The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-04-16 00:00:00

16701/IZsTIC. e°7ll° -.LT AND F- 4 SIIIONABLE WORLD . .til' V ast ies, W e'have t ------ he gratification to announce,.couti : iir s l i,°3,aleat of excellent health, at the Pali.ice"' 4, 4a_jesty has taken his accustomed airings r. during "'e tireat Park. Her Majesty hairnot tide y id ., Thee.esequence of the cold and unsettled state 7f the en. at on '''ajeatirs will come to town for the season tl e,o, on which day the King . will bold • . a. Levee. a - ' t ne Queen will hold a Drawing-room. the jjat.Y willitold the third Drawing room on Thursday % , -1 nu t. .8r that the p • .. • b " ticeona kW a l rlaeess Nictoria has econg: as that daring eau Irian and that her Royal High t° tte4 rti" d. -4, i' I . ' d ,strength 'mice ' lle p_ r e „ :lie Itiii exercise. Her Majesty the 'irai„„_ . 'Lleatd'the young aster, at '- i . Park-lane, accompanied Princess to the care of Foga . rd, 4.hrk" of whoseEle It " s.c.h e-7 '' ai nally by the Duchess of - oriVtlilr,.the I ' ri n ali cess do Vic a t B (rria en - joys equestrian exer bake ~ "Pees a-week. trigh to °l D e week. has returned to Devonshire House ° Pea hi s ~,1 1, In renovated health. His Grace, next week, e 1 1 „, - ` a nsion in Piccadilly to the beau monde. at ° th e s r e" of Harewood will shortly give a series of three Ili " "ce of the noble Earl in Hanover-square. a 1, "4" has issued cards of invitation for a gran ii, ins.tant, at her h in South Audley-street . lentlit,.,ti't. aNiontaune Scott, youngest sister of the .8,. . , . ill y e will her debut this season. Het Laa) nip 4 t tki: Ule t° Montague House from Hastings to be pre ~> , r t• • 8 first . . a rt y nex - d ay . ~rand ball will take place on Wednes .. _ _ e in " It Is ex Pe'eted all the Ladies Patronesses Rlll b t tit 11.4 1, 1-11 " Ltrt.—Ott Thursday, at St. Geore's t fi ,-Y the ti ou and, i ttaght Reverend the L ord 41-e " 1 and Covent y rrhoitias Charlton Whamo i re, 7' 'let s ° l l of Th r- ." Whitmore, Esq., of Ap ey ci li t e t . li e it A e i4te Lady Louisa Anne Douglas, eldest Queensberry. a After the ceremony, 4t Mi Ci e l 4. 4 e was given y MarchiOness of Qe7t o s - - ! liesi,a.were , i , Present the Dowager Marchiones of Met It,, ''err, the Earl and Countess of Bandon, and I. ' Ilerr, "1414, Viscount and Viscountess Bernard, the k r. -4 a, Sir E. and Lady Scott, the Miss Hon. it‘_ 17 - andl id i lr,i!• Douglas, Mr. R. Keith Douglas.. the 4 4'1 NI rsa: ',/ ( lage, Mr., Mrs., k adthe &c.Alisses Whi Kerr, The brid e ~1 1 ' N , 4 j by herlifraltabY4Ltrie Marquis of Queensberry, an r a 4 44 the i‘ ;`!vere the Ladies Douglas, Lady Harriet Be - ' sses the e° 41'41411 ' George Evans, and William Taylor, the )3,ll;urderers of the boy Paviour,' were this clay tried Batley, and acquited. is lnd it was on Thursday finally arranged that Sir ,t6t° succeed Bar n Bayley on the Bench of the Lino ) 'pier at the Commencement of the ensuing term. 4.eile,.' f'.-iolieitor General, is to be promoted to the 16 4 „ s ulP, and Mr. Pepys to be Solicitor-General.. lealii..„-."e's transfer to the Exchequer Bench will nave-',lZr,ll4,arylebone? and it is understood that the 11" Y been making great exertions to secure 4 tiqii i c e „„ n .n. A. Murray, who was recently beaten, un- S T4 ,. In that borough.—Albion. naicE) LoignON.—On Wednesday morning, Led- P"' / ;who had had a warrant placed in his hands, It, fo r - "PE, for the apprehension of a Member of be-In'awfully pawning, or causing to be pawned,. h a ° , i n g L ing to Mr. Mullett, an upholsterer in . the furhsogiStrate that he had traced the defendant pi Rag t e time past at the Grecian Coffee-house, in w as ra nd; but, on inquiring for him there into and Zed that he had left suddenly and gonei however,a was uncertain when he would return. l ~aws incu. stoa,,died, that he had no doubt that the ion. as still i tis...undon and that it would not be long , 4 4e: The 'officer was told to use his ut 411114'IngitNpuenrsZ 41 Csace.—Thf following re_p_ort is so L o at . .s usually well iutormed upou e . st Indin tta,, 4 , ll ulm give It as it has come to us from several ar 41;„4iiin,r-ve, it is said, has written to the government t i gro, B iir it n 2_ l h, formed upon information t o to bta e ine n d e s i i p n a c t e e ile 9 , ll ..wk i i d a, ea, that . any vjoke n ss Lattemp t a sate p l ace the islands extreme jeopardy, and 41, t r. eours e will be a slow one.—Morithig Post. i 'Y th4t C.Z.101,1 FOR MARYLEBONE.—It is rather ex lite returning officer of the borough of Mary ; tae i ,, e`er Liturie,) has nut been able to procure the iof 4tee°erdaist Lau e, Sir Samuel Whalley (the sit -4 .17 lilL A r * Mu - ray, or Mr. Murphy, although he has f -e e`' th‘o ntl n for the £73 lUs. the por ti(ll;hia t;-enses ch_leg-eabl e to each. Mr. Rope sent a '4 P a e r t e t da r Y - eaft e the election, and it is under iex~ltaki e.r be disfi'osed e t r o accommodate the worthy can tillvhsea Irs:ig instalments of £1 a-week from each of them. iii i ,lia tele eti e n re 50 Per cent lower than those incurred at ' include" the erection of all the booths 11; 41 le e "' the poll c l er k s and stationery bills. Sir 3 'will not oppose - the petition now in parliament on the ground of non-qualification, but will qualification, when he will stand again. a Parliamentary of Irish just published, con ; °I. the numb er o t Irish poor shipped under I ,n kd, from 1821 to 1831 inclusive, that the from that port were as follows In 1824 6428; - 1827, 6055; 1828, 4349; 1829 , 0pZ,"). 