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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-08 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

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have said before, we are indifferent as to what mar
its fate. The lords hare reinserted in the-bill .one of
the amendments which had been altered by the 'Com-
mons,• that one which had reference td the appointment
of justices. The Commons insisted that the councils of
boroughs should have the power to present three persons
to the king', who should have the right to nominate one
of them as his majesty's justice of the peace. Lord
LYNDHURST, on the other hand, argued that as the king
could not be compelled to appoint any man a- justice
whom he might disapprove of, the presentation would
be an invasion of the royal prerogative. Other lords
were of the same opinion, and on the motion of Lord
ELLENBOROUGH, their lordshipi'. rejected amendment
was replaced in its original form.
By the bill, therefore, as it now stands, the king is to
have the sole power of nominating justices of the peace
for the reformed boroughs.' If the Commons agree. to
this, the bill will probably pass both horses in the course
of to-morrow at furthest. If they refuse. their consent,
the bill, the sole .work of an entire session,. will be con-
signed to the archives of the antiquarian society.
• The most.important clause of the bill witieh has been
amended andire-atnended, is that which relates to the..
disposal of church presentations by municipal corpora- . _ _

tions. Both houses have agreed that these shall be sold,
as distrained goods'are, by auction, to the highest bidder.,
Churches, 'or rather church patr9nage at the disposal of
corporations, is to be vended, so that THOMAS STYLES, or
PHTER JENKINS, the one being a quaver and the-other an
,unitarian, may purchase a churCh and present it to a
clergyman who may have a particular, twist towards

themselves. What say the bishops to this ?,
But what, for instance, will the corporation of Li.yer-
Pool .dO.with their churches ? These churches are not
endovtied. rew, if any..of, them are chargeable upon
'the fundsof the corpOrifion,"Abe stipends of the most of:
them being annual grants from the parish. If they are
sold, under the provisions of the bill, which make their
sale compulsory, the parish is not bound to continue the
grant, and the corporation are not empowered to appro-
priate any portion of their income ta.the maintenance of
the clergy. What, then, is to be done? The bill is a
mystery from beginning to end, and even in its present
form is totally impracticable. But wedefer any further
•
remarks upon it until we see it.

GRAND DINNER TO SIR ROBERT
PEEL, AT TAMWORTH.

•, A grand dinner was given to Sir Robert Peel at the
Town-hall, Tamworth, on Friday, by the most influential
gentlemen of that and the principal towns. of the adja-
cent counties ; of these 'about two hundred were present,
and had there been room five hundred would have at-
tended. So great was the desire to' obtain tickets in
Birmingham, that one hundred ~pounds was offered by
some gentlemen of that'place for. ten admissions: The
chair was taken by W. Inge, Esq., of Thorp.
The toast "Health and long life to •Sir Robert. Peel"
having been drank with an extraordinary degree of en•
thusiasni, •
Sir Robert Peel spoke as follows :

On the last time that I addressed you I was in the situation
of the First Minister of the monarch of this country. (Cheers.)
I their stood in the highest and most honourable situation tha
humid ambition can attain or aspire to. (Cheers.) I was
then. honoured with the confidence of a beloved sovereign—l.
then presided over the councils of one of the most celebrated
and powerful nations on eartb. lam now in a different situa-
tion. lam descended from the proud eminence upon which 1.
was placed, and find myself now, in the rank of my fellow-
citizens. When last I appeared amongst you, I entered into
the details of my election,, and I told you that I had risen to the
eminence alluded to by no base artifice or intrigue, and I now
think Lean say I have descended from it with no discredit or
,dishonour to myself. .(Cheers.) I accepted the appointment
on the call 'of the sovereign of thhi country, who, by his Fero.*
gative, has the right of choosing ministers to advise with, and
are reSponsible for that advice. I resigned office when I
law that I could'not conduct the affairs of the country consist-
tently with the acknowledged principles of the constitution ,
My colleagues and myself avowed that principles against
,the.
established practice of the constitution were not tenable, and
We assented to the other principle, that opposition to a'majority
of the House;-of Commons would estbhoh-tt dithgerulf prei c.
dent. I and my colleagues had no wish to have our names.
connected with the establishment of such a precedent; we,

