The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-02 00:00:00

1853

to insure a still further increase. It is somewh

singular that the

to open the

emanated from a Protectionist, whereas the defen
ders of a grievous monopoly were found in thi
ranks of professing Free-traders.

THE ELECTION PETITION.

OUR Liberal contemporaries, in the excess of ti
Liberalism, have been vilifying their townsmen
order to gratify their part

al. It appears that,

in the exuberance of his feelings, which, during the

Election, were two degrees above the boiling point,
Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE made a rash vow
that the Conservative doings should undergo ano-
ther investigation. Ile was afterwards somewhat
oblivious of this engagement; but the Radical
hangers-on who fatten on such cases, including

generally a trip to London and treating ad libitua,

kept their victim to his promise, under threat of a
defection in their allegiance, and accordingly the
Petition—of which we give a copy in another co-

lumn—was presented about three o'clock on Tues-
day morning—about the extreme limit allowed by
law for the reception of such complaints, if, indeed,
the limit has not been exceeded, and the Petition
thereby rendered waste paper. It is, however,
without the slightest consequence, as far as con-

cerns the seats of Messrs. HORSFALL and LIDDELL,
and is only useful as showing the opinions which
the Radicals entertain of the Electors of Liverpool.
In defence of the course which has been ptirsued,

our contemporaries refer to the decision upon the
former Petition, with a half confident tone, some-
thing like a crow in embryo : " Were not Messrs.
TURNER and MACKENZIE unseated 1" Yes, and by
a committee of political opponents, who had not a
particle of reason to give for their decision, and
showed their compunction by refusing to go a step

further. What other result can the Radicals expect
from any committee except, indeed, such a verdict

as they will get next time, if they dare to proceed
further—the Members declared to be duly elected
and the Petition to be frivolous and vexatious
They want, indeed, to have the Freemen dis
chised, but their desire is vain, nor would it serve

their purpose, for the Conservatives have a majority
if every Fr.eeman were disfranchised. We repeat
the assertion, that we have not the slightest appre-
hension as to the result of the Petition, which,

we believe, in its fruition as in its conception, will

prove an abortion; but if it were possible to imagine
the achievement of such a hopeless enterprise, the
end will be little different, for Liverpool will still
return two Conservative Representatives to the Com-
mons House of Parliament. We have too high an
opinion of our fellow-townsmen to doubt the re-
sult ; but Liverpool should go for her character to
the Liberal journals, and there learn that she is a
a hot-bed of corruption—corrupting and corrupted.
Liverpool is as pure as snow but for her Radical

connections, and never knew electoral corruptions
until Liberal candidates tried to purchase the repre-

sentation.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The monthly meeting of the Council was held yesterday,
Charles Robertson, Esq., in the absence of the President
and Vice-president, in the chair.
The minutes of the last meeting having been read and
approved, the proceedings of the following committees
were adopted ; viz., Communications, and Customs ; those
of the latter referred principally to the Customs' Bill now
before the House of Commons, in which several amend-
ments were proposed. It was reported that Mr. Bouch,
the Vice. president, and Chairman of that Committee, had
had an interview, accompanied by our borough members
and Mr. William Brown, M.P., with the Secretary to the
Treasury, the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners
of Customs, and other government officers, on the subject
of this bill, and that he was now in London following up
the matter.

The report on the East India Company's charter was
read and adopted; also that on our relations with Siam,
Sooioo, &c.: as respects the latter, it was ordered that a
memorial be forwarded to the Foreign Office, praying that
diplomatic relations be opened between Great Britain and
those countries. The report on the guano question was
also brought up and adopted.
Among the communications were letters from the
Foreign Office, on the subject of the Sound dues; from the
Admiralty, on postal communication with Australia ;
from the London and North Western Railway Company,
on the acceleration of the mail train leaving Manchester
at 2 15 p.m. ; from Newry, on the removal of Carlin ford
bar; from the mayor, with a copy of a letter from Lieut.
Maury, U.S.N., on wind and current charts. After the
meeting broke up, the Chairman waited upon his worship
to convey to him the opinion of the Chamber as to the
reception of Mr. Maury, when the mayor kindly offered
to receive him in the Council Ctarnber, to hear an ex-
position of his plans, and he also kindly offered to invite
the members of the various mercantile associations on the
occasion.

Lieut. Maury is expected to arrive here to-day or
to-morrow. Monday, the 29th instant, was fired for the
half-yearly general meeting.