1 , 5863; making a total during those Persons of which number not less than under pa' sses from Liverpool and oth ants of Lancaster, and 8723.fr0m Middlesex. fo r passing these 38,918 paupers to Ireland 1, ( J ' ' i-) --T he period of thi s lady's imprisonment in 'reetion for lib e l expirea on Wednesday, on nf co urse enlarged. This was, however, at el aYed till noon, when a carriage, which she z. ,. , 4 1) to the gates o f th e p r i son , b u t b e f ore she ata L e l„ c d . getting int . it, two officers, who, aware of •-: 4 lz . e, were lav o ing in wait for her, took her I( ecution isued. from the County Court for 4) s• including costs. The money was, how- I Q she was of course again enlarged. t I ,7 s IGATION.--On Wednesday evening, at l,ner's inquest was held at the Cumberland ''' t 4 ; I M. on the body of Mr. John Smith, aged '' °' considerable wealth, who resided at 1, ' City Road. Mr. Wooler attended on be pn-in-law of the deceased. From the evi ,laith, brother of the deceased, it appeared. f l . Illi c ;1-• .'ls the 3rd instant, his brother appeared .un kill tir).l(lgpher queer." By desire of a Mr. Stirling, h t. 04, , In the house, he slept with the deceased, N . ; the,.. , a i „e4iained iu the room till five, o'clock in the t il:,esi f ,'Ne' tatfter the deceased gotAip, and said.he was r 'ill 'nil - ,,,. t ile t Luieve's in the garden, and be went down ; T i 1 1 4 0k1p ° 4, , tki„Ws were secured. On his return he threw I "q4 - „illio a 'n titC,„R he wanted air, and in a few minutes the l ith" IN, ``',kt r b g on the outside sill of the window, from :,",, e de ea f eli' vi t 4 ° l led into the yard, A .... distance of nearly t *. ' II S'un,l B t q ' t less called up Mr. Stirling, and they ,' \P"ile e d ,;may ' , , ,- ,: zt .ning-and-bleeding from the loft -ear; iV'' eitt i . as tiof - 'ainc , Tb witness's opinion was, that : 1 ,3 th e m 4 cir W ar ' e of what he was doing at the time, ben' Ivh 1 1° 11 -i l a rli, or labouring under some delusion. 114q1`' ° " v ett ti' ' 4 W had separated from his wife, an only li e q °4 B ll ed e4t ait4 t f o h e ' r'fathe - r t s a house. .Mr._-Stirling,.wi , n l e_- t i l ee wa s „' and th "ward, described himself as son-in-la,v_ N Sias rel 4ti e a as adopted son-iu-law, and then _ad, 04404 y ili t hreat erl ?a• Air. Slirling said the deceas . ed h:4 ekkC a :_r e h i . og, 5. , 4 ! . letters Iron] . 'A t i . r i ._ t e o n F e , ce vi a h se o, a,., i d 1 1 •11I t ':i e v, ere ' .ic h olle, i ' le ut a zeisx,stothasofaiten legald ,piwaeue44_ ~;l'Illsletse(!. A1 i r g ,?,, 11 .• . ThiS seemed.to have a great effect 'q l tit . ,, t h the rZlilig said he had.lived for ten monts r,ke I kr tqd r • B to:%` a se . • Mr.'Wooller. .asked if he did ealr it ,: hiao C a wife, the deceased's daughter; but 't 44 iv• -11, Bnid ti! gee d not answer the questiou. Mr. laio d ~e tb rem '49 deceased had complained to him of 7 ,„ 'Lltit 10,-„`,!ll,lng letters ' and on 'Wednesday morn s•''"l6l hi rn ~,agrinf Uncle; letters, excitement. All he L A' *l4 °Vi z ,„; 4 , delusion anereality," "reality and Nji and y ad e ' t : li i s r_!e head of the deceased,..he found a tt Sr l ' s 'til it s i+ ed his death. The brain was also h, Nl, ll k s t.s d• Th' e ` at ''' he would infer that the deceased ' i ll"' e t e r t "' in in. th - e°r ° ll er said the jury should be par , , lk i )-0 1 ) ert y ' w —,, state ofmind,of the deceased in cases W r . 4 li e e . r aict of ,4' ,"neerned, as in the event .of their y 1::1, fou .eu) d e „,, . the;p_roperty would be for tt;,. hii.l l ' 44 l St n " a verstie't f" T m -oratv Insanity." , a t d Qrs. 4 B, ll e wrot ti , , ' c ' A e t . Y- ''s Pr . —"Lel. ) .l e Geeeasea teminive to souse A.,0-, eeedinc,s or taken .fi-sm him. rir. Stolle nad r a divorce. ~..> ~ ;04 eotii i Thi, l , 4 4J.it: to A. 17 , j 1 ,. e ' w eek .1118 ; ,1 0 ,. 11 ottt i i _ 4l til e , tath e ; .. e.,, i•• win c e T heii 0. Th t , 4 9 hex "He r I , v r ia Y th e i i t, th e a i i esti,- e h B tVir 1 h e d e ar that 1 h a a tui ah m All t ' teesti 4 , r ° e P4l. 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A.,, k , sat I llar ' r E l 4/ • Pe lle Sir , (Yth4t '9 ..,?., 1). fir ..Isiii4ll:P tr ob , 1, t t ge, ll 7 ta v 't I lker . aq-P , ' Yea b6 0 (1 w nt i 9; # 4 i et. t - a i38; 9 1. 4t 1 . 1, th e mlp N tl ' l °44 e41 1 r ge ' ksll6 f. tri,ls44e off` .1 f th e t, r e , 4 .) t qA!Ptub 3,` tr tk i:l kt itti ed (ii " Y et ; t 4 ° 4' 4 41 #rtiY t til ' 4l t• 1 47 4 4 41 q0 kknJ Ilv ' tfi' Nhll' llattC lY 4 11, a l $i e ai i Is( ' to„'Rs , • W e ' N 0 . , 1 1( 11 , 11 1 i! l pl„' d A r e,,t THE LI \Mit PO The Hon. Member* suspected of having pawned a looking glass belonging to some person or persons unknown, is under stood to have distinguished himself as a spout-er in the House on one or two occasions. Fie is about to accept the Chiltern Hun dreds, being of too ae nsitive a disposition to survive his recent expose.