The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-08-11 00:00:00

LONDON LA TES 7' NEWS;

City, Saturday Evening.. Half-past Severe-o'clock.
The Money Market has again beeorne heavy this afternoon
at-a decline iu Consols Inc• Account. from 9j to 891. The
Omuium lids • also given way, having been sold currently at
prem. this afternoon, nutv,ithstan tug. the belief that the ScAch
thanks are purchasing extensively.. It is said that with the
original amounts allotted to them by the contractor, these
wealthy estab.istimen,s possess between three and four millions
.of the Scrip of the New Loan. Up to the close of business
there was no reaction iu the price of the Scrip, which left off
ttt 2$ per cent. prem. Consols, bath for Money and the Ac-
-MIMI, left off at 90. Exchequer Bills du out fetch more than
215., and India Bonds 6s. to Bs. prem.,
The Ai:lowing are the dates at which the transfer hooks at
the Bank of England wit' close, and reopen preparatory to the
payment of the quarterly dividends in October next : •
Open—Bunk Stock, Oct. 1311 i ; Reduced Atm. 22di 3/ per
Cent. Red., 21st; al per Cents. (1818), lath; Annuities. fur
terms of years, `2oth Oct. • ••

P;ires of Entrlish Funds at -four o'clock :—Beark Stock, 215;
Red,Ann., 9t4; Consols, 90; 3' per Cents. Red, 99k; New
31 per Cents.. 981 ; LOng Ann., 161; Oniniurn, 2i pm.; twilit
Stock, 255; India Bonds, 8 pm..,-; itorcireq. '2,„1. pm.; Con-.
sots for Acct., 90.

FORKIGN FUNDS.
. .
There has been a good deal of animation displayed in thk
market for the foreign securitiesdoAny. The value of French:
Attack_ is beginning to be affected by the th,a if the -press iu
Frioce is interfered aith in the way expected, pubflit tran-
quillity will not long continue. 'The blper cents have declined
front 109.1 to 1081 thia a ft ernoon,'tivith the .exchairge at 2M Mk.
Spanish stuck embed rather higher this of eronon than -it opened
ir. the morning, touching 49, and the- scrip at 111 discount.
Portuguese bonds haVe declined half per cent., flaw...Ay from 9J
to 91. There is very little doing in Dutch. and Belgian boo+,
the'former being quotel at -par: and-the latter at 51g fur the 2i7
per cents. Columbian bonds, after receding to 33, closed at 33f.
Chiliau bouds are exceedingly heailyat 39; and Alesicatiat3ll.

MEETING OF
CORPORATION REFORMERS

IN CLAYTON-SQUARE.

Yesterday the reformers had a field day in Clavton•sqnare for
the purpos, of discharging their park ofartiliery from the heavy
ordnance of Mr. Rossini down to the p ipgains of Colonel Wil-
liams and Mr. William Browne against the House of Lords,
because their lordships have 6k/in the libert ; of thinking for
themselves, and are nut yet quite prepared to Make their house
an office for registering the edicts of Daniel O'Connell apd his
administration. According to ancient usage it will be observed
"that saint Monday was selected in the hope of collecting the
loungers and idlers who are accustomed to keep that clay unholy.
or, in other words, who have riot expended the List sixpence of
the edfningi of the past week. •
`A few minutes before twelve o'clock from Moto 150 men-and
boys were fount Ming on the curbstone of the foot pavement
in trout of the Bull lnn. At a euarter.patit twelve the number
increased to alpha IA k) or 1,200, and before the close of the
meeting the number possibly may have exceedeil3 500. but in
making this esti nate we cannot he accused of illiberality or of
the 'slightest wish its deprive the creuxe for which the ul,eiing
teas heft of any Weight or advantage arising from a numarims
attendance" oil the occasion. With respect to the character of
the audience in the square, it appeared to consist of, bet very
few who were like:v to be interested us rate payers. household.
er., or freemen. Of the latter 'last; we should suppose there
were not many present.
Within the lions- we found just the persons we expected to
find there, viz.:—Messrs. Egerton Smith. -W. P. Freme John
o.
Hohnes, Harvey, Yates. Blackburn. T. B ‘Nl'ood,
CogliMn. &c.: Sic; But we forget the great gm-Mr. Rossini,
a learned Catholic bartie:er, who, as it will appear by his
speech, made hi.: first appearance as a popular orator.
About half past twelve Ml, Wm. Buowsx advanced to the
..ceutre of the balcony and delivered a speech to the hollowing
effect:—

