The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-20 00:00:00

ELECTION RETURNS

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE KENTISH GAZETTE.
Sir,—l have never yet seen in any paper a return of the
elections that have taken place since the general election of
1837, and thinking it might not prove uninteresting to your
numerous readers, I have sent it for your insertion.
Those marked (d) are deceased; those with an asterisk are
changes by the results of a petition.
Retired. , ' Returned.
1 Sudbury, Sir J: Hamilton C 3. Bailey, jun..... C
2 Midhurst, W. S. Poyntz. L Capt. Spencer.... L
3 Galway, A. 11. Lynch L A. H. Lynch .... L
4 Tipperary, R. L. Sheil r• It L. Shell L
5 Pembroke, Colonel Owen C Sir Jas. Graham.. C
6 Portsmouth, J. B. Carter (d) L Sir G. Staunton.. L
7 West Kent, Sir W. Geary C Sir E. Filmer .... C
8 Bridgnorth,* H. Tracy L R. Pigcrt C
U Petersfield,* Sir W. Joliffe. .... C C. J. Hector L
10 Elgin Burghs, Sir A. L. Hay .. L Hon. Fox Maule L
11 Mary-le-bone,* Sir S. Whalley. L Lord Teignmouth C
12 Tynemouth,* G. F. Young..... L Sir C. Grey L
13 Rutlandshire, Sir G. Noef(d).. C Hon. W. Noel C
14 Ipswich,* H. Tufinell .
15 Belfast,* J. B. Gibson .. L B. Tennant C
16 Belfast,* Lord Belfast L G. Dunbar
17 Tralee * J. Bateman • C• M. O'Connell.... L

18 Maidstone, W. Lewis (d) C J. M. Fector.. .... C
19 Evesham,* P. Borthwick C Lord M. Hill .... L
20 Devizes,* J. W. D. Dundas
21 Sudbury, Sir E. Barnes (d) ..
22 East Lothian, Lord Ramsay C Sir T. Hepburn .. C
23 Shaftesbury,* J. Poulter. L Capt. Matthew .. C
24 Kinsale,* P. Malronf L Colonel Thomas.. C
25 West Suffolk, N. Logan (d).... C H. S. Waddington C
26 Stamford, Colonel Chaplin..... C Sir Geo. Clerk. .. C
27 Stirlingshire,* J. Forbes C Col. Abercromby. L
28 Woodstock, H. Peyton C Marq. Blaudford . C
29 Hull,* W. Wilberforce C W. Hutt L
30 Bedford,* R. Stuart C S. Crawley L
31 Gloucester, H. I. Hope C H. I. Hope C
32 St. Ives, J. liaise (d) C W. Praed C
33 Invernesshire, A. W. Chisholm.. C I. W. Grant C
34 Linlithgowsh., Hon. Capt. Ilope C G. W. •Hope C
35 Dungannon, Lord Northland... C Hon. J. Knox C
36 Maidstone,* J. M. Fector C J. M. Fector .... C
37 Cashel, J. Woulfe. "
38 Clonmel, N. Ball L Sergeant Ball .... L
39 Bucks, Marquis of Chandos
40 Norwich,* R. C. Searlett
41 Devonport, Sir G. Grey L Sir G. Grey ' L
42 Sandwich, Sir J.R. Carnac L Sir R. Donkin ... L

43 Southwark, D. W. Hariey D. W 11;;;;;:
.. L
44 Tower Hamlets, Dr. Li.,,hington L Dr. Lushington L
45 Wycombe, G. R. Smith L B. Smith

46 Yarmouth. W. Wilsherc. L W. Wilshere L
47 Carlow,* W. H. Maule L F. H. flruen C
48 Cavan, 11. Maxwell
49 Leitrim, Viscount Clements.. ::'L Hon. C. Clements L
50 Kirkeudbright,R.C.Forguson(d)L A. Mut ray.
51 North Devon, Lord Ebrington . L L. W. Bucks
52 Wigan, R. Potter (d) L W. 'Ewart ' L
53 Richmond. Hon. J. Dundas L Col. Dundas T.
54 Leicester, S. Duckworth • L E Ellis L

55 Ayrshire, J. Dunlop (d). L Lord Kelburn?... C
5G Leith, J. A. Murray
57 Tyrone, Lord Alexander. C Lord C. Hamilton C
58 Hertford, Hon. W. Cowper.... L Hon. W. Cowper. L
59 Ludlow; Lord Clive C J. Alcoek L
GO Edinburgh, J. Abet-el-n-thy L J. Macaulay ..... L
61 Glasgow, Lord W. Bentinck (d) L J. Oswald .
62 Ipswich, J. M. Gibson L Sir T. Cochrane.. C
63 Carlow,* F. H. Bruen C J. Gisborne L
61 Aylesbury, M. W. Praed (d)... C Capt.-Hamilton .. C
65 Totness, J. Parrott ' L . .

