The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-03 00:00:00

MANCHESTER.

(From our own Correspondent.)
FLECTIONEERING PROCEEDINGS.—The town is in a state
of bustle and excitement, and each party are canvassing the
electors. Sir George Murray arrived at Bywater's Hotel,
between ten and eleven o'clock on Friday night. Colonel
Thompson arrived on Friday afternoon, and addressed the
electors in Stevenson's-square. His reception was by no
means of an encouraging nature. Mr. R. Hyde Greg, the
whig candidate, is at present non est inventus, but messengers
have been despatched in different directions to seek him.
His committee have issued an address for him, but it is con-
sidered that he will stand but little chance, as the Wesleyan
Dissenters, almost to a man, will vote against hin, because
he is a Unitarian. The prospects of the conservative cause
are of the most gratifying nature, and there is no doubt that
Sir George will be elected by a triumphant majority. The
conservatives here attribute their former defeat to the absence
of their candidate, and they have now a decided advantage
over the whigs. The speech of Sir George gave universal
satisfaction and delight to the conservatives. It is said to
be the best speech that has been delivered in Manchester for
some time past. Placards are posted on the walls stating
that Mr. Greg is laying out English capital in building manu-
factories abroad, and that Colonel Thompson is a chartist.
The following is the address of Sir George Murray :
• " Manchester, Friday Evening, 30th Aug. 1839.
" To the Electors of the Town of Manchester.—Gentle-
men,—Having received this morning in London, an invita-
tion to offer myself on the present occasion, as a Candidate
for the representation of the borough of Manchester in par-
liament, accompanied by an intimation that the sudden na-
ture of the opening. had led to my name being already brought
forward with that view, I determined to do myself the honour
of waiting personally upon the electors without a moment's
delay. For, in the present condition of the affairs of the
country, I should deem it to be unbecoming in any man to
decline to use his best endeavours in the public service, when
called upon to do so.
" The following are the principles upon which I shall
solicit your support.
" I am firmly attached to that form of government under
which this country has so long prospered, and I am attached
to it because I believe that the balance of opposing interest
which exists in the British constitution affords the best
guarantee that can be obtained for the preservation of
freedom.
" I have been at all times a sincere friend to the principle
of religious toleration, but I have never given encourage-
ment or support to any measure which appeared to me to
have a tendency to injure the Protestant religion, or the
churches attached to that faith, and upon that principle, al-
though a friend to general instruction, I am decidedly op-
posed to the system of national education advocated and
promoted by the present government.
" But it is not only with reference to particular measures
that I feel unable to give any confidence to our present
rulers. I object to that system of excitement and agitation
by which the people have been for a long time acted upon,
more to achieve through their means the ascendancy of a
party, than to effect any substantial and permanent improve-
ment in their condition.
" Considering commerce and manufactures to form the
true basis of the greatness of this country, these branches of
industry and the interests connected with them will have at
all times my anxious attention and most cordial support.
" Should these principles be so fortunate as to meet with
your approbation, I shall deem it a most distinguished honour
to be placed by your suffrages in the situation of one of the
representatives of this numerous and influential portion of
the commercial interests of Great Britain.—l have the
honour to be, gentlemen, your very faithful and obedient
servant, " G. MURRAY."
SIR GEORGE MURRAY'S SPEECH.
After the tremendous cheering had subsided, Sir GEORGE
addressed the electors as follows :—Gentlemen,—l am quite
aware of the value of time to all the gentlemen whom I have
the honour to address ; and I am anxious, therefore, to enter
at once upon that which has brought me here, that I may
have the pleasure of explaining to you my sentiments upon
public affairs. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, eight-and-forty
hours ago—l might almost say, four-and-twenty hours ago—
I had not the least anticipation that 1 should be in Manches-
ter this day, or that I should have the honour of addressing so
numerous and so respectable a body of its inhabitants, and
asking for their suffrages to send me to parliament as the
guardian of their interests and the interpreter of their wishes.