therefore, properly resolved on resigning, the offices our
sove-
reign had been pleased to confer upon us. When I 1a5t.0417
dressed you in this room, I entertained the confident expectation,
and though that expectation has been disappointed, I would still
entertain it, midi believe that we• have still prospects of sue-
eyes. (Loud and continued cheers.) My belief that we shall
still be successful, and that we should have been so, is founded
on the honour, integrity, and' my experience in public life of
the men with whom r had the honour of being in colleague.
However, jie expectation of being enabled to carry measures
which Mould be practically useful and satisfactory to the public
was founded on the belief that the opposition in the. House of
Commons was not found connected by any bend of public opi-
nion, by any bond of similar' principles, or by any bond of psi.
'lode attachment to each other ja laugh) which could put me on.
My guard, or make me conceive that they would afterwards
unite in opposition to the government. over which I presided..
(Hear, hear.) I have since found that I.
gave them greater
credit for sincerity than they deserved. (A laugh.) I now find
'that I .have relted.too much as to the truth of the language with
which'they have spoken of each other. (Hear, hear.) I really
thought :•fiom what I had seen that they had staple means of
knowing eaeh`other, and that, therefore, I was.iright in trusting
to the acooracy of their information. (Cheers and laughter.)
'But it appears that 1. have been deceived, and I beg to refer you
,to a former. speech from the throne_ as to what was stated then
by the. government of his majesty,
which was composed of many
of, the individuals now in office, and who thus advised his ma-
jetty to make the following declaration:—" But I have seen
with feelings of deep regret and just indignation the continu-
ance of attempts to excite the people of Ireland to demand
,repeal of the legislative union. To the practices which have
been used to produce disaffection to the state, and mutual disL
trust and animosity between the people of the two countries, are
chiefly to he• attributed the. spirit. of insubordination which,.
thongs for the present in a great degree controlled by the
power of the law, has been but too perceptible iu many places."
(Cheers.) The party to whom this applied was not more com-
plimentary than those who had thus described him. (Hear,
hear.) One month before this party came into Office he ad-
dressed this letter to Lord Duncannon :—" You: belong to the
whigs, and; after four years of the most emaciating experience,
we ought indeed to have known that Ireland had nothing to
expect from the whigs but intolerant contempt and malignant
and treacherous hostility.. .In plain truth, my lord, it is. quite
manifest that Lord Melbourne is quite incompetent to the high
office he holds. ('Loud cheers and laughter ) It is lamentable
to inn to think that the destinies of the Irish people should, in
any degree, depend on so inefficient a person. Gentlemen,
confess that this statement is none of mine, but those opinions of
those parties are now upon record; and are become matter of
history. In January last one of the parties--was, as I have
'shown; not content with the others, yet now he is in: close and
affectionate union with them. (Lund cheers.) However,
all 1 can say is, that they have sacrificed on the altar of their
country their ancient hostilities, and the union has given
to one party office, and to the other power. '.(Cheers.) Gentle-
men, the third source of confidence I entertained when I entered
office was that it was my intention to propose'those measures
which bad been proposed to parliament by the former govern-.
'ment, and 1 thought that 1 should have the approbation of that
government. 'I had. not undertaken to govern on ultra princi-
ples. I was aware, and so must-all of you, that great changes
had taken:,plre in the institutions of the country, arid that it
was expected that the' coursi,ady government wouhl pursue
would be to.liceemmodate.itseltto those changes. 1 meautto
do so, (hoar' hear,) and I do Say that whatever had been MY
opinions with.respect to the reform bill, ho must be a madman
who should forget that it bad passed. (Cheers.) . If I Were al.
lowed to continue, I firmly believe that the measures I intended
to:propose would be calculated to satisfy the great majority of
the reasonable portion of the community. intended to pro-
pose naeastirei of extensive reform. I did not intend to do this,
merely for the sake of conciliating popular opinion, but in order
to adjust measures that hail been eft by former governments ill
such a state that it. was absolutely necessary that they should be
finally settled. I stated in general terms what those measures
would be, without entering into the details of them, for I was
not permitted to do so; and I trusted that when those details
were laid before the country, and maturely deliberated upon,
they would not 'fall short of the expectations of the ,people.
( Hear, hear.). I:will now again repeat smite of the 'measures it
was my intention to propose for the sanction of parliament: In
the first place,
.1 should nave proposed a safe and practical mea-
sure for the commutation of tithes in England; and I should
have proposed that measure on equitable principles, and on
voluntary adjustment. But if voluntary adjustment failed me,
it was not my intention to exclude a compulsory princiiiie.
(Hear, hear.) But when I say this, I beg that it may not he
understood theta was not my intentiou.that a fair equivalent
should not be given for the property that was to be taken away.
(Cheers.) There was another measure, which on entering
office I found unsettled, and which I considered to be a fertile
source of dissensions throughout the country, and particularly
in large towns. I Mean the payment of church rates by the dis-
senters. I believe that the church of England would gain—l
believe that its institutions would be rendered more stable by
the settlement of this question. Though I am in favour of the
principle, that the church should depend .on the public .for its
support, at the same time I am anxious 'for. relieving.dissenters
as much as possible from some of its demands. It was my wish
also to adjust other questions, which were still unsettled, to the
satisfaction of all, except of those—and I trust they are few in
nutOber—who wish to disturb the harmony that ought to prevail
between the dissenters and the members .of the church of
England. I did.wisb in whatever I did to consult the members
of the church of England, which is always an object of pars-
mount importauce to me. (Loud cheers.) 1 intended to give
advantages with respect to marriage and batitism, woold
relieve the dissenters from conforming even in appearance with
the forms prescribed by those from whose doctrines they seceded.
I also intended, in conjunction with my colleagues, to proceed
with the improvements that.had been suggested by ineml,ers
of
the; goiernment that preceded me, and which had been left un-
settlect-1 mean those improvements which regaidour eeclesias-
ticalli;Ms. With respect to economy, I intended to insist ttpon
it as far as.mould not be dangerous, and as far as would not be
. likely to disturb. tile tranquillity of the country. (Cheers.). I
intended to make. every' fedtiCtite it( the egitiiiditute of the