Gentlemen,—As you are all aware of the object of the meet-
ing, I propose, gentlemen. that Colonel Williams do take the
Chair. (Hear, near, bravo !) •
• This motion was secondsd in as brief a speech by Mr. CHAS.
Ts Luu It, awl forthwith the gallant rolonel, 'clad in a bite ducks,
advanced to the chair and opened the business of the day by say-
ing—" 'Tat once more the pertinacity of their enemies had
compelled them to take the field amain to struggle for those
rights which a certain hotly, a certain part of the legislature,.
wish to withhold from them to the lost gasp. Every intelligent
man must be aware that that p.ut. of the legislature had set its
face astainst the people at large—he meant the. House of Lords
—and, therefore, the time had arrived when every intelligent
man should be up to oppose the horse of Lords. The munici-
pal corporAttims bill, a hill calculated to put down the influence
of the tories, was uow iu a stagnant state in the Pouse ssf Lords.•
.but it only regained the_voioe.or ihetietsple itafavour to set it .
u-yainy It was a curious feature ie the history of cot Istaations,
that they were first instituted for the nrotecturn of the people
against the ruffian barons of those olifts—Oniud, [ dooTeatl
them ruffians now, a laugh)—who, by their swords, maintained
an undue influence oser the people which the batons ref the
present day wished to continue,•aud the intervention of time
had proved that they were an order opposed to the general wel-
l' ire of the people. By this corporation bill the inhabitants of
Liverpool wonted have an interest in the management of their
own affiirs,au•l he would appeal or the Liverpool freemen them-
selves if it would not he consiucise to their interest to. get the
bill passed as speedily as possible. How long had the corporation
of Liverpool refused to the inhabitants of Liverpool any parti-
cipatleu in time management of their own affairs, and of the
great estate which belonged to than? They (the carporatien
we presume) had converted a portion of that estate to them-
selves which belonged to the freemen at large, anti he would
adduce in proof of this assertion their. refusal to admit them
even to a hearing of what to .k place in the common council, It
was only since Mr. Leyland's time that any inftemation what-
ever was given. - How often had they called upon the corporation
to grant a common hall? This They had invariably refused to
attend to, or to hear the public voice within the ‘;ails of their
Exchange. He (Col. Williams) had once written to the may, r
requesting admittance to the council, net as a common couned-
mati, but 'as a listener to their proceediags,in which he, as a tree
burgess. was interested, hut' had been ae:lised, and such had
been the invariable reply to similar applications. What ceps
were the Breda taking ? In The first•place, they sought to have
counsel heard at the bar against the cOrmnissioners" report sthis
was granted; hut with this they were not' satisfied, but they
must then also hear evident* in- support .of the allegations of
counsel;.and he would ask what was their. evidence bid that of
town-clerks and aldermen; offered, he supposed, mien the twins'
(apt, ut setting a thief -to catch a thief. [Some'carts were at
this moment passing through the square, and the.g,illant colo-
nel stopped his harangue observing, " I can't emit', t!,e ruin-
Wing of a carol When the honourable officer resumed, he
said that a •fine specimen of tors proceedings was exhibited in
the case of Leicester. Thoug6 the•corportion of that birrough
was poor, they could manage to borrow money. to set up a tory
candidate. He did • net charge the corporation of Liverpool
With a similar impropriety; but he would say nothing alioat the
"old general." When the slave trade was the fashion, they (the
corporation) were shrewdly suspected of spending their mimes,
• to bolster up that iniquity. (Cheers.) . [(fare the eohmel said,
." Allow the, gentlemen, to take breath a iittle.l Well; if they
wetted theinselveSs if every man put his hand to the oar, and
endeavoured to teach the lords the wisdom which they did not in-
herit—although they were the only body sopposea to inherit
ivisdomos4Hore there was another interruption from another
noisy cart.l The higher orders of society must put themselves
to school again; for they had yet to learn that the middle
classes and the median:es were outstripping them, an I from
fh ac dasses they had also yet to learn those lessons which.
alone could save them ft oth utter. annihilation. Now, gentle-
men, (the eidonel said) open your ears and listen attentively to
the resOletiens which wilt be. proposed to you for your conside-
ration atilt adoption':•
Mr. Law ireNca HEYWORTH had but little to say in addition
to what had been advanced by.their excellent and able .ehair-
m.ol: ' The people had on this occasion come forward With the •
,atatriotie intention of doing god to themselves and their'fellow
mett: t The-passage of -a- cart through ,the square ioterrtipted
eyworth's speech forsa short time.] :had peen
tended tar a better man than hialtif should have proposed.
the reselut ion obit h he intended fir submit ti their crinsidera-
Geeclemen,(cootihnell Mr. ,lies-worth) that gentlenian
is Mr. Ilepe. who is 'prevented from biting iiresebt bylhe
nettS of one of his partners He would not detain theta by
reading Mr. Hope's apology for his absence.' Had, however,
Mr. Hope been present to propose the resolution entrusted to •
him (Mr H )• in his absence, he felt assured they would run to
the petition and sign it as one man. -Never was there so ;toper-
tont an assemblage broughltogast hes as the one-he was tollsess-
ing, and he ten -fed they would showt hernSelves-alive to their own
interests and that they would not suffer themselves to be solohled
Inv the aristocracy, or permit them to trample mom their rights.
There was an inclined plane down which they (the loots) must
slide if they did, not accede to the Wishes of the people. Mr.
• Heyworth then read the first resOlotion. To this he had no
doubt they would asseAt. Before: 'however, it was read from
the chair.. he would point ono the hypocrisy of the birds. They
pretended to protect the, rights 'of the poor! -When ditl that
feeling take possession of their hearts? When fell they • so
Aesperately in love with corporations i By and by they would'
timid out that their own privileges were affected ; they ranee that
they are the only politicians; they esteem no matt a politician
unless he can gull the people. But don't he gulled by them !
He was iejoived at Witnessing the display of great moral feeling
• which had brought (hem forward on that day; and, after some
observations in the same strain. Mr. Ileyworth concluded by
.moving:—'Chat this meeting feels • entire confidence in Lord
Melbourue and his majesty's ministry, and embrace the present
opportunity of expressing their cordial thanks to them f -r the
zealous awl judicious man aer in which they supported .1 he great
and salutary measure of corporation reform in its progress
through the House of Commons, and for its subsequent intro.
duction into the House of Lords.
Mr. H. HoaNav .said a few words on' seconding the resolu-
tion, which .was read by the chairman, put to the meeting, and
,• Carried unanimously, with the exception of one baud, which the
chairman said was field up by mistake..
Mr. JOHN HOLMES said that. as they were now told that the
corporation of Liverpool were anxious for a separate bill. he
had great pleasure in proposing "that the meeting considers
env at ttutpt to seek a separate bill tor this town as an insidious
effort to deprive the borough or the benefit of the corporation
reform, eriginatiag in exclusive and selfish views, and opposed
to the wishes and best interests if the great body of the people
of Liverpool." •
Mr. Hoist's!, a Reman catholic barrister, 'who was an
itinerantaiemity from. the C itholie Assocl slims db.& ord prior
Vale passieg of the emancipation bill, then came f :ward to
second The resoletion. ant coin indeed bs- mugagmin delailieg time
words of the:resistosilo whi h bail previewily teen read: by Mr.
/Lames, Having coucltided titts• tusks. he said, iu •a'yoise of