(Cheers.) I heard of the appointment of your late repre-
sentative, Mr. Poulett Thomson, as I heard any other piece
of news, without anticipating in the slightest degree that it
it was a matter of any personal interest to me. The only
feeling I had was this, that I sincerely wished Mr. Poulett
Thomson success in that ardous undertaking upon which he
is about to enter. I have been in the Canadas. I know the
importance and value of those colonies to the mother country,
and I am sincerely anxious that the difficulties which have
unhappily arisen in that country should be smoothed and
healed ; and that we should proceed in a way that will give
perfect satisfaction, both to the parent country and the colo-
nies ; that they may continue united, and mutually support
each others interest for many years to come. (Cheers.) I
know Mr. Poulett Thomson to be a man of superior ability,
and I trust he will be more successful than some of his pre-
decessors have been, in adjusting the difficulties there. Gen-
tlemen, it is probably hardly necessary that I should assure
you of my attachment to the British constitution. (Loud
cheering.) I think, gentlemen, I should do wrong to the
loyalty, and to the understanding, I might almost venture to
say, of every gentleman here present, if I presumed to doubt
his devoted attachment to that system of government which
has brought this country to a higher pitch of power, of wealth,
and of prosperity, than any country in the world has ever at-
tained. Gentlemen, under the blessing and the protection of
Providence I ascribe all those advantages to that admirable
system which we have so long known under the appellation
of the British constitution • a system in which the balance of
' the power of the crown, the power of the nobility, and the
power of the House of Commons, keeps matters in that po-
sition which they would not retain if too great a prepon-
derance of power were cast into any one of those three de-
partments of the legislature ; for I am sure it is necessary
but to look a little way back into history, to make perfectly
sensible, that although there may be danger to liberty from
the crown, although there may be danger to liberty from a
prepondering, weight amongst the nobility, there may also be
danger to public liberty, even from the people themselves,
if thy rashly confided into the hands of their representatives
a greater share of authority than it is safe they should be en-
trusted with. (Loud cheers.) We need not deny it—it is
human nature—that all men are fond of power ; and depend
upon it, that even a House of Commons elected by the peo-
ple, unless we preserve those constitutional checks that have
hitherto existed in the country, will be apt to run a little riot
with the preponderance of their own weight ; backed, as they
will be, and as they naturally expect to be, by the immense
power and weight of the people, if they do their duty to the
people. Therefore, I think I need say nothing more with
regard to my attachment to the British constitution. There
are many men who fancy a republic is a better form of go-
vernment, and I do not quarrel with them for their political
opinions—any more than with their religious opinions con-
scientiously entertained—but I would merely ask this of any
gentleman who may be enamoured of a republic, are you cer-
tain that, if we abandon our limited monarchy, you will be
able to reach a republic ? How many rocks and shoals, and.
how many dangers intervene, upon which we may suffer ship-
wreck, if we once depart from that secure anchorage upon
which we have so long rested. I have alluded to religious
toleration. That is a principle I have always advocated and
supported. I conceive no power whatever, either in the
state or in the hands of any individual, should have tie
right to control man's opinions upon the subject of religion.
I have been, it is true, always a supporter of the Esta-
blished Church in this country. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
I have been always an advocate for supporting and pro-
tecting the established Church of England, for which I enter-
tain the highest respect—(cheers) and I have always advoca-
ted the protection of that in which 1 myself have been brought
up, I mean the Established Church in Scotland. Gentlemen,
if either of these churches were to attempt to arrogate to it-
self any exclusive ascendancy, or to seek to put down the
opinions of any other class, 1 should not be able to go along
with it, because I think religious and civil liberty must go to-
gether in order that both may be perfect. (Hear) Now,
gentlemen, it is natural that from the subject of religion, I
should pass to that of education. That is a subject which
has occupied public attention of late years to a great degree ;
and it is certain that there is no subject of higher importance
to the country. There is no doubt that every thing which
tends to the improvement of our faculties is a most desirable
object; but then the question is, what is the right way of
proceeding to effect that object ? Some people have advoca-
ted a notion that there is such a thing as intellectual im-
provement, separate from moral and religious instruction.
With that idea I cannot concur, (loud cheers) I have always
been accustomed to consider that education has reference,
not only to the interests of the individual wbo improves him-
self in his intellectual faculty, but it has reference also to,
and a close connection with, the welfare of society at large.
