The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-05 00:00:00

CONTEMPORARY PRESS.

THE EVILS OF
..Wll.lO LEG:SLATION.
( From tise-il1o"r4Oly )
There is a fatality ahOnt vliig legislation Which turns
every,thing coining from whig " liberality" nutter the
name of improvement into an evil earl a nuisance:—..
Sometitnes; indeed, this is intentional, end the result or
deliberate dishonesty, as was the case *hen, in pretend.-
ing to.destroy all nomination boroughs from,a virtuous
abhorrence of all other than real opresentatinn, the whi.,
reformers, by their. " second' Magna Charts," created'
several nomination-boroughs' for their own That
act is now in the same evil odour: with the radical sup-.
mini Stets that the system which it supetsedi
was in about seven years ago, and they call as loudly
ferits repeal as they-did for its enacttnenr. Then look
at the quantity of litigation which has been found neees-
sary to ascertain the cnnstru4ionni various p,arts
_of. the
lq.unicipal efurra, Act on. account .of the cluvrisy and.
bungling manner. in which it. was. dravvn .up. An impor-
tant decision given in the Queen's Bench solne time
since'against. the poor I:tw commissioners on a question
litigated bet Ween the parish of 't-
,Pancras and the,M,.,
showed that.the framers ,of that statute also,.sometiolds
cautiteractedby .the language of their law their own le-
gislative intention.
- We have been reminded once more of the fatality.
winch attends whig la illation by the working of the.
"act for the registration of births, deaths, and marriages,
in England," which waspassed with the avowed purpose
of "carrying out" the great principle of " religious li-
berty" by felieving the consciences or dissenters
in regard to the
,matters of which the act treats. It is
m
certainly a new ode of carrvinv out the principle of.
religious liberty byetxtinomishing religion itself, as has
been -done In the case-of the solemn contract of marriage
heretofore regarded as holy in this ChriStian country,
bu(now divested, in the eves of the, people, of)*
BURctity,of ohligition (wonting a rite divinely instituted,
and which was the best safeguard of domestic virtue and
gooial morality.

•
' Bat independently of divesting the marriage contract
of its religiOns character, (unless when performed, by the
clergy of the establisbed,.church,) the whiz statute has
viglated the very principle of. liberty of consolence upon
which it was is.opposed to be founded. The clergy rat
LiviCnlri and its neighbourhood have petitioned thel'egis-
latUre for the repeal, or. ess;;ritial alteration of the net,;
and. in their petition we.And.the following .passages re,
lying to those two points, concerning which we have
just now spoken :
"That A' resvects marriaves, the religiott part of the cere-
rnony niity he utterly cancelled. to the great grief of all good
rnen, who' ever.tegardedrna'rriage a.; A sacred iOtit utiqu,
which if degraded into a mere civil contract mitit prove of
dangeerins teiulenoi to the public.' ntorati."
" That a Clerolitinn witty be compelled by an nriter j'rnm the
regigtrar to-Roienfnize-mdriiage in a way forbidVn by the vinous
of; the :established Aurrie."
Here is 3 relief to conscience i Here is a " carrving
out" of the great principle
,of religions litter;)- The
sihig liar, in
.ornier !o...relte. re the, conKcienco dissen-
ters, coerces the consciences of the clergy of the estab-
lished church. They are 'bon nd by conscience, and by' ec-
clesiastical law to obey the canons, but tht;.Y site compelledthe Whig law, and the
.registrar'.4
.order,, to ,violate.
tfem. This is w.hig„legislation.
We have to speak again of the grievances which this
act inflicts upon the poor, and the covert attempt to uh-
christianize the country by making the name of the in-
Cant. registered altogether independentof the baptismal
Ocrament.

A CaRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL TABLE
POll, THE YEAR 1837.

, . . .
(Concluded Irani our last.)
,'2l-3.1%9013i, retvl an account of her Majesty:s.,elvil list.
a
4ln mutiny of the gpaniQh,regiinents et Flernani, General
Lawlor wounded, and General Mirasol is obliged to s ierd up
hiS-(Otintnatid, add with difficulty escapes with his life.
5 The King of ganover, ci-decant Puke of Cumberland,
announces to the 1141qyerians his, disapprobation of the AxiPt-
ii, F c'),,,rattlien,' and expirsses an intention of making some
izlificatiOns and alteratigns.
./ The remains of his late 'Majesty lie in state at WituNnr.
'rtie raneral of h; late Majesty, takes place in St. George's
Chapel,"Winds,,r Casule.
Sermons are preached at,most of the churches in London
nn.the subject of the It.azs sustained by the• nation in the death
of his Majesty Viiiiatn IV. • 'lb The cholera ar Naples ceases about this time, when it
op ears that, in 21,456 cases, 13,578 had died.
.or
llr diseussiPa on the state,(4 Ireland takes place in ,the
noitse of LOrds, On-the !notion of the Marquis of ,Westirfeath,
for the production pr papers kelative to the removal tif Sir
Itichatd Nagle, Bart., from the lieutenancy of the county of
Westmeath.

