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CORRESPONDENCE. iiscO' iSte./V th e ever , ro sp ec oi. EWART'S COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC CHARITIES. THE LIVERPOOL JOURNAL.-PORTARLINGTON ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STrINIXIRD. SIR)---In the Liverpool Journal of Saturday last, I observe the following notice of the Portarlington election : —"Mr. Thomas Gladstone, of Liverpool, has got in for Portarlington, .a rotten borough, in the corporation interest, and by means o i ntimidation, &c." Raving been there previous to and during the election, I am enabled to give an unqualified contradiction to the above state ment. The members of the corporation did not support Mr. Gladstone; their votes and interest were given to his opponent, the Hon. Colonel Darner, whose brother had been the patron Of the borough until it was opened by the reform bill. The c onstituency acted as independently of undue influence as any in the kingdom; and I am thoroughly convinced that no act o f intimidation, nor any illegal practice whatever, was resorted to to procure Mr. Gladstone's return.—Yours, &c. Rodney -street, Dec. 24, 1832. GEO. GRANT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. is not, in general, expedient or right to scan too n arrowly the motives of such as contribute their money to pub ilie charities or needy individuals. Good is done to those in Want, and with this we ought to be content. It would have b een improper, ther7fore, un d er or di nary c i rcumstances, to i h ave adverted to the sums of m o ney so os t en t a ti ous l y prom i se d °Y Mr. Ewart's committee to certain institutions of the town, 1 1 ° lieu of gratifying us with th e un p ro fit a bl e spec t ac l e o f a pub "° chairing. This might have passed off as a fair exercise of ,el ectioneering tact, whilst recording one triumph, to lay the fo undation of another. But I was a few days ago in a large 'Party, where the conversation almost exclusively, as was natu- C al, turned upon the late election. One gentleman present, with the most quixotic enthusiasm, eulogised the conduct of Mr. Swart, and, in the course of the encomium, he openly and un hesitatingly stated, that a larger sum would have been distri ,hitted on the joyful occasion, by a grant to the Blind' Asylum, 11 ' 14 1 not Mr. Hull lately preached against Socinianism. If. this had •been the act of Mr. Thornely's committee, it would not have excited wonder; nor called for remark, for it would have been natural in thoSe who hold Socinian opinions. tut as emanating from Mr. Ewart's party, it is a pretty signifi teaut commentary on.his celebrated promise "to purify and dis .enthral religion." This Must open the eyes (and with this view I bring it under your notice) of every consistent Christian ; a nd I would recommend it to the particular consideration of those clergymen who voted for Mr. Ewalt. The selfstiled Pberais, with that regard for justice which characterises all their proceedings towards those who differ from them, are t oady to rob the clergy of the Established Church of that pro perty which is as much their own as the estate of any landed pro- Meter in the kingdom is his, and now they forbid them to preach to their flocks the fundamental and vital doctrine of the Divinity Christ. In the expressive language of Isaiah, they " say'lla x the seers, 'See not,' and to the prophets, PropheSyuot unto us ' l .9 l tt things; ipeak unto us smooth things; prophesy deceits : g e t out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy 0 1be of Israel to cease from before us."—Yours, &c. B. BEGGING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE . LIVERPOOL STJ!XDARD. Sin,—Our worthy chief magistrate - was, on entering office , 15 articularly effective in suppressing street beggars. Let him dot relax, as a most remarkable horde has just made an irrup tioll into the town, and is levying contributions in every direc ,ti°O. Two or three of these vagabond§ go t oge th er f r om d oor to door, and seldom fail or frightening females into giving them 40 raething. They pretend to have come off a patriotic campaign, Perhaps fighting against the Dutch ; are perpetually talking a bout freemen; and, when they can get a person into a dalk " r ner, they throw open their breasts, all gashed with green and wounds, which they call honourable scars, received in e deadly breach.* This i s really di sgus ti ng , as th ey are i n tae deadly old sores, the effect of a disordered spleen, and the break --58 out of bad humours, which they irritate to excite compas -8i°o• Some of these fellows put on a most friendly mode of address, and are well dressed, talking largely, about disenthral i4g, freedom, purifying, purity, &c.; but the constables will easily detect them, by the strong symptoms of disorder which is harked in their bilious countenances. It would be very de airable to stop them before getting into the country, as they a ught play upon the feelings of children at wakes and folly-fair, to the great prejudice of Punch and his fraternity, during the Christmas holidays.