The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-17 00:00:00

TITE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

DENSE FOG.—During the dense fog which prevailed
here on Thursday morning, the Sarah, Cromwell, which
put into this port on the 7th instant, from St. John's, N. 8.,
bound to Liverpool, in coming up the river, got on shore
near Rownharn Ferry. With the assistance of three
steamers she was got off at seven the same evening, very
much strained and otherwise damaged.—Bristol Journal.
DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—Present, Mr. Bram-
ley-Moore and sixteen members. Mr. Dawson, of Gro-
nant, reported the loss, on the Bth instant, cf the " Com-
mander," on West Hoyle, and the services of the crew of
the life-boat. Mr. Henderson stated that Lieutenant
Lord's vocabulary for enabling vessels to communicate
with each other at sea, was ready for circulation, and it
was referred to the sub-committee to fix the price. Mr.
Ripley stated, that not only the Bencoolen, but the barque
Helen was recently wrecked on Taylor's Bank,. the crew
of the latter saving themselves with difficulty. The lights
were seen by the life-boat establishment, but they could
not afford any assistance. He mentioned this to show the
necessity of a life-boat being stationed at the place pointed
out by him. Ile had mentioned the matter to Mr. Mann
of the marine sub-committee, but had received no support
from any member of the committee. It was stated that
278 applications had been made for situations of clerks,
wharfingers, warehousemen, coopets, &c for the Albert
Dock and warehouses; and it was directed that advertise-
ments should be inserted in the papers, fixing a day, be-
yond which no further applications could be received. A
letter from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company was
received, urging the formation of the cut to connect the
canal with the river to be executed with as little delay as
possible. Referred to the Sub-committee of Works.
CHARGE AGAINST MR. BRYDEN.—On Tuesday, in
compliance with a requisition, a general meeting of the
Licensed Victuallers' Society was held at the institution,
St. Anne-street. Mr. Godfrey stated the nature of the
case. He read four letters, to the effect, that the late
Mrs. Warren died on the 2d May, 1815. He referred to
evidence which had been taken, and which went the
length of showing that her will had been drawn un by Mr.
Bryden, from an original written by the late Mr. Hughes,
of the Town-hall, and that it was attested by the said
Mr. Hughes, and also by Mr. Bryden's son. By this will
she left the sum of £lOO to a Mrs. Burton, an old nurse,
and £2O to a Mrs. Nicolls, a servant of the family. She
appointed Mr. Bryden her executor, and Mrs. Bryden her
residuary legatee, by which, it was alleged, a sum of £3OO
or £4OO had been realised by the Brydens. By disposing
of her property in this way, she had passed over her cou-
sin, Mr. Rothery, and other members of her family, and
it was insinuated, but not satisfactorily proved, that attire
time she trade the will, a day or two before she died, she
was either drunk or insane, or, at all events, .that she was
not competent to make her will. Mr. Brvden, us defend-
ing himself, said he had made the will according to de-
ceased's dictation, and that shepositively refused to leave
her relations anything._ Ale bad lent her considerable
stuns of money, and when accounts were settled he should
be very little in pocket. A motion was made that Mr.
Bryden he removed from the office of trustee of the Li-
censed Victuallers' Society. This was met by a direct
negative, and, on a division, the original motion was lost
by the casting vote of the chairman. The numbers were
—for it, 25 ; against it, 25.
THE LIVERPOOL SANATARY REGULATIONS AND IM-
PROVEMENT BlLLS.—These bills were submitted the
Standing Orders Committee i f the House of Commons,
on Thursday last, The committee consisted of Mr. home.
Drummond, (chairman,) Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Forbes
Mackenzie. The Sanatory Bill was opposed on the part
of the Toxteth-park commissioners, by Mr. Coppock.
Mr. Burke appeared for the Corporation of Liverpool,
assisted by the Town Clerk. The petition was read to
