The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SIR,--The following letter was left at my house on
Saturday last, evidently: by mistake, and as the direction
was torn off, I take the liberty of forwarding it to you,
under the impression that by your extensive circulation,
it may meet the eye of the gentleman for whom it seems
to have been intended. I with the postmen would be
more careful. The seal was unfortunately broken.
I am, Sir,
Yours obediently,
PHELAN O'BOTLIEREM.
Clarence Dock, Nov. 4, 1844.

DEAR told you a week ago how it would be!
but you are a pie-headed fellow, and will always have
your own way. Why on earth did you compromise the
dignity of the family, by contesting such an out of the
way place—such a compound esseoce of vulgarity—such
an Australia and Caliphornia as St. Anne's Ward. I re-
collect seeing by the newspapets, that there was indeed
such a spot; but it was one, where nothing but savages
had been seen, and where it was destruction to a gentle-
man to have been heard of in its precincts. Don't you see
now what a fool you have made of yourself, by putting
out such a ridiculous placard on the walls? And how
all sober, sensible men laughed at it! The most provoking
thing of all is, that notwithstanding the lies put forth by
the Radical press, about Parker's beer barrels, and the
poor Papists, whom he bribed to sell themselves for a
quart of his double X, there were scarcely any of the
gentleman in the ward would condescend to favour you
with a vote. I went in a quiet way to look at the fellows
who voted for you ; and I am ashamed to say, that striking
a fair average, the lowest of the low, the priest driven
creatures and the cadaverous homunculusses who registered
their votes for you, ought to sicken you for attempting-
any more to get into Council. Your attenuated dignity
is gone for ever, and the best thing you can do, is to quit
Liverpool, until your unseemly speeches are forgotten,
and until your services are wanted! Depend upon it
that you and Bolton, and Ra'hbone, and Shiel, and Holt,
and Dicky Vaughan—what's-his-name I—are a flock of
gone geese. Your cackling has betrayed you, and the
whole of you may be politically slaughtered a hundred
times over, belere any golden eggs can be discovered
among the whole batch. You see what your violence
and folly have done.
It would not have signified a farthing if you had made
a political suicide of yourself; but you have sunk our
party—we are irrevocably and irretrievably ruined.
What with your furious and dirty speeches—Walmslev's
ambition—Evans' warehouse scheme—Barclay's stories
in the Wavertree omnibus—your discharging all the old
and tried servants of the Town-hall, and your republican
aristocracy, we are done for, for the next twenty years;
and those cursed Tories, who seem most unaccountably
to have the popular voice with them. will ride rough-shod
over us for the rest of our lives ; and they have got the
government, the parish, the corporation, the docks, the
highway board, and everything else, down to the very
news-rooms, under their own thumbs. It is lamentable
and abominable; but it cannot be helped, and the best
thing we can do is to submit with resignation. We shall
have two Tory representatives for the rest of our days. as
sure as a gun. I don't think there is the slightest chance
for us-now, unless we could get up a cry of universal
suffrage and annual parliaments, and so come in again
for a year or two upon the surge of the revolutionary
wave ; and I think it would be a capital move. To be
sure Louis Philippe won't fight • O'Connell is going
down, and the Anti-Corn-Law League is already gone;
the church is ton strong; people are sick of the school
question, and think that the schools are going on very
well as they are; and then there's Brooks and MtNeile