—Age. Circumstances have come to our knowledge which induces us to believe that the suspicion which we mentioned a week or two since, that Mr. Ellice is (oily acting canning -pan to Lou' liowick, will come to be verified. , It may be asked why, if Lord Howick is to be Secretary at War, he was not appointed immediately on Sir John Hobhouse's removal to the Irish Secretaryship—we can answer that question without much difficulty—the state of popular opinion in Northumberland is such, that if Lord Howick were to vacate his scat, he would not be re-elected.—John Bull, Lood Goderich, like Lord Durham, is an Earl; the much desired title of Kent, was, as we last week said, unattainable; the next coveted title of Harroldi was abandoned, for fear of the ridicule which would attach to the Childe who was to bear it; and so, at last, 'Ripon is the town honoured by the choice of the Noble Lord. It is said, however, that even this elevation is not, in Lord Grey's opinion, sufficient to mark to the country that Lord Goderich did not quit the Colonial Department either because he had done wrong, or because he was dip posed incapable of doing right; and that a Blue Ribaral is also to be bestowed upon his Lordship. His Lordship, as we last week observed, would in that case be like Lord Grey—a supernumerary Knight. Surely this proceeding is very much of a piece with all the rest. Britannia, shorn of her respectability, laughed at, ail over the world, sullering under internal com plaints, and disappointed in all her hopes and expectations, is to be soothed and gratified by such a cadeau as a pair of extra Garters.—lbid. DEATH OF THE REV. ROWLAND HILL.—We have this day to announce the death of this popular and excellent clergyman, who expired on Thursday afternoon at a quarter betore six o'clock, at his own residence, adjoining his chapel, Little Char lotte Street, Blackfriars road, in the 89th year of his age. The Rev. Mr. Hill's physical powers had been long in a - declining state, but his intellectual energies remained almost unimpaired to the last moment of his existence. lie at length sunk under a gradual decay of nature, and died without a grown. On Mon day morning, April 8, he preached for the last time to an im mense audience, com_posed principally of the boys belonging to the Sunday School Union, whom he had been in the habit of addressing on every successive Easter Monday for some years past. On Tuesday morning he expressed some desire to address the girls connected with the same schools, which was also his accustomed practice; but being very unwell, he was dis:maded, l from it by his friends; and his assistant, the Rev. Mr. Waite, officiated in his room. During the morning of that day he found it necessary to lie down in bed, from which he neverrose more. His friends, who attended him during his last moments, state although articulation failed him, they have no doubt but he was perfectly conscious of every thing transpiring around him until he breathed his last. Thus has died, at a good old age, this somewhat eccentric but much respected and venerable C Kristian. EXPOSURE OF THE ASSASSINS OF THE UNIONS.—We find the following in the Times report of a trial at the Old Bailey, on Thursday last. The prosecutor was a carpenter, and the pri soner was his apprentice, who was indicted for assaulting his master, with intent to murder him. On the cross-examination ' of the prosecutor the following facts were elicited, to which we beg the particular attention of his Majesty's ministers. The prosecutor having admitted being a political unionist, Mr. C. Phillips asked him, " Now, pray, have you any particular set of wea_pons in your possession—you know what I mean ? Wit ness.. No ' • I have a fowling-piece and a brace of pistols. Mr. Phillips. You know that is not what I mean—Have vou not a weapon' called a Maceroni ;' a weapon which, 1 under stand, was invented by .Colonel Maceroni, for the use of politi cal unions against the Government? Witness. I have one. A person made many hundreds, and I bought one for Bs. 6cl. It is not a tool for carpenters to work with. Ido not know what it is for, for I never had a handle to it. I bought it to protect my premises. Like many others I was over-persuaded to buy one. On your oath have you not said you got it to murder. the Duke of Wellington • and have you not said you would murder the Duke if you had' an opportunity? Witness. " No." Of course this worthy unionist would not jeopardise himself by answering the last query " yes," but what, my Lord Grey, think you now of the class it heretofore " delighted you to honour?" Here we have the " stubborn fact" that "many hundreds of weapons, invented by an Italian refugee, were; purchased by political unions"—by those very " unions" that your Premiership held in affable regard—by those very unions" roused up by your official missives to regulate the King's choice! We have said your Lordship patronized the " bludgeon and brick-bat" argument of the mobility , ; but it never entered into our mind to ima ,, ine that, even debased and degraded as the scoundrelism of "the unions" were, they would fix the stiletto of the Italian bravo on the proud oak of Eng land. Such assassins the " patriot political unions" are now proved to be; we wish your Lordship joy of the discovery. To the people of England, however, we now tarn- and' we .call. upon every honest man in the country to watch well every journeyman, domestic, or workman, who may be attached to these unions." Let every man who has house, home, pro perty, or family—any thing, take ;warning ; he, has nothing to hope from the Ministers for preservation—the union assassins are the Cabinet allies !