We have been assured, by a most respectable Liverpool corre-
spondent, that nothing can be more false than the statement that Lord John Russell was ill-received at Liverpool. On the contrary, wherever his Lordship went, he was most favourably received, and in no instance was there the slightest mark of disapprobation. In the News-room and the Exchange he was received with much cheering,..-1/1inisterial Paper. [Who believes this contradiction of a notorious fact?] After a renewed and patient examination of the petitions on the subject of a Municipal Corporation for Manchester, Lord John Russell, as Home Secretary, has affixed his seal to the charter. The Tories rail and threaten, but it will be bard to "rail the seal from off that bond."—Leeds Mercury.
Some stir has been made in Birmingham and Carlisle by a foolish letter, written by James Bell of Carlisle to Mr. Richard Hollis of Birmingham, inquiring, on behalf of the Carlisle Radical Associa- tion, the prices of muskets, rifles, horse-pistols, bayonets, and cartridge- boxes. Mr. Hollis took the letter to Mr. Douglas, editor of the Birminyham Journal, who wrote to the Radical Secretary at Carlisle, requesting an inquiry into the matter, and a correct statement of the facts. A reply from Mr. Bowman, the Secretary, contained a disavowal by Bell of all communication with the Radical Association ; that silly person having "done it entirely on his own account." At a public meeting held at Sunderland, the Mayor in the chair, re- solutions were passed and a memorial to the Crown adopted, praying that steps should be taken by Government to appoint fit and proper persons to examine the machinery and boilers of all steam. vessels, with power to interdict their departure where the safety of the public might be endangered.—Suaderland Beacon. [Did not Lord John Russell distinctly pledge himself to Sir Robert Peel, during the last session, that inspectors ebould be appointed?] The steam ship Liverpool made an experimental trip on Satutd from Liverpool to Dublin. The weather was very boisterous ; but the ship made her way at the rate of about ten miles an hour, and reached Dublin in twelve hours and twenty-one minutes. In returning, the wind was not so strong, and blew from the west ; and the distance .from Kingstown harbour to Liverpool was accomplished in ten hours and forty-two minutes. The Liverpool Albion says—" The result fairly justifies the conclusion, that, when all on board is completed, the stiff- ness of the engines worn off, and the improvements made which this first voyage has suggested, she will be cue of the most ocean-worthy and swiftest vessels hitherto built, and become a credit to the owners and to the port."
Mr. David Salomons, a Jew, and who on account of his religion is refused admission to the Court of Aldermen by a majority et that en- lightened body, has been placed on the Commission of the Peace for Sussex, by the Lord-Lieutenant of that county, the Duke of Rich- mond.
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