The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-05-26 00:00:00

MECHANICS' INSTITUTES:

Under the head of " HUMBUG," the Times of Friday last
contained the following letter addressed to its editor.
" Sir,—Your readers and the public may have observed In.
your journal of yesterday, an account of the annual meeting o'
the London Mechanics' Institution, at which speeches wet.e
made and prizes distributed. Of the prizes, the two chief, It
should seem, were given—one to a man named Clifton, for 00
essay " On the ill effects of our present Patent Law, and nn
the claims of inventive yenius"—it is not said who Mr. Clifton
is—the other TO A VERY YOUNG MAN, A SMITH AND BELL'
HANGER BY TRADE, FOR AN ESSAY ON EDUCATION. OW'
prizes are awarded to three youths for their proficiency Its
short-hand. Proceedings like these really cease to be objects
of mere derision: they are detestable and noxious humbugs! 19
it credible that the people, many of whom are complaining sO
clamorously of the pressure of taxation, can be duped out 0
their money by such tricks as these—" A very young man, bY
trade a belt-hangur, rewaided for an Essay on Education ?.;
Would he were a man-hanger instead of a bell-hanger, and
then he might dispose of Mr. Clifton for his Essay on the
of Incentive Genius. Poor Barrington is dead long ago, anu
his inventive genius first struck out, we believe, the art of pick-
ing pockets by Itiechanism ! I am sorry to see a certsia
Baronet sacrifice, inadvertently I trust, to the god Demoger-
gon. He ought nut to be seen in the company of such men 39
those with whom he was there assembled, except in a certain
house, indeed: I don't of course mean the new deformed House
of Commons. The object of his ambition is, like himself, Os
honourable one—the love of bis countrymen ; but let hint not
mistake: those were not the people of England whom he Wet
there, but the curse and bane of the people of England—nnen
who obtain a temporary popularity by cheating and tricking
the people of England; whom they wiil at the lust leave in the
lurch, without obtaining for them one single benefit of an!,
kiwi, except making them discontented, and drawing theta
from their avocations, by which they might obtain real advance-
ment in life, be benefits. The hon. baronet, however, is not
often seen in the company of these vagabonds. Butt " a mall
cannot touch pitch without being defiled." Dr. Birkbeck too-
Why is he not attending his patients; or if he has none, why la
he not striving to get some ? The study of the claims of " In-
ventive genius" will but ill supply the place of that of Hippo-
crates and Boerhaave.
" The whole is humbug, humbug, humbug ! but still there is
this of method in it—that those who practise it are seeking
their own advantage, at the expense of the public.
" ANTI-HUMBUG."

SCRAPS FROM TUE MONTREAL HERALD 150'

APRIP.
Radical gentlemen have droll notions of humour and justice.
The Assembly of Upper Canada is divided into a radical majo-
rity and a conservative minority. The former cannot exceed
35, and the latter cannot fall below 25.
The assembly furnishes itself with newspapers at the publics
expense. Where the two parties are so nearly balanced, a few'
conservative journals ought to be ordered; but the majority
has decided otherwise, and has resolved to withhold from the mi-
nority every English paper but the Morning Chronicle, the
Despatch, the, Spectator and the Examiner. Such a stretch of
power, if one may speak seriously of small matters, is infamous.
There must be ample employment for a Court of lropeacit-
ment in Kentucky.
There are now fire of the Circuit Judges of Kentucky ar-
raigned before the Legislature of the state on trial, anti two
others have resigned.
The lion, which was presented by the Emperor of Moroco
President Jackson, has been bought for dollars by the
of a managerie in Boston.
A HINT FOR THE LADILS.—it was stated in a discourse re-
cently delivered before the members of the American l►,stitute,
that therp were annually consumed in the United States mole
silk than all the wheat., corn, rye, oats, flaxseed, biscuit, potatoes
and hops which are exported will pay for, by nearly two millions
of dollars I' ! Think of this, ladies, and beware how you extend
the dimensions of your sleeves, or we shalt be compelled to add
cotton to the appalling list.

NORTH DEVON CONSERVATIVII Ctrs.7-OH Friday last a
meeting was held at the Public Rooms in Barnstaple, for the
purpose of establishing a "North Devon Constitutional and
Conservative Association." lt was with unspeakable pride that
we witnessed on this occasion an assemblage of wealth, intelli-
gence, and respectability, which we never remember to have
seen before met together within the precincts of this borough.
Above three hundred persons were present; two hundred au l.
fifty of whom, we hear, enrolled themselves previous to their
departure, and many ate making daily applications to be ad-
mitted as members. It being market day, some of our mot
respectable tradesmen were prevented from attending by real
occupations ;- others, we-happen to know, aheentegi-thens;Jelves
from the fear of giving offence in quarters where, we have good •
reason to believe. similar power of intimidation will, ere long,
be greatly lessened. The meeting, however, went off to thu
entire satisfaction of its promoters. L. W. Buck, Esq., was
unanimously called to the chair. The tirrii, loyal, and able way
in which he addressed the meeting, produced tne most rapturous
applause. Sir Trevor Wheler, T. W. Harding, Esq., and
many other gentlemen, came forward, shortly, proposing and
seconding various resolutions, and though last, not least, Arthur
Chichester, Esq., M. P. for Honiton, was loudly called for
He spoke right manfully and constitutionally; his generau•
flow of language did honour both to his heart and to his heat's
He was enthusiastically cheered during the whole of his speech •
andconcluded amid the loudest plaudits.—North Decor.
User.

