The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-08-25 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONSSATURDAY, AUG. 22.

The house met at twelve o'clock.

The Dublin police and salaries of justices' bill, the Dominica
relief bill, and the stamp act bill, were severally forwarded a
stage.
Colonel VERNER presented a petition from Sir Harcourt Lees
in favour of orange lodges. • -•-
Mr. THOMAS ATTWOOD presented a petjtion from the in-
habitants of Birmingham. The petitioners thanked the house
for having passed the municipal corporations hill; and prayed
it not to receive that measure if mutilated in the oilier house.
He (Mr. Attwood) had been accidentally at Biimingham when
the meeting was called, but .it bad been done without his know-
ledge. He soon learned that though the ostensible object of the
meeting was to petition that house, yet the chief object in view
was to revive the political union. He told them that if the cor-
porations reform bill passed the other house, the corporation
they would then have in Birmingham would be the best political
union they could have, as that corporation would have the
power of assessing the inhabitants for any purpose they might
thick proper, under the sanction of the law. The meeting was
chiefly composed of wings, and. yet, though he was by no means
a man of .extreme moderation in his political opinions, he was
was disappointed at part of their proceedings, inasmuch as 'he.
thought them harsh towards one branch of the. legislature.
Those who got up the meeting had determined on not petition-
ing tire House of Lords. Mr. Attwood concluded by saying
that the municipal corporations bill cannot be mutilated with
safety to the House of Lords. He thought the Lords could not
be aware of the determination of the people to have this bill
passed.. He conceived it right that, as the ministry were now
acting in unison with the wishes of the people, the people should
remain under their direction; but if ever tfie ministry gave way
to the majority of the other house, the people would put them-
selves under the direction of other persons, and then there would
be reason to tremble for the institutions of the country. He
hoped that ministers would not prorogue parliament until the
municipal corporations reform bill had passed unmutilated the
other branch of the legislature.
Lord John Russitu. was happy to hear that the lion. gentle-
man had advised the people of Birmingham not to revive the
political union, and to petition the House of Lords in respectful
language.
Mr. Straw concurred with the noble lord in approvingof the
advice given by the hon. member, who would find it easier to set
the radical *heel a-going than to arrest its motion. • • •
Mr. WA K LEY said it was clear that a great struggle had now
commenced between the two branches of the legislature about
the issue of which there could be nodoubt. The people were,de-.
termiued that the municipal reform bill should be passed ; they
were not quite satittied with the extent to which that house (the
Commons) had been reformed, and he should, in a few days,
have a petition to present praying for a more radical reform. tie
was quite satisfied that we were progressing to a better state
of things.
After a few words from Mr. Ruthven and Mr. Scholefield the
petition was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Tete brought up Mr. Buckingham's compensation bill,
which was read a first time.

Mr. M AltK PHILLIPS presented a petition from Manchester,
complaining of the early hours at which beer shops .were obliged
to close.

-The house, on the motion of Mr. RUTH VEN, was counted out
at one o'clock.

PRESENTATION OF PLATE.

Oil the evening of Friday last, a beautiful piece of plate, value
one hundred guineas, was publicly presented by his parishion-
ers to the Rev. J. W. Whiteside, M. A.. Curate of Crosthwaite-
church, Keswick. The presentation, which took place in the
commodious school-house lately erected between the church and
the bridge, was altogether of the most interesting character.
At five o'clock, the whole of the scholars who attend the Suutlay
School, amounting to more than . two hundred., were supplipl
with tea and cake by J. Stranger,Tsq. ; 'and after the enter-
tainment, which the little people seemed heartily and thankfully
to enjoy, they were examined by Mr. Whiteside in the
.leading
doctrines of 'Christianity. The answers Were chiefly given in
the words of Scripture, and the general proficiency. which -the
children displayed .was such as not only to afford the highest
gratificatiou and delight to the numerous and respectable
audience, but must be a subject of pleasing reflection to Mr.
Whiteside, to whose indefatigable efforts the good work is mainly
to be attributed.

The examination of the scholars having been concluded,
General Peachy stepped forward, and after a most imprespive
address, presented to Mr. Whiteside, in the name of the parish-
ioners of Crosthwaite, a silver waiter of exquisite workmanship,
with the following inscription engraved invic centre:—" A
small offering from a grateful parish to their mnrh esteemed
Curate, the liev. J. W. Whiteside, A. M."
The Rev. Gentleman, who was much affected, returned thanks
in a speech so replete with feeling, so touching and so solemn,
that very few of his auditors could refrain from tears. He re-
ceived the present, he said, as au invalnable gift, and as an
evident mark that they loved the Gospel, since they had no
other reason for esteeming him than the faithfulness with which
he had declared to them the whole counsel of God. Ile pathe-
tically alluded to the inset iption, and assured the'people that he
had, and should continue to have, so long as life was spared to
him, all their names written in imperishable characters on the
tablet of his heart. The parting scene was deeply affecting.
and will long he remembered by those who witnessed it.
Amongst the numerous spectators of this interesting scene,
were the lady of the Rev, Roger Pocklington, the lady of Capt.
Henry the lady of 'l'. Hoskins, Esq., of High, Mis. Whiteside,
Miss'erosthwaite, Miss Bristow,' MitiS Muckle, Miss Dair, &c.;
James Stranger, Esq., General Peachy, Jos. Pocklington,
Esq., Capt. Henry, apt..Bagshaw, Jos. Fisher, Esq., Sea-
toiler, T. Hoskins, Esq., Mr. Robert Clark, Rev: Mr. Bell, of
Aspatria, &c. A great number of gentlemen from Oxford and
Cambridge, no* an a visit amongst the lakes, were also present
on the occasion.

On Sunday morning, Mr. Whiteside preached his farewell
sermon, from Acts c. 20, vs. 26, 21, and 31, and never was sci
numerous a congregation known to assemble in the parish
church of Crosthwaite. The pews, the aisles, even the entrance
to the church was crowded to excess—the whole population of
the district being anxious to hear the last words of -their depart-
ing minister. The sermon, as was to be expected from such a
preacher on such an occasion, was impressive, appropriate, and
affecting,. and produced a powerful effect upon ,the congregation.
Mr. Whiteside leaves Keswick for Ripon, in Yorkshire, and
will be succeeded by the Rev. W. Rush, late of Buttermere.
We are informed that the Surplus of the money which was
subscribed towards the plate is to be laid out on a watch and
tea-set vice. _

'This testimony or respect is equally honourable to the givers
and to the receiver—to the latter who has so fully gained the
esteem and affections of his parishioners by his exemplary con-
duct as a Christian minister, and to the former who ictiow so
well how to appreciate a character so estimable.—Cumberland
Parquet.

Auc UST 25, 1835.

TWO GRAND EVENING CONCERTS AT THE
ROYAL APH ITHEATRE. -

1 HE Nobility, Gentry, Residents, and Visitors of Liverpool
Jl. are respectfully inf
Formed that Modelle. GRISI, Signor
LABLACHE, Signor F. LABLACUE, Signor PIO CIAN-
CflErrisr, and Signor PUZZI, will give Two grand Vocal
and Instrumental CONCERTS, To-sionßow, (Wednesday,)
the 26th, and FRIDAY next, the 28th instant.

PROGRAMME OF THE. FIRST CONCERT.
Duetto—" Un Segretto,"—Sig. LABLACHE and Sig. F.
LA B LAC H E—Ceuerentola—Ross tN t.
Aria—" Stanco de pin combattare,"—Madelle. G I, intro-
duced in the Opera of Otello—RossiNt. ,
Fantasia Como, in which will be introduce
PEITZ!.
Duetto—"O quardate the figura,"—Ma e. GRISI and Sig.
LABLAC itE—La prova d'un Oper eria—GuEcco.
Aria—" raviso,"—Sig. F. LABLACHE—Somnambula—
BawEt.
Terzetto—" Numa Benefico," Madelle GRISI, Si.„ LA-
BLACHE, and Sig. F. LABLACHE—Gazza Ladra—
ROSSINI..

avourite Airs—

SECOND PART.
Duetto—"ll rival salvia to del,"—Sig. LABLACHE and Sig.
F. LABLACHE; Coruu Obligato, Sig. PUZZl—Puritani
Polacca—" Sou vergin vezzosa,"—Madelle. GRIST, Sig. LA-
..BLAC HE, and Sig. F. LAB LAC H E—Puritani.
Solo, Piano-forte--Sig PIU CIANCHETTINI.
Comic Song—"o Girato mezzo, it monde," —Sig, LA.-
BLACHE—BAI FE.

