The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-28 00:00:00

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CONSERVATIVE MEETING AT GLASGOW.

land. (Laughter and applause.) It was notorious that these
measures had been used for the purpose of agitating the
On Wednesday last, at twelve o'clock, a numerous and I country, and nothing gave the Ministers greater pleasure
most respectable meeting of the Conservatives cf Glasgow than to see them defeated. Let it not be believed that it was
took plane in the Tradea' Hall, in reference to the motion owing to.the House of Lords that Ireland had not received
.of which Sir J. Ye Buller hai given notice in the House of the hing-desired municipalities. But everything had served
Commons, expressive of want of confidence in the present the Ministry as a plea why they should not relinquish their
Ministry. At the hour appointed to•assemble,tthe gentle- f places. Look at the manner in. which they had dealt with
men began to pour into the Hall, gird in the course of ten I the Church of Scotland. They had sent a commission to in-
minuted it was nearly filled. From the very appearance of
Tall quire into- the religious destitution of the- country; these
the coil-y, we perceived at once that they were' eoineuSiohers had sat for months—they
geye in their report
mons to ti man, and determiued, by every legal means in in •fragnwrits—these coannisaioners had proved to demon-
their power, b rid themselves and the country of the see- ,Lratioll that religions destitution did. exist to an appalling-
vices of the present most shabby rulers who have so long extent,—but \then this was proved, the wholeetee thrown.
nauseated and disgusted their countrymen by their misdeeds, aside, and the AdMinistration were unwilling to enter further
and their callous apathy to everything great and higheminded. —me the subject. In short, this Admistration throughout its.
We OVt'rlo.. Finlay, Esq., whole career—from the drst hour of its existence to
litieVailitewand, Mg., Robert Monteith, Esti., James the present moment—had been characterieed by delayr,
Ceinpbeil, Esq.. J. T. Douglas, Esq.. Archd. IVPLellan, procrastination, and deceitfulness, - and by. a connexion
Esq., Win. Brown, Este, Wm. Gray, Esq., John Bannaryne, with those who ought to have , been the outcasts of
Esq., W. Leckie Ewing, Esq., Alex,. Morrison, Esq., 'John every administration. 'At was att"Vtithlistration, fbund-
Pollok, -Esq., John Leadbetter, F,sq., and other ,ed the: Lichtielthehnettee cOnspietiey, and proifeed
te(l i) sery yes.. up by the bed-chamber _elute (Laughter and !Applause.)
On the motion of Mr. .Guar, the Lord- Dean of Guild It Sir • idinesdarehted ti,nly:sairi, the shabbiest
BROWN was called to the chair. -Ministry that ever ensted. -"Vitt itswas not for its ehabbiness
Mr,J;eitICALAN FI::LAY, on rising, was received with much alone that he dissented from itt—but it was from its utter
tipplause. He could assure the meeting, that lief& it by no -want of honeety, and from its being unable to say " Ay, av,",
means a pleasant duty to meet in political discussion. He • and " Not no." with a pure intention—(applause)—that they
did hope that the state of the country would have enabled him had been deprived of the confidence of all classes ie the cont-
to ave h continued in that private station, which so well inunity. (Applause.) It was not alone because they knew
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agreed with his inclinations and befitted his age. But un- - that their supporters were of a dangerous description ' • but
happily the state of the times, and the present position of , because it was felt that in the course which they pursued they'
the country was so extraordinary, that he must submit to were not honest, anti for this reason he would call upon them
what might be considered • an imperious duty-e-(applause) to declare their want of confidence in the present Adminis-
and he hoped he should never be found wanting in the disc tration. • (Loud applause.) And if successful, then would
charge of those duties which were calculated for the 'good of they- have an Administration which would not rely upon the
the country. Ile would now read the resolution which•it • support of those who countenance social and domestic
was his intention to propose, and conclude with few obser- anarchy—then would they have a ministry wiM would dis-
stations. (The lime gentleman then read the resolution, the dein to introduce' the father of that detestable sect, Mr.