NATIONAL. TRIBUTE TO SIR R. Par :L.—The eagerness marl-
fested to contribute towards the shilling subscription which hes
been set on foot in this town for the purpose of presenting some
tribute of respect to Sir Robert Peel is beyond all precedent.
The list of subscribers surpasses all expectation; and. if followed
up through the kingdom, a national tribute my be offered which
shall deserve to be handed down to the right honourable ba-
ronet's'ddscendants. We would suggest the propriety of form-
ing.i,mmediately a committee in London.—Brighion Gazette,.
Lady Howard de Walden had, a few days ago, nearly poisoned
herself, by a large dose of laudanum she swallowed, by rors-.•
taking it for some other medicine. A timely application pt
emetics administered by Dr. Martin, of his • Majesty's ship
Hastings, who fortunately happened to he on the shore, removed
the powerful narcotic, and her ladyship is now out of all (Lange!.
though not without having suffered much inconvenience.—Li'-
bon Correspondent of the Morning Herald.
VOTE MANUFACTURING.—The Cornwall Gazette contains the
following letter, which is both worth reading and preserving.
illustrative of the system of vote-manufacturing :—" Sir, I hr d
the curiosity to attend the polling of voters at Tavistock on
Monday last, on the occasion of the election for the south: rn
vision of Devon. Whilst there a person named Charles Buller.
jun., polled in favour of Lord J. Russell. Ou inquiry, I found
that this gentleman was the learned member for Liskeard, and,
conceiving that one will filled so important a situation (was a
man of large estate,' my curiosity was tardier excited. I exa-
mined the registry to ascertain of what the learned gentleman's
qualification consisted, and found that he was pOisessed of a
rent-charge ofdls,a year,' recently granted him out of an es-
tate belonging to Sir William Mcles worth, the mem; 4ir for East
Cornwall. " Oss;•.!..4'szon."
" May 6, 1835."

BERLAND one story, and Lord MELBOURNE another, both
relative to the same subject, and the one being a denial
of the other. It is therefore of the utmost importance
that the country should know who is right and who
wrong, or whether some unfortunate mistake has not
conduced to make both parties right and wrong to a cer-
tain extent. It is particularly incumbent on parliament

at this peculiar juncture to ascertain whether it is possi-
ble that a peer of the realm, in his. legislative and judi-
cial capacity, can be guilty of a breath of truth for the
sake of party. In this remark we allude to no one.party ,
more than another. We have a right to know what va-
lue is to be set on a peer's or a minister's word. We see
in the case of some of the Irish demagogues the most
wanton disregard of truth—the most impious violation
of solemn oaths=the most profligate prostitution of the
sacred name of honour—the most open breach of the •
commandments of Gop ; and it is therefore the duty of i
every Englishman to see that no protestant peer of these
realms, and that none of our countrymen, no matter
what station he occupies in society or in the assemblies
of the nation, is guilty of this foul, mean, and detestable
vice. What may not that nation expect to suffer which
has, on the judgment seat, and amongst the elders and
counsellors of the 'people, a man whose word cannot be
depended on ? This must not be. In the Irish dema-
gogue, too long tolerated, we have enough to an-
swer for. We are responsible for the immorality of ,
which lie is the propagator, because we gave him power
to commit perjury. We encouraged levity and fraud
under the pretext of liberality. We made the House of
Commons what it now- is, and whith we dare not de-
scribe, in the spurionithelief tl?at we were advancing the
cause of civil and religious liberty. We opened the
:Iloddgates of -demoralisation in the name Of freedom.
We conferred honour tin a dastardly and unprincipled
beggar, the devotee-of Trish priests, whom the Duke of
NoaPoLx,himself a Roman catholic, says is unworthy of
being a member of BaoorcEs's club—we admitted within
the pale of the British constitution men who are its
sworn and unrelenting enemies—we gave place and
power to popish rebels, who have for years, and despite
the gallows, rnenaced'ihe dismemberment of the. King's
dominions. Bad, bad is all this ; but. we sincerely hope
and trust that the manners of these men are not imitated
by any oT the peers or commoners of England.
While we are on this subject we cannot resist noticing
the extraordinary .and contradictory language which fell
from Lord LANSDOWNE and Lord MELBOURNE in the de-
bate ofFridav last.. -In alluding to the illegal procession
which attended Lord MULGRAVE do his entrance into Dub-
lin, and which had been summoned by O'CONNELL and the
priests, Lord LANSDOWNE is reported to have said that
since that occurrence. Lord MuLaaAvE " had been in-
structed to take measures for the suppression of all ille-
gal meetings and processions."

TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1835.

By an arrival on Sunday, we have received Sydney
and other New South Wales papers to the 14th of De-
cember, but they do not contain any intelligence worth
transcribing. Some of the colonists seem to entertain
strong objections to the Emigration Society of London,
but on what particular grounds we are unable to learn.

Our attention has.been called to a law which is rigidly
enforced at the town and port of Savannah, in the United
States, which is not only oppressive and unjust, but is an
insult to the subjects of the King of Great Britain, and a
gross violation of the laws of nations.
For instance; if a ship belonging to this or any other
port in Europe were to enter the Savannah, having on
board a passenger,. sailor, steward, or cook, being of
negro descent, or' a-person of colour, the said ship is
either 'compelled to perform a quarantine of forty days,
or deliver up the said person of colour to the common
gaol, there to remain until the ship is again ready for
sea. In every
.instance this rule is strictly enforced.
The man of colour, no matter who he is, even the
master of the vessel himself, must go to gaol, must sub-
mit to ignominy,must run the risk of pestilential fever,
of injuring his health, perhaps of losing his life, simply
because a man of colour, by the laws of this " glorious
republic," this land of freedom, is not permitted to speak
.to a negro, or a man of colour in Savannah !