A man may gain advancement for himself by his talents, and
by the improvement of his intellect, but as members of the
social community we must look mainly to his religious im-
pressions and to his moral conduct. Loud cheers.)—
I am here in order to make my opinions clearly understood.
(Hear, hear.) They may be right or wrong—we are all, you
know, subject to error—my opinions may differ from those of
other men better qualified to give a correct judgment than
am ; but, at the same time, the duty of a candidate is clearly
to explain his general principles, that no one may be able to
misunderstand him. (Loud cheers, in which a voice was
heard " That's honest !") I have alluded to the education
of the country. Allow me, gentlemen, to allude also to ano-
ther general measure that has been lately introduced into the
country. I mean the system of the poor-laws. (Hear.) My
opinion with regard to the system of poor-laws has been long
ago expressed, and I have not yet seen occasion to alter it.
Mp opinion is, it is founded upon a dangerous principle—the
principle of centralization ; and that, generally speaking,
local matters are best managed by local authorites. (Great
cheering.) Those gentlemen who form the board of commis-
sioners in London, who have in charge the interests of the
poor throughout the kingdom—it is quite impossible they can,
form any correct opinion upon many local affairs. They are
too remote from them to be able to understand them, and the
consequence is this—and it is one attending all principles of
centralization wherever introduced—that they are obliged
therefore to act upon general rules, and those general rules
may, in many instances, not from inattention upon the part
of those gentlemen, but upon the nature of the system itself,
act with extreme injustice and severity. (Hear, hear.) I
am far, very far, from blaming the individuals—quite the
contrary. They may be perfectly respectable men : they
may be able men, and desirous of discharging the duties im-
posed upon them very judiciously ; but the very nature of
the system opens a door to great abuses, whereas, when the
interests of the poor are entrusted to the local authorities,
there may abuses arise from want of diligence and attention
upon their part; but I think much greater abuses are likely
to flow out of an opposite system. (Hear, hear, and cheers.(
Another point to which I would advert is, a system which
has gradually been growing upon this country, 1 allude to the
police system. (Hear, hear.) The time was when the laws
of this country owed their chief support to the respect which
the people entertained for them. (Hear, hear.) That, gen-
tleman, is a security to the law infinitely beyond that of any
physical force which could be brought. (Hear.) In former
times in this country, gentlemen, there was a great jealousy,
and justly so, amongst the people, of a standing army. I
think that jealousy and the grounds of it have now pretty
nearly gone by. The military body is not now what it was
in those days. I believe there are in the army men of as
beral sentiments as in any other profession in the world, that
the army in proportion to the population is a mere nothing,
besides which, the greater part is employed in foreign pos-
sessions, for the protection of which a regular standing army
is indispensable. But let us take care that there does not
arise a new army in this country, a new army—(hear) an
army of police officers—(hear, hear,) not, gentlemen, the
army of the Crown, but the army of the Home Secretary of
State. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, lam very far from imputing
any improper views or feelings to Lord John Russell—quite
the contrary ; but still I say it is fit and becoming in all of us
to watch over thesenew principles that have been introduced,
especially when we see suggestions given to government, and
those suggestions acted upon, of sending the police of the
metropolis by railway to act under the arbitrary control of
the Secretary of State in any part of the united kingdom. I
have seen that measure in operation in Ireland, where I was
for some years. There is a body there consisting of not
much less than six thousand men, and they are entirely., and
in every respect, clothed, armed, and disciplined as a military
force. (Hear.) I hope the state of Great Britain—the state
of England especially is not such as to require any such en-
gine as that in order to support government and law. (Hear.)
Now, there is another topic which I think it right to men-
tion, as I believe it interests a large portion of very respect-
able persons in this community—l mean with regard to what
has been known by the name of the beer law. (Hear.)
Now as I was in office when that law was passed, I think it
the more incumbent upon me to endeavour to redress the

evils of which I believe it has been the source. It was
passed during the administration of the Duke of Wellington.
