The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-01-13 00:00:00

'JANUARY 13, 1834 • . where men have been well educated and where intelli gence is deemed a proof of mental superiority. The most imPortant feature in the message is Mr. President JACKSON'S menace of hostilities against France. We have extracted all the passages which have direct re ference to that subject, and we earnestly call the attention of our readers to them. The reasons for this threatened war are instructive in the highest Segree, inasmuch as they clearly develope the American character, the nature of American diplomacy, and the moral position in which Louts PHILIPPE, and what is facetiously called " rege berated France," stand at this moment. We hare be fore now adverted to the question at issue, but a few more words of explanation will perhaps be expected here. After the peace in 1815 ;the United States preferred 'certain claims upon the French government. It was al leged that the citizens of the transatlantic republic had been robbed by the citizens of the French republic, and by the subjects and slaves of the Emperor BONAPARTE. It was alleged that ships of the United States had been seized, confiscated, and sold; that goods covered by the American flag'hatl been seized and burnt, in the ports .of France and elsewhere, and that serious damage and un deserved wrong had been done to the merchants, trad ers, speculators, and shipowners of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other towns. The American government, even when the United States were at war with England, and when they were tile active and dastardly allies of the imperial tyrant, ne ver preferred a claim for these pretended losses upon BONAPARTE. They had not the honesty. or rather the '-courage to do this. They were engaged in pillaging the tuerchantnien of England at a period when this country was contending almost single-handed against the united powers of Europe. They endeavoured to wound and' cripple us at a crisis of supposed weakness; and they continued to rob and pillage until they found the course of European events turning in our favour—until they found we had beaten our other enemies and were about to direct our united power against themselves. Then they cried surrender- , -then they became what is called-' reasonable—tlceli they implored our mercy, and gladly and thankfully: submitted to the terms of peace which England in herbeneficence dictated. We say the United States did not prefer their alleged . claims against BoNApiere. No. They waited until the Bourbons, were restored—BONAPARTE transported—and the convulsions- of the continent had subsided into re pose. They then presented their bill of costs, and for Losses sustained, to the restored dynasty ; but the minis ters of Louis XVIII. 'had the good sense not to recog nise tt. All attempts at negotiation failed. The over tures of the United . States were not listened to. In short their alleged claims were peremptorily rejected. Little more was heard of these pretended claims—we .say pretended, fur we believe they are founded in fiction and fraud altogether—till after Louis, the King of the Barricades, had been raised to the throne by virtue of the paving -stones, of Paris, raised and flung by a set of villains, many of whom Louis _PHILIPPE has had the trouble of sending to gaol or the galleys. Then, how ever, JONATHAN renewed his petition for redress. Mr: JACKSON tells us that it was in 1831 that the claims of iris " fellow citizens" were first seriously listened to by the.new French government. But the President is not , pleased to Worm us why they were then listened t o . B e ' it our care to supply the desideratum. - France was at that juncture in a state of fearful con vulsion. Her public credit was destroyed—her bankers, merchants, manufacturers, and shopkeepers were in a state of bankruptcy —most of them in a state - of beggary. That old fool LAFITTE had, to use a Greek teren, turned up. He was going about the streets of Paris, hat in heed; ;e<elti n g alms. The revo lution, which he had mainly promoted, was made' the instrument, under. the neerring justice of HEAVEN, of prostrating him to the earth, and making him the un pitied victim of his own imbecile but profligate machina tions.' It - hid done for that worthless empiric what revo lution in England would do for GROTE, LLOYD, GURNEY, I'ATTISON, .and other fustian patriots of London—bank forsoothl—who by their own showing,- rich though • trey be, -are as shalieworts-Leeerm,- and as igstorant-as the three-legged stools.in their dingy back parlours. But we are digressing, and we beg pardon. We ' could not, however, allow the opportunity to slip to point out the similarity of the position once occupied by a Parisian reformer, and now-aimed at and contended for by certain London bankers. • They would, if they could; hurl 'us io perdition ; but, like the lady in the play, they wilt have to walk first, and, perhaps, the sooner the better. The Bank of England never received such a blow as it has received, in allowing its chief di rector to proclaim himself a leveller and a .destructive. Let the stockholders' look to their property! It is not referemie to the person of Mr. PATTISON that we 'deem it our duty to sound the alarm against the Bank. ' We`have an additional provocative in the person of one also calling himself a bank-director, who has flung larnself into the arms of the destructives of Liverpool. We, therefore, say, in cool blood, gentle men stockholders, lOokto your property, and while you ponder on coming events;, ray reflect on the fate of LAFITTE! But to our subject. General Jimtso:•; on behalf of the citizens of the United States, renewetf - hi.s claims upon \ the French government in 114:31. Be and, his agents succeeded in inducing Lou? PHLLwp E to entertain the \ \N allegations; and they at length persuith.4 the nmiriking '--,,tp admit the asserted justice.of pretensions fo.. lf i e d i n e k,, , 1.1 %,, !,n. They were adroit in their diplotnit-t- t h ey were Pktkevering in their remons t rances --4hey -s ~‘e .l:e -successful.,. their designs. Th e Ki ng o f the' Bar., ricades, beset~ all sides with difficulties, and being himself a specula . 'n the assigned claims of the Athericans, entered int eaty, by which he bound his - government to make colnpen 'on to the United St a t es of N twenty-five millions of francs, o , : ea5.,........ 1 other words—for French money is so suunding—of absoltt.....pNE MILLION POUNDS STERLING ! This treaty was co4ftelted, ac cepted, and ratified. •N, . . . - Now, let. us review the circumstances under whiChlt was concocted and completed. The King of the French 'was, at the juncture in question, in a most unenviable condition. He could not calculate for a single day upon the duration of his dynasty. lie could hardly be said to be de facto in possession of the crown. His rights de pended upori a thread, upon - a breath, upon the most fragile tie that can be imagined. He• was,by the Most powerful :courts in Europe, deemed an usurper. By come of the friendly courts he was only considered as the locum tenens of HENRY V. He had not been recog nised—he wasfeared by the very men who raised him—he wal execrated by the great mass of the people of France— he was repudiated by Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Hol land. At that particular crisis, when the sea of politics was rough—when the bark he sailed in was feeble and crazy—when a breeze would have foundered like a drowning man, was ready to swim upon a hand spike, and catch at a gloating cork or bundle of hay. We Rio not condemn him. His was in a sad predicament; but it was that predicament which General JACKSON and the unsunned patriots of .America took advantage of. But we take the case to be thus. Lours PIIILOPE was in the condition of a drunken man, a farmer, a grazier, or whatever.else you please to name, at a fair or market. He had drank at the fount of ambition what a German boor, if he were permitted, would drink at the open sluice of the great tun of Heidelberg. He was intoxi cated with fortune, and yet desperate from seeing the precarious tenure of that fortune. Like GILBERT GLOSSIN, the dislionest