The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-11 00:00:00

BERNARD CAVANAGH-THE IRISH CAMIELBON

This fellow has removed his quarters from the Music-hall
to a building in Great Charlotte-street, in the front of whisk
great inconvenience is caused by a number of silly Noodles
congregating together, and anxious to catch a glimpse of this
arch impostor. We think it unnecessary to warn the public
against the hollow deception, but give the following playful
lines from a humourous and popular work entitled " Georg*
Cruikshank's Omnibus." Not only does deceiver avow his
ability to live without food, but the Irish papers have stated
that crowds flock to him to be cured of their lameness, deaf-
ness, &c. " Can force of folly any further go ? "

Marvellous Erin ! when St. Patrick's feat
Thy hills, vales, plains, and bogs from reptiles freed,
He little dreamed what monsters would succeed ;
Sinners who drink not, saints who never eat !
And is there one in whom the piece of meat
Which Paris raves about, no care can breed !
One who can never know a time of need,
Though corn be trampled by the tempest's feet!

Poor fellow ! what enjoyment he foregoes !
Nothing but air, a scrap of summer cloud,
Fog with the chill off, is to him allow'd ;
A fine thick mist, or rainbow when it shows
But ab ! for him no kitchen's steam up-flows ;
No knives, forks, s➢oons, or plates—a piled crowd,
No dishes, glasses, salts, make music loud !
Sad sinecurists all—mouth, ears, and nose !

The Worcester Herald states that Sir Thema: Wilde, the
Solicitor-general, and Mr. Hardy, of Worcester, intend to
offer themselves for the representation of that city in ease of
a dissolution of parliament. —Henry Monteith, Egg, of
Carstairs House, Lanarkshire, is canvassing the electors of
BewdleY and Stourport, in opposition to Sir Thomas Win
uington.

LOCUSTS IN SPAIN.—Such immense quantities of locusts
have appeared this year in Spain, that they threaten in some
places entirely to destroy the crops; at Daimiel, in the pro.
since of Ciudad-Real, 300 persons are constantly employed
in collecting these destructive insects, and though they de-
stroy 70 or 80 sacks every day, they do not appear to
diminish. There is something frightful in the appearance of
ancyorsnp,otto fir
these locusts proceeding in divisions, some of which are a
league in length and 2,000 paces in breadth. it is soffieient
half an
trees,hour o
sad
d
if these terrible colnmnnist
stop
iic ,
everything growing o
entirely destroyed. After they have passed, nothing re.
--- olive
mains but the large branches and the roots, wbiclsal: being onisb.,
derground escaped their voracity.
APrICE To Iforanas.—Mothers cannot be tee sto net
cautioned against considering their children deaf
before they are tested ; it having been. frequently
to me that infants who heard while teething rearardariLeel
came deaf ; consequently deafness in these c aftderepenied 71,*
functional, not structural, derangemaent,\andasthese hearing they
once had, might have been improve
spuopseptsteio beto bimioreinebaliftatiadlivaieeniti,l_seilm,,,,;ll:;ll2lllll!; shill is tabs"
nrroth.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY.
-ELL, in reference to the charge of his baying
distrained noon ois teaantry,in April, for rent due in March
Sergeant Jackson had given the name of a
person named Twiss, as hi: authority for the fact, but the
learned sergeant added, that be had often seen Mr. Twigs,
on th• record jury of Kerry, but that he did not know either
his Christian name or his address. _ _ _

said, that Al

,sergeant JACKSON said he bad often seen Mr. Twiss,
but did not know his Christian name or address, nor could
be say in what year the occurrence took place. He would,
however, procure every particular as soon as possible.
Mr. O'CoNNaLL described Use whole as a gross falsehood.
Lard J. ttussELL said that after the right hon. baronet,
the member for Tainworth. gave notice of his motion fora

want of confidence

Russell) stated

r Niaj

y's ministers, he (Lord J

Sir R. INGLrs objected to the establishment of a precedent
so dangerous as that of printing the register at the expense
of the public. That would be to throw on the country an
expense which should be excluon,ely borne by the county of
Hertford.
Sir R. PEEL thought the proposition of the Solicitor-
General sufficiently stringent for the vindication of the pri-
vileges of the house ; and Mr. Duncombe having withdrawn
his motion, that of the Solicitor-General was adopted. The
clerk of the peace, on being ordered to furnish the copy on
Thursday, said, he could not do so in less than three weeks.
On being pressed, he admitted that, by putting it in several
hands, it might be done, but he would only promise that he
would furnish the copy as soon as he could. He was di-
rected to withdraw, and a peremptory order was issued that