There was then a surplus revenue, andltwasle'6isaiikedailil
what manner this could be applied for the advantage of those
who have undoubtedly always the first claim to any that may
arise from a surplus of revenue-4 mean the httn%ler classes
of society; and it was most conscientiously beliottY 4tAit
time by those in the government that this beer law,rottld,be,r.
a boon to-the humbler classes of society. • (I3ear)f,

that, since -that period, as is the case often with iheor4ical„
views, the practical working of the measure has beew found
pregnant with many evils ; and I. think there is a generel
feeling throughout the country—especially with• all, these•
persons connected with the magistracyf-Ltbat, roany evils,aud,
much demoralization have arisen oat :rof-..:that ,systen.i.--,-.,
(Cheers.) I should he anxious, were.l.a•rnetnbtiridiP4rAa-
meat, to seek to remove those evils whichapiost,un4on,if
sciously was a partaker in introducing: (14tatuk ektor=so—....
Perhaps it is right I should advert a little to the opinions I
entertain with regard to the-present governinient of the poun-
try. (Hear, hear.) They are no secret—nag oplaions,upon •
that subject. (Hear, and -laughter.) ' tiudsntlivfOly. I have
no feelings but those of the most friendly kind,:towards all .
those noblemen and gentlemen. who are -eon-meted, with it, .
for I have never had any intercourse wit their inktpf a meat,,
friendly character in my little affairs. But I,speak of „them,
not as private individuals, but as public inew;,,and4 em nfess-
I have not that confidence in the present government which.
many persons have heretofore had, but ,whicil, 4 believe,.
even amongst their most zealous :and. ardent -supporters, .
is beginning to be considerably, abated. i,(daond,eheers„)-7:
Gentlemen, it appears to me—l .speak vpul*iqm•Nyti9i-.4.,
because possibly it may occur, that a little bign.igaz,444
mind—but I speak under correction- when tawit„Appearai,
to me that our present rulers have looked-vatlacfit9php;m449,
party ascendancy, and too little to the public,g,ood. (gre4
cheers.) • Gentlemen, I am (pike, CQns ciou s that in
,a, he,
country there must always be party struggles., .)Ve gyycii%g,
liberties to them. There maybe ditference of opip,wilm4.,
is fit and proper there should—and I believ,e the coungy;
nefit very greatly by an occasional.cliangerpfpArti*Nliks..,
• government. It gives a shock that libg.rAdifekiankopfg-ers,
opinions, but at the same time, when. I. ff,c,,eypAyr,iii
us
adopted, means which have been beforelmprqlp*dadfA
maintaining party ascendancy, I begips4c4l)2,lAsitheßPlPU.
interest is too much neglected. (Hear, imirr,),. F,-F9;t
disavowal of all idea of ever resorting .to putronege,aswfm4i
ciple of government in this country. - I confe§aAliniiTNry,
much mistaken if ever patronage. was 50..tnn04.1-teitleVlls4
(hear, hear,) I believe" so---I have not partakepq i#,; let
have no-desire. (Hear, hear.) I believe in ,whate.y.4„l,iirep;
tion ' you look it is so. (Hear.) Look. 40, :t.,4aieoets-i.
sionerships they have created ; looli.;4 0 ,thexilAß.l tof
peers they have made. If men ar,ej j'Ayfessli4,-A;
House of -Lords as a reward for their distingais Sekl
vices ; if they are to be raised to. the House of Iprfi,iii
consequence of their pre-eminent abilities, in cefiseq*npe
of their long services upon the bench, or in tr.-.=-4„4%*
public department; if they are advanced to, .lie ,ten
because of their industry and their intelligencp,4ll fmin-
mercial and manufacturing.:tvoas, :I highly-al-WWIWA'
But if you will take the immense, mass of -gen :to, wilt.F.*
duced to the peerage—l would. rather not allu.* t 44,1A-
cent instance—(cheers and laughter)--I say tlca.t!, b= = . ,:ilt
their lordships who have been introduced -by, the ' ~p
4.4%-
vernment into the. House of, Lords, were ca ll• = „Nip . .
make good their title for admission into that asigusKitS" .
bly—not, gentlemen, by their pedigree, for it isrAn axillp
.1
doctrine, that a man's pedigree is to :make him; st4iKoAlip.
higher footing than his neighbours—some familiesnoy,hpve
been longer known, and some may have more recOitYLNlfrtil
to distinction by their individual merit all, these et 1s
quite as good as the cAaims of antiquity; but 4 ineau,teopy
that if called upon to make good their.-Aitlp,s4-,prAtmg4,l4,4}r.
public services, many of them would,,he„,;p44 to,, 4 ,faAt
deal of trouble. (Hear, and laughter.)
