The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-06-14 00:00:00

THE SHREWSBURY LOYAL DECLARATION.

[We have great pleasure in transferring into our columns
the following admirable reply of the Duke of Wellington to
the Shrewsbury Loyal Declaration, which we find in the Sa-
lop ian Journal.]
LONDON, JUNE 5, 1839.
I am much flattered and gratified by the opinion of the
gentlemen of Shrewsbury and the neighbourhood, that my
right honourable friend Sir Robert Peel and I have not con-
ducted ourselves towards our Sovereign with disloyal inso-
lence.

My first impression on the calumnies which you have
noticed were, as those of the gentlemen of Shrewsbury, those
of contempt as well for the calumnies themselves as for the
persons of those with whom they originated, and of those
who circulated them.

The Ministers of the Sovereign thought proper to resign
their offices, very much to my astonishment.
I was called upon, and then my right honourable friend Sir
Robert Peel, to undertake the direction of the affairs of our
Sovereign's Government. He undertook the charge, and I
was willing to serve in any way that might be wished, in or
out of office, in any office, or without emolument or patronage.
I had no proposition to submit to the Sovereign, and sub-
mitted none. But I concurred in those submitted by my
right honourable friend Sir Robert Peel. I thought that
they were founded on the principle on which all preceding
administrations had been formed ; on that alone on which the
affairs of the state can be conducted with honour to those
concerned in conducting them,—with satisfaction, and even
with security to the Sovereign.
We have heard much at different times of the exercise and
power of secret influence in the palace, probably more• than
was consistent with truth on the occasions on which such in-
fluence was complained of. But it never was pretended at
any period that such influence was not prejudicial to the con-
duct of public affairs. I had upon a former occasion felt the
inconvenience of an anomalous influence of this description,
and I was the more anxious to avoid now to expose myself
and the public service to the risk of suffering from the real
or even supposed exercise of such an influence.
The consequence of the propositions of my right honorable
friend, made with my concurrence, was that the arrangement
of an administration as suggested could not be made ; and
the ministers who had resigned resumed their several offices.
The affair would there have terminated, if it had not been
deemed expedient to charge my right honorable friend and
myself with insolence—disloyal insolence—to our Sovereign,
and to raise a cry against us on that ground.
However I may regret that these transactions should be-
come the subject of discussion, I cannot be surprised that
gentlemen of honor and character, such as those resident in
and in the neighbourhood of Shrewsbury who haxe signed
this declaration, should be anxious to declare that they do
not concur in the address voted in that town, that they con-
sider to be calumnious the imputation of disloyal insolence
against public men whose only faults were their readiness to
serve their Sovereign when their services were called for,
notwithstanding the difficulties of the times, and that they
submitted to the Sovereign propositions founded on the known
principlpc of the ennßtitution. .

In proportion as the gentlemen who have signed this
declaration feel contempt for the calumnies which the address
contains, and for those who have thus recognised, recorded,
and propagated them, must they feel anxious to record by
their declaration their dissept from them.
It is very satisfactory to me to receive this declaration from
a gentleman who is the representative in the House of Com-
mons of the town of Shrewsbury, for whom on account of
former recollections and services, as well as on account of the
station he fills, his acquirements, and reputation, I must ever
feel the highest respect.
WELLINGTON.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Sir John Conroy, it is said, and we hope truly, has resigned
the office he held in the Duchess of Kent's household, and
purposes to retire into Wales.

REPRESENTATION OF WEST KENT.—II iS understood
that Mr. Hodges, the whig member for this part of the
county, does not intend to offer himself again. The conser-
vatives, no doubt, are ready with a man.
Vast quantities of mackerel have been taken at the back
of the Wight this month, affording a rich harvest to the
fisherman, and a plentiful cheap supply to the islanders and
visitors.

The canonisation of live saints took place at Rome, on the
26th ult., with great pomp. The Kings of Naples and
Bavaria, the Dowager Queen of Sardinia, and the Duchess
de Berri were present.
The government normal school was to have been the me-
tropolitan pauper school at Norwood, established by the poor
law commissioners, and placed by them under the manage-
ment of Dr. Kay, who is also secretary to the educational
committee of the privy council.
We learn from the Yorkshireman, that Mr. Baines, of the
Museum, in the city of York, has been successful in raising
from seed one of the wonders of the vegetable kingdom, the
Desmodium (more commonly called Hedyearum) Gyrans,
whose leaves exhibit one of the most curious instances of
spontaneous motion in a plant. It is now in a stove at the
Museum, and its extraordinary movements go on constantly
and vigorously.
TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM.—We rejoice to hear that a tribute
of respect and esteem is about to be presented to the Rev.
Edward Wilson, minister of St. Thomas's, Odd Rode, and
Master of the Free Grammar School, Congleton. It con-
sists of a Salver, with a Silver Pocket Communion Service,
Inkstand, a Purse of Gold, (100 guineas) and his Portrait.—
Chester Courant.