among the parsons—(confound them both !) ' • and there's
Jim Aspinall amongst the gentlemen ; Sir Thomas
amongst the merchants; Sam Holme amongst the trades-
, men ; and scores of those hard-headed, ignorant ship-
wrights, and others of the Conservative democracy, who
are all ugly fellows to grapple with, and are not easily
put down. What fools we were to throw the whole in-
fluence of the town into the hands of the shopocracy and
trading classes! Why, there's dozens of tradesmen who
have had the audacity to learn Latin ! and unless we hold
the candle to the middle classes, as they call themselves,
we have no resource but to budge.
But, my dear Will, you must turn over a new leaf :
you must not be so very violent ; you must not call
yourself a " tetrier," a " leveller." and such like ugly
names; you must try to be a very "sucking dove," speak
coolly, use a little soft sawder, and get your stomach itro
better condition by swallowing a few grains of blue pill
now and then. Ellison will supply you with good one..
And when you have got 'he mastery of your ill-tempers,
you must mount the balcony of the Bull Inn, Clayton-
square, and tell the people that they are plundered by the
Tories—that they pay a shilling a husliel too much for
their corn (but don't tell them that, if foreign corn is
imported duty free, they will have 6s. a-week knocked off
do it wages)—tell them that the advent of the Whigs to
power would be attended with the inestimable blessing of
having Billy ::wart again as our r, p-csentative in park
trent, and you as member of our Town Council—that
they would then have -sixpenny loaves for a !atriot:toy,
and that money would tumble in without the tro-ahle of
working for it, and that the primeval curse is all no isense.
And then you can say.tliat Annual Parliarrent,, Uni-
versal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and all the Yankee
nostrums are great blessings : and would speedily lead
to the repudiation of the national debt, the extinguish-
ment of the peerage, (all but Lord Sefton, becaus.s you
have once or twice dined with him); that a president with
£lOOO a year would be cheaper than a monarch ; and that
the bishops and clergy should be like M.D.'s, only se it
for to physic people when they want it ! This would ta'ie
with the fools. and they are always the majority ; and so,
by a little cajolery, and a good deal of humbug, you may
perchance, as you dearly wish, get again into that room,
which you once described, in your own elegant phrase-
ology, as " the most ill ventilated room in the too n."
You see, my dear Will, I am tendering you good ad-
vice, if you have only the good sense to follow it. Let
me add, however, that the life of a demagogue is any thing
but easy ;—he must go forward, or be left behind The
expectation of the " people " travels rather rapidly ; and,
being easily gulled, they are unfortunately in the habit of
believing all that you mob orators say to them. But I
shall not moralise, for I know your temper is none of the
best, and that a little quiet will be henoficial to you.
Perhaps the Conservatives may yet make you an alder-
man! To be sure a little more cubical space might help
you ; but the vast extent of your mind will always be a
drawback upon your body, and I rather despair of seeing
you look any better. All things considered, you are
better out than in. You would be continually saying
things that would disturb your repose. David Hodgson,
however, is revenged ; and as to poor Thornhill, when he
beard you had los: St. Anne's Ward, he jumped—he
stuttered—he swallowed two pints of half-and-half—he
smoked three pipes of shag,—and. after throwing up his
shocking bad hat to the top of the ceiling, he shouted out
* * * [Here the MS. was so torn that we could not
make it out.]