country that was concietent with public -faith and public safety.
11leas, hear.) The estimates of the government over which I
'had the honour to preside was loner by £4100,000 than any esti-
mate produced:since the time of the war.. For this reduction the
credit, I avow it, does not belong exChisively to the government
at the bead of which I was. Those estimates were in.part pre-
pared by my predecessori, and I am the last man in the world
tp detract from their merits, or from what they have done with
respect to economy. Gentlemen, I think those measures, if .I
had been allowed an opportunity of proposing them in detail.
and the House of Commons had maturely deliberated upon
them in a fair spirit, I think I may say they would have been
brought to a successful issue, awl that the_labours of that ses-
sion would have satisfied those who' were the loudest in their
complaints and in their cries for a redress of grievances. Ido
not pretend to say, however, that the measures passed in such a
session would
.have given universal satisfaction; but I know
that there are persons fonder of greivances, for the sake of the
grievances themselves", than of having them redressed, and that
such persons do not wish to be deprived of having them to com-
plain of. (Cheers.) There were two ether questions which I
meant in proper time to legislate upon—the first is that which
relates to the municipal corporations of England and Wales,
Ana the second that which regards the settlement of the tithe
question in Ireland, and the removal of the abuses that exist in
'that establishment. (Cheers.) I certainly. did refuse, when
called upon in the Houseef Commons, to give any promise as
to the measures which I intended to propose with respect to the
reform.of the municipal corporations. I was justified in refusing
thie. promise, or of giving any detailed explanation on the sub-
ject, 'on the ground that I had not as yet read the evidence nor
seeu-the report of the •commissioners. I thought it best, be.:
fore I gave a promise to wait for that information, which I
•eonsidered necessary to enable me so to legislate as to finally
'settle the
_cpiestion. (Heat, hear.) After I had seen and
perused the evidence and the report of. the corporation corn-
miisioners. I immediately admitted the necessity of corpora-
tion reform; hut when I say this it is not to be understood that
'l, lent Myself to measures which were not fiiuuded in justice, and
which would crrry changes into the institutions of the country
toi great length. (Hear.) Gentlemen, on this points and in
making this confession, permit me to tell vou that I saerificed,
find to no small extent, my own private -feelings, for.-when I
Made the admission that corporation reform was necessary, 1
did nut consent to interfere with the established rights.ofa corpo-
ration (hear, hear), which never in any one instance abused its
powers, but whose conduct was always founded in justice, ia
honour, and in integrity; and whose every act was distinguished
be the moat irreproachable propriety. (Loud cheers.) I will
now state the immediate con-rse I intended to oorsue with re-
spect to the settlerneat of the other question—l allude-to that of
the Irish Church. I proposed to reform the abuses that had
' •crept,in hi consequence of time, in consequence of the conduct
_ef--pri4rate individuals, and,of other circumstances, shut wassile-
'stern:tined:to resist, and did resist to the utmest-of, my power,. the
principle of the approp.riation of the revenues of the Irish C hush
than strictly to ecclesrast iced purposes, (Cheers.) I res--(d
that appropriation, first, because it contained a principle that
.was fraught with danger, and secondly, because I knew from
accurate calculations that if there was a new distribution of the
revenues of the Irish Church, it would be found that they were
not more than sufficient fur the decorous maintenance of the
clergy belonging to that church. (Hear, hear.) This question
was the immediate ground upon which the existence of the late
administration terminated. I have perceived that.upon recent
oecasions, and by high authority, the measures I projected have
been denominated (the terms is very expressive) "clap-trap."
If they were " clap-trep" measures they were 'the recent ones
of my predecessors. (Laughter and cheers.) . Every one of
their measures were undertaken, and then left in such a state
that it was necessary for their successors to attempt a practical
:Adjustment of every one of them. (Loud and continued cheer-
ing.) I really think that those who introduced those measures,
andleft them unsettled, were more liable to the charge of " clap-
trap" than those who in good earnest set abaut attempting to
settle them. I believe that those measures, if they had been
undertaken by the government to which I belonged, might have
been settled, if I had only the good fortune to have possessed sn.
much of -the confidence of the House of Commons as to induce
hem to enter into practical delibe ration of those measures; and
*hen I was telling you that I had in the house a majority of the
members of England, Ido not think that my attempt to govern
was so rash as some people have considered, nor that my hopes
to settle those questions were so remote as many people thought.
(Cheers.) Far be it franc me to place the members of these
realMs beneath the other. Far be it from me to rank the re-
presentatives of Ireland:in the scale. lower than those of Eng-
`,land. (Hear, hear.) But still I will say that I bad the good.
fortune of having on my side a majority of the representatives of
'• the English people.. (Cheers.) 1 had, therefore, reason to hope
_that I should have been able to have settled all these questions
according—mind, according to the principles of opr ancient
constitution. (Loud cheers.) What I mean by this is, that I
should have carried them with the cordial good-will of the three
branches of the legislature. (Hear, hear.) I for one think
-abet no measure can be satisfactory to the people in which the
consent of the House of. Lords has been obtained by menace
or violence (tremendous cheering); and I believe that the pee-
plc of this country would find measures passed with the eanction,
of the three branches of the legislature snore in harmony with
our constitution, and our institutions, than if they had been
passed by one branch of the legislature, whilst the consent of the
other was excluded. (Cheers.) Gentlemen,„you are probably
-aware that of late great hostility has been shown to the House
of LordS (hear, hear), that notice has been given by an hon.
member, that he would, at an early period of next session, move
for leave 'to bring in a bill to reform the House of Lords.—
'Wear, hear.) By reforming the House of Lords I understand
nothing more than that they should be deprived of having a
voice, and by it is•meant the establishment of a popular asaein-
.bly, free from all control. (Cheers.) It is my opinion that
such an assembly, investing itself with absolute power of legis-
lation, would soon' attack She prerogatives ef the crown, and
destroy the constitution. (Hear.) Ido not hesitate to say that
wish a usurpation on the part of one branch of the legislature
would end in the most intolerable tyranny. (Loud cheers.)
Gentlemen, I ash, and 1 hope you are, for the maintenance of
the British constitution. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I hope
that you will not pass such e. libel ou the Reform Bill as to
declare it inconsistent with the maintenance of the British con-
atitution,. I for one.canuot do so, and I will strive to the utmost
4iastnY POstsr to urevsnt the I.srauuy that would arise from that
assembly which should be elected solely by the public yoke.
(Cheers.) The history of all countries, at leapt the h'istnry of
-every country in Europe, that have tried the experiment—that
• have adopted the establishment of such au assembly, proved that
it was net compatible With the liberty or happiness of any of those
countries. Why the very history of our own country, as well as
the history of France and other countries, showed what were the
results of being governed solely by an assembly elected by the
public voice. (Hear, hear.) Such an assembly generally ends in
the assurnptiou of supreme power by souse successful military com-
mander, to whom the people revert, thinking it better to submit
to one tyrant, rather than bow to the many-headed one to which
they had been before subject in the shape of one popular assem-
bly. If they should risk trying such an experiment, they would
find that the results would always be the same; that they did
not striae from anything like mere accidental circumstances, but
proceeded in causes inherent in human nature. (Hear, hear.)
When I consider the feelings of the people of this country—when
sl. consider the way property is distribubed—when I consider the
rights of that property—when I consider the ancient laws by
which every thing connected with this country is bound together,
it is my belief that if one assembly should legislate singly, call
it the House of Commons, or by any other name you please,
the same results would follow which 1 have already pointed out.
-In such an assembly you would have the civil power usurped by
-some military commander, and you would be glad, like the
people of France, after pouring a deluge of blood, to revert to
the ancientorder of things, and to estaislish monarchy once more.
-(Cheers.) Gentlemen, knowing your good sense, it is scarcely
necessary for me to warn you, and to tell you that a popular
assembly would not be a meeting consisting of philosophers and
cages (laughter,) entirely intent on the promoting of the public
good, and tompletely forgetful of their own interest-s-(cheers
and laughter)—the sole object would be to benefit the public
and to promote' the public order. Do not believe that such
would be the case, but rather believe that amongst the majority
of such an assembly you would find a nucleus of designing and
cunning-men, who, whilst
,prating aliout public liberty and order,
would be, in the meantime, doing everything to Obtain the fur-
therance of their own ends. As I said before, our own country
and France have shown that such would be the result of those
'principles. These resultsal repeat, are not accidental—they
are as certain as that cause produces effect—as immutable a 4 ttie
laws by which the world is governed, which are so certain that
all that happens by the operation of those laws within our sphere
as that comet now appearing within our men system after the
lepers of an- idterval of half a century. (Immense cheering.)'
Well—if hostility pre veils agent st the House of Lords, lam glad
that those who profess it have given indications of it, and of the
:plans they mean to pursue. For it will put the people of Eng-
land upon their guard, or if they feel such inconvenience, it
will show that they wish to change the present system of go-
vernment for one of a more democratic form. It rc ight be said
that I am cautiously avoiding to take any reference to America,
but that I confined myself solely to the countries of Europe. It
might be said—and I know it will be contended that the demo-
cratic principle has been successful in America. It will be said
that under this government the people enjoy civil and other
rights almost to equality, arid yet that 'counsel- is able to defend
itself from, and even to punish aggression from abroad. I shall
be told if I look to the States of Americal shall linden adoption
of the popular principle has been successful there. Very well,
I to the States of South America, where the popularprin- '
ciple has been incorporated, anal can I acknowledge that it has
.been successful in these states, when almost every newspaper
4114 reaches me talks of insturection arming them ? (Hear,
he r.L Whatjaos prevented:the establishment of a regular go-
.oninent" in those states if the form of the popular one was so
rely good ? (Hear, hear.) If the principle is correct by which
we are told that we govern ourselves, and that there is no ad-
vantage to be derived from out ancient institutions, and from
. obedience to authority, how happens it that revolutions in the
states I have just mentioned do not form exceptireus, but rather
• a general rule? The real reVolut ion that will happen in South
America will be that by which a regular and permanent govern-
ment will be established in that country. (Hear, hear.) I
have admitted that the popular form of government has been..
successful in the North American States, but I deny the general
position that, because it has succeeded then', it will suit this
country. North America is a wide and most extensive country.
It contains a vast tract of land unoccupied, to which the dis- I
Contented and disaffected can be sent ; and its position alone
makes it widely different trom England. The republican in-
stitutions that will suit a new country may not on that account
suit a; country which contains men educated as we are—subject
lostich laws as we are—and holding property by such rights as '
we 4w, o nil having prejudices (you may call them prejudices if
von will) that connect us with the ancient monarchy of Eng-
land. ; ( Loud cheers.) Let it not be understood that from what,
I have said I bear any ill-will towards the Americans. No. On
the cistrarv, I wish them ell possible success to themselves as
well as to their government. Let them believe me when I asV
.•
that I would rather see thent happy under their republican in-
stitutions than see any form of government. even monarchy, to
which I am so attached, confirm the unhappiness of the people..
Thongh we received accounts of the happiness of the people of
the United States, I do not see' that is any reason why this.
country Should adopt a republican form of government. (Hear,
hear.) 'But I happened to read in a paper which 1 shall Tinos
—and I quote it as an authority. I allude to an article which I
read in it on the 25th of August, 18.35. Mind, the paper I am
quoting from is not a conservative journal, but one that strenu-
ously espouses the cause of the present government—l quote
the extract, not that I have a wish to' show the unhappiness of
. the people of the. United States, but when I was told of the hap-
piness of the people of that country, I was rather startled at the
article in question, and it gave me much reason to doubt of the
vaunted happiness of the iuhabitants of the Utsited States, when I
~ find the following article inserted in a journal that professes to be
the organ of the present government. "The news contained in
the New York papers which have been brought over.by the Philtre
delphia are full of melancholy intereit. -An insurrection amongst
the slaves of Havana, the spread of the summary mode of punish-
. went, called ' Lynch law,' (bar LytiCh law is meant, banging a
person without trial,)—:(a linign,) and the hanging of five
gamblers at Vieksburah without trial—acts of aggression on the
part of the authorities of Michigan upon the inhabitants of
Toledo, Ohio, and the seizure at Livingstone; Mississipi, of two
abolition preachers, and of some negroes, who appear to have
been hanged in the streets by the exasperated inhabitants with
a small form of trial, scarcely constitute a hare catalogue of the
enormities which thee() purrs contain!" Gentlemen. this is tbe
testimony of the Enelish paper l alluded to, and the following is
, .