~,Wll4ti.fs,,morbßit-
raordinary, we find this done by men wile] are-,9yer,y4ii.%-
deavouring to overthrow the House of Lords, 4114.,,t,0,:.grq-
5ent it, in no very measured terms, ,as,afp*.ee
sfipn Fs.
(Hear.) Their endeavours to increase this
,p44.4).Antuiminhie
are not quite consistent with their doetrines..a Wegoi ?id
cheers.) One strong objection I feel to.the preFtit,gcrierii-
ment is, that really they have pursued a systenea wite-
ment and agitation throughout the country, which Itlawk,is
very much to be pitied. I .do not blame them for.anyex-
citement they may have occasioned at the time of the..•reaor.in
bill. Still less do I blame the people. Ido not.:hlauleAok-e
who immediately looked forward;-to a great increase ,or,,,fhe
means and influence of public controul, which they thOught
themselves entitled.- I don't hlame, them for being ex-
cited by the acquirement of that, object. Allow Ame also
to say, that that ,ohject.heing. acquired, I consider it es
much amalgamated with• the constitution as Magna Marta,
or any other part. of the ;constitution.. ZA.pplaus.)
But, Gentlemen, .I.think, they have continued that s;.steni
of excitement and agitation to a dangerous degree.. They
have accustomed the minds of the- people to a speeles.otrest-
lessness and. discontent ; and. they now turn round, to ay

. . _ .
they will employ harsh measures to put down that excite-
ment and restlessness, which they have been, in a gree.fae-
gree, the cause of producing. (Cheers)—Gentlethen, the
mention of this system of excitement and agitation, naturally,
lam sorry to say, leads me to speak of Ireland. I feel a
warm interest in that country ; I have.lived, much ametigThe
Irish ; I think them a warm-hearted and generous. pee*.
They possess a country upon .which nature Las beste*pd
every possible advantage, which it ought to he our maindb-
ject to seek to improve. But, from various causes, of which
it is not necessary to enter into a long detail, that country
has always been behind Great Britain in the advancement of
all the arts and sciences in civilization, and in every improe-
meat which it should he the great object of government, arid
of the community at large, to endeavour to promete. ' ih!t,
I am very sorry to see here, that
,the very la.st.neWspaper,
which I have in my hand, gives a speech of Mr.-,O'Connell,
who announces publicly, that he means to agitate for, reecal.
(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen,. what is the mepity,-„of:reiecal?
Repeal,. I apprehend, would lead to the
,establislipietit4 a
legislature in Ireland. which. might he very, pfte,A $ /dikiee
with the legislature of. Great .B:,•itain ; -.and f.ewii, citrite.wp ate
i
nothing short of separation being the result of suchpA4s m.
If this was done merely by.anindiyiduai,qf•cos,w,eiglitpr on-
portance in the community, itovolil4kberpf-ti.itlent,ero.#if ;.,,i;ut
when it is done by • a person .to, whom,igovql7PllC'4 Willi to
look as their main stay nnd stipport—N,a)cl}ggFp)ras,R.Ber-
son upon whose fiat their own wthste lee as, aguernrrietArcle-
pends, I think it is• N ery objectionable„andiypr,y,,n4lhA b?,
deprecated ; and we lice, so far as we 4,4ufjfikeiSrpm,4lcnt
appointments. -to public canes, th Lit the,,,fiphitom, ;,1-1, I at
quarter is rather increasing than diteiniAjng, f• „;
...,
_.„-i
An elector, whose name we did not learn, here said,—
" Will. Sir George be kind enough. to stoite whether he 'did
not vote against the enfranchisement of IgaiitAipter,r,:
. Sir G. Alumnay..4. Not against,
.oie,d_witr.Alekts }lien of
Manchester. in particular. I was icertair4y titu,N.' ,*O.Ys
a.supporter of what was called the r4riii, 16;, ;sir, is op:;
we are not going to rake up the_ ashes of,A ey!:;•, ' ffib In
those days, gentlemen, there were pally trien,104,37 mays
;
happen in reference to questions! of sacl IV
~iyr earpgs,
who feared greater evils than haw, antna 6sehi,,,; thrifj4el.e
itkif
oass
were .tnany who.. antiaipot,ed, grOPIAP,OP ckai,i./,iveritt al,-
plause.), . I am, by, no meansigeAtleipt.4,444ea co. vo,
cate . of.old abuses.' I.don't -regarikr.R.4o)ltspigipie ' ion
account of their - antiquity,,uuleos,theiliaritS4 :.1, • to
the general benefit of. Inc country; .ti, - ; , 4o,g„and
modifying them so as to suikithe,greopAltipittwa ift&se.)