TO THE EDIFOR OF THE STANDARD
Sia,—A report of the Daly Board of the Watch Com-
mittee having now been published as part of the proceed-
ings of that committee read at the last Council, wherein
I am charged with having " been guilty of a flagrant dis-
obedience of orders," I feel it necessary to the vindica-
tion of my character with the.public to enter into an ex-
planation of the circumstances which led to my resigna-
tion of the office of Head-constable ; and I hope you will
allow tre the medium of you, paper for that purpose.
I at once admit that my orders from the Daily Board,
with respect to the Birkenhead festival, were, that a force
of fifty men, under a superintendent, should he sent to
attend there, and, as readily, that I subsequently deviated
from those orders. But, under what circumstances, and
whether I was justified by them, or, at any rate, that
the committee are not justified in using the strong expres-
sions above quoted, are points on which I confidently
appeal to the public.
Mr. Laycock had, previously to the festival, invited me
to breakfast with him on thatday, which friendly invitation
I accepted. On the dad before the festival, Mr. Laycock
called on me, at my office, and, after a few minutes con-
versation and renewing his invitation. was leaving the
room, when Mr. James Lawrence and one or two other
gentlemen entered. A few words th-n pa'sed between
them, Mr. Laycock saying, that he wished Mr. Lawrence
had permitted me to take charge of the force, and Mr.
Lawrence replying, that the committee had already granted
a force of fifty men ; and that he thought that, with a
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heard the passing conversation above alluded to.
resident in Lancashire, have had the honour of fellow-
In the evening I made what appeared to me sufficient
arrangements for preserving the peace in Liverpool ; and ships conferred upon them
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cock's, and with no other intention than of accepting ;gym. Jas. Wilson, Manchester John Prince Halton. Liverpool
his invitation. and returning again to Liverpool about Thomas Turner, Manche-ter John Maurice Banner, Liverp.
ten o'clock. When the procession was forming, some con- John "outflower Manchester fl. Bainbridge. Liverpool
fusion occurred from the pressure of the multitude of J. A. Ransorne, Manchester Henry :Stubbs. Liverpool
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people, and I was then urged by several influential gen-
Joseph Jordan, Manche ter Wi tam Gill, Liverpool
tlemen to marshall the procession. Fearing mischief Samuelj Windsor,ftarto
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might ensue if this act were not at once promptly per. James Dawson, Liverpool .1. Stockdale Harrison. Law..
formed, I consented, and gave my services, and, as the Robert,Bickersteth, Liverpool Samuel Gaskel,, Lancaster
first necessary step, I took the Liverpool force under my THEATRE-ROYAL—The performances at this theatre
own orders, thereby, as I admit, deviating from the di- during the nights not occupied by the concerts noticed
sections of the Daily Board. On my return to Liverpool, elsewhere, have been principally those dramas in which
I was called before the Daily Board and reproved for this that excellent tepresentative of Scottish originals and ec-
interference. I expressed my regret at having given centrics, Mackay, has won for himself so many admirers.
offence, but that 1 was not conscious of having acted In one of these, "The Rights of Woman," Miss Mon-
wrongly. tague has succeeded in making a decided hit, and shown
In the evening, between eight awl nine o'clock, I re- that she is equally at home in comedy and in tragedy.
ceived official reports that the men who had been on duty Her Widow Blandish is a delightful piece of acting. Last