—Yours, &c. A BURGESS. * Query, breech ?—Printer's Devil. NEGRO SLAVERY. To THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. S IR,—It is surely incumbent on all who, under the plea of experience, may offer suggestions upon this really difficult sub ject, to consider them well in all their bearings. Projects and reco mmendations, no matter how various and inconsistent with each other, are seized by party spirit with all avidity to be di rected against the West Indians. An Old Subscriber, in the Courier of yesterday, commends a -Practice which he states to exist in the Brazils, of allowing every 81 ave, who can produce the sum, to purchase his freedom at his ° riginal cost. The practice, coeval with the existence of slavery in the Bra may be a good one , w h ere th e f ac iliti es Of escape i nto t h e e44 aok settlements are, at the outset, much more ready and tempt- I ng than the"means and the exertion necessary to purchase free deal ; but the circumstances of the Brazils and our West Indies a re widely different. 'There have been imported into the Bra- Il ls, since the British abolition of the trade, more negroes than there are in all our West Indies. A. clandestine importation Ito the Brazils still continues, so that the money there o bt a i ne d Af ront one slave, who must necessarily have seen some service, easily purchase another in the prime and vigour of youth, o the benefit rather than the prejudice of property. In the British colonies each emancipation takes away a la bourer, whose place can never be supplied ; aud, as it i s c l ear that, at importation rates, the best slaves would procure their ' te edom first, and soon the remaining would be depreciated in s ee metrical progression, as the most effective labourers succes illyely departed, leaving the old, feeble, and least valuable be „led, until the final dr egs wou ld b e a mons t rous b ur d en on th e p r opriet or , bound by law to maintain them. In the Brazils the negroes have been purchased lately at low which are easily referred to. 1 a the British Colonies, particularly in the old islands, a great 1114 lay slaves have never been sold, (nor can be sold separately,) kn ti 4 their value depends not so much upon their physical quali- I l ea s as upon the various duties which they relatively fulfil in - ge system and arrangements of an estate. An Old Subscriber, however, warming as he proceeds, argues :eta the f orego i ng th a t th e Imperial Legislature ou g ht t o insist 'Pen the British Colonist granting one day in the week to , en able his slaves to purchase the rest. but ke Imperial Legislature may, in its omniotence, insist ; the West Indians hold their slave property under the law. Measures contrary to law. have they, in their numeFical successively been grievously exasperated; but they have resisted according to law, and the Legislature may re 15.eat (which ought not to be anticipated) its arbitrary mandates, LePalsive alike to common feeling, common sense, and common mersesty : they will be again resisted. Wltit December, 1832. w. L FREEDOM AND REFORM-PRACTICE v. PRO• FESSION. TO AIR. JOSEPH OKILL, RUNCORN. - Stn,—As you profess to belong to a party, the watch-words of which are freedom and toleration, you cannot be justly offended if I use the freedom so allowed me, by commenting upon your public conduct. In thus holding you up before the public, I am aware, however, how much your modesty will suffer; yet I do not know that any apology is necessary, your abilities as an orator being amply sufficient to make amends for any thing your natural bashfulness may inflict. I was one of your auditory when, very lately, you exhibited your powers on board the Run corn packet; and I" cannot sufficiently admire either the forci bleness of your arguments, or the courage you displayed when expressing your willingness to punish those.who did not feel convinced by them. Stupid indeed must those have been who did not discern their clearness, for it approached so near to transparency, that though not peculiarly sharp myself, I not only saw fully their tendency, but even saw through them; and admired your boldness in venturing them among such a com pany, and in such a place. It is true, Sir, that an endeavour to force our new-born free dom-down the throats of others, is not quite consistent with our public professions; but then, we all know that public professions are not to regulate our private actions. Were this to be the case, what would become of our patriotic ministers ?