stentorian power, that there was no individual present who con-
sidered it a pride and glory to have drawn his breath iu the
country who had less desire to come forward on a public oeca-
stun himself; but when he saw that their liberties were
openly invaded, he couSidered it to he the duty of every. man to
endeavour to protect. then, . They might all recollect, when the
'great-enemy of Spanish liberty invaded the territories of :pain,
'en wheat the•princiele rested, and then it was said that the
.mmete
cOmninitted were sulE 'lent to make the"- very- stopes rise up in
enimosity again.sChium. Such was his situation at the present'
meeting; for hid it pat been for the importance of the subject,
he certainly should•not twee nettle forward.. The meeting swiss
called for the purpose of obtaining a reform in the corperatloos,
dad none required it more thou Liverpool, which fur six cen-
turies had been mist uled. lie (Mr. Rason) was one of that
class-wham were born aliens in their uative laud. His religion
was that of a Raman catholic. and he would tell the Itentan
cathelice of Liverpoot, that until the bill lot the reform of
municipal corporations passed into a law, the catholic relief bill
would. be to them as a dead letter and waste tmper. (Cheers.,
'The dissenters would also be in a similar sttuation; for unless
the corporatiou hill passed, that act which aboliehe I the. sacra,
mental tests would be worth nothing more thin waste paper
in Liverpool. (Cheers.). He would tell ..those elle', who
belonged to the establishment of the church of En laud, that
se long as the forty-hue individuals composing toe cotlUnlim
Council reigned pre-enainently in Liverpool, not one of them
differing in political sentiments would ever gain a seat there.
(Cheers.) The Roman cathodes of Liverpool in particular
might consider that whilst the corporation existed iu its present
state they- would be uotfitng mote than the slaves or the forty-
one.' He would wish to impress that deeply upon their meets.
It appeared that the feudal system of the olden nine was wished
to be kept :A/4' when a proud and selfish aristocracy told their
sovereign that they were superior to him in power, and if lie did
not-choose to allow them to rule their serfs, meaning the people,
he should cease to 'reign over them. This was the system then,
eccordiug to the work.of Dr. Robertson, the author of the day,
and corporations were then instituted by political kiugs, what-
ever their secret inteutions might be. for the purpose of raising
the people from their prostrate amid degraded state, amid ,to ,;ace
•thein ou a level with their fellow men, that they might feel and
enjoy their freedom. As years relied on those towns to which
:eorporations were granted Imecame rich and flourishing, and the
object of the peers w is then to share in their heuefims. They
eutmsequently retold a peer, the Earl of Derby. Mayor of Liver
-pied, bet would they city that ambition to fill the civic chair was
the cause of his be-cetuits chief magistrate'.' Nu; be found
that the coeparetion was formidable and influential, and was
consequently anxious to sway it; and what were the peers fight-
Mg for now ?—why the saine thing and it' this bill del not pass,
the yeforiti hiil would he nothing but waste paper. (Hear.)
Whenever a community had risen into importance there was
always a class of persona who took the cr relit upon themselves •
and the corporation ofLiverpoolclaimed the niertt of raising the
borough to prosperity, but lie (Mr. Roesou) had beeu it strict
watcher Of the proerees of Live, pwa's success, and he would say
.unhesitatitagly that it hell risen in hopprtenee and wealth in
spite mif.,"the efirta of the it igmmi chy, It was the enter-
Weleeeif mei-chants who brought tit the common" stock the pro-,
thitY'or alt quarters of theglimina which rushed in-tu the eheltstme
every. title, that caused Liverpool to raise its he.a.l mere proudly'
then
envhif thierepublics of Italy in the middle ages, and vet
those with dalelmlew lime bellows claimed .he creulit of playing
the orge Iteseon having quoted settle; hicteepoetical emelt
a bellows-blewer end an oreeniet, by way of aims; ratimm, went
min to say that tie would ask, whet a municipal eorporation was
as it Ivey existed ? Why, it was it litniteriumanerchy. consisting
of a chief megistrate, a common council, andlture•esses. He
was a butseess hitnself, he birth; his father, his grandfather, cud
their predecessore lemvitig lived in the tiurough tor about two
centuries. He, however, hail nut taken up his fieeediiime hay-
ing refaced to do so tinder a corporation so constituted, and
would therefore throw hack with contempt the. privilege which
the magistrates had observed was otciug to their vats-den and
that of their forefathers that the freemen enjeyed. Thy Coin-
tuen Council hail-acted illegally; he was a lawyer himumetf, and
such he haiarded his reputation by steting that, in accord-
ance with the charter of time corporation of Liverpool, the cor-
peratioo miught to have erected a common ball for the burgesses
to assetelee in. What would the commons of England say
(which was a similar case) if the country did not erect a suit-
able place for meeting? Thiecorporetion never thought of build-
ing a hell, and this reminded him oft he time he cello. to Liverpool
to meet hewer,' sixty and seventy thousand otitis Rowan cadet-
lic brethren, who were all debarred from hevieg a voice in the
affairs of the town. Lord Chatham once, in a speech mar fiery
eloquence, hail said, that whilst there was three millions of
slaves across the Atlantis, piiblie liberty a as not safe; and he
wuctld ask whether politic ribemtv in title town, was safe, when
between fifty and sixty tltousatelammue class of persons besides
the r at were prevented fruit taking a fair share with other of
their fellow-citizens in the management of affairs, in which
they h id a direct imerest. He would ask whether it was tea;
so nable or just
.that the population of Liverpool should be in-
sulted by being deprived of a right entice led to forty nmen,
mneny of whom- were inferior to them, and ethers only equal ?
Seme of the first men of the town were exciu led from a parti-
cipation in the management of its affair. There via time late
Mr. William Rethbone, it gentleman whom he (Mr. Itosson),
recollected whcu a child, es an illustrious citizen, a man of fiery
elovence—the mein Pillar of this great commercial ceintimu-
nits., and the admiration of all countries to which he travelled,
anti he was au alien in his native town, uo share in its
rminicipal management. He could assure the meeting that
they had now before them, its the person of himself, one of the
most humble individuals in existence, and nothing could have
induced him to come forward bet', ire his fellew-eitizens, but the
knowledge that he was taking part its proceedings which might
ultimately cause the abolitien of a system of misrule which bad
existed for six centuries. The last time he addreesed his fellow-
, (-hives was in April, 1829, when einp.used in defending his
Roman catholic leethieu, and as he had said before, he shouhl
' not have come forward now, but for the importauce of the sub-
ject. He hoped that in these days Liveipeol would not cease
to he the it•nige of king, lords, and commons. lie would tell
them to look to Venice and see the workings of au irrespensi-
tile and incompetent legislature there who h el turned their
countrymen into chives, and now it was a place of insieeefis
cance.'fit only " to 'Mint a immoral or adorn a tale." Mr. Mims-
mein then entered into a very particular nescription rif ells tra-