attorney in SCOTT'S novel of Guy Mannering, lie was anxious to obtain some popu- : larity at any cost, and purchase security at any price. This pitiable condition of LOUIS PHILIPPE unfolds thck tale, and renders the application complete. We therefore contend, by virtue of these premises, that the diplomatists of New York, accredited by the President of the United States, vulgarly called the land of freedom, assailed Lcuts PHILIPPE as a swindler would 'lst man at a fair or market labouring under the effects of the potations derived from some patriotic manufacturer of ale or gin. Many such cases have occurred at Bow street. Tile association for protecting bankers know what we menu. A person labouring under this hind of ~. moral powerlessness is enticed into a tavern, and is in. duced to put his name, perhaps only as a witness, but in fact as . the acceptor of a bill for a large sum of money. Here is his undeniable handwriting, there his presumed re sponsibility. LOUIS PHILIPPE ACCEPTED THE BILL. Whe ther he has or has not any recollection of the deed is- no matter of ours. All we know is, that the tutors and guardians of LOUIS PHILIPPE, or, in other words, the parliament of France, who hold the purse,-refuse to pay it—refuse to acknowledge it, and deprecate the expedi ency of honouring it. A bill is drawn in the name and on the account of Mr. ANDREW JacKsoN, and when presented for acceptance, the French government treat it as a bill upon DRUMMOND'S, COUTT'S, or ATTWOOD'S is treated, to which the snappish answer of the clerk is—No EFFECTS In plain terms, the draft of the United States was dis honoured, and the United States' Bank, through whom it had been negociated, and, in fact, discounted, feel themselves aggrieved, as bankers generally do under such circumstances, and they, as a matter of course, pro test the bill, charge a commission upon it, and detain the government-money in liquidation of the bill and costs. At this the President feels exceeding wroth. He thinks it cruel hard that the bank should question his credit, or take so summary a mode of paying themselves. We do not enter upon this question of republican etiquette 5 but we are inclined to think, as Mrs. RAMSBOTTOM would say; that it was the genteeler way to seize the effects rather than hold the President and the lords of the Ame rican treasury to bail. It is on account of this returned and dishonodred bill that the afflonted President threatens Frimce with vengeance on the high seas. After recommending Congress to commence hostilities, by seizing French ships and French property wheiever found, he assures them that the exe. cutive, namely, himself, is quite prepared for the ulterior consequences. He says—" the army is in a high state of discipline," and of the navy he speaks thus : "I refer you to th”tccompanyitig report of the Secretary of the Navy, and to the:doenments with it, for,a full view of the opera- Aions of that important - branch °four service, during the present year. It will be 'seen that the wisdom and liberality with which congress have provided for the gradual increase of our navy material have,been seconded by a corresponding zeal - and fide lity On the part of those to whom has been confided the execti tion of the laws on the subject, and that but a short period would be now required to put in:commission a force large enough for any exigency into which the country may be thrown. "When we reflect upon our position in relation to other na tions, it must be appirent that, in the event of conflicts with there', we must look chiefly' to our navy for the protection of our national rights. The wide seas which separate us from other governments must of necessity be the theatre on which an enemy will aim to assail us, and unless we are prepared to meet him on this element we cannot be said to pOssess the power requisite to repel or prevent aggressions. We cannot, therefore, watch with too much attention this arm of our de fence, or cherish with too much care the means by which it can possess the necessary efficiency and extension. To this end our policy has been heretofore wisely directed to the constant employment of a force sufficient to guard our commerce, and to the rapid accumulation of the materials which are necessary to repair our vessels and construct with ease such new ones as may be required in a state of war. " Iu accordance with this policy. I recommend to your con siderviou the erection of the additional dry dock described by the Secretary of the Navy, and also the construction of the wan: batteries to which he has referred, for the purpose of test tug their efficacy as auxiliaries to the syetem of defence now in use." These allusions to the army, the navy, and the "steam batteries" are all intended to convey to Louis PIIILIPPE a hint of the " awful thrashing" which awaits him, if Mr. JACKSON should be compelled to let slip the dogs of war. But the King of the French understands Gascon as well as Mr. JACKSON. They are singularly well matched in this particular accomplishment; and, when they do begin the fight in real earnest, we hope England will stand by and see fair play. But let us see what the American army is which boasts of such " high discipline." We copy one of the latest returns furnished us by an official gentletnan. Dragoons.... 363 Artillery 1778 Infantry Recruits and 'unattached soldiers . 678 ARMY. Grand total Well may Louis PHILIPPE tremble ! The landlady o the Boar's Head, in Eastcheap, says to Sir JottN Fit- STAFF,•—" The sheriff and a mighty watch are at the door," but a more terrible monitor speaks to the hapless Louts, and a mightier army in a " high state of discip line," and panting for fame, is on the other side of the Atlantic. It would not surprise us if General JACKSON were to attempt to bombard Havre by means of his steam batteries at New York. Greater wonders have been done by steam. But proceed we now to survey the marine folce which Ls to sweep the seas. We copy from the same authority:— NAVY. VESSELS IN COMMISSION. 1 Ship of the line, 3 Frigates, 15 Sloops of war, 6 Schooners. VESSELS IN ORDINARY. 6 Ships of the line, 6 Frigates. From this it is quite evident that France must either pipe or pay. There is no middle course. She must either tell down-the hard francs, or submit to harder knocks. These seven ships of the line and nine frigates seem_lo.us to have been built for her destruction. Her -c,rflicts with our DUNCANS, HowEs, and NELSONS, were noiliing to the tremendous odds brought against. ,her by the tinited States. In short, we wait the issue of the `4;ntest iii- fe c arful suspense 1 . - • i t , after sili,„,:is Mr. President JACKSON quite in earn est ? b'' ;t, a sobef•Atreat, well considered, and solemnly resolved'upob, or is .itv,Tpty bluster ? We suspect it is the latte'r- If the. Amen ns were mad enough to seize upon French property, wha earth or water is to pre vent Louis PntuiPpiz. from Bing one hundred thou \ sand men on the shores or Nae , England, and what would prevent such a force from averiing and taking possession of the republic in three or fod'ty.totits ?: The American militias Pshaw 1 Bumpkins wed. with umbrellas:and broomsticks—tailors with shears—gripers' with pitchforks-L-and a few hundred aligators froth Ken , tuck) , witii.lon"g: rifles. The time is gene by when an army could be ledinto_anibusco.d .and• clestrivott "The Aiiiricans: have themselves pretty - well cleared their r otibtry. of Fueli convenient preserves. We therefore set, down the .President's menace to be only a piece -of swag ger. The Americans never would, and never will fight except; against .an enemy which is attacked by other powers. • On the other hand we do not see hbw the government of France can avoid paying the money. The only ob.