Lord LANSDOWNE, in the debate, was followed by Lord
LONDONDERRY, who asked Lord MELBOURNE if he had
" any objection to lay on the table a copy of the letter
written by the. Lord Lientenant with respect to this pro-
cession, and a copy of the instructions since transmitted
.to his lordship."

All the newspapers report the following as the noble
viscount's answer : " Viscount MELBOURNE said there
'were no INSTRUCTIONS"!
Those who can reconcile this palpable contradiction of
one minister by another, in the face of parliament, and

In the worst of times the laws of the slave colonies of
England never enforced any act of cruelty
.and injustice
equal to this. The King's subjects, contrary to the ex-
press conditions of treaties, are treated like felons in the
United States, merely because their faces happen to be a
shade darker than.that of my Lord BROUGHAM'S. Why
is this submitted to by Englishmen ? What says FOWELL
BUXTON to this horrid treatment of his " black
brethren?" Suppose the.. British parliament were to
pass a law that no American citizen with black hair, or
that snuffle& through his nose, or that wore a straw hat,
should be permitted to land in the county of Lancaster, and
if found od shore should be committed to gaol, and that
any Quaker who held intercourse with him should re-
ceive thirty-nine lashes and a month's imprisonment at
the tread mill—what would the American citizens say to
? Aud yet, if such a. law were_passed to-forrow, it
would notbe one whit more oppressive and unjust than
the law at present in force against..his Britannic Ma-
jesty's free-born subjects in the town and port of
Savannah, in Georgia, in.ihe land of liberty !
We sincerely hope that some spirited member of par-
liament will call attention to this shameless violation of
international law,.and gross insult to his Majesty's sub-
jects. The following is the clause in the ordinance upon
which the authorities act. It was passed on the 25th of
February, 1830.

to the astonishment of every body, ought not to lose a
single hour in doing so. Lord, LANSDOWNE asserts that
instructions were sent to Lord.MuLunAvE; Lord MEL-
BOURNE denies that any instructions were sent ! Whom
are we to believe ? The assertion of the one is as posi-
tive as the denial of the other. "It is," and "it is not,"
are not more contradictory than what Lord LANSDOWNE
affirms and.. Lord MELBOURNE disavows. Who speaks
the truth, who -? We leave the reader to decidii for
himself according to the evidence and the credibility of
the respective witnesses. As Lord PORTSMODTIi would
•
say, it is a " black job" altogether.

The Liverpool_ police bilLwas read a second time in the,
House of Commons on Friday, notwithstanding the ;Pio,
lent and factious opposition of Mr. EwART, aided.by se-
veral members of the administration, by the radical
dissenters, and by o!CptisEm. and his WI. In the course
of his speech Mr. EWART was pleased to inform the
house, on the authority of the municipal commissioners,
that Liverpool has already "cvmost excellent police."

It is singular that Mr. EWART had no opinion of his
own to on!, but was obliged to beg or borrow that of the
municipal commissioners, who were not qualified to give
any opinion on the subject. Surely the honourable gen-
tleman, who is supposed to represent his native town in
parliament, mst know something of its local institutions,
and ought to know whether it has or ever had any efficient.
police' force, or any day police at all. If Mr. EWART be
ignorant on these points, as he is on public and private
matters generally, he is a very unfit person to represent
am section of the inhabitants of Liverpool in parliament.
What is he sent to the House of Commons for ? Is it
not presumed that he is conversant with the local esta-
blishments, the pervading opinions, •and the general
wants of his constituents; and, moreover, that he is com-
petent to legislate for the benefit of this important com-
munity ? By his own confession, however, Mr. EwART
is utterly incompetent to discharge the duties of an able
and intelligent representative. By his own confession
he knows nothing of the town or . people whom he pro-
fesses to represent. We should be as well if not better
represented by a reporter in the gallery, by Mr. JOSEPH
1)&0E' s bat, or the speaker's wig.
Those at a distance will hardly credit the fact which we
are about to state in illustration °Utile candour and ve-
racity of Mr. EWATer. The house was told that Liver-
,pool has a "most excellentpolice." The simple truth is,
WE HAVE NO: POLICF AT ALL ! The police sought. for by
the new bill is a day police, and of such 'a force we have
none whatever, except a few men as constables who are
found only in the precincts of the court house. The
town of Liverpool, which extends over a surface of at
least two squaie miles, is left, from an early hour in the
morning to a late hour in the, evening, totally unpro-
tected—exposed to thieves, vagrants, swindlers, ' and
beggars of all descriptions—so that, in point of fact, it is
the worst guarded toin in, England. The numbers of
Irish-vagrants which infest it, and of travelling cheats
,who, under the pretence of buying and selling, contrive
to pilfer houses, and assist servants in robbing their mas-
ters and mistresses, are so great that the nuisance is al-
most unbearable. 'lt is in vain to watch, or reprove, or
threaten these persons; for they know there is no con-
stable within a mile, no policeman to be procured, and
they are consequently more insolent and audacious if
assailed with either remonstrances or menaces.