essence of which is contained in the Petition which follows.) Owen, to the Queen's presence. (Applause.) Then would
He continued--Now these were the resolutions to which he they have an administration which would not hesitate to
was desirous of inviting the attention Of the meeting ; and of- affirm that the alliance which the Queen is about to form is
showing, in a very few words, the imperious duty imposed a Protestant alliance—(Loud and enthusiastic applause)—an
upon
.the contitry by the corsduct of the present Ministry, to omission which in former times might have.been of less inn-
exercise every means in their power by. calling upon the portance, because the country was not then threetened with
House to alter their course,- and remove the power from the that which threatened them from Ireland. But the fact was
hands of .those counsellors who-now surrounded the throne. that they dared not introduce the allusion to a Protestant
(Applause.) He begged-to call the attention of the meeting alliance, drawing their breath, as they did, from O'Connell.
to the commencement of this administration. A very short They dared not put into the speechthat the husband of the
time before it came into power, an individual who had filled Queen.was to be a Protestant- Prince. Mr. Monteith coed
a very prominent position in the country, and who had since eluded by steting that, as he had been totally unprepared to
been a most useful supporter of the administration, was de- diacess the-politicallaquestioe involved in the matter, lie
nounced by 'many of those gentlemen who now formed would conclude by simply seconding the: resolution.—Mr,
the cabinet, as a most dangerous person to the State= M. was loudly applauded. . .
he was denounced in. a speech from the throne by these wile resolution was putiroin the elleir and carried maid-
men who now- draw their breath -by his command. .Now,. mously. .. •
what was. the -country to think of those persons 'who in a; Mr. MING() CA in,a nervous speech, in whieli
very brief period denounced this man AS dangerous', and broughtsfelly before the audience the national turbulence
ought not to be trusted, and then who receive, at his which had grown out of the encOurageMeet of the present
hands - that support which glees them 'political exist- Administration, and the
.discoetept..and,dietiatiefaction with
ence? (Applause.) The next, and perhaps last ally,. which Which they weredrutedided litPaild Classes, moved the next
the present government got themselves, was a person of a resolution, to the effect that a petition be Prepared and trans-
diflitrent character—a gentleman of great' witted to the honourable representative of the county Of
MaCauley, whom the Government Were deeirOus to secure.' Lanark thr preseetatien, accompanied by an humble request
Mr. Macaidey, however, refteSed to join themouniess he had that he (al r. Lockhart) would support its prayer. -
a seat in the Cabinet ; but to this there Were serious objet- Mr. Lee DBETTER, in a neat speech, seconded the motion,
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tions on three phints upon which •he itood,tiz., the eonces- which, like the preceding, waginvanunously carried,
sion of the ballot, the extension of -the suffrage, and the Mr. W. Bnowet moved -thanks to the Chairman, and the
shortening of the duration of Parliameetse 'Mr. •Macauley meeting then broke up.
stated distinctly he would support any one of these measures,
though by the Government they were denounced as objet- The following is the petition agreed to :-
tionahle. After a negotiation- which fasted for six months, Unto the Honourable the Came
they were obliged to take Mr. M. in—they were obliged to and Ireland, in Parham-
give him a seat m the Cabinet, though he differed with them The 'Ff umble Pert'
in these important points, end they took him to 'Windsor, • chants, lh‘
froni which -he dated the- well-known letter, wherein he' Inhah'
stated that he.would- support all those meaeures, though it • Sheweth,
was known that he differed in them from the Ministry. Now Thatyour 'Pe'
if men of any. degree of firmness- had been at the: head of-the loyalty to he
Administration, would they have endured that another should to the le
thus-put his foot upon their neckg, and openly declare that -hew
support those important points which they crindeninede
Nov.-, if there had been nothing else, these causes he would
hold stitliteent to destroy the confidence of the country in
then( ; arid nolone would put his •finger on the page of politis
cal history, and point to a government like it, Or one which
was supported by such means. (Applause.) When the
leader,of thig administration is asked •any question ofpublie
import, his answer invariably is--" I do not know, but I will
inquire." (Latighter and Applause.) Now, it was well
known in the practical history of this county that the leader.