velling in a gondol,' at Venice with a friend, detailing time con-
versetion between himself, his friend amid the conductor of the
gondola, by which the ineeting were put iti possession of the
iminher of guns that formed a garrison fair the tewn—the width
of the canal, and other little matters with which the meeting
were -heartily tired. which consequcutly must he an impoloev
Nit our woe trying the natience of our rewlers by detailing. He
then took up the subject of boildiug',:' and, emmeitiered that the
moniipoly in that brench of trade Was very great in Liverpool
without any benefit to the town. He was or opinion that the
chapel of the Mount Cemetery haul no claim to architectural
design in the least, aud that it would never have been formed
if the inhabitants generhily had been cemented in the subject.
He concluded by again reading the resolution he was called
upon to second
Mr. WILLIAM RATtiBoNE, in proposing the next reso'eition,
dwelt upon its importance, and expressed his hopes that the
ineetine would agree to, and express their determitiation to
support it. Mr. Itathbone then read the following resolution :
"That, in the opinien of this meeting, though many noble
birds are entitled rma the esteem and confidence of the country,
a majerity of the souse of Peers appear, by their conduct on
too many ocemeiimus. to .he ignorant and regardless of the state
of public opinion, cud destitute of all true sympathy with the
feelings and wants of the people."—The reselueou which lie
had just read was the one he intended to propose. (Cheers.)
If they looked bark to five years' history of the House of Lords,
they would find that the lords only granted reform through fear,
,when the Duke of Wellington fnund that tle army would have
reform. Had the local courts bill been pissed by them, these
c. urts would have brought. first rate-barristas to prat tic- in-the
country; they would net have had self-elected magistrates, who
tnade a their beast that they could dispose of 200 vas's in an
hour. When he thought of these things "his blew! boiled ;"•
hut he 'did notewish to address himself to their pitjudices nr
(heir passimini! What was the language of the House of Com-
mons? The consideration there- was, how much can we get
thrOtteh the amuse of Lords. Then there was church reform.
He (Mr. Rethbone) was nut a churchman; he was one of thet
degraded. sect the unitarians; but was he on thei accouut to be
excluded front the enjoyment' of his natural rights and privis
lefts? Ele wanted to see all sects equally respectable. In
tile lords, the Duke of Cumberland was up posed to church
reform anal ,o all reform; he was the grand master of orange
lodges; the Plan who. hiss denied that he attempted to int reduce
ineuliordination into the army; but. all that he had to say of
that denial was t• believe it who can." He had introdueed into
the army then a fearful mockery of religion. The Heinle of
Lords were forcing up the people, and they are showing that
they have no sympethy with the people. Something more was
wanted by the people than,, grand dinners at the Town-h
propet•grounds were wanted for their recreation, and schools
tor their instructiene The House of Lords was forcing upon
them this truth, that ability and integrity were not hereditary,
and that the lords ought to be an elective holy.. At present he
did net wish to see that question agitated; .but, if forced upon
the people, it would be tor them to take into consideration time
present state of the I-louse of Lords. The worthy gentleman
'concluded his phillippic by moving the resolution, - • -
Mr. JArmies.MeLListseutt, in secondiug the reseltition, said
something about want of ern') ithy'between the lords and the
people; the- accident of birth ; and the interest of the few at
the expense of, the trieny—s.ail very fine no doubt, but-not very
distinctly heermle.
Mr. HENRY Bootts then came forward •and said that the re-
•selinion he held in his heed was one he was sure the- meeting
would cordially adept, ands which, he experienced greet plea-
sure in priipe'Sing. It was. to exprese'silie :contideese of the
present meeting in Lord Melbourne and the rest- of his ma.:
jest v's ministers.—The resolution '• Thaethia Meeting are
aim ximitis to express die high satisfactionswith- which they have
witnessed the' persevering exertions of time faithful ;rept esent4,
qivi4;4)t. the people, displayed in' carrying ati.o,iisttiii4el sefie tn.
hiR • through the Collin-moos' Ileum .Perliimmetiti•apd they'
confidently rely upon them for the eadoptien
.of such ef-
fectual measures as the constitution has •;Placed their
hands to secure the passing 'if the seid bill into aiew."- Ile.
• was confident that the resolution nut only eepressed the
opinions of the meeting but. of 'the people or England, as no
ministers had ever conduched themselves with more judgment
.and temper than they had done. They had in fact done their
clots by the people' and it now remained a itlethe people to do
theirs. (Hens) r it so he ppeimed thetethe ministers msf the
crown in intriabeing me:ism-es foi the benefit of their. country
were not so fortunate as to bask in the sunshinehif royal favour,
..they could fall back the approbation of the people wit
mvntill support them. (Ilear.) Ile municipal reform hill -
passed the nous:, of .Commons, and even - Sir • Robert Peel, the
leading moan of tbe•emiservolives, tltimittett the soundness of its
general principles, and -how were they to iscrouPtfor the &tete'
, •
tnined.opposition of the Lords. The reimsee was that the House
of peers consideredeorpetations to be the strongholds of the
cosempetories, and (het if they were opened the influence or that
party would cease. Ile did not understand what the Lords had
I to do with corporations et all—they were the peculiar properly
of the people, having nothing whatever tado with them ur their
privileges- . To the Duke of Newcastle they might appropri-
ntely say," Mimi your own order, and let via do what we like
with our own." (Cheers,) The Earl of Witichilsea had said
that the anxiety for corporation vermeil was a symptom of the
disaffectien of the people. This opinion appeared to heunt the
noble earl like epos., but he (Mr. Bee th).ll.otight
, it waviiieh time f.r the people to look after theim own. (Hear.)
They had very great reaeon to chanplaiii of the violent etchil tome
seemly con hit t • of the House of Lords on the occasion of the•
introduction of the coreoretiou hill, as they had done everything'
to• thwart the etferts of the people. Ile (Mr. Booth) was but
against the privileges of the House of Lords, but be might
4hruw out to them a friendly hint, which was that the time was
not fardistant when every institution would be judged upon ac-
cording to its utility, anti harmony with the Noirit of time age.
lie wetifd have that house reineMber that a government coulee
not long resist the decided hostility aud settled cuatememt of the .
whole country.
Mr. BLACKBURN in coming forward to second the resolution,
said. that at few weeks wee, when They met mm tile Emi..r.c,
e,f time
List, they did not auticil ate Su- h a result, therefore the meeting
un this eecasion etas much larger than the funnier one. (A thigh,)
They then imtiticipatedthat the :Leasure was likely to pass butts
houses of parliament, awl pro! ally to their ptiesiveni as, he ch-
emeteining this (million, maim to be ascribed the proceeditass of
the lords respecting the hill—their proccedfug was about as
wise a one and likely to end iet as successful sail issue as
- Wal muistng Withesses to prose that thesielurious orb slunisees

