The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-17 00:00:00

MAWS CONSERVATIVE PORTRAITS

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generally, are respectfully informed that Messrs. LACE and
ADDISON, the Agents, have just received PART XII.,
which contains Portraits, accompanied with Genealogical
Memoirs, of the following distinguished Statesmen :—Tne
Right Hon. the EARL of MUNSTER, LORD MAHON,
and Sir FREDERICK TRENCH, K.C.H.

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Contents of the Parts already published
No. I.

His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
The Right Hon. Lord LYNDHURST.
The Right Hon. Lord WHARNCLIFFE.
No. 11.

His Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH,
Sir WILLIAM WEBB FOLLETT, M.P.
No. 111.
The Right Hon. Sir ROBERT PEEL, Bart., M.P.
The Right Hon. Sir HENRY HARDINGE,
The Right Hon. FREDERICK SHAW, M.P.
No. IV.
The Most Hon. the Marquis of LONDONDERRY.
Sir CHARLES WETHERELL, Knt.
JAMES EMERSON TENNENT, Esq., M.P.
No. V.
The Right Hon. the Earl of HARROWBY.
Sir ROBERT FITZWYGRAM, Bart.
Mr. Sergeant JACKSON, M.P.
No. VI.

The Right Hon. the Ea.lliiE GREY.
The Right Hon. Lord FORBES.
Sir ROBERT H. INGLIS, Bart., M.P.

VII.

The Right Hon. the Earl of LONSDALE.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of EXETER.
The Right Hon. Sir EDWARD B. SUGDEN, Ka., M.P.
No. VIII.
His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND.
The Right Hon. the Earl HowE.
The Right Hon. the Lord WALLACE.

No. IX.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount CANTERBURY.
The Right Hon. Sir GEORGE MURRAY, M.P,
A. R. DOTTIN, Esq., M.P.
No. X.
The Right Hon. Lord AsuBURTON.
The Right Hon. JOHN WILSON CROKER,
Sir F. POLLOCK, M.P.
No. XI.
His Grace the Duke of RUTLAND, K.G.
The Right Hon. the Earl of WINCHILSEA.
The Right Hon. Lord BEKLEY.
No. XII.
The Right Hon. the Earl of MUNSTER.
Lord MAHON, M.P.
Sir FREDERICK TRENCH, K.C.H., M.P.

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CANAL STOPPAGE.
KENWORTHY and CO. be to apprizs tbeir.P4ends,
el • that the ANNUAL STOPPAGE for Repairs on the
Line of Chnals, 'between Liverpool and London, will com-
mence orf lfaigpxv, the 27th instant, and continue. One
Week. - -
All Goods received by J. K. and Co., in Liverpool, on
TUESDAY, the 21st, and in London on WnDNESDAY, the
22d instant, will clear the Stoppage.
JOHN DEAKIN, Agent.
Liverpool, 10th 314, 1539.

RAILWAY AND CANAL CONVEYANCE BE-
TWEEN LIVERPOOL AND LONDON.
JOHN KENWORTHY and CO., in acknowledging their
obligations to the Public for the uniform and steady sup-
port they have long continued to receive as Canal Carriers,
have it now in their power to announce, that they have com-
pleted an arrangement with the Grand Junction And London
and Birmingham Railway Companies, by which they will be
enabled, on and after MONDAY, the 20th of May, to offer
their Friends, through the medium.of their own conveyance
on the Rails, those advantages of increased despatch and cer-
tainty' in the transit of. Goods between LIVERPOOL and
LONDON which that mode of conveyance is calculated to
ensure above all others.