the effect that it was desirable to improve the drainage and
sea erage, which could not be done without an act. The
Petition from Toxteth was also read. Mr. Burke object-
ed to the reception of this petition, on the ground that it
referred to the paving, sewering, and watering hill, and
not specially to the sanatory bill; but the committee De-
cided to receive it, as it was headed " Liverpool Sanatary
Regulations Bill." The whole of the formal proofs of
serving the notices being completed, Mr. Coppock pro-
ceeded with his case ; he contended that due notices had-
not been given to the commissioners, who held property
in Toxteth •, had sewered three miles of street; had leased
a public office for 14 years; and had borrowed money
under the act. The Corporotion, however, sought to
take their poWer from them, and to vest them in the
council. He called a witness to prove the facts stated.
It appeared, however, tiler, the Commissioners had no
personal interest except as trustees, and that they held
the rroperty merely as representatives of the public; and
as they had received notice as such, the committee unani-
mously decided that the standing orders bad been com-
plied with. The other allegations, which depended on
the main question, were then withdrawn, so that the bill
passed its first ordeal. The Itnproxement Bill was next
taken, and there being no opposition, it was declared
to have passed the standing orders.
MORE ROMISH SQUABBLES.—Mr. Eastwood, of Brin-
dle Lodge, hoping that the. parties against whom a true
bill has been found for an assault upon him in Brindle
Roman Catholic Chapel, would refrain from a repetition
of their outrageous conduct. ;es. hed not to bring the case
before the grand jury. This, it appears, was taken by the
men who had been held to bail to answer the charge for
assaults at tire sessions, as a triumph; since, no sooner
were the grand jury discharged on the Saturday, than they,
with several of their friends, assembled at the Crown Inn,
where refreshments on a liberal scale were ordered for
them, and ribbons were purchased to decorate themselves
with. With these decorations they proceeded homeward,
stopping to regale themselves at several public-houses on
the road. At Brindle Chapel the demand of a penny a-
head, which le l to the first assault, has continued to be
made on Mr. Eastwood, and each member of his family,
every Sunday ; and every one of the family persists in re-
fusing to pay the demand. The consequence has been,
that in the scuffles that have taken place, the plates of mo-
ney have been' emptied on the pavement, and the chapel
has presented a scene of brawling, suds as the old reform-
ers describe as scandalising the early church during the
collections of " Indulgence money," and " Peter's pence,"
prior to the purifications which followed the preaching of
Martin Luther, Ridley, Latimer, and others. On Sunday
last, Mr. Eastwood and his family were escorted to and
from the chapel by policemen, in consequence of alleged
threats of ou'rage to which they would be subjected if
they again attempted to occupy seats without paying a
penny each. The appearance of the police prevented any
open act of violence being committed, but the scene that
took place on Mr. and Mrs. Eastwcod leaving the chapel
after the service was over, was of a character which can-
not be too strongly reprobated. From the chapel door to
the entrance of the burial ground, a distance of about 20
yards, a number of ill-conducted persons arranged them-
selves, so as to form an avenue, through which el r. East-
wood's family had to pass; and, no sooner did the family
make their appearance. than they were assailed with hisses
and other coarse and offensive modes of testifying disre-
spect and malevolence. This, we understand, has been
the case almost every Sunday of late; and, it is added,
that many of those who now attend at Brindle Chapel, go
avowedly to " see the:fun," and not to worship.— Preslon
Chronicle. [The preceding is from a liberal paper, and it
affords a melancholy instance of Romish irreverence for
the House of Prayer.]
HIGHWAY BOARD, Tnoßenesr.—At the weekly meet-
ing there were present Mr. Holmes, (chairman,) and 14
members.—A clause was ordered to be inserted in the