—our Broughams ;—our Greys ;—our Wilbrahams ;—our Grosvenors ? No ! no ! Public professions do well enough in a public meet ing; but in a snug company, or in our own families—towards those who are placed beneath our pPwer, force and intimidation is by far the easiest and the best method of Reform: for, in the first place, it saves a long course of arguments, and in the next, it precludes all possibility of contradiction; thus producing that unity of sentiment which we so much admire. And truly, Sir, if men are so stupid as not to know what is good for them : we who are so well informed, should force them to better them selves, even if it be by "hanging a barrel round their necks and throwing them into the river!" It is not, however, merely to hold up the mirror to you, and to shew you what a ridiculous figure you made, that I now ad dress you: but, if possible, to prevent you from exposing your weakness in future : and in order to do this, let me advise you to look at the public professions 4?1 your party, and to make them the regulators of your private conduct. This is, however, so contrary to the plan generally pursued by that party, that I am much afraid you are too much a reformer to practise it. Rest assured, however, of one thing, ungenerous as your con duct was in denying to another that which you claim for your self, namely, the right of private opinion ; and unmanly as you must have seemed to all around you in lOwering yourself so far as to threaten a stranger, and one.equally respectable with your self, it failed of the effect interided. I suppose your intention (if you had any) was to influence your hearers in favour of the two reforming candidates; but if your conduct was calculated to produce any effect at all, it was 'disgust with the cause you advocated, and pity for an advocate who could so far forget himself; and this effect, I know, was produced in the minds of not a few of your audience. But, to set jesting aside; what do you think of yourconduct? I am a conservative; or, if you please, a 'Tory: yet whatever I may be, have I not an equal right with yourself to hold my opinions? Is it any part of the new principles of liberality, which you and others have broached, that while a reformer has full liberty to rail at toryism, and to vilify the " Conservatives," these latter persons are not even allowed to avow their princi ples, much less to defend them? Is this your freedom? Is this your Reform ? I was, Sir, as I said before, one of your auditors on the memorable occasion referred to; and , though I said no thing, nor, thought it worth my while to, reply to your exhibition of eloqtience, yet I tell you freely, I was thoroughly disgusted by it. To‘see a man seat himself in a company who are com pelled to endure his presence, and in that company assume the airs and arrogance of a master, augUrs little either for his principles or good breeding. But when such a man, descends to threaten those around him, he is (unless he pretend to put his threats in execution) a subject only for laughter, and is best answered (as you were) by silent contempt. • Indeed, common-sense might have told you thatmotiovoliling the whole conversation to yourself_ was not the way to con ciliate; that blustering and assuming conduct was not the.ivay to gain attention; and that -mean _and vulgar threats of what "you would do" was not the way to persuade. In qualifications like these, any fishwoman at Billingsgate is more than your equal; and as to "deeds of prowess," why, any frequenter of the prize ring can outboast you. I' can only find one- ground o f excuse for your conduct, and that is by supposing that you had partaken of the good cheer of your friends, till your common sense had lost its activity. Take, therefore, for once, the advice of "a conservative,". and not again make yourself ridiculous;, or, if your propensity - to eloquence must have a safety •valve by which to evaporate, for the sake of "the dignity of human nature," let some private room be the scene of your exertions, and your looking-glass the sole'auditor. I am, Sir, your friend, Liverpool, Dec. 22 , 1832. CONSISTENCY. THE DUTY OF CONSERVATIVES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL . ST./INDAI?D, Sitt,.--'Wheu individuals modestly substitute thems elves in the place of the nation, and state every private discontent as a public grievance, I am lost in the surprise, hoW the public can be se infatuated, so gulled into the belief, that these evils really exist; they refer us to their own libellous remonstrances, and to those infamous lampoons and satires, which they have taken care to write and circulate. For my own part, lam not dispos ed to take the voice of a miserable faction for the voice of my country. For this man, in order to answer one purpose, and that man, in order to answer another, will tell you, that a gene ral cry has gone abroad against a particular party in the king dom, whose principles, say they, are held in abhorrence and whose very name is execrated by the whole nation. But can you be so credulous as to take him upon his word, when • ou can so easily penetrate his interested views, and find him the origi ginal and prime mover of all the clamour. These uninformed zealots, who wish to appear animated with an exclusive love for their