the whole of the day at Birkenhead were completely ex— night Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean entered upon an en-
hausted ; and that the crowds of people in the streets, gagement, when the " Gamester" was performed ; and
and about the terry, rendered a reinforcement indispens. we may look for a series of our best standard tragedies.
able. I, therefore, acting on my own responsibility, We are sorry, by the bye, to record the loss of Mr. Comp.
ordered an inspector and twenty men to proceed to Bir- ton, who appeared for the last time on Saturday night,
kenhead. When this additional force was on the point previous to proceeding to the Princess's Theatre, in Lon-
of embarking, Mr. James Lawrence called at the rentral don. The high success which his talent deserves attend
Station, and asked by whose authority these men were his steps.
sent. I answered, by my own. He desired me to with- COMMITMENTS.—At the Police-court, yesterday, the
draw the order. I declined to do so, stating that I con- following persons were committed to take their trials at
ceived that 1 was carrying out the views of the committee the sessions, on the several charges stated : A boy
by supporting the force which they had ordered to go to named George Hill, charged with stealing, on Saturday,
Birkenhead, and that I did not consider he was entitled, a cheese, value 65., from the shop of Mr. Twineham, in
in his individual capacity, to interfere. Mr. Lawrence Whitechaoel. John Tarleton, for stealing on Sattorlay,
then left me, went down to the Picrhead, and, in direct a pair of boots from the shop of Mr. Henry Plimer, Dale.
opposition to me, ordered the men to go back to their e.reet. Mary Watkins, for stealing from the person of
beats, with the exception of four or five, whom he di- Alexander Mc Kiulay, in Brunswick-street, Iss. i r mo•
rected to proceed to Birkenhead. Mr. Lawrence shortly *ley. Mary Jones, for stealing from the stall of Joseph
afterwards gave instructions for the withdrawal of the Birtles, in St. John's Market, 3lhs. of mutton—a second
whole force from Bit kenhead. About midnight I again offence of the same kind. Anne Green, charged with rob-.
saw Mr. Lawrence, when he informed me of this inter- hing James Cawell of 255. in a hsusa of ill fame, in Al-
ference, and I then told him that he had compromised bion-street. Eliza Hampson, also an abandoned female,
me in the eyes of the whole force, and that I felt it was fur robbing William Rigby of his watch, which she after.
impossible for me any longer to retain the office of Head- ward threw on the ground when the police-officer came
constable with advantage to the public or with honour to up. Charles Turner, on susiieion of entering and
myself, robbing the house of William Williams, in Boundary-
Had the report of the committee which is published street, during the absence or the family on Sunday. He
been confined to the result, namely, my resignation, or, was seen to come out of a back window, and attempted to
having entered into some detail, had it given an impartial escape by a back passage, after passing several yard walls.
narrative of the above circumstances, I should have re. Several drawers were found to have been opened, and a
mained silent ; but I cannot allow such reflections as it quantity of welting apparel, &c., removed for the conve-
contains to pass unnoticed. It is impossible for me, in nience of being carried off. The prisoner was not before
this limited space, to enter into any explanation of my known to the police. Sarah Stowrnan, for robbing a man
general conduct. The committee and I differed as to the named Wiliam Neild of a sovereign ;
Mur-
extent of power and discretion which ought to be vested in phy, for stealing in Bannister-street, on Saturday, a
the Head-constable for the due and efficient performance jacket belonging to Joseph Blood. and Josepn