above their heads dad not reflect brightness. ('iieer.)
'beau said that persons who ase!.mbled together to petliar:
their rights were political .agitators, add that agitators yee!te
great evil. Nu tine could deny that it was..an evil to leeve heel-
hess and the other pursuits •of life to atten,l punkt- meetings;
but the blame could not be thrown upon the people, eti they
were forced to-it. There were few who could i.ut perceive the
oureasoualde opposi,ion which was habitually tract .with
the -Huuse. of Lords, as they - had -universally -art tilt.tuBvlOes
against the desires of the people, and if that infaitodiel course:
was to •be persisted au, allodr valuable institetious retails be
etilangered, and popular excitemeut Would become the urdist .of
the day. In all their reasoniuge and reflections on the corlis-
ration bilhehey must assume it to he a fair and moderate;mie.
and even Sir Robert Peel conceded that: Every one who knew
the political coaduct of Sir Robert Peel was aware that he tells
apt to defend every kind of abuse whenever defensible ; but this
he could riot find in the corporation bill. Was he not the de-
fender of rutten boroughs and the abuses of chureh. and
would he not have opposed it had be any grounds for cluing so
.There was a strauge combinaliun of insimity and itithecility bre
trayed in the oppositien to the bill, and they would have been al:.
loss to have foetid out the cause had it not been stated by Lora
Lyndhurst in a speech the'inost extraordinary for ingenuity iu
briuging forward the force of intellect in a bed cause, that it was
a mile measure, and there arose the objection to it. It certainly
was a whit'; measure, and calculated to overthrew the power of the
tories—that was the rub, and hence the tears, hence .the
wail-
iugs. and hence the opposition. If, however, the bill was
passed into a law, and be nad no doubt that it would, the effect
would be that the same power arising from wealth, influence,
and character world exist. and the only difference would oc,
that every inhabitant would be put upon a footing of perfect
equalitY. He, notwithstanding, still believed with Lord Lynd-
hurst that the bill would be the Means of prostrating the intlu•
euce of the tortes, the faction through whose influence the Liver-
pool corporation had misruled for a quarter of a century. Once
let the corporations be overturned, and the voice of the people
heard, the tories who had so long, trampled over the liheriies,
not only of this country, but car Ireland, would lie abased tot
ever. The downfall of that fatal aseendaucy svh,ch had sac long
reigned in the councils of these realms, he believed, would he
hailed with pleasure by every friend of peace, nut only in Eng-
laud, Sent:and. and Ireland, but all over Europe. In conformity
with the res dutian he hoped they would all pledge themselves
to support those able ministers now in ofth'e. especially Lord
Melbourne and Lot d John !fussed, who had proved themselves
competent, and therefore deserved' to be Tallied round by the
pe° ,c'e 81-ekburne, after some further ebserrations, cou-
,.. . .
caeled by exhorting all present not to forget the registratiau of
votes for both the borough and the county. (A laugh.)
Mr. ditto; SMITH, in ereposiug the next resolution, said that,
on coal:he to town that morning, he had understood the meet.'
ing iteehded to petition the lords tO pass the b:11. He was glad
to find that it was nut, a; he shuu:d have feet bound to oppose
seeh a proceeding, as he- did not see that the people had any
alliaity whatever with the flutist) of Peers. He theft alluded to
the cren.tion of peers by Gemge the Third.' which he said was
done for tory .purposes, ilesienaled the freeni-en as the most
wretched class, of persons in' the town, and hoped that the
Ileuse of Commons would step the supplies . He Was sure that,
if the come-ions did that, the ministry would stand; as the" Wive
would be the tat to take office williaut a purse. •
Mr. EYR, EVANS :>ecoruled the resolution, " • . •
Me. Tclos. BocTee then proiosed the next resplutinn, and,
having concluded reading lt, he said that the rights which the
corporators called vested and prescriptive were nothing less
than' ueurpatione, for which they had the. evidence of the
Atternev-General, and Mr. Biackburee, the chiefcommissinner,
The bill'which they wishe;l to. be. passed was to restore those--
rights to those who paid scot-and-lot,, for whom they were ori;
ginally intended. A noble duke, in speaking of Liverpool,
had said th• t it was the pattern ef•a corporation. :-It was. hoe -
ewer, a self-elected one, and that of itself was sufficient it
there was nothing else to condemn it. At a late electiou, to
show the political bias of the Genii-mit Council, only three.
Mit of the fertyhme voted for the libel al caildidate. (Hear.)
With respect to the expenditure of the corpuration, he would
tint say that they stole the rands, but they. ceiteinly gave item
away to their depeedauts, and had managed to gel £BOO,OOO in
debt. After alluding to the purchase of :same laid at Birken-,
head, as being en uut'aireransactiou on the part 4)1 the corpo-
ration, and the lowu dues question, My. Bolton concluded.
Mr. SHIEL, after a spec, ti fur which we have not room, pro.
posed that the followille be adopted, and sent for preSentation
to rear representative, Ewart, Esq., and that out towns-
man, Thumas Thurnelye Esq., be requested to support the
prayer.

