The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-24 00:00:00

LIVER THEATRE, CH,URCH-STREET.

LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON.
THIS present FRIDAY, the 24th instant, will be per'
funned the admired Nautical Spectaclejef
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN ;
OR, THE PHANTOM IP.
Peter Von Bummel Mr '. J. Hammond.
Lestelle VanhelinAtlas Hamilton.
Lucy hij Raymond.
To which will be added the VavOurite Farcetta,
THE IRISH FOOTMAN.
Larry O'Houlaghan Mr. Raymond.
A variety of Dancing, by Mr. and Miss Leclercq, and thr
Brothers Jackson.
"God save the King," will be sung by the whole company.
To conclude with the admired Extravaganz called
DON GIOVANNI;
OR, A SPECTRE ON HORSEBACK.
Don Giovanni • Miss Hamilton:
Leporello Mr. NV J. Hammond.
Donna Anna Miss F. Leclercq, •
Boxes, 3s.—Pit, 2s.—Gallery, 6d.
Second Price—Boxes, 2s.—Pit. Is.—No Second Price to the
Gallery. Second Price at Half-past Eight.

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE WORSHIPFUL,

THE MAYOR.

POSTPONEMENT OF THE FANCY FAIR.
In consequence of Chester Races takine place on the days
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announced for the BAZAAR, the Pr Prietor has been
solicited to POSTPONE the. Public ays until MONDAY,
the 11th, and TUESDAY, the 12th of ay next; the Fancy
Fair will, therefore, take place a et later than originally
announced. -4 /
LIVERPOOL ZOOLOG AL GARDENS.
VER. ATKINS, Proprietor of the above GARDENS, begs
.o.i. leave most respectfully to return thanks to the Nolnitty
and Gentry, and to the Inhabitants of Liverpool and the vici-
nity generally, for the very flattering support which his Esta-
blishment has received since its commencement, and to inforns
them that the Season for 1835-6 will commence on MoNDAr,
the 11th May next, on which and the following day, the anni-
versary of the Opening of the Gardens will be celebrated, of
usual, by a _

BAZAAR AND FANCY FAIR;
the profits of which, together with a. donation proportionate to
the receipts, will be divided amongst the
_ PUBLIC CHARITIES.

On the evenings of those days the Gardens and principal
Buildings will be
SPLENDIDLY ILLUMINATED.
There will also be a
GRAND EXHIBITION OF FIREWORKS,
Under the superintendence of Mr. L. Gvngell, Vauxhall:
A FULL MILITARY BAND
Will be in attendance on the opening days, and will perform
three times a week during the season.
Contributions from Ladies and Gentle:nen of articles for sale
at the Bazaar will be thankfully received, and duly accounted
for at the Gardens, where any further information may be ob-
tained.

Subscription Books for the season are now lying for signature
at Mr. Grapel's, Church-street, at the Lyceum News-room, and
at the principal Hotels and Newspaper-offices, where Tickets
may be had.

~,übscribets are respectfully requested to observe that, as the
season for expires with the present month, old tickets are
inadmissible on the opening days. Non-subscribers will be ad-
mitted on those days with an order from a Subscriber, on pay-
ment of. Two Shillings, till Two o'clock ; after that hour, and
for the rest of the season, at the usual charge of One Shilling.
The following are the
TERms OF scßscurPTloN:
Annual Ticket for a single Subscriber El I 0
Ditto for a Family not exceeding four persons 3 3 0
Ditto for any additional member of a Family above four 0 .7 6
Ditto • 'ditto • above 5- l) •
The terms for the admission of School,, either for a. single
visit or fin' the season, may be known on application at the
Garden.

(t:P. Subscribers to enjoy the privilege of writing Visitors'
Tickets, without which Non-subscribers will not be admitted.
Ticketi not transferable.
The Gardens are Open from Seven or Eight o'clock in the'
Morning, according to the season, till dusk, throughout for
year.

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tlk border." If they can bear such indignitie.s. without
*;lleing, and without resenting them, we :cad have no
°Mink with them. They are the authors of their oWu
degradation, and we wish them joy !
We are gLid to learn that Lord MORPETII will be seri-
°leg and successfully opposed in the West Riding of
Yorkshire.
Mr. BRAIDLEY'S canvass for Manchester proceeds most
ProsperouslY, and. there is every chance of his success.
If so, farewell Mr. POULETr TnomsoN!

lie envies, or Mr: litist 'wh-Om he 'hates. -Latd.:p4L-
&EASTON, the foreign secretary, we - would willingly
pass by from feelings of:cbarity: He is of the class tory
acting upon whip principles, the most inane and supei-
ficial of • any race of modern statesmen. He and
CHARLES GRANT, now a lord, are only tit for the blanket
in which SANCHO PANZA was tossed. They -have be-
longed to all parties, conferring no favour, and reflect-
ing no honour upon any. Cant is the subterfuge of the
one ; affectation the reliance of the other; hypocrisy,
imbecility, and subserviency the refuge and the charm of
both. With such men in a cabinet, England must be
hard run, even to death's door, for statesmen and patriots.
Need we ask what claimS has Mr. POULgTT THOMSON
to talent of any kind ? If we may judge from the few
letters of his which have occasionally seen the light, from
mistake, he has been singularly 'neglected in his educa-
tion. He is a rabid hater of the institutions of the
church, and hence the deep interest taken in him by the
unitarians of Manchester. To them he owes every
thing; but are unitarians the only people who have
votes or possess influence in Manchester? Shame on
the churchmen and conservatives.to allow a town of such
wealth and importance to be in such bands!

The reform bill has marked out a new but curious road
to the kerage.- Honours are now conferred by the King
for defeats. Had NELSON been rewarded in this way, he
flever would have reached the lowest order of knight-
hood.
It will be remembered that when Squire WESTERN
was defeated in Essex, he was immediately elevated to
the peerage by the whiffs. Baron DURHAM, when beaten
and turned out of the cabinet, was instantly created an
earl. These delightful precedents. have been followed
Within the last few days. Mr. CHARLES GRANT, having
no hope of being returned for. Inverness, is to be created
a baron of the very place where he is despised, and be-
fore the electors of which lie is afraid or ashamed to show
himself. Lord .PALMERSTON is to try his fate in Lord
CARLISLE'S rotten borough of Morpeth, and if he suc-
ceeds no honours await him for the present; bur if de-
feated lie also, is. to be forked up to the peerage, perhaps
as Viscount CUPID, Baron PROTCCOL, of Dunce, in the
Marches.
This certainly is a most convenient ladder to the
lords. The more a man is kicked and spurned in a bad
cause, the higher is the honour conferred upon him. By
tins whin rule, if Manchester were td do its duty Mr.
POULETT THOMSON would ha've a fair chance of gaining
a.coronet. What title shall we give him Suppose we
"3' Baron RAFT, of Oatlands, in the county of Syrey, or
Viscount FUSTIC, of Manchester, in the county of Lan-
ttieter ? It would be irreSistibly. amusing to see Mr.
14OULETT THOMSON a lord; the very railroad would
t • :4