—Let him trust to himself. We know every true-hearted John Bull, whatever may be his political predilections, will join with us in indignation and horror at th e exposd of these " Maceronies !"—Maceroni ! where is the man ? Earl Grey, do your duty! This stilleto-inanufacturer must be found out, and dealtwith according to justice?—London Paper. NEFFE,CTU-A,I. ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM HEREFORD COUNTY GAOLS.—Ou Sunday evening se'nnight a daring attempt to es cape from these gaois was made by thirteen prisoners, ten of whom were at our late assizes sentenced to transportation. Fortunately for the public (for several of those con'.icts are desperate characters), their plan was discovered and frustrated through the praiseworthy vigilance of Serjeant-Major Bennett, one of the turnkeys. It appeared that this old veteran sus pected something was "brewing." He had on Sunday morn ing, while watching the prisoners through a window that looks into the felons' . yard, observed the culprits exchanging signifi cant signs, which led him to conclude that they contemplated some plan of escape. ,It was Bennett's evening of absence, and accoraingly he took a walk, but his suspicions being awake, he walked into the gaol garden, which bounds on three sides the prison's outward walls. In a short time he heard a light sound of hammering, which appeared to come from the inside of the prison, and placing his ear close to the wall, he followed, or rather pursued, the sound until he came to the spot, when he distinctly heard the noise.of work, which he knew denoted that all was not right. The old soldier -returned in a double quick march into the prison, and summoning his brother turn keys, he, in company with them, repaired to a building situate in the felons' yard. In this building they found the thirteen prisoners busily engaged in effecting au entrance through the wall. They had wrenched an iron bar from the fire-grate, and with it had broken down a great Part of the wall ,• indeed, so far had they proceeded, that without doubt a little longer time, free from interruption, would have sufficed for them to have effected their escape. The prisouers were instantly ordered to their cells ; but aware that they would be heavily ironed, and 1 irritated. that their scheme had been thus baffled; they at first hesitated, and seemed to threaten a mutiny; but the old veteran Bennett, who had armed himself with a broadsword, and whose flourishes with the weapon over the heads of the offenders seemed a manifestation that he could " fight his battles o'er again," ,gave the word of command to march, and the prisoners obeyed. They were then placed in solitary confinement, , and heavily ironed. Serjeant-MajOr.Bennett is seventy-five years of age, and is every inch a soldier. He was born in the army : hie fatlievwas,forty-six years a soldier. Bennett remained in the army until he was flay-three years of age ; he was discharged in 18)9, shertly after the battle of Corunna. He was in active service abroad twenty-seven years, seventeen of which he served in Americkand was engaged in the ever-memorable battle of Bu.ken's-hill.—.Liereford Times. .1 has been.said,.that "liberty is a fine thing to talk .about ; " and really if the sort of liberty which they who are yclept "the. pee le" contend.for, and sundry persons who call themselves "the friends of the people "-desniind for them, is to be in vogue amongst us, it would be well if ,the fine thing were altogether confined to _being " talked about." There was a specimen of such liberty exhibited, it will be seen, at 'the Quarter Sessions of the Peace, at-CoCkeemouth, on Wednesday. A seryant.boy is tried for robbing his master's house of plate, jewels, and mo ney ; but though a strong. case is made out against him, he is ac quitted, and the verdietas received by three rounds of cheers by "the people " in Court—which all •the authority of the Bench could not suppress! -Nay more,--the.princinaLwitness against the prisoner, who gave her evidence in a straightforward amh truthful manner, is pelted and hooted by the said "people," from the Court-house to her home This is a leaf out of the book of the Irish " people.; " and 'if it should be continued, we shall need.acoerciou bill.for England—or atany rate forCock ermouth. There is also much of the same feeling at the bottom of it all, as prevails in Ireland. The prosecutorase clergyman, and a Conservative ;. end being such, "the people" suppose, no doubt, he ought to be plundered with impunity. The Bench. took the matter.up as it became them. But the proceeding con veys a lesson which our "liberal and enlightened" Ministry would do well to read with attentiou."