Now gentlemen I have sai.4.nothrlug 4iiigotoußi g- , , vla-
tions, and yet that is -a very,,,!iriiiioftnAikpiit,,,Ani, ie.4„Nblic
r
opinion of anyman who os,lts,ip.,gq,liittoilar4ti4.
4744tae,re
is an intimate- connection between ;The owineKeet,p nA,nu-
factures even of the most, inland part ,c c44,,cq tiwApc_ the
condition of our relations .with foreigq-ktatpsui ridojijcpt in
these relations would be to obßrye, nott imam 1? vac •
tically, the principle of icon-iiiterventinno (4;io
great object ought to . be: to maintain the..peace, q
.14 rld.
Industry must always, thrive best .by a long cpn,Oßit cof
peace ; but at-the same time, gentlemen,- in ogder '. the
preservation of peace, we must be preparedfor,way,44eers.)
God forbid that I. should insinuate that .preparittafflti ould
itself be the cause of bringing on war.; but at ti ' ime,
gentlemen, we shall not • maintain .that,loftx }l Aid.
position among the nations of the world, unle-,6o*.atic, pre-
pared to uphold our own honour arid, our ,owpieffreffs in
every part of the world. (Applause.) 0ueii,51.,.” • reif and
our colonial possessions connect
,us. witlaei/enr,„ t of the
known world. There is, no part of. the wOr4,lljiew44," un-
important, with which our interests are not caljanepts44 and
it should be our object not to allow the.ititerne4l4Nespirit
of other nations to interfere witu the. free, I.en,ln,pc that
should subsist between this country, and eyetwc,paht.Af• the
world into which our commerce and maimfaptnre.r.,Fan be
made to extend. • For that, purpose,- g.entlemen',;_we„must
prepare to show that we neither .want.-the pio."er,,npr the
spirit, nor the courage, to support our situatian tu,,ilie world.
As to the right arm of our power,(hear,),although Zara a
military man myself, I admit, arid I always laye„adniitted,
and have always declared, that. the .navy is the .righi'arm of
the power of a commercial. nation,.(great; cheering,) :with re-
spect to that right arm of our, power, ,which „is ~t'pe ,most
essential and the most prompt instrument a vindicatipg our
rights, and maintaining our, honour, iu _every .partV the
world,—that can never fail us,.,so.long, as; our.Milmtiy and.
commerce shall continue. The-source of,anix4ottiav is a
commercial navy, so long as the•latter,exiq4ii4e4an r can
I
never fail, for we- shall never find the wi,mt,,of 4.4* I, the
zeal, and I need hardly say. of the courage of British dors.
(Loud cheers.) --
A Mr. F. Nightingale, who.avowed himself to he ~,,p, Artist,
here got up, and proposed a series of .quea;lon ,Sis:..to„,r, eorge
Murray on the subject of the pporldaw .4a:l7;olo,4oas—
the extension of the sufrrage—the.baliot7-- tile esr..4l:lywrs—the
Manchester charter of incorporation,---and.ile.iptimiOnnents
inflicted on the chartist rioters ; to all of wii.i4girpeorge
returned pertinent and explicit answers. - -2.1411k...edT
Mr. Charles Byrne, Mr. Westhead, and .*I-I,,illetA,pbse-
quently proposed several questions to.:Sir GeosgpiAtcli he
also answered in a satisfactory manner. •, ~ ..,:,,,,,7,
The address of Sir George,was occasionally interrupted by
long and loud continued•applanse. -. .• , IP =Y.