I am, dear Will,
Your own chum,
Aqua-street, Nov. 4, 1844. ** * * *

LIVERPOOL JEALOUS OF BIRKENHEAD !

The expOsition which we gave last week of the increasing
financial resources of Liverpool, and t e accounts which
have since been given of the growing prosperity of our
noble Dock Estate, ought really to furnish matter suffi-
cient, in the minds of all reasoning men, to absolve us
from the trumpery charge of viewing, with anything re-
sembling jealousy or fear, the projects of our neighbours
of Birkenhead. For all this, however, we may be excused
if we allow ourselves occasionally to smile at the absurd
vaunts which reach our ears with respect to these proj-cts,
of which we give here a couple of specimens, extracted
from a letter of Mr. Elerapath, addressed frOm Liverpool
to the 1? 'array Magazine of last Saturday.

BIRKEVIIHAD-SPWCULATIONS.—The following may. I believe.
be depended on. One gentleman, in a small way, has cleared
:6'12 000 by and speculations; anothe assured me he had cleared
.e!3,90- in a fortnight ; a third bought some land, several years
tt.o, for .€3,000. and thought be did exceedingly well to sell it,
some years after, for el ,0 a, but his successor has actually re-
sold the same land, lately, for £BO,OOO.

Now. is not such bra gadocio sufficient to tempt any
man, who is not possessed of lamblike meekness ani the
gravity of a stoic, to retort upon the boasters or to expire
in a fit of laughter ? Might it not tempt one to remind
these fortunate speculators of a fact, which we suspect
they know already. that " all is not gold which glitters;"
that debtor and creditor statements which look surprisingly
well, on paper, do not always wind up suite so well. It
would be wisdom in such men to keep their gains secret
until they are actually in hand. Puffery of this descrip-
tion is rarely the accompaniment of bona fide prosperity.
But let us proceed to extract No. 2.
BIRKENHEAD AND LIVERPOOL —Many will, doubtless, he the
lets and hindrances enhc,d will have to encounter, but it is
and must continue to be a rising place. Whether that ris,g
will be to the prejudice of Liverpool is another matter. Few
think it will • hut many think that London will suffer by it. I
have heard ;hat London merchants have already prepared for
making Birkenhead their head-quarters. The Wallasey Pool is
a place which nature seems to have formed for docks. It is a
long narrow lake. of 150 acres of water, which, besides wharfs
and warehouses, requ'res little to render it one of the finest
floating docks upon one of the nobl st rivers in England, and in
the very heart of our manufactures. Birkenhead, therefore,
can hardly f=il to rise, and rapidly; and it appears to me, that,
instead of Liverpoo' being jealous of its prosperity, it should re-
joice and foster it. as it will he the means of concentrating on
this spot, more and more of the export and import trade of
England. If any parties should feel alarm it is London. Bristol,
Hull, &c. These places may suffer, but Liverpool hardly can.
This is almost too provocative of mirth to be withstood.
The London merchants "already prepared for making
Birkenhead their head quarters!" The Trinity [louse,
the new Royal Exchange, the Ea-t India t-louse, Lloyd's
Coffee House, the Gold,mitit's Company, and all the
other companies, migrating to Wallasey Pool Why the
whole peninsula of Wirral will shortly become worth its
weight in gold !
- -

Seriously this is sad stuff. The parties who have been
beguiling Mr. Herapath have much to answer for.

THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY v. THE MEMORY
OF THE LATE RICHARD RADCLIFFE, ESQ.

When, last week, in common with others of onr brother
journalists, we had imposed upon us the task of paying
our humble tribute to the mem,ry of the late town-clerk,
we certainly did not conceive that we were in danger of
drawing down upon ourselves, or upon them, the censure
of one individual in this community. We spoke of Mr.
Radcliffe's talents and manly honesty of character in terms
which our feelings, as well as our observation, dictated to
us as just and well warranted. We had, occasionally, had
to express our objections against some of his public acts
and opinions ; and we never hesitated to do so freely, hut
without. acerbity. The hand of death, however, had just
sunk alike the public officer and the man in the lot of our
common humanity ; and we thought we could, at such a
moment, aft rd to suom op the excellencies of both, with-
out an imputation upon our motives, or being compelled
to search with loa prying a g •ze for frailties by which they
might have been obscured.

We erred, however, it would seem, in common with our
contemporaries, as the following rebuke, administered to
us by the editor of the Liverpool Mercury, and to which
we beg to direct the attention of our renders, will show :

" DEATH OF THE TOWN-CLERK.—It will be seen from our
obituary that Mr. Rade' ffe, whose health had, for some time
past, been visibly dec.ining, departed this life on Friday night
last, at Leamington. The important offices he held under the
Corporation of this town, at a salary of .t'2soa a year. are now
vacant, and will probably be filled up on the gth of November.
The deceased had the reputation, in the minds of many persons,
of being a sound and ready lawyer, and is described by some of
our contemporaries as being possessed of many excellent quali-
ties in all the relations of lite —indeed, of all the virtues that can
adorn a human being. We are sorry that we should have been
compelled, by the indiscriminate and somewhat injudicious eu-
logiums, confounding all distinctions of the real characteristics
of our fe low-mcn, which they hive lavished on the memory of
Mr. Radcliffe, to intimate, even thus vaguely, our dissent from
their opinions. So far' as private feelings are concerned, the
maxim de mortals nil nisi bonum may be a good one, but for the
public good and the ge eral welfare of society, we must say that
we consider its cuunterpart, de mortuis nil nisi V BRUM, infinit ly
preferable."