of the administration shouhl know, and be able to give-in-
formation ea every poilit. The meeting would be aware that
when that great Man -William Pitt was at the head of affairs,
nothing of a publienature_ could. be carried into effect that
was not dictated anti governed
.by himself personally ;. and
they were aware too that six tar dine 'carry this pelted* of
personal -superinteedence, that on one occasion, a despatch
regarding the affairs of We Admiralty bad been prepared, and
the officitils were compelled-to sign it, though the other parts
of the sheet whre ..coyerecl, ;they: ,new
.not itsseontents.
13ut the 4yhdin now followed Was a far difihrent one, wheih
thedinifone answer teem tliePeeinieenais--d" I (1(1 not knowt
but. I esill. Jete-seasshor4yl.lllli week s t3ihte,thi
AttcriefeYeGeneral declaied that the country snjoved a happy
and-almost unexiMplett4tet4 oaths iquillite; and that his best
informatiol.reclebite-tstes belieldeethae lust qtrequillity Would Sib t -
be distiirotalsl Anttalthatigh thishad.been stated, only a few
days had elapsed-siege that aiine, Att'oriseY:(-eneral had ap-
peared-in eliethenplaeteit? arraigns, eititt --charge-tee high trea-
son, a hotly so numerous, that he had beeri obliged,to,get rid
of many odthem by granting them a pardcie. (Applause:).
In reference to the resolution which hee(lVlre,F.) liad-proe
posed, gentlemen might ask wee there any hlteliheethof their
applicationbeing successful. Now, he would say that lie
could -have no doubt of the
,success- of. Sir John •BullerhA
motion, if the Members of theel-lotoe, of Commons would
only vote according to their fion'eah opistionse for be knew
that even amongst those whosunportelthoprosent Athainiste
tration there was not one:who would sign a paper, anddeelare ,
that lie possessed confidence' in th-tt Administration. (Ap-
plause.) Ail that is wanted to. ensure success that the'
Members would vote :wcording to their own opinions. If
this were fairly done, the present Administration wmild not ,
steed a week. But-manYofethese gentlenfdis Idhiked ndttto
the facts of the case, leer did.they fellowetheir owe lto)iest
opinions in giving dude VOW 'They looked only,to the effect
it might have on the ,mindsof their eunatituents;tinlithilhg so '
did not vote according to the honest dictates 'of their judge'
nient. He was eatished; theitfOre, that if they had the
benefit of the honest • votes'of 'the Members 'of the lithAecd
success was certain, anal,Sirel4&Butlerweitid pot need.the -
-aid-1 of , resoluti enik MAW- hair quarter 'to ensure triumphant
succeed. (Loud applause.) Before sitting down, lie- would
beg !ease, in reference tq, t4ezeriting, of one of those,meast
sores of-which 'wag so very fond, Viz, the
Ballot, to read a letter tiltiohladdthatilay been placed in his
haiidSt from a workman
.whe had,,retentlyeeettled: in• the
United StateS, end which eahild point out what.ween
the blessings of Republica-1 •Governaniet, and Of the ballet.
Mr. Finlay tliwiel'Oti an er-yera,otel'Om alieletterewhiehstated •
in enhstance, that the Snide were standingeethee, Ulm. was,
no money iu :the' cmintryw-that during three Weeks he had
not received sufficient t9)paehis hoard, and,that when-they'
did buy, they were con pelledto do it at the store at 25 per
cent above its value'. -The writer further stated that an elec-
tion for a Member of Congress by ballot had recently taken
place, and all theni in the shop had received voting tickets
from their maetersi• which they were required to till up mid
place-in the ballot box according to the dictation of these
masters, under the pain of instant dismissal from their situa-
tions •, and one of the candidates, who had reason to thick
that the majority at the election would not he his, had run
away with the box and broken it up. (Laughter and . ape
plange.) Mr. Finlay sat down amid much cheering by again
'reading the resolutions, and stating that the gentleman who
would follow him would -enter with much more ability into
the tnerits of the question.