BOLD STREET.—Connoisseurs in decoration, and those
who take an interest in the embellishment of Liverpool,
should visit the new Music Hall, the lower pare of which
has been fitted up by Messrs. Bradley in a style which
seems to challenge rivarly.
A DISHONEST SERVANT.—A girl named Ann Brown
was brought up at the police office yesterday morning,
charged with stealing two books, a salt dish, and other
articles, from the house of Mr. A. Dunsford. stationer, of
South Castle-street, where she has been employed for some
time as wet nurse. The articles were found in the pos-
session of her father, Richard Sanderson, who was
likewise placed at t he bar charged withreceicing the goods.
As Mr. Dunsford did not appear, the prisoners were
discharged.

10: ANCIENT TIIIEF.—Mary Hough, an old woman
apparently over sixty years of age, was convicted yester-
day at the police court of stealing a piece of meat from
the stall of Thomas Darlington, St. Martin's market, on
Saturday evening, and was sent to jail for twenty.one
days. The antique appropriator simulated the greatest
innocence, and invoked the pardon of Heaven in behalf
of the prosecutor. It appeared, however, that she had been
previously convicted ; and that in 1852 her thievish pro-
pensi:ies had been rewarded by her committal to prison.
A SAmort. DONE BY DUFFERS.-At the polic-office
yesterday a couple of " Duffers," named Patrick Sweeny
and John Naylas, wero charged with stealing a Guernsey
frock, a pair of trousers, and a half soverreizn from a ver-
dant youth on Wednesday last. Meeting the youth, who
is a sailor, in the street, they offered some cigars and to-
bacc) for sale, and afterwards some trinkets, which they
pretended were gold, but which were in reality counterfeit.
As the youth had no money, they prevailed upon him to
take off a portion of his wearing apparel, with which they
immediately decamped, leaving the worthless articles
behind. Naylas was sent to prison for a month; while
his companion Sweeny, against whom the evidence was
not so strong, was dismissed.

MURDER AND SUICIDE ON THE HIGH SEAS.—The
following tragical occurrence took place on board the
British ship Countess of Winton, Cringle, master, while
on a voyage from Liverpool to Shangai :—She left the
latter place on the 27th of April, and on the 17th of May
the captain gave some order to the mate. He disobeyed
the order, and high words ensuing, the mate armed him-
self with a cotluss, and rushed at the captain, whom he
murdered with the weapon. The crew then endeavoured
to seize the mate, but, seeing the movement of the men,
he immediately jumped overboard, and disappeared. He
was not seen afterwards. The second mate then took
command, and the body of the murdered master having
been consigned to the deep, the ship continued her course
to England.

AVILLtam HACKETT, a dock labourer, was yesterday
committed to the sessions for trial on a charge of brutally
assaulting James Agnew, provision dealer, 30, Saltney.
street, on the 21st of July. It appeared, from the
evidence of the parties concerned, that Hackett and his
wife occupy a room in the house of Mr. Agnew, and that
on the day of the assault (as was frequently the case),
Agnew and his wife had had a slight disagreement, the
former being in a state of intoxication. Mrs. Hackett
went into the room to settle differences between the in-
harmonious couple, when she was hustled out, and
in the process her arm was cut. She straightway pro-
ceeded to the docks for her husband, who came up
and assaulted the poor old man with great brutality;
and, from the evidence of Dr. Stewart, the medical
attendant of Agnew, it appeared that the irjuries were
of such a serious character that he had not yet got the
better of them, nor was likely soon to recover.
CONVICTION FOR CHEATING AT CARDS.—Yesterday, a
smart-looking young man, named Isaac Horrocks, was
tried before the Recorder, at the Borough Sessions, on a
charge of having defrauded John Patterson at cards, on
the 17th of June last. The facts of the case were, that on
the day in question, the prosecutor, who is a farmer, re-
siding at Kirkcudbright, in Scotland, and who was on his
way to Dublin, was walking in the neighbourhood of the
Sailors' Home, when he was accosted by a person in the
company of the prisoner, and ultimately induced to
go into. Lamb's public-house, in NS aterloo road. The
prisoner entered the house in a few moments after-
wards. There were some parties playing at cards,
and the prisoner asked the prosecutor if he would join
them. He agreed to do so, and began playing along with
the prisoner. He ultimately lost £5, and having reason
to suspect that he had been cheated by the prisoner and
the other parties who were in collusion, the. prisoner was
taken into custody. The prosecutor detailed the circum-
stances under which the play took place, and Mr. Tindal
Atkinson having addressed the jury on behalf of the pri-
soner, he was found guilty. The Recorder, after dwelling
upon the serious nature of the offence, said that he
scarcely thought that he should be doing his duty if he did
not transport the prisoner. As it was, he must certainly
impose severe punishment. The. prisoner was sentenced
to two years' imprisonment, intb Lord labour.