- stacle to their doing so is the American threat. The chambers have hitherto haughtily refused to sanction the treaty, and if they.now . yield and pay, it will be manifest; to the whole world that did francs are extorted from them through fear, and the terror of an American war. Louts PHILIPPE,m4 have acted foolishly in becoming a party to such al treaty, but he can, hardly pleid non-age—he must not plead poverty—he ,cannot; by any fair or legal process, cancel the bond. What then is he to do ? He must answer the, question himself. We hive some other points in the message to notice, but as this article is already too long, we shall spare the reader's patience, and postpone them till another oppor tunity. In another column will be found a list of the members of the new parliament as far as the returns have reached us, and a classification of the said members as whigs and destructives on the nne hand, and conservatives and con servative whigs on thnother. It is impossible that such a list, hastily put together, can be perfectly accurate; but if there be a mistake on the one side, there is likely to be one on the other, so that we have a fair average of the sentiments of the whole. . • The result of the analysis is - most gratifying. We find that on the side of the administration there are 174 members, and on the other side, as their opponents, only 123. These, however, are but the borough represents• tires. When we have the county returns we feel con- --~-~-. -~- dent they will exhibit a triumphant majority in favour of his Majesty's ministers. . ••. Do the fallen whigs still persist in asserting that there is no reaction ? Here it is, as . HUME would say, "on black and white." In those places where the whigs were strongest at the last election they are the weakest now. Look at Leeds, where MARSHALL once reigned. The conservatives carried the election with a high hand, and placed Sir JOHN BECKETT tit the top of the poll. Look at the glorious triumph in Bristol, the whigs signally de feated, and two stanch tories returned. Look at Ipswich, where Mr. RIGBY WAsoN has been discomfited, and stripped of his blushing honours and his ostentatious ini tials (M.P.) by two excellent conservatives. In Leicester also, one Mouutsort, of some notoriety, as one of the founders of BROUGHAM'S College, and a proprietor of the Morning Chronicle, has, with his colleague EvANs, been sent to the right about, and their places filled by two conservatives, Mr. Sergeant GOULBURN and Mr. Thos. GLADSTONE. Alasl for poor Colonel WILLIAMS, be too is gone! Another colonel, of the name of TORRENS, connected with the Globe, has been driven from Bolton. Bradford has redeemed itself by returning Mr. HARDY. Colchester has for ever shaken itselfclear of Mr. WHITTLE HARVEY. Wigan has given us Mr. KEARSLEY, York Mr. LOWTHER, Warrington Mr. BLACKBURNE, Halifax Mr. WORTLEY, and Rochdale Mr. ENTWISTLE. In short the reaction is complete. A change has come over the spirit of England's drearn,.a.nd our beloved country is saved from the destroyer. Our paternal monarch has been the instrument in the bands of a merciful providence of rescuing his people from the - despotism of a mob, from the horrors of revolution, from the guilt of sacrilege, from the pollution of infidelity. The conservative cause being thus triumphant, we must endeavour to keep it so. He who relaxes in his efforts is no good soldier ; and he who fights against us while he wear s ou r co l ours , an d pro f esses to b e friendly, - is the basest of all miscreants. We know how to deal with an open-enemy, but it is difficult to combat with a domestic traitor, n the mask of a conciliatory conservatiye. Why,' we, ask, was Manchester delivered over, to the Whigs? or rather, why was Mr. BRAIDLEY .110 t returned? The tradesmen and operatives did their duty. admirably ; Mr. BR AIDLEY was the popular candidate; but where were the gentlemen of the town, the leading manufac turers, The tory squires of the suburban cottades, when the conservative candidate required their support ? They were busy, they were engaged, they were dining at a friend's house, at a pleasant party in the country, and therefore they could not come ! Paltry subterfuges They might have carried the - election—they could have carried it if they had'done only half their duty. And yet these gentlemen call themselves conservatives, and would get into a blue fever if they were charged with radicalism. We know not what they are, but .if they be tories, they are the worst specimens we ever handled. Nay, this is not the worst. Some of them, to our knowledge, actually voted for Mr. POULETT THOMSON ! What are they, then, but the hacks - of Mr. THOMSON ? For the sixteenth part of a quarter of a per cent. upon the price of a pound of cotton they a:mid sell their principles and their country to morrow. We have no patience with such conservatives, and it is very' likely they will have as little towards us ' when . they read 'this. But these are not times to speak ivith a feather in the mouth, and with the teeth oiled like the wheels of a weaver's shuttle. It is the duty of every man to stand with his King in the gap of revolution, and drive back froM the church and the palace the men who would lay both: in ruins if they bad the power. And such men are Mr. POULETT THOMSON and Mr. MARK PHILIPS. They are both avowed destructives in the worst sense of that term, and yet there are conservatives in Manchester who voted for them 1 Oh shame shame ! In London the same infatuated game was played. Sergeant SPANKIE states that he lost his election from the apathy and the violated pledges of his professed friends. We have no doubt of the fact. The conserva tives are as difficult to move as horses are when the stable is on fire. They are magnificent in promise, but,' like the braves Belges, they prefer a soft bed or 4n easy chair to the air of a wintrv_worning. Nor can- we deny that we have a numerous body of these hold-backs and never-in-a-hurry people in this good old town of Liverpool. The election of Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS would have been secured if there had been a little more cordiality of purpose, and less regard shown for tender consciences. We hate the plumping sys tem when it is done under the mask of delicacy, which, being translated,- means hypocrisy. It is true we had fearful odds to contend against—enemies within as well as without the camp. It is serious work when we see a clergyman of the church of England voting for EWART and Moßals—another leading an unitarian by the hand —a third trimming his suspected radicalism and his known hatred of corporations by voting for Lord SANDON but refusing to vote for Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS! We shall have some questions to put to these reverend gentle men on an early day. Meanwhile, we rejoice that we can dispense with their services. The church is safe without their aid, or, rather, despite their malice. Their king has nothing to thank them for, and we trust he has nothing to confer upon them. It is easy for prating priests to talk of corruptions in the church of England who are unable to distinguish themselves in it; vvha have no merit by which to rise—no talents to command silo- Cess, We are glad to observe that a new weekly paper, en titled the Watchman, has been established in London, which, from the sentiments..it professes, and the talent it already evinces, is calculated to do much good to the cause of christian charity and moderate conservative principles. This paper is, we understand, started by that estimable body the Wesleyan methodists, and we believe it will be recognised as their organ all over the country. In it the churchnian will find the echo of his own loyal opinions, and the same devotedness of attachment to the religions and venerable institutions of England. Speak ing of the new administration the Watchman observes : " It is but common justice to give them fair play, and: to allow them the full benefit of their own future conduct. They are placed in the responsible position which they occupy hy 'a legiti mate exercise of the prerogative of the crown ; and we are hound by every patitotie consideration cheertnity.to aCquieice in the'arraugerneut.. The latZr:„Kjeets of their predecessors, we repeat, excited in our minds a VeaterArstrwit, from the excess of-an opposite .spirit, which, in its ultimate .effects-au' protestantisrn in Ireland, and eventually in the nation at Idrge, segiouAy menaced the public tranquility." If-the friends of . 