Mr. MoeseErret, younger, of. Carsta. irs, on rising was re-
ceived by the hearty plaudits of the meeting, -He did not
-know why his hon. friedd nth° had just concluded his obser-
vations should have been so sure that he (Mr. M.) would
enter at full length into the .•question regarding the merits
• of the present Administration, for it was only a few minutes
since he had been requested; in the adjoining atom, to come
forward and give his assistance-to theempport of the resolu-
tion. He was at first inclined to leave the matter in the
hands of the resident merchants of-Glasgow—he was willing
to leave it with them, that it mighdbe divested of the recol-
lection of past local political matters, and that they might
come forward,of themselves and declare their want of confi-
dence in the present Government. .Having been requested,
however, be was quite ready to come forward and Support the
motion with a few observations. The first thing which must
strike every- one of the weakness of any administratiOn- is
when the advocates of that administration come forward on
all occasions, not appealing to the popularity of their mea-•
sures, or the great and. good names which compose the go-
vernment, or
,by Whom they are supported=but when they
make an undue ueedof the name oftthe Sovereign, and ap-
peal continually to the support which they receive from the
Crown.: (Applause.) That this has been the-ease with the
present adridnistration.ne one could deny, and reliance of
this kind must be looked on-with extreme suspicion, vetien
they considered the previous character of the party. Did
the.pregent Ministry not belong to those who had been ac-
enstomed to,dispraise .aitel decry monarchical institutions—a'
party which now leant' npon that support which they.for-
merly considered and declared to be frail ? (Great applause.)
But he could conceive that there were some .quarters which
eiresessed.confidenceein the present administration, arid a
tweeter whichhed beet to 'them a tower of strength. These
were Daniel O'Connell and his followers—all the Ribbon
,Lodges, and every member 'of the Roman. Catholic priest-
hood throughout Ireland. The advantage of this support to
them lay in this, that they could point to Ireland; and say,
" Behold the peace and tranquillity which now distinguishes
this country, after seven centuries of turbulence, and after
being the source of pain, disquiet, and alarm to every succes-
sive administration. All he could say was, if such a de-
ceitful tranquillity was to be purchased by such means—if
the lip-loyalty of O'Connell was to be the condition of the
existence of the Ministry nowadays,. he was sorry for .his
country, but he could not be sorry for Wellington and Peel,
and he would submit to an eternal exclusion from office ra-
ther than accept of it oit the terms of the misery and degra-
dation of the present Ministry; (Applause.) The tranquil-
lity of Ireland was riot the tranquillity of peace—it was an
armed neutrality ; and it had been declared -that .so woon.as
the present party were reinoVed hone power, it would be the,
signal for sending the mandate of disorder, confusion, and
anarchy, by a thousand ramifications, throughout the length
and breadth of the country. There wereeperhaps, one or
two other parties who might entertain honfidence in the pre-
sent Ministry—they had the -confidence of their own wives
and sisters, and of the Bedchattiber and Court ladies.
(Laughter and applause.) It was certain that Lady Nor,-
manby and Lady Tavistock were convinced in their conscience
no other administration would be sufficiently disinterested
to maintain them in place ;- and-though there were few ladies
required to go out on a change of Ministry, still they had all
resolved to perish together, and the.othees had resolved not
to share the favours' of the Court, *hen the tteuntry had lost
the service of such patriotic ladies of, the Bedchamber.