,uartetto—" A to o earo,"—Madelle. GRIST, Sig. LA-
ELACIIE, and Sig. F. LABLACHE ; Corno Obligato,
Sig. PUZZl—Puritani.
Duetto—" Con pazienza copportiamo,"—Madele. GRISI and
Sig. LABLACHE—Fanatico per la Musica—l'loita yawn.
PIANO-FORTE, Sig.pio CIANCHETTINI.

Boxes, ss.—Stalls, 55.—Pit, 3s.—Gallery, 2s.
Doors to be opened at Seven, and the Concert to commence
at Eight o'clock. Entrance to the Stalls from Roe-street.
The Box Plan at Mr. W. G. Waiss's Mnsic Warehouse,
where 'places may he 'secured. The Doors at the Amphitheatre
every day. from Teri till Three o'clock. Tickets to be had at
all the principal Music Shops.

CONCERT.
CONCERT ROO.ll, ADELPHI HOTEL

UNDER nisriNct ISHED PATRONAGE.
MR. E. BROWN begs respectfully to infer the Amateurs
of the Flute and his numerous Fries, that his CON-
CERT of VOCAL and INSTRTJME MUSIC will take
place on TUESDAY EVENING next, S tuber the Ist, on which
occasion he will bq assisted by the Me bers of the Apollo Vocal
Concerts, who hav'e kindly offered their servicei.
Tickets, Five Shillings each, or a Family Set of Five, £l. 14.,
to ho had at Mr. LoNsDALE'S Music Warehouse, 80ld-street;
the Adelphi Hotel; and at Mr. BitowN's' Residence, 14, Field-
street, William. Henry-street.

LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION
POST-OFFICE-PLACE, CHURCH-S TR T.
rinHE EleventhANNUAL EXHIBITIO the WORKS
31_ of MODERN ARTISTS will Ope n MONDAY next,
the 31st instant, and will continue open ch day, from Nine in
the Morning until Dusk.
SAML. EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy.
Admission, One Shilling; Catalogue, One Shilling.
Season Tickets, Five Shillings.
Exhibition-rooms, August 24, 1835.

Our numerous correspondents would greatly oblige us by having
a little, forbearance, and being less urgent until the assizes

are over.

" MuNco" is a bold man, but we cannot think of exposidg him
to the myriad of wasps which would instantly assail him.

Zbe Eiberpool

TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1835.

We have New York papers to the 2d instant. They
possess- more than ordinary interest, for the whole re-
public is one scene of contention, Outrage, and blood-
shed. At a place called Jackson, in the state of Missis-
sippi, two white men and seven negroes have been ex-

ecuted, as the papers state, " without law or gospel,
judge or jury," and two preachers and ten negroes were
to be hanged the next day. It appears that no form of
trial was instituted ; the unfortunate wretches were sus-

pected of " meditating an insurrection," and they were
murdered in the face of day. From this we may infer
that liberty in America is the right which the citizen has
to hang his servant or slave with impunity. What a
fine land this would. be for the ISAAC TOMPKINS, the
_

JOSEPH HUMES, the PETER JACKSONS, the ROEBUCKS,

and the WAKLEYS.