The Rev. J. Campbell, M.A., has been appointed, under
the sanction of the bishop, a missionary chaplain amongst
the navigators employed on the Bristol and Exeter railway.
The directors of the Railway Company and the Pastoral Aid
Society have contributed most lioerally to his support. The
men have received the chaplain in the most cordial manner.

The proceeds of the benefit, at Drury-lane Theatre, for
the benefit of the widow and family of the late Mr. Haynes
Bayly, the dramatist, the house having been filled to its full
complement, realised about £4OO. The Duchess of Beaufort,
the Marchioness of Tavistock, Lady Nugent, and the Hon.
Mrs. Norton, were the leading ladies of rank who interested
themselves on behalf of Mr. Bayly.

" LIBERAL" BILLINGSGATE.—The republican and infidel
faction are very wrathful with the Wesleyan methodists, in
consequence of the latter having opposed themselves the no-
religion scheme of the Whigs. In one of the liberal journals
of Sunday last, the Wesleyans are declared to be " miserable
howling p uritanical curs ," "crabbed-faced ignorant wretches,"
"long-visaged vagabonds," Sze.
As two countrymen, who had come to Nottingham to see
the opening of the railway, on Tuesday fortnight, were taking
a view of Nottingham market place, the attention of one of
them was directed to a tradesman's board, where Royal Lace
Depot was over his door, which led him to remark to his
companion, that " it was funny to see carriages go without
horses, but laced tea pots was past beating."
DEATH IN TINE POT.—We understand that a family in this
city, last week, immediately after eating dinner, found them-
selves dreadfully poisoned. They were restored by the efforts
of a skilful physician, but not till they had vomited them-
selves nearly to death. Upon an investigation of the cause
of the poison, it was found that a copy of the Louisville Ad-
vertiser was in the pot in which the dinner had been boiled.
—Louisville Journal.

It is rumoured, and from what we can learn upon good
grounds, that Lord William Bentinck is about to resign the
representation of Glasgow. It is added, also we believe with
truth, that Mr. James Oswald is to be proposed as his suc-
cessor. lf, however, the London report, that a dissolution
of parliament is immediately impending, should prove cor-
rect, the fact of Lord William Bentinck's resignation is com-
paratively unimportant.— Glasgow Herald.
THE WEATHER.--Crops of every kind, both in gardens
and fields, are thriving well. Potatoes are brairded in many
places, but are not generally up. We have had two refresh-
ing rains during the week, being all that was wanted to a
vigorous vegetation ; and this morning (Thursday) the fields
show that they have been greatly refreshed by the copious
rain of last night. The wheat crop in particular shows the
beneficial effects.—Kilmarnock Journal.

CONSERVATIVE LOYALTY.—The conservatives of Kid-
derminster have determined upon commemorating the coro-
nation of Queen Victoria, on the 28th instant, by meeting
on that day and walking in procession to St. George's chapel,
where a sermon will be preached. A conservative festival
will then take place in the open air. The festival promises
to be a splendid display of loyal and constitutional feeling.
It is stated that upwards of 800 persons will sit down to
dinner.

CONFUSION OF IDEAs.a—ln Westminster Abbey there is a
monument, on which an old sea dog of a commodore is repre-
sented as Neptune coming out of the sea, with a full-bot-
tomed wig on, powdered and puffed. A scotch sculptor once
made an angel on a tombstone, with a similar article of full
dress on. When his patron remonstrated, " Hoot, mon, did
ye ever see an angel with a wig?" the sculptor inquired" did
ye ever see an angel without ? ' On the stern of a Boston ship,
called the Tarquin, there is a representation of Tarquin, the
King of Rome, in a chariot, and an eagle flying over his head,
with a tarpaulin hat hanging on his beak.—New York
Dispatch.