" SEC. 1. Be it thercfcrre ordained by the mayor and alder-
seen of the city of Savannah and hamlets thereof; in council
assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same,
That every vessel hereafter arriving in the port or hartbour of
Savannah, by sea, from any port or place in any other state or
any foreign country, having such free negro or free person of
colour on board, shall be brought to anchor in such part of the
river as council may from time to time prescribe, and shall there
remain for forty days, subject to all the resttictions, pains and
penalties prescribed by the quarantine laws of this state ; pro-
vided, nevertheless that upon the confinement in gaol of such
-negro or negroes, by the captain or consignee of such vessel,
and upon their giving bond to the mayor and aldermen for each
negro, with two or more approved securities, iu the penal sum
of two hundred dollars, to carry him, her, or them away on the
sailing of such vessel, and to pay all the expenses of his, her, or
their detention, then and i❑ that case, such vessel may by a
pern►it from the mayor, be released from quarantine and be
allowed to load and unload."

Lord WELLESLEY made his first appearance, since he
resigned office, in the House of Peers on Friday last;
but although questioned on the subject, he declined stat-
ing the nature of the reasons which induced him to re-
tire. He intimated that they had no relation to the
entrance of Lord AItYLORA VE into Dublin, that rabble
and seditious exhibition having occurred since the noble
marquis had ceased to be Lord Chamberlain. Lord LoN-.
DONDERRY, in the hearing of Lord WELLESLEY, repeated
the rumour which accounts for his lordship's resignation
on the ground of his want of Confidence in the threat-
ened measures of his Majesty's present ministers, and
said that an "illustrious personage," meaning the Duke
of CUMBERLAND, had communicated the. story to him, in
nearly the precise words .which his Royal Highness had
heard from Lord WELLESLEY'S OWN LIPS ! Notwith-
standing this plain appeal to time, place, and person, the
noble marquis still remained silent, only assuring the
house that, if properly called upon, by a motion or reso-
lution of. the house, he would not hesitate to give a can-
did statement of the motives which induced him to
resign. •

- .
Now, it is just such a motion, and just such an expla-
nation which we wish to see. Some noble lord has only
to*move that the correspondence which has taken place
between the late Lord Chamberlain and the First Lord
of the TressUry or any of his Majesty's ministers, rela-
tive to the late Lord Chamberlain's resignation, be laid
en the table of the house. This would facilitate the re-
nuired disclosures, andplace Lord MELBOURNE'S honour
and veracity in that clear and scrupulous position in
Which his friends must long to behold it. There is no
loan's word we would rely upon inure confidently, and
rely with more safety, than that of the Duke of CUMBER-
LAND. It is quite possible that his royal highness may
have misunderstood '‘lliat Lord'WELLESLEY said; but as
Lord WELLESLEY, having had an opportunity, does not
deny what his royal highness had reported of the noble
marquis, and reported, no doubt, with his permission, we
reel confident that. there is no mistake, no misapprehen-
sion whatever, so far as the Duke of CUMBERLAND is
eoncerned.

IL was to correct this evil, and suppress this nuisance,
that the new police bill was introduced into the House of
Commons, with the full approbation of the magistrates,
the vestry, the commissioners, and all the respectable in-
habitants of the town; and it was opposed—by whom ?
By two or three disappointed quacks, who, having been
detected in a vile system of jobbing, were dismissed from
office as incompetent and untrustworthy. Being opposed
by these " most excellent " persons, it was also opposed
by Mr. EWART in a factious spirit, in stolid ignorance,
and with a recklessness of assertion which would disgrace
a professor of legerdemain at Greenwich fair. The bill
had likewise the honour to be opposed by the Attorney
and Solicitor-General, by Mr. THOMAS THORNELY, by
Mr. JOHN WiLkS, and last of all by Mr. LiANIEL O'CON-
NELL, in a furious and slanderous speech.
Let us examine some of the statements put forth by
these gentry. First and foremost stands Mr. Wass of
the tabernacle, who says :

On the other hand Lord MELBOURNE is reported to
have declared, in his place in parliament, and in the most
"leMn terms too, that he bad the authority of Lord
WELLEsLEY for stating that the noble marquis had -not
I'"signed in consequence of any line of policy adopted or
Y political connexion formed by his Majesty's minis-
ters, but that Lord WELLESLEY's motives were quite the
reverse of those alluded to.

"He hoped the house would not allow. the bill to proceed
further, as he could state from his own personal knowledge
that it had met with the disapprobation of the majority of the
most wealthy and respectable inhabitants qf the town of Liverpool.
The majority of that population were dissenter: from the esta•
blished church, and he was not astonished that the bon, and
learned member for Tipperary should oppose the bill, when he
recollected that I,l6the of the inhabitants professed that faith to

How is it possible to reconcile these conflicting state-
41ents ? L rd WELLESLEY must see that his honour is

placed in a very delicate and embarrassing predicament. which the hon. and learned member was attached. Notwith-
There must be some extraordinary misapprehension, if not
standing the repeal of the corporation and test acts, the cor-
porationof Liverpool had not yet admitted a single dissenter
falsehood, somewhere. Lord WELLESLEY is made re- into their councils not upon the bench as a magistrate, though
sponsible for a glaring contradiction—he is made to pipe the snaj.ority of tho bankers in the town woe dissenters f rum
hot and cold in one breath—to tell the Duke of Cum- the established church."

We do not know that Mr. WiLxs did speak what is
here reported of him, although what we have given is
from the very best authority in such matters—the Times,
and the substance of the above is in all the morning pa-
pers of Saturday ; but if Mr. WILKS did utter these
words, then we have no hesitation in saying that be is
guilty of downright and deliberate falsehood !