country, charge us with being oppos_ ed to all national improvement, and state, as the grounds of this assertion, our devotedness to the existing institutions of the country; but is not such an endeavour to sever the interests of society a base attempt to demoralise the people of this country. by making them ready instruments in the adoption of those in novating principles, which these political screech owls are ad_ vocating ? Are we so wicked, so degraded, so unconstitutional, by throwing into the opposite scales a preponderance of opinion, an opinion consolidated upon the strictest principles of justice and equity. Are we to be held up to public odium, by onr un-' flinching adherence to these opinions which we believe in our consciences to be in accordance with the welfare of the state ? But, if after all these public professions of disinterestedness, we still retain this unmerited scorn, we shall retire from the world and its foul stain of prejudices with the conviction that we have done our duty. But 'taking it for granted that the people are. discontented :—are we , upon all occasions, to conform to their views? Are we never to consult the sense of our conviction ? l i Are we to be led on,, step by step, from error to error, for the purpose of satisfying a mistaken outcry ? No. I maintain that we have higher obligations to justice, than to the public. It is our duty to guard, not to invade the constitution. We are bound to promote their true interests in preference to the dearer THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. desires of their hearts. ' To shew, Sir, the propriety of this reasoning, • let us suppose that the people, instead of this mixed monarchy, which we celebrate as equally the pride and envy Of the world, should wish to introduce a democratical form of Go vernment. Should we act as good subiects to our king by a compliance with such a treasonable wish ? Should we then do what we are sensible is wrong because the people desire it ? Are we to sacrifice our reason, our honor, our conscience, for fear of incurring the popular resentment? I may possibly be told that nothing but the " soul of absurdity" would suspect the people of a design against their own happiness : I do not sus pect the people of any such design, but I doubt their capacity to judge of their true happiness.. I know they are generally credulous, generally uninformed, captivated by appearances, while they neglect the most important essentials, and always "ridiculously ready to believe that those who have the greatest reason, from their extensive property, to be anxious for the public welfare, are always concerting measures for the oppression of their posterity. From what I have advanced with respect to our duty to the people, it naturally follows, that we are by no means to act against our own judgment, merely to gratify their ill humour or their caprice. It is very well known, that in Charles the first's time, the un limited indulgence of the popular wish occasioned the destruc tion of the constitution; and if the present allegations of popu larity deserve the least weight, they show what incompetent judges the people are of public prosperity. For these reasons I pay no regard to the voice of the people. It is our duty to do what is proper, without consulting what may be agreeable. If we are driven from the direct line of justice by the threats of a mob, our existence becomes useless to the community. I stand up for the constitution, not for the people : if the people attempt to invade the constitution, they are enemies to the nation. Be ing, therefore, convinced that we are to do justice, whether it is agreeable or disagreeable to the people, I am for maintaining our existing institutions in all their comeliness and purity, and will not be a rebel to my King, my country, or my own heart by supporting those innovating doctrines, with the adoption o: which will commence the downfal of Great Britain.—Yours, &c. INTENTIONS OF MINISTERS. F. F. L. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn,—You have, on one or . two occasions, been indulgent to me by inserting soy hurried communications; I, therefore, grow bolder in my pretensions, and venture again to address you. The late election for this borough I shall not dilate fur ther on,- than merely to observe, that I fully coincide in your views of the ungenerous proceedings carried on by our political opponents to annoy the friends and adherents of Lord Sandon, whose wise and statesmanlike views on the most popular ques tions of the day, appear, at length, to be viewed by our Govern ment in the same light. I was much pleased, on reading Mr. E. G. Stanley's speech to the electors of the North Division of this county; to find that our ministers were determined the re form bill should be a " final measure ;" or, at all events, that they would pause awhile ere they ventured on any rash and ul terior proecedings, , and give their decided opposition to those absurd