Upon the charity and (4niability of heart (!) which
prompted this most unealled-f,r paragraph, we will not
trust ourselv,s to remark. Let it speak for itself. We
are bound, however, to say a few words in vinlication of
our own course in this matter ; and to enable us to do so,
we beg of the ilitrcztry to point to that portion of our
notice of the deceased ag.ainst which he so strenuously
'• dissents." We do not conceive that it is any part of
the duty of the joutnalist to drag from the newly-closed
grate, and to holdup to the contemplation of the world,
the private frailties, of any roan. Ours shall never be the
hand thus wantonly and unnecessarily to lacerate the
gr;eving heart and flood the weeping eyes of the widow
and the fatherless. The Mercury thinks differently;
and, as the out.s,ion is only one of taste, we leave him
to folio v his pith, and shall keep to'our own. But, so
far as rega*ds the truth and justice of what we have writ-
ten of Mr. Radcliffe, we challenge him to show how we
have offended, and have little fear of the result.

Nearly £26,000 has now been subscribed for the Man-
chester public walks and parks.
EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Tuesday, at one of, the Metro-
politan.police•offices, a young man named Whitton was
charged, upon his o.vn confession, with hav'ng embezzled
he 'property of a butter factor at Liverpool, in whose
service he lead been as confidential clerk. He had gone
up to a pol c,.man, and delivered himself into custody.
He was remanded for inquiry. When hi was again brought
up, a letter horn Mr, Powell, of this town, (the gentle-
man who=e money the prisoner had embezzled,) was read.
in which Mr. P. stated that he declined to prosecute, and
the young man was therefore discharged.

RIBBONISM IN LIVERPOOL.—At the meeting of the
Repeal Association, on Monday, Mr. M. O'Connell was
obliged to confess that ribbonism was " but too prevalent
in Liverpool, and Manchester,under the names of Friendly
Brothers, Hibernian Societies," &c. Perhaps it is not
out of place to call the attention of the magistracy to this
lamentable avowal frum one not likely to confess too
much as to the exiatenee and spread of this frightful con-
federacy amongst us, a participation with which, as Mr.
O'Connell added, " was criminal and dangerous, and
likely to bring those guilty of it to Norfolk Island or
Van Dieman's Land."

LIVERPOOL GUANO MARKET.—During the past week,
several large parcels of lchaboe on the Spot are currently
reported to have changed hands at £6. That price has
been offered and re'used for several cargoes deliverable in
January and February next; 100 tons have been taken
for export to Hamburg. A new feature in the market is
the receipt of orders from France for the vineyards there,
at limits, however, a shade below present prices. On
Thursday last, the cargo per Sphynx, in the hands of
Messrs. Priestley Griffith and Cox, and the cargo per
Tantivy, in the bands of Mr. Richardson Part, were both
offered at public auction ; £5 15s. being the highest bid
for each, both shiprne is were taken in by the selling
brokers at £6 ss. The cargo per " Aurora " held by Mr.
Vincent Wanostrocht, North John-street, is by far the
best yet imported from lehahoe. It very much resem-
bles the Peruvian 'n colour and dryness and possesses,
according to Mr. H uson's analysis 78 2.5 per cent. of rich,