To the flown:Table the Commons of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland.
The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of the town and
neisrhboorhood of Liverpool, i❑ public meetin4 assembled,
Shewt•th,—That your petitioners are fully convinced of the
urgent necessity of a thorough reform in the corporations of
England an 1 Wales, and of the correction of the abuses that
note generally exist in those institutions,
That your petitioners ate persuaded of the wisdom and era-
ciency of the great measure which has lately passed )our ho-
nourable house for that important purpose.
That your petitioners are deeply impressed with sentiments
of respect and gratitude, for the came. perseverance, and unre-
mitting attention which the faithful reptesentutives of the nation
have bestowed in the proereSs of that bill.
That your petitioners, therefore, most earnestly entreat your
honourable house nut to permit their just Lopes to be disap.
pointed, but that, in order 10 secure the speedY passing of that
bill into a law, your honourable house wi►l have recourse to
such effectual means as the constitution of the country places it=
your hands, for asserting and maintaining the tin,Mufiteti rights
of the people.
A well-dressed Irishman then stepped up to the Chairman,
and handed him a taper, which he said contained a resolution
which he wished to he put to the meeting. It seas a vote of
thanks to Daniel O'Connell, Esq , M. P.
The Chairman refused to put it to the meeting,on the ground
of being irrelevant. •