phantasies of the ultra-Whigs and Radicals, triennial parliaments, universal suffrage; and vote by ballot. The last of these un-English propositions is ably exposed by Mr. Stan ley, and it is some consolation to find he is already become the object of attack of that portion of the Radical press, whose very existence' is,• in some degree, endangered, if they give the least credit to ministers, should they deem it wise to judge . for them selves in opposition to their former friends and supporters. That the Radicals will turn round and vituperate the Govern ment, cannot astonish any body; this' course 'they are sure to adOpt,ibut I trust ministers will act up to their late professions, and resist their exorbitant and foolish demands. As to triennial parliaments, I think our parliaments are already short enough; besides the legal duration of them 'during the past thirty years has scarcely. ever been attained, and, their present term (seven years) is rarely accomplished.. For the last ten or fifteen years it has not 'been even nearly approached. But the greatest ar gument against;in any way, shortening the term of our legis lative assemblies, is, in my 'opinion, the excitement and (not to mention those - more horrible disasters that • too fre quently occur, robberies, murders, &c., &c.,) ocdasioned by a general, election.-,.1 put the .question of expense' aside, but it cannot. bo•denied it is often enormous—the party feuds caused in manylowns on these occasions frequently estrange families and friends who had previously lived together on the - best terms, and for this reason alone: the shortening the duration .of pdiliameiiii would, I apPrehend, be a serious injury instead of benefit to society at large. Few members of parliament, too, would be - Unwilling, at the close of each session, to resign'the trust reposed in them by their constituents, if a majority re quested and wished for such a step ; for the man who, so ad dressed by his constituents, could still adhere in a course of op position to them . , could not but .be uncomfortable, at least, in his situation as their representative. I dare be bound this is a pledge that would,' at a general election, be refused by no man. Where, therefore, is the necessity for triennial parliaments, except to excite. those who can ill command themselves, and give demagogues and ultra-Radicals an opportunity of intrud ingthemselves into that house, wher e d e lib era ti o n and sound reasoning alone should prevail. As' to universal szji•age, take America for an example, search the most democratic of their newspapers, and you will then see how the system works there. It cannot be denied universal suffrage is an absolute curse to mankind in those countries where it is unfortunately adoPted. So much for these three Radical proposftions: • They will not, and cannot bear the scrutiny of the more deliberative portionof the community. A few words on slavery, if you please, Sir. That it is an evil no man will question ;—that, unfortunately it is a necessary evil, I am, nevertheless, of opinion. —Still, however, I would abolish it as early as can properly be effected; but, this can only, (to be well done,) be done by degrees. Those who, without delibera tion, would madly emancipate the slave at once would be his greatest enemies. The black poputation of our colonies, (to ren der them useful members of society,) must, previous to their disenthralment, receive the benefits of such an education as would enable them, in a free state, to understand what is right and what wrong. This can only be effected gradually. There is, at the present day, a great out-cry in this country against the planters for, what the anti-slavery men are pleased to denomi nate, their cruelty and oppression. If those who have visited our colonial possessions are entitled 'to the same belief as those who have never seen them, (except on a map,) the balance of opinion will be found greatly in favour of the former, who assert the comparative happiness of the slaves, and yet the latter give no credit to the assertions of those, who are, on every principle of reason and justice, better entitled to judge—from actual ob servation having come to their conclusions. I trust, Sir, the Government of this country will not rashly give way to those who, while they profess themselves the op ponents of slavery, have in very few instances (if any) put forth a plausible plan for immediate and inconsiderate emancipation. I may, on a future occasion, address you more at length on this subject. Before I conclude, permit me to remark, how much the elec tions are going in favor of the whigs. Still we shall have a ma jority of men in the next house of commons, whose stake and property,iin the country, will be a sufficient guarantee f or th e i r guiding the vessel of stat e over th e s h oa l s and. quicksands which may impede its progress. If the ministry only use their Jorce judiciously, all may yet go well. But, I confess, my fears over come my expectations on this score. Let the motto of theie who wish to see Great Britain maintain its high station amOngst nations, be "Mediu tutissimu s ibi s ."