66 Perth, Hon. A. Kinnaird L David Greg .0
67 Cambridge, T. S. Rico L C.MannerS Sutton C
68 Portsmouth, A. Baring L A. Baring
69 Waterford, 0. Wyse L 0 W'yse
70 Tipperary, R. L. Sheil
71 Manchester, C. P. Thomson . L R. Greg. L
72 Kildare, M. O'Ferrall.
Retired—ConSeriati ves . . . . 29—Liberals . . 43
Returned—Conservatives .. 33—Liberals .. 38.
Besides which, there arc 7 more to take place immediately
on the re-assembling of parliament, viz.:—Bewdley, Edin-
burgh, Newark, Wicklow, Falmouth, Devonport, and South-
wark, three of which I think the conservatives may safely
reckon on. The wholer7 are vacated by whig-radicals.
There arc also two petitions made by conservatives, as well
as two by liberals, togethei with Totness a doubtful return,
yet undecided, making on the whole 12 scats vacant on the.
re-assembling of parliament. The two petitions against the
returns made by conservatives are for Ludlow and Manches-
ter, those by the liberals Ipswich and Cambridge. ' By this
return you will see there have been already• 72 elections ; by
them we have gained 4 members, equivalent to 8 votes on -a-
division; in all these elections we have lost, by a contest,
but one seat, Ludlow ; but on the other hand have "gained
five, viz.:—Mary-le-Bone, North Devon, Ayrshire, Ipswich,
and Cambridge. Poor Lord Melbourne must now look out
for a snug berth or pension for himself, for I am afraid not
all the petticoats in England would save him. His majority
at present in the house is but 6, and should the conservatives
get these three elections, he will then dwindle down to
nothing. Alas! what is to become of the poor chamber-
maids? Heaven only knows.—Your obedient servant,
AN UNFLINCHING TORY.

SELECT EXTRACTS:

BITE IN A FAMILY GROUP.—To give the true expres-
sion of Bite's character, we are fain to paint him in a family
group : yes, to bring out all the peculiar attributes of his
mind—and, we repeat, we deal not in fiction—it is necessary
to place the Money-Lender in his old, familiar scenes. En-
ter, then, Bite's clerk, the managing harpy of the firm, to
take his daily lesson ;—" If Mr. Firetop calls about his bill
for two hundred—" " Mr. Firetop's bill," answers the
Money-Lender, " is n't worth pipe-light ; but, as he has
some innocent, good men at the back of it, why it may be
done at ninety.' Stop, you must put in six dozen of the very
small claret at the usual figure." " Then there's the widow
Stokes, at the snuff:shop. That bill, for seventy." " Let
me see," says the benevolent Bite ; " as she is a lone,unpro-
tected widow, why, we'll say five-Lyes, five- per cent."
" Sir !"—and the clerk is all astonishment. " But, as we've
yet plenty of Quarto's bankrupt-stock in the store-room, the
widow—it's for two months well, she must take ten
pounds' worth of prayer-books." *
" 'Who's that ?" cries Bite, listening .to a voice in the pas-'
sage. " Mr. Charlesworth, sir, about the annuity." "My
chair!" exclaims the Money-Lender; and the clerk wheels
the chair forward, Mr. Bite senior, being suddenly taken
very ill. He sinks down, his hands drop, his legs are mo-
tionless ; and in his vulture face there is an expression of ex-
tremest languor. Can the good man be death smitten ?
" Well father," - says Mr. Baptist Bite (who resembled his
parent as one henipseed resembles another,) ushering in an
unsuspecting victim, " I haVe been effecting a little business
in which you arc concerned." " I concerned !" cries the
elder Bite, feebly; MS eyes half closed and wandering ;
" Ugh ! Concerned ! Well, what ?" • " Why, sir, a little
transaction with this gentleman, Mr.• Charlesworth. •We are •
;to receive from him, by way of annuity, for the thousand
pounds, three hundred a-year during your honoured life."
," Life ! my life!" wails old Bite ; " Ho, ho !" are you mad,
Baptist ? My life ! I; who havn't a month ?" " Oh, sir,"
answers the filial Baptist; many, many years, I trust. I'm
sure, sir, if I thought otherwise, I'd make no such bargain ;
't would be presumptuous ;- quite tetnpting Providence, sir!"
" It mus'n't be, it sha'at be, it sha'nt be," cries old Bite ;
" it's giving a thousand pounds away : it sla'n't be," ex-
claimed the Money Lender, with an energy that quite ex-
hausted him : for he sank back in. the chair, and coughed
alarmingly., ;" I am very sorry, sir," said Baptist, " but my
word is passed. Mr. Toady has been two days at work on
the deed ;- and really, my dear father, as men of honour—"
" Well, well," answers Bite the elder, '" if it's gone so far ;
but you'll ruin yourself, Baptist. You are too rash for a man
of business. In a mouth, the gentleman—Ha! sir ; you have
got a pretty bargain out of my foolish son—in a month you
may ring the money upon my tomb-stone !" (And certain we
are, if ought could raise the dead, such ringing would make
Mr..Money-Lender burst his eere-cloths.) " Don't talk in
that way, father," said Baptist, his eye moistening ; " don't
talk in that fashion. In this room, sir, if you please," and
Baptist slimed the fortunate gentleman into an adjoining
apartment. Mr. Bite rose from his chair, took two or three
strides, and, with a look of vivacity, observed to his clerk,
" Jones, I shall not come to town to-morrow ; for I meet the
hounds at Box-hill."--Douglas Jerrold.
SKATlNG,.—Skating, considered as an amusement, pre-
sents us with one of the most healthy, delightful, and grace-
ful exercises which can be indulged in at that season which
affords the means for its enjoyment. - In the practice of
skating, every pact of the body is in a. state of activity; the
muscles of the right side, are now brought into play, now
those of the left ; the arms and legs are in continual action ;
and the Mind is exercised as well as the body. There are two
kinds of skating—figure skating, and wh-at is technically
termed "running." In a park, or in a confined space, the
former is certainly to he preferred, as it affords more pleasure
to the skater, and is the only kind that can be enjoyed by
spectators. The ornaniental waters in the London parks arc
not the places in which " running" should be indulged in ;
yet troops of bad skaters are seen racing each other from one
end to another of these waters, breaking through every thing
on their way, to the infinite annoyance, not to say danger, of
the " figurants," as well as to those who are quietly endea-
vouring to attain excellence in the same art. But when a
large extent of ice is available, there is nothing-more delight-
ful than " running" over the frozen waters. In the Fens of
Lincolnshire, " running" is practised- by all classes, figure
skating being almost unknown there, and the " Lincolnshire
men" are celebrated in the annals of sporting for their extra-
ordinary performances as regards velocity. In the hard frost
of 1820, there were many instances of men " running" nearly
a mile in two or three minutes, and some of the grand matches
which were got up in that year exhibited a still greater ve-
locity: The last severe winter (of 1838) gave them an oppor-
tunity of renewing their sport, which, for the previous eight
or ten years, had been almost totally stopped by the mild
winters. A writer iii the New Sporting Magazine for March,
1838, evidently an enthusiast, has sonic interesting remarks
on the "running matches" in the Fens. "Owing to the
mildness of the season during the last seven winters, the
glory of the Fens is hi some •degree obscured, in the thin
muster roll Of the runners. The names of Staple, Egar, Per-
kins, Youngs, Gittain, and others, whose challenges to all
England for fifty and one hundred guineas appeared in the
newspapers of 1820, are now almost forgotten. The owners
have trained off under the impairing hand of time, as
surely as they trained on to the acme of fleetness and en-
durance at. which they arrived. The following may convey
a general idea of the speed and bottom of these noted run-
ners. Perkins could always beat John Staple for one
mile, and the latter could run a mile in one minute and four
seconds, and could beat Perkins over a two-mile course.
Charles Staple ran a match for five guineas against Young
for two miles, which was done in three minutes and eight
seconds. So much for their speed : the following is an in-
stance of their endurance. Two runners in the present year
went from Ely to. Cambridge and back, in all forty miles, in
two hours and thirty-six minutes, when there was no wind,
and the ice rather rough. I was present this year (1838,)
at a match at Cowbit, for forty guineas, and at a sweepstakes
for twenty • and matches and sweepstakes have abounded at
Chatteris, 'Ramsay, March, and Peterborough. The ice has
been inferior, though 'strong, owing to its having snowed
heavily when the frost first set in, and the rivers were first
frozen over. Floods there were none, and no sufficient thaw
followed to gloss over the first rugged surface of the rivers.
I have breakfasted at home, lunched at Wisheach, twenty-
one miles, dined at Whittlesey, fourteen more, and returned
home to a rubber at whist with less fatigue than from a day's
shooting."—The best and most graceful skaters are universally
allowed to be those of Edinburgh. In that town a skating
club has for many years been established, and it is perhaps-
owing in a great measure to this circumstance, that that city
has produced so many distinguished amateurs in this delight-
ful and exhilarating art. London, however, is in a fair way
to compete with the Scottish capital in the number and ex-
cellence of its skaters. A club was instituted in 1831, for
the purpose of promoting the art ; and during the severe
winter of 1838, the members availed themselves of the
opportunity afforded them to meet together to enjoy the ex-
ercise ; and we question if even the boasted Edinburgh
skaters could have surpassed the elegance with which the
members of the London skating club executed their
manoeuvres. There are now, we believe, above sixty members
in this. club, meeting every day during the skating season at
Regent's Park, where a large marquee, attendants, and every
convenience, are provided. Each member wears a small
silver skate hanging from his breast, and to appear on the
ice without it subjects him to a fine. With good ice, good
skates, and good resolution, it will not be a difficult matter
for a learner to attain, in the course of even one winter, a
proficiency sufficient to allow him to take part in a quadrille.