With respect to SPRING RICE, Lord MORPETH, and
Mr. ROLFE, the new Solicitor-General, we turn them
over to tha Times, which treats them as follows:

"In the first place, let us take Mr. Spring Rice. That gentle-
man started three or four years ago as a joint Secretary of the
Treasury : last year he continued to fill. the same post, when
suddenly he was promoted to the office of Secretary for the Co-
lonies, in the place of Lord Stanley ! and now we find him ap-'
pointed to succeed, in the office of ChancellOr of the Exchequer,
no less a person than Sir Robert Peel ! ! Were the sponsors
of the new Chancellor of the Exchequer prophets when they
named him Spring Rice? In any case, nothing can be more
ludicrously absurd than such a change, unless it be that the
Duke of Wellington, the most experienced diplomatist in Eu-
rope, is made to give way to Lord Palmerston, or that one of
the most celebrated lawyers at the bar, Sir W. Follett, is dis-
placed for one of the least knOwn, even by name—Mr. Rolfe?,
And so runs the-change almost throughout. ',Ord Lyndhurst,
probably the 'first judge in the empire, is laid aside with a pen-
Sion of £.5000 a-year, though. Lord Grey publicly declared in
the House of Lords that there was no judicial office ►which Lord
Lyndhurst would not adorn, and none, therefore, which he as
prime minister could hesitate to urge him to accept. In Ire-
land the case is, if possible still more lamentable than in Eng-
land. Sir Edward Sugden, one of our best, if not the best,
real property lawyer, and a man of the largest experience of
any practitioner in equity, is ousted in favour of the testy and
offensive Lord Plunket, who, however his organs of acquisi-
tiveness may be developed, has not yet given the least indic3-
tion that he has possessed himself of the necessary qualifica-
tions to administer, with satisfaction either to the suitors or to
the bar, the business of the court he is called upon to preside
over. Last, but not least in foolishness past all description, is
the selection of Lord Morpeth as the successor of Sir Henry
Hardinge. The latter is an old soldier, well versed in state as
well as in military affairs, from his earliest years,—au absolute
model of a man of business—experienced, shrewd, and firm;—
while Lord Morpeth, with the best possible intentions doubt-
less, is nevertheless a mere schoolboy in mind, though he is a
man in age and stature,—without experience in business of any
kind,—and no more fitted to stem the tide of Irish turbulence
than he is capable of swimming the Irish sea."

Mr. SPRING RICE, too, what iste to gain? That will
depend upon the treatment he receives at the hands of
the electors orCambridge, If they return him once
More, and from time to time, they will 'do the right ho-
nourable gentleman a serions injury.; lie will remain a
commoner for life. We hope the gcrod-people of Cam-
bridge are less cruel-hearted. They have now an ex-
cellent opportunity of conferring a ,high honour upon a
gentleman who has served them faithfully. They have
Only to reject him, giving him their blessing before he
departs, and the next week Mr. SPRING RICE will be a
British peer, sitting on the same bench with the How-
4ens, the TEYNHAMS, the DURHASIS, the WESTERNS, and
the BERKLEYS ! •

It is gratifying to find that the whigs entertain so
strong a regard for the upper house that they seem in-
elined to make every member of their new administra-
tion a lord. Commoners
,are held cheap by the people,
and lords cheap by the whigs.. Lord MELnounNE does
40t appear to be averse to having all his colleagues un-
der his wing, as a matronly hen covers her chickens.
But perhaps the noble baron is desirous of placing them
Under the powerful protection of Lord BROUGHAM. He
*mild be to them a guardian, a dry-nurse, and a school-
Master, all at the same time.

Such are the leading members of the British cabinet
in this ,age of intelligence ! When Lord GREY headed
the Whigs, and had for his colleagues the Duke of RICH-
MOND, Lord STANLEY, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and even
that fallen star Lord BROUGHAM, he received, as he de-
served, a large share of the confidence of the country.
There was no lack of talent in the noble earl's adminis-
tration; but now what have we under Lord MELBOURNE?
Men taken from the refuge for the destitute—the rejected
of Hampshire, the rejected of Inverness, the rejected of
Westminster, the rejected of Limerick, the rejected of
Dudley—men who have played fast and loose with all
parties, who have swept the lines of all opinions, some
of whom cannot find a county or borough in the three
kingdoms to send them to parliament. Is this the way
in which the RUSSELL Whigg treat public opinion? Is
this working out the principles of the reform bill? Is it
by forcing upon the King newly-coroneted ministers, in
whom the people have no confidence, that the, interests
of the nation are to he promoted, and its liberties ex-
tended and secured ? • No, no; the electors of Devon, of
Manchester, of Yorkshire, and other plaCes, must exert
themselves, and remove the wheels from the DUST-.
CART.

'This is a very pleasant state of things. But what say
the radicals to this extraordinary fondness for titles of no-
bility among the whips, and this disdainful treatment of
the sovereign voice of the people ? The vox populi,
says a spoonbill of the press in our neighbourhood, is the
°az del. He might as well say that holy water is the
elixir vibe. There never was a grosser fallacy. The
tox populi is wrong in nine cases out of ten. It may be
afterwards, but it is never tight at first, or at the proper
time. The church of Rome, to which we are bound to
believe our contemporary belongs, and of which we take
for granted he is a true and faithful votary, contends
that the vox populi is invariably wrong, and that the peo-
Pie of England have no right to think at all. We do
not worship the people as some political quacks profess
to do, for reasons which we could explain, but shall not
advert to at present; still we entertain a much higher,
miUster, and a more rational and liberal opinion of the
People, particularly of the people of, England.
But let this. pass. *LW, swe_ask, say the radicals to
The lordly spirit and the strictly exclusive policy of the
hew whig administration ? There was a period, not
very remote, when Lord DURHAM was the idol of the ra-
dicals, and when, in our. own town, some droll looking
Personages, not "taking handsome," as Mrs. RAMS-
BOTTOM would say, professed themselves to be levellers,
like HUME, WAKLEY. LUSHINGTON, and °tilers. What
93inion do they form of the whig exclusives now in of.
rice ? HUME is not amongst them, nor is GROTE, nor is
WARBURTON, nor is WARD, nor is one of some score at
least of leading radicals whom we could name. Why
are they excluded ? Are they not fit to be made lords ?
Are they such beggars that they could not buy or borrow
court dress or a peer's robes ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL
and Lord MELBOURNE (we like to place the horse before
the cart) profess to act upon the reform and levelling
Principles of the gentlemen we' have named, and yet
Lord JOHN takes exceeding good care that not one of
them shall form an unit of the ministry—shall not sit
even in an underling's office—shall not participate in one
stale fragment of the loaves and fishes.
Probably we shall be told that the levellers perfectly
understand each other, and that this apparent want of
confidence is a proof of unanimity. Those who can
*Wallow this. are .welcorne. The absurdity is too gross
for any man, .of the slightest understanding. TIIRt
°tONNELL is the foster parent of the administration
We unreservedly believe. He is the patron, protector,
Pilot, and master of the whig nobles and their exclusives.
They are content to serve under him, obey his mandates,
record his decrees, and appoint his nominees. - But while
the beggarly impostor—the mud-prostrated tool 'of the
Irish priests—has the supreme power, and a negative
l'oice in Downing-street and. Whitehall, how comes it
that not one of our English radicals and levellers is re-
eeived into favour, or solicited to accept even a subordi-
nate office under LOrd JOHN RUSSELL'S government ?
Answer me this, Messrs. HUME, GROTE, WARBURTON,
LUSHINGTON, WARD, EWART, TOOKE, PATTISON, EVANS,
WHALLEY, WOOD, CRAUFORD,
.and some *forty others
Those names we cannot waster ink upon.., No answer
kill be given. The honourable members we allude to
are passed by, and excluded front ministerial arrange-
kents, for reasons which are staringly obvious. Lord
Jouts's reply; if we could hear irl -in earnest, would be,
this.: they are useful but trustless. I rely upon their
°oCes, but I have the greatest contempt for their preten.
%jot* their intellects, and their characters."
dust so ! You see, gentlemen, radicals and levellers,
how you are treated. " You are useful, but you are un-
tleserying of my confidence." I respect you as I do an
Old clothesman, who pays down the money as stipulated
for a cast-off coat; but you must remain in the hall, un-
der the watchful eve of SOLOMON my most trusty foot.
man; and you must not be admitted to the dining par-
lour where the silver spoons shine on the sideboard!