frum the Neu: York Eveaing Post :—"The account which we pub-
lish in another -eolumo from au extract of the...Tatediaa,V4lo.)
Gazette, will he perused by our readers with regret. What' with
civil feuds in the north, tumultuous proceedings of anasehical
arictfatal character in the west, and a servile war in tli south,
to say nothing of the factious and incendiary spirit which has
lately broken out in the various parts ()four Atlantic border, the
country does in truth exhibit at present a spectacle to the Euro-
pedu nations which we fear will be commented upon in a way
not "calculated to recomtnend the example of a popular govern-
ment"- Now, gentlemen, if yon. will only bear in mind what
hat been the issue of similar experiments, you will nut very
much indulge with a popular government. Even the expecte-
tioni which it was hoped in a cause from the "three gloridui
days of JulY," were somewhat abated in this country, and the
acts of the present government were the theme of every conver-
sation. For my:part, I do not complain of the French king,
who, I believe, is desirous of promoting the welfare of his peo-
ple. It is not his fault that he is obliged. to have recoerse to the
proceedings agitating the chambers. - It is the fault of those few
who are teaching the "people to employ resistance, that the
French legislature is obliged to adopt severe laws. It is not
the fault of the government:that the people of that country are
made to submit to a greater tyranny than that to whichlhey
were subject under the ancient laws of the country.. I think I
,may say that the French now enjoy less liberty than we enjoy
in this country under our ancient laws, 'and the mixed and
balanced government under which we live. Now, after the
threats that I have heard uttered against the House of Lords,
and against the bishops, and about depriving the members of
that house of their right of veto, I think it k time for the people
of this country to makeup their minds and to say whether they
are friendly to the redress of their just grievances, or whether
they are dissatisfied with the institutions of.their country, and
are ready to suffer an organic change in it for the purpose of
substituting an uncontrolled popular assembly. ((heers.) I
am not one to advise a pertinacious adherence in any
branch of the legislature tit its own principles. (Hear, hear.)
I sawlately advised a compromise, Kitt it is a compromise
worthy of the dignity of each branch of the legislature. It is
my wish to. avoid collision between the two houses of parlia-
ment, aucll believe that the welfare of this Country consists in
that the people of• it should be able to apply themselves to the
holiest pursuit or industry, without being constantly harre.ssect
by dissensions of the-legislature. But I assert that whilst ad-
vise a virtuous and dignified compromise, I will never convent
to any species of comprothise that will tend to destroy 'any
one, branch of the legislature. (Loud cheers.) Gentfemen,
I feel that I have
.detained .you too long. (Cries' of "No,
no ;: go on.") le conclusimi; I will say that it is in earnest
'hope that you and the, people of this centitry=that all- those'to
whom any frauchiie has given power, willcori.pare their country
.to any that now exists, or that has been recorded' in history.
title() hope that youiwill tr.,.e into COptideratiOrt the Meat
"dig last fsr years; .hive tskett place the
iirke,-ittiat certain civil qiialifications hive been taken ahoy
that a reform has taken place in the House of Commons, and
that all this has been done with the Consent of the House of
Lords. (Hear, hear.) I trust the people of Fdigland will com-
pare their condition with that of the most favoured people of the
globe; though they have riot all the advantages which, they
might have, still they have considerisote ones; in enjOyilig to
such an extent is they do the liberty of action and the rieeiintn.
of epeechin not being trainTelleil in thetrindustry and ex•
pansion of wealth, and in having the free intercourse they have
with all parts of the couotr!.. Look to those advantages. and
then reflect on the consequences of the interruption of in.-
dnstry for even a single week in this country ! [ ask You
whether the republican institutions can now, or are likel;, to
find favour in this country? I ask vent whether the popular
voice, represented through proper chinnels alone, is sufficient'
for you ? Dont you think yourselves fairly represented, and
that von are in a state
,of obtaining a fair redress of your
grievances? I trust that you will not be insane enough to
-countenance in the slightest degree the wild and baneful pro- 1
iects of a few. I trust, I hope, indeed lam almost Al* that the
people of this enlightened land will not deprive themselves of
the advantages they now enjoy—that they will discharge their I
duty to their posterity by handing down to them those rights
which we all have in the constitution, .and which, as we our-
selves
have inherited them, we ought to transmit them intact to
he inherited by our children and our children'achildren.—The
right hon. baronet resumed his seat amidst loud and general
cheering.
Several other toasts and speeches were afterwards delivered,
but, the very
_long distance we had to perform, and the
short space of time we had to do it in time for this morning's
publication, compels its to withhold them.—Times.