The Irishman then left the balcony, saling that the meeting
was tint a liberal one.

Mr. JOSEPH EW A 117. proposed a vote of thanks to the chair-
man, which was seconded by Mr. Egerton Smith, and the meet-
ing bap oxa t ed.

COMMON COUNCIL .PROCEEDINGS.

We mentioned iu our last publication. that in consequence
of there not being a sufficient number prt-sett nt the last ineet.-,
ink of the Conliotm Council. the :\Lavor nad-snttlyn•tnecl a special
cocaciL which was held accendiugly. au Saturrhy last. Ther,,
were twenty-seven members present, namely, the Mayor, Am-
brose Luce, and Janus Pownall, Esqs., bailiffs; Messrs.
Brancker. Staniforth, Wright. T. Care, Leyland, Lawrence:
Robinson, and Sir T. Brancker; Messrs. Sintdbach, Hofstad,
Conde, Cottle, J. D. Case, Leigh, Moss, Eiaart, Thompson,
Houghton, Molvneux, floilinshead, Ashton, Ciludstoti9, Cuck-
b host and Walker.

In the absence of the Town-clerk, who has been for some
weeke in Loud nt, opposing the municip4l re:Vrin and 111
porting the freemen's rights and privileges, the treasurer, Mr.
J. D. Case, was directed by the Mayor to read the proceedings:
of the fieeinen's committee. On yoing through these, it ap-
pearVfl a very large number of persons entitled to their freedolt
had come forward to take it up; anti those proceedings, us.
well at the renewal uf teases, the applications tor which vreve
unusuallynumerous, fur stone time occupied the attention of
the Council.

Tne report of the proceedings or the select finance committee
were then read. Before their confirmai.ion .as put to the
Council, Mr. Bailiff Lace inquired why Mr. Barnard's appli-
cati:in for a renewal of his lease, now within five or six veers of.
its expiration, fur his premises in Sweeting-alley, had been ne-
gatived by the select finance committee. The chairman of the
committee being absent, in consequence of the death of his bra_
ther, Mr. James 'Bourne, the surveyor was sent for to eiplain
more satisla.ctorily to the Council the grounds on ehich Mr.
Barnares application had been decided. Mr:John Foster, the
surveyor, then stated, that in order to secure as +noel) property
as possible in the neighbourhood of the Town-hall, Which tnietit
hereafter he required fit pot poses perhaps now unfi,reseen, the
renewal of Mr. Barnard's lease, within a very few years of its
*expiration, hail been refused.
Mr. Bailiff LACE objected to the council's refusing the re-
newal of this lease; first, on the ground that Mr Barmird had
lately purchased an iutegrat part of this property, at least so
much so as to present it from ever being available to the cot po-
ration; and secondly, that the council were going direct') in
the fare of what had been brought forwordogainst that clanse in
the municipal reform bid. touching the ready disposition on the
part of the council to renew leases at all times.
The question of confirmation of the proceedings. being pia by
the Mnvor, it Was carried‘by a majority of 23, to 4, the tumerity
being Messrs. Wri4ht, Lace. Currie. and Gladstone.
An application from Mr. North, Mt. Latham fianmerts.so.
licitor. was read for the recovery of the freedoin of the borough,
of which he had been deprived,bv the Common Council, when
it was agreed that the
,consideration of this subject should far
the present be-postponed.
The treasurer read a statement of money required. for carry-
ing on the public works, awl other expemes.amounting w-
gether to £136,414, to meet which the •council voted -£150,000
should he raised on bond, at 4 per cent:. fns seven xears.
TheproCeeding,-s of the .Dovk Committee, in their late meet-
ing, :bAtog lead- and confirmed, the coun'tg broke. up at tour
o'clock.
. .

