The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-04-28 00:00:00

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STOCKDALE V. HANSARD.
Mr. Wighteaan moved for a rule to stay the proceedings in
this case, under the authority of the statute 3d Vic. entitled
" An Act to protect Persons employed in Pnblishing Papers
by the order and under the authority of the Houses of Par-
liament ;" by which it was enacted that, upon giving a party
24 hours' notice of his intention, and producing a certificate
of the Speaker of the house that the paper relative to which
the action was commenced was published by the order of the
house, the judge should immediately stay the proceedings,
which should he immediately at an end. The learned coun-
sel then produced affidavits showing the state of the pro-
ceedings and also the certificate of the Speaker, certifying
that the papers complained of were published by the order
and under the authority of the House of Commons; and the
learned counsel then moved that the proceedings should he
stayed and be at an end.
Mr. Platt said he was instructed to show cause in the first
instance.
Lord Denman was not sure the court ought to hear him ;
but perhaps it would be better to do so.
Mr. PLATT observed that his friend's doctrine, that it was
not necessary to produce the declaration in the cause was a
very dangerous one. There was nothing to satisfy the court
that the Speaker of the House of Commons had ever seen
the declaration in the cause. There was nothing now before
the court but the parchment subscribed by the Speaker. The
certificate should state that the declaration had been seen by
the Speaker, and that it related to matter the publication of
which had been authorised by the House of Commons. But
as the case at present stood, there was nothing to show that
the Speaker was cognisant of the matter for which the action
was brought.
Lord DENIVAN said the act was imperative, and it had
been complied with, as the Speaker had certified that the ac-
tion was in respect of a publication issued by order of the
House of Commons. The rule must therefore he made ab-
solute.
Mr. WIGHTMAN said there was another similar applica-
tion relative to a case in Hertfordshire.
Rule absolute.

MANCIIESTER.—A fierce trial of political strength has
just taken place at Manchester, between two great contend-
ing parties, on the election of churchwardens. The whigs
were led on by Mr. Cobden, of corn-law notoriety ; the
conservatives by Mr. Geo. Clark, a strenuous defender of
his order. A poll was demanded, and on the close of the
second day (Friday) the conservatives had 1,958 of a ma-
jority. It was expected the shabbies would take the hint,
and retire from the contest. The people of this great manu-
facturing town have discovered that while the whigs have
been amusing them with visions of liberty and free trade,
the comforts, and even the necessaries of life, have been fast
deserting their cottages. Mr. Clarke's list, 7,558 ; Mr.
Cobden's list 5,600.

BILL or .MORTALITY.—The general bill of mortality in
the parish of Liverpool, for the year 1839, has just beenpub-
lished, from which it appears that the number of births and
baptisms is, males 4,766, females 4,736; total 9,502. Burials,
males 2,77 i, females 2,494 ; total 5,265. Marriages 3,188, of
which 252 were celebrated at Catholic chapels, 10 at the
Scotch Churches, Oldham-street and Rodney-street, 3 at the
Scotch Secession Church, Mount-pleasant, 5 at the Baptist's
Chapel, Lime-street, 2 at the Welsh Baptists' Chapel, Great
Crosshall-street, 3 at Great George-street Chapel, 6 at the
Welsh Independents' Chapel, Great Crosshall-street, 2 at
the Universalists' Chapel, Bold-street, 4 at the Friends'
Meeting-house, 3 at the Unitarian Chapels, Paradise-street
and Renshaw-street, 5 at the Jews Synagogue, and 150 at
the Superintendent Registrars' Office. This bill shows an
increase in baptisms of 651, in burials 398, in marriages 295.
The following is a list of the ages of the deceased :
Under ' 2 Years .... 1955 Between 50 and" 60..... 316
Between 2 and 5 797 60 and 70...... 287
5 and 10 265 70 and SO ...... 211
10 and 20 222 80 and 90...... 85
20 and 30 362 . 90 and 100 l2
30 and 40 407 100 and upwards.. 2
40 and 50 344 --

Total .... 5,265
In the vicinity of Liverpool, including Everton, Edge-hill,
Low-hill, Toxteth-park, and Kirkdale, the number of bap-
tisms is,—males 489, females 500; total 989. Burials,—
males 1,415, females 1,418 ; total 2,83.3. Marriages 279.

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LONDON AND LIVERPOOL TRADE.—A return published
by the House of Commons gives the number of vessels and
their tonnage cleared out from the ports of London and Liv-
erpool in the years 1838 and 1839 respectively for the South
Australian ports, South Sea fisheries, and the ports on the
western coasts of South America round Cape Horn.—From
there had cleared for Sidney London, in 1838, 78 vessels,
with an amount of 38,960 tonnage ; and in 1839, 89 vessels,
with an amount of 38,681 tonnage. In 1889, for port Philip
7 vessels, with an amount of 2243 tonnage. In 1838, for
South Australia 26 vessels, with an amount of 10,660 tonnage ;
and in 1839, 27 vesseis, with an amount of 12,761 tonnage.
In 1838; for Swan river 3 vessels, with an amount of 882 ton-
nage ; and in 1839, 4 vessels, with an amount of 1082 ton-
nage. In 1838, for Hobart Town 24 vessels, with an amount
of 7959 tonnage ; and in 1839, 23 vessels, with an amount of
7879 tonnage. In 1838, for Launceston 12 vessels, with an
amount of 3107 tonnage ; and 1839, 11 vessels, with an
amount of 2855 tonnage. In 1839, for New Zealand 7 vessels,
with an amount of 3315 tonnage. In 1838, for the South
Sea fisheries, 21 vessels, with an amount of 6557 tonnage ;
and in 1839, 20 vessels, with an amount of 7526 tonnage. In
1838, for Chili, 5 vessels, with an amount of 1008 tonnage ;
and in 1839, 17 vessels, with an amount of 3552 tonnage. In
7838, for Peru, 13 vessels, with an amount of 3131 tonnage;
and in 1839, 21 vessels, with an amount of 4524 tonnage.—
From Liverpool, in 1838, there had cleared for Sidney 17
vessels, with an amount of 7352 tonnage ; and in 1839, 18
vessels, with an amount of 7500 tonnage. In 1839, for Port
Philip 2 vessels, with an amount of 487 tonnage. In 1838,
for South Australia, two vessels with 1082 tonnage ; and in
1839, four vessels, with an amount of 1791 tonnage. In
1839. for Swan River, one vessel, with an amount of 113
tonnage. In 1838, for llobart Town, five vessels, with an
amount of 1532 tonnage ; and in 1839, four vessels, with an
amount of 1212 tonnage. In 1839, for Lanceston, one ves-
sel, with an amount of 243 tonnage. In 1838, for Chili, 14
vessels, with an amount of 2997 tonnage ; and in 1839, 26
vessels, with an amount of 7187 tonnage. In 1838, for Peru,
12 vessels, with an amount of 2931 tonnage ; and in 1839, 19
vesSels,'"with an amount of 4133 tonnage.

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