MR. II ENSTJ ALL'S CONCEIiT.-Mr. Henshall, whose musical
compositions and instrumental performances have been so
much admired in Liverpool, has announced his intention of
giving a grand miscellaneous concert, at the Adelplai Hotel, on
Wednesday (to-morrow week.) Miss Hamilton and Miss M.
Hamilton, of the 'Theatre-Ro7al, Dublin, are engaged, together
with an effective quintette band. As this is the first concert
given by Mr. Henshall, and as we have every reason to believe
that the sehenie will be found to contain a great variety of ex-
cellent music. we recommend it the inure readily to the atten-
tion of the public. Mr. Henshall will preside at the piano-
forte.

LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOC rP.TY.--This useful and flou-
rishing society propose• to hold their annual meeting•and cattle
show on l'hursday, the let October, (and not on the 21th 'Sep-
tember, as previously fixed.) The dinner is to be provided by
Mr. Horn, of the Mersey Coffee-house, and will take place in
the large loom adjoining Mr. Lucas's Repository, Great Char-
lotte-street, which is liberally lent by him to the'society. We
observe by the advertisement, that Lord Stanley will preside oh
the occas►on, and we hear that arrangements are making to ac-
commodate 700 persons to dinner.

BURGLA ity.—Yemterdav morning or early on Sunday night_
the house of Mr. John Leyland, No. 2, Camden-street, Lonf
don-road, was entered by seine thief or thieves, by means o
cutting through the panes cfglass of the front window, and robbed
of a rose-wood writing desk, containing a large gold seal, bearing
the initials J. L., a gold ring, and sunctiy papers and memoran-
dums, of no value to any but the owner. A. reward for the re-
cover• of the papers has been offered. The police have also dis-
tributed amongst the pawnbrokers, handbills describing the pro-
perty stolen. and it is hoped ere lung
.the thieyes,_ wt.+) ke appre-,
headed: The burglary taking place in so public ai street, and
by opening the front window, says very little for the vigilance
of the watchmen.

STEAM NAVIGATION To DUMFRIES.—We beg to refer our
readers to an advertisement in another column. announcing
that anew and powerful steam,packet called the Nithsdale has
commenced running between this port and Dumfries. The
advantages of thCsconveyance'to persons Unveiling to the north
of Scotland must, upon perusal of the advertiNement, be al once
obvious.

THE EX-KING oil SPAIN.--The Count Surveiltiers (Joseph
Buonaparte).tind his brother Lucien, Prince of Canine, and
their suites, arrived at _the .Adelphi Hotel on Thursday. The
count will embark this morning, between nine and tear o'clock,
on .board the American picket-ship Monongahela, Captain
Brown, for Philadelphia. He has engaired the state cabins of
this vessel for the exclusive accommodation of hintAelf and
suite, consisting of M. Malliard and fourteen other. persons.
Since his arrival here the count and his brother have been
visited by the Mayor of Liverpool, the American Consul, Mr.
Baring Voung, Mr..Evre Evans, and several other merchants
of Liverpool. After the embarkation of his brother the Prince
of Canino will return to London