(Laughter.) He thought he had mentioned all those in the
cohetry who possessed confidence in the present Adreinis-
`tration; but if they looked abroad, they might find ethers
who were willing to grant them their. support. lie thought
the -Russian government would repose confidehce in Lord
Palmerston, and look- upon his imbecility as the best coun--
terpose to the energy of the ehiciels in .Calcutta. Every
nation abroad, in fact, might have-confidence in the iinbe-
citify, ignorance, and andwardnesa of -the present adminis-
tration. There was hardly a. sea which had not witnessed:
the disgrace of the British tlag. ' And there was scarcely a
eolotry which had not been stirred up to sedition. Look to
Canada. It had been said for years that the French popu-
lation of that colone were not to be depended on ; and yet
they went on with inquiries and commissions, and these in-
quiries would still have been going on, had notthe French-.
men themselves, though too early, with musket and bayonet.
settled the matter decisively.. Look to Jamaica, in which it
bad !teen proposed to.suspend the free constitution. It was
opposed by Sir Robert Peel arid•his party, and the country
had reason to rejoice that the measure was delayed, and that
the opinions of a Conservative opposition in minority was
'followed, rather than those of the Ministers of the Crown.
(Great applause.) Look to the teen with \shoat they were
I,(inesbeirtsi'leiddetroinhge.
conneetettah home. They were combined with men to whom
anarchY and confusion was a, godsend, and they had recently
given the commission of the peace to a man whom they bad
liiiistre to con-
ro
h
d
would ambiguity. It
He
eett gre'eiovidln6,rs ialdislneedtriorewdtvortaicleidibliaurb
nethifoirttainhpnegsfatserdeioti,lisibloteuTis:tse;ifioeras preventsm ti,dh ealvnri
consisted in the incomprehensibility of their actions, arid the
-perfect impossibility to declare the fine Month what they
'}rich they had solemnly declared to be absolutely essential
do the next. Had they net. abandoned measures
to the well-being of the empire ? Where was now the appro-
pnation clause, and where were the Municipalities of Ire-

The following, is the p4itiolY agreed to :
Unto the Honourable the COnimOns of Great Britain
and Ireland, in Parliament asseinbleA,—
The :Humble Petition of the Undersigned Mer-
• chants, Manufacturers,.llankers and other
Inhabitants t,f Clasuow,7-
Sheweth,

That your 'Petitioners, with feelings of the most devoted
loyalty to her Majesty's person, and the firmest attachment
to the laws and constitution of the Empire, have long been
'impressed. with a belief-that, under the guidance of her Ma-
jesty's present advisers, the best interests of the State—its
tranquility at hothe and reputation abroak—are placed in
imminent danger. . •
That, under this eonviction, your Petitioners have. learnt
with great satisfaction the intention of a Member of your
Honourable House to call upou. the House to _express its
Want of confidence in-the prei,ent Administration.
• That your Petitibners view the present as a fit time to de-
clare their serious' fears for the tranquillity of the country,
the safety of its public institutions, and the prosperity of the
commercial and manufacturing interests of the nation.
May it therefore please your Honourable House to take
• 'such steps as to,your wisdom may appear proper, to
• induce our beloved Scivereign again to restore confi-
dence and prosperity to the country, by calling to her
Royal Councils men in whom the nation can trust for
for- the'prOteetiens of its institutions, and the preser,
vation of its dearest interests....

A political conspiracy has been discovered in Russia, in
which Vv,e,rat'iiitiftrii:ampeesonag-es were concerned, Many
or the:pi lizive in consequence been arrested, and placed in
clos.treontineinent.

LI11?1,12.:ALI Al:l::4*kkia 1.0 A PROVESSION AT: MAN.—Mr.
Charles ShoPson, being the only gentleman who made a ten-
der for attendance, and to supply the prisoners in Stamford,
gaol with medicines, line been appointed to the office of sur-
geon for one year.,•at the sum of £lo.—Stamford Mercury.
LT arib,GK_or:CoUSINS.—By an act passed
in 1835, sth and fith William IV., all marriages of cousins,
subsequent to the passing of that act, are illegal, null, and
void. The issue of stic,k;tua,rriages are considered Illeglti
mate ; aiul if the father die intestate,his children are exclud-
ed fro:n inheriting any'of his property ; or if he make a AVM,
;;Ui+J.,'L to a_legaer doty of 1.0 per' cent, flow wily this
act :u 'c the royal marriage

ANi.r- CORN-LAW Aoi r ron,.—The shopkeepers
;Nike(' down up"Ott!the,'-class below them 'lvith'a degVe't'''cif
pride,altoG•ether unknown in their lordships' lunise.
