demand repeal on the same grounds
on which Lord ALTHORP demands church reform. Then
will come the crisis. If the Lords have not sufficient

courage to reject the bill now on its march to the upper
House, they will accelerate that. revolution which they

dread, and that dismemberment which would eventually
destroy the British Monarchy.

THE DRAMA.

Mr. Power, on Friday night, took leave of us, taking at the
same time a good benefit, as a compensation for his efforts to
seduce us into a laugh at a time when there is so little stirring
to excite that joyous feeling. He is now, we believe, on his
voyage to America; there he will be a more valuable common
dity than here, for we have Irishmen " enough and to spare,
—at least in real life. Anxious to see America progressing in
civilization, we rejoice at the exportation of the flower of our
histrionic talent, convinced that the influx of our Kembles, as
well as our Trollopes, Halls, and Fidlers, must have a tendency
to refine and improve their manners, and in some degree to
supply, the want of the only standard of manners—a monarchy.
On Saturday the performances were " Macbeth," and she
melo-drama of " The Miller's Maid." The characters of
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are perhaps the most splendid ef-
forts of the creative powers of Shakspeare's genius, and to per-
sonify them requires more than ordinary genius in the actor.
We have more than once spoken of Mr. Vandenhoff as a gen-
tleman who has attained very nearly the summit of professional
excellence ; and it is therefore almost painful to say that he
was only Macbeth in particular passages, and not the Macbeth
of his author. His dagger scene was- beautifully executed, as
indeed were several others, but we wish to remind him that the
character, to be well supported, must be executed as a whole,
and that Macbeth is equally great in the first as in the last
scene.
Miss Huddart's Lady Macbeth was a failure. She was too
melo-dramatic, and wanted the commanding dignity, the heroic
courage, that was likely to infuse into Macbeth the 'workings of
her own ambitious mind.
In " The Miller's Maid," Mr. Andrews made an admirable
old soldier, as Old Grainger. His attempt to drown the recol-
lection of his forlorn and destitute state by singing snatches of
old songs ; his efforts to conceal, even from himself, the keen
sense of -his own misery, and his scenes with Matthew Marvel-
lous, (Browne,) who was so anxious to be the author of a tail,
reminded us of Dowton and Bannister, and equalled any thing

A deputation, of the master tradesmen connected with the
building trade in this place and in Manchester, headed by Mr.
MARK PHILLIPS'and Mr. EWART, the members for Liverpool
and Manchester, lately obtained an interview with Lord MEL-
BOURNE, for the purpose of requesting the support of Govern-
ment against the unions entered into by the operatives. They
were very urgent with his lordship to issue a proclamation, or
take some other' step to dissolVe them, as dangerous to the coun-
try. Instead of returning an answer, Lord MELBOURNE crossed
his legs, and rocking himself in his chair,' astounded the depu-
tation by putting this significant question to Mr. EWA RT.—"I
his ;VIAJESTY'S ministers should think it necessary to introduce
a Bill for the suppression of these unions, will you support them
in the House of Commons, Mr. EWART ? Eh ! eh !—Will you
support them, Mr. EWART?" The honourable gentleman re-
turned no answer!

Lord MELBOURNE assured the deputation that his MAJESTY'S
ministers would support the authorities in whatever exertions
they should find it necessary to make to protect the public
peace, or the persons of those workmen who should be intimi-
dated by the unions.

that we have ever seen on the stage.
Wallack appeared last night in "The Bent Day" and The
Brigand:" This gentleman is so well known as a melo-drama-
tic actor, that any lengthened commentary on his acting is
almost superfluous. As Rachel Heywood, in "The Rent Day,"
Miss Huddart was more at -home; what is perfection in an
ephemeral production of this class, cannot be tolerated in a
character drawn by Shakspeare.