Mr. C. W. W YNN moved a resolution, to the effect that
the Attorney-General should be directed to prosecute Dr.
Webster for bribery at the recent election for St. Albans.
Mr. SANDFORD said, that the evidence against Dr. Web-
ster was given in such a manner as would not warrant the
house to direct a prosecution. It was his (Mr. Sandford's)
desire to have carried the investigation much further than it

was allowed to go.
Mr. MILDMAY thought that the house would be guilty of
partiality in singling out this case for prosecution, when
they passed over so many worse cases.
Colonel CONOLLY said that the flagrancy in this case was
gross and palpable, and it was not because others might
have been allowed to escape, that there was, therefore, to be
a general impunity for guilt of this description. The skill
with which this sort of iniquity was carried on, always keep--
ing the candidate clear of being, implicated, rendered it ne-
s i cessary that when a case was brought home, the punishment

be certain and exemplary. Bribery, intact, nau oe.
.1d something should be done to put

come a perfect t

WARDURTC

a stop to bribe
He did not lik

have no effee

ON contended that the best way of putting
ould be the adoption of the vote by ballot.
ese sort of prosecutions, for they would

t in preventin
D said it was i

the recurrence of bribery

ffeetation on the part of the con-

servatives to bring this matter forward, for he had no doubt
but at the approaching election, they would be very ready to
do the very thing they now condemned.
Sir It. H. INGLIS thought the evidence was quite strong
enough to justify a trial, and if the house wished to maintain
its character with the country it would direct a prosecution.
Considerable discussion followed, in which Lord SANDON,
Sir T. CocuRANE, Mr. HUTT, and other members took part,
after which _ _

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the house would not ex-
pect him to give an opinion, nor would he vote upon this suti-
ject, and he only rose to say, that whatever course the house
might direct him to pursue, he would cheerfully obey.
Mr. C. W. WYNN, in reply, said the case was one which,
:when_ fairly brought under the cognisance of the house, it
could not pass overwithQut compromising its character with
the country. t -

---"'Mr. VAj.no gave notice, that on Friday—next he would call
the attention of the house to the reports on the Cambridge
and Ludlow petitions.
The motion was then agreed to without a division.

Sir C. GREY moved fur the appointment of a committee,
to consider the fitness of her Majesty's territory of Labrador
for a penal settlement. Under recent circumstances, he did
not think it necessary to press his ;notion ; but he thought
it right to draw the attention of the house to it, in order that
it might be taken up hereafter.
After a short conversation, the motion was negatived with-
out a division, Sir C. GREY declaring, that if he should have
a seat in the next parliament, he would again bring the sub-
ject under consideration.
Lord MORPETH moved for leave to bring in a bill for mak-
ing and maintaining railways in Ireland. His object was not
to proceed with the bill during the present session, but merely
to have the bill printed, in order that it might be understood
by the public.
Mr. SHAW supported the bill, without pledging himself to
all its details.
After a few observations from Lord STANLEY, Mr. Ser-
geant JAexsoN, Mr. W. J. O'BRIEN, and other hon. mem-
bers, leave was given to bring in the bill.
The other orders of the day being disposed of, the house
adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
Mr. WARD gave notice, that next Friday he should move
that instructions be given to the Attorney-General to prose-
cute the agent at the late Cambridge election.
Mr. Sergeant JACKSON again brought before the house the
subject of Mr. O'Connell's having distrained his tenants for
rent only one month due, and read a letter from Mr. Robert
Twiss, who repeated the whole charge, and named April,
1838 as the period at which it took place.