thing nitire haughty, unbroken, unmitigated, proud, insole-
ixanWatid;JM would add, unbearable, than the aristocratic
feeling of this clff4ft„owards the- cla.sites which happened to
be a little its inferiors could not be conceived. .This class
wouldliot.form arty alliance with the chartists-on account of
_the violence of language used at their meetings. Why; at
none of their meetings was language .made usi of will& was
•as violent:ias that uttered7latelY =ll3§' the 'cap/ tolocracy at
n-tuch,!jte,f.o!liY 'the .o.ole3)7scriiiien thOr tordthifyg were
denounced` As." dishonest men," when opinions•in favour of
the. corn4Aws, were spoken of asprocceding front a " want
of•
common fuketusty4/ when cevery.flandlord who used his
property-as he chose was ptoclaithed to the. assembled thou-
! sands res a 'robber. Nothing'Snvidlent as this'WAS' ever heard
_at a ebarti4, tneeMga--404ABrurghatitis Atilebh rii Ta
ineni;
• "U
THE BWEACH Oi• PRI vII,F,GE.—Thc following declaration,
which-fornled pikitt 4f4tik:stifetiii"delATred IT,' Mr:- Henry
Cavendish :in lira HouWdf-,Qotritnons in the year 3.769 on'
Wiltis's case, appears to be preciselyapplicablep the pro-
ceedings in that Reuse fit 'We present. juncture':-" I de,
from•my.soul; detest and.abjure,' as uneonstitutional'aud
legal, that damnable doctrine and position, that a resolution
.of the. House of Comma& elm illake, alter; susPend, abrogate,
or annihilate the law of the land.".

SHARP PRATTICE.—THE. lAIVERIALI3ANKHThe solici-
tors to thiS rather notorious establiShment having obtained
judgment against the endorser 'Of it'bill;'were called upon by
two persons, who intimated that if the bill was. regularly
noted or protested they were prepared to meet it, as well as
the expenses. • ThcsolicitorS, on this very unexpected and
agreeable news, forthwith, handed over the bill to one of the
gentlemen, who, after an apparent close.inspeetion. of it re-
- marked, that all appeared' to be right; bill having an execu-
tion against the bank;he would lake-charge of the bill. The
two person4'before referred to were no other than sheriff's
officers. Jonathan clearly outdone.
NOTES IN, CIRCULATION.—In Tuesday's :Gazette we have
an account of the aggregate amount of .the notes circulated
in England and Wales by the private and joint-stock banks,
and their branches, for three months, from the 28th Septem-
ber to the 28th December. , We find,
,on comparing this re-
turn with that of the preceding three months, from the 29th
June to the 28th September, that-the circulation of the pri-
vate banks has increased from £6,917,637 to .;.E7,251,678,
being a difference of £334,041. That the circulation of the
joint-stock banks and their 'branches was, for the - laSt three
months,. £4,170,767 against; 4;4,167,313 in the preceding
three months, showing the trifling. variation of £3134 in-
crease. :There has, therefore, been an. aggregate increase of
£337;49 during the last quarter,. almost exclusively by the
private hanks.
THE IRON TRADE.—The iron trade in SWeden is repre-
sented to be in a state of great activity' nd prosperity. The
quantity of bar iron produced to the commencement- of last
'November is stated, at 276,000 ship pounds, and of inanufac-
tured iron 33,600, which, added to 1P,700 of the latter, and
126,700 of the former, on lumd in the entrepots on the Ist of
NOvember, 1838, make a total of 448,000 ship pounds. • Of
this 304,896 ship pounds wexe exported, orwhich 283,505
were in the shape of bar, and 21,390 of manufactured iron.
For home consumption the quantity taken of bah sorts, in
nearly equal.' proportions, was 26,605 ship pounds. There
remained in entrepot, on the Ist of last November, 11,485
ship pounds of mai-infix:hired iron, and 103,300 ship pounds
.of bar iron.. The price of iron of ordinary sizes had not va-
ried during the year, having been 10 bank rixdollars the ship
pound, or about 255. Iod.sterling. The ship pound is equal
to about 2801 b.