available fertilising matter. The first contract was ef-
fected from the quay. on Thursday last, at £6 55., but
the bulk has gone into the bonded warehouse, originally
the station of a Customs locker, who was immediately
compelled to quit his quarters, owing to the noxious efflu-
via threatening his health. It has just come out that
several crops manure d with guano have been utterly de-
stroyed in Scotland, and on tracing the affair it turns out
to have been imported from here, where the article was
artificially manufactured last year to a great extent from
sea sand, the refuse of hide cargoes, and all sorts of rub-
bish. rom this it is evident how essential it is to have
it either out of the bonded stores, from the ship's side, or
from parties of the first standing, whose character is a
guarantee against all frauds.
SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—On Saturday even-
ing last, the first of the concerts for the winter, (with lite-
rary and other recreations,) for the working classes took
place at the Nelson-street Assembly-rooms, under the
patronage of his worship the mayor. The room, which is
admirably adapted for the purpose, whether as regards ac-
commodation for visitors, or facility for hearing, was well,
and, we may add, respectably attended, the body being
well filled with honest men and bonnie lasses of the indus-
trial order, and the reserved seats and gallery above, by a
concourse of well-dressed persons of both sexes, anxious
to partake and contribute to the general enjoyment. The
entertainment went off throughout with the greatest eclat.
Miss Whitnall, Mr. Ryalls, Mr. Armstrong, and Mr.
Crank, kindly contributed the'r undout ted talents, as vo-
calists on the occasion ; and the excellent selection of
songs, duetts, glees, &c., was only equalled by the taste
and precision with which they were accomplished—many
of them being loudly encored. Where all was so good,
we shall not attempt to particularise, especially as we have
but little time to spare, and hope to hear the same talented
singers again, on a similar occasion. The mayor honoured
the meeting by his presence—having come from Aigburth
to countenance these rational recreations for the mechanic
and his wile and children, at the close of their weekly
toil. He was enthusiastically received, arid more than
once addressed the meeting, in a facetious and agreeable
manner, dwelling on the advantages of such amusements
to all, in preference to the wasteful and demoralizing se-
ductions and indulgenciss of the tavern. Those present
were also addressed, at intervals, by Mr. W. Rathbonee
Mr. John Smith, and others, to a like effect. Mr. H.V.
Lewis presided at the piano, and favoured the company
with a splendid " Fantasia" on t hat instrument. At the
close, thanks were heartily voted to Miss Whitnall—and
also, separately to the gentlemen vocalists, who bad so
handsomely come forward to gratify those present ; the
treat closed by " God save the Queen," as a grand finale--
and three hearty cheers for the mayor, who enjoyed the
concert to the end. The greatest order was preserved
throughout, and it is confidently hoped that other musical
individuals, as well as literary and scientific gentlemen,
will come forward to lend their aid on future occasions,
and thus realise for their less fortunate townsmen and
their " sweethearts and wives" the delights of " Saturday
night a-More."4