—Carlisle l'airiut. L S'l'A'N D Alt 1) Extract of a letter from-Horsham:—" About a quarter past eight in the evening on Sunday se'nnight, a shock of an earth quake was felt here. At some houses the shock was much more perceptible than at others. Many persons thought that a prin cipal beam had given way; and others that some person was iu their houses. In the shops the articles seemed falling; and the scales were put in motion. Many were engaged in ex amining their premises in the utmost alarm. Mr. Hurst's hail bell rung; at Donnie, the pictures moved, and a bird fell from the perch in the cage. At Sir T. Shelley's and Mr. Tredcroft's they were much alarmed. We were among those who knew nothing of it till the next morning." The wheat in the fields in the hilly parts of Gloucestershire is looking very thin in the blade, and very scanty. In Berk shire the wheat is looking remarkably well; and, in conse quence of the last few fine days, the farmers are very busy ploughing for and sowing their barley. In the former comity the season has been hitherto very favourable, and a little fine weather would do a great deal of good. DiumxiviNess.—List of drunken persons taken Into custody by the Metropolitan police, and discharged when sober by the superinten dents,- during 1832 ; Males. Females. January 1,189 826 February 1,178 743 March 1,187 710 St. David's 155, & St. Patrick's 17th. April 1,149 693 May 1,202 729 June 1,244 780 July 1,355 981) August. 1,.303 935 Seplember 1,299 970 October 1,549 1,1197 November 1,353 879 St. Andrew's day, Nov. 30. December 1,4 . 13 934 15,411 10,291 .We are sorry to announce the death of Mr. Forbes Hunter Blair, late candidate for the representation of Edinburgh. Mr. Blair was a man of integrity and honour , and greatly respected by a large circle of friends.—EdinburyllEvening Courant. ONE CAUSE OF THE INCREASE OF COUNTY RATES.-At the Pontefract Sessions, Thomas Stott was charged with steal ing seven eggs from Samuel Thornton, of Skipton. Lord Wharnclitfe declared that it was the most trifling thing he had ever seen brought before a county court. Th prosecution alone would cost the county Li Bs. 2d. besides other expenses, —or, iir t other words, above one guinea per egg. A TROUBLESOME FAMILY.—At the Pontefract Sessions last week, Hannah Oxley, the wife of John Oxley, of Knottingley, waterman, was sentenced to be transported seven years for stealing a shoulder of mutton, the property of Charles Smith. The prisoner is the sister of Law, one of the men who were executed at York on Saturday week, fur the robbery of Mr. Atkinson, near Pontefract. Another of her brothers, named James Law, was transported for seven years at the last Mi chaelmas Sessions for the West-Riding, held at Sheffield.— Some few years ago, her father was transported for seven years —he served his time and then returned to Knottingley, but was shortly afterwards again convicted of felony, and tran sported for life. Fortunately for the public, the prisoner, Hannah Oxley, was the last of the family. CROWN PATRONAGE tN SCOTLAND.—We, some time ago, stated, that government bad in contemplation a Measure of a popular nature with regard to the crown livings. This measure is now on the point of being carried into effect; and, although we cannot yet speak with absolute precision as to its details, we may venture to state what will, in all probability, be its general features. 1. It will be confined entirely to the crown livings, which, however, amount to one-third of all the livings in Scot land. 2. As a new regulation on the subject of presentees is expected from the church itself, where such a regulation ought to originate, the measure will probably not be introduced into Porliament, but will be effected by an order of the Privy Coun cil, as a mere temporary arrangement. 3. Government will not give up its patronage, but will select its own nominee, and offer him for the approbation or disapprobation of the commu nicants. 4. if a majority of the communicants do not disap prove, the r uomination will be rendered absolute ; if they do, a new nominee will be selected by government. 5. Should two government nominees be rejected, the third nomination will, probably, be made absolute at once, a presentation being issued without allowing the communicants any previous -voiee. This will throw the question on the church courts, and bring into operation the ordinary forms. Some such plan as this has, we know, been under the consideration of government. Whether or not they will adopt it without modification, is uncertain ; but as a vacancy in a crown living has. within the last fortnight, taken place in Annandale, we have little doubt that before this vacancy is filled up, the cabinet scheme will be made known, and that the rule adopted, whatever it may. be, will be imme diately carried into execution.