new act of parliament, making it compulsory on parties
erecting coal-vaults to adopt an improved and more secure
iron cover than toat now in use, according to a pattern.
—An application from Mr. Hammond to put up four
lamps opposite the Adelphi Theatre, in Christian-street,
was rereired to the Commissioners of the district to re-
port upon.—lt was agreed to serve a notice on Mr. Ford,
prior to removing a step at the corner of Renshaw-street,
he being compensated.—The Chairman said a deputation
from the board had waited on the Dock Committee, but
that bode had refused the introduction of a clause as to
the warehouses paying rates. Mr. Cooper was astonished
that no one of the Council had attended to the interest of
the burgesses by getting a clause introduced into the dock
bill making the warehouses to be built round the docks li-
able to parish rates. The ( hairman stated that the
amount of property which would be destroyed in the
making of the docks would be in value £26,447. The
parish rats on it would be £2920 3z. 9d.; the paving and
sewerage £1212 3s. ld.; lightinz and cleansing. &c ,
£550 19s. 7d., making a total of ;£1,683 6s. 5d., in the
shape of rates now paid to the parish on the property.
Besides, they had paid £3,032 for sewerage, £7l-1 for
water pipes, and £2 934 for pavement in that district.
The Law-clerk said Ire had received a note from the Dock
Solicitor, etsting that the Dock Trust would not intro-
duce any anon clause as that proposed by the Board. Mr.
Proctor said the only course would be to oppose the bill.
unless the clause were inserted. Mr. Gladstone was not
disposed to rate the warehouses, as these and the docks
were for the benefit of the community generally. Great
numbers of railways were now, being made in various
parts of the country for the purpose of connecting towns
and facilitating intercourse, and Liverpool would, no
doubt, be brought into the race of competition with those
places ; because, by means of those railways goods might
be sent to Manchesterl and other places. He contended
that it was not a qnettion for the warehouse owners
merely, but one aff ctine every trade in the town, for it
was to the interest of all that as many ships as possible
should be brought to the port. His advice was, rather
than make a stand against what, in his opinion, was for
the benefit of the town, to make a compromise. Mr.
Lawrence said that by taking down the property in ques-
tion the rates were increased on another class, and he
thought the mercantile interest ought to pay in such a
case. Mr. Cooper could not see the benefit of taxing all
other property, aqd leaving the warehouses untouched.
If Mr. Gladstone's principle were sound they ought to
take the taxes off the present warehouses. Mr. Tinne
said Mr. Gladstone owned as much property in the town
as any one present, and he believed had spoken disin-
terestedly. It was a principle of free trade. (Laughter.)
It was finally understood that the clause should be ap-
plied for, rendering the warehouses liable to the rates.— A
letter from Mr. W. Rathborre, referring to the slippery
state of some of the macadamized streets, was referred to
the surveyor to repot t upon, and the Board adjourned.
EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.—AdmiraI Sir Hyde Par-
ker has it is said been a martyr to the Gout during the
whole cruise, and confined t' his cabin for half the time,
and compelled to carry on his observations under intense
suffering; but had he known of Blair's. Gout and Rheu-
matic Pills, so serious a calamity to himself and inconve-
nience to the public service would have found a full and
speedy antidote.
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, A CERTAIN CURE FOR ASTHMA.
—Read the following cure :—James Holmes, a cotton-
spinner, residing at Ancoates, Manchester, had been
asthmatics) for these last three years; he was frequently
so bad, that when rising from his bed he could scarcely
speak or breathe, and would cough and spit for half-an-
hour together, and often expected he would be choked.
He was much reduced in strength, and after every other
means of cure failed he used these wonderful pills. which
have removed every symptom of asthma, and he is now as
free from it as when he was a child.