, Mr. Lloyd, late of Liverpool, has• been appointed Landing
Surveyor, attd Mr. G. G. Steger, Searcher and First Class
Landing Waiter of the Customs at the port of Gloucester.
FATA I AccinExT.-1t is with deep regret we record the fol'
lowing sad catastrophe which occured at Corsock on Wednesday
last. It appears that two men engaged in working a quarry,
had, in the coarse of the day, made arrangements for blasting
in the usual manner. The shot, however, unfortunately took
effect sooner than had been calculated on, when melancholy to
say, one of the workmen, a fine young man of the name John
M.‘Lellatr, was killed, it may almost be 'laid, on the spot, and
the head and thigh of the other 'so- dretreollv lacerated, that
after enduring the pain of amputation, he died on Sunday last
at five o'clock. It is very singular, that M`Lellan, after the
powder had exploded, and scattered about large pieces of rock;
should have jumped from the quarry, to all appearance as free
from pain as if the effects oft he shot had passed by him unharmed.
This we are assured he not only did, but took off his neckcloth,
tied it round the bleeding limb of his companion, Whom he far-
ther helped out, of the quarry, and, these humane daties.perform-
cd,.fell down and almost instantly expired. A circamstatice so
melancholy has excited a deep sensation in the neighbourhood.
—Dumfries Couriet.

' 11 tc k.—A. farmer of Bcume, who kept his corn on an unboard-
ed floor, found it constantly devoured by mice. To remedy this
he plunged a number of earthen pots into the earth, all round
the corn; he filled them half full of water, and, being varnished
.withinside,, when the mice came to think they slipped in and
were drowned. In the space of two months he thus destroyed
11.500.--Dundee Courier.

DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE.—On Sunday evening, about five
o'clock, as Boothby, one of the officers of police, Was conveying
a prisoner to Bridewell, on a charge of felony, he was &neared.
when passing the Adelphicby a number of persons. many of
whom were respectably attired, who, without inquiring the.ofs
fence the prisoner had committed, reveled him front BoOthby's.
'custody, Probably the affair was manaved by:serne'ef the pri-
soner's friends, but whoever the parties were who lent them
their assistance; the proceeding was highly disgraceful to them.
Boothby received considerable personal injury in the affray.
A COINCIDENCE OF NAMES.-011 Friday kit.: Ser Mr. Mori-.
day, head constable of the tovru of Northwich, Wia'pasaing
John's Market, he felt a tug at his pocket, and, turning round,
saw an urchin running off in a way which excited Kis suspicion.
Ile immediately discovered that his pocket had beeti picked of
his handkerchief, upon which he pursued the thief, who took re
fuge in a cellar. He searched him on spot, and discovered
the stolen handkerchief on his person. Mr. Monday delivered
his .plisontrAnto the custody of Police-officer Thursday, yrtio -
'happened to be at hand. The prisoner, who gave his name:as.
-Robert Gardiner, was produced befOre the maj.,ristrotes on Sant t-
day. It turned nut on investigation, however, that he had given
in a false name, his real cognomen being Seeley, so that the
case stood thui liked MI6 custody by Mo-nday, deli.
vered over to thieharge'tif 117ifirsdaY,'brciught Ifore the-enagis-
trates on Saturday, for having on Friday picked the pocket of
Monday. Here we have only five days, n otwi hstanding:which
it was a weak case:- The prisoner was, however, committed to
Kirkdale Gaol for three months P s a vagrant.
I tsciors'r.—ati inquest was held on Friday before Arrihrose
Lace, Esq., coroner, to inquire touching the death of Ellen
Shaw, an infant aged six weeks. Margaret Shaw deposed that
the deceased was her only child, and was of delicate health.
On Monday night, during a visit • to a neighbour, the latter had
remarked to her that the child was in a fit. She had taken it to
hed with her that eight, and in the morning when she awoke
she had discovered that it was dead. Philip (;leave, a hair-
dress'er, deposed that• the parents of deceased dwelt in a cellar
adjoining his shop. At about seven o'clock on Monday he was
itanding at the door, when he saw lifargaret Sinks', with her in-
•fant in her arms, pass .up the Street in a state of intoxication.
• In going down the steps into her cellar, the head of the deceased
struck with great force . against the iron rails of the cellar en-
trance. Sarah Seeger deposed'to having seen the mother in a
state of inoxicatioe on the Monday evening, and to having ob-
obseried the deceased in a convulsion fit. Surgeon Lockwood
was of opinion, that the deceased had died by suffocation. Ver-
dict—Accidental death.

MELANCHOLY AcutilaNT.---On Friday afternoon, at about
five o'clock, as a labourer named Arthur Williams, was passing
through Vine-street, he observed several lots playing on the
ground-floors of some unfinished houses. He stopped for a
short time to observe them, when, after a few minutes, all. of
them, except two, quitted the building, and continued their
sport outride. The two above alluded to had mounted the joists
of the first floor, and were playing them. Williams, who had
his infant in bis arms, had by tliis time advanced to the threshold
of one of the houses, and was about to enter, when he heard one
of the boys call out, in an alarming tune, t' You are done! "
He instantly started back, when, to his great consternation, he
beheld the walls totterin, and the next instant the whole build-
ing fell in with a horrible crash. On the first note of alarm.
one of the boys had thrown himself from the window, and ha,d
thus escaped being killed. The other, however, a fine little
aged eleven years, named John Carroll, was buried in (hernias,
By dint of great exertion his body was found is about half an
hour after the accident had happened, It was shockingly mu-
tilated, and qnite dead.