In the ,evening._ 4: 7wal . Announced that
.Col.,,i,p!pmpson
would address the electors in St. Ann's Squatg, Tic hour
appointed-. was- .-42C11:040ek,but,,the'colonel dit4 sake his
dia
appearanee, All
.neaglyisseNen, Notwithstanding, ,t it was
Saturday evening; the -,attendance was. remari, yerneagre
ancLscanty,,, and thlboolortel and, his ..few friends( `pW " un-
utterable things," although thq,.did not avcrivAeir disap-
pointment, at! 440, Hitt ritiggi gAth.oritig before -,:tlis%. The
colonel spoke,from'Oloorogi4ALOntrLditced'as th. 4 it father
''''''''' been re;Cettietkt? by
.the
of tbn!Oorn-law qikeftigro‘:i(-.,.1)
The writ- fur the; new Aleo,4o*, nt4s
Mayor, who;has•aonoutig4A7hurndo for the dayOf rlonlina-
Itiatlon,ixneotopiwpoes4itxlieliaatoy'itl4tre 11444oroui,e4,17vo?egbieeve:ainnel,accocn4ttilece,
with
oh
the precept which they, had- piteKiertisly received.

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The ancient' custom of attorneys wearing -gowns is in
course' of• being revived"amongst the metroplito• practi-
tioners, and it is anticipated that the :fashion will soon be-
come general. r, 3 FIT

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.
SIJIL'i'EY OF TIIE COASTS._The' boarki&Wittairalty has
appointed a commission, consisting•or AdritiFiral Gordon,
Colonel Thompson (a military engineir,)l,llle/Ors. James
Walker and Cubitt (civil engineers;) CieritainDterw4 mem-
ber of the Trinity House,) and Captain Vitralitfiptist`captain
in the navy,) to inspect the .harbours-' andifie•elaigit between
the Thames and Portginoutli, in &deli iVenatilettietillto frame
a general report, founded on satisfaetorY data, at'l,o the means
of improving the communication betWeetiqliN‘,oiouktry and.
France by steam-packets, and of affol'dingqheittlito ships in
distress during contrary winds or Stcirs: Th6'gurvey and
inspection now in progress are exiitink,t grerit intdr,est, espe-
cially in the towns along the Coast in que.Aion. ' •
THE PIG AND TIIE BEE-HIVE.—A hive of bl, the pro-
perty of Mr. G. Hardstaff, of- Matlock Batli, w s one clay
last week upset by a pig belonging,to
.1\1r: IL', lie infu-
il
riated insects immediately coMmeneed'an iiiiikk•VAJ, inate at-
attack on every living thing within re.ia.C:ir,„ • a short
time, created almost as much confitsiOo.4'a ' aitis meeting
on a small scale. The poor grunter.catilVWfii e worst of
the business, and, in consequence,CW.SON'e,fif tludierous
fpusic. A
capers, accompanied by his own app.Npr:i:4t6lv.4
dog, on which . they wreaked a pOrtion"drihteiHY.ngeance,
also added his melody to the,eoßegtt Alf. Har tiff's in-
fant was severely stung, and Mm;,_
.'s'fP:cd`-htlii ely exhi-
bited the appearance of ,a pair,of ACriiie. blaWl4l4- as if lie
had been recently engaged in a pugilliiic,Wie"gt:' h,i neigh-
bours were not.only out of their liou,sel;7tiltf-aUQI6,om them;
and a party of visitors, whom Brr itieWir iibw-n Mat-
lock)guide, was conducting to t4e, eiitrei' wed, after
a precipitate flight front theii:anjy, ,111,-il'erS/ibiseck a re-
v)
treat:in the Grandllevonshiro C4yft,ti k lar,Ahich they
passed to the summit of. the, hill„ABI4 ':fiefftlie pikes of
their assailants, and the scoreliing:,6 tßei, which was
A
shining fiercely tat, the, time. Icr6,s6frit in s before the
" disturbed district" was ,redUctet tifidai C. oinparative
the
tranquillity ;' and, from the`iiiipallet74tVoV: at,lnd in
bodies of the woubdO, theiv. i'shiiillfiti..Aq'Te . nsurgents
ually and
were not only thoroughly organised,,- ~,,t.„
formidably armed.—Stockport,

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