We have watched. the
.Morning Chronicle with due
circumspection ever since the formation of the cabinet,
in the hope that it would say something in reference to
HENRY LORD BROUGHAM. It has, however, preserved
a most mysterious silence. His name has never even
been mentioned in- a leading article. •This from Mr.
JOSEPH. PARKES iS too bad. Is Lord BP.oUGHAM to be
left in the lurch by his own best friends ? ..Will no one
speak a word in his favour ? Why not condescend to tell
us whether the noble and learned lord has or has not a
chance of office, or wlfether Lord JOHN RUSSELL has or
has not discarded him ?

This rather contemptuous silence is enough to drive a
chancellor, or an expectant chancellor, mad. " Kill me,
but speak," as the angry old woman said to her sullen
spouse. Every whig knows or believes that Lord
BROUGHAM is cast aside, but yet no one has courage to
say so. This is unkind. Whv not relieve an anxious
and nervous Tian from his perturbations—if not for his
own sake at least for the sake of his friends, who cannot
reasonably be expected to da anything for him until
they know the worst.

Is the noble and learned lord not admitted to be the
friend of education and the founder of the London Uni-
versity ? Why then is he not in the cabinet ? Is not
Lord BROUGHAM the ablest and most enlightened states-
man of the present day ? So said the Liverpool Mer-
cury. Is he not the greatest parliamentary orator of the
age ? So has said the Morning Chronicle for at least
ten thousand times. Why then are these worthy jour-
nalists so silent now ? Is this treatment which the great.
schoolmaster had a right to expect at their hands ? We,
consider them in gratitude bound either to demand his-
admission to the cabinet, or avenge the affront passed
upon him. To conclude, we ask for the last time—will
no one take part with Lord BROUGHAM?

After all we come back to where we started, namely,
the 'exclusive scheme so dear to the whig aristocrats-s-to
t 4 hay-forked lords—to the peers made in charity, and
'fur • reasons • founded upon misfortune. Every man
Illuet see, who has eyes, to see, and a mind to com-
prehend what he sees, that the present cabinet is
"nstructed of the old, waste, and stale materials of the
Whig party. The Times calls it the humdrum adminis-
tration we call it the DUST-CART CABINET, for it con-
t4ius • nothing but the rubbish, the offal, the waste, the
sewn, and the pantry scrapings of the whig party. Let the
I"st,gifted or best hired advocate of their order point
°tit. if he can, a single man of talent or acknowledged
414ty in the administration.:: Lord MELBOURNE him-
self is below mediocrity. Le'id JOHN, the creator of the
cabinet, h3s essayed to distinction as a man of letters,
44d has signally failed. He is small in the mental and
PhYttical meaning of that word to a degree Nirdering
sPon the ludicrous. As an orator he has no pretensions
whatever. The whigs look up to him as a scion of the
*llse of BEDFORD, but sinking the connexion, he never
°4ltlll have lisen so high as Mr. LYTTON BULWER whom

The citizens of the United States are beginning to
take alarm at the aggressions of popery in several parts
of the republic, and we rejoice to say that they evince
a determination to meet them with becoming spirit. In
another page will be found some observations on this
important subject which' Vve have borrowed from the
New York Journal of Commerce.

It has for some time been a boast at Rome that the
Pope has gained, or wilrshottly gain, in America, full
compensation fOr the losses he has sustained by the pro-
testant reformation in England and Scotland; and it is
well known that the utmost industry, aided by ample
funds, has been employed to preserve and extend the
Romish fallacies in the United States. The vast num-.
bens of Roman Catholics who emigrate annually from
Ireland to the States form the basement on which the
superstructure of his Holiness is to be raised.
We suspect, however, that the present successor of
Saint PETER is too sanguine, and we are pretty cbnfi-
dent that as he has employed pests and firebrands in-
stead of sober-minded and plausible missionaries, his
plans will fail. Much mischief, however, . must ensue,
and perhaps some blood be shed, before the evil which
has already been done will be effectually rooted out.
America is the favoured land of the Irish emigrants",
and the discontented and disaffected popish priests and
demagogues, and whatever land they favour must
sooner or later suffer from the pernicious doctrines
which they carry with them. We feel persuaded, never-
theless, that the people of AMerica haie too much
spirit to endure the shackles of popery, the artifices of
unmarried priests, or the seductive practices of the con-
vents.

At any rate, the struggle has already begun. It
would appear that a literary society in New York had
resolved to discuss the question :—" Is popery compa-
tible with civil liberty r In the land of freedom, how-
ever, the Roman Catholics have decided that it is not
"compatible with civil liberty" to discuss any such
questions; for on being made acquainted with the stobl.
Sect of debate, they attacked the hall of the institution,
destroyed the furniture, broke the windows, tore 'up the

flows, and maimed and wounded the memberl who at-
tempted to defend theniselves.
Such is popery "in the United States; andif •we may
be permitted to offer her citizens our advice, ,we would
counsel them to put doWn such conduct with a strong
arm in time, or those who ,so act will never rest satis-
fied until they have utterly extinguished every trace of
civil and religious liberty in America. They ought to
bear in mind the favourite maxim of JOAN KNOX.-
" Destroy the nests and the rooks will flee." For every
such attack upon the rights of discussion let there be in-
stant retaliation made upon their chapels and convents.
If protestants are not permitted to discuss an abstract
question, why should mass be said or sung ? How did
the emissaries of the priests know that the question
would not be decided in the affirmative? The society
might have voted that popery was compatible with civil
liberty. The priests well know that the contrary is the
fact, and they dreaded the effects of truth. In short,
they make war upon truth whenever and wherever they
can.