But we have a still more astounding catastrophe to re-
late, which if it were not given in minute detail by the
most respectable of the American journals, we should

hesitate to believe. At the town of Wicksburg, also in,
Mississipi, several persons had taken up .their residence,

who, it would seem, were gamblers, men whom in this

country we meet at fairs, who keep faro tables, as they
•are called, and lead rather'a disreputable life. One of
these men, by name CABLER, who had been insulted by.

some drtinken citizen soldier on • the Jidy anniversary,
threatened to be revenged, and it is alleged that he was
found walking the, streets armed with a dagger. The
valiant citizen who had insulted him made this alleged
threat a public question, called out his heroes with their

pikes and muskets, and marched against the unkrtunate
and denounced CABLER. Having apprehended him, they
deal• with hiM as follows, which is delectable treatment-
in u free country. We quote the • New York paper :

"To liberate him, would hare been to devote several of the most
respectable members of the company to, his vengeance, and to
proceed against him at law would have been mere mockery, inas-
much as, not having had the opportunity of consummating his
design, no adequate punishment could have been inflicted on
him. Consequently it was determined to take him into the•

woods and Lynch him;-which is a mode of punisbment pro-
vided foi such as become obnoxious in a manner which the law

cannot reach. He was immediately carried out under a guard,

attended by a crowd of respectable citizens—tied to a tree, punish-
ed with stripes—tarred and feathered, and ordered to leave the-,
city in forty-eight hours."

The cowardly ruffians, who are called " respectable
citizens," having thus wreaked their merciless vengeance
On a single man, next proceeded to hold a council of war.

They assembled in the court-house at night—the night. of
the day on which they had committed the above horrible
outrage, and they passed three resolutions, the most im-
portant of which' was, that all gamblers and persons-
" permitting faro dealing i❑ their• houses" be ordered
to leave Vicksburg within twenty-four hours. This or-.
der, it is said, was obeyed by a considerable number,
which goes far to prove that the term " gambler" is
assumed, in order to cover and excuse the monstrous
anti infamous acts of the " respectable citizens." A
man , of the name of NORTH, however, and four or five
associates; refused to 'obey the order. They shut them-.
selves up in a house and deterniined todefewithernielves•
The result is thus given :

"On the morning of the 6th, the military corps, followed by
a file of several huudred-citizens, marched to each suspected
house, and, sending in an examining committee, dragged oat
every faro table and other gambling apparatus that could be
found. At length they approached a houie which was occupied
by one of the most profligate of the gang, whose name was
NOrth,rindinWllivh it was understood that a garrison of armed
men had been stationed. All hoped that these-wretches would
be iotitnidated by the numbers of their assailauti,, and surrender
themselves at discretion, rather than attempt a desperate de-
fence. .The house being surrounded, the back door was burst
open, when four or five shuts were firfd from the interior, one
of which instanly killed Dr. Hugh 8., Lindley, a citizen univer-
sally beloved and respected. The interior was so dark that the
.villains could not be seen; but several of the -citizens, guided by
the flash of theirguns, returned their fire. 'A yell from one of
the party announced that one of these shots had been effectual;
.and by this time a crowd of citizens, their indignation over-
coining all other feelings, burst open every door of the building,
and dragged into the light those wbo had not been wounded.

North, the ringleader, who had contrived this desperate pint,
could not be found in the building, but was apprehended by a
citizen while attempting, in company with another, to make.his
escape, at a place not far distant. with the rest of the
prisoners, were then conducted in silence to the staffidd. One cf
them, not having been in the building before it was attacked,
nor appearing to be concerned with the rest, except that he was
the brother of one of them, was liberated. The remaining nunt-
bei• of five, among whom was the individual who had been shot,
but who still lived, WERE IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED
IN PRESENCE OF THE ASSEMBLED MULTITUDE.
All sympathy for the wretches was completely• merged in di
testation and horror of their crime. The "vvhole procession then
returned to the city, collected all the faro tables into a pile, and
burnt them. .

"The names of the individuals who perished were as follow'
—North, Hallums, Dutch Bill, Smith, and I\llCad. Their bo-
dies were cut down on the morning after the execution, AND
BURIED IN A DITCH." .

This is liberty in America! These men had commit-
ted no offence against the laws of the republic. They
may have been gamblersthey may have been black-
legs—they may have been swindlers--but they were elv-
titled to the protection of the lass as muclr as any "re-
spectable citizen" in the United States. Gambling is a
vice we admit, and these who 'lice by it are generally
profligates and blackguards; but the man who keeps a
faro table is surely, in a moral point of view, as honour-
able and respectable RS -the-citizen who sells his own
children, as tie resident who puts up his coloured