15 4r—J t yvies'anANcxtin and Mr. SAMS AMIN have nothing better t...d0: th a ,. n: to walk about town, holding out impotent threats arainsV - this , journal, we are sorry for them. These gentlemen. have . so long been accustomed to ride over the whig press of LiKer. pool, : that they cannot bear to be exhibited in their pro-,. ! per colours, or brought under the I*h of truth. . We despise their menaces. We have said Ntliing of them which we are not willing to repeat, and Mich, we can prove by the most undoubted evidence. IF they pos sessed the sensitive feelings to which they -lay . c k 1:70; . they would be silent. , ,We have no d es i re t o . pun Ai tt s them severely, or even to the extent -of their deserts,,* : what we have said would be gentleness itself to what we have in store. If they choose to enter the lists with the STANDARD, we challenge them to the combat in a manly manner; but we hate sneaking eavesdropping and empty threats. Go to law indeed! This must be a juke, and not a very felicitous one. er.~y 9 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. HINTS TO ELECTORS. We take the following " Hints to Christian Electors" from the Evangelical Magazine: — Wherever a candidate comes forward whom you have reason to believe to be a man under the influence of religion, be not diverted from giving him your vote, although he should differ from you in some particulars of secondary importance. Extend no countenance or support to any candidate—what ever his political professions may be—whose opinions appear to have an infidel bias, or whose morals aie impure, or whose name is familiar to you as a political disturber, or as a gambler, duel list, or patron of prize-fighters; who regards not the Sabbath dav, who takes the name of God in vain, or whose canvass is promoted by intemperance and riot. No coosficlence is to be placed in the man whose professions are larger than consists with a proper respect to his own inde pendence, who aims at the accomplishment of his personal objects by flatteries, appealing to the passions and prejudices of the least informed class of society rather than to the calm judgment of those whose opinion is of value ; or who holds out the idea that society is tu be regenerated by other means than those which God has appointed, viz., the promulgation of the gospel, LONDON L.47'EST NEWS. City, Saturday Evening, !tall-past Seven o'clock. Some considerable excitement has prevailed to-day in our money market iu consequence of the hostile demonstrations of the President of the United States with respect to France. It will be remembered that the Chamber of Deputies refused to vote the indemnity money agreed by the French government to be paid to the Americans as the amount of damage sustained by American commerce by the Berlin and Milan decrees. This refusal has been communicated by the French minister to the government of the United States, and the President, in his speech to the congress, expressly states that he will enforce the payment of the money. We have no copy of the speech iu town yet, we believe, this information having been derived from Paris, where a copy has arrived by the Havre, line of packet ship, which sailed with the President's message from New York, we believe, on the 4th, having waited, at the express de sire of the government of France, for this, to them, unusually important document. This intelligence caused our market to wear a very heavy appearance early in theday, s consols declin ing to 91i, but, as the morning advanced, the market rallied and closed at 921. We have au abundant supply of money in the market, caused by the opening of those heavy stocks hitherto closed for the dividend, and the general appearance of the mar ket is buoyant. Exchequer Bills have risen to 43 to 44 prem., and India Bonds are 22 to 21 prem. In the Northern Bonds we have a considerable advance in value, and the bUsiness doing has been to some extent. Bel gian Bonds are 981 j; Dutch 5 per Cents have been as high as WA 1, but closed this afternoon at 100 l I. The 21. per Cents are 541 f, and. Russian Bonds are 1071 108. In the Spanish and Portuguese Bonds there is nothing doing of moment. Spanish Stock was yesterday at 551, and closed this afternoon at 551 i ; Portuguese Bonds are at 1071 1 108. In the South American Bonds , there is little to notice, Brazilian inclined upward, being 794 1, and they have been 80. We are happy to announce that the long-missing and but recently heard of packet from ➢Mexico, the Swallow, has suc ceeded in reaching Havana, accounts from this latter place having been received to the 25th November to-day. The Swal low arrived there on the 17th, and when the accounts left was under repair. She has, we understand, twenty tons of silver on board. A.dvices have been received at Lloyd's this afternoon from Genoa to the 2d instant. They state that in consequence of the appearance of the cholera morbus at Marseilles the board of health had decreed, on the 29th ult., that all vessels from the French coast in the Mediterranean, which sailed after the 20th ult., should be subject to a quarantine of fifteen days, and land their cargoes on. the Lazzaretto of Vaugnano to undergo a quarantine, the duration of which would be according to cir cumstances. The Sutty steamer, from Marseilles, appeared on the morning of the Ist off Genoa, and was directed to go to Vangnano. We continue to have the most gratifying accounts from all parts of the country with respect to the elections, and they fully redeem the disgrace entailed upon the nation by the constitu ency of London and the suburban boroughs. One of the proud est triumphs is that of the borough of Hull, where Mr. Carru thers, the conservative candidate, a gentleman of eloquence, talent, and great commercial knowledge, has been returned at the head of the poll, beating his radical opponent, Mr. Hutt, by a majority of 299, and his whig-destructive antagonist, the re nowned " Who is the traitor," Hill, by 466 votes. At the previous election Mr. Hill headed the poll ! After this are we to be told, that there is no reaction ? In a most able speech, at the close of the poll, Mr. Carruthers declared his intention of supporting the interests of his constituents be they of what party they might, concluding with a phrase, which, if uttered by a whig, and acted up to by the constituencies to whom it might be addressed, would effectually exclude the fragments of that broken down faction from a second representatiOn of any place in the United Kingdom, " Now, gentlemen, try me; if I am found wanting take me not again." GRAND DESTRUCTIVE DINNER. WP,V The friends of our eloquent and, as the Irish say,. "talented" candidate, Mr. William Ewart, are to give him a dinner on Wednesday or Thursday, (we don't know which,) at some one or other of the Theatres, which is to be boarded for the purpose. We are not quite sure whether our reporters are to be admitted; but we have, in anticipation of their rejection, been politely favoured with one of the speeches to be spoken by Mr. Ewart on this momentous occasion. How we obtained possession of it, we leave Mr. James Brancker to discover. It is as fol lows :-- "GENTLEMEN, My FRIENDS, AND FELLOW-TOWNSMEN:— Political reformation, startled in its career by ducal supremacy, awaits its fate from alarmed patriotism. Should obstruction designate the aspect of the new parliament, which follows the promulgation of ministerial accession, the electors of Liverpool will nobly respond to the call of national agitation. In me you will behold a humble instrument of a responsive acclamation. One Sovereign may at4rogutc: the unien ut etnistituents awl representative; but I will remind you that, in my instance, fifty thousand sovekeigns have cemented the alliance. As an ancient poet has happily expressed it— 'Think of that, Master Brooke!' Archiepiscopacy totters to its fall. The throne and the peer age, vainly interposing to arrest, will rather be themselves broken and crushed in the declension. Irish energy and O'Connelian vehemence despise the resistance of obdurate Strathfieldsaye, and are nut to be diverted by the art of Peelian persuasiveness. The course of improvement must continue and be accelerated until mankind arrive at the perfection of laws and institutions. Then will felons be allowed