In another extract we have made from the same New
York journal it will be seen that the system pursued in
nunneries is beginning to be explained, for the first
time we suspect, in the Uuited States. A young lady
who had been enticed in early life into one of these
convents has had the good sense to reconsider her con-
duct, cast aside her own veil, and unveil the secrets of
the prison house. We shall give further extracts when
we can procure a copy of the work.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE CONSERVATIVE
ASSOCIATION.

Yesterday a meeting of the South Lancashire Conservative
Association was held, pursuant to adjournment.frotn the 16th
instant, for the purpose of transacting the business of the asso-
ciation. J. Ridoway, Esq., of Ridoinont in the chair. The
e
secretary having read the minutes of the last meeting, from
which it appeared that addresses from the association had been
forwarded to Lard Francis Egerton and the Hon. Bootle Wil-
braham, .expressive of the satisfaction that body felt at their
parliamvntar' conduct since the election, the chairman'
handed in answhrs he had received to those addresses from the.
two hon. members, thanking the association warmly and elo-
quently for the interest it had taken in the cause of which they
were chosen the representatives in South-. Lancashire, and
stating that no longer than they. could enjoy the confidence of
so intelligent ,and respectable a constituency, of which the
South Lancashire Conservative Association formed a promi-
nent portion,' .would they wish to retain a seat in the coun-
cils of the empire. The reading of the letters was received
with much applause, and the style in which they were
written excited great admiration. Had they not been ad-
dressed to the association, to whom all letters are confi-
dential and private, unless otherwise wished, we should
certainly have given the public the benefit of a perusal. A
number of new members were subsequently enrolled, many of
whom at the same time intimated their intention of subscribing
£5 ss. to the erection of the new Conservative Hall. Amongst
the additional contributors to the building to those before an-
nounced we observed the names of the Earl of Wilton, Lord
Francis Egerton, Sir Robert Holt Leigh, Bart., and the Hon.
Bootle Wilbraham. The aunt of money already subscribed for
the erection of the hall having been added up, (which amounted
to little less than £1300,) it was proposed by JOHN CLARE,
Esq., of Warrington, and seconded by EDMUND*KEARSLEY,
Esq., (brother to the member for Wigan,) that the work be
immediately commenced with the sum in hand, as the subscrip-
tions were still open; and from several towns the returns had
not been made. This proposition was put by the Chairman to
the meeting, and carried unanimously. The Building Com-
mittee. will in consequence as soon as possible proceed to busi-
ness, and by August the members will have a neat, substantial,
and commodious place wherein to celebrate their anniversary.
The Secretary having produced a letter from Mr. Raws-
thorne, secretary to the London Conservative Association, en-
dosing the rules and regulations of that society, and requesting
those of the South Lancashire in return, the request was
willingly complied with by the meeting. The business of the
association being over,

A COUNTY MEETING was held in the same room for the pur-
pose of petitioning the two houses of parliament on the subject
of the present alarming state of political affairs, when :a com-
mittee was appointed to prepare the petitions. After an absence
of a short-time the petitions, which will be found in our adver-
tising columns, were unanimously adopted by the meeting, and
ordered to lie for signatures at all the populous towns in the
southern division of the county. Thanks were then voted to the
Chairman, and the meeting was adjourned until eleven o'clock
on the forenoon of the Bth of May, when the petition to
be presented to the Lords by the Earl of Wilton, (supported
by Lord Kenyon,) and that to the Commons by the county
members, Lord Francis Egerton and Mr. Wilbraham, will be
forwarded.

THE NIGHTLY WATCH AND .FIRE POLICE
BOARD:

In alluding to the election of parochial officer for the
ensuing year in our last STANDARD, we inadvertently
stated that the police board would, be, appointed on the
following day, instead of Wednesday next, the 29th'
instant. We do not regret this• unimportant error, be-
cause some facts connected with the proceedings of that
board have since that time been communicated to us of
which we were then ignorant.
The establishment of a fire police having been de-
cided on and a superintendent accidentally elected by
the board to conduet it, the chairman took upon himself
the responsibility of making all the necessary prepara-
tions to guard our lives and property from the " devour-
ing element." Engines were procured from Manchester,
and those belonging to the Sun, the-Royal Exchange,
and Manchester fire offices were placed under the control
of the superintendent; a building was also prepared for
the reception of the engines belonging to the board ; the
fire police corps was organized and clothed, and, towards
the end of last September,.the establishment being con-
sidered complete in all its parts, commenced the perform-
ance of its duties. Some
,time in the course of the
following month, on the motion of. one of the commis-
sioners, a vote curtailing the powers of the president of
the board was agreed to; it was to the efre.ct " that no
orders should be given to the fire police by the chairman,
unless previously sanctioned by a vote of the board."
What the reason, the policy, or the necessity for this vote
may have been we do not pretend to know ; on this sub-
ject we do not hazard an opinion ; but, if we are not
misinformed, orders have since been issued by the chair-
man in defiance of this resolution of his brother com-
missioners.

On or about the time the board made this " rule
absolute," a sub-committee was appointed to examine
into-the expenditure of the fire establishment and to re-
port thereon. The report, we understand, showed an
excess of expenditure over income, and reccommended
reform and economy in the use of the public money. On
these' grounds the superintendent was dismissed and the
number of firemen reduced.

The annual expense of the fire police previously to the
adoption of the proposed reductions stood thus:—
The superintendent's salary, house rent, and
taxes. £l9O 0)0
One serjeant, (who did the work of a mechanic,
and therefore earned his wages,) at 225., and _

oue assistant at Iss. per week each .. .93 4 0

Making a grand total, independent of the actual
expences incurred when fires took place, 0f..X256 4.6

We should here observe that the firemen are only paid
for their services when they are required..
We have now the pleasure of laying before .our
readers the expense of the new or economical establish-
ment'of the Liverpool 'fire police :
To Ihe new superintendent of the fire police,
who also holds under the .same board the
direction of the nightly watch, per annum XIOO 0 0
A foreman, fordoing nothing 67 12 0
Two men to assist him in that duty, 15s: per
week each..
House rent and taxes, (the house taken on a
seven years' lease,) . ..... 40 0 0

Total.

...£285 12 0

• By comparing these sums it will be seen that by re-
moving the late superintendent of fire police, who had
no other duty to perform, and appointing in his stead one
who holds another important situation, the sum of twelve
shillings per annum is actually saved to the parish of
Liverpool ! IVltt similar reductions are contemplated
we really do not know. The appointment of the new
superintendent, had it been made by a magisterial, tory,
or conservative board, might have been objected to on
the ground of its being a " plurality of offices," or sine-
cure post. But no objection can be raised on these
grounds, as the " eighteen of the most substantial house•
holders of Liverpool" who sanctioned this act are all
either of whig or radical politics. But for the same
reason another objection might be raised to this appoint-
ment; namely, that the superintendent of the nightly watch
in case of fire had, before these new duties were imposed
upon him, to rally his men for the purpose of clearing
the ground, preserving free access to the spot where the
'fire was raging, and protecting the property removed, or
in the act of being removed from the depredations of
.those who usually congregate on these occasions. Now
•of course he is blessed with the übiquitous power of doing
double duty, for he is supposed at one and the same time
to he directing the engines or firemen in their operations
and keeping order in the immediate precincts of a fire.,
But these are matters, as they are founded upon the true
principles of radical economy, that we may no(perhaps
understand.

With respect to the constitution of the board-we have
a few remarks to offer.. 'One of that body is an iron:.
monger, whose bill for repairing the engines and for
goods supplied in his line of business we should suppose
will meuut to something about the sum of £B6 18s. 4d.,
exclusive of another bill of about 1.:26 12s. for buttons for
the firemen's coats. If we divide this sum by tire number of
coats, and allurs 12 buttons to each coat, the price per but-
ton will be about one shilling. All that we have to say on
this subject is, that we should like to be in the button
trade. Another commissioner supplied the 44 fil%, police-
men with hats, at ten shillings per hat. These, we are
told, were not found efficient for the purpose that hats
are intended. for, and in fact that better were bought by
the men themselves for two shillings. Another member
of the board, acting on patriotic principles, supplied the
oik, paints, &c. ; but as these things bear little or no
profit we pass them by without further comment. A
fourth undertook to prepare and fix boards over the door
of each fireman's house. VlThat the cost of these things
might be and what they were charged, perhaps some
gentleman whose property has been or will be taxed to
pay the amount will inquire. Durinr, the late superin-
tendent's controul over the fire police the despatch of one
engine at a cost of 10s. 6d. was considered sufficient,
unless the fire was a large one. Now, under the econo-
mical plan, three are despatched on all occasions at a
charge of 315.. 6d., with an additional charge of 6s. 6d.
for drivers. We could go into other particulars to prove
the advantages of the improved management of the
board, but we think we have said enough to show the
Spirit of radical economy.
To speak seriously, and to come at once to the point,
we ask, is a board so constituted one that can possess the
eontidence of the parishioners of Liverpool ? To put a
hypothetical case:-7-Suppose a commissioner of police
kept a low public-house, the resort of low characters, in.
a low :neighbourhood ; •is the superintendent of the
'nightly watch, or any of his captains, sedeants, 'or rank
and file, likely to interfere with the nightly orgies carriedl
on in the house of their master ? On his fiat their fate
as superintendent or watchman depends to a great ex-
tent, for the dismissal and appointtnent of every officer is
vested in " the board." In some of the acts of " the,
board," of which we have endeavoured to giVe an out-
line, we find a system of petty jobbing pursued from its
formation to the present hour. Are these acts calculated
to inspire respect or confidence? We say they are not
calculated to inspire either. Their acts are in open defi-
ance of the law which prohibits the members of any
public body from making a private profit of a public
trust. For these 'reasons we call upon the parishioners
of Liverpool, on Wednesday next, to elect, in pursuance
Of the strict and literal meaning of the words of their
local act," EIGHTEEN OF THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL HOUSE-
HOLDERS," above the bare suspicion of doing or counte-
nancing any petty act of party or private jobbing; men
With whom gentlemen can act; men accustomed to the
forms as well as the details of business. Of the eighteen
present commissioners only one pays the exist ing 'rates
of mercantile insurance; the rest possessing propetty,nn
which only common or double hazardous premiums are
charged. It therefore is absolutely necessary that mer-
chants and warehouse owners should become trtembexs of
this board, in order that the fire police should be rendered
an efficient body. This would ultimately tend to their
own advantage in the reduction of the premiums forja-
surance which they are now obliged to pay.

NeonTaNT DISFRANCHISE:II BOROUGH.—On
Monday afternoon an indictment came on fur trial at the Salford
sessions, by which Mr. W. B. Tomlins. manager of the Dis-
trict Bank at Ashton-under-Lyne, was charged with wilful and
corrupt perjury. The facts of the case were briefly these. At
the last registration of voters for the borough of Ashton, Mr.
Tomlins applied to the revising barrister to be placed on -the
list of voters as tenant of the District Bank in Stamford-street.
His claim was admitted, but before the election the directors of
the bank erected new premises in another situation, to which
Mr. Tomlins removed. At the election he tendered his vote for
Mr Hindley, and when the question was put to him whether he
possessed the same qualification for which his name was origi-
nally inserted.in the register of voters, he swore that he did,
notwithstanding his-removal. This was the perjury charged in
the indictment. Mr. Peel, the counsel for the prosecution,
after stating the case to the jury, called Mr. Jowett, the Mayor
of Ashton, who is the returning officer of that borough, to prove
the facts. A document was put into his hands, which he said
was the register of voters for the borough, and he was about to
read the the name of Mr. Tomlins, awl his qualification was
described therein, when Dr. Brown, (who appeared for the
defence,) raised au objection to this piece of evidence, on the
ground that the document was not the register of voters re-
quired to be prepared by the returning officer, but the identical
list revised by the barrister, flora which the register ought to
have been made out. This objection was allowed by the court,
• and as there was no legal register of voters, it was held that the
defendant could not be found guilty of the offence with which
he was charged. The court accordingly directed his acquittal.
—lt is We opinion of the lawyers, that as there is no legal re-
gister of voters, the hon. member for Ashton holds his seat in
defiance of the law; and should another election become ne-
cessary before the time for making the next register, it will be
a question whether any of the inhabitants of Ashton will be en-
titled to vote, as the reform act declares that no person shall
Vote nukes his name is on the register. In that case every
person claiming to be an elector, would have the remedy of an
action against the returning officer for the penalty of £5OO.
Besides this the returning officer is liable to be indicted for
misdemeanour,. far disobeying the injunctions of an act of
Oki kt inn

