The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-19 00:00:00

lUMAN SACRIFICES IN GOOMSOOR

(From an Indian paper.)
a", or Boman
_sacrifice, takes place once

" Meria

ear in one or other of the confederate mootas in succession.
The victims are stolen from the low country, or are brought
from some other distant part, and sold to those mootas where
the sacrifices are performed. If children, they are kept until
they attain a proper age. This cruel ceremony is thus per-
formed :—Wnen the appointed day arrives, the Khunds as-
semble from all parts of the country, dressed in their finery,
some with bear-skins thrown over their shoulders, others
with the tails of peacocks flowing behind them, and the long
winding feather of the jungle cock waving on their heads.
Thus decked out they dance, leap, and rejoice, beating
drums and playing on an instrument not unlike in sound to
the Highland pipe. Soon after noon the jani, or presiding
priest, with the aid of his assistants, fastens the unfortunate
victim to a strong post, which has been firmly fixed into the
ground, and there standing erect, he suffers the cruel torture
of having
his flesh cut from his bones in small pieces by the
knives of the savage crowd, who rush on him and contend
for a portion.
with each other

Great value is
attached to the first morsel cut from the
ctim's body, for it is supposed to possess greater virtues,
id a proportionate eagerness is evinced to obtain it ; but
insiderable danger to the
papperis also that equal of
the
operator attends the
feat, for it
ofl, ia virtues are attributed to
' '' lucky
holder
reeable an the first slice. To guard
appropriation a village will per-
te one of its number to endeavourd to secure the
red object, and they accordingly arm him with a
, with
3, and, holding on by the
"eri), tie cloths round him
le appointed signal rush
' or 4,000 others,
„
„arable sacrifice ; when, if their
man should be sue-
-I his aim, they exert their utmost
efforts to drag
1 the crowd (so few being able to approach the
object at once). Should he escape unhurt, the
.11 their faces to their homes, for, in order
, beforteo secure
icacy, they must deposit in their fields
d, the charm they have so cruelly won. Thethe tdeajt
,„., ...human sacrifice is to propitiate Ceres. In
Gudda-
poor another and equally cruel sacrifice frequently precedes
the one already described. A trench seven feet long is dug,
along which a human being is suspended alive by the neck and
heels, fastened with ropes to stakes firmly fixed at each end of
the excavation, so that to prevent strangulation he is com-
pelled to support himself with his bands
over each side of the
grave. The presiding priest or jdni, after perforrning several
ceremonies in honour of the goddess Manekisiri, takes a
knife and inflicts six cuts at equal distances from the back of
the neck to the heels, repeating the number one, tw
into the
o, &c.,
so that the seventh decapitates him ; the body falls
earth and is covered with earth, when the hellish orgies first
described are enacted. Women are sacrificed as well as men.

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We regret to hear that the heavy and long-continued rains
which we have experienced almost to the present hour have
seriously damaged the potato crops in this neighbourhood,
which are to a considerable extent, rotted in the ground.—
Bah Chronicle.

FAILURES AT GLASGOW.—We regret to learn by letters
from Glasgow, that there have been within a short period
three commercial failures in that city. The first, on Satur-
day week, was a commission• house connected with North
America ; liabilities estimated at £-10,000. The cause as-
signed was the want of remittances by the Britannia. A con-
siderable portion of this sum is due to that devoted town,
Paisley. The second was a calico-printing concern, on Sa-
turday last—not in extensive business. The third and most
important took place on Monday last. It was in the shipping
and commission business, and the liabilities are estimated at
from £40,000 to 60,000. The failure was unexpected, and
the cause assigned is over investment in West India produce.
—Morning Chronicle.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—For a long series of years we have
not been called on to record a more extensive and more de-
structive conflagration in Glasgow than that which occurred,
on Wednesday night, at the Lancefield Company's cotton-
spinning works, the property of Messrs. Wm. and Alexander
Graham and Co., of this city. A very large portion of these
works, known to be the most extensive of the kind in Scot-
land, have, by a sudden and awful calamity, been laid in
ruins, the valuable machinery which they contained entirely
destroyed, and several hundreds of poor and industrious
people thrown out of employment, to add to the sad amount
of destitution and misery which is already too widely preva-
lent in our city and its neighbourhood. It is impossible to
estimate, as yet, aright, the loss which has been sustained by
the partial destruction of these works. We ,believe, how-
ever, we are not below the mark when we state that it can-
not be less than £30,000; and we are happy to hear that the
loss will be more than covered by the insurance. From 300
to 400 people will, however, be thrown out of employment ;
and it is here that the greatest misery connected with the