SUPPLY OF WATER.—NO one can doubt that a very
large additional supply of water is requisite for Liverpool ;
but it is not so easy to calculate the precise q,uaratity
needed. The amount taken for domestic uses must, of
course, vary according to the habits of the consumers..
Those who are cleanly in their persons and :houses will
use more than others who are not so ; but in any case, we
do not consider that our working classes are sufficienbly
informed as to the great importance of water as a sanitary
agent, to mske use of the quantity which we yet hope to
see consumed. The present supply, for domestic pur-
poses, is probably much less than it ought to be in every
town in the kingdom, for it is found to vary considerably
in different places. Dr. Playfair states, that, "according
to the evidence of well-informed witnesses, the cottage
consumption of Liverpool, even in the case of a family of
more than ordinary cleanliness, rarely amounts to 20 gal-
lons daily." Taking the average population of our cot.
tages at 7 persons, as given by Dr. Duncan, this would al-
low less than 3 gel'ons a day to each. Mr. Gravatt calcu-
lates the consumption for domestic purposes, in London,
at 4 gallons a-head per diem. The experience of Not-
tingham and Preston is, that a labouring man's family re-
quires between 40 and 45 gallons a day, which would give
about 8 gallons for each ; and at Greenock and Paisley.
the amount actually taken for domestic use is about 12
gallons a day per head. How truly insignificant at the
most, do these supplies appear, when compared with what
we lately mentioned of modern Rome, with its 250 gallons
a day d spensed to every inhabitant who chooses to use it,
or the still greater quantity of 312 gallo in the days of
the empire ! Only a small portion of this could ever be
used for household purposes; but there is a great princi-
ple involved in it, which we wish to see fully recognized
and adopted in practice, namely,—on abundant and con-
stant supply for all who choose to take it. Nothing short
of this will ever extend the use of water as it ought to be.
We must have a water pipe to every cottage, and the
water must always be on at pressure; and if there be
those who are so poor as not to be able to pay the moder-
ate rate required, they must be provided for by public
fountains.—Liverpool Health of Towns' Advocate.
THE LATE DEARLY• PURCHASED VICTORY IN INDIA.
The following abstract of an affectionate letter written by
an intelligent and gallant soldier, named O'Connell, to
his sister in this town, forms an interesting epitome of
the three days' fighting between our troops and the
Sikhs ; and as it contains, moreover, some few facts that
may not have transpired from other quarters, we make no
apology fur its insertion. The writer, who dates Feroze-
pore. Feb. sth, after stating that he had over three months
heeo attacked by fever and ague, for which he had been in
hospital, says:—
" Dear sister,-1 have in fact been in the field of bat-
tle, and such a one as has not been seen in India for years
back. This station ix the highest belonging to the Eng-
lish, and is only divided from the large territory of the
Punjaub by the river Sntledge. The inhabitants are
called Sikhs (pronounced Seeks), a strong warlike nation,
being disciplined and commanded by French officers.
Some dispute arising between our government and theirs,
they crossed the river some time in November, and took
up a strong position about six miles from this place. We,
in the camp, were immediately ordered about a mile from
barracks, with the other troops of the station, and were
served with 60 rounds of ball cartridge per man. On the
Isth, 16th, and 18th December, reports coming in that the
enemy was marching for our camp, we were turned out,
and marched about t wo miles, when we took up our posi-
tion ; but. thank God ! noth ng occurred, for if they had
had heart to come they would have cut every one of us up,
as all we could muster was about 8000, and they were
70,000. However, there was at this time a large brigade
marching here under the command of Sir Hugh Gough,
commander-in-chief, and Sir Henry Hardinee. Governor-
General. It consisted of the 9th, 29th, 31st, 50th, and
80th, the Ist Regt. of Bengal Europeans, and the 3d
Light Dragoons, besides a large brigade of native horse
and foot. The Sikhs attacked them on the 18th, and
were beaten. Twenty •one guns were taken from them.
We marched out on the 21st, and after moving on about
12 miles, met the other brigade, when we marched in a
body on the enemy, who opened a fire on us with cannon,
about four o'clock in the afternoon, at a distance of about
half a mile. Our regiment being in advance, suffered se-
verely. In the first charge we were forced to retire, and
in the second charge I was shot in the thigh by a grape_
shot. It passed through without fracturing the bone, and
I crawled to the rear, and was obliged to lie on the cold
ground all night, my wound undressed, and not a drink
of water, until I was found next morning. On the third
charge which our brave chaps gave them, they ran in great
confusion, leaving behind their camp, and 80 guns, mak-
ing in the whole captured 101 fine brass one?. They con-
tinued firing all night, and attacked us again on Monday
morning, the 22d, but were again completely routed, since
which time we have heard nothing of them. I have since
been told they are about forming about 70 miles from
this, and preparing for another attack. The European
army here is all to be presented with a medal each man,
for their good conduct in the field. Most of the native
troops ran away. Our regiment lost 93 in killed, and 193
were wounded, besides 7 officers. My leg pains me much.
In a few years more I will be home, wearing my medal."