—Y o t qs, & c . Liverpoo', Der: 22, 1832. . ANTI-RADICAL. IRELAND. The Dublin Gazette of Saturday contains a proclamation de claring the western part of the county of Cork to be in a state of disturbanee, and requiring au extraordinary establishment of police. The Bank 'of Ireland has declared a dividend of 41 per cent. for the last half-year. . _ The Irish papers inform tts of the sudden death of Sir Hen ry Blackwood, Bart. We have received letters from the 69th Regiment at St. Vin cent; the corps is healthy. Th e t o t a l l oss of the -69th since they landed in the West. Indies from Cork, was 11 men at St. Vincent, and Bat Grenada. Total, 19.—Limerick Chronicle. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A PROTESTANT MA GIS . TR A TE.—Mr Trant, a Magistrate residing near Templemore, county Tipperary, was, whilst walking through his lawn oil Thursday evening, fired at twice, and fortunately missed. W e have not heard the particulars--!pab/in Evening Mail. MURDER OF A PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN.—The Rev. Charles Ferguson,. Rector of Timoleague, was assassinated on the road between that place and. Bandon on Saturday morning. He had been driving in a gig with Mr. Swete (who escaped to tell the melancholy story), .when he observed a crowd of people ap proaching, He fled and took refuge in a house, where the atro cious deed was effected,—lrish Correspondent. THE ELEcTiorts.(From the Dublin Freeman's Journal.) As far as the elections. have yet proceeded, seventeen members are returned, of whom nine arc repealers ; two are called whigs ; one of them would be ,raor? , properly called a radical, and cannot be calculated upon as a supporter of the present government; arid six are conservatives. Thri returns are as follow : • The University—Lefroy and Shaw, conservative. Dublin City—O'Connell and Ruthven, repealers. Kilkenny City—Sullivan, repealer. Galway Town—Lynch and Blake, repealers. Dungannon—Knox, conservative. Coleraine—Sir J. P. Beresford, conservative. Enniskillen—Cole, conservative. Youghall—J. O'Connell, repealer (son of D. O'Connell). Clonmell—Ronayne, repealer. Cashell—Rae, repealer. Downpatrick—Maxwell, conservative. Coleraine—When the constituency was polled out the num ber for each of the candidates, Alderman Copeland (vvhig) and Sir J. Beresford (tory), was equal. The Mayor gave his casting vote for BereSford, who was returned. COUNTY OF TIPPERARY.—Mr. Sheil and a brother repealer intended to have walked over for this county, but to their horror they find every nobleman and gentleman, whether Whig or con servative, have, without exception, joined against them, and pledged themselves t o su pp or t th e H on. Mr O'Callaghan and Mr. Pennefather. A very large subscription has been paid into bank already by the following extraordinary phalanx of the gentlemen of diffe ren t p o liti ca l o pi n i ons :—Lords Glengall, Donoughmore, Llandaff; Clonmel, Lisniore, Hawarden, Du nalley, and Baron Pennefather; Sirs H. Carden and H. Gough; Messrs. Massey Dawson, Bagwell, Crosbie Moore, S. Moore, R. Butler, J. Butler, W. Perry, W. Barton, &c. If such dete:- mined conduct as this was more general, the destructives woula be annihilated in 'lreland. It is supposed that Lord Glengall brought about this union of parties. IRISH REPRESENTATIVES.—How ought Ireland to be repro' sented in the Imperial Parliament ? The question is apparent,y of easy solution--one, in fact to which any person of ordinar,' capacity would at once and.coriectly reply—" By well-infurmeri, intelligent, respectable and independent men." To judge, how ever, from the proceedings of some of our constituencies, this is quite a mistaken notion ; and the pretensions of every other candidate ought straightway to give place to those of any mem ber of the O'Connell family, whom the "Dictator" may think proper to quarter upon the public ! Away, then, with the mere common-place claims of integrity, ability, and long-tried ser vices in the cause of Ireland, and such stuff, and hurrah for the clan O'Connell, •blockheads and all, and the interests of the FAMILY !!!—Dublin Morning Post. It is worthy of remark, that Liverpool furnishes five members to the reformed Parliament, viz., Mr., Ewart, Mr. Rigby We son, Colonel Williams, and two sons of Mr. John Gladstone. Mr. Stanley . and Mr. Egerton have been returned for the Northern Division of. Cheshire. Admiral Tollemache was 911 votes behind Mr. Egerton. Sir W. W. Wynn and Mr: Biddulph hive been returned for Denbighshire, the conservative candidate; who is a son of Lord Kenyon, having.been rejected. Messrs. Beaumont and Ord, reformers, and Mr. Bell, a con servative, contested the southern division of Northumberland. Mr. Bell beat Mr. Ord by ninety-two votes, and he and Mr Beaumont were returned on Friday. The result of the Berkshire election, under the most favour able circumstances, will, it is said, be attended with an ex_pen diture of £40,000 to one of the candidates..