Mr. O'CONNELL said, that the whole charge was an utter
falsehood. He believed that Mr. Twiss had been a magis-
trate, that he had been unfortunate, and had availed himself
of the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. In Kerry,
Mr. Twiss was well known for tne inaccuracy of his state-
ments, and that he had been known for the last five and
twenty years by the appellation of " Lying Bob Twiss."
On the motion that the house go into committee on the
Dog-cart Bill,
Mr. PILYME moved the postponement of the committee to
this day six—months. -
Mr. WARBURTON seconded the motion, and Sir llonEaT
INGLzs and Mr. EAST opposed it, when, a division taking
place, the original motionewas carried by 141 against 30, and
the bill went through committee.
On the motion of Mr. CRESS WELL, that the house resolve
itself into a committee to petition her majesty in support of
the Danish claims,
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL entered into a lengthened detail
of the causes which had given rise to the present claims, and
was of opinion that this nation had not the least right to in-
demnify the claimants.
After some further discussion, the house went into com-
mittee, and the motion of Mr. Cresswell was agreed to, on
the understanding that the Chancellor of the Exchequer
would oppose the claims on the bringing up of the report.
During the discussion on the bribery at elections bill, Co-
lonel SIBTRORP stigmatised the conduct of government in
this instance, as in many others, as being idle, incompetent,
and disgraceful ; that ministers were never in their places,
even when their own bills were coming before the house. He
supposed they were gone to amuse themselves by singing,
dancing, and eating ; hut he really thought if they were tired
of governing the affairs of the nation, they ought to give it
to those men who were willing and perfectly able to conduct
them.

Mr. F. MAULS said that it was not true that her Majesty's
ministers were never in their places, to attend to the business
of the house, and that the assertions made by the gallant
member opposite were beneath his contempt.
Colonel SIBTHORP immediately arose and left the house,
when
_ _

Mr. W. WYNN rose to order, and moved that Col. Sib-
thorp be ordered to attend, and take his seat in the house.
On the gallant colonel's returning and taking his seat,
The SPEAKER said, that he understood that one hon gen-
tleman had taken offence at some expressions used by ano-
ther hon. member, which he hoped that hon. member would
retract. He always paid ;: mat attention to expressions which
might be used, and, at the time, he certainly was of opinion
that the remarks of the hon. gentleman were offensive, but
that he afterwards thought the hon. gentleman, beginning
his speech in other words, had retracted the offensive ex-
pression.
Mr. F. MAULS said, that he was very sorry if any expres-
sion had fallen from him of a personal nature to the gallant
member opposite, but he certainly didintend to express him-
self strongly on the subject after the observations which had
fallen from that hon. gentleman.
Colonel SIBTHORP said that, as a public man and a man of
honour he had a right to protect himself from insult ; but as
the hon. gentleman opposite had retracted the observations,
he was perfectly satisfied.
On the motion for proceeding with the report of the Ad-
ministration of Justice (No. 1) Bill,
Sir E. SUGDEN moved the insertion of a clause to prevent
the operation of the bill coming into effect until October,
as it would be highly improper to place so much judicial
patronage at the disposal of a government who had not the
confidence of the House of Commons.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he thought the hon. gentleman had
already offered enough of opposition to the bill without
bringing forward the present clause, which, if carried, would
have the effect of casting a brand upon the Lord Chancellor
—(cries of " No, no"—who did not deserve such treatment
after the satisfactory manner he had disposed of the patron-
age under his care.
Sir R. PEEL denied any idea of casting a brand upon Lord
Cottenham, and said that if her Majesty's government post-
poned the passing of the bill till the next meeting of parlia-
ment, he was prepared to enter into such an arrangement.
After some discussion the house divided, and Sir E. Sug-
den's motion was carried by a majority of 101 against 83.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he could not think of proceeding
with the bill after what had just taken place. Ile should,
therefore move the further consideration of the bill to this
day three weeks.
Sir DE LACY EVANS and Mr. 17'1.1,1E113 contended that
the opposition which the bill met with was merely for the
sake of patronage. They thought that the gentlemen on the
opposite side were blameable to refuse justice to the country,
merely for the sake of party feeling.
Lord STANLEY and Mr. PEMBERTON defended themselves
from the imputation of acting on party grounds.
Mr. WAKLET said that the noble lord had acted in the
best possible manner under the present circumstances, and
that it ought not to be forgot that it was not the radical party
who were attacking the prerogatives of the crown, and that
if the present course was persisted in the crown would shortly
be in the mast imminent danger.
Sir R. PEEL said that the present proceeding was only an
attempt to carry on the government of the country by an
executive not possessing the confidence of the present House
of Commons, and that after the late division there were but
two courses for the ministers to pursue—either resignation
or immediate dissolution.
After some further discussion, the motion of Lord John
Russell was agreed to.
The rest of the business was then disposed of, and the
house adjourned until this day, (Friday,) at one o'clock.