Whilst disclaiming any thing like an intention or wish to
enlist in their favour the sympathies of the Public, by a dis-
paragement of, or imputation upon, other parties, J. K. and
Co. do think it due to themselves, and to those numerous
Friends whose unswerving support they continued to receive
at a :time when they could not claim it upon equal grounds
with others, to give thus publicly an explanation of circum-
stances, which otherwise might subject them to a charge of
indifferance or neglect in not having earlier availed themselves
of, and thereby secured to their own peculiar supporters
whatever advantages may be thought to accrue from a Rail-
way Conveyance.
It will be sufficient to state, that, early in January last,
immediately after the opening of the London and Birming-
ham Railway for the Carriage of Goods through, J. K. and
Co. made application to that, and also to the Grand Junc-
tion Company, to be admitted as Carriers on the Rails, on
the same footing in regard to terms and conditions as they
understood had been agreed upon between the two Companies
and other Carriers. The substance of the answer to this
application was, that the London and Birmingham Company
were not at that time in a situation w transact a greater
a amount of siness than was then upon their line, but that,
so soon as My were in a condition to do so, the Rails would
be thrown open to all Carriers.
Having recently had notice that such was the fact, J. K.
and Co. have since lost no time in completing the necessary
arrangements preparatory to a commencement of business
on the Rails, and they }lave now only to repeat,-that, on
and after MONDAY, the 20th instant, they will be prepared
to receive and forward by Railway, with all due care and
despatch, any Goods intended for that conveyance with which
they may be intrusted.
Fly Boats to London every evening, as usual.
For further particulars, in regard either to the Railway or
Canal Conveyance, J. K. and Co. beg to refer the Public to
their offices, Duke's Dock, Liverpool, and Axe Inn, Alder.
nianbury, London. JOHN DEAKIN, Agent.
Liverpool, 9th May, 1839:

Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esq, M.P. it is said, has been
re-admitted an attorney.

If a general election'.take place, we are happy in knowing
thatc,Captain Bulkeley, a conservative, will certainly offer him-
salfaS a candidate for Windsor.—lTl,dsor Journal.
The chartists have lost two of their- public speakers, in the
persotiS of Mr. Beale 'and Mr. Elliott, of Sheffield, both of
whom haves Withdrawn from the fanatical meetings of these
" ulterior .measures " men.

NF;w-Yonic.—Mr. Cowell, -the- gentlemen sent to New
York by the Bank of Engiand to arrange the affairs of the
great American houses, had returned home by the Great
Western. From general' rumour on the subject, it may be
inferred that. the result is more favourable than was antici-
pated.

A LONG IMPRISONMENT.—On Monday week, Mr. Wm.
Tinmouth, formerly of bishopwearmouth, innkeeper, was
released from Durham prison, after suffering incarceration
for nearly 19 years, for non-payment of a penalty to the
Excise.

A Naw MICROSCOPE.—Some seiners of New-qUay, a few
days since, Laving taken a garnet, pulled out its eye, ani on
looking through it at a proper focus, found that it magnified
in a very high degree, inasmuch that a flea looked as large as
a small pig ! This is deserving of the attention of the curious
in optics.—Devonport Telegraph.
STATE OF OLDHAM.—T4 magistrates of Oldham, the
Revs. J. Hordern, T. S. Mills, add E. Hibbert, Esq. have
issued public notices, calling the attention of the population
to the royal proclamation issued on the 3d May, and caution-
ing them against having any connection with any training or
drilling to the use of arms, or participating in any illegal
meeting, or committing any acts rendering themselves liable
to be transported or imprisoned. The magistrates require
all well-disposed persons to aid the civil power in suppressing
illegal practices, and declare their determination to enforce
the laws. There does not appear amongst any tart of the
population of Oldham the least inclination to riot.—Manehes-
ter Guardian.