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. We understand
that it is in contemplation to lay the foundation stone of the
great railway viaduct over the Almond Valley, near Newlis-
ton, on the 15th instant. It will be laid with all masonic
honours. The work when completed will be one of the most
magnificent structures in the kingdom. It is to consist of
thirty-six arches, some of them ninety feet high. It is the
principal work on the line of the Edinburgh and Glasgow
railway, and will be finished in the course of the year 1841.—
Edinburgh Evening Post.
ANCIENT ROMAN SILVER COIN.—A denarius of Marcus
Aurelius was dug up by one of the excavators of the founda-
tion of the steps to the front entrance of the proposed Queen's
College, near Bath, and presented, last week, on the day of
King Charles's Restoration, to the projector. This coin was
struck in the beginning of the second century ; and although,
therefore, 1700 years old, the beautifully-executed head of
the Emperor which it bears is in perfect preservation. On the
reverse is a figure standing clad in the toga, holding a branch
in one hand, and a clava (or club) in the other.—Bristol
Journal.

Already there are sure indications of the successful de-
velopement of the hitherto neglected mineral wealth of Ire-
land. The copper mines in the counties of Waterford, Wick-
low, and Cork, equal the best and most productive of the
mines of Cornwall. The lead mines in Wicklow, Wexford,
and Armagh, are rich in produce, and from the lead ore of
Wicklow considerable quantities of silver have been extracted.
The first piece, of nearly eighty pounds weight, has been re-
cently sold by the Mining Company of Ireland to Mr. Law,
of Sackville-street, Dublin, at ss. 3d. per ounce—a price
above the general standard value.—Limerick Standard.

A conference was held on Saturday at the Foreign-office,
when the ratifications of the treaty of peace between the King
of Holland and the King of the Belgians were exchanged.
This final act brings to a happy termination a question of
vital importance, beset with many difficulties, which seemed
almost insurmountable, and which did, upon more than one
occasion, force Europe to the very threshold of a general war.
It is, therefore, with hearty pleasure that we now announce
this final act of its peaceful settlement—Government Print.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN WALES.—A correspondent of
the Era states, that a young lady was found murdered near
the source of the Wye, on the summit of Plinlimmon, in
Wales, on the 17th ult. A deep stab had penetrated her
breast. The murderer is supposed to have been a gentleman
who accompanied her up the mountain, and whom the people
of the hamlet where guides are usually procured, took to be
either her lover or her husband. They were evidently on a
tour, and were both strangers. The perpetrator of the deed
has not since been heard of.

GEORGE STEPHENSON. ESQ.—That truly great and dis-
tinguished man, George Stephenson, civil engineer, of this
town, stated publicly at the recent opening of the York and
North Midland Railway, with the truth and simplicity which
mark his character, that he commenced his career in life as a
plough-boy, and that he was sent out by his parents to la-
bour when he was only eight years of age. The village of
Killingworth near this town, it is understood, had the honour
of giving birth to Mr. Stephenson—now certainly one of the
most able as well as the most useful men in the whole world.
Newcastle Journal.

CAUTION.—Two men, rather respectably dressed, are go-
ing about the county of Flint with a petition, stating that a
manufactory of flannel belonging to them had been burnt,
leaving them in great poverty. This petition is signed by
many respectable names and a considerable sum put down
against them. When they called on a gentleman of this
neighbourhood they were drunk, very insolent, and refused a
small sum under the name of a friend. They afterwards pro-
ceeded to a beer-shop, where, after drinking, swearing,
and enquiring the names and residences of persons in this
part of the country, they altered a name that had been put
down for a shilling to a pound ; they then proceeded to Liver-
pool.—Chester Courant.
ANTIQUITIES.—The lords of the admiralty have sent a
ship of war to the south-eastern part of Asia Minor, for the
purpose of transporting from thence to this country a large
collection of most valuable ancient sculptures and bas reliefs,
which have been discovered by Mr. Fellows, in Asia Minor,
where many towns and cities, and a remarkable and nearly
perfect theatre, hitherto quite unknown, have likewise been
found. Mr. Hawkins, one of the curatots of the British
Museum, has been principally instrumental in securing to
that establishment these invaluable remains of Grecian art,
many of which are said to be in a state of comparative per-
fection.