.. - . . City Wednesdau Evening half-past See en o'clock. , THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT IS Witi.iN:
Tuesday last was the day on which she anneal vestry meeting
Lord John Russell's prospects 'l'M'. DeVonshire urtersusidered ; was held for the appointment of new churelisiardens, pawingpawing
the accounts of the old inies and laying a yew sate to meet the
here as perfectly desperate, and naready are preparatinns maks expenses. of the current year. The buSiness of the meeting
big to guard agaihSt the consequence of defeat. One idea-is, coinmenced about twelve o'clock, at Which time a Vast crowd of
that he will be introduced.to the " guile folks" of Edinburgh in . L'noaeitepaytieritsebee(l.4stehru.bled in the churchyard, and the vat.t:yy.
1
place of-Sir Campbell, and a second is, that that' respectable ilcligoils place, Viz., themNezeatt'ennagalwrclaioLliilpusiVhtlisid sear: fillei
carrier of leathern inexpressibles; Mr. Bytig, will be made a with people. On the Rev. H. J. GUNN INC-, the sverthy and
peer, and that " Lord John" will become the co-Siamese of tespected rector, taking the chair, the accounts of the past year
read over by fortis Esq. After which
that talented and influential gentleman, Mr. Joseph Hume.
i wete.illikitY GAskEi.t., Esq., Loan,proposed, arid ionic which,
In the meantime Mr. O'Connell is transacting business at the Esq., seconded the motion that the accounts now read be
treasury, certainly ample whig evidence of the popish cabinet ! allowed.
ih;sl terntnint.E.,itiittiarttsiTt,‘sa.alls ount,,tisih
i.dresseri
having made no terms with the agitator. Mr. Spring Rice has.
1 theTht`r;eletteivo.e—o. priest, then
tado deprive
departed for his ordeal at Carnbridge, where; it is to be hoped, the church 'o'f' italegal rights. He should be the last man ist
he will be shown that men of every party, save that desperate the world to do so, nor would be finger so much es one fasthing
and reckless scum of faction with which himself and colleagues of its revenues. (Laughter, and " hear, hear.") Ile under,
are now so degradingly linked, are not disposed to destroy the stodatshsearttcehae cheer,
hbisutonhen was nut taonhaentliett)eorAraelrfl
oftiotttelaiis distuL
protestant religion, nor, in obedience to the dictates of "a tail', ;lie! catholics generally, 'out of the priesthood in oartienlar, that
of landless puppets bow down at the feet of the Baal of popery. i they had no Wish to injure, in the most remote degree, the
'The money market remains with very little variation, and the 1 church establishment; and, as far as he was concerned, he
suld not rich enowments if offered to hna.
business doing in the English securities is• trifling. Consols ( wLaughter.)acce Alplt heits Wishedest wasd to he oaid for his labour, and
for money ate 92!5, and for the account 92%. Exchequer by those fur WhoM he laboured. Whilst, heweier, he'Would,
bills are 36 to 87, and India bonds are 18 to 20., grant everything the church was legally entitled to, he was of
In the foreign market there has been a considerable degree (Li till ot 11
et hlaatwsyeevres' r aill.
eosef
ntth
vie,
oint tile
tsj e
,itirt
hints cocto iinn
his we
asserteiion,)
of speculation, particularly iu the transatlantic bonds and and ought to be struck out. The items he alluded to were the
Spanish securities. The former are not so high as quoted last salaries of the organist and the bellringers, and he should con-
week;—Chilian .bonds being 57 to 58, Columbian bonds are I elude with moving that they be struck off.
IL GASKEI.I. Esq., said if the reverend gentleman had taken;
534 %, and Peruvian 42%. In Portuguese bonds the market.
jectbe would the trouble to consult' the law authorities on stilt'
inclines upwards, 993 I being the price; Spanish bonds are ex- have found that not only was it legal to pay the salaries of the
ceedingly buoyant. leaving off at 701 1, and the scrip is 9i i. . organist and bellringers, but the parish were compelled todo so,
and he felt assured that had he done so he would not have
Our last advises from the United States furnish us with an
brought forward the motion he had.
account of the American trade with China for the season end- Th'e CH A IRMA N inquired who seconded the motion; and a
ing the 3Jth June, 1831. The American imports into Canton, pause of some minutes elapsed before the priest could find
during that periOd, amounted to 9,887,502 dollars; the exports any one to second it. At length a person named Skirrow, a
of teas to the United States were 6,681,195 dollars, of silk lwasinteihttmakor ch was prevailedt on by him to do so, amidst the
1,130,473 dollars, and of sundries 708,812 dollars, forming a AeerMaicie e`(l.roeht`inlgjord, Rsaa) then said, gentlemen, it has
total of 8,520,512 dollars. The exports by the Americans to been proposed by Mr. Gaskell, and • seconded by Mr. John
W - dcoch
Europe from Canton were to the amount of 558,238 dollars, and -- (") --
Mr Miura' antalsr and two or three near him called out,
those to South America, Manilla, the Sandwich Islands, Rams- " ,er_7_ . ' •
'r he amendment first."
chatka, and Nootka • Sound '598,753 dullars, forming a grand Mr. Lono.—lf you Will hold your noise and not interrupt
total of 9,66.3,512 dollars. During the previous year the itn- me all shall be done regularly,---1 know what lam about.
said it had been
ports had been 9.362,971 dollars, and the exportS 8,372,175 dol- (Cr
oh eoesresa ) a n Fal es e then,c,.l e ;cal dtrilLetstre gactchoeunts tweeting,
just read be allowed;
lags. -.lathe year 1828-29 the imports were only 4,030,875 dol. upon which an amendment had been proposed by Mr.. Middle-.
lars, and the exports only 4,650,203 dollars; and those of hurst, and seconded by Mr. Skirrow, that the amounts be dis-
-183U-.31 still less. A great decrease had taken place in the all w.
Moed.
MrIDDLEHURST.—No no, that was not my motion : put
exportation of specie from the United States to china, that it as I moved it, if you please.'
branch of the trade being now carried on by means of bills of Mr. Loa D.—lf you talk all day it comes to the same thing;
exchange ou Loudon; which bad almost superseded the utte of but, however, you shall have your own way., •(To themeetiug,)
Silver. In. 1827-28. the American imports of Spanish dollars into
itt;:tuntletTee us,zatrhieosseofofyou who are of
tthe struck twoo
Canton were 2,449,000, and those of bills of exchange to 237;000 will have the. goodnessthe organist and_ the ringers,. 1): II;
to signify the same by holding up you
dollars. During the year ending 31st June last the imports by hands.
the Americans of bills of exchange amounted to 3,655,290 We should think not more than fifty held up their hands. .
dollars, and those of Spanish dollars to only 1,029,178. The tiollr.ttatthe LORD.—Those who are of opinion
,that the original um-
accounts, as read, be allowed, will have the
employment of Bills of Exchange instead of specie was a great goodness to hold up their hands.
saving to the trade in interest and insurance: formidable items Immediately a large forest of hands were held up, amidst -
heretofore of our India voyage. deafening cheers prom all parts of the room.
The priest looked unutterable things... Ile would no doubt
gladly have recalled his ill-judged opposition had it been in his
power; as it was, he looked about for a way to glide unnoticed
out of the room, but could find none.
The Reverend CHAIRMAN then declared the original motion
carried.
The next business was the appointment of new churchwar-
dens, one of which rests with the rector and the other with the
ratepayers. The old ones were reappointed, viz., Mr. Marsden,
draper, by the rector, and Mr. Leech, draper, by the ratepayers.
The sidesteen were next nominated and appointed, after Which
it was moved, seconded, and carried unanimously, that the sum
of £5OO be granted for the expenses of the ensuing year.
The worthy RECTOR said, in dissolving the meeting, he
begged to express his gratification at the amicable manner in
which the proceedings of that day had been conducted, as com-
pared with the disorder, and discord which had characterised
similar meetings on former occasions.
EDWARD kisaasts v' Esq., then got on the platform and
proposed that the thanks of the meeting be given to the worthy
rector for his conduct in the chair. (Loud applause.)
Mr. ACK ER LET, solicitor, seconded the motio», which was
carried with great enthusiasm.
The rev. gentleman, in acknoWledging the compliment paid
to him, congratulated the meeting. on the good humour which
had prevailed throughout the proceedings: He then left the
chair, on which the meeting gave blur three times three hearty
cheers.
Three times three were then given for church and king, and
the eon-many departed.
At three o'clock a numerous party partook of an excellent
dinner provided by Mr. Martin, at the Three Legs fun, and the
evening was spent in hilarity and good will.
When it is considered that the radical party had taken won,
derous pains to gather together as strong an opposition as pos-.
sible— when to the exertions used were added the influence of
the priest, it must be highly gratifying to find how weak and
impotent the faction is, and how pleasing must it be to the •
lover of our venerable establishment to witness the warm ma;
nifestations of attachment to it, and to its ministers. The esteem-
in which the rev, rector of Wigan is held is nut undeserved, for
where good is to be done in his parish there is he to Ise found
assisting in doing it.