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lIELANCHOLI SUICIDE AT THE BIRIiENI-ILALT
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On Saturday last an intittisition was taken at the Birkeuheal
Hotel, Cheshire, un v;ew of the body of F.yton, 'Esq., a part-
ner in the firm of Beck, Dodson, and )Eton, BAukers, Shrews.'
bury, aged 38, who destroyed himself in the aboie Aotel un
Saturday morning last. 'lt appeared from the evidence that fbe.
deceased had .recently been labouring uuder a depression of
spirits, and his brother-in-law, Lieutenant Ward, bad brought
bins from Shrewsbury to Birkeuheaid, in. order to try a
change of air for his malady. They arrived on Friday uight,
by- the Hirondelle Cheltenham coach, and occupied a double-,
bedded room in the hotel. About half-past six or near seven.
the following morning Lieutenant Ward was awakened by a:
noise in his brother:in•law's bed, and on goingto him to ascer-
tain the cause, found the unfortunate gentleman With his throat
cut in adreadful manner, and weltering in his blood. lie imp ,
mediately sprang to the• door to give the alarm, and found, it. -
locked and bolted, and before he could undo the fasteniugs- hi 4.
cries brought the inmates of the house to his aid, who burst openi
the door. 'Mr. Stephenson, surgeon, of Birkenhead, was'
promptly in attendance, and sewed utt the wounds; but the un-'
fortunate gentleman died from loss of blood in afew hours, having.
breathed his last at half-past 9. Mr. Bickersteth, of Liverpool,
was also sent for, but the deceased died five minutes previous to
his Arrival. It did not appear from whence the deceased pro;
cured the razor with which he committed the khocking deed, as
his clothes were taken by his servant from his room after going
to bed. Having heard the whole of the evidence, the jury re-
turned a verdict uf " Temporary insanity." The body was
removed in a hearse, at five o'clock yesterday morning, with the
intention of conveying it to Shrewsbury; when, however, it
reached Wrexham it was met bY two gentlemen in a post-'
Chaise, and they ordered it 'to he brought back to Birkenhead,
for interment. The funeral will, we understand, •take
there this day. Mr. Eyton has, left a wife and large family to
deplore their loss.

SPRING RICE AND HIS BUDGET.

( From a correspondent.)

-Mr. Spring Rice in his budget makes a long paragraph upon
olive oil, and attempts to prove the wisdom of Mr. P. Thum-
son's measures, by stating the consumption to be doubled this
Year by their magical effect. It is to-be hoped he is much bet-
ter acquainted with other parts of his calculations than this sub-,
ject; if he is not, little reliance can be placednpon his accounts.
Of yourse, what he calls going into consumption is a calcula-
tion of the quantity upon which duty was paid. Last year,
when the duty was reduced, a notable design was formed for
forcing the Neapolitan government •to : reduce' their import
chilies upon British iron and fish, and.the-.-Customs' bill came
afit duty of £4 4e: pin► ton, except from the
kingdom of the two Sicilies,,or the produce thereof, which.was
fixed at £gBs., and if in Sicilian vessels,-et 1.:10.10s. Many
cargoes being on the passage, and contracts,made for delivery
in Naples, upon representation to the board of trade, an order
was issued to admit all the Neapolitan oils (which was proved to
have been prepared for shipment before this act passed) at
XI 4s. duty:. .As these shipments at ri`;edi, the duty was paid
under an apprehension of some new freak; but a large portion
still remains in the hands of the importers, and is not gone
into consumption with the additional disadvantage to them of
being deprived of any export demand, there being nn drawback
of duty Lace paid. An illustration upon this point occurred
lately,---a merchant received an order for a particular descrip-
tion of Sicilian oil, he found plenty duty paid, but not a cask su
bond which could be shipped without: a sacrifice of the duty,
which could not be made. It is almost useless to add that the
proposed coercion of the Neapolitan goyernment has totally
failed. Iron and fish remain in state quo, and Ali that remains
to be seen is, what will be the amount-of consumption next
year, unless this absurd piece of legislation is repealed.

MELANCHOLY AND FATAL. AccinENT.—On Wednesday af-
ternoon last, as one of the keepers of the Zoological Gardens,
named Wood, was driving a covered cart belonging to his em-
ployer along Derby-road,- he unfortunately fell, in consequence
of the reins giving way, and the wheel passing over him Pinks
several of his ribs, the points of which, as appeared afte .rds
on the examination of the body, perforated his lungs. He'
lingered till about half-past eight on Thursday morning, when
he expired in consequence of the injuries he had received.
Many .of our readers will, no doubt, remember the deceased as
the person who was in the habit of attending the beasts in the
menagerie, and of entering the dens of the lion, tiger, and other
animals. He was a decent, respectable, and obliging man, and
had been in the employ of Mr. Atkins for about twenty-three
years. He bas left a wife and seven young children, almost
destitute of support. Any contributions towards their relief
which the charitable may be disposed to offer, will be thankfully
received by the widow, or at Mrs. Hughes's, Strawberry-gardens,
Hygeia-street. . • •

MEETING OF THE WATCH .130AR11.—At the weekly meeting
of the Commissioners held on Friday last, the Chairman read
the names of the different candidates for the sitri?tion of Law_
clerk. It appeared that.the following gentlemen had sent in
their applications for the vacant office :—Mr. Charles Woods,
Mr. Thomas Morrow, Mr. J. H. Hindle, Mr. Pennington, Mr.
James Moss, Mr. J. H. Parke,. and Mr. Matthew Taylor.—
Mr. Smith moved that Mr. Charles Woods, •the' son of their
late Law-clerk, receive the appointment.. The late Mt. Woods
had been an old and faithful servant to the trust, and had dis-
charged the duties of his situation with satisfaction to 811 pin-ties.
Hut there was another consideration, which he hoped would
have weight with the Commissioners, thatof Mr;Woods having
left a family behind him which were not 'adequately provided
for, and to which the 93n was called upon to render Ina sußort.
He hoped that there would be but one feeling on the subject,'
and that he would be unanimously elected to the office which
he sought.—Mr. Thornhill seconded Mr. Smith's motion. He
had spoken to Mr. Curry, who had asked his support to Mr.
Woods' application, and informed him that he should not pledge
himself to do so without he had an assurance from Mr. Woods,
that he meant to look tolhe late Mr. Woods' family. In answer
he had received a note from Mr. Charles Woods, which he would:
read. Mr. Thornhill read the note, which was to the effect, that
Whether he (Mr Woo s_l was.suceessfatiir site A-
tine which he-SOught or not, it wee his intention to take care of
the family of his late father.—The Chairman than put the ques-
tion, whether any Commissioner had ally other person to pro-
pose in opposition to Mr. Woods, when none appealing, the.
President declared Mr. Charles Woods to be duly elected to the
office of Law-clerk.

THIS MANCHESTER POST OvricE.—The following alteration'
has been recently made in the Nlanchester-ptiffice. In ad-
dition to the bag to London the.morningrone is now made up
at eight o'clock every evening, except Saturday, and sent by
Knutsford, to be forwarded by the Livei pool mail. It is to con-
tain only the foreign letters, and those which have to pass
through London. These will reach London in time to go for-
ward the same evening, as the Liverpool mail is to be accele-
rated so as to reach London in time for the departure of the
evening mails.—Munche.ter Chi onicle.