DREADFUL SUICIDE.—About a quarter before four on
Monday afternoon, a policeman on duty outside the yard of
Chelsea Church, London, observed a person on the top of the
tower, apparently preparing to precipitate himself to the
ground, and a second afterwards he threw himself off, and
came down with terrific velocity on the west side of the
tower. Several persons were immediately on the spot, and
lifted the unfortunate man up, but life was found to be quite
extinct. The stones all round were covered with blood. The
height of the tower of Chelsea New Church is nearly 200
feet. A shell WAS procured, in which the body of the de-
ceased was placed, and conveyed to the workhouse adjacent,
where a medical gentleman examined it, and found the skull
fractured, shoulders dislocated, and the legs broken—in fact,
the body was literally " smashed ".
ELECTION'S IN STAFFORDSHIRE.—The Staffordshire Ga-
zette speaks with the greatest confidence, that at least, eleven
". good men and true" will be sent up from the various coun-
ties and boroughs. The number of members is sixteen, and
at present half of them are radicals, and the others conserva-
tive. The accounts from all the districts of the country are
equally gratifying, and in many instances much more so.
been
ministerial journalsee
uponS omt
he rf thepatrons
having defeatedto
by
onlyaemajor
ity
e
of 024 ; but if they will be kind enough to consider that the
minority comprises at least 30 of themselves and other place
holders, and as many'more of O'Connell's serfs, who are
compelled to
.do the agitator's bidding, they will be com-
pelled to admit, that though an actual majority of one, the
list of the division shows it to have been a virtual majority of
at least 60 against them.

7. Because the amount in the Savings' Banks belonging to
the poor has increased under the operation of the corn laws
more than one third. .

...„..._
8. Because a reduction of wages. even with a low price of
corn, will prevent the labourer from obtaining even that por-
tion of the other essentials of life which may now be within
his reach. _ .

9. Because I would not willingly exchange the hale peasant
for the pallid artisan and sickly though praiseworthy mechanic,

and see the country one entire worksfiop.

10. Because the object of the monopolist manufacturer is
to screw wazes down to a low point, so as to reduce thc Eng-
lish artisan and labourer to the condition of the German serf,

iods to compete with

foreigners who have superior facilities tc

es, the pro

pf a home market being too circumscribed for the maim-

•eediness o

11. Because, although the alteration of these laws may
7onibly lead to an increase of the quantity of manufactured
--hich now amounts to about 40 or 50 millions
)er annum, yet it will certainly tend to ruin the home
^h is at present estimated at 600,000,000.
,se the export of British and Irish manufactures
have grea, increased under the present system.
13. Because it is a fact, that in years when the importation
of foreign corn has been inconsiderable, the exportation of
goods has, notwithstanding, increased.
A the repeal would ruin Ireland, which is en-
tirely dependent on this country for a market for her agricul`
tural produce.
15. Because the Irish have literally perished with famine
',I the low price of caused by opening the ports for
produce, ' of prnninontal.t

12. Beca

manufactured
14. Becaus,

16. Because, under a fixed duty of Ss. per quarter, (as pro-
posed by government,) the effect on high prices in a time of
scarcity would be most 'terrible, and in a time of plenty,
would be no protection to a British farmer. . .

under the present system, as prices increase,
.tign core decreases, till at length it is admit-