LONDON LATEST NEIL'S.

THE MANCHESTER ELECTION.

The letters which we received from Manchester last night
speak in sanguine terms of the probability that Mr. Poutett
hoinson will not be returned for that borough. Mr. Braid-
ley's canvass has been eminently successful, and we are in-
formed" by one of our correspondents that
"there can be no
doubt from the information we are at present possessed of that
the contest will be a very hard one, whichever of the candi-
dates may prove successful. Mr. Braidley has, during the last
week, been visiting his district committees. There seems no
doubt that he will have the support of a large portion of the
radical party and of the conservatives who did not interest them-
selves at our last election in his favour. In another letter it is
stated :--" At present we are very sanguine of success from the
returns made of the canvass. We have had great pleasure ia
finding how much strength our interest has acquired since our
last contested election."
Mr. Thomson was not known to have arrived in Manchester
at the time our correspondent wrote. The nomination takes
place on Monday, and the polling will commence on the follow-
ing morning.

CHARITY SERMON AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.—We noticed
in the STANDARD of Tuesday last that a sermon will be preached
at this church, next Sunday morning, by the Rev. Stafford,
and that a collection will he made in aid of the funds of the
schools of that and St. Matthew's Church. These funds, we
are informed, arc at the present very low; we notice this fact
for the purpose of calling the attention of the public to it. The
Mayor and several members of the corporation will attend the
service, and we hope that their munificent example will be very
generally followed.

Tile MANCHESTER ADDRESS TO THE KING.—The address
from this town and neighbourhood to his majesty in support of
his ministers was presented on Friday week, by the Earl of
Wilton. The king received it in the most gracious manner,
and spoke of thedoyalty of Lancashire in terms of the deepest
feeling and strongest interest. Among other things his ma•
jesty added that it was from a conviction of this nature that he
was induced to wear at different times the uniform of the Roval
Lancashire Militia, (the only militia uniform he ever . put on,)
and to recommend 'to the queen the adoption of the title of
Duchess of Lancaster when travelling last year upon the con-
tinent.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDSRD.

We mentioned last week, that the Mayor, Sir T. Brancker'
and Mr. James Ileyworth, had been appointed county magis-
trates. We since learn, that Mr. Chas. Horsfalt and Mr. H.
13. B. Holliushead have also been appointed.magistrates of the
county.

Sin,—Nothing is more usual than that men should denounci
the crime of which they themselves are most frequently guilty;
and decry the imperfection to which they themselves are most
prone. Sir Roger L'Estrange, in his amusing preface to
Cicero's Offices, tells us that one of the vilest women be ever
knew had these words always in her mouth,." Lord," said she,
"to see the impudence of some women !" The conduct of the
self-styled liberals in this generation of political quacks sad
democratic levellers affords an apposite illustration of this po4
sition. Ifi no men do the avowed principle and the actual
practice appear in such startling contrast and direct opposition.
If preference be shown or patronage be conferred brthe con-
servative party they are at once denounced 118 exclusive dealers
and bigoted monopolists; while the declared liberals, in order
to advance the interests of a liberal cause, will not scruple to
forbid intercourse, interdict acquaintance, impute motives, pro-
pogate-scandal, and heap abuse. I have thought fit to preface
with these remarks the statement of a circumstance of recent
occurrence :

Namick Pacha has returned to Carlton Hotel from• j3elvoir
Castle. His excellency leaves this week for Constantinople. .
We congratulate one readers upon the immediate probability
that Greece will again assume her former station among nations.
It appears by an advertisement in our columns of this day, that
the King of Greece has given a grant to an Englishman, con-
taining extensive privileges, to establish a steam eunitnunica-
tMn between Marseilles, Naples, Malta, Athens, and Constan-
tinople. It cannot fail to be taken advantage of by the myriads
of travellers that will now visit Greece, Turkey, -and India,
far the quickness of travelling will bring these countries so near
to us. Ibis undertaking cannot fail to be beneficial to Greece,
and to our enterprising countrymen.