It is currently rumoured that in the event of a dissolution
of parliament, two conservative candidates, Mr. Townley
Parker, one of our present members, and a highly respected
gentleman engaged in the cotton trade, will be put in nomi-
nation for this borough. It is also said that Captain Whalley,
the candidate for Clitheroe at the last general election, will
again contest that borough ; and that Mr. Turner, the mem-
ber for Blackburn, will, as a condition of his re-election, give
in his unqualified adhesion to the expected Peel administra-
tion. These are the current statements of the day.—Preston,
Chronicle—Liberal paper.
AN OLD COAT.—James Laycock is as honest and indus-
trious as any labourer in the pleasant village of Wadworth.
He has brought up ten children without the aid of the parish,
and he retreats upon that circumstance with a feeling of laud-
able pride. This, however, is not the reason why James
Laycock's name finds its way to the columns of,a newspaper.
It is Jamests frugality, as exemplified in the care of his
wearing apparel, that entitles him to the honour of a para-
graph. The coat which this honest villager wears at his
annual club-feast will this year have been worn 52 years !
Perhaps the " initiative" in carefulness is not solely to be
ascribed to him. His wife " prides herself" on certain red
letter days, in a gown—her mother's wedding gown—which
became hers before the village Stultz fashioned her husband's
venerable coat.—Sheffield Independent.
INDlA.—lntelligence from Bombay, to the 25th of March,
has been received. Sir Willoughby Cotton, with two bri-
gades of infantry, a brigade of cavalry, and the artillery, had
advanced towards the Bolan Pass, having left Shirkapore on
the 23d of February. The Shah Shoojah, with his force,
was expected to leave Shirkapore on the first week in March.
Sir John Keane, with his division, had advanced to Larkana,
between Hydrabad and Shirkapore, on the 24th of February ;
and intended to proceed to Dadur, at the foot of the Bolan
mountains. Every thing appears to he proceeding very fa-
vourably, and Lieut. Pottinger has been restored to a good
understanding • with the Prince Kam Ram, of Herat. 'lk
Sicdars of Candahar have returned from a fruitless expedi
tion to Herat, and are now stated to be favourably disposed'

RUMOURS.—We are informed upon undoubted authority.
authority quite as good as that upon which the Sun founds a
statement as extraordinary, that Sir Robert Peel insisted
upon certain arrangements relative to her Majesty's ' Ladies,'
to which her Majesty could not consent, viz.:---That I ady
Portman should go to Bath, to drink its ' purifying' waters ;
Lady Tavistock to St. Omer's, to make ' confession ;' Lady
Normanby to the Wilds of Connemara : that even her mother
should be requested to visit Germany ; and that all her Maids
cf Honour should take berths on board the Great Western.
At the same time that we give this intelligence, we are au-
thorised to contradict the assertion of the Sun. that ' Sir Ro-
bert Peel refused to leave the Queen one single friend.'—
Britannia.

SINGULAR PHENOMENON.—On Sunday last an ass was
observed grazing in the Windy Banks, Southowram, which
was completely covered by crows, or else jackdaws. Our
informant was at such a distance as to be unable to distinguish
which. The animal appeared to be wholly covered with them ;
anti they were pecking violently at its hide ; bnt without irri-
tating the ass in the least. On Monday, a horse in the same
field was observed in a similar predicament. What could
such a cluster of the birds be after? They did not appear to
create the slightest pain or even annoyance to either ass or
horse ; both kept on grazing as though nothing unusual were
happening : but the birds appeared to be pecking at the back
of the animals most furionsly.—Bolton. Chronicle.

MANY A SLIP BETWIXT CUD AND LIP.—An extraordinary
circumstance recently occurred at Cowhill near Oldham. A
young man, destitute of sight, possessed powers so attractive
as to win the attachment of a young woman from the neigh-
bourhood of Ashton, to such an extreme degree, that she
with an ardent zeal for the tying of the connubial knot, trans-
ferred to the fortunate youth the sum of £50., as the means
of rapidly effecting the joyous event of matrimonial happiness.
Such was the ingratitude a the was-to-be-bridegroom, that
he became so ungallant as to reject the solicitations of the
fair one, and yet to retain the sovereign premium for his fa-
vours.—lbid.

THE REPRESENTATION OF BRADFORD.—Both the Brad-
ford M.P.'s have returned home, and we understand that in
case of a dissolution of Parliament, they will both come for-
ward again. What will become of the London attorney,
Williams, we know not—he will probably contest the honour
with them. On Wednesday, Mr. Lister addressed the inha-
bitants of Bradford, from the balcony in front of the Bowling
Green Inn, and endeavoured to vindicate his votes on the
House of Commons, Ile was much hissed, and a pers,on
named Whitney, put several questions to him which greatly
baffled him, one especially posed—how he reconciled his con-
duct in voting against Duncombe's motion for further reform?
The honourable member at last cut amidst the hisses of his
audience.—Halifax Guardian.