catastrophe lies.
STATE OF TRADE.—PAISLEY.—During the whole sum-
mer, hopes have always been entertained, that the week or
month to come would bring along with it a more favourable
change of circumstances : these hopes, it will be observed,
are now over, and the relief committee are making earnest
preparations for the worst. As a sample of the sufferings of
part of our population, we can state the else of one family
which has been investigated into, and found living on nothing
but potatoes, and by begging herring brine from the shops as
the only thing they can obtain to relish their scanty and
wersh morsel. The family consists of a father, mother, and
two children; and the residence is in Causeyside. It has
been proposed, that the Provost of Paisley, and others to be
named, should be appointed as a committee to wait upon
those persons in the town and county who are able, but who
have not hitherto subscribed to the relief fund. 2d, That a
deputation be immediately despatched to London to solicit
the assistance of government—to endeavour to obtain part of
the London relief fund, raised in 1826—and generally to pro-
cure subscriptions in the metropolis for relief of the dis-
tressed operatives of this county.—Glasgow Chronicle.

DISCOVERY OF A SUPPOSED MURDER COMMITTED
THREE YEARS AGO—EXAMINATION OF THE ACCUSED.
—Lewes, Thursday.—The magistrates of Lewes have been
for come time past engaged in investigating a murder said to
have been committed three years back, and several private
examinations have taken place. It appears that the deceased
was a woman named Hannah Devonshire, alias Smith, aged
42, who was in the habit of travellinc, the country with lace,
tapes, &c. On the 2d June, 1838, she was in Ringmer, a
small village near Lewes, drinking with several men, and the
following morning was found drowned, under the circum-
stances detailed below. A coroner's inquest was held at the
time, and the open verdict of " found drowned," returned,
leaving the case for further investigation. Mr. Fagan, the
superintendent of the East Sussex constabulary, has been for
some time past actively engaged in collecting evidence, and
on Monday last apprehended a man named General Washer,
a dealer at Ringmer. After undergoing a short examination,
he was remanded for the attendance of the numerous wit-
nesses until this day. After evidence had been adduced as
to the finding of the body, and the fact of the prisoner and
the deceased having been seen drinking together the day be-
fore the woman's body was discovered, and also, that the
prisoner had been seen, later on the same night, lurking
about the fields in the direction which the deceased had taken
to go to Lewes, William Smith deposed that he resided at
Lewes, and had lived with the deceased for six years and a
half as man and wife. She was 43 years of age, and witness
was 66. On the 2d June, 1838, the deceased left home about
six o'clock in the morning, taking with her a basket con-
taining about nine or ten shillings worth of goods, and a
new pack on her back. She had also a snuff-box and a pair
of spectacles. Witness did not know whether she had anv
money. Witness went towards Ringmer to meet her, and
waited upwards of an hour, and then returned home about
eight o'clock. Witness heard of her death about eleven
o'clock the next morning, and received her clothes and va-
rious articles. There .were only three small wooden boxes,
and two tin pots worth about three halfpence each, left in the
basket. A thimble was all that was found in her pocket.
The pack, which was quite new, had two holes cut in it.
Witness was positive the deceased had her spectacles and her
snuff-box at the time she left home. The prisoner, after
being cautioned by the noble chairman, denied allknowledge
of the affair, and said he -was never in the company of the de-
ceased until the day in question, and being a fine night, he
was sauntering about smoking a pipe. The prisbner was then
remanded for further examination until Monday next, when
some important evidence respecting the spectacles is expected
to be adduced. The examination lasted upwards of seven
hours.

LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.—For the last three or four
days a most painful degree of excitement has prevailed in
Sheerness, Queenborough, and Chatham, in consequence of
the report that an old seaman, 56 years of age, belonging to
her majesty's ship Wellington, lying in ordinary in the
Medway, near the royal dockyard, had been killed by a war-
rant-officer of the same vessel. It appears, that on Thurs-
day last, being pay-day, several boats came ashore from the
different ships in the river. Amongst them was the crew of
the Wellington, under the command of Mr. Ward, the
warrant-officer. There were with them three women (the
wife and daughter of Ward, and the wife of one of the crew
named Sheppard.) There were two other seamen, named
Kingdom, and a boy, besides Maxwell, the unfortunate de-
ceased. After the receipt of their pay, they all proceeded to
the Fountain Tavern, situate near the pier. They remained
drinking until after dark, with the exception of Maxwell and
the boy. On leaving the inn at a late hour, they were scarcely
able to walk to the ship's boat, then lying off the pier. They
managed to crawl into it, and it was put off, Ward taking
charge of the tiller ; Maxwell, Kingdom, Sheppard, and the
boy manned the oars. The boat, instead of being steered
down the river towards the spot where the Wellington was
moored, was steered across, and raa ashore. Maxwell, find-
ing this was the case, and being sober, offered to take charge
of the tiller, saying, " Master, you had better let me steer
for you." Ward, with an oath, replied, "If you think
you can steer better than me, you had better come and
do it." Maxwell got up for the purpose of going to the
tiller, when the boat ran aground. Ward swore at Maxwell,
declaring, that it would not have happened if he had not
made himself so officious. Maxwell made some reply, when
Ward snatched up one of the stretchers of the boat, and
struck Maxwell a violent blow with it on the face, which
knocked him down. Maxwell got up, and a scuffle ensued,
in the midst of which Ward pulled out a large clasp-knife,
and rushing towards him swore, " he would rip his b-y
' guts up." Maxwell, to avoid the blow, sprang towards the
gunwale of the boat, and perceiving Ward following him,
jumped overboard, and was seen no more. He was unable
to swim. The statements of the crew differ materially, but
the boy declares that Maxwell was knocked overboard by the
blow on the head by the stretcher, whilst others say he was
swept away by the sea on jumping over. The boy, however,
was the only one sober, except the deceased. Although
orders have not yet been received from the Admiralty with
respect to Ward, the warrant-officer, it is expected, should
the body not be found, that he will be tried by a special court-
' martial for drunkenness and disobedience of orders, and
afterwards be delivered over to the civil authorities of
Sheerness.