SOUTHWARK ELECTION.—The usual game of the whig-
radicals has been played in Southwark. At.thelast moment
Mr. Curling, the profeSsedly 'independent liberal candidate,
retires, or-has been bought off by the ministerialists, and
when it is too late for a new canvas of his votes by Mr. Wal-
ter, carries all his -strength over to Mr. Wood. It is well to
mark the political honesty of Mr. Curling,. worthy only of a
whig manoeuvre, that the electors of the Borough may know
with whom they haVe to deal, in case he should have the
matchless effrontery to come forward upon any future occa-
sion to solicit their suffrages. Now let it be borne in mind
that yesterday evening a report was in circulation that Mr.
Curling had retired.' A meeting was in consequence con-
vened ofhis friends in the Bermondsey district, at which Mr.
Curling made his appearance at ten o'clock, when he ad-
dressed the electcirs at considerable length, mainly for the
purpose of denying the truth of the report that he had with-
drawn from the contest. So far from having resigned, the lion.
gentleman said it was his' intention not merely to pa to the
poll, hut tofight the battle to the lost moment, and yet, in
spite of this declaration, which was. most implicitly believed,
the walls of the borough were placarded as early as the break
of day this morning, with the announcement that Mr. Cur-
ling had retired from the field, and urging those electors who
had promised him their support, to vote in favour of Mr.
Wood. No condueLcould be-more barefaced and despisahlt•
than this:.—Standard. . .!.
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CURIOIiq AFFAIIL—On- Thursday evening;, a,f ig,, du%en
by a livery servant, stopped at the'StAtiOn-house, 1n Maryle-
bone-lane,:when a dashingly-dressed lady, abont, 40:- years of
age, alighted; and requested a fed minutes interview with
spector Tidinan, who was then Ligon duty, she Was accordingly'
introduced to him, and after some preliminarysemarkifrom
her as to the importance of her visit, with a great deal of ap-
parent sincerity, acquainted him with the fact that she was in
possession of
..1.:3000 a-year, and thatalm had folly. made up
her Mind to select one of the police force as a partner for life ;
" hut,?' added she, " you are not tall enough, and you will
greatly oblige me by permitting:mc to haie . a glance at One
or two. others." She was politely informed that, the request
could not 'be complied with, having. received that,
bnfor-
mation, the lady quitted the place,- and being handed info
the vehicle, was driven off in the direction of Holborn, at the
same time expressing her determination'to visit. the various
Station-houses daily until she Could meet with a meniber of
the force to her mind.---London Times.

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LISBON, JAN. 13.-The following-.is the official, statement
of the shipments of
.port wines during the last year:—lo
Great Britain, Nevvforidland, Guernsey, Jersey, 26,3291
pipes; Quebec, 1971 ; ports of Portugal, the Azores,..and
• Cape de Verde Islands,- 1921; Angola, 33912'; the Brazils,
1,9132 ; the United States of America, 3,471 ; France; ;
• Holland, 9Q,1- ; Hamburg, Sweden, and Norway, 464;1 ; Genoa
and Spain, 2; Russia and Denthark; 147 ; Austria and.
Prussia, 61-; making in a 1133,172 pipes, which is about 4,300
less than last year ; but if we consider that the shipments to
the Brazils, in consequence of the heavy import duties lately
' laid there,. have been 5,000 pipes less than what .they were the
former year, it will appear that to other ports the_re.is in.
crease of near 700 pipes,—for instance, the shipment to
Quebec is the first which has been made, and we understand
it is likely to prove a good market for that sort of wine.. The,
fact which is here evinced, independent of a diminution of
near 8,000 pipes in the shipments of other wines front Lisbon,
is a sufficient cause to-induce this Government to,lo-se no -•
time in despatching its new Minister to the Court Of Rio de
Janeiro, in order to bring about a mutually advantageous
commercial treaty.