SPAIN.

•5. 1844.

The following important news has been received bY
press from tbis quarter.
14 MADRID. OCI• 21.,1
"A fresh conspiracy has just been discovered. Genet;
Narvaez was to have been assassinated at the zee 0f to
French Embassy, where be dined. General Prim ,
arrested this morning. Other arrests were made 10
night and this morning."
" BARCELONA, Oct. 27,
"At 8 o'clock this afternoon two assassins were. 7);
rested at the moment they were about to attack the peo
de Meer, who was alighting from his carriage at tbe tbrt:
tre. They were rescued from the guard which was eoll
ing them to the AtarazAnas by a mob, consisting
least 500 armed men.
" Four or five hundred 'Ba c
wearing Er.N a
r
persons,' their heads, proceeded to the Rambla, and seizt'd °Par
Alcade and his deputy, who were rescued by the Monhe
o d OCT ea 1 2)9;01
the Foreign Legion. Other troops arrived, a9u jog
rioters Were dispersed. The Baron de Meer on leav
the theatre proceeded along the Rambla. Forty Pold
were arrested. Two officers and a gendarme were stabbed
with knives."

EARLY CLOSING OF ATTORNEYS' OFFICILS3:
attorneys of Ortnekirk commenced closing their offil.
seven o'clock in the evening, on Monday, the 28th 121
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.—We subjoin the retariti
the Municipal elections of a few of the nelltb°uricee
towns., At Manchester thirteen Radicals and three 610
servatives were returned : at Bolton seven conserotilo4
and five radicals : at Lancaster four conservaiiveo
two radicals : at Wigan all conservatives, and on ,N
when the three radical aldermen go out the council ,;(1
be wholly conservative : at Leeds three conservatives,'
eight radicals : at Preston all conservatives.
GUNPOWDER PLOT.—This day is the anniversary
the happy deliverance of king James 1., and the three;
tates of England from the most traitorous and bloodY'4
tended massacre by gunpowder, and also of the he o 1
arrival of his majesty King William, for the deliverance e„
our church and nation.' We understand that in eni
formity with the requirements of the rubric, there ;old
be divine service this morning at St. Jude's Church* the
in the evening at St. Simons, Gloucester-street. °no,*
latter occasion a sermon will be preached by the
David James, in aid of the funds of the Protestant °Pe'
rative Association.
ll he busts SOCIETY.—A meeting of this society vin
Ba
held in Liverpool on Monday week, and more L"
twenty sermons will be preached in its behalf on Sivas!,
the 17th instant. We rejoice that such a society has re.
ceived the promise of such support in Liverpool, Ito etr
ject is to instruct the Irish-speaking population of !relit!i
in the Scriptures in their own tongue. and already it b:
been instrumental in teaching multitudes, many of will,
are liv ng witnesses of the happy results of searching ife
Scriptures, and making the sacred volume the stando'
of doctrine and rule of life.
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FAST SAILING..—.OII Tuesdsylaste the new pe,a-.
George Canning, No. 7, recently laueched by Mr. Pelt
Cato, Brunswick Dock, made her trial trip to test bee
sailing qualities in competition with No. 12, hitherto the
swiftest sailing boat of the fleet. Tne two boats left tfloa,
Prince's Pier-head together. the wind blowing strong frog
S.S.E., and proceeded up the Mersey to Rock Ferry•sP
from thence back and round the Crosby Light St,i
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beating back against the ebb tide and strong wind.
George Caening acquitted herself to admiration, betedist
No. 12 in every point of sailing; and when she arrivedip
the George's Pier-head, No. 12 was a considerable eci-
tance behind. The George Canning is a beautiful sal),ees
men of naval architecture, well finished. and te“:"teel
great credit on her builder. Her appearance es bas
universal admiration ; though a little out of trim, she
proved herself the fastest boat in the service.
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THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The ae--eI
of this flourishing Club has received separate and sPects
warrants for upwards of twenty vessels beloogingtes
members, authorising them, under the hand and serf' older
Lords of the Admiralty to carry the Blue Ensign of
Majesty's Fleet, with the distinctive mark of the Cla,!'d
the Crown and Liver. We have now therefore a Cla:itif
our own town, having the honour and privilege of fiyiio
the national flee, irrespective of any other yacht club. :a
promptitude and condescension of the Lords of the Ala,
miralty in thus attending to the wishes of the Club, c.
veyed through their honorary secretary, affords a g"1" of
ing proof of their desire to encourage the fine sciences it
building and sailing ; and if we may judge from the speed
in which the matter has been taken up arid patroei'iti
here and elsewhere, we may venture to say that they pea
have no cause to repent of the confidence they have Piled
in the members. The monthly meeting will take Piol
place this evening, when a large number of additblesi
members have to be ballotted for, and about an aqua
number are to be proposed.

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COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—George Godwin, --69
F. R.S., F.S.A., the Honorary Secretary to the London
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Art Union, to whose energy and talent the public 8,4
mainly indebted for the eminent success of that refic'be
and refining s,,ciety, as well as its exemption from to,
penalties of the Lottery Act, is now delivering a Wei,j,
successful course of lectures, upon the History of Are,",,
tecture, at this institution. In his lectures of Tuo°3,
and Friday last, he has traced the progress of architertar',
from the earliest record of it in Genesis, to the period
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its most successful application by the ancient Greeks,
lustrating his reerarks by a great number of beauti.tu;,
diagrams, representing the best specimens of the
tecture of the ancient nations whose ruins are now estor
Twq lectures only remain undelivered, in which 31,„r'
Godwin proposes to consider the liornan,
and Gothic architecture—summing up with a review Of
the present state of architecture, and eg)ecially as it aP'
pears to exist in our town. We are glad to find Mr.
Goilwin's audiences to be increasing, a sure sign of aP'
predation ; and we trust that it is not the last time be
will honour us by his presence at this institution•L"
Among's! the audience on Friday we noticed the Rev. IP
M`Neile and family, and several of our town-councillors
and aldermen.