-1)/onfries Journal. The reader is aware that a statistical account of Scotland is in preparation under the patronage of the sons of the clergy. In various arabte districts in Annandale, the ministers have been at all due pains in resolving the queries put, an d o th erw i se grappling with the statistics of their respective parishes, and one rather curious result has appeared, nut in one, but in a con siderable number of coincident instances—namely, that in every parish not belonging to a sheep-walk district, hut where the land is for the most part arable, and where the ordinary rota tion of cropping is practicable—the gross produce is equal to three times the rent. This fact, which in itself is highly pleas is the more valuable inasmuch as it seems to imply a gra dual returrrto the olden and more healthy state of things, that is, before tricks were played with the currency, and the seeds of lasting mischief sown to effect a temporary purpose. The old rule was, three rents, one to the laird, one to the tenant, and one for seed and labour. A fairer division, as regards the par ties or the good of the community, cannot well be imagined, and we are delighted to record a coming back which reminds us of the ark after all its wanderings settling on the summit of 'Mount Ararat.—Dumfries Courier. Long and _ far has the romantic and beautiful scenery of Lochgoil been famed, and its enchanting influence acknow ledged, but seldom have they been more beautifully displayed than upon Tuesday last, when I had the satisfaction to witness the hymeneal knot tied on board the St. Catherine. I under stood that the performance of this ceremony was the effect of the accidental presence of the Rev. Gentleman who married the h a ppy pair. The martial music of the bag-pipes, combined with the fineness of the weather and the pleasing scenery, proved irresistible! and as there is no effect without sufficient cause, I would recommend to your fair readers to .speculate on Lochgoil.--Glasgow Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. Gedge, the old seaman, who, a few days ago, was brought be, fore the Lord Mayor, in consequence of having partaken of top liberal a glass, called to inform his Lordship that he had ar ranged matters with.a banker in Lombard-street, and that if hia Lordship would be so good as to hand over the £l5 to the esta blishment, due care would be taken to transmit it safe to Nor wich. The Lord Mayor—l am very glad to find that you have fol lowed my advice, for you are a very good fellow. The sailor laughed, and rubbed his hand across his face. The Lord Mayor—Eh! have you kept within bounds since? The sailor shook his head. Policeman—My Lord, he was agreat deal worse the night of the day:he was before you, and still worse than that last night. ('Laughter.) The sailor—Please your honour, you'll recollect I made no Promise. You can't say I - broke my word. The policeman—He was going off to the country on the day your Lordship discharged him, but he said "No, I can't go until I take one glass to the Lord Mayor's health, so one glass brought on another, and I left him finding that it was impossible to do anything with him. (Laughter.) Th,e sailor—Why . you see, my Lord, I couldn't help drinking success to you, for if it wasn't for your officers I wouldn't have a halfpenny left; and so, after I drank your health, I knew it would be bad manners not to drink the hcaith of my Lady. (Great Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—We could have both excused you if you bad waited - till you got home, or if you had drank our healths in water. The sailor—Water! No, your honour, you'll not catch me at that sort of work. I'd be a pretty sort of a lubber to drink you and your Lady cold without. ( Laughter.) Poticeman—My Lord, I found -him treating a set of cabmen and queer women, and lie was giving his money away as we,ll, The sailor—Why, to be sure, I was keeping:the boys from their work, and why shouldn't I pay them for their lost time ? The Lord Mayor—Well, will you promise not to get tipsy to night, but to go straight to the coach office, and from thence home,to Norwich ? _ The sailor reflected for a. little while. At last striking the ta ble before him with his knuckles, he put his hand into his pocket, pulled out all the money he •had,and handing it respectiullyto the Lord Mayor, said, "I will promise you, -my Lord." The Lord - Mayor—why this Makes the sum £2O. Had you not better keep a little money about you ? The sailor—No, please your honour, not a sixpence, for I'a-e given you my word, and i .won't break it. The conduct of this veteran son.of Neptune during the whole of a long interview. with the. Lord Mayor ,excited the veatest admiration in the crowd., NORTHERN DJUSIQN OF I,4INCASTER: JLE-.EIeRCITIILNI _OF. MIL.STAIsiLreVe On Friday the special county court for the election of a knight of the Shire for the Northern Division Of this county, in . the room of the Right Hon. E. G. S. Stanley, who has accepted e as our readers are already aware, the office of seeretaryofstate for the Colonies, was held in Nisi Prius Court in Lancaster. A few minutes before ten the right lion. gentleman, accom panied by . a large. party of supporters, arrived in Court, and was greeted with loud cheers by the crowd, The galleries and the 'barristers' seats being graced with ladies of beauty and fashion. Shortly after, the High Sheriff, Sir John Gerard, Bart., the Assessor, and the UnifereSheriffs, took their-seats, -when, after.. the usual prelinainnries.had been goue through, P. E. cowneley, Esq., of Towneley, and Wm. Towneles. Esq., pf Townhead, in brief epe.echee, proposed and secondect the Right Hon. E. G. S. Stanley. After a short pause, nootber candidate being proposed, Mr. Stanley'(who was dressed in the uniform of a minister state) then came forward to address the electors, He said a constitutional jealousy which had been well described by We hon. friend, who did him the honour to second his nominution, which prescribed that every man who accepts en office, making him in any degree dependent on the crown, should again ap pear before his constituents in order to ascert a i n f rom thecsi wh ether they think the acceptance of such o ffi ce renders him less quali fied to fill the honourable—the high distinction of one of theste presentatives of the people (Cheers.) It was that acceptance: of office which perhaps pushed to an unnecessary extreme when a minister merely changed office which renders him neither more nor less dependent on the crown ;—it was that which called upon him to come before them so short a peri o d a ft er hi s elec tion, again to lay claim to the honour of representing their iie tereste in parliament—he came before the m w ith ou t h es i tat i on, and he m ight be allowed to add without f ear . (Ch eers . Vs hen it was his Majesty's gracious pleasure to call upon him to fitfaci office requiring the exertion of every faetilly-o€the-mind in per formance of some of the most arduous duties which a putdSe man can be charged with, he at once nesepted that station, and ventured to throw himself again upon his constituents, satisfied in his own conscience that since he was unchanged, and that they who so lately entrusted him with their interests were a constituency too enlightened to have changed their mind re- Teeing him when he had not altered his conduct. (AN:anuses) Therefore he again boldly came before them to claim that con fidence, knowing and feeling how difficult a task he was called upon to fulfil. His friend had said that his duties were such- as might well be appalliug to any mind who undertook there._ he undertook them with a full conviction of the arduousness and difficulty attached to a performance of them,- and with a fell determination to endeavour to remove all the conflicting digii culties attendant on the measures to be brought forward, and-to endeavour to reconcile men to the changes. But there was-one duty to which he must advert, although it was impossible for him not to entertain the same views which his Majesty's govern, ment did, feeling that he was the ti inter of the cram upon whom would devolve the Usk of proposing, in a very short time, the measure which was in contemplatten- upon that important subject. It was a question in which persons whose interests were concerned, and in a high state of great embarrassment and difficulty; it was a question in which the interests of hn manity—the strong feelings of religion, and in which all the manly feelings of Englishmen were embarked to bring it to a final and satisfactory conclusion. Between alarm respecting the security of property on the one-bawl—between those who hail been in a high state of difficulty, who were in dread of any measure increasing that embarrassment, and the.araeot wishes of others, it was Almost impossible for any government to pur sue a satisfactory course. Vet with an ardent desire to set t matter at rest, and to fulfil the pledge given ire his noble col league, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that they should propose to parliament a measure which should at once be sap and satisfactory, and he might take the liberty of adding, comment of his own, that no measure can be safe or satisfae factory which is net founded upon the principles of equity ski justice, and which did not carry with it something of a decisive character—which should make it not a matter of probability but of certainty, that sooner or later the people of .Englied shall see the termination of negro slavery. (Applause.)' This had been the object entertained fondly and ardently by the peo ple of England—to which . parliament had been pledged far many years by their resolutions, but he did n o t thi n k th e y had been carried into effect as rapidly and as firmly as they ought to have been. He, however, felt that goverument wag' bOliaill to look to the accomplishment of the wishes :and feelings of the people of this country as well us to the security of property. There was perhaps only another point connected with!