-
HORRID MURDER AT DARFIELD, NEAR BARNSLEY.—
It is our painful duty to lay before oar readers the following
particulars connected with one of the most diabolical and
coolly-premeditated murders that has ever been committed
in this part of the country. What renders the event, if
possible, more shocking, is the fact that the unfortunate vic-
tim was assassinated by mistake, owing, it is supposed, to
his being in age, appearance, and dress, very similar to the
person marked out for the murderers' dreadful pursese. The
deceased was a young man of the name of Thomas Depledge,
about 21 years of age, and was a farming servant in the
service of Mr. Timothy Heptenstall, of Billingley, near
Darfield. The murder was committed on the turnpike road
between those two places, and very near the cross roads
leading from Darfield to Doncaster, Pontefract, and Rother-
ham. It appears, that on the night of Monday last, two
boat-haulers, named Joseph and William Lodge, residing at
Wombwell, were returning from Barnsley fair ; and when
they had got as far as Measbrough Hill, a short distance from
Barnsley, they became engaged in a quarrel with two men,
named Marsden and Mills, who were walking on the road.
Joseph Lodge got off his horse, and attacked the two men ;
giving one a severe bite on the cheeek, and almost biting the
lingers off the hand of the other. He received himself some
very severe scratches and bruises, which seem to have ex-
asperated him, and roused him to a determination of deadly
revenge. Marsden and Mills having picked up the hat which
Joseph Lodge had lost in the scuffle, proceeded on their road
home. and called at the Ring of Bells public-house at Dar-
field Bridge, where they met with Thomas Depledge and
some companions, who were also returning from the fair.
In the meantime, the two Lodges, who are brothers, had
gone back to Barnsley, evidently with the intention of
collecting a force for the purpose of assisting in their re-
vengeful purpose. They called with their companions,
one of whom was a nephew named John Lodge, at all
the beer-houses and public-houses on the road ; and at
length, their friends having left them, the three Lodges en-
tered the public-house at Darfield-bridge, where they found
Joseph's hat on the table, and saw the two men with whom
they had quarrelled. Some suspicious expliesions fell from
them there ; and they were perceived to be watching for
Marsden and Mills leaving the house. Some evil purpose
was so apparent, that Mills was strongly advised not to leave
the house that night. At length, however, Marsden and
Mills, along with Depledge and severalothers, left the house,
and proceeded homewa:ds, towards Billingley. When they
had got to the Milnhouses, a short distance from Darfield,
the two former went forward before the others. At the cross
roads they had gained ground a good deal ; and near this
place, Depledge, it Is supposed, in consequence of hearing
footsteps behind, and wishful to apprise the men of some
danger, left his friends, and proceeded forward at a quicker
pace. Joseph and William Lodge then came up, spoke to
the party behind, and walked sharply past. One was in his
shirt sleeves, which were doubled up, and carried a large
hedge stake. Whan they had gone about one hundred yards
further, a very severe blow was heard by those who were in
the rear. They hastened forward, and found their companion
PPledge lying bleeding on the road. On raising him up, he
Immediately expired. His mouth and nose were bleeding
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and coemoupyleetyeellblattened it. The lifeless body was immedi-
datireelyctly after they
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by the constable •
to Wombwell, where they
same night. John Lodgye,
Dar-
field-bridge. An in
Wednes-
day, when the jury returned a verdict
Joseph and William Lodge,werei both taken into custody the
whotrwiicaetl
coroners warrant, to take their
Doncaster Gazette.
his companions to Milnhouses. Almost
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gander stake, which was afterwards found
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the ensuing assizes.—

Of all the members of the now happily defunct ministry,
the late foreign secretary is said to have been the most reso-
lute in refusing to resign, and it is even affirmed that the
noble lord was ready to " swamp the House of Lords ", or
try another dissolution of the Commons, had not the large
majority in both houses cut off all hopes. It is to be hoped
that there is no sufficient authority for this statement, but
the " factious tone of his lordship's speeches since the open-
ing of the session agrees wonderfully with its tenour.
TRADE or• LEEDS, OCT. 16.—The demand for woollen
cloths in the Piece Halls at Leeds on Saturday last was as
brisk as has been known on any market day for some time
past, and on Tuesday also the improvement was sustained.
Nor were the sales confined to one description of goods ;
extensive purchases of the higher qualities of cloths for ex-
portation were made, as well as of the darker and heavier
kinds of woollens for domestic consumption.

PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—We regret to state that an ac-
cident occurred at Waldridge Colliery, two miles west of
Chester-le-Street, about nine o'clock on Thursday morning,
by the breaking into the mine of a large quantity of water.
Between 60 and 70 men and boys were below when the rush
of water took place, but they were fortunately enabled to
effect their retreat into some old workings, from which they
were afterwards safely brought to the bank. Their escape
may be considered as truly providential.—Tyne Mercury.
MELANCHOLY CASE.—On Tuesday evening, an old man,
who said he came from the Isle of Man, and complained that
lie was in want of food, was allowed to enter a stable in Cum-
berland-street, to sleep on some straw. In the morning he
was found dead. On Wednesday morning, an old woman,
a cinder gatherer, fell down in Princes-street, She was taken
up by the police; and died while being carried to the office.
Both bodies were unclaimed on Wednesday night.—Edin-
burgh Post.