COURr SPONDENCE.

ON THE SANITARY_E4TATE_OF SOME PARTS

OF LIVERPOOL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

DEAR MR. EDITOR,—What think you of that "mtrn-
dus alter et idem" (that other world, and set the same),
where a "good old old town—previously supposed to be
the pink of salubrity and pattern of a seaport by its dom-
ing inhabitants—was, in an evil Lour. as many thought,
demonstrated. by the revelation of facts and logic of
figUres, to be the most unhappy specimen of a dense po-
pulatisn; whilst her crest-fallen inhabitants, inst,ad of
congratulating themselves upon possessing a healthy home-
stead, had to walk humbly in that day of proof that their
town was not only low in the scale of provincial towns,
but absolutely the "lowest of the low"—that the rate of
her mortality, the density of closely-packed population,
and her street ventilation and drainage, for badness ex-
ceeding that of the teeming hive of the metropolis itself—
a Modern Tyre, in the several points of crowding, filth,
disease, and death, far outstripping a modern Babylon ?
What think yon, Mr. Editor, would these modern Tyri-
ans do ? Would they slumber upon the humiliating de-
monstration, and, like the ostrich when hunted, hide their
head under their wing, and because no longer seeing the
pursuer, fancy such pursuing facts to be reduced to a
similar non-plus of extremity ? Would such a course be
wise, or would it not rather be the infatuation of the for-
mer conviction Presenting it-elf a second time under the
paralysed attitude of a dilemma ?
What if that town suddenly found itself precipitated
from the supposed regions of health, into the depraved
condition of some serion; and dangerous malady ? would
she act wisely in neglecting to arm herself with all the
means and appliances for rests ring her lost sanitary state?
Were she to make a Turkish fatalism the grave of her
Hope, c uld such a course be commended ?
Or, suppose she may base languidly raised her arm first
in the theatrical attitude of ;appalled dismay at so close a
ranger, then dropping it slowly, taken up the pen between
her but half-energized fingers. and at the dictate of a re-
turning semi-consciousness, applying for an act of parlia-
ment, which might be Mended to remedy some at least of
those evils staring her in the face daily and nightly ; then
let the arm of prowess subside into harmony of inaction
with its listless fellow reposing beside the trunk entangled
gracefully in the folds of the wrapper of despondency.
And suppose further, that "an act is obtained, and that
it was innocently designed by its legal framers and House
of Commons manufacturers to remove some sources of
disease, some abuses of the body social, and to evacuate
some dens of their in-humanized inhabitants. Yet, if the
benevolent purposes of such act were frustrated in a thou-
sand ways through its imperfect provisions, so that a coach
and six might be driven between its clauses, or if it be so
deformed respecting its purposes as to resemble a Pro-
crustean bed—" a bed shorter than a man can stretch
himself on it"—or, if like Gulliver's coat, it be constructed
upon t e mathematical principles of engineers and survey-
ors alone, without practically taking the dimensions of the
party to be fitted,—if the measure have not been taken by
the tailor himself, nor obtained from the only party who
ever did or could take the measure rightly,—how should
a fit be obtained?

Again, if the working of this " blessed act" be difficult
—he next to impossible—an issue in absurdity—whereby,
unless matters be closer glappled with, the condition of
those upon whom this act is fired off will be rather da-
maged, if it be possible to compute and express, by adjec-
tives of comparison, evils incomparably ereat,—the adage
" out of the frying pan into the fire" might be written, as
embodying the bittr-r experience of modern Tyre, touch-
ing the in.sanatary woikiag of her Act of Parliament,
upon the back thereof, and it might be tied up with red
tape, and duly enrolled amongst the obsolete memorials
of the past.
What think you, Mr. Editor. of " bearding the lion in
his den," unless you are well prepared for the encounter
you provoke? Would you not arm yourself so as to se-
cure all the chances of final victory over the provoked
strong one? Would you pass from the effort of a manly
combat, on to the child-like act of toying with his mane,
until his blood boil, and his fired eye announces the awful
bound of his fury upon you, his rash challenger and un-
guarded victim ?
Or, what think you of that happy marriage of acts of
Parliament with local police regulations, in this mundus
alter et idem, which passes away precious time in doing a
thousand unasked-for things—performing officious ser-
vices in one quarter, bestowing partial cures in another, a
sort of french polishing of some streets, and a coating
over of others with black japan varnish! That munduv
alter et idem to which I have thus, Mr. Editor, intro-
duced you, in the pardonable language of allegory, for
the sake of illustration, is the good old town of Liverpool
itself. _