THOR MAJESTIES AND TOE ymtk.Fii 1g ,rnsTIVAt...4-At
pttblie meeting of the nobility gentry. cl.ergy,yapkeie, tort ctfatits
Mill other Inhabitants of York..lieifil in tire.9rirld-trall on Mi-rlay
Lest, the Lord Mayor in Ihexhair,ittratresolveri that a lAyal and
alitiress should be presented tnite.K,ing, inviting his
Majesty and his. illustrious Queen to. ,'the ensuing grand
Yorkshire musical festival with their presence. ',Stir'itild the in.
vitati.in lie aeeepted,
stthe ilon."l'.. W. Wilson, lord
otyrr, and the very Rev. the Dean of York.' have
,both tender-
,ed the u.e of tlier elegatit mansions fot the use stbtheir ma.
jesties. The addles has bet-ti torwaitled to Lord and
the two city inemberi; LotailMr, aud Abe C.
Dr:Lades for presentation. ' 2 • - • • .
lirt.trisosmLNT FOR DEBT 8i1,1,-Mii!it'pf the• bills men-
tioned in our last number. (for ;,lay). are.i.ending stilt bebtre
nue air rt he Other of the -Houses of. Paihunient." Amongst thee.,
the Imprisonment for Debt Bill deserves.-yaetirttlar mention,
l'ituss't k,
for clause after clause has leen 3ddeilot.ati, pia t
epress
the
truly forrindable inass alteration. t
for the LOgishi hire to grapple. with .ot,.thiti.i.eirson of the}err,
notwillist'ainling the' unseemly. haste WhiCh the •Attor bey.
General seems anxions.to 3,0'10 al°'.it• 11;uty he as well, at
all events, for members of. ParliaMeat to .know thht the bill in
queitlon goes far beyond the.simple .tbject nrrginallt pitiposed
by it. Besides abolishing imprisonnient.fortlel,t cu 'pestle pro.
cess, it dispenses,•in the7great• nisjnrity .Ofdivtions, with HE the
ordinary im„.e,,lioto bet w e en• process ant} jiclginent, thus en•
ab;ing the p:aintiff to al ring to execution:s(A botum; reverses
or. reinsert the whole known method
.nt proceeding against
debj,,es ; and t- en the pieteat country Commis.
sinners of BankruPlrY, Ito. we simuid suppose. bile already
been ch:.ngeri often enough to satit4 the most atertlt oar' of
innovation. lleoti is .tlow ti,, l•e <like ci-volteet intr. -J•nclge It
Comorrissioner for each count a play t,hieh v ill polio MI not
last a• year front its vidutorircetneut. It seems, that this
Cotirt, of Review. ,the tuw:estnf-64 anti in:policy of which hate
1,(4.13 proved to demonstration, is to 1;e Volstct..,cl lap :strew. w
the vie" of its forming Pall of the inuchinett. rendered I:reels:a!
i,y the bill; Surely a measure (t‘so sweepiitg a character shortitl
not be hurtled over (luting the morning sittings, and at a retied
%t hen most of the lawyers are tiecct.satily abeent tutu the house.
The ample patronage the bill proposes to mat in the govern.
orient sufficiently accounts • for the irSinued.reseiness of the nil.
rtistr) to second the zeal 'if their taw tSter in its. behalf.—
. Front The Law Alajjazine for

DKFEAT Or TII-6 WHIG WATD/CALII ,tT Florvtlit+lEO. Ott
Wednellllay a ineetiog vas ivski to «,asitter ttf the prop irty of
cloning toaethet the freemen acri (learn's cr liodiester. to peti-
icu in favour of the Manicqral Retoro. OM, uheir it wet deter-
mined, upon a representAti. n Mat tt e%/mkt be . ri,tvoted IA an
amendment, thio the meeting strold coirimse 4/4 inbatitant
householders of Rochester, Chatliani, Spoof!, and y.
Thu. the flee/lien and electors of t7f chf ster air denied the tied
discuss:on of their rights. and ha% c decided trqi absenting !btu,.
selves. Three of the rot eulost wore ra of tt is ilk to., tric t s it
Te l 4 kium for torisibterial paClCltaCet to thu new tulhu cotaiuL
&Elf 3. r,