We are rejoiced to see by the last Gazette that the gallant
bearing of the officers of both services in the late operations
before Canton have not gone unrewarded. Sir Hugh Gough
receives the Grand Cross of the Bath, Captain Herbert is
appointed a Knight Commander, and Colonel Burrell and
Lieutenant-Colonels Morris, Adams, Mountain, and Pratt,
are nominated companions of the same honourable order.
Of the naval officers employed, Lieutenants Chambers,
Coryton, Hayes, Hamilton, and Wood, are promoted to the
rank of commander; while Messrs. Bryan, Sanlez, Need,
Miller, Tayler, Purver, and Bate are appointed lieutenants.
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM SPAIN.—The Paris journals of
Monday, which arrived at a late hour on Thursday, com-
municated the important intelligence of a disturbance,
amounting almost to an insurrection at Madrid, and an at-
tempt to carry off the young Queen, with a view to release
her from the authority of the Regent. The attempt was un-
successful, but great fears were entertained for the peace of
the Spanish capital. It would appear that the movement is
extending in the Basque provinces, and the French govern-
ment has issued an order for the removal of all the Carlist
refugees to some distance from Spanish frontier, proof, if
any were wanting, that Louis Philippe and M. Guizot are
guiltless of a correspondence with the movement party.—
Standard.

THE LATE LORD SYDENHAM.—We are assured that Lord
Sydenham's death was occasioned by a combination of gan-
grene, spasmodic gout, and lockjaw. He died after agony
prolonged for two weeks. One account of his sufferings,
which we have seen, is so terrible that we should not have
mentioned them, except for the purpose of stating with what
noble fortitude they were endured by him. It seems that a
perfect self-command never abandoned him. In the midst
of torments that those around him shuddered to behold, his
attention to business was collected and regular, and he left
nothing undone belonging to that first session of the first
parliament of United Canada which closed precisely along
with his life. He was fully aware of his own state, and he
made his will and took leave of his suite and servants with
cheerful composure. He knew how entirely his constitution
was broken, and it looks as if he had courted death there,
then, and so, as the most desirable of possible events.—Co-
lonial Gazette.
THE BANK or MANCHESTER. —A general and very
numerous meeting of the shareholders of this bank took
place on Wednesday last, but, as reporters were excluded,
the information must be limited. The following figures may,
however, be relied upon :—The profits of the year, up to
June, 1841, were £50,000, and for which a dividend of 5 per
cent., amounting to £37,000, was ordered to be paid,—thus
leaving £13,000. It was stated that there was the sum of
£36,602 reserved from the profits of the years 1838-9, which,
together, made £49,602, and that this sum was to meet any
contingencies that might arise. The contingencies of the
year, in the form of bad debts, amounted, by estimate, to
£31,000, (not including any since June last,) so that there
was still £lB,OOO to be carried to the reserved fund. The
paid-up capital is £741,000, and the number of proprietors
515. Three of the retiring directors were re-elected, viz.,
John Brown, Samuel Prince, and J. C. Dyer, Esqrs. The
only new director was John Potter, Esq., son of Sir Thomas
Potter.

BISHOPRIC OF JERUSALEM.—A Protestant Bishopric is
about to be established at Jerusalem. In this good work the
King of Prussia, who takes a deep interest in the Jewish
people, cordially concurs with our church, and the expense
of the undertaking is to be borne in no inconsiderable degree
by that admirable prince. The bishopric was first tendered
to Dr. M'Caul, the well-known Hebrew scholar ; but he de-
clined, simply on the plea, that, in his judgment, a Jew ought
to be raised to the episcopate. In conformity with this view
of the subject, the office was proposed to, and has been ac-
cepted by, Mr. Alexander, the well-known Hebrew Pro-
fessor, in King's College. Our readers are aware that Mr.
Alexander is a converted Jew—that for many years he has
borne a consistent Christian character, vindicating the integ-
rity of his conversion to the Christian faith, and that he is
highly esteemed for his li,erary acquirements, as well as his
high-toned piety. The choice is one fitted to give universal
satisfaction. Mr. Alexander, we understand, will be conse-
crated to this high and most interesting office by the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury. The present emoluments of the see
will be £1,200 a-year ; and it has been arranged that, in the
progress and furtherance of the work, not only shall the
Bishop of Jerusalem consecrate English clergymen, duly qua-
lified, but olso Germans, who subscribe, as the confession of
their faith, the Augsburg Confession. In short, it would
appear, the whole enterprise has been conceived and advanced
in a true spirit of enlarged Christian charity and brotherly
love, the further extension of which is to be greatly desired.