Sir Thomas Clavering, the head of one of the most ancient
families in the county of Durham, and who has hitherto sup-
ported the Whigs, having be( otne justly alarmed at the inroads,
made upon our institutions, has resolved to go over to the Cou-
stitutional cause, with all his interest aud intluence.

MODERN
,DISSENNERS.—IS it not most extraordinary to see:
the dissenters calling themselves the descendants of -the old
nonconformists. and yet clamouring for a divorce of church
and state? Why, Baxter, and the ocher great leaders, would
have thought a man an atheist who had proposed such a tbing.
They were rather for merging the state in the church. But
these our modern gentlemen, who Ire blinded b.,; political pas-
sion, give the kiss of alliance to tbe harlot of Rome, and walk.
arm in arm with those who deny the God who redeemed them,.
if so they may but wreak their insane antipathies on the
.national church Weil! I huepese they have counted the
cost, and know what it is they would have, and can keep. .
THR KING'S ADMONITION TO PRINCE GEORGE OF" CAS4-,
nal rmE.—We call deep, earnest, and grateful attention to the
words of the admonition addressed to Prince George of Cam-
bridge, by our protestant monarch William IV., on the instal-
lation of the young prince as knight of the garter. The Duke
bf Cumberland repeated the words at the grand lodge of the.
orange institution held at Lord Kenyoo's, on..Tuestlay; and.
we repeat them to the empire at large, feeling, well, assured that
they will be received with enthusiasm by protestants of every
tapk and degiee.—" Young man, (said otit king). you are now
Of. an age to know right from strong; you have recently been
confirmed; you must understand those principles which have
been icculcated into.our mind. Remember that OUR FAMILY
is a PROTESTANT FAMILY Remember also that you are
'called upon to defend the ESTABLISHED CHURCH, and to main-
tain inviolate the rights, properties, and privileges of the peo-
ple." We will not weaken the effect of these words by any
comments or any eulngy : we recommend the admonition of.
'illiam IV. to all who love their country, fear their God, and
honour their king

MR. CI7THRERT mppoN AND LORD JOHN Russart..—The •
pugnacious member for Gateshead, in reply to Lord John Rus-.
sell's "earnest and particular" desire, that he would repair to,
,London a few days ego, wrote in a style which Lis friend, Mr.
John Gully, might-envy. He told Lord John-that be seat pant-'
ing to join in a conflict with the House of LOrds,. hut added
"the battle must not he brayed? unless Leril Jahn had sufficient
resolution to fight it out, and that any thirig shtirt of this would,
:he." too great a farce flr his patience;" in sliort if there was to
be any flinching on the part Of ministers, he
an inch from Stanhope Castle, to saVe lueli'lk.Fontemptiblao
and pluckless set. Such were the terrrls of Mr. Rippon'S pri,-
-vateletter to the leader of the House of Coinnions, a.enp 'which;
has been furnished to an expiring ranical print: Anil what was ,
result? Why, a crouching answer from Lord. John, which
induced Mr. Itippon to buckle on his armour, and rep.iir to Lon-•
don forthwith. \% bat the honourable gentleman's feelings might
he when he discovered that there Would be tto collision, and that
the " farce," as he called it, of considering the lords' amend-
ments was to be gone through, we know not.. Neither are we
competent judges as to whether the greatest credit is due to
Lord JOhn Russell for deceiving Mr. Rippon, or to Mr. Rip-
pon for his treachery to Lord John in publishing a letter strictly
private. Verily they are both "honourable men."—Netpcustle
Journal.

HERRING FISHERT.—WICK, 26TH AUGIINT.—Upon Monday
night the fishing spas not successful; some bums -had from two
to fifteen crane, but the general part blank. The boats along
the coast to llnnheath weareeneeqruasid;ly;nritensbuocacteLftriel.baAdtaThuigni;
rihselothrtlvh-four flelmsdale the success was still bet-
ter, the fish having taken a southern direction, Lest night the
boats put to sea, tin" towards midnight a gale from, E. S..E. set
tip, which obliged the whole to endeavour to retUtn to their re-
spective ports_; the tide being-low water, it was With difficulty
that so many boats could be conducted tee theliaelame, and con-
siderable damage was' m10;141.41. During this time; the sloop
(packet) of Kirkwall, 'with about forty horses and ten
cows, frolo.Kirkwall, anchored near the hat hour, but cmfortu-
naleiy she dragged and came in at the •hack of the south quay.
where she remains stranded, but there are holies of getting her
off. 'Unfortunately while landing the crew by tneans of a rope
conveyed ou hoard, one of the hands dropped from his hold and
was drowned; his body was soon after found, hat too late to re-
store life. There was also drowned alroa,d eight horses and one
cow. About two o'clock a.m_the sloop Suqft of Lerwick, laded
with herrings, from ‘Zetland, having three horses on board,
Tont:a from her anchor also. and lodged aloagsillelff the' for-
,naer ; two of the horses wt re drou ned. She has becoute,a total
wreck, but from the. protflpt exertions of the numerous
.fisher:-
men and others, the cargf)es and materials are all Arr.;
ther vessel, a deep sea fisher of Bonlogne_after having lode
out a considerable time, under tremendocis seas, also parted
from her anchors, but fortunately in this state wade .for the,
river or Wick; the tide being still back; Ftit lodged upon the
sands, when the crew, to lighten her, thleu overboard a quail-
tity of cured herrings and cod. By the prompt exertions of
-many of the natives (rinsed with Frenchmen fiorti other
French ships in harbour), and at the risk of their own lives,
they succeeded in saviOg the crew. !hopes are entertained or
getting her oftif the gale moderates. Four boats are missinrk:
but are supposed to bayeiproceeded for Crnroarty; hopes aryl
entertained of their safe arrival at some of the southern ports.
Upon the authority of Mr. Landale and Mr. Bald, it appears
that in Fifesbire there are 29 beds of coal of the united thick
ness of 119 feet; and that in the Edinburgh district there are
from 26 to 29 beds of the thickness of/09 feet.