He is made to say that what he states is of his "own
personal knowledge ?" What is of his " own per-
sonal knowledge ?" First that the majority of the
inhabitants of Liverpool are dissenters. Second, that
the majority of the bankers in Liverpool are dissenters.
Third, that the bill had met with the disapprobation of
the majority of these persons, who are the "most wealthy
and respectable inhabitants of the town of LiVerpoot"
All this Mr. Wass, worthy and pious Man ! exemplary
patron of Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE! is reported to have
stated of his "own personal knowledge," and yet there
is not one of these statements which is not notoriously
untrue. It is false that dissentets constitute the majority
of the inhabitants of Liverpool. It is false that the ma-
jority of bankers are dissenters. It is shamefully and
disgustingly false that the majority of wealthy and
respectable inhabitants disapprove of the bill. So Mr.
WILKS you may go down—you are a credit to your
order! •
We - pass over the intermediate speakers, Mr.
THORNELY, of Wolverhampton, and Mr. SHELL, in order
'to reach DANIEL O'CONNELL ; but we may premise by
saying that all the London radicals, and the, Irish popish
members present, evinced the most rancorous hatred of
the inhabitants of Liverpool.
• The demagogue told the house that "his constituents,
the inhabitants of the city of Dublin, contributed very
largely to the funds of Me corporation of Livirpoot".
We confess that this'.is the first time we ever heard that
the people'of Dublin' contributed as much as a single
penny to the funds of the Liverpool corporation. It is
true that pigs, sheep, beeves, and black cattle generally,
are subjected to port dues; but by these cattle O'CoN-
NIELL cannot surely mean his "constituents the inlia-_
bitants of the city of Dublin." It is true that the pigs
and beeVes thus taxed may sometimes belong to per-
sons residing in Dublin; but it is the consumers of the
, pigs and beeves who pay the tax, and not the original
owners of the pigs and beeves. But supposing O'CoN-
NELL'S constituents did pay the tax? Why not? Are
the people of Liverpool to form docks, raise cranes, con-
struct landing-places, erect sheds, improve the river
and the channel solely for the accommodation of the
"constituents" of DANIEL O'CONNELL ? Are they to be
exempted from an impost (supposing they paid it) which
is levied upon all traders from a distance, who enter the
port of Liverpool ?
We can tell the agitator that we have just as much
respect for his beeves as for his constituents, and we

should feel infinitely obliged to him if he would keep
both to himself. The poor-rates of Liverpool amount to
upwards of fifty thousand pounds per annum, more than
two-thirds of which sum, namely, thirty-three thousand
pounds, is annually expended upon O'CONNELL'S pauper
constituency. In short, there is in Liverpool, and by

the inhabitants of Liverpool and its vicinitv,•more money
expended in. feeding, clothing, and transporting Irish
paupers in one year, than what the Liverpool corpora-
tien levy upon the cattle and trade of Ireland in ten.
But we have not done with the absurdities and misre-

presentations which are so congenial to certain parties.
The worthy Mr. Mimics claims, as belonging to his sec-
tarian faction, a majority of the inhabitants of Liverpool.
The demagogue O'CONNELL also puts in his claim. He
says that sixty-two thousand of the inhabitants of Liver-
pool are Roman catholics. Let us see how we stand
with ourselves. In the House of Commons we are most
dreadfully mangled, without, perhaps, feeling it ; but it is
right that our readers should be apprised of their real si-
tuation. We shall take the population at a rough guess to
be 200,000. Of these, honest Mr. WILKs claims a
majority. We must therefore give WILKS, at least .
110,000. These, then, are canted over to WILKs. The
remnant, of ourselves, then, is exactly 90,0'00, and of
these the sturdy beggarman • marks off 62,000 as belong
ing to him and the priests, so that' the members of the
church of England in Liverpool are reduced to 28,000,.
men, women, and children. But we cannot he so nu•.
merous a body, for a few thousands of these ought to be
given to ROBERT OWEN and RICHARD CARLILE—tho
genuine sons of nature and infidelity, who belong to no
church, and who dislike WlLKs's drivel as much as they
do O'CoNNELL's mass. Upon the whole, then, we must.
be a verydespicable party, not exceeding 20,000 in nutn-
bers, or 4,000 males capable of bearing arms! !
To such lengths will falsehood go ! These are the
facts which right honourable and hOnourable dunder-
heads gape at and cheer in the House of Commons. Ong;
coxcomb assures the house that Liverpool has a " most
excellent pOtice ;!' an old firo.shoVel of the tabernacle,
tells the house that a majority of the people of Liverpool
are dissenters ; and last of all comes FERDINAND MEN-.
DEZ PINTO of Ireland, declaiming in favour of 62,000
Roman catholics in Liverpool. Talk about the House of
Commons.taking fire,-,—the wonder is that it does not
sink in the earth !

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

City, Saturday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock

Reports are current here this afternoon that the troops of
Don Carlos, under Zumalacarreguy, had entered Vittoris, and
that a strong corps had been despatched in the' direction of
Burgos. We have been unable to trace this report to any au-
thentic source, but the last official intelligence we lave from
the seat of war stated that Zumalacarreguy was advancing with
almost all his force against Vittoria, and, from the complete
disorganization of the force under Valdez, there appeared little
prospect of any successful resistance, the population generally
being in favour of Don Carlos.

The opinion so long entertained here that there is serious
dissension in the cabinet has within the last day or two much
increased, this dissension has arisen, it is understood, from fresh
demands on the part of Mr. O'Connell, tending to place the
government still more under his foot. There are some one or
two of the present cabinet, it appears, who have yet so much of
the old whig honour left as to shrink from coining in any closer
contact with the agitating mendicant, and from them has pro-
ceeded a remonstrance so strong, that although futile, it will
probably end in a split among the parties.
The question of the " no repeal standard," and the other " re-
volutionary banners," under which the King's representative
was ushered into his Majesty's capital and castle of Dublin, has
excited the most marked animadversion here,, and may be re-
garded as satisTactory to the church and to the monarchy, inas-
much as it must convince the most sceptical of the English
people what the influence of Mr. O'Connell is, and in what a
state of servile dependence he holds his Majesty's ministers.
We are without any colonial or foreign arrivals to-day of any

importance.
Since the first establishment of the money market here such
a degree of panic as has been displayed since our last communi-
cation was never witnessed there. The English money market
has only been slightly affected compared with the agitation of
the foreign securities, which have been depreciated iu a most
extraordinary and fearful degree.
The seal...ay of money has been for some time past felt in the
consul market, and on tThursday and yesterday the depression
much increased, consols falling yesterday
to the low price of
911 I, Exchequer bills declining from 26 to 23 prem., India
bowls from 9 to 5 prem., and all the heavy stocks, as well as
bank and India, having lower quotations.
But this decline in value was nothing to that which occurred
in the foreign market, where there was a complete panic, ac-
Companied by most violent and fearful fluctuations. Spanish
stock, which on Wednesday evening closed at 65, fell, on Thurs-
day, to 54, and on Friday experienced a further decline to 49,
being 16 per cent. fall in a few hours. They subsequently ex-
perienced most excessive fluctuation, rising to 55, falling to 51
and to-day, when the market has been rather caimer, closing at
51 to 52. The scrip was equally affected, falling from 5 prem.
to 6 discount, and closing at to .5 discount. Portuguese bonds,
which on Thursday were very partially affected by the panic,
gave way yesterday at once in a most ruinous manner. On
Wednesday they were 1011, and yesterday morning they were
done at 92, advancing from that price at one stride to 93, and
-the quotation since has been from 96 to 97. All the transatlan-
tic bonds have been simile' ly affected; Columbian has been at
37, but has since rallied to 41; thilian have been 47, but have
since risen to 52; ,Mexican have been 38, but have since gone
up to 41i. All the northern bonds have been flat, but the al-
teration is not of much importance.

It is difficult to assign any reason for this extraordinary de-
preciation. The accounts respecting Don Carlos are decidedly
most favourable, but still not such as to warrant so immense a
depression. Money has been scarce, but not sufficiently so to
account fi r this panic. The general opinion is, that there is
something behind the scenes.
Our consul market to-day has been rather better, the price of
consols having been at 911, but it closed at 9t Exchequer
bills left off at 23 to 25, and India bonds are 5 t) 7 prem.

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

FRlDAY.—(Before Sir THOMAS BRANCKER and Mr. Alderman

• CAsu..)
A young woman was placed at the bar charged with hiving
robbed a Mr. Wells, with wham she w.)s employed as a servant,
of several articles of wearing apparel. Mr. Wells stated that
the fethale had only been engaged by him last Monday, since
when she had abscouded from his service, taking with her
. .

sundry articles belonging to him, amongst which was a silk
shawl belonging to his wife. A blanket and a silk handker-
chief had been traced'th a pawnbroker's, which she acknow-
ledged to having pledged. and, said that the shawl had been
taken from her by some person who had just knocked her down
an:l then ran off with it.—Sentence deferred.

goods from him and made their escape. He had not seen them
since. Samuel Lloyd, the constable, said ~that there were
charges of swindling against the two prisoners, but the cases
were not ready. There was every reason to suppose that the
prisoners were connected with the men who robbed Mr. Moss's
assistant. They had visited Mr. Medley's and Mr. Young's, of
Cable-street, who had also been swindled. The prisoners were
remanded for further examination.

A person named Sutcliffe Scholfield, residing in Denison-street,
was summoned to answer a complaint made against him for hav-
ing taken the sum of £5 from a person about to proceed to New
South Wales, as part of the passage money, he having failed to
Procure the stipulated passage to the complainant. It appeared
that the £5 had been paid to a Mr. Todd, of Birmingham, Who
was the acknowledged agent of Scholfield, with an understand-
ing that the remaining part of the passage money should be
paid on his arrival at Liverpool, the sum agreed upon being 20
guineas. Ile succeeded in tracing out Scholfield, after a labo-
rious search, and found that he had no intention of acting up to
the terms of the contract. The complainant having remon-
strated with him, Scholfield acknowledged hisinability to adhere
to the contract This had not been complied with, and he took

It appeared from the evidence of the complainant and others
that on Thursday night last or early on Friday morning, a brown
mare was stolen from the complainant's stables, at Halsall. In-
formation was given to the Liverpool police, and Wiustanley,
a dock officer, ascertained that a person named Al‘Kenna, re-
siding near the Clarence Dock, had purchased a horse answer-
ing the description from Bond, for five guineas. This was com-
municated to the complainant, who then discovered the thief to
be his own son-in-law, whom he had not seen for twelve months
previous. The prisoner waslsubsequeutly apprehended a t
public-house, in Limekiln-lane, by one of the dock police' when
he acknowledged the theft and his having sold it as before
stated. On being asked by the magistrate if he had anything
to say in his defence? the prisoner stated that he was nearly
clammed (starved) and he thought if he fetched anything away
from his feyther-iniAw's it would be all reet. He was committed
to the sessions for trial.

The defendant

the present step fur the recovery of the Money.
did not appear.
Lieutenant Low said that the defendant had no vessel what-
ever going to New South Wales. The complainant had been
informed that he was to go by the first vessel. There were only
two going, and the agents of those vessels would not have any
dealings whatever with Scholfield.
A gentleman, a friend of the complainant, stated that Schol-
field had said that if he paid the remaining £l6 be could pro-
cure him a passage, but Mr. Bell and Mr. Fox, the agents of
the vessels, would have no connexion with him.
Sir Thomas Brancker and Alderman Case concurred in opi-
nion that Scholfield deserved punishment, but they had no
power to inflict it. They recommended the complainant to
institute an action at law against him.
INFOI:MATIONS AGAINST RsTAIL BEER-SELLEItS.—James
Boys preferred a complaint againt the keeper of a retail beer
shop, for selling beer without a license. Boys had gone into
the house kept by the defendant in April last, and purchased a
,pint of ale, she not having a license at the'time. Mae defendant
stated that she was confined at the time the license should have
been renewed, but she would have taken the necessary precau-
tions had she not been informed that if her taxes were paid it
would do in the course of a few days.—lt seemed that the poor
woman was still without a license, through having removed to
another house, it being contended that she was ineligible through
not being rated in her new dwelling, although she had paid her
taxes for the old one.—Mr. Forwood said the defendant could
ot obtain a license until Jute, when the new rate would be
Taid.,--Str T. Brancker said it did not require a person to he
rated lot the identical house, and that if the woman had paid
her taxes, she was quite competent to be rated for any house,
• as' the removal did not at all invalidate her claim to a new
license.—She was fined_ in the mitigated penalty of £2 and

costs.
James Young gave information against the keeper of a beer,
shOp, named M`Dermott, for retailing beer and whiskey with—
out a license. M'Dermott said that her license did not expire
till July; but her husbann having died in November, it appeared
that the license then ceased, a fact which she had no knowledge-
of. She called witnes,es to prove that Young had been informed,
when he asked for whisky, that she did not sell it, and that he
had himself given the money for it,.and it was sent out for to a
public-house at his request. One of the informations was with-
drawn, Mr. Flewker, of the Excise, being satisfied with one con-
viction : she was fined £3 and costs.
An information was also laid by an excise officer named
Scown, against John M`Glade, a beer retailer,. for selling spirits
and tobacco.=He was fined £3 fur selling the tobacco, and a
further penalty for the spirits.
Several other convictions took place for the same offence, the
fines varying in amount.
SKIZLIIE OF AN ILLICIT STILL.

Barnard Collins, alias Gillon, was summoned to answer,an.
inforniatiou charging him with haring in his possession a quan-
tity of whisky, an illicit still, and all the necessary apparatus
for carrying on the process of illicit distillation, the penalty for
which offence is £2UO.
Mr. Woodruffe. of the Excise, appeared in support of the
, charge. He stated that, some facts having come to his know-
ledge Which raised his suspicions, he proceeded to the dwelling
of the defendant, who occupies a cottage in the township of Al-
lerton. On reaching the house, he asked for Collins, and was
told by his wife that he was up stairs in bed, he being then very
unwell. lie then commenced a strict search, but found nothing
below stairs; but, on renewing his search in the room where
Collins lay, he found a bottle containing about a pint of whisky,
which, from its taste and smell, he felt convinced was of private
distillation. He then left the house and proceeded to a stable
adjoining, to which he knew the defendant had access, and ob-
tained an entrance by forcing the staple which held the door.
On looking about, he discovered a private still, with the worm,
whole of whicheie the)
a quantity of wash, and a considerable quantity of molasses, the
opreparationrits,th
eb
speriozdeudce about fourteen gallons
John M'Alpine deposed to having let Collins the house he oc-
cupied ; but he at that time gave his name Gillon, which he had
hitherto understood it to be. There were four houses adjoining
the stable, two of which were occupied by the defendant, and the
stable was open to the other tenants as well as to Collins, all
being considered to have an equal right thereto. He could not
say positively whether the other tenants used it or not: they had
a right to do so, and he had been told that such had been the

case.
William Collier said he was present at the time of making the
search, and saw the wife of the defendant give something to a
lad named Potter, but he could not perceive what it was. He
mentioned this circumstance to Mr. Woodruffe, who thereupon
questioned the lad, who acknowledged that Mrs. Collins had
given him the key of the stable, which she told him to secrete
somewhere. Potter was then told by Mr. Woodruffe to bring
back the key, which he accordingly did.
. Potter, the lad above alluded to, was next called. Ile said
he lived in Allerton, in a house adjoining that of the defendant;
and that on the appearance of the excise-officers, the wife of
Gillon gave him a key to hide, which he took and secreted in a
saw-pit, and there placed it between two stones.—Potter under-
went 4 severe cross-examination by Mr. Crewe, who appeared
in defence of Collins. -Mr. Crewe's" main object was to make
it appear that the stable was made use of by other parties, and
that the still might be there withcut Collins being privy to the

STEALING LEAD.—A young thief, whose head scarcely reach-
ed the top of the dock partition, was charged with stealing a
piece of lead almost as heavy as himself, with which he was
caught toddling away down Sir Thomas's-buildings, at one
o'clock the same morning. The prisoner said he picked it up
in a middin, but as Clete was every reason to suppose it had
been stolen from a house in Grafton-street, he was remanded.
MARKET ROBBERY.—Anne Sullivan, a child about the same
height and age as the last prisoner, was committed for stealing
a pair of women's shoes and a quantity of eggs from a stall iu
Cleveland market. The prisoner it was stated was an old,
although a young offender in same way.

transaction.
Robert Roberts, a carter, was next called, who deposed to
having called at Mr. Martin's, the sugar-dealer, for a pun-
cheon of molasses, which he conveyed to the house of Henry
Kirkman.
Mr. Caawe submitted that the identity of the defendant was
not. sufficiently strong to warrant a conviction, and the occu-
pancy of the stable was far from being proved, other persons
being allowed access thereto: According to M'Alpine's evidence
he let the house to a person named Gillon, he having no know-
lelge of Barnard Collins. '['he fact of the small bottle of spirits
being found in the possession of Collins was in itself trifling,
'especially as the man was unwell at the time. lie had sufficient
proof, if it would be received in evidence, to show that the spi-
rits were necessary to him in a medicinal point. of view.
The magistrates convicted the defendant in the mitigated
penalty of £loo.—Mr. Woodrilff° said as the investigation had
terminated, it might not then be unfair to state, that the de-
fendant had been convicted of a similar offence no less than
three times before, and suffered imprisonment for it, and that
the party have been carrying on the system for a considerable
length of time.