to speak in their defence by learned counsel of the bar, and the punishment of death fur robbing hen -roosts be erased from the code of Draconian severity. Redeunt saturnia regna.' The time is not yet ripe to advance express declaration. Be it mine, however, to exhort you to attentive apprehension, as from the groves of Saudon are murmured the pretension➢ of misunionising sentiments, and in many quarters sounds mar tially the note of determined anti-reformation. Your num bers, your extent, and your power' will equally defy the pro gressions of soulless anti-liberalism and systematic sovereignty . Reformers of Liverpool! hear the words of the monitions Agamemnon:— " &alms expeetat dum defluit If you require my aid in anticipation's consultation, I am at mrpost. In my apartments at the King's Arms, until next Wednesday, with Zimmerman on Solitude in my hands, I shall wait to receive my friends. I beg leave to propose the 'Liberty of the Press, and success to Fraser's—l mean, the Penny Magazine.' " TO MR. WILLIAM EWART. Sia,—As one of that body whom you have been so recently elected to misrepresent, I think it only proper that your curious address of this day should meet . with a reply ; and, in the absence of one better .qualified, .I beg to tender my acknow ledgments for so comical a document. You are there pleased to say that "great exertions were requisite to counteract the ef forts of the enemies of reform," (meaning those who were ene mies to your return.) "They have put in motion," quoth you, "every stratagem which experience suggested, or which wealth and power could execute." lteally, sir, when I first read these words, their effect was, as the late member for Norwich observed, ~to take away my breath. 1 know not which most to admire—the state of blissful ignorance in which dour small intellect appeals to have wrapped, 4E the ast9i4Tr,tiall j say, impudence of the t;VOSe.X.e:sl:%sAe. : Words_abon go= d.._ I have not forgotten, nor will the electors of Liverpool ever forgot, the time, when you found it convenient to deny all knowledge of the bribery of 1830, and, lest you may again fall into a simila r forgetfulness, I beg leave to propose a f‘; w questions, to which, if-you cannot answer them yourself, perhaps some of your friends orcagents may furnish suitable replies. 1. Is it true that at the election just concluded a number of aliens, supposed about one hundred,' gave vutes for you, which they and you knew to be illegal ? 2. Did not several persons in your interest, for weighty rea #ons, personate deceased and absent voters ? 3. Did not some of those "reasons" consist of supper tickets for themselves and their wives or friends? 4. Did not your agents, by the more weighty reasons referred induce many electors who would otherwise have voted against ou to abstain from voting at all ? 5. Did you ever hear of a white stucco horse being sold for £2O, the owner of the said horse being of course a voter ? 6. Did not a party of ruffians (worthy supporters of your !Luse) pursue in different parts of the town those who wore l'ty opponents' colours? Did they not beat them unmercifully i cudgels,—drag them out of coaches and car t s ,— t h row mud _ . • brickbats at them; in this last honourable employment not respectable 'females, whose sex, hitherto sacred Englishmen, could not atone for the heinous crime in .of your followers of wearing a red and blue rosette? Lot a gang of these worthies obstruct the passage to i.;s of those whom they suspected of an intention of .st you? . spar atnonj the ey And di , the hustil voting agal 7. Did At not personally identify yourself with these rioters, and encouraio their shameful conduct by allowing yourself to be borne on their shoulders amid a worse mob than Liverpool has seen for yciars ? The exertion'Uf giving, or procuring from your keen-sighted frieuds, replies to these few queries will be of great service to you, and perhaps preserve you from the " political eccentricity" allot knowing by what process you came to be returned for a large and populaittrw.u, the intellect, wealth, and respectability of which, including many - r) erfignal friends of your family, were so notoriously anxious to be rid of you. It may also be of use, inasmuch a 3 it may elicit the gratifying tact, that had your op ponents ccrndeseended to have recourse to means not One-tenth part so unjustifiable as public rumour, confirmed by attested facts, attributes to your own party, they could have ousted you so effectually that your pretensions would move/ more have been beard of on a Liverpool hustings. Ha committee of the 1-louse of Commons should view this business in "the same light iu which it is generally considered here, you will, I arn sure, feel grate_ ful for being thus prepared for replying to any awkward ques tions the members of that house may put; and, with regard to its effects out of doors, when the whole business comes to light, and is compared with your address of thanks, people will be forcibly reminded of two "old saws" by this " modern instance" of accusing your opponents of arts practised only by your friends , viz., "Set a thief to catch a thief;" and, "Those who live in glass houses should never throw stones."—l.ana, sir, with all due respect, your obedient servant, Jan aarg 9th, 1835. AN ELECTOR OF LIVERPOOL DINNER AT THE TOWN-HALL. We understand that the Mayor yesterday entertained Lord Sandon, Sir Howard Douglas, Mr. Ewart, and Mr. Morris, and a large party of the respectable portion of the community of this town, at dinner at the Town-hall. "We learn, that though poli tical differences of opinion might have afforded room fordispu tation, yet that the salutary regulation of excluding all topics calculated to excite the minds of those present was most strictly adhered to, and that the evening passed off with the utmost conviviality and good feeling. T hough we differ to the fullest extent with Mr. Morris in political opinion, yet we congratulate him on the gentlemanly manner in which he has conducted himself since he came amongst us. LIVERPOOL EPIPHANY SESSIONS. Yesterday, the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for this borough commenced before James Aspinall, Esq. mayor, James Clarke, Esq. recorder, John Wright, E sq ., P eter B ourne, E sq., J o h n Bourne, Esq., Sir Thomas Brancker, Sir George Driukwater, and other magistrates. The Court of Passage fur the trial of civil causes opened on Thursday last. The grand jury haying been sworn in, and the usual formalities being. gone through, the learned Recorder addressed the gentlemen of the grand inquest as follows: The calendar, he was happy to say, was not heavier than usual, and contained few cases which required any comment from him. There were, however, two, respecting which he would make a few observations. The first was an indictment for an offence rarely tried at quarter sessions, but which might be tried there without impropriety; he alluded to the crime of bigamy. The points of which the grand jury ought to assure themselves before they found a true bill were, drat the first marriage was a valid one—that the first wife was living at the time of the second mar riage—and that_ that, second murriage would have been valid bad it not been for the existence of the first. The second case was that of an indictment arainstTA tradesman, fir receiving Stolen property, knowing it to be stolen. The guilty knowledge could in general only be established by probabilities. It would be for them to inquire whethar the person selling the nroperty was of such an age as to be likely to have it at his disposal—. whether the price given fur it was a fair and adequate one—and whether the person purchasing was, from his business and other circumstances, a judge of what would have been a fair price in such a case. From such circumstances as these they would be able to judge, with great probability, of the character of the purchase. Turning to another subject, the Recorder observed that he had looked through the calendar with some interest to see what number of commitments of young chil dren it cOntained, and he was happy to see that the number was unusually small—not more than nine or ten. A growing