" Pratt, an Englishman, proprietor of a small mill
on the banks of the Royal Canal, about three miles from Dublin,
and also of a small retail shop in Fing,las, by means of which
he supported a numerous family, exercised the privilege of a
freeholder by voting for the conservative candidate at the last
electiorf for the county Dublin. Ills shop was immediately,
deserted, and of necessity subsequently abandoned, he himself
was assaulted, and his mill remains idle, some even of his pro-
testant neighbours and customers being deterred by threats from
dealing with him. Ile is 'consequently reduced to a state of
great embarrassment and distress, witlia wife and ten children
dependent on him for support."
This unininciped act of oppression did not occur in a remote,
village or in an obscure district, but in the immediate vicinity of
the Irish capital itself. The report of it had no such lengthened
distance to travel as would prevent its arriving at the fountain
head of information uniucumbered with those additions and
modifications which, if coming; from a distance, it might .ne-
cessarily gather oohs way. It is no unauthenticated rumour—
no gratuitous declaration. The accuracy of its statements is
_vouched for by two justices of the peace, one of whom 'Was'
formerly high sheriff, and by a respectable medical gentleman.
There is one circumstance in this matter to which you will
allow me to advert. It is true that in some districts of Ireland
the conservative voter and the independent protestant are de=
terred from the exercise of their franchise aid the 'declaration ~
of their opinions by threatened acts of murder, pillage, or arson. .;
In other districts tie presence of the military or the residence'
of a numerous body of gentry and respectable tenantry compel'
the lawless agitators to resort to a modified system of attack. Of
that system the case of Pratt is an instance. The depredators
are indeed less culpable than the murderer and the incendiary,
but the mischiefs of their interference are capable of more ac-
curate adaptation and of a more extended range. Where the
agitator dare not bare the steel or fling the brand he' will harrasti
and impoverish, intimidate and annoy, until the disheartened
protestant in 'very weariness of spirit is compelled to seek in a
foreign land for that safety and protection which the demagogue
and the priest, the unpunished assassin, and intimidated ma.;
gistrate, forbid, him to enjoyiu his own.—Y.ours,
Liverpool, 2'2d Ain it, I X, N. S.

A TRUE CHARACTER.—A clergyman in- a neighbouring
county, who is well known for his personal eccentricities, as
tar sterling worth, on being lately applied to by a parishioner
for a certificate of character, gave the following curious aqd
candid statement :—" Whereas application has been made to
me to give a character of 1)
of—, I hereby certify and declare, that he is one of the most
infamous characters I ever knew—notorious for lying, swearing,
cheating, and drunkenness. He is not only a young man of
bhd character, but glories in his wickedness, and is well known
through the country by the name of Donald Eageorach, or
wicked Donald, and if he had not lately left our hounds, it was
resolved by me and my session to apply to the civil power to
banish him, as being a pest to society.—lnverness Courier.

LADY IJeWLEY'S CHARITY.—Ationey-General v. Shore'and
Others.—This important cause, in which several Trinitarian
Dissenters are the relators or plaintiffs, and the Trustees of the
Charity ( fur t he most part Unitarians) are the,respondents or de-
Nudants, and which has been for several years before the public
and the courts, approaches very near its final seitiement. The
Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst, who in a firmer term heard a part
of the arguments on the appeal from. the Vice-Chancellor's de-
cision, and was assisted by Mr. Justice Matteson and Mr. Baron
Alderson, sat on Saturday week to hear the arguments resumed
and concluded. Mr. Justice Matteson sat with the Chancellor
on that day, when the case of the relators was terminated. On
the Monday following, when Mr. Baron Alderson was also in
court, Mr. Rolfe opened the case of the respondents, which oc-
cupied Monday, Tuesday, awl Fitt of Wednesday; The repro-
seatatives both of the relators and respondents entered into an
engagement to abide finally by the decision of Lord Lyndhurst
and his learned colleagues, even though Lord Lyndhurst should
hive ceased to be Chancellor when he gave judgment; and in
order to avoid further delay, the relators prop-sed to forego the
right of their counsel, Mr..-linight, to ieplv, if the respondents
would not insist on their counsel, Sir Charles Wetherell, being
htard, which would have rendered it necessary to wait his re-
turn from Bristol, where the learned knight was presiding as
recorder. This prop,;sition was assented to; and at two o'clock
on Wednesday morning Mr. Booth finished his argurhent on
behalf of the respondents. All that now remains, therefore,
is' for the Chancellor and the Judrges to give judgment, which
will finally decide what religious body is to have the future dis-
tribution of the funds bequeathed by Lady liewley for religious
and charitable purposes.

A HINT TO THE ELECTOIIS OP INVERNESSIIIRE.—We are
informed by a correspondent that one of the last performances
of Mr. Charles Grant before be quitted his teat rat the India
Board o❑ the breaking up of the whiz ministry,' last year, was
to apply to the East India Company to indUce them, if possible,
to grant outfit to Popish priests from this country to India.—
We thick that our fellow subjects, the presbyterial-is iu the
North, ought, therefore, to keep an eye on a man, who,•
though called a protestant, is evidently seen by his actions to
belong to the Societies de provayivida
.fide; for we know ►hat
Romish and O'Connellite emissaries art just now very actin e,
and that they influence some in high quarters. When we re-
'collect, however, what the principles of the late Mr. Charles
Grant were, and bow his sun hes declined, year after year, front
his excellent father's standard, we are compelled to exclaim in
a Spirit of sadness—" Oh Lucifer, how art thou fallen, fallen a
viCtim at the shrine of place anti political expediency.

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A POINT OF ETICKETTIL BROKEN.—A curious incident
took place at the funeral of the Emperor Francis, The cor-
tege having reached the church of the Capuchtns, halted, and
several nobles and ladies of the Court who waited its arrival in
church came out to receive the body. On reaching the door of
the convent to lay it in-the vault, they knocked at the door of
the edifice. " Vvrho knocks?" asked a voice front the interior.
"he Emperor Francis the First,"
T was the answer. " What
does he require?" demanded the voice from the interior in re--
turn. "An asylum to repose in." The door was then opened,.
and part of the cortege entered the convent. The new Emperor
had, contrary to custom, followed the funeral: when he was
prepariug to descend into the vault where they were about to
deposit the body of his father, Prince Collorendu advanced to
him, and said, " I take the liberty of remarking to sour Ma-
jesty that you cannot enter here; it is contrary to the usual
ceremonial." The Emperor advanced one hand, and pushing
the Prince aside, said to him in a firm tone, "Sir, I shall do
whatever I please;" and he went with the body into 'the vault.

MODE OF PREF:ERVING MILK FOR LONG VOYAGI:s.—AB the
season is arrived when hundreds of mechanics cross the At-
lantic, in the hope of bettering their fortune, and to those who
may carry young families with them. milk may be an impor-
tant article of uiet, perhaps the following simple and easy
method of preserving it may be of importance :—" Provide a
quantity of pint or quart bottles (new ones are best) ; they must
be sweet and clean, and very dry before they are made use of,
Instead of diawino. the milk from the cow into the pail, it is to
be milked into the bottles. As Soon as any of them are tided,
they should be immediately well corked, in order to keep out the
external air, and fastened tight with packthread or wire. Then,
on the bottom of an iron or copper boiler spread a little straw,
on that lay a raw of the bottles filled with milk, with some
straw between each to prevent them from breaking, and so on,
alternately,. until the boiler has a sufficient quantity in; then
fill it up with cold water. Heat the water gradually until it
begins to boil, and then draw the tire. The bottles most remain
undisturbed in the boiler until they are quite cool. 'Phan take
them out, and pack them in hampers, either with straw or saw-
dust, and stow them iu the coolest part of the ship. Milk pre-
served in this way has been to the West Indies and back, and
at the end of .that tone was as sweet as when first drawn florn
the cow."