SATURDAY.—Before Alderman CASE and Sir T. BR ANCKER.
A young thief, named John Archer; was brought before Al-
derman Case and Sir Thomas Braucker, charged by a gentle-
man -of the name of Allen, with havinr climbed into his garden
and attempted to steal a jar of potted salmon from a safe which
stpod there, and which, it seems, was misnamed. He was dis-
covered before he could make off with his prize, and taken into
custody. The magistrates sentenced him to the House' Cor-
rection for one month, and to be kept at hard labour.
A woman, named Eliza Keneko, charged a young man,
.named Dixon, on Saturday, with having been found offering
when for sale which had been stolen from her. The hen was
produced in court as a witness, and like many other persons si-
milarly situated; being unaccustomed to the roles of the place,
it made a great noise. An officer of the court very innocently
told it to hush, but it paid no respect to the dignity of the bench,
but continued to clack away at a great rate. 'I he prisoner in
defence, said he was a pipe-maker, and that he had re-
ceived the hen from a man named Swinney, 'Awn he knew by
noire but not by sight! As Mrs. Keneko had no other witness
Ethan her hen, the magistrates ordered the latter to'be delivered
to her,' and the prisoner to be discharged.
YESTERDAY.—(Before Mr. Ald., LEYLAND and Sir THOMAS

BRANCKER.)

SHODKING OCCURRENCE.—CRUICCIDO Conniff, an Irishwoman,
with a ;bild in her arms, was placed at the bar charged with the
serious offence of stabbing her husband. Mr. Ellis, the magis-
trates' clerk, having stated the nature of the charge against the
prisoner, and that tier husband, it was supposed, would not live
the day out,. the magistrates remanded her for further exami-
nation. The particulars of the charge are these :—About one
o'clock Yesterday morning (Monday) the neighbourhood of
Stockdale-street was thrown into a state-of consternation and
alarm from the cries of murder which issued from a house in
Hope-court, occupied by the prisoner and her husband. The
neighbours immediately entered the house to ascertain the
cause, when it 'appeared that the prisoner had stabbed her
husband in the heart with a:shoemaker's knife.. The blood
was fast flowing from the wound, and the prisoner, heing.in-
terrogated, acknowledged having committed the deed, saying
*that her husband was a d—d thief, and, as she had served
him out, she didn't mind being hanged for him.
Samuel Lloyd, an active officer of police, was on the spot
ahortly after the- occurrence, and took the prisoner into custody.
Mr. Leach, a surgeon of the Dispensary, attended the unfor-
tunate man during the greater part of the night, and entertains
~but faint hopes of his recovery.
-CHARGE op SWINDLING AND FORGRET.—John Gray, alias
Daniel M'Gragh, a person about thirty years of age, bearing
the appearance of a-gentleman, and most fashionably attired,
was placed at the bar, charged with forgery and swindling under
the following circumstances:—
Mr. Hignett, tobacconist, of Dale-street, stated that a few
days ago the prisoner called upon him, recommended by letter
froma person in Leamington to purchase £2O worth of cigars.
The order was to be executed, and in the meantime the prisoner
stated that he should be short of cash, and would be obliged for
a few pounds. He then gave complainant a bill or blank ac-
ceptance purporting to be from the Urns of Fox and Wright, of
Barnsley, and complainant let him have £3, with an under-
tanding that the value of the cigars together with the money
lent should be inserted in the blank left in the acceptance. The
prisoner then went away, and 'complainant wrote to Barnsley
to inquire about Messrs. Vox and Wright; when he ascertained
That there was no such a firm in existence. Complainant hail
since heard that there were other charges of a similar nature
against the prisoner to he preferred by tradesmen.
It was stated by the police, that one charge against the pri-
soner was for purchasing goods from Mr. Reynoldson, a tailor,
in Lord-street, and in payment he had given a bill, which most
likely was a forgery. 'l'he bill was then in Manchester, but the
parties had writt'n for if, and it would be produced.
-Mr. Alderman Leylaud having asked the prisoner if he had
-any thing to say,
The prisoner stated that he wished to refer to an attorney, as
he was quite a stranger in town.
Mr. Leyland told the prisoner that enough had been stated
to warrant his detention, and he was accordingly remanded.
ANOTHER CitAiloE OF SWINDLING.—Two ill-looking fellows,
front whose appearance an American jury might safely pro-
nounce a verdict of guilty prior to hearing the evidence, were
charged with several cases of swindling. An assistant of Mr.
Moss, draper, Church-street, stated that on Friday last two men
called at his waster's shop, and ordered a quantity of cloth and
trimmings sufficient to make a suit of clothes ; but the prisoners
at the"bar were not die patties. 'l'he men desired that a person
should go with them with the goods to their master, who would
pay for them. Wltness accompanied the men, who took him
through seveial streets, and then knocked at a respectable door,
and asked for some person, and they were answered that he did
not live there. On the door being shut, the men seized the