feeling existed in the country that something should be done to prevent the appearance of children of tender years at the bar of justice. Many of them without any fault of their own were led into crime from their infancy, and to put such chil dren at the bar was dealing hardly with them, and inflictin g on their characters a stigma whi c h it was i mposs ibl e afterwards to remove. He trusted that he who had done so much to improve the criminal law, and who had brought the trial by jury as near to perfection as possible, (it was not necessary for him to men tion more particularly, to whom he alluded,) would turn his attention to this subject, and devise some method by which justice might be done without placing the unfortunate beings of whom he had spoken in so degrading a situation, and exposing the country to so h ereat and useless an expense. He was happy to say that, by the exertions of the nravor and magistrates, the government of the town bad been greatly im proved. They had directed their efforts to the right point, namely, the establishment of strong police both by night and day. Re was far from undervaluing the importance of a prompt and vigorous administration of the laws towards offenders, but the great point to be looked to was the prevention of crime and the enforcement of order. If the interval betwixt Saturday and Monday presented a short time ago more crime, more in temperance in the public-houses, more assaults in the streets, and more attacks upon property, beyond what took place in any other part of the week, it was a state of things which called for inquiry.' , The police returns on the Mohday caught the attcn- - time of your chief magistrate soon after the commencement of his public duties, and Le has, by judicious and prudent regula tions, intrenching upon no man's comforts, but operating far otherwise, endeavoured to reduce this great and unseemly mass of evil, and to bring about what is most desirable, and I believe attainable, better order throughout the town, and a stronger de sire on the part of the public to uphold moral and religious discipline. His end eavours h ave hi t h erto b een marked with signal success, and of his perseverance in continuing them no one need entertain the smallest doubt. I hope neither the publicans, who have sufficient latitude to follow their occu pations, nor any other persons, wilt be found to thwart his wishes, or oppose in any way those wholesome regulations. They are intimately connected with the principles of good government throughout the country, for no . government, be it large or small, of a great or a subordinate circle, can afford to lose the security and stability it rece i ves from ie influence of sound moral and religious feelings, STEALING A SOVEREIGN.—A nne Fa rraquay, a young woman of decent appearance, was indicted for stealing a sovereign under the following circumstances :—Thomas Williams, a ship keeper, employed by Mr. John Cropper, of this town, stated that on the lOth Nov. last Mr. Newton, the cashier to Mr. Crop perr, gave hint a sovereign fee the purpoee- of getting change fog• it, and he went to the Custom-house Shades and asked the tend lady, but she could not give him change.' The prisoner, who was in one of the rooms of the house, hearing his request, stated that she could get him change, and she came and took the sovereign from his hand and left the house by a back dour. This was about six o'clock, and witness remained waiting until seven, hut the prisoner did not return. He then gave informa tion to James Holt, the constable, who succeeded in appre hending her. The sovereign was not his own, but he had ac counted for it to his employers. Mrs. Sefton, the landlady of the Custom-house Shades, corroborated the statement of the complainant, and Holt, the constable, said that he found the prisoner, after a search of two days, at her lodgings, and took her into custody; she then said that the prosecutor had only given her a shilling. The prisoner, in her defence, now said that it was a sovereign, and that the prosecutor gave it to her. The jury found her Guilty, and the Recorder sentenced her to four mouths' imprisonment in the House of Correction. ROBBERY AT EARL BALCARitES'S WIiARF.—Wm. Powell, a known thief, was indicted for stealing a bag containing £2 Bs. 9d. in copper, the property of James Lindsay, Earl Bal carres and Bayou Wigan. Robert Tweed, a carter employed by the Standish Company, said that about four o'clock on the 12th of November last he went with his team to the yard of the Earl of Balearres, in Gibraltar-street. When he got there he saw the prisoner leaving the office in the yard with something bulky in his hands. From what he held a few halfpennies dropped, which were picked up by some children, the prisoner not stopping to gather them. From this circumstance, and the quickness of his pace, witness suspected all was not right, and he informed Farriment, the yard keeper, of the circumstance. John Farriment stated that the copper in a bag, amounting to £2 Bs. 9d., had been'stolen from the counting-house. The bag and money was the property of Earl Balcarres. Ile overtook the prisoner, with the money in his possession, and gave hint into custody to Kelly, a police-officer. The prisoner hsasiets nothing to say in his defence Was found guilty, and sen,tences to six months' imp r i sonment i n t h e H ouse of Correction. SIIOPLIFTING.—EIIen 'Williams, a young woman of respect able appearance, was indicted for stealing a pair of stockings from a hosier's shop in Whitechapel. Mr. Powell, the com plainant, stated that between two and three o'clock on the 4 2'2d of November last the prisoner came to his shop and asked to look at a woman's cap, and one of his shopwomen attended to her. Complainant had made a sale of some other articles, which lay.upon the counter near to where the prisoner stood, and whilst he was making eat an invoice he missed a pair of stockings. It was in th e ba c k s h op, an d t h ere b e i ng no one else present but the prisoner he closed the door and charged her with taking them. Sho made no answer, but muttered some thing and turned herself round, and complainant then saw the stockings on the shop floor under the prisoner's feet. He then sent for a constable who secured her, and two rolls of ribbon which he bad previously missed dropped from her person. There were about twenty-five yards of ribbon. Samuel Loyd, the constable, corrobor a t e d t h e comp l a i nant ' s statement, and said that on his way with the prisoner to Bridewell she offered him 55., to let her go.—Guilty, sentenced .to 4 months' imprison ment in the House of Correction. RECEIVING SrotEry PitoPsav v.—John Smithens, a young man of respectable exterior, was indicted for having received six brooches, two seals, one watch h oo k, an d- f our corue li an stones, the property of John Clarke. 11 appeared that the pri soner i . , Lhose father is a m os t respectable- man, being tii.e enaiiitmmr — o - r at — theport of--W64,e-rfrn-d; in- frrhirwttr had purchased from a little boy, who lodged with the prosecu tor, who is a working jeweller, various articles of jewelle r y, such as stones, brooches, seal, at a price far below their value. The boy gave evidence against the receiver, and it was proved that he (the receiver) had sold articles, which he had purchased from the lad for 4d. and Gd., at prices varying from 2s. 6d. to 10s. The prisoner received a most excellent charac ter for previous honesty from gentlemen of Waterford, who had known him for many years. He was, however, found guilty, and the Recorder sentenced him to twelve months' imprison ment in Lancaster Castle. The prisoner kept a watchmaker's shop in Paradise-street, in this town. The Rev. J. Wright, A.M., has been presented by the con gregation of Goostry Church, Cheshire, with a splendid silver ' tea-pot and cream jug, as a token of their grateful remembrance of his unwearied lauours, and unremitting exertions in the cause of the Sabbath schools connected ivith.that church. Me. flartousti EAIILE.