PREPARED PEAT.—Thomas Kennedy, Esq. the ex-Mayor,
has brought with him from Glasgow specimens of prepared
peat, which are in the possession of Mr. Osborne, at Mr. J.
Hay's shop, Shiy-quay-street, for inspection. This peat is
nearly of the hardness and consistency of oak, and when ig-
nited, gives out a greater heat than coal. The process of pre-
paration is very simple : the wet peat is thrown into what is
called a pug mill, (the same as is used in preparing clay for
brick,) in which it is reduced to a sort of pulp. It is then put
into moulds, and in summer put on the ground to dry, but in
winter it is dried in stoves. The reason
,why it becomes so
firm and solid is, that in the mill the fibres are cut across
into the most minute particles, so that the parts are after-
wards brought into a state of the closest consistency in drying.
We understand that the expense of preparing it in this way
does not exceed five shillings per ton in summer, and as it is
useful, not only for domestic but for several manufacturing
purposes, it deserves a trial iu this country.—Derry Sentinel.

YAWNING EXTRAORDINARY.—The Scotsman narrates
an instance of dislocation of the jaw from yawning. By far
the most singular case of this description we ever heard of
occurred in Ayr many years ago. A woman between sixty
and seventy years of age, named Gillespie, who lived in
Townhead, had been so addicted to yawning in church as to
call down the reproof of the Rev. Dr. Dalrymple upon her
for the habit. At last the habit cured itself, for the poor
woman yawned her jaw out of joint. The case was a very
obdurate one, as the late Dr. Bone, Dr.' Whitside, and in-
deed the whole faculty who attended, could not reduce the
dislocation. The singularity of the case lies in the sequel.
After living mostly on soft food, with her jaw dislocated, for
a twelvemonth, the woman again went to church, and yawned
her jaw into its place again ! The incident smacks a good
deal of the Irishman who ran through a hedge and scratched
out his eyes, and ran back and scratched them in again. But
the facts of the case we have stated are beyond dispute.—
Dumfries Courier.
Mns. B. LENNON.—AS this lady must he well known to
some of our readers, from her long residence in Liverpool,
(perhaps more generally known as Mrs. Cassidy,) we feel
pleasure in quoting the following in her favour, from a critique
on Mr. Conran's concert, held lately in Dublin :—" Mrs. B.
Lennon was enthusiastically encored, in Lee's beautiful bal-
I.d " The daughters of sunny Italy." The sung ' Ausere-
ment,' accompanied by Pigott, on the violoncello, met and
deserved the same reception. Mrs Lennon deserves the high
character she enjoys, that of being an excellent musician.—
Dublin Morning Register.
AN UNFORTUNATE SHOULDER OF MUTTON.—A few
days ago, a butcher in this neighbourhood, who has always
been considered " wide awake," lost a shoulder of mutton ;
and having ascertained that it had been stolen by a dog be-
longing to a certain attorney, he lost no time in repairing to
its owner, and accosted him as follows Pray, sir, if a
dog comes to my shop, and runs away with a joint of meat,
cannot I make the owner pay for it ?" " Certainly," replied
the attorney. " Then I will thank you for 3s. 9d., which is
the cost price of a shoulder of mutton your pointer has just
stolen from me." The lawyer paid the money, and the
knight of the cleaver thanking him, and wishing him a good
morning, was leaving the office ; but the solicitor said,
" Stay, sir, I must trouble you for my fee. You come to
consult me, I give you my opinion, and the charge is Cs. Bd."
The butcher looked exceedingly sheepish, but instantly paid
the amount, and returned home with the loss of his mutton,
and an additional 2s. 11d.—Cheltenham Chronicle.