The King of Hanover assumes the command of the army.
A't Palermo, in Sicily, the deaths from cholera amount to
sot*e thousands daily.
. „ .
12 The royal assent is given by commission to upwards of 40
public 'and prirate hills.
-7- tier Majesty reeeives at St. 'James's .Palace the congra-
tutatory address of the.Colio,ration of London.
13 The Vortuguese goyernment seizes the types and pro'nibits
any further publication of an tuglish newspaper in Lisbon,.
called the Lisbon Mil.
Her Majesty takes up her residence at the new palaCe in
St. James's Park. •. . .
A military insurrection fakei place amontrst the troops in
ibe north of l'ortugal, a hd, wader the Earon de Leira, proclaim
tlie constitution.
. .
14 The Society of Friends in Ireland petition parliament,
itrcingh the DUl;e of Sussex, for theabolition of the punishment
of death. The petition is withdrawn in .consequence of an in.-
forMality, having been addressed to "the peers," instead of
" the lords spiritual and temporal" of the united kingdom.
The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge present ad-
dresses to her 3lajestyen her occaSion tit the throne.
Upwards of 480 whales, averaging from 15 to,22.feet in
ength,. are. captured near rmadciy, the Marquis of Breadal-
tines residence in /VigyreAire.
,15 Oraa claims a victory over the Carlists in the environs of

17 ifer 'Majesty In person prorogues parliament, and gii'es
her assent to, the municipal corporations act amendment hill,
the for,ery bill, the piracy bill, the transportation for life hill,
the offences against the person hill, the burglary bill, the robbing
and Stealing from the person bill, the burning and destroying
po, and other bills.
Thoinpson.gives notice that early in.the next session
lie Shall move for leave to bring in a bill to vest the succession,
to The event of the demise of her Majesty, in Prince chorge of
ainbriflge and his heirs.
1,1", - A proclamation appears in the London Gazette dissolving
• .
parliament. , . _ ,
T,tie,charteris proclaimed at Estremos by the troops of
Bohn'.Maria stationed at that place.
18; The.gneen issues letters patent, continuing in their offices
all Isis late M.ajesty's Ministers.
19 ThaQtieen holds her first levee, which is most numerously
attended.
- " The. Pennsylvania," of 136 pins, the largest vessel afloat
I • •
in,any .waters, is launched at'Philadelphia.
20 The Nassuek .diamond, weighing 3571 grains, is sold for
the sum of £721X.1.
The Queen holds her first drawing room, at which the
attendance is unprecedented.
Opeping.of the
,London and Birmingham Railvray.
21 The Queen receives addresses from,the church of Scotland,
the. society of friends, the general body of disse.nting ministers,
and thedissenting.ministers of the preshyterian denOmination.
22 The businesspf the elections throughout the country corn-
peuces by the nomination Of candidates for.the cityof I,9ndon.
The other metropolitan elections take plaee on th.e succeeding
days.
.
The Spanish government, in retaliation .
_for a similar act
on the part Of Sardinia, excludes Sardinian vessels from the
ports of Spain, and depriveS Sardinian. consuls of their offices.
2.1,111r....C0cking ascends_ in a parachute, attaChed to Mr.
Green's balltion, from Vauxhall-gardens, and in the descent is
killed on the Spot.
Dr. Edward Grey, Bishop of Hereford, brother of Earl
Grey, died at his palace at,Hereford...
26 'rwenty-two.vassels, riding at anchor, are destroyed by a
hurricane at Barbadoes..
27 Up to this date the number of einigrants.arriving at Que-
bec was 16.-459, being fewer by 3787,than during the correspond-
ing period of last year.
The, Marquis of liklblanh.a joins the charterists, and issues
ti,proclamatien in support of the cause, ,
28 An inquest takes place on the hiwty pc 'Mr. Robert Cock-
ing, which terminates in .a: verdict ascribing the catastrophe to
accident, andlevying a deodand on the parachute.
A grand „conservative, festival, takes place at
,/steWtno,
Smith LancaShire, at which upwards nf'looo persona are Present.
-- 27 Lives are•lost hy the irruption of the sea into a coal-pit
at Workington, in Gutriberland.

...30 The. King„ of .1-lanov.er dissolves ,!be .rpval commission
which had been ,appOinted to ioquire.whether the constitution of
William IV. was binding upon the present monarch.

AUGUST.

