The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-21 00:00:00

SUNDERLAND ELECTION

The most extraordinary means ever employed at elections
have been resorted to upon this occasion, as may be seen by
the following hand-bill, issued this afternoon before the close
of the poll :

" Bribery ! Bribery ! Bribery ! !!

" It is true, and can 'be proved, that .C 25 has been offered
in favour of Lord Howick. It is equally true that this party
have offered to support Williams or Binns as Chartist can-
didates, on any future occasion, if the Chartists will at the
present contest give their votes to Howick. The offer to
bribe charged upon Mr. Attwood's friends, if ever offered,
has been offered by an enemy to injure Mr. Attwood, not by
a friend to serve his cause." _

Lady Williamson, Lady Howick, Mrs. Bell, and others,
have distinguished themselves by their zeal in going about
the town into every hole and corner to canvass for " their
noble friend," and some very singular and laughable inci-
dents are reported to have occurred during their visits to
some neighbourhoods not very aristocratic nor respectable.
The influence of the Lambton family has been exercised with
more than usual perseverance, and the hon. baronet aione is
s%id to have ordered upwards of 200 to vote for the Yellow
candidate. Had Mr. Attwood descended to the use of some
of the means employed by the agents of his opponents, there
is little doubt that he would have been in a very different
position. He has this consolation, however, that the votes
recorded in his favour are those of honest and independent
electors. The hourly accounts of the state of the poll put
forth by the committee of the respective candidates were so
contradictory, that it was difficult to know positively how
the election was going. It appeared, indeed, that from the
defective arrangements made by both parties at the polling-
booths, eight in number, they themselves seemed ignorant of
the exact state of affairs.

The poll having closed at four o'clock, the Yellow corn
mittee published the following numbers:—

CLOSE OF THE POLE

Attwood ..
Howick
Thus giving a majority to Lord Howick of —247

COURT ANECDOTE.-It has lately been remarked that Sir
I. L. Goldsmid is the first gentleman of the Jewish persua-
sion that was ever made a baronet. Perhaps it is not gene-
rally known that an honour not much inferior had once very
nearly fallen to the lot of an ex-brother Israelite. At one of
those festive meetings at Carlton-house, in which his late
gracious Majesty George IV. sometimes allowed a few of
his more favoured subjects to participate, Mr. Braham was
introduced to sing his then newly-composed song "A
Goblet of Burgundy," when the ratified monarch, rising
from his chair, was with difficulty restrained from conferring
immediate knighthood on the flattered musician.

The old and highly-respectable banking-house of Messrs.
Hobbouse and Co., at Bath, has stopped payment. The
total amount of the liabilities is not known, but it has been
ascertained that they were creditors of Messrs. Coopers, of
Bradford, for between £45,000 and £50,000. This latter
house, some time since, suspended payment, but has not
appeared in the Gazette, and it is the same concern which
materially contributed to the late failure of Messrs. Culls,
Thompson, and CO.
VALUABLE DISCOVERY IN THE WORKING COAL
MINES.—We have been furnished by an esteemed corre-
spondent with the following interesting account of a recent
discovery, highly valuable to those engaged in mining pur-
s--'-

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tits :—There is in Pemberton colliery a pair of wire flatopes, the invention of Mr. Smith, of London. It exceeds
all anticipation in the practice of winding and raising of
coals. The mires, which are in a lineal direction, (extending
from one and of the rope to the other without ever piecing)
are placed alongside each other, 35 of which form a strand,
and 8 strands compose the rope, which is estimated to carry
6 tons. The strands are
woven together with a hempen
webbing. It is as elastic, and wraps on the block like a
strap ; and promises to be one of the finest inventions for
working deep mines ever Yet discovered.
Our correspondent informs us the heat of late in Kentucky
state has been of so intense a nature that a young lady in
hly ming mood actually
slipped
fingers beforeelt timely aid could be
cohmerin ogwn in a hig
procured. In this season of bankruptcy this may not
Ml-
pnpseeqduethn ic.oeubgeh
styled a novel mode of
properly beliquidating one's affairs.

Two highly finished adepts in this " line Of business" have
been practising their profession during the last month or two
in this city, with a success which but too frequently attends
the talent and assurance usually displayed on these occa-
sions. A. man and his wife took a lodging in Trinity-street,
styling themselves " Sir William and Lady Phillips." They
gave out that they were en route to take possession of an
estate in Glamorganshire, and upon the strength of these
two falsehoods they commenced and carried on their depre-
dations pretty extensively. Of course it was necessary that
such a personage as Lady Phillips should appear in habili-
ments suitable to her rank, and she visited the show-rooms
of a marchande des modes in the College-green, and made
choice of an elegant black satin gown, and by way of a be-
ginning carried off a beautiful shawl, value four guineas.
From a grocery shop hard by was obtained a plentiful supply
of tea, sugar, wax candles, and sundry other articles. A
shop of the same description, upon St. Augustine's-back,
executed a large order for similar goods. A publican in
Denmark-street was found to be possessed of such exquisite
schidam—downright genuine—real sort—and it was also of
the publican's own importation from Holland, so that the
flavour was chalks beyond any gin the Knight had ever
tasted ; and he, as the reader will see hereafter, had preten-
sions to be considered a judge. A baker supplied them with
biscuits and bread—others with butter—others with • meat.
A shoe shop on St. Augustine's-back was also honoured by
an order for a pair of the best cordovan Wellingtons, in the
last and newest fashion. A superb silk rnercery and haber-
dashery establishment in the Green was an object of Sir
William and Lady Philips's attention—the display of temp-
tations through such an expanse of crown glass was altogether
irresistible, and a tolerable package found its way to Trinity-
house.

A bookseller in the Green, and another in Broad-street,
partook of the Knight's favourable consideration. He was
a bibliomanist too, and to him a Caxton or au Elziver were
alike a temptation beyond forbearance. Neither did he en-
tirely neglect the moderns, provided only that it was the best
edition and in splendid binding. In a word, various shops
of all descriptions partook of his favours.
In one expedition to the city, after swallowing an ice cream
in Wine-street, a superb perigord pie arrested his attention,
and was ultimately dispatched across the Drawbridge. In
fact it looked, and no doubt was, so delicious a piece of pa-
tissiery, that it would have been a degradation to it to have
fallen a sacrifice between the mumbling grinders of a ple-
beian.

But this couple had another source of income quite inde-
pendent of their depredations upon tradespeople. The fa-
mily of " my lady" resided some years at a few miles only
from this city, and of course she was well acquainted with
several of its inhabitants and persons in its neighbourhood.
Of this she took advantage, and unshipping pro tempore her
title, wrote letters to several requesting relief. One the wri-
ter has seen, and it is evidently the production of an educa-
ted, clever gentlewoman. It reminded the lady to whom it
was sent of " auld lang syne," and gave a graphic delineation
of domestic destitution and privation—a perfect picture of
human privation in the last stage of misery, and would have
" drawn blood from a stone." She signed it with her real
name—Cracknell. Soon after the receipt of this, comes the
husband, who is well known at Weymouth. He wore green
spectacles ; had the manners, dress, and address of a gentle-
man ; was well spoken, and backed the letter of his rib very
modestly and adroitly. He prayed relief to save his amiable
wife and himself from absolute starvation. Touched with
this pitiable tale for an associate of her youth, the lady's im-
pression was to send her five pounds, but on examining her
purse, found that she had only one sovereign, and that was
given. The husband was all gratitude and retired. It oc-
curred, however, afterwards to the lady, that the applicant's
family ought to be made acquainted with the wretched state
in which she was, and not knowing their present residence,
sent her servant to obtain it in Trinity-street. By this time
about three hours had elapsed, and the messenger was
stricken with dismay and astonishment to see the pennyless,
distressed, and starving Mr. Cracknell, with a black bottle
and glass before him in a state of the most beastly intoxica-
tion! His wife was not there, and he was totally incapable
of a rational answer. The messenger then learnt from the
servant of the house that he consumed regularly a quart of
gin during the day, and at night drank until he could scarcely
stand. The mortification and chagrin which this intelligence
gave to the benevolent lady, who had furnished him with the
means for the debauch, may be readily conceived.
Let us now leave plain Mr. Cracknell, and return to Sir
William. In a day or two the tradesmen's bills ,began to
pour in, and there was reason to fear that there was:" some-
thing rotten in the state of Denmark." The applications
were fought off with dexterity, but they were soon pouring
in thick and threefold from all quarters. A stable keeper
pressed for £12., and a fly owner for £3. ; but the " one
thing needful" was not to be had. Some, however, fared
better than others.

Miss , in the Green, becoming alarmed, instead of
sending home the satin mantua, thought it better to look
after the shawl. In fact she so effectually alarmed the par-
ties by the threat of going to the Station-house for an officer,
that they sent a messenger with a duplicate, took the shawl
out of pawn, and quietly gave it up.
The son of St. Crispin too became wide awake : Crispin
went to speak to the knight—saw his Wellingtons upon the
floor—hooked a finger into the strap of each—called the
worthy Sir William a rascal and a swindler, and marched off
in triumph.
The reader will perhaps feel an interest in the fate of that
noble piece of pastry—the perigord. Know then that it had
a narrow escape, but it did escape ; for the boy who brought
it, finding a number of persons clamorous for money, wisely
guessed that his master would be served up with the same
sauce, and therefore refused to leave it. The scoundrel not
only bilked both his lodgings, but had the meanness to bor-
row about 20s. at different times from the servant girls.
One other exploit must be mentioned. Sir William
waited upon a first-rate artist for the purpose of having his
portrait dawn ;my lady was with him. The gentleman
made a rough sketch of him upon canvass, and he was to
call again- in about three weeks, when he had taken possession
of his estates in Wales.

Now we all know that sitting for one's picture is somewhat
dry work, and therefore it is not wonderful that the knight
should be thirsty, and ask, very politely, for something to
drink. A jorum of cider and a glass were brought, and he
speedily saw the bottom of both. "Ah ! it was excellent,
good, sound, rough Devonshire ! he had never drank bet-
ter." Before his departure, however. he cast an eye of busi-
ness over his green goggles, and fell desperately in love with
a copy (by the artist's son) of a large full-sized painting of an
Italian abbot, with his mitre and crosier. "He was ex-
tremely fond of paintings—that was exquisite—could it be
purchased ? he wished exceedingly to possess it." But by
this time the artist began to think there was something queer
about his customer, and got rid of him. He no doubt now
thinks himself let off easy at the expense of an hour's la-
bour and a jug of his " excellent rough Devonshire " !
The parties are fled, and it is thought that they will now
commence opera!ions against the good people of Bath. If
therefore, the editors of the several newspapers there should
read this, perhaps they would " do the state some service ",
by putting the tradesmen and others on their guard against
these accomplished swindlers.

As the duties on foreign Wheat and Flour are now being
generally paid, we had a large display of samples at this
day's market ; which being well attended by town and
country buyers, the transactions in the general qualities of
foreign Wheats were tolerably extensive, at prices in some
instances rather exceeding the reduced rates of Friday, but
in most respects at a decline of Id to 2d per 70 lbs from the
currency of this clay week.

Flour, upon a moderately fair demand, realised the terms
above stated.

Barley and Malt ruled nominally the same as last week.
In Beans and Pease scarcely any business was perceptible to
day, and each may be considered Id. to 2d. per quarter
cheaper.