You may feel, perlrips, indignant at the portrait. and
accuse it of being a caricature. We often quarrel with
the truthful profile of a friend or acquaintance, just be-
cause it does not correspond with our ideal of that friend ;
and, therefore, we may discard the accurate for the ficti-
tious tracery of features, because our own judgment is
warped by the prepossessing ideal. But I shall he able to
convince you in my next letter, that, with a trifling con-
ventional allowance for figurative expression, the truth
holds good in the main, and that your flattering ideal of
your own town is as much a fiction as the Apollo Belvidere
himself is a fiction of human form—a correctly formed
figure of a man, plus the infusion of the ideal of the
sculptor—an embodied fable of splendid Greece—but ne-
ver a fact, scarcely, perhaps, a truth.
I purpose to show you, unveiled, the insanitary working
of the present act. You may feel rather melancholy when
I have sketched in the features of " Liverpool Proper ;"
but weigh all, and let conviction, when wrought, energise
your pen and voice, and all other pens and voices, and all
other heads, and hearts, and hands, until the wretchedness
and degradation be mitigated a hundredfold, and the cen-
sus of Liverpool can be fairly taken as that of so much
human life.
Sanitary Acts, and Building Acts, and Water Acta, and
Highway Acts, and Anti-Landlord Monopoly Acts, and

all other similar acts, ought to be based upon medical
evidence as well as engineering data, or they must ever be
only so many folio sheets of law descriptions and parodies
upon the first line of Cowper's " Alexander Selkirk
In conc;uding this first part, though in one sense I
write for the public—that is, for their benefit—yet in
another sense I don't write for them, merely to give them
pleasure.. They may be pleased or they may be dis-
pleased; such is only an accident either way, incident to
the path of duty.
For the present I remain, S'r,
Yours, faithfully.
G. C. WATSON.
Liverpcol, March 12, 1846.

EFFECTS OF THE ABOLITION OF THE CORN.
LAWS.

If the quantity of the food is increased in any country,
there is a corresponding increase of the people.
" When goods increase, they increase that eat them."
Eccl. v. 11. The effect of the abolition of the corn laws
wilt, therefore, increase our population to the extent that
foreigners can supply this country. Suppose two millions
of English people to have been brought thus into exist-
ence, and to be fed upon foreign corn; this would be a
most precarious subsistence. When the people of any
country become dependant on foreigners for the supply of
the staff of life, they are thereby subjected to the loss of
their own liberties. The condition of the Poles would be
much improved by the exportation of corn, and they
might, on that account, begin to eat the wheat which they
raise themselves. or war may suddenly stop the supply.
Ireland and British North America would be injured by
the abolition of the corn laws, as those countries are much
favoured by the present laws.
All agricultural labourers would be injured, and conse-
quently the poor's rate will increase.
Factory labourers will have their wages lowered to meet
the new price of corn. The home consumption of manu-
factured articles will be lessened, and perhaps to a greater
degree than the expected increase of articles exported.
The abolition of the corn laws would cruse corn to fluc-
tuate in value more than it does at present, which would
be a most serious evil. It would also be followed by the
poorer lands being thrown out of cultivation, and turned
into sheep walks. C. ARTHUR.

MR. LAWRENCE HEYWORTH'S FLIGHT

FROM STAFFORD.

Mr. Lawrence Heywortb is far toe virtuous and pure-
minded for this naughty age of ours, or for association
with the unscrupulous gentry who compose the Anti-
Corn-law League. A few days ago, in a fit of exuberant
love for cheap bread, he bet off, per rail, for the truly pa-
triotic purpose of indoctrinating the cobblers of Stafford
with. his own beloved principles of free trade, and procur-
ing his return to parliament as their representative. There
was every disposition on their parr, we learn, to listen and
applaud; but the " men of wax" are a dry generation.
With Shakspeare, they felt disposed to exclaim to the can-
didate, " dost think because thou art virtuous there shall
be no more cakes and ale?" They loved cheap bread and
free trade well ; but they loved free taverns and eleemo-
synary beer better; and after listening to an hour's lec-
ture upon enlightened commercial policy and other mat-
ters, they thought fit, it seems, in imitation of Canning's
" needy knife-grinder," to suggest that
" Maybe his honor would give them each a sixpence, to
Drink his honor's health."
Whether the reply was precisely that of the patriot in the
poem—

I give thee sixpence ! I will see thee -- first,
Wretch whom no sense of wrongs cAn rouse to vengeance!

Beer-bibbing vagabond, reprobate, degraded, spiritless cobbler !"
—or a free parody, such as we have furnished, we know
not. Certain it is that Mr. Lawrence tleyworth turned
his back upon Stafford,' and returned to Liