The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-11-27 00:00:00

ELECTION NE WS. kttrand Conservative dinner took place at Ipswich on Wed -110,.„-kLY se'nnight. Both the Conservative candidates far the ki k , - -"Ugh, Mr. Seret. Goulburn and Mr. Kelly, were present, made admirabio speeches. From what incidentally oc ``,°d at this dinner, it is probable that Sir T. Gooch and - Sir ti ere will be started for the western, division of the county. lonsm.—We read with great pleasure in the Manchester kt t : li d, that Mr. Burge, the able- advocate of the West India I li rest in Parliament, and steady supporter of Conservative klkiples in general, has put up for Oldham. Our co.ntem ta tt s i„l'Y saps the Hon. Gentleman's prospect of success is flat- LiCk; ea we are sure it would be superfluous in us to say how l e rely we hope it may prove so. Itilfa pleasant to learn that at Belton the Conse rsaid, vative can- LsZe gains ground. Of the others, it is that Col. 54't„ens is out of favour on account of his peculiar . opinions subject of population—the Colonel is a furious eco- IC isti—whiLst with the Yates party things have arrived at t tt .'esparate a pass, that the friends of Mr. Eagle have been ti i et,tBted to withdraw that gentleman under a promise Crow fi c ,f ates's of a return of compliment on some future occa u7"-reston Pilot. iii' B ' 7 ottenstßii.—At Worcester a third candidate for the city kit4PPeared in the person of R. A. Duudas, Esq., present it fi ber of Parliament for Edinburgh. The Hon. Gentleman ti; I I an address to the electors on Monday, Nov. 5, and has meter been engaged in an active canvass. The two sitting Colonel Davies and Mr. Robinson, are also earnestly 1, 4 - 1 1 441 g, their canvass, so that the city has throughout the been in a state of great bustle and exeitement.—Bir k'94am Gazette. t :)t.Pr"Poito.—Mr. Blount, one of the candidates, visited Staf tN-,An Monday last, Nov. 5, and addressed the electors at ;51 1 ,;',.` length. Captain Chetwynd was expected to pay a can -'l* visit on Monday se'nnight. Sir George Chetwynd Ilal t les offering himself, on the ground that he might endanger k u "L'other's election. Another gentleman, however, is ex- Lli f 4(l to offer Mr. Tarleton, a friend of Mr. Beaumont, for -I,\l member' for Stafford.—Birmingham Gazette. 11 1 v ,„"tillvvIcK, NORTH.—To the requisition to Mr. Dugdale it; b een added the names of a great number of electors. al,geinents we understand, are already made for the corn ,tll4,,,e(loent o'f an immediate and simultaneous canvass , e s - '4 l l the division; and for this purpose committees have tatlerganized in the various towns, and a central committee kL6 'LShed at Coleshill. We hear with regret that the honour k p c ,kehiber is likely at present to be preveined entering upon tkf - Nonal canvass, on account of an impending domestic 444 ' 13 - armin g tam Gazette. :iky k l !EDOM OF ELF.CTION.—The Reformers of Derby on Men -4Lei,7l-,manifested their respect for that most hacknied of all ). C ~ . many hacknied mottos,—" Purity of Election,'? by os,,, ll (i ft in thousands and pelting Sir Roger Grisby and his LliqlB with brickbats! Sir Roger is the Conservative can li 7 for the county of Derby, and was proceeding through streets to b e present at a pu bli c di nner , wh en h e wa s l• ie d- in the wav mentioned. Many gentlemen were severely • bruised, liut eventually the party succeeded in reaching L il la and dined together. Sandon arrived in town yesterday and made his appear- Lltl„ (41 'Change about three o'clock. His reception was most l iii i ," B iastie. Th re e times three cheers were given for his Lord followed by three cheers more for Church and King. his 1 1+s" 1 ,,hip shook hands, with great affability, with the many re -24,1 - " 44 0 individuals who througed-around him to welcome his ,Nsi, l, l amongst us; and if the warmth with which that event h 'ilk 'tiled is to be received as any criterion of the public feel `{Le'l,ll; look upon his Lordship's being placed at the head of ,X; (41 as a matter of certainty. tl t 'ett, 44 rsr.—The following irresitibly ludicrous advice to the appears in Cobbett's Register of last week" I was so 3'• ''''ed with these [Ayrshire) cows, that I was resolved that v • e t h , 4l Mtry should not be wholly without them; and therefore, kind friend at New-Mans is to send me up a bull and ,7 tOws, three of them three years old last spring; seven el two years' old last spring, all of them to calve Month of May next, and the. bull two years old " 4 1, rag. If they come safe and sound,' as I dare say they !iii lt ,."„e,Y will be worth a Kentish, a Sussex, or Surrey farmer's I re e ",' i tY miles to see, in the month of June or July next. I have l• tfea thein to be caused to rest a week in the neighbourhood i 7Lkl te l Ychester ; and if Baron Tom Potter have a mind to ,k, 1 1 ( 11 ,P with me, he will give them a run for a week in the 15 '1( -. 1.1, ‘ ipkin Place The drover has a written direction to tip; i tf e 'rak some - tield near Pi ikin-Place, in the parish of "3' • and I recommend to the electors of Wigan, when 84 all bear of the -arrival of this 'seedling dairy, to go and candidly and frankly make an estimate of the. antalluce of this young Scotch hull; to question him with- regard to the principles now proper to he acted upon by a member of Par liament ; to ask for on explanation of his ideas relative to the measures necessary for the relief and deliverance of a nation ; ,to aOc... Km what he thinks of the Whig-war of the ' Church. Reform,' of the 'expansion of the currency;' and ask him to show how it is possible for the working man to be benefitted by ' the improved system of banking,' now carried on at the sign of the Three Golden Balls. Then I. advise them to put exailly the same question to -Dick Potter. If the bull talk no wOry .nproelpie than Dick; discover the possession of no less brains than Dick discover; then the electors of Wigan, if no third candidate offer, will ix duty to their country, their neighbours, and' their children, be bound, by every thing sacred amongst 'men, to reject Dick, and elect the bull; and upon. my s w i .(anti L shpuld nothe. afraid_ to. take uLF-oatltto the. fact), I believe that the bull would talk the less nonsense of the two." THE WHIG MINISTRY. 2V THR EDITOR OF THR LARPOOL,ST"IND4REL Sia,—Truly glad was I, Mr. Editor, to receive the first num ber of The Liverpool' Standard; may it have all the success whi..h the undertaking deserves, and all which I, and every true friend to Church and Ring desire fOr it. In none of your opinions do I concur more fully than in this, that it is the wish of Lord Grey and his, colleagues "to send down to posterity every institution of the country in the same state of perfection in which it has descended to. ourselves ;"• no one, indeed; will doubt that their intentions are good, it is only of their itteapadty that we complain ; and, truly, this is a. pretty. reasonable, as well as a pretty general,. complaint. The Whigs entered office (and have kept themselves there) by promises of "peace,, retrench inset, and diminution of taxes. Flow have these promises been kept? First, as to peace , ;,—we are at war with one of our oldest allies; nominally, because he will, not tamely, submit to be plundered of his territory; but, really, because our Ministers have been outwitted. be our riew, friend's,. the rtungit, Trke. ftbet , then- is this :—Lord Grey, with his stinted notions.of economy, thought do save to this country some thousands a-year by driving Leo pold- In accept - the sovereignty of Belgium; in this, however, his lordship is foiled ; .for Leopold may demand his former al, howanee whenever lie chooses to fix his residence in -this coun try, which, indeed; is " like to bts SOM. " Thus, then, with the hope- of saving , a few thousands, we are plunged in a war which may cost us millions. But, a word respecting our new friends, the French :—Are they quite disinterested in their proc,eedings towards, us.? Quite the reverse. No sooner is Leopold- placed on the throne , of Belgium, than amarriage iscooked tip between hint and a daughter of the French- King; and, thus, are all- the eflints that have been made for• years, and all the politic ince surea.of former ministers of this country, to curb the restless spirits of our neighbours, and to keep their power within just 4 tia moderate bounds, rendered entirely futile. We—are sup tilting the strength which will one day be turned against our selves. The French have long striven to gain a footing in Bet ghPa, and have they . nut, now obtained. it.?: Of the prospect which there is of a general continental war, I say nothinc , . But. What good is to be 'derived }iris , from a war wit% Hol_ land ? What is to recompense us for the lavish expenditure of public -noway; for tho stain own 11464414 h4+llolif; its hariuy, eugaged in .a war for which there is not the slightest.pretext or 'Past shadow of justification; for the vacillation and inconsist- Onq '9u ministers, "the friends of nonintervention," . and. "the advocates for dovisive measures," and, lastly, for being made the luagiting-stoek of. all Europe, whizb is mightily amused to see John Bull so easily diddled. For us, however, it is. no joke ; sgg y ni g ht s , and it dangerous coast, may prove too much for even liritisti sailors. Nor are the French blind to the dangers of the, expedition, having discovered,. "jug in time to be too hite," that there is not water in the Seheklt for the large vessels which they have sent us. Thus muoh then for peace. _ - The second promised blessing is "Dinthuti . ora of Tc6rets;” but I have yet to learn that these will be lessened by going, to war. But the budgets with which we have been favoured by the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the miscalculation to the amount of half a million in one of theta alone, are a sufficient test of Isis capacity, anti show what we are to expect from his wisdom. and foresight in supplying, without additional taxes, the funds necessary for the war, and in remedying the. distresswbich must be-felt, by all classes when so material a branch of our trade is that with Holland is de stroyed, or, even, only interrupted. And here let me ask, what taxes have been removed that were flora(' to press so. heavily on the poor ? Oar ministers seem more intent on framing laws for the destruction of our colonies., or for rousing them into a state of rebellion, than on relieving the distresses of the poor at home. In, respect to "Retrenchment," I am at a loss to discover in what way it has yet been effected, in any material degree. A certain Aegree of dignity and splendour are necessary to the welfare, perhaps to the existence, of our Government. Atten tion to form and ceremony, peculiarity in costume, and a gene ral regard to whatever is calculated to affect the senses, may, Indeed, excite the smile of the philosopher, but. he will not ques. Lion their utility, and gladly will he come forward to contribute his share towards its maintenance and _support. It is with un easitiess.. then, that, e.yerytrue friend to hu country must see the errors into which a mistaken economy has plunged our Mi nisters.. "In our days," says the Quarterly of October last, (page 170,) "the use and purpose of the imagination in its in fluence over the social system, is by some forgotten oil-little un derstood, and by others sacrificed to a somewhat ostentatious contempt of outward shows. Our Bishops and Judges despise their ancient costume, and our Chancellor, in the spirit of what appears to us somewhat juvenile philosophy, dispenses with the attendance of the two Masters in Chancery, who were wont, with much ceremony, daily to usher him into court and conduct him ant. Nevertheless, that philosophy of government, which calls in aid the imaginatiens of men, in order to subjugate the will and understanding, is not, in our apprehension, less wise than it was, nor likely to be disregarded with impunity, so long as man shall continue to be an imaginative being. We regret, therefore, any circumstance which tends to despoil either the great functionaries of state, or the aristocracy, or, ind,'od, any - persons who are to enjoy pre-eminence, or to exercise power over their fellow-creatures, of any ideal influence which may serve to clothe the nakedness of authority, and render inevita ble distinctions less drily obnoxious." But, the retrenchment which the Lord Chancelloi has pro posed to effect, by diminishing his own salary, is singularly amusing. When the Whigs first came into office they were not expected to remain there many months ; and then did this noble champion for economy moat modestly propose that the retiring pension of the Chancellor should be increased from £4OOO per annum to £7OOO, (which pension, continues for the life of the possessor,) thua.securing " something comfortable," should his party be driven from office. He did, indeed, propose likewise that his salary while in office should be reduced from about £14,000 to £IG,OOO per ammo; but this offer was made at a time when his post as Chancellor was hardly worth three _ months' purchase. regret, Mr. Editor, that I cannot inform you what is the expense to which the country is subjected in the registration of voters under the blessed Rejoins Bill. The bar risters employed in the registration are allowed by Government five guineas per diem each, besides their expenses ; making in the whole, at the lowest calculation, six guineas. Now this, of itself, will make a pretty little item in the list of our national expenses; and, if the reports are true, our all-wise Chancellor of the Exchequer has, in this instance, found that it is easier to contract a debt for the country than to discharge it. It is undeniable that they who have passpillitir„livesin the service of the Public,. have a just claim upon us for provision in old age : and not for themselves only, but for their wi dows, and even for their families, while these are incapable of providing for themselves.. Pensions therefore are not, izr themselves, unjust: but are to be looked upon, when properly bestowed, as the just rewards of past services. The few thou sands a year which are saved to this Country by the reduction of various pensions (which reductions were in a few instances highly proper, and would have been made under any ministry) are not felt as a benefit by any one individual; though a very small reduction may have a most material effectin diminishing the comforts and happiness of the possessor. What caution ought, therefore, to be used in effecting these reductions, lest while aiming at justice an injustice is committed! Little as is the sum actually saved by these reductions, yet "Pension" is made the war-cry of a party; they are protested against by the minister in language the most vehement, in his addresses to the people; and individuals, borrowing the same tone, find them useful auxilliaries in exciting the people • nay .even de precate-the holders of them with such indecen't eagerness as leads them to forget the best feelings of our nature, the ties of relationship and even truth itself. 1 am not one of those, Mr. Editor, Irho think it unjust that a minister should provide for his own friends : I can see no ob jecttion to. the measure, 'provided those friends are far capa ble of discharging the duties of their office; and greatly do I admire the discernment of our Premier, in discovering talents in the members of his . own family which before were latent from every eye : I may safely say that had he not come into power we should never have discovered any talent in his fami ly. To what pitch, then, should not our gratitnde rise ; with what vide and triumph should we not boast that one family alone is thought worthy of receiving £200,000 per annum, as the recompense of services done to their country. dare not beg a larger space in year valuable columns ; I fear I have already trespassed too am, Bcc. • B cart. t`'• at' _ a ate a% ! cowl' Bugv • unde r 'azdfci't/ s bite nsta.,l4. kille d, Lis° Fe' 00 ea 0 61 . 