ARRIVALS OF CORN,
From the 14th to the 20th September, IR4I, inclusive

ARRIVED.—Correo de Bilboa, Cuculla, and Confidence, —,
from Bilboa—Wallacc. —, from Miramichi—Henry Bliss,
Smith, from Quebec—Hintloo, --, from New Orleans—Ace of
Trumps. --, from Malaga—Jane Louisa, Bros, from Trageric—
and Industrie, from Ostend.
SAlLBD.—Undine. Ram, for Elsinore—Frisk, Whiteway, for
Buenos Ayres—Holywood, Halliday, for Monte Video—Actif, Van-
derbrock, for Ostend—Flavio, Coffin, for St. Thomas, &c.—Silks-
worth, Meldruni, for Sierra Leone—Globe, Ward. for Lima—
Havana Packet, Dawson, for Africa—Albion, Pocken, for Frederick-
stadt—Matilda, Turner; for Genoa, &c.—Tarujo e Filhos. Almeida,
for Lisbon—Archimedes, Hart, for Newfoundland—and Hermanua,
Litkehs, for Rotterdam.

Jumiia, Clarke. from Calcutta, at this port ; sailed 6th May, and
from St. Helena 22nd July. Ou ;th September, in lat. 45 N, long.
26 W, spoke the Gipsy
Emma. Carnie, from Sydney, N.S.W. at this port; sailed Bth
May. The Acts on was to sail the same evening for Valparaiso.
The Formosa sailed and May for China, with stores. On 20th
June, in lat. 56 5, long. 61 W, spoke the Neptune, from Liverpool
for Valparaiso. On 22nd July, in lat. 26 'S, long. 21 W, spoke the
Rimac, from Lima for London

and consist only of 40 casks Jamaica at the quotations
Ceylon were sold at 74s 3d to 77s for middling to good quality. No
sales of Foreign. 60 brls. Jamaica Ginger brought 46 ss. No
sales of Cocoa, Pepper or pimento. ,Rice —3OOO bags good Bengal
sold at 135, and 1800 bags broken at 9s 6d per cwt. Rum.—The
demand is limited, and the sales effected trivial.
Tea.—Throughout, the week there has been a fair inquiry for
common to good descriptions of Congou, but holders generally are
not inclined to accept present prices.
The public sales of Indigo, consisting of 1035 chests Bengal and
and Oude, II 1 serons Caracca, and 16 serous Guatimala, came on
yesterday, when 540 chests pasied the sale, of which 280 found
buyers; the ordinary and middling consuming qualities went much
upon a par with the recent London sales' prices, while the better
class of consumers and shippers sold at a decline of 3d to 6d per
lb. The sales will be resumed this day. 130 bags Turmeric are
reported at 18s ; 150 chests East India Gum Arabic at 20s to 545,
which is higher, and 20 tons Cutch, price not transpired. 350 bags
Saltpetre sold at 23s 3d to 30s 6d, and 190 bags Nitrate of Soda at
24s to 25s per cwt.

LIVERPOOL CORN

MARKET,

SEPT. 18

During the last seven days we have not had any arrivals from
Canada, and moderate imports of British Grain, Flour, and Oat-
meal. There are reported from foreign states 8,217 quarters of
Wheat, 140 quarters of Oats, 172 quarters of Barley, 2,217 quarters
of Beans, and 714 barrels of Flour ; and, the duty having declined
to the lowest point, the Wheat and Flour, together with the pre-
vious stock in bond, amounting to about 170,000 quarters and
140,000 barrels respectively, are now offering for home consurnp-
sumption. At Tuesday's market, a large business was done in
Wheat, (principaliy in bond,) on speculation ; but, with fine weather
since, and the release of the foreign, the trade has been less
animated ; and whilst the better descriptions of Wheat are the turn
lower, we have to note all other qualities 2d to ad per bushel
cheaper. Flour in moderate demand, at Is per barrel below our
last quotations. At yesterday's market there was rather more
inquiry for Oats : holders remaining firm, however, at previous
rates, there were not many sold. No new at market. Oatmeal
dull, without change in value. Barley, Beans, and Peas have only
sold in retail, at about last week's currency. The local growers
have exhibited some samples of new Wheat : their best samples
of white have sold at ys ad to ys lid, damp inferior parcels at as 6d
to as 10d per 701bs.