- I London Standard. MANCHESTER MARKETS.—In consequence of Christmas Day and New Year's Day-falling- on -Tuesdays, the Boroughreeve and Constables of Manchester have issued a public notice, stat ing, that the market will . be held on Wednesday the 26th inst., anti on Wednesday the 2d January. RIOT AT KENDAL.—We are sorry to learn that a.serious riot took place at Kendal on Tuesday morning, at the com mencement of the that for the W es t mor l an d e l ect i on. - Th e consequence was, that the polling was adjourned. At the ti me our informant left, th e mo b were everywhere attacking per sons suspected to be attached-to the yellow (Lowther) interest, and had committed numerous outrages on the persons and pro perty of that party. We have . .not. heard of any lives being lost. Last week, one poulterer, at Norwich, had upwards of 500 head of game exposedlor sale at his shop at one time. A GENTLEMANLY, LIBERAL, AND REFORM CANDID,kTE.— The most violent opponent of Mr. Roebuck at Bath was a Mr- Blake Foster. It appears that the election being over, Mr. Roebuck's friends were anxious that the difference between him and Mr. Foster should be made up. Mr. Roebuck was with this view formally introduced to Mr. Foster, in the polling -booth in Sydney Ga r d ens . M r . F os t er re f used to be introduced; - and r. Roebuck demanded Mr. Roebuck's card. After some de lay, th e car d was g i ven, and Mr. Foster's was' tendered in exchange; which Mr. Foster, caring as little for the card as for the member, tossed somewhat contemptuously from him. On this Mr. Roebuck, struck Mr. Foster in the face. The comba tants were immediately separated, and subsequently bound over to keep the peace. We were not aware that when one man re fused to be introduced to another, he was liable to be shot or knocked down for the refusal. Mr. Roebuck certainly had a right to call on Mr. Foster for an explanation of any terms of contempt he might voluntarily apply to him; but really,' under the circumstances in which Mr. Foster was placed by Mr.: Roe buck's friend on this occasion, we think his words ought to have been treated as what the lawyers call "a privileged corn munication."—Spectator. BRISTOL, DEC. 15.-1 n order to testify the sense entertained of the conduct of the Operative Conservatives, and their orderly and peaceable demeanour in the hour of complete victory over the revolutionary principles which have reduced the fairest part of the city to a heap of ruins, and greatly injured ,the trade of the port, the principal manufacturers and merchants here have determined on presenting to each operative sufficient beef of the primest quality to afford a substantial meal for himsetf and family on Christmas Day. Mr. Edwin Ames, of the Bristol Pottery, has undertaken to su p er i n t en d th e purc h ase of 15 or more fat oxen for this purpose. The subscribers of the Fund mean also to present the chairman and treasurer of the Opera tive Conservative Society with plate of the value of 20 guineas. We hope that similar conduct on the part of the operatives in other parts of the kingdom will b e f o ll owe d by simifar marks of friendly regard by the upper classes of society. The arrange ments of the Mayor and Magistrates of Bristol for the preset vation of the peace during the election were of the most formid able and effective character ,• but it is due b o th t o t h e v i ctors and the conquered to s a y, that the greatest respect was shewn to the laws; indeed the city has not been so tranquil since the election of delegates to pass the Reform Bill in 1831. WHIG IDEA OF PURITY OF ELECTION.--at the Chester elec tion last week, one of the candidates was the Town-clerk of the city, an out-and-out "Bill" man, who unites in his own person the several offices of town-clerk, clerk of the peace, clerk of the indictments, under-sheriff, &c. &c. of the peculiar jurisdic tion of the city. The friends of this gentleman (for of course no one could think of charging him with such an infringement of the law) finding that after the first day's polling they were likely to lose the election, intimated that' they would be pre pared, on the following morning, to turn the majority in their favour; and that their friends would receive ten shillings tickets to supply them with prog. "By a reference, h owever, to the registries and check books, (says the Chester Courant,) it soon appeared that it would be impossible to bring such ail event about, as more than fourteen hundred persons had already polled; the ten shillings tickets were not therefore distributed with a very prodigal hand, although' many, of them signed by the editor of the Chronicle met our eyes; and they were cashed in various parts of the .city, by.a few cormorants : who were per-_ mittecrto take one shilling discount