4 „ tied , n a bet The letters favou r IVIo 5 ; ate °` those , New judge, r 100 har e d dere Lten' ls tw itlY bis frog' 3IP tat 1111 ,ort* Mai n uitY, I wi ll vhous ah :0 in late, te „ Lbou t time l u:P9 ri od, to • last this re ,Y r.ing )ar- Lets air.. tea oat (j ut CoNsEuvAirivE CA usE.---The counties are doing their ij• Wherever their is a contest the Conservative candidate ti le 'ure to carry the election. Amongst others we can state, on r hest authority, that Aberdeenshire (by a majority of 4.15,) R;' llc ardineshire (bv a majority of 115,) and Banffshire (by a esat majority,) will return Conservative members. Of tho. i l • sul t of these contests there is no doubt entertained. We calf Poo the other counties to follow their exampte.—Edinintr? foil. * e W EsrmiXsTEß ELEETION.—There. is, to be. a contest for s , t ulinster! Colonel de Lacy Evans is the new candidate v i hi toe hon our o f re p resen ti ng * thatnenowned city; whose prin- Illes have b een so l o ng e xhibited to the world by Sir Francis routt and Sir John Cara Hobhouse. The gentlemen: of hiraestininster do .not as yet seem to have resolved to displace P rid who has.been so long known among them as "England's th e and Westininster s Glory;" but to Sir J. Hobhouse ott. } . have now i nsu p era bl e objections: First, he has taken 1.1:e; and,. secondly,. he will not give the pledges which they 4:l, ll ecessary. On this occasion the two present members a :" estininster, along with the Times newspaper! exclaim 4; : zist pledges as the curse and. bane of the land!! Ad t,`lble consistency! The constituency of Westminster, how hie 4 , , are not to be taken with such chaff- Sir Francis spends thureath upon them in vain, even when he insinuates that .if W . Will not have the one they may not be able to get the h,er• The electors know their rights and privileges well, th e v ;ng been so• long under such able instruction, and• possibly a re 'sae may be that both baronets will go to, the wall. There. 1,1 abundance of candidates besides Col. Evans who .will 4 `'Re the mse l ves t o w h a t eve r they choose to ask—Becot4.. t' • SCHOOL SOCIETY TOR ittELAN.D.-it afforls us much 48Ure to learn that the children of -the-rmitermentioned Sun; t oe Phools, • in Somersetshim, pitying the' ffirtorir and destitutel te r'llon of their poor little barefooted brothers. and sisters. in t o a nd, have (with the consent of their ministers, parents, and %`,'"rs, resolved to contribute each a penny- a-year in aid of e xcellent institution the in School Society of Ireland; i t which that zealous and unflinching- Protestant; the Earl oft t 4(l . ; e n, is president: The first contributions have just been t e u Xtted to Mr. Johnston 2, •Sackville , street, Piccadilly, the Rii ti -et r 8 agent in London, the amount d which, including Is -4, I: 9f from threepence•tce one shilling each. frtnn the-teachers, V;' 41ows.:— i'vll Church Sunday West Coker do £l)6 6 D' e lools • El- 14 0- Vecrtifter'db. O5 0 IP b :', n utlependent d 0.... 0 1 2 0 , South Cudbttry do 0' 5 U 44 15 aptist do. o' 5 0 r Groscombe do. 0 3 6 11C° 11 bnry Church, do. i R(}tH ngwaterdo 0 3 6' eary d o . st Pennurd do. l2 6' do. 0 3 0 bike-tunter-lfam.do... 0' 9' I) I Whetttfaltto. • ' 2 6 ' , och do - 7 6 I Total t e Plt. LATE ALEXANDER Myatt AL, D. D• — Mang of our 11 4 :ts will be happy to learn, that a subseriplion is now ta eh ' i lig in Edinhuigh, and other laces, fo eecting a Munn r‘. to the mentor of the late p Alexamil r r Murray- s p. l essor of Oriental languages in the liniversity of E din kfgh, at Kitterick, the place of his nativity, in the parishof te'aigaff, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, The . project aitolluinent will be it•nimostentatioas structure„in aced nee th e il the simplicity of the character of the deceased, and with te e romantic country that gave him birth. Abighly inter ; 14 tog memoir of the brief lite . of this incomparable linguist, al' ° was. of the most humble origin, in his early boyheod 14er. 14P a herd of cattle, written by the late Rev, Sir'Cienry P:Plereiff Wellwood, Bart. minister of St. Cuthbirks Church, Cri4Lttrgh, is prefixed to his " .Phitosophicui History of the kepeau lwrguage," a posthumas publication, which, although ', t he „ I ,his early death in an unfinished state, has excited by tit e "olest. superhuman research it evinces, the adn.tiratiun of th t toa st profound Philologists. lit this very learned, work, hr * e i are many ingenious Philological speculations, one of ( •,n, au attempt to prove that the nations from theconfines 41 4 ,,' , :na to the Atlantic ocean, from Nova Zembla to Africa, ta e 44 . different dialects of a language. which has fur its vi z i 'dati on Nine I urds, all implying, Power, Motion, Force r 2 44 --To strike or more swiftly with a penetrating effect. am' bag --To strike quickly With an impelling effect. pag--To strike violently. k• Oag--To strike or move with a quick tottering unequal impuls:•. „Lag--rike with pliant slap. Ith To st bruize. g ri • iveg--To crash. liti`,'ltag--To strike with a strong, rude, sharp, penetrating power. Rag--To move with a mighty strong impulse. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL. Cabin passengers by the ship Poland, in. eighteen days from New York.—Mrs. Davidson, of Edinburgh, Mrs. Holt, of Hull: Dr. Eveles, of London, Mr, Stoddard, of New York, and Mr. MfDonald, of Dublin. We have received Now YinLltk papers, upfto• the Bth ult., by the new fast sailing Packet ship Poland;. Capt; Richardson, from New York..--. The-following is-an extract...--- 1 ` Neutthinan.s,. Oct. 20. We regret to say that the city at present, is extremely unhealthy, and we do not believe that. we.: Ivor,* so- aox.la: sickness since 1822, as there has been for a month past, and.we understand that it has , rather increased than diminished for the lagt two or three days." We would advise all who hose a. desire to view ae perfect mo del of symetry and naval architecture, to visit the New York packet South America ' now lying in Prince's Dock. Capt. C. H. Marshall, formerly of the Britannia, is appointed to her mminand, a person who, from his activity, liberality, and taleuta as 4. seaman,. is well deserving of such a vessel. ImpliovEn Compass.—Lieut. Morrison,. R. N., of this town, has transmitted to the Lords of the Admiralty one of his iso lated compasses, for the purpose of having ascertained by ex periment, under their Lordships' inspection, the effect of the electric fluid on the common compass; and has received their Lcprilsbips' thanks, through Mr. John Barrow, secretary to the Admiralty. ROBBERIES.—In the course of Friday night not less than: three shops, in St. James's-street, were entered by means of false keys. Mr. A. Heckle watchmaker, lost about ten watches; a grocer, about 80 it; of copper money; and a tallow chandler, a considerable sum. Where could the watchmen., have been while three robberies in one street were perpe trating? Swiicamo.—A most extraordinary wager came off on Fri day morning, the particulars of which are as follows :—A sea.. man, named 'James Conyers, undertook to swim from the Park, oppos4e the Laiarettes, to the. Cheshire shore awl, back (at high -water) within the hour. He started amid the cheers of the spectators, accompanied by. his companions in a small boat, and succeeded in accomplishing his arduous task iu the short period of fifty-three minutes. A cap was handed round, to which the numerous individuals present contributed freely. tliotwAY RQBBERY.—On Saturday night se'nnight, Lieut. Mather, who resides in Kirkdale, was attacked betiVeen that place and Mile-end, by , four men, who took from his person his watch, watch-guard, cnain, and seals, together with all the money he had in his pockets. The ruffians, not. satisfied with fobbing, him, ill-treated him in a manner so brutal that he was obliged, to keep his bed. for several days. Lieut. Mather thinks that the robbers were sawyers, who had watched him leaving the Eagle Inn, Scotland-road, just before the robbery. THANKSGWING DAY. Wednesday last was observed at Southport, and in the whole of the parish 'of North Meols, as a day of thanksgiving to. Almighty God far his. inexcv in pre— serving that neighbourhood from that fatal disease which had visited so many parts of the United Kingdom. The parish church, the church at Southport, and all the other places of public worship were open for Divine Service. There was a large attendance at each of the places. The shops were all closed, and the stillness which marked the whole vicinity gave a pleasing indication that a pious feeling was generally prevalent. PUGILISM.—At one o'clock on Wednesday last, a pitched battle was fought at Rirnroso, near Bootle, between Tom Brit ton, the,Liverponl boatuiaa, and Bill Fisher, the. former bet. ting £6 to £3 on himself. The- battle, which consisted. of seventy-one rounds, half-minute time, lasiedi an hour and three quaiters, when Britten was declared the winner, his antagonist not - . being able to come to time. Fisher had. the advantag e : Of science, but was beaten by the strength and courage of Britton. A more severe encounter has seldom been witnessed. The fght was witnessed by some thousands of persons. We under stand that it originated in a public-house squabble. SUNDAY Scuoot, SOCIETY FOR IrtELsno,--On Friday even ing a Wet* of the frieuels of this society was held. in the large room over the Bantiar, Bold-street. Several gentlemen, aniong whom were deputies. from the society,. addressed the company on the importance of scriptural instruction. After the bagiTtess of the. we a n ,. hail been concluded. by the singing of a hyrax), Mr. Falvey, Whe had . previonsly essayed to address the assembly, was, by the permission M the chairman, indulged with a hearing. He opposed the object of the society at some length. Mr. Falvey was replied to by one of - the deputies, who refuted his arguments, and established the utility of the society by au appeal to facts. The meeting did not separate till nearly eleven o'clock, when, such had been the impression produced - on the company by the statements, a liberal col lection was made at the doors for the society's. funds. LATR.ILOURS. IN COUNTING HOUSES.