A FEROCIOUS PONY.—On Sunday last, as a young woman,
with a babe in her arms, was walking in the environs of
Chesterfield, she was attacked in a most ferocious manner
by a pony, the property of Mr. Burkitt, of that place, malt-
ster, the animal running at her in a furious manner with its
mouth wide open. Luckily a person of the name of Walm-
sley happened to be passing in the same direction, and was
attracted to the spot by the cries of the unfortunate woman.
He hastened to her assistance, and succeeded in driving away
the vicious quadruped, but not before the woman had been
severely bitten on the back by the infuriate beast, besides
other serious injuries to her person. The brave defence
used by the mother against her assailant preserved the in-
fant from receiving any harm. This is not the first attack
made by this desperate animal.—Doneaster Gazette.
THE GLASGOW CHARTISTS.—An extravagant address has
just been stuck up throughout the town, announcing the great
demonstration in the Green on Monday. The secretary has
lost none of his sublimity, as the following morceau will show :
—" Brothers in political hondage !—Rally round the standard
you reared upon the 21st of May, 1838, and welcome to the
far-famed city of Glasgow the champions of the p3ople's
rights, the liberators of oppressed and injured Britain. Come
in the majesty of your might, strike terror to the tyrant, and'
set the captive free. Now or never must the blow be struck
that levels to the ground the citadel of corruption (and it
must be done by every lawful, legal measure,) throw to the
winds sectarian fanaticism, be ye united, and let faction war
against faction in all the bitterness of hatred, your cause is
the cause of truth; and though at times it may be for a little
moment shrouded in obscurity, yet it will burst, and proudly
leave its sepulchre, and, in the refulgence of its rays,
annihilate both ignorance and error; it shall prevail though
anarchy and revoution shake a nation to its centre, and
rends it into atoms—though desolation and death stride from
one end of the earth to the other—yet o'er the grave of fac-
tion, the wreck of matter and the crash of worlds, it shall
emblazoned shine, and shine for ever. Xerxes tried to lash
the waves into subjection and bind the Hellespont in chains,
and tyrants now will dare to bind the mind of man ; but show
by your numbers on the Green of Glasgow, on the 10th of
June, they are unable for the task."—Glasgow Herald.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—At a meeting of thefriends
of the Society for Promoting the Better Observance of the
Sabbath, held last week in the Corn Exchange, Manchester,
the Rev. Hugh Stowell, who presided, alluded .to the Duke
of Wellington in the following terms :—" Under the blessing
of God, tills country owed more to the duke than to any man
living • and though his laurels won at Waterloo had been
somewhat withered or stained by the unhappy surrender of
the Roman Catholic Relief Bill in St. Stephen's, still it was
but a little speck in a bright sky, and they must not let it
make them forget what they owed to the hero of Waterloo
and the liberator of Europe. His (the chairman's) intention
in mentioning him now was to relate an anecdote which he
had had from a clergyman at Cheltenham. When his grace,
some time since, visited Cheltenham for his health, the very
first thing he asked for was the nearest church to the hotel ;
and twice every Sabbath day was he seen, reverent and de-
vout, in his place in the house of God, nor was he seen
wasting the rest of the hallowed day driving about, either
through ostentation or for amusement. Though he spoke on
no other authority than frequent rumour, there was good
reason to believe that the Duke of Wellington was searching
his bible daily. We owed a deep debt of gratitude to that
illustrious nobleman, and the best way in which we could re-
pay it was by asking of God daily, in our prayers, that one
who had been so glorious in time should not be lost in eter-
nity, but that he should have everlasting life."
THE IMPERIAL BANK.—Fearful of giving offence or doing
any injury to the manager, directors or proprietors of this
bank, has heretofore deterred us from entering at all, in de-
tail, upon the merits of its position. We beg now, however,
most respectfully, and with the best wishes towards all parties
concerned, to submit the following information :—The Im-
perial Bank from the commencement never ranked high as a
bank of credit ; and an unfortunate selection of a part of their
directory tended to increase that feeling. Besides this, there
appears to have prevailed, on the part of more extensive and
apparently more prosperous establishment of the like des-
criptions, a species of hostility and disposition to run foul
upon their paper and transactions. How far this :has ex-
tended and led to their present situation, it is not for us to
discuss. According to the deed of incorporation of the share-
holders of the bank, a further call of £5 per share, and other
matters leading to their resumption of payment, could not be
legally effected without two previous special extraordinary
general meetings, a fortnight from each other. The first of
these meetings took place on Monday last, the other is adver-
tised for the 13th instant. A more creditable feeling has been
and is manifested on the part of several wealthy shareholders
to come forward with their names, in addition to the £5 fur-
ther call upon their shares, in order that the bank may more
speedily resume business, which is confidently expected to
take place early in July, under the changed title of " The
Chester and Staffordshire Banking Company." We beg, in
addition, to caution all holders of notes or other liabilities of
the bank, against listening to or believing any reports that
may have been attempted, or are attempted, to be spread by
any disappointed debtors, shareholders who are in arrears
with their previous calls, or discarded inferior officers of the
establishment. The most reputable disposition prevails at
the head office; and, no doubt, a little further patience will
set all claims and rumours at rest.—Manchester Advertiser.