-the peculiar duties of his office on which it was necessary for him to remark—he meant a question which wits . eernestly watched by the people of this country—namely, the mitigation of the criminal code. The manner in which the punishment of death. was made the legal penalty for a vast number pf offences- iii which it was never carried into effect, while it renders the end* harsh ILIA sanguinary in its character, "gave a stimulus to crime, in consequence of offences being passed with impunity. But this was a question of the greatest difficulty, and doubts were entertained as to what should be the degree of secondary punishment, andluny thateshould be instituted in order that,it i might follow close on the heels of c rim e . Th e M anner in whic - that would come under his consideration was in consequence of transportation to our penal colonies, and he was :luscious to afford every means of distin g uishing between tho se pe rsons w h o were convicted of light and those of heavy offences, and while transportation should be light to 'the formes, be would take care that to the latter should it be any thing but a boon; and should, in reality, be one of the most aggravated sentences which can be passedupon a person short of the infliction of the punishment of death. (Cheers.) The right hon. gent.-then referred to the Disturbances in Ireland Bill, and said he regret ted in common with every ope that it should have been neces sary to go out of the constitution and beyond the powers of the law for the purpose either of putting dcoin crime or protect ing innocence; but when it was clearly proved that the spirit of insubordination was so strong that there was no liberty exempt the liberty of committing crime—that there was no security ex c.ept for the parties who committed crime—no objects of pity except those who -were the attackers of property—that the poor and helpless were the objects of persecution; they felt that the real friends of liberty were those who secured to . ‘every man this free exercise of his opinion—of managing his :property—of fol lowing peaceably his occupation—and that in applying to Par liament for those powers they were, in fact, preserving the con stitution. (Cheers.) They shrunk not then from the task, bit threw themselves Air support upon the people as he did then upon them, to say whether they did wantonly—unnecessarily —and violently go beyond the laws, and whether under the cir cumstances they were not justified in doing so. (Applause.) - He regretted that so much of the time of parliament had been taken up with the discussion of that question that little else had been done, but sufficient had been announced to enable them to judge of the intentions of ministers. There was one point connected with the expenditure of the country ou which be begged to say a few words. When he addressed them a few months ago at the late election, he stated that large reductions had been wade in the naval department of the country, and that although they were threatened with troubles which have an alarming aspect, so that it was necessary to keep . the navy upon such a footing as not to impair its efficiency in case of its being necessary to put it into actual service,—and no Eng lishman would wish to see its glory tarnished,—yet even under those circumstances it had been the good fortune, and pel haps he might be allowed to add—the g ood managem e nt o f his hon. colleague who presides over that d epartment, to make a redue tion of one million belowthe estimate of tiny of his pfedecessms in office. That reduction had been followed by a further re duction in the 'same- department of -E270,000. 'ln the army also there had been a reduction of £220,000, and it was in esontZim plation -to carry it further by nearly £500,000. These .were -the only estimates yet laid before parliament, but he might refer to them as an earnest of the -intentions of :ministers .that they would carry every measure of economy into effect, which. they could, without impairing the naval -the militerye—or the commercial - resources of this great empire: (Cheers.) He was not aware that there was any other point on which he need trouble them, haying been so recently 'before them on a similar occasion. He came before them again, ernetine that they would not withdraw that confidence from him which they had hitherto reposed in Icim, certain that in sending him to par liament ae their-representative they were not electing Win to any sinecure office—he could not lay claim to thatenclenaene, although he : must:plena guilty . to being „a placeman. (Cheers And laughter.) He was convinced thatin taking office he bad duties to perform which would occupy every moment of.his time —duties, in -the performance of which he was determined to,de vote:every hour of his time and every faculty of his ty l rid, end. he wae : sure they would again place confidence in him by esn trueting-their interests in pis hands as their ieptesentative in parliafuent. (Continued cheers.) The High Sheriff then declared the right hon. gent. duly elected, and lie, in returning thanks, regretted that be was Ob litsedto leave them in the course of the (say. Thauks were voted to the High Sheriff, and the court -ad j otirued. COVALTS A T...Forty-fous officers, from 01e halfppylist, are to be immediately commissioned to .act as numbers of *the Courts' Martial, to b 0 held under the Coercio hey ale not to belong to any regiment doing duty in Ireland.