1. By the concussion of two .railway trains running in oppo-
site-directions, on the Portsmouth, railroad, East Virginia, tour
persons are killed and numbers severely wounded.
The :King of Greece orders the immediate expulsion from
that-country of an Italian, bearing a British. passport and re-
presentations having been made by the British ambassador. on
the subject, the government replies that such order was given
by the King in the exercise of a right which every sovereign
posseased, and: for which he was responsible to no oue.
2 A•hurrieane occasions much damage at St. Bartholomew.
3 The Carlists, commanded by Elio, consisting of 5000 in.
-fantry and 220 cavalry, enter Segovia, and take the direction
of St. Ildefonso and the Escurial.
5 Zariategui, the Carlist general, captures Segovia, and is
joined by 600 Royalists.
6 The Duchess of St. Albans dies at, her house in Stratton-
street, ViecadillY.
By a royal decree, Madrid, and the province of New
.Castile. are placed in a state of siege, in consequence of the
proximity of, the,CarliSts.
• ,$
The battalion,of chapelgorris at Gyariun mutiny for want
of pay..
10,T4e Marquis
.of Saldanha,
.after having levied a heavy
contribution at Castello Branco, enters Coimbra at the head of
400 horse, and aboat 150 foot.
,The,Govetuorof Santa Fe, New Mexico, and all the prin-
cipal officers, are killed in a revolutionary movement, and a
new government established.
11 Great devastation is committed during this and the two
folloWing days
.in Switzeiland, and espeCially in the canton of
:Berne, by storms.
'The fortress of Bonjol, in Sumatra, capitulates to the
Dutch troops.
12' The elections throughout England and Wales, being corn-
,pleted, give the following result, as to- the strength of the re-
ictive parties.
15V:eriunty members, of which are—
Crius.ervative
Ministerial
Conservative majority
0 Cite and borou.7,h members, of which are—
Ministerial
Conservative

majnritv
ConsergativemaoTity in.Englan! and Wales IT

12 Espartero, with a detachment of his troops, arrives at
Advid. Which is threatened by the Catlists.
' 'l5 By a decree of the Queen the state of siege of Madrid and
New Castile is taken off.
16 The remains of the Duchess de St. Leo are interred at.
Rueit, the la:lrving-place of the Empress lisephine.
The Alejway G:atiesend steamer is d,s.r4ed by fire off
Northff•.et. and one p_asseng►er drowned.
. 17 Distill oattites take place at Miranda and Vittoria, which
terminate in the assassinat,on- of aeneral Escaterai•of the•;o-
vernor, the commander of the national guard, and twelve other
officers. - -

Dr. Stanley i'inOalled BishOO of Norwich.
The On en of POrtugal gives birth to a son.
The Duke t Terceira leaves Lisbon and Saldanlm, ac-
companied by MO
ybrson,i, amongst whom are a body of lancers
and. artillerymen.

18 Eliza-- Ann Fraser gives an appalling aecount before the
Loid Nlayor of the sutrerfngs endure?! by herself and the crew
;ofd ship wrecked in Tones Straits. The statement subsequent-
ly appears to have been much etaggerated.
General'Espartero is appointed Minister of State and Pre-
sident of the Council. - - • • •

22 her 'lll4,jrity leaves. Kensington and takes up her resi-
dence at Windsor Castle:

. Mr. Sharman Crawford, in an able letter, accuses O'Con-
nell of hairing betrayed Ireland'.
- The cholera prevails at Rome to an' alarating extent.
23 A fresh irruption of Water takes place into the Thames
Tunnel, which in the course of the day becOmes.fill..d:
The Maltese brig Jose: lying; 'oe Black wall' it destroyed
by an explosion of gunpowder in a powder boat, which had come
alongside, and three persons axe killed, and otherS more or less
seriously injured.
25 General Buerens is defeated at 14 errera by Don Sebastian,
with the loss of ?DO Men:

25 The metropolis is visited with a tremendous thunder storm,
and several persons s're killed by lightning. • •
• General Saarstield and Colonel NI eudivil- are assassinated
in a revolt of the troops at Pampelona. • • • •
The Carlists under General Uranga capture Penacerrada.
-- The House of Commons of Lower Canada; ha;ing pre-
sented an address to Earl Gosfor.l, the governor, expressing
their determination not to- legis!aie until all their demands
.should have been granted, Earl Gosford 'Prorogues the parlia-
ment.

• 28. An engarement takes place between the Charterists under
Se.ldanha and the ultras urider the Baron •de Bomfiti—a truce
is agreed upon for forty-eight hours, in, order to -enahle the res-
pective parties to attempt the settlement of their differences. -.—
The King and Queen of the Belgians arriveat Ramsgate,
on their wav to Windsor, on a visit to her Majesty and the
Duchess of Kent. . .

The garrison of Irun revolt, and compel their officers to
quit the town. . . . . ,

31 At .a great meeting at Belfast resolutions are come to, fur
the formation of a Protestant. Association.
The.attempt at an accommodation between the hostile
parties in Portugal. having failed, the Baron "de Bomhn gives
notice of the recominenceinent thosiiltties.