WANTON DAMAGE IN SOWERBY BRIDGE CHURCH.—
On Thursday night some scoundrels sacrilegiously broke into
the church at Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, and committed
the most flagrant spoliation in it. They entered the vestry
at the west end of the church by taking out a diamond in the
window containing sixteen small panes, after which they
proceeded to a closet in the vestry in which a surplice was
hanging ; this they tore in pieces ; an umbrella which was
also in the closet shared the same fate. They then proceeded
to the font in the ante-church. The font which was built of
stoise, they took in three pieces, which they seem to have
carefully laid down, for no part of it was otherwise injured.
The bowl which was a leaden one they bent and placed on a
bench. They then proceeded up the north aisle to the pul-
pit, the stair-railing of which they broke at the lower part.
Entering the pulpit they tore open the cushion and strewed
the feathers down the steps and on the pews adjoining ; and
then broke off the gas apparatus. After this the communion
table appeared to have been the next object of their violence,
the cloth being torn in tatters, and the cushions belonging
the table were also destroyed. They then proceeded to the
reading-desk the stair-railing of which they also broke. The
large prayer book they tore completely in two at the middle,
and the backs were severed from it. The large bible was also
greatly mutilated, and the backs torn off. The carpeting of
the steps was also torn, and the gas apparatus broken down,
and the velvet cloth destroyed, and left hanging in tatters.
A reward of £2O has been offered for the depredators.

SINGULAR AND EXTENSIVE RUBBERY.-Mr. W. Baker,
a highly respectable maltster, in Statten-street, in this city,
has been a victim, in an amount exceeding £7OO, to the fol-
lowing nefarious scheme of depredation. Mr. Baker has a
clerk, James Rees, who, with his wife, resides on the pre-
mises. They have a son, John Rees, aged about eighteen,
who sometimes slept in the shop. In Mr. Baker's counting-
house is a strong iron safe, the upper part of which forms
shelves for ledgers, &c., and below these is a drawer (having
a lock) in which is kept the cash box. Some time ago the
key of this drawer was missing, which excited some surprise
in Mr. Baker ; but a new key was made, which he always
since kept in his possession. Some weeks after this hap-
pened, Mr. Baker, on coming to his office in the morning,
fonnd the door of the safe perforated above the lock, and
the lock removed. He inquired of Rees, sen., how this
happened ; who answered that, on applying the key to the
lock, which he supposed must have been tampered with, he
found the key would not work ; and he had sent to a lock-
smith, who informed him that it was necessary to remove the
lock, which could only be done by perforating the door, in
order to rectify the key. In a few days the lock and key
were returned, and Mr. Baker was astonished at finding that
the old, and formerly rusty, key appeared bright and new.
Rees said he supposed the locksmith had polished it up. On
Monday morning last, Rees, sen., on going to the office,
found the safe door open, with the old key in it; the drawer
open ; the cash-box gone ; and his own son non est. The
cash-box contained £BO in gold, £36 in bank notes, and
about £7OO in checks and negotiable bills. He immediately
mentioned the state of the safe to his wife, who took the
rusty key out of the safe, and broke it in pieces. (Together
with young Rees is missing a boy named Jefferies : it is sup-
posed they are confederates, and gone to London.) Rees,
sen., after this, locked the safe with the new key, and sat
down at his desk. When Mr. Baker arrived, some time
after, he had occasion to go to his cash-box, and then disco-
vered the robbery. " Rees," said he, " somebody has stolen
the cash-box," " The cash-box, sir ?" said Rees with great
earnestness, affecting to know nothing of the matter. Mr.
Baker then set about making inquiries himself, and ascer-
tained from the locksmith that the key of his safe was not
the old key, but a new one, and also learnt other particulars.
which, with those afforded by a private examination of the
elder Rees before the
magistrates, we have given above. In-
formation has been given of the facts at the London police-
offices, and a search is making for the boys.—Bristol Journal.

CONSERVATIVES LOOK ABOUT You!—The whigs are
very fond of declaiming against fagot voters, but they are
never loth to resort to the use when they will promote their
political ends. Whilst the conservatives have been quietly
resting upon their oars, the whigs have been zealously and
whig voters for the West Riding ; and to this is owing
the great advantage which that party has gained upon the
turing steadily at work, since the registration of 1840,,in manutac-
revision now going on. It appears from the tabular state-
ment in another column, that although the conservatives
made a much fewer number of objec
ertions, they have suc-
ceeded in striking off a much largnumber of improper
claimants than the whigs have done. Their sucesss is, how-
ever, neutralised by the great number of new claims sent in
by the whigs. As a specimen of the way in which the whigs
manage these matters we transcribe the following notification
which has been sent to us printed in glaring red letters on
the back of a postage stamped envelope. Every conserva-
tive possessing the means ought to qualify his son or cousin,
or nephew, or friend, as a voter, without delay, in order to
counteract the machinations of our political opponents.
Here is the notice.
" REPRESENTATION OF THE WEST RIDING.
" GISBURN DISTRICT.
" Mr. COWBURN begs to inform parties desirous of
purchasing A VOTE FOR THIS DISTRICT, that he has
ON SALE, to whigs only,
" TWO WELL-BUILT COTTAGES,
at Salterworth, in the parish of Barnoldswick, of FREE-
HOLD TENURE, which have been usually let at £3 10s.
and £3 3s. per annum, capable of furnishing TWO UN-
DENIABLE VOTES, and which he can offer at £45 each,
including title dceds, properly completed and registered at
Wakefield.
" lar P. S. Every further explanation may be obtained
on application to Mr. Cowburn at his offices.
" Settle, September 21, 1811."

LIVERPOOL AND MAI`

CHESTER RAILWAY

FROM L'POOL TO MANCHESTER. FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL.
First Class Second Class First Class Second Class
Morning.. 7 0 Morning Morning.. 730 Morning
8 45 „ .. 9 45 „ 9 0 „ .. 1 o 0 „
1 0 „ —11.45 „ 111 15 „ ..11 45 „
12 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 1 2 0 Aftern. ...2 45 Aftern.
4 45 „ .. 5 30 „' ' 5 0 „ .. 5 30
71 15 Evening..- 715 Mixed 1 715 Evening.. 715 Mixed
Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I
a Except on Saturdays, when this Train does not start till Three.
ON SUNDAYS.
First Class Second Class I First Class Second Class
8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning I 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Moulin
4 45 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern.
715 Evening.. 715 Mixed 1 715 Evening.. 715 Mixed I
Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton Sz Prkside /
TQ PRESTON AND WIGAN.
FROM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER.
8 45 Morning.. Mixed 9 0 Morning.. Mixed
11 0 „ .. First Class 11 15 .. First Class
2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class
4 4.5 „ .. Mixed 15 0 „ .. Mixed
715 „ .. First Class I 7 15 „ .. First Class

7 0 Morning.... Mixed
4 45 Afternoon
7 15 Evening,

ON SUNDAYS

7 u Morning.
5 0 Afternoor

First Class. I 715 Evening.
TO LANCASTER.

Firt Class

FROM MANCHESTER.
9 0 Morning.... Mixed.
11 15 „ .... First Class.
2 45 Afternoon.. Second Class
5 0 ~ ....Mixed.
TO BOLTON.

PROM LIVERPOOL.
8 45 Morning.... Mixed.
11 0 „ .... First Class.
2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class
443 . .... Mixed.__,

PROM LIVERPOOL.
8 45 Morning.... First Class.
11 0 9, •• • • ir
2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class
5 30 „ „

FROM MANCHESTER.
9 0 Morning.... First Class.
11 15
2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class

ON SUNDAYS
Second Class I 7 0 Morning
5 30 Afternoon
TO ST. HELENS.
FROM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER
7 0 Morning.... Second Class 730 Morning.... Second Class
945 ~ 10 0 PP
11 45 11 45 IP
2 30 Afternoon.. 2 45 Afternoon ..

7 -0 Morning..
5 30 Afternoon

Second Class