—On Thursday night last, a very numerous and respectable meeting Was held at Tossers' New Angel Inn, Date-street, composed entirely of young men employed in ie several merchants' houses in this town. Mr. James Thorpe, of the house of Messrs. Baring, Bruthers, wa.a unanimously. called to the_ chaic. when he briefly stated, that the object of the meeting was to ad dress their employers by a respectable memorial, praying that the hours of attendance should not extend beyond half= pa 4 seven or eight o'clock in the evening. After some con versation, it was unanimously resolved-.-That a memorial be prepared, and remain at the Angel for signature until the even ing of Tuesday (this day,) after which it should be printed and circulated.--Thanks were then voted to the chairman and the meeting was dissolved. LANCASTER INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—On Wednes day last, W. F. Law, Esq., one of his Majesty's Commis sioners, held a Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors at the Castle of Lancaster. There were no fewer than 127 who applied for relief under the act, of whom 61 had received notice of oppo sition. The following cases were &willed or Q.ll tital.day the. remainder will be given in our nest : Taws sisßina/b, Bolton-le-Moore, blacksmith, was. not op posed, but his petition was dismissed. William Bewley, Oldham-place, Salford, tailor, was opposed by.a creditor, and remanded six calendar months from the date of filing his petition, for putting him to vexatious ezipense in defending an action. George Fletcher Sharples. Newton-lane, Manchester, engineer, remanded ten weeks. Ralph Kirk, Waterhead, Mill near Oldham, discharged. Samuel Heynes, clerk of Christ, Church, Liverpool, dis charged. Rice William Rice, Summerseat, Liverpool,. discharged. James Robinson, Lees, near Oldham, cotton-spinner, dis charged. Suoc'ciao OccurtwaNcE,---WiNciirsrsa, Nov. 23.—A most appalling circumstance has occurred at Old Alresford, about eight miles to the north-east of this city, which has, excited the deepest horror among the inhabitants- of that village and the surrounding neighbourhood. 'I homas Buipett, Esq., an opulent farmer, and a partner in Messrs. Knapp's, Winchester Bank, has been deprived of life by the hand of his own son, a maniac. 'the unhappy parricide, who had been the inmate or a lunatic asylum, was a few mouths since re moved home to his family, contrary to the wishes of the keeper, who expressed acenviction that some dreadful would be the result of his being suffered to go at large, and medical gentlemen foretold similar coriseqaarmes. With what fearful veracity their predictions have been verified the melan choly sequel will show. On Sunday evening, after supper, the deceased and his son were drinking some spirits and. water, when the latter was desirous of replenishing his glass, which the father refusing to permit, he abruptly quitted the room, and soon returned with a loaded gun, and disclunged it at his father, who was in the act of unbuttoning his gaiters, pre paratory to retiring for the night. The skull of the unfortunate gentleman was literally blown to atoms. An inquest was held on the body by. Mr. Todd, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased came by Ins death in consequence of being shot by his son, who was in a state of insanity. The unhappy young man is now placed under that strict restraint froth which he ought not to have been released. The deceased M. Bulpett was oa years old.—Sun, RICHARD THORNTON, Esq.—This eminent merchant, one of the speakers at the meeting of the Loudon Merchants, has, with all the other commercial men who took a lead in the recommending an address to Lis Majesty, respecting the Dutch war, been subject to the gross abuse of all the revolu tionary press, The Times newspaper, has particularly dis tinguished itself in the most indecent and false slanders, and ma,content with its own, productions, called to its aid the secret assassin, the stalker of reputation : the libels were renewed, and were equally offensive as they were false. It was stated, among other charges, that Mr. Thornton was horse-whipped in lndia, a country he never visited; the other accusations were equally untrue. With much difficulty Mr. Thornton has traced the slanderer, who made on the instant, the most abject apology, a written apology, which has been shown to all the friends of Mr. Thornton. He might also publish the docu ments, suppressing the name of the individual, as the publish ing it would be his entire ruin. Mr. Thornton, we think, acted improperly in this arrangement, as the slanderer and his nhetters should equaliy be held up to the indignation and i‘olll of the British public. —G oal 4.4itin, FOOT-WALKS.—A witive has been issued, by order of the Mayor, directing that housekeepers and others shall have th e footpaths in front of their respective houses swept' every morn ing, during the winter months, and iu case of neglect informa tions will be laid :tgainsethe offenders, when they will be fined in the penalty of 5,. for every offence. THE' &HOUGH OP itt ANCHESTER.—The Barristers appointed to revise the lists for this borough, terminated thair labours on S nturday last, when the revised' lists were handed to the boroughreeve and constables as the returning- ofileers. The re suleof the revision has been an addition a 108 voters to the constituency more than appeared in the original lists, giving a t,otal of 6781 voters for the borough.—Manchester Chronicle. THE LATE Mns. BRowNE.—The remains of this benevolent lady arrived at the Hop-pole Inn, in this city, on Thursday, where they lay in (gorgeous) state until. Saturday morning, when the funeral pnwession, the most splendid we remember to have seen out of London, proceeded to Thurstaston Chinch, where the body was interred.—Mrs. Browne was in her B.sth year.; she was relict of the late Charles Browne, Esq, and last descendant of the family of the Whitmores, of Thur,tas ton Hall, 'in this county, said to be lineally descended from Hugh Lumpus, first Earl of Chester. This benevolent lady has left legacies to various charities. Among her bequests are £I(YX) to the Chester Infirmary ; £50() to the Blue Coat School • £3(X) to the Girls' School; £3OO to the Lying-in-Charity ; a n d to the poor of Thurstaston £lOOO. To the Liverpool Infirmary £500; to the widows and orphans of St. Asaph . £300; and to some charity in London, the. name of which we have not yet heard, £3000; besides several other donations. She had no relatives. We understand that the bulk of her property goes to a person of the name of Owen (sole executor and residuary legatee,) a wine and spirit dealer in Liverpool, whose father had been one- of her tenants. Lieut.-Colonel Gle-'g (at pi e aent in Canada) gets something very h an d some , we have heard the Thurstaston estate. General Clegg a legacy of £3OOO, to gether with plate, bijouterie, &c., worth probably as much more. There are also considerable legacies-to Charles "Hamilton, Esq., and some others.—Chester Chronicle. ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY.—AII accident cf a very alarming nature occurred, we regret to say, on Friday morning last, on the railway. On the arrival of the newS, se veral directors promptly hastened to the spot, and the following is their acconnt, no doubt the correct one, of the accident : On Friday morning a very serious accident took place at Rain. hill, one of the stopping places for the second class. coaches, about ten miles from Liverpool. The train which left Man chester at a quarter past seven, owing to different causes of de- Inyv was newt ly - fralfarrhom—out of time when it arrived at Rain hill gates. It was, when there, further detained, l onger t h an the ordinary_ period, by passenger's luggage which had been taken up. There was, at this time, (about ten minutes past nine) a very dense fog, when the engine and train which leaves Manchester at eight came up, and the engine -men not bein g able - to see but a very short dist ance b e f ore - them t- and expec ing' that the previous coaches would he nearly at Liverpool, the two trains came into concussion before the eight o'clock en gine could be stopped. The gatemen, hearing the coming, en gine, ran to meet it, in order, as soon as possible, to stop it. The steam was shut off, and the breaks applied ; but the time Was too short, and the rails being greasy, the shock to the last carriage of the first train was very violent. The carriage was raken up, and we are extremely concerned to have it to s t a t e , t one youilg man (a recruit about to join his regiment in Ireland) received so severe a contusion on the head that he died shortly after the accident; another young man, also a recruit, had his arm. broken, which has been set, and we hope is doing well; a third had his foot much injured, but as he proceded ou his journey we are unable to give particulars respecting it. This, we understand, to be the extent of the serious part of the accident; though, no doubt, several others must have been more or less bruised or shaken by the concussion. We believe this is the first serious accident which has been occasioned by fog, and we are assuredthat strict orders have already been issued th.a,t, in similar circumstances, the gate man-at the different stopping places shall gis e up. all other business, - of 'collecting tickets and arranging luggage, and run behind theta three hundred ya.rds, to stop any trains that may be corning in the. same direction, in time to obviate all danger of concussion ; and sure we are that a due regard to th e safety o f the public requires that these orders be most azigiilly enforced.. According to a gentleman who was in the first - train, or as it is called the `‘bltte train,:" their!. Geer h;icl' put the' engine in motion before the concussion which materially. broke its force, wt, that, notwithst an ding, several were hurt, and all forced from their scats, the engine Which struck the train being forced off the rend, ran with such qemaaidous violence against the station-house, that, it forced in the. end of the house, and ran up. to the. opposite wall.. fortunately none of the inmates were hurt, and - the engine and engineers escaped with very little injury. Such, at least, is She account giver. THE CHASE. SIR THOMAS STANLEY'S HOUNDS will meet this day (Tues day) 17th. at. Renton. Lod! : at eleven o'el o ck. • • SIR RICHARD PUIINTON'S HOUNDS- will meet this day (Tuesday) 27th, at Shoeklah Hall; Friday 30th, at Ethral ; Monday Dec. 3rd, at Oteley Park ;. Wednesday ath, at Bettisfield; Friday 7th, Lit Cefn odge.--Each morninr; at eleven o'clock. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will' meet to-morrow, Wednesday 28th, alt Delamere Houee; Thursday 29th• at Hertford Lodge ; Saturday Dec. Ist at the,Manoa House near Middkwich.--Each morning at ten o'clock. Mx. WICKSTED'S FOX HOUNDS will meet this dal- (Tuesday) 27th at neleigh Castle ; Thursday 29th at Adderley ; Saturday Dee. Ist at Stapleford Bridge ; Tuesday 4th at Aqualate ; Friday '7th at Seighford.--Each morning at half-past ten o'clock. 'rho SIIROPSIIIRE FOX HOUNDS will meet to-morrow (Wed nesday) 28th at Twetulows ; Friday 30th at &call Mill ;- Saturday Dec. Ist at Stoke Heath.--Each morning at half-past ten o'clock. At a meeting of the Jockey Club, lately held, it was resolved :-- That the person appointed to start the horses has authority to order the jockies to draw up in a lino as far behind the starting-post as he may thiiik necessary ; and that any jockey disobe3rin; the orders of the starter, or taking any unttir advantage, shall be liable to he fined in such sum, not exceeding £5, as the stewards of the Jockey Club may think fit to inflict. TarTaasatt's, Tntrasnay.—A new favourite made his appear ance in Col. Cosby's Bravo, formerly the property of Captain Locket. The first odds tak en W ere 1,000 t o 30 ; 25 to I was then laid twice in hundreds,, and finally, 30 to 1. If he had been in a fancy stable, the money laid out wou ld h ave ma d e hi m a good favourite ; the owner has backed him agst any other horse to win nearly 1'30,000. T'oreater was backed at 12 to 1, and plenty of friends ; and 9 to 1 was backed agst Glaucus in one instance : the odds were also taken about Prince Lewellyn and Marmella. The elosirig prices were as follow :-- Duitsr.--9 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Glaucus (taken) ; 9f to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Revenge; 13 to 1 agst Mr. Hunter's POrester ; 12 to 1 a g st Mr. Mostyn's P rince Ll ewellyn ; 14- to 1 agst Lord Clevel an d's Muley colt; 16 to 1 agst the Duke of Rutlaud's c out of Mos, , s's dam ; 15 10_1,14%f—the .Duke of _Grafton's-Divan ; 2 to-1 agat Lord - Exeter's Marmella colt (taken); 30 to 1 agst Colonel Corby's Bravo (taken/ ; 30 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Ba seo b e l. Bravo and Marmella were backed agst each other three or four times, for 500 even. Lord Chesterfield has sold Non Compos to Colonel Cosby. MUTiff. On the 12th instant, hi Hamilton-place, London, the Countess Gower of a, SOP. MARRIED. Lately, at St. Mark's Church, Benjamin Al'port, Esq., to Chris tiana, eldest daughter of Richard Taylor, Esq. On the 21st instant, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Mr. John Bell to to Miss Mary Sadler. Lately, Mr. Bernard Logan to Miss M. A. Edwards. Lately, at St. David's Church, Mr. Thomas Jones to Anna, second daughter of John Manley, Esq., Blair.street. DIED. On the 13th instant, at the Rectory-house, Burrow-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, much lamented, John Wright Nutt, second son of the Rev. William Young Nutt, and Nephew of Mr. George Wright, Brewer, of this town. On'the 3d of May, near Marnbamgoin, at Malacca, aged 19, Ensign •George Ilolford Walker, third son of Joshua Walker, Esq., of Ivy Lode, St. John's Wood, near Leeds, and grandson of the late Joshua Walker, Esq., of Clifton-house. He was shot through the heart while doing duty with the sth Native Infantry, and died instantaneonsly. On the 11th of June, Mrs. Ward, relict of the late Rev. W. Ward, one of the Serampore missionaries, On the 14th instant, at Brighton, Lady Stafford, of Cosset'. This event will put many distinguished Catholic families into mourning. Her Ladyship was file youngest daughter and co-heiress of Edward Solyard, Esq., and formed a matrim on i a l connec ti on, i n 1 7 99, w i th Sir George Jerningham, whose claim to the barony of Stafford was allowed in 1826, and by whom she has left a surviving family of six sons and five daughters. The Hon. Robert Edward Petre, and Thos. Alexander Fraser, Esq., married two of the Hon. Misses Jerningham. It.r Ladyship mingled much in the brilliant scenes of last season, and a few weeks only preceding her demise, she was on a visit, with her Lord and daughters, to their Majesties at Windsor. On the Ulth instant, on the North Quay, Isle of Man, Mr. John Roskell, aged 65 years, formerly of this town. 'On the 18th instant, aged 20, Ann, second daughter of the late Richard Ellingthorpe, Esq., of Shorrcelt-hey, near On the 16th instant, at Edinburgh, the Right Hon. the Countess of On ti,e 16th instant, at Pishopstherre Palace, York, Lady A. Vernon Harcourt, Lady of hi s G race t h e Archbishop of York. On the 15th instant, at Villa Marina, Isle of Man, Colonel Robert Steuart, Receiver-General of that Island, aged 65 years. On the 13th instant, aged 61, Mr. John Edwards, for many years In the employ of Messrs., A. F. and R. Maxwell, much respected. On the 12.41 instant, at the dwelli ng -h ouse o f h er son-in-law, ktf,jcr- Street, Manchester, at the advanced age of 103, Mary Gill. On the 11th inst a nt, a ft er a tedious illness, aged 47, Mr. W"M'J Pennington, of Ast on , near Frodshaxn ; for many years faithful steward to the Aston - - • •