—We arc authorised to state, in reference to what appeared in our last publication respecting the objection made by Mr. Hardman Earle to Mr. Bonne lt's voting at the booth in front of the Town-hall, that the cause of his remonstrance originated iu the erroneous notion he was im pressed with, that Mr. 13uunell's request, made to the Mayor, was, that he being in infirm health might I , e permitted to give his vote out of his district, which, under the act of parliament, is expressly declared to be illegal. It was under this idea that Mr. Hardman - Earie offered the objection; and it is but fair that we should take an opportunity of rendering him this justice in the eyes of the public. The fact is, that Mr. Bunnell's proper district for voting was that of the Town-hall, in virtue of the premises he occupies in Rumford -street; and his request to the Mayor was merely fur p erm i ss i on, from his inability to walk to the front of the hustings, where an immense mob was congre gated, to enter at one of th e s id e d oors and pass through the lobby of the building t o r eac h th e hustings, in order to record - his vote. It appears that Mr. Earle gave his own vote inside the hustings;. therefore, it - is not probable that he would have been a party to object to Mr. Bunnell's enjoying the same pri vilege, had it not been that, he was in error as to Mr. Bunnsel's proper district. As we have had occasion to refer to this sub- 7 . ject, we take the o pp ortun i ty of complitneuting Mr. Thomas Bolton on his conduct iu reference to this mutter, for though Mr. Earle objected, he not only remonstrated with that gen tletnan, but immediately acceded to the propriety of permitting Mr. Bunnell to pass through the l'own-hail, and vote inside the hustings. YORKSHIRE E ECTION S.-Out of thirty-eight members re turned to Parliament oy this influential and important county, thirteen gentlemen of sound conservative principles have already been elected. The elections for the east, west, and north ridings have not yet taken place. It is confidently expected that three at least of the county members will support the pre sent government, making sixteen " good men and true" in the whole. In the last parliament there were only three tury mem ber* out of the whole thirty-eight! LILA this re-dctiou ? ~...._ W© heartily congratulate our Cardiff friends on the unani mous re-election of their able and accomplished representative Mr. Nichol). Few public men have been able to unite in so eminent a degree the suffrages of- men of dit&rent classes of opinion, and to afford almost unmixed satisfaction to all.— Merthyr Guardian. Mr. Sergeant Atuherley, now the leader of the bar of the northern circuit, is appointed Attorney-General of the county palatine of Lancaster, iu the room of Mr. Pollock. The marriage of Lord Norreyiwith Miss Harcourt took place on the ith inst. at Nunehain Courtenay. The ceremony was performed by the Aichhishop of York in the parish church, and was attended by a large party which was assembled for the oc casion. The Earl and Countess of Abingdon, Lady Charlotte Bertie, Mr. and Lady Georgiatia Bertie, Lady Emily Bathurst, and other near relations of both families were present. Seve ral distinguished guests hdd also come to celebrate the happy event, anioagst whom were the Dukes of Bedford and Welling ton, the Eart and Ceutitess of Saudwich, Lord Leveson, Hon. W. Bathurst, Mr. Anson, the Walden of All Souls', &e. Lord and Laxly Norreys left Nunehain afterwards for Wythani Abbey, CAmitaznoE. JAN. 7.—The heads of colleges gave a splendid dinner, on Tuesday last, to the Speaker, who, with Mr. Goul burn, bad .been invited on the occasion of the election. The latter gentleman was unable, front the pressure of official duties, to attend. After dinner the healths of both their late represen tatives were given, and drank with great applause by the nu merous but select company there assembled. Sir R. Manners Sutton returned thanks for himself and his colleague in a very elegant and decided, yet moderate and conciliating speech. Count Sandor, the Hungarian noble who has been tecently affianced to the Princess Leontine Metternich, is the foreign magnate with sshum the lion. Captain Cecil Forester would have fain broken a lance ten years ago at Melton, in honour of the English ladies. The count at one period was a suitor for the hand of the beautiful and accomplished Miss Strachan, the present Countess Berchtold. It is a curious circumstance that the Hungarians display much more congeniality w i t h t h e English than with the - Germans or French; perhaps from a notion of some sort of affinity between their constitution and that of Great Britain. At the grand festival given lately in honour of the inauguration of Prince Esterhazy as obergespanu of the county of Edinbourg, the five leading magnates present were proficient iu our language, and decided Anglo-maniacs. The Bank has been unfortunate of late iu its Governors. The last became a bankrupt while iu office; and the present is a fierce and reckless radical, ready to employ the patronage of his office in the most unprincipled manner for the furtherance of his political views. Mr. Pattison, the new ally and expect ant colleague of Messri. Giote and Co., was originally a can didate fin Harwich, and actually promoted Mr. Cox, a clerk in the Bank and the son of the mayor of that town, over the heads of his seniors in a manner absolutely without precedent in that establishment. Anothet equally flagrant instance of si milar conduct has come to light. An ex-captain in the East. India Compauy'S Maritime service, named Grote, and a bro ther we believe of the radical hanker, has been appoi nte d ma nager of the bran c h bank e:itablilied at Newcastle. It is scarcely possible to imagine a'person whose habits may be pre sumed to have less qualified hint fur such a post than a weather beaten skipper,. but Mr. Grote's alliance is not to be had for nothing. • ATALE or THE TAIL."—We perceive, by an Irish paper, that seven of the M.P. director of Dan O'Connell's Bank have resigned their rotten trusts, " What a pretty consarn (is the universal remark in Dublin) it must be, sure, when even the minibers of his own Tail lave it!" The only directors now re maining are, Limerick Roche and Dan's family party.—The Age. A DUEL WITH JONATHAN.—Captain Burton, who so gal lantly Mlle forward to contest the Tower Hamlets with the mean slanderer of the royal family, is well known for his intre pidity and spirit. His address breathes the true spirit of the man, and when the honour of his King or his flag are concern ed: Britain cannot show a hero prompter or more darin*. A Yankee officer, who once encountered him on the Mediterra nean station, can attest this fact. Some dispute having arisen between Captain Burton and sonic American naval officers at Naples, the most redoubtable lire-eater in the squadron tsar selected to fight our hero, who met him nothing loth. Jonathan stripped like a butcher, but his bare neck and luxuriant red whiskers produced no effect on the nerves of the gallant cap tain. - The Englishman fired in the air, on which the Yankee exclaimed, with ausing nai ve t e , " Why did you not t e ll use, sir, you were m going to fire in the air?" The reply was an in quiry whether he was satisfied. " No." " Very well then at it again, but six paces nearer !" This was quite stifficient; Jona than struck, rigged himself afresh, and started in such haste that he even left his pistols on the ground. This mistake Captain Burton remedied, stepping up with the utmost politeness, and saving, " Sir- you have forgotten your pistols." The crest fallen champion of the thirteen stars did not wait to make any very elaborate acknowledgment of the captain's civility. A QUESTION UNDER THE NEW POOR-LAW ACT. —A young man, James Shires, was summoned before the magistrates at the New Bailey, on Mouday week, by Mr. Scott, the assistant over seer.of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, to show cause why be refused to pay the sum of E.l. 10s. arrears doe under an order in bas tardy. The defendant admitted the correctness of Mr. Scott's but pleaded that . h e was not liable, inas anctuccohunats a tt: i in 4s o t th h e ha r ' nf the child had married since its birth, and, by the new poor-law act, her husband had become liable to the maintenance of her children, whether legitimate or otherwise. Mr. Scott admitted the correctness of this construction of the law, so far as regarded marriages contracted after the passing of the act; but he believed in this case the marriage took place before the act was passed, and, therefore, he contended that the new law did not apply to it. As none of the parties were pre pared to prove when the marriage _actually took place; Mr. Poster recommended that the case should stand over until that fact was ascertained. The case was again menti one d on Wed nesday, when it wa s p rove d that mother of the child was Imarried on the 15th of July, a month - before the act passed, and, therefore, Shires W onlared to pay the arrears due, and Ito continue his weekly _payineuts under the ord er . The ques tion, whether, if the order were made before, and the marriage took place after the pas . sing of the art, the putative father would continue liable under the order, still remains undecided. ..11a.riS..asas-uoa IN FOB MERS.—The new act relating to weights and measures, (the sth of William IV . , chap. 49,) which came into operation on the Ist instant, will prove to be a solecism. It is one of the must bungling pieces of modern legislation, and has evidently been passed for the purpose of placing patronage in the hands of county Magistrates. l'he first thirteen clauses relate solely to the appointment and duties, &c.; of the inspec tors. The fourteenth clause teacts that "guy person or per sons who shall snake, sell, expeaa to sale, or use any weights or measures which have not been stailiped, or which shall be found light or otherwise unjust, shall, on conviction, forkit a sum not exceeding five pounds;" but neither that nor any of the sub sequent clauses of the act, gives power to'tnagistrates to recover the fines they may inflict, if it be only a farthing. Thanks to the luingler who framed the act; this blunder, will, it is under stood, render the act quite inoperative, beyond filling the pockets of the inspectors, some of whom, it is said, have already pocketed several hundred' pounds, and it will cause the golden dreams in which the informers have for some time indulged to vanish.— Standard. . SIR JOHN CAMPBELL'S GREAT Law ME ASU R E.—A great boast was made by Sir John Campbell at the former election, that he intended to bring forward, his bill to abolish imprison- ment for debt. The conduct of Sir Johns and the Covet timert t in regard to that measure. was,, throughout, marked by the grossest treachery and incapacity. • The bill was put off to the very end of the session, and then swamped by the ministry. The alleged excuse 'was that there was no time to carry it into a law. Why then was it brought forward at all, to the obstruc tion of other business? But the true mason was the blunder ing of the framer, Sir John, as the bill was found to be wholly impracticable. So the patriotic effort of the ex-Attorney-Ge neta.l terminated in smoke! His mighty bantling having proved an abortion, was strangled by its very sponsors. We speak nut of the abstract merits or principles of the measure; but we do not believe that SiaJahn Campbell had ever any se rious desire to carry the bill, and that be put it forward as an • electioneering clap-trap. His conduct fully justifies such a suspicion. .• TILE llolllloDSES.—Singu l ar, a:most romantic, is the fate of the Hobhouses. The eider, Sir John, started in life as a violent radical, and nothing could exceed the rancour and vehemence of his attacks on the whigs. But on the first opportunity he ratted to them, and got a place. Since then it seems the fate of the family to be perpetually trampled upon by these same - radicals. Sir John was kicked out of Westmiuster most igno miniously by the radical Evans; his brother Henry was beaten in hii own city by a stranger from London, a 11fr. Roebuck. Resigning his pretensions there, he comes to London, and starts fur Finsbury; and there, after an expenditure of between eight and ten thousand pounds, he is disgracefully beaten by the re nowned Mr. Thomas NVakley.—Stairdard. NOVEL ACCIDENT FROM PERCc.:SSION GUNS.—Three persons were out shooting some days ajzo'in the neighbourhood of Mont Saint Vincent, in France, when they were overtaken by a storm of thunder and lightning, during which each of th e i r fowling pieces, which were double-barrelled, with percussion locks, went off spontaneously. After the explosions, the sportsmen examined their pieces, whi,u.both the barrels of one of them had been dis charged without - the himinerS of either having gone down. Of the other euti, one of the bartel on!y had beets discharged. DuATit uF G soitrA, BoiroN.—This event happened on the 2d instant. The general had .been an invalid ter many . years pas!, and had consequutiv retired Morn public life. Il e wa vican_).ty birth...and - was in his 77th year. He was col_ commandant br the Ist battalion of the 60th foot, and was formerly governer of Lower - Canada. He was also twice re• turned as member for the borough of Beverley, in Yorkshire. CAUTION To ELEgTOßS.—Weifinfl from one of our contem poraries, that the electors of - the United Kingdom ought to be particularly. cautiom with regard to the removing away of any brother elector front coming to the poll, as it is an offimce most severely followed up by committees of the 'louse of Commons, under the denomination of 't the abduction of voters." In a late case of the • Montgomery election, the committee of the house determined - the e:eetion to be void upon this ground. Consequently, any - person, whether an elector or not, who in duces an elector to go out of the nay to avoid being polled, de feats his own object, as though he may thereby obtain the seat for his friend, it is one that cannot be retained. DEMOCRATS IN Poweit.—A democratic explosion is expected shortly to take place in Switzerland. The last advices from that country state that the composition of the directing council o f Bern; which was determined in the council of state on the 13th of last month (December), is such as to leave no doubt of the spirit in which the new directing canton will act, for in it are united the most violent democrats, the friends and pro moters of revolutionary principles, not only in the canton of Berne, but throughout the entire territory of Switzerland. PLE.sStNG MATII PROM CoLo.—The long-continued action of snow or cold on the animal frame is inevitable death, and that of the most pleasing kind. At first a degree of languor is felt; to this succeeds an irresistible drowsiness, which, if in dulged in, is sorely fatal, the sufferer passing, without motion or pain, from the slumber of life into the cold sleep of death, leaving the countenance as calm and placid as if the pulse of existence still vibrated through the frame, while voluntary mus cular power was quiescent under the delightful enjoyment of profound repose. Those who feel the pleasurable momenta which intervene between the state of Consciousness and uncon sciousness on approaching sleep, when indistinct visions and indescribable emotions are experienced by the guileless, may readily conceive the exquisite mode in which the soporific influ ence of froSt softens the iron grasp of the grim tyrant.—Martin's History of the British. Colonies. TnE TnADES'-UNION.—We peraeive that this branch of the " politieals" is about being resuscitated. Some one ought to advise the members to mind their business, and refrain from such fooleries. They will be - put down; and some of the poor fellows will be victimized by their more cunning but less honest inciters.— Dublin &citing all. The contracts for the tinderland and Durham Railway have been tins week completed, and the works will proce.edfortilwitl-.. The line is expected to be fiMshed in ten months.—Newe.,:te Chronicle. In consideration . of the low state of our markets for wheat, the Rev. Charles Drury, poitioniit of Pontesbury, in this county, has extended the period of payment, and announced his inten tion of returning 12i per cent. to all the tithe-payers who live by agriculture, and have not compounded under new agree ments, a:ready reduced on account of the markets • --,salopian Journal. riveN, - ~.rte , -