The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-02-02 00:00:00

DANIEL O'CONNELL AT BIRMINGHAM.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE REFORM ASSOCIA-
TION.
The second annual meeting of the Reform Association was
held on Friday, at one o'clock, in the large at the York
Hotel. Owing to the extreme inclemency of the weather, thy,
meeting was by no means numerously attended, not more Own
150 persons being present. Amongst them, however, were many
of the leading reformers of the town and several inembeis of
the council. James Brancker, Esq., was called to the chair,
and in a short address congratulated the members on the success
of their exertions during the past year, in reference both to the
• parliamentary and inanicipal registration. lie stated his'regret
at the absenre of- Mr. ;Evart, who had been obliged to be in
London by-Saturday,- to attend the tbrmation, by the liberal
members of the-House of Cotionnns, of a club in opposition to
the Carlton Club. Mr. Braneker stated, that for this purpose
they had taken the large house belonging to the Duke of Leeds,
opposite the .Admirinty, in Wintehali. 'Phis announcement
was received with loud cheers. The business of the ineetin,
vvasvtaite tontine, and :ye; confined to the appointment of org:
cers for the ensuing year. The report was read by Mr. High-
field, the secretary. The most importing statement which it
contained was, that the income of the asseciat ion, from substirip-
lions and donations, amounted to shout £lOOO, and the disburse-
ments to £l2OO, leaving a deficiency of £2OO, which it would be
necessary for the reformers to supply by a little extra exertion.
It would also •be necessary to sin* the association with film],
t, carry on their pi oceedings for e current year. Mr. Riehd.
Ralhbone adverted to the possibility of there being a parlia.
mentaay electiim within a very short period ; au event which,
if it occurred, would render it necessary to replenish the funds.
It is to be obsc4Ved, however, that the annual subscriptions now
dire will in part supply this want. The-meeting was addressed
by Col. Williams, Mr. ,1,-37bergh, and other gentlemen.. Front
the state of the parliamentary registration, Mr. Wybergh ex-
pressed the strongest conviction, that the reformers were able
to.turii out, Lord Sandon at the next borough election, if they
thought proper to do so. This statement was received with
loud cheers. The meeting was attended by a deputation of four
gentlemen from the Manchester Reform Association. M
Thomas Potter, (brother to the member for Wigan,) Mr. J. H.
Mr. Roberts, and another. There was a meeting, it
appears, of the Manchester association on Thursday, which
wasi attended by a detonation from the Liverpool association.
At that meeting, a report was made as to the state of the regis-
tration for South Lancashire, and it was found that-there was a
majority of about 1,270 votes in favour of the liberal interest in
this division of the county. It was, therefore, resolved, at-the
Manchester meeting, that two liberal candidates should be
started for South Lancashire at the next election. At the sug-
gestion of Mr. Roberts, a resolution to this effect was proposed
to the meeting, and was unanimously carried, with much ap-
plause, In the meantime, both associations are to be on the
look out fur eligible candidates. Mr. L. Heyworth, in moving
a vote of thanks to the chairman, spoke on various subjects of
interest to reformers. The above is an outline of the proceed-
ings, which were concluded about two o'clock, when the meet-
ing separated much gratified by the cheering prospect held out
to them for the ensuing year.—A/Lion.

RARE AVES..-00 Monday week a few birds were observed
on wine larch4rees in the parish of Metliven, apparently
feeding on some part of the cones of the fir. As they did not
appear to be natives of this country, three of them were sh6t,
and on inspection they were found to correspond with the de.
se ription of th, parrot crass-bill given by White in his Natural
History of Selborne, who states that thet are natives of "Ger-
many, principally to be foUnd on the banks of the Rhine. The
male is of a red colour on the' head, breast, and back, with the
wings and tail of a dark brown. The female in colour is some-
what similar to a green linnet. Both have, bilk indicating
their relation to the parrot species.—Edinhurgh Journal.

FIESCHL—A French provincial journal, after announcing
the period fixed for his trial, adds, with much truth and force,
that the interest of the matter has now passed away; the pas-
sions excited by his attempt, the surprise and indignation, have
almost disappeared ; and the delay in bringing him to trial
seems almost to deprive the fate, which every one anticipates
for him, of half its justice." [Perhaps this man will some day
before his trial commit suicide, or make his escape from justice.
Much stranger things have happened.'—E.L.S.]
SHORT WINTER PASSAGE.—Victoria, Merrill, hence 19th
December, arrived off New York on the lith instant; but the
weather was so boisterous that the pilots refused to leave the
city instil it moderated; and the Roscoe reports the Victoria
as off New York, lying to, waiting for a pilot on the lUth inst.
The Columbus, hence 3d Dec.. United States, hence 9th Dec.,
and. South America, hence 17th Dec., (all packet ships,) had
not arrived.

ADVANTAGES OF A GOOD EAR FOR MUSIC.-. On Thursday
night, Mr. Saver, an officer in the 80th regiment of foot, was
seated at the Bush Inn, Deansgate, where he had arrived that
afternoon, and intended to remain tor the night, . when he
heard a band of music passing along the street. There was
something in the tones of the "serpent" belonging to the band,
which he thought he recognised, and on listening more attend
tively, he felt convinced that the instrument was played by
William Cardwell, who had deserted.from the depot of his re-
giment at-Chatham, a fee: days before. He immediately sal-
lied out into the street, and found that his ear had not deceived
him, for mete, amongst the musicians, was the identical man,
whom the notes of the instrument led him to expect he should
find. Mr. Sayer lost not a moment in endeavouring to make
the man a prisoner, but Caldwell swore he could not be taken,
and ran away. Mr. Sayer pursued him, and with the assist-
ance of Danicerley, the watchman, he was taken into custody,
and lodged in the New Bailey, whence he will be sent to the
regiment. The reward for apprehending the deserter will be
Paid at Mr. Sayer's request, to Dunkerley.—Mmeliester Cou-
rier.

DEATH OF LORD STOWELL—We regret to state that the
venerable Lord Stowell died on Thursday, at Early Court, near
Reading, in the 91st year of his age. By the demise' of the
noble baron one of the few remaining links between our times
and the era of Johnson, Burke, and Goldsmith has been -lo:t ;
the venerable peer was one of Dr. Johnson's most intimate
frienthi, and executor named in his will. Lord Stowell pre-
sided for years with great credit to himself over the Cousistory
and Admiralty Courts, and one of his latest judgments in the
latter, given a few years since, in the matter of-the slave Grace,
was as distinguished as those given in his bast days for critical
acumen and extreme nicety of discrimination. He had been
take. married; in April, 1782, to Anna Alaria, eldest daughter
and co-heir of John Bagnall. Esq., who died in 18J9 In 18i3
he married, when in his 68th year, Lady Louisa Catherine
Howe, Marchioness Dowager of Sligo, and daughter of the
celebrated Earl Howe; she died shortly after, in 1817, without
issue. By his first marriage Lord Stowell had a son and daugh-
ter; the I:rtter was married in March, 1809, to Thomas isowns-
bend, Esq., who died in 1820 childlesS; atd she was married a
second time, in 1823. to Vikount Sidmoluh: Lord Stowell's
only son,ithe. Hon. Vim. Scott, was born in 1794, and died a
short time ago, somewhat suddenly. The title is extinct. Lord
Stowell's next brother, who survives hint, is the venerable Earl
of Eldon. Lord Stowell retired from the Admiralty Court in
1828, having presided there for'the term of '2O years. The late
baron was a privy councillor, a conmiissioner of the land tax,
master of the faculties, a bendier of the Middle Temple.
D.C.L., F.R.S., and T.S.A. He is understood to have died
very rich.

VIOLENCE OF THE STORM ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATUR-
DAY MORNINC LAST.—Such was the extraordinary violence of
• the wind on Saturday- morning last, the 231-d instant, that a
daughter of Thomas Edmunds, a Dowlais ho was. fif-
teen years of age, was literally blown under the -Dowlais loco-
motive engine, near Gellivaelog bridge, and only survived a
few hours.—Several large trees were snapped in the middle,
and in some places great numbers were uprooted. The oldest
people never remember the wind so boisterous. We shudder
to think of the state of the shipping during so awful a storm--
Merthyr Guardian.
A DEATH-13RD SCE:IR.—A farmer at Westhoughton, being
on his death-bed surrounded by his l'amity, with diflirulty recited
the state of his affairs. "I owe Mr. £10," said the dying
mart. "How he raves!" exclaimed his hearers. "11r.
owes me £20," he added. " Bless me, how sensible he is to the
last !" said the mourners. " I owe AL., 1:20," said the suf-
ferer. "There, he's raving again," said his hearers.

RELATIVE VALuR or Witio AND Torts' Nip:wspAPEßS.—At
the recent sale of the Loudon and provincial newspapers in the
public newsroom, Durham, the Newcastle Journal was disposed
of at I. per number second hand. The Durham Chronicle at
21. Such is the high and palmy state of credit in which whig,
gery stands in the good city of Durban,.
PumENOLOGY.—The 3tupidity of this science has been prac•
tically demonstrated in an examinati,m of the lumps, thumps.
and bumps on the head of Lacenaire and Fieschi, whose cold-
blooded cruelty and want 'of feeling' under the most frightful
circumstance lias astonished and disgusted all Yrtnce. This
Monster in human form is "-phrenologically" endowed with ail
the qualities of a good, kind, mild, sensible, and religious man,
bolding injustice and robbery in horror.
Foca-wiNGED DRAKES.—A brace of drakis, when at horn.",
fix their head-quarters in a deep ditch, a spot they guard with
tine of the twain is as whi,e as snow or
the strap,
the utmosti;iaetiliiitgAls?t's•
black feet, While the other is so
mottled, and pied, that it presents all the colours of the ruin-
bow. Nor is this all; for both are furnished with four wings,
the upper part of which serves as a sail in the water when the
wind is moderate, Whole both are useful when they rise whitzing eve, head, and take their morning flight to inquire after the
health of the ueighbouring poultry. The.lower wings, during
the progress of swintinin. cling closely to the
,sides of the
oWner, while the upper stan'd.hearly erect, arid are j: i dis the
shoulder iu the usual Manner. The parent_ (hick hatched a
number of more birds last summer, all which were common-
place save the feathered Alansmen deScribedi and our corres-
juindetit, in concluding his, tettet; sayS'''th'ev are the
truly tour-
Witt;, P 6 that ever appeared in this, part of the. country.' • This
is a mistake; for two or three. years. ago we heard of a duck on.:
the farst of Sherrington, in the parish of Carlaverock, that wait
furnished in precisely the same manner.—Dahliies Courier.
riKFUiAL. OR VIE. CortrouirtoN or BERWICK To.ComPt.Vi
MENT.TDE MELBounNE imsril v.—At a meeting of the neut.,
corporation of this borough, on Thursday week, a motion for an
address to hiS•xlajesty expressive of contiden,e in his preient -
ministers, waslost on a division, by a majority of 12 to M. The
motion was made by Mr. George Hogue, grocer, and seconded
by:Mr. Thomas Bogue, draper. The- usual underhand means •
were had recourse to, in order to carry the motion, but all .
‘‘ouid not do. The friends of the ministry look extremely.disi
stayed at this signal defeat, which has cast alObeir hopes into
a quagmire. —Bet wick Warder.

ANOTHER REFORMED PRIEST.—The Rev. Mr. Bourke; late-
ly a dean in the Roman catholic church, has, become a convert
to the established clorreh, and is now preaching the protestant
faith.' This gentleman, it will be remembered, quarrelled some
time back with Dr. 111 'Hale, whose conduct he disapproved.
From the conversion of this gentleman, it will appear that those
reformed priests who asserted that there were many of the
Roman catholic clergy who were waiting fit opportunities of
quitting their church were well informed.—Cloranel Herald.
DEATH OF VISCOUNT HOOD.—The evening papers of Thurs-
day announce the death of Henry Viscount Hood, of Whitley,
' in Warwickshire, and Baron flood of Catherington, Hants,
in the British and Irish peerage. His lordship was in his 83d year,
having been horn in August, 1753, and succeeded to his mother's•
barony in 1806, andess Viscount in 1816. His lordship had
eight children the six eldest of whom are dead. He is suc-
ceeded in his titles and estates by Samuel Hood, eldest son of
the deceased Viscount's eldest -son, the late Lieutenant-Colonel
Hood, who died ill 1811. The present Viscount Hood is his son
hY Caroline, only daughter of the late Sir Andrew 'Soapy
•Hammond Bart., and was born in Januarg, 1808; his brother
is a captain in the Grenadier Guards. The late Viscount's
father was the first peer, and was ennobled for his eminent naval
services. The youngest son of the deceased Viscount is Lor;:.
Bridpm t.--111orning Herald..
ROARING RusuroN's LAST BRAY.—Roaring Rushton, in
his Speech at the o.Connell blow-out at Liverpool, concluded
with the following beautiful stanza hoped the day was not
far distant

"When Britain's flag should proneltyfiy
From Kerry's cliff to Antrun's strand,
When injured millions shout for iv,
Fur awful justice rules the land."
There is only a truth and an untruth in the roarer's verse.
"Britain's flag" dues proudly thy, as Rushton pronounced it to
snake out the rhyme—that is tine. That "awful justice rules
the land" is an untruth."—Age.
THE (MON NELL FESTIVA L—WHIG VERACITY.—There is
a report of the proceed.ngs in Liverpool connected with O'Con.
nell's visit last Wednesday, inserted in one of the agitator's
journals, published in Dublin, and which is going the round of
the O'Connell prints in the provinces,'. which contains some of
the most unblushing and wholesale falsehoods ever imposed
upon even the slaves, blind and bigotrid as they are of the po-
pish faction in Ireland. We take ale following as a sample
from the Dublin Fre.,:man'4

In a recent case of libel, which came before n bench or ma •
gistrates in the city of Durham, a worthy In ember of that body-
and a liberal withal, upon being applied in by counsel-to insti•
tote a proceeding under a clearly defined branch of English
WC, declined to do so, on the gentmd thai'.in his opinion such a
law 'was unconstitutional. NVithout stopping to charactei Ise
the extreme absurdity of this course, it nov be well to ask the
worthy magistrate, how, if his views were generally
acteu upon,
the public could ever expect to receive justicf, for wrongs in-
Meted, et the hands of those who sit, not to offer opinions, but
to administer the law as they find it. Such. however, is.toonty
of Dut ham lustier. It is a common remark that ahiggery its
the very essence of tvranns-; but how lamentable to reflect that
inert, who by their conduct should set an example to all around
thew, should suffer their public actions and public duties to be
innuenced by party feelings and considerattuns..—.Neu.casaei
Journal.

" The hon. gentleman iminediatelyttpon arriving in Liverpool,,
even at so early an hour as seven o'clock, was greeted with the
most enthusiastic cheers. I have been to see the vast arena
in which the dinner is to be given. Thirty tables are laid for
upwards of a thousand. William liathbolie, Esq.. is to be
chairman. He is one of the most wealthy merchants and staunch
reformers in Liverpool. The fifty stewards are all men of great
wealth, and the hiyhest respectability. I have just returned from
the meeting, and, what a scene have I witnessed! A meeting
of thirty thousand men, assembled in half an hour. I do not ex-
aggerate when I say the meeting assembled in half an hour.
Amongst the immense crowd were several beauty id tanners,
&c. From the Adelphi Mt. o*Counell went with an immease
crowd of persons down Church-street, up Lord-street, and into
Castle-street. He next went upon 'Change, where his recep-
tion was exceedingly flattering and then proceeded to the ad-
, j•iining newsroom, where the rabid tories set up the most hor-
rid yells, but which were quickly drowned in the cheers which
were raised in the room, although it was packed by their parti-
zans." We need not waste the time or patience of our runlets
by pointing out how false these statements are in every parti-
cular. The Albion of yesterday complains that "the tory prints,
local and metropolitan, relative to this great festival. contain
scarcely one word of truth," Now, if we substitute the word
WHIG f;ir tory in this extract it will exactly.prose,out content-
poO'Corary's assertion to be true.
..Ntint.L's .Lor acrt.—At St. Ilichrt's Orphan Society
dinner on Saturday, and at which Mr. O'Connell presided, it is
wirtliv of record that the chairman gave toe health of his Ma-
jesty William IV., with three times three (!) but when be pro-
posed that of Lord Mulgrave he gave it with wine Hate* wine!!!
--.Dublin paper.

r
the freeueuters of the coffee..
ENGLISH COFFEE-HOUSR kIANNEI29.—As I said before, the,
prevailing tone of manners among
r .oto was siinple and decorous in the extreme, end the vulgarity •of the single exception ottiY rendered it "'we aPparett. indeed.
my subsequent experience tended to confirm the impression which I then received, that no where, so much as in England, is the class of travellers--from "scions cau,tE, growing out of
the vast difference of expense and the very different remouers.
tion of labour, of course infinitely more tilt:outset-41rd than with
us—Fo scrupulously obi‘elVilUt at' wliatevei is enjoined by the
established axioms of good breeding iw the dictate" of good, taste.
Au observer might come armed with. Dtui 'Quixote's directions
S,incho l'itnz;i, when he was trying to make an extempore
gentleman of him ere he undertook
tat: goveinwetit of his island,
Or with Mr. Shandy's hat of uell-bred qualifications tequired in a tutor for his son ; he might be as sensitive as either.fiterms or Cervantes, and as censorious as he pleased, and yet be able
to find little to cavil at. in whatever relates to refinerarsot mod
rAtermal.propriety.-- Tke Aneericam in BrOinct.

-AN AMERICAN DUEL.— (2)1.8.t„1ei(1)6t rr'ceived.2l in Wash=
I ington froin not idzi, deo edCNMY
....,..... ...._.
out!! sees :ought between Captain Everett InVtliiiiete. bsrtmlitthdeers
At the close of the Liverpool dinner on Wednesday, Daniel, .1
poscale
Delegate in Cengress, and Colonel A. Bt Dimly:late President
the king Of the beggars, proceeded in a post-chaise and four to
Warrington, on his way :o Birmingham, to dine with the rest- of the tegisla:ive council. These tri,7tniittle'inee were candidates
less and perturbed spirits of that town. From some cause hi- for Jeffeison's county, mind Cant.
was itzw6tiittsit eTtlhooy twiott,fitesfi2,,dtaes,
ireturned. The
therto unexplained the Bost did not arrive in rime to attend the duel, front the mode of cominctme. it,
dinner, so that his jackalis had the feed all to themselves. At for fatal
lor results, which unfortunately follow
tsohnattisyzie and zre.
eight o'clock, however, he made his appearance among them. tinned en ,
vu yaro9 apart, with finir pistols, The only distinguished guests present at the festive board were• Capt. White advanced and received tht*ee
Sir William Motesworth, Sir George Chetwvrid, Mr. Thotnas and them' flied at the distance of 15 paves. H
i• 8
first without
sohuit,
t
At twood, Mr. Schofield. Mr. Joseph Hume, and " our trusty aud through .Colonel Belleniv's arm, the next thrtlaieh his boitit)-us:reia
well beloved" Joseph Parkes. Ihe chairinan"s seat was filmed - in the act of advancing with the other two pistols, he
Colonel
he by the Itathbone of. Birmingham, Air. Ley Frederick !Vitiate, a mortal wound from Colonel Bellemy's fourth pistol.
of whom we kuoiv nothing inure than his name. However, be Bellamy is not yet dead, but must certainly die of hit, Wounds,
he who or what he may Mr. Muntz had the advantage of Mr. I yeste-rday performed the painful office of following Captain
liathbone, because he really contrived to place himself at the White to the grave. The court adjourned, and the funeral was
head of two radical baronets, while our newly-made justice
eould not contrive to get any man of higher rank than a attended by the bar and the grand jury in a body."—Nete _Fork
poor Paper.
presence. half-witted colonel by courtesy to grace his festival by his —;', '
•
presence.
HINTS TO CONSERVATIVE REPRESENTATIVES.—We are
O'Connell's speech is more remarkable for what he omitted ratified to record a most numerous meeting of the Conservative
to say anything about, than for what he said. As in Liverpool Association of Tradesmen at Liverpool, whereat Lord Sandoni
he omitted all reference to the right-worthy representative of that borough, made a most
. that delicate topic upon which he
eloquent exposition of the present state and prospects of con-
Lords; nor did he say one word about "county carlow"has been so diffuse elsewhere, namely, reform in the House of
servatism, and the necessity of energy and union. We do nut
or the
Dublin affair. "Justice for Ireland," he said, " was his mis- hesitate to say, that it behoves every representative of the con-
servative interest to take measures. in concert with his constimi
slim now." " Scotland had got corporate reform; England
had got a tolerable instalment, but had not vet got twenty shit- tuents, for the developeinent of mutual feeling in the counties .
!lugs in the pound," amid " Liverpool had only got 13s. 4d. in and boroughs at this most importaut crisis. Not that such
the, pound. The day before (Wednesday) he met at Liverpool meetings should he allowed to materially interfere with the
the tinest assemblage he had ever seen—until then ('l'hursday.)" higher duties requited in the houSes of parliament, but that as
This was rather. an equivocal cutnplitnent to his Liverpool one day might be alone the limit of loss, the time would be well
friends. 'lf there he a gentleman among them, he may, per- spent in that interchange of ft;eling. Lord Sandon has set a
hitps, be induced to inquire what sort of people O'Connell has most excellent example, and one that sic sincerely hope will be
been associating with elsewhere. generally followed.-11ye.
ama......racamormaasah,
CANADA.--The followime. is an extract of A letter received
lately from one of the settlers in Lower Canada :—"i must al-, watts feel deeply, iedebted to :hose friends who urged my leav-; ing England befine I had sacrificed the while of my capital ;
the remnant I was enabled to bring to this country- has been
mere than sufficient to purchase a farm of 400 acreK partially
cleared; and I am now happy anti contented in one of the most
picturesque and luSuriant countries you can imagine, produc-
ing nemst- excellent pasturage, amid alt-ilescriptiens of grain. ve-
getabtes, and fruits: Thanks to. the 'British American Land
Company. our roads and communications wilt soon he very.
good. Wita the view of imprevingAlieir extensive possessions in
the eastern townships, they are materially benefitting the whole•
district. Themnew road mipriitig from Sherbrooke to Montreal,
through the township of Orforal.-will bring that wealthy and
nourishing city within the distance of 30 leagues; and their ex-
"penditure in time erection of. a wharf at Pert St. Francis, on the
river St. Lawrence, where the steam-le.Aits hien Quebec and
Montreal will in future reeutirly touch. brings the toWnships in
immediate connection witb.that,...vast, 014-111/41 for the--traffic of
Ciinadiao' Commerce. Railroads are alsoin contemplation, when we shall travel with the same. ease and rapidity von n0w.,.,
de in Elie :land. In my opinion, thi4'eoe.nany have opened one -
of
theanost beautiful and fertile parts or Ominada to the industri-
ous enteriirise of British settlers. The salubritv of the climate,
at all ,scasons of the year, is also- andenitible: Aid with theso
Mourn! advantag,es, and the vicinity to the United States, Que., .
bee, and Montt eal, I venture to predict, on this neighbourhood
becoming snore generally known, it will be the grand reservoir into which the tide of emigration will flow."

• Mr. fleatheote has announeed his intention to resign his setit
for the borough of Stoke-upon-!'rent on. tine meeting of Parha,
went. "Impaired health, numerous and indispensable en-
gagementS in the country, and, Above all, an insurmountable
dislike to spend whole summers in town, after the present fa-
shion of legislators," are said to be the principal grounds on
which he has determined to retire. Col. Anson, the unsuccess-
ful
candidate for South Staffordshire at the late election, and
brother of the Postmaster-General, the Earl of Litchfield, has
acceded to the wishes of that portion of the constituency which_
supported Mr. Heathcote, and has determined to stand.—
SittjArdshire Adveitier.
THE EARL op ORFORD AND THE TOWN COUNCIL al? GREAT
YARNIOUTH.—Our readers may prohatily have remarked the
announcement of the town council of this boronah that they
had removed the Earl of Orford from his olliee of high steward.
On his lordship's attention being called to the circumstance, he
addressed the following letter to Wm. Barth, Esq., the newly-
chosen mayor:—

• " Waterton. January, 26.
" Sir,—lt is at this moment only that I have been made ac•
quainted, through the newspapers, with a vote of the corpora-
tion of Yarmouth, removing me from the heretofore most
honourable situation of High Steward of Yarmouth. The
honour which the late corporation of your borough had con-
ferred upon me was .received with pride and gratitude. My
dismissal by the present corporation confers almost eqUal
honour upon your obedient servant, " ORFORD.
"To the Mayor of Yarmouth."

...
BLESSINGS OF THli POOR LAW BILL—The blessings of the
new pour law bill are in daily illustration. The " best possible
instructors" have given u. the most soul-harrowing records or
human depravity created by the operation of au inhuman edict.
infanticide and desertion of children is a common and increas.
ing crime. We fervently recommend to sonic patriotic member •
of the ]-louse of Commons the duty of summoning- the various
parochial functionaries of the kingdom to give evidence of the
workingof the bill.—Aye.
ORIGIN OF THE BALLAD " SALLY IN OUR ALLEY."--
' Carey, in the third edition of his poems, puhiished in 1729,
before the ballad of "Sally in our Ailey ", has, plated this
note :—" The Argument—A vulgar t.rot. having long prevail.
ed among many persons, who imagine Sall.): Salisbury the sub-
ject of this ballad, the author begs leave to utmdeceiYe and
assure them it has not the least allusion to her, he being a
stranger to her very name at the time this song was composed;
for, as innocence and virtue were even the boundaries to his
muse, so in this little poem he had no other view than to set
forth the beauty of a chaste auddisitmrested passion, even in
the lowest class of human lifc. The real occasion was this,—
a shoemaker's 'prentict, makitig a holyday with his B%;eetheart,
treated her with a sight Of iictilam. the ptippet.shows,• the
flying-chairs, and all time elegance of lloortiepts: from whence
proceeding to the Farthing lye-house, be gave her a collation
of buns cheese-cakes, gammon -of I,aciln,- stuflod beef, and
bottled ale; through all which scenes they author dogged them -
(charmed with the simplicity of their conmtship), from whence
he drew this little sketch of nature; hut being then young and •
obscure, he was -very much ridiculed by some of his acquaint.
ante for this performance, which, nevertheless, madeits way
into the polite world, and amply recompensed him by the ap-
plause of the divine Addison, %%ho was pleased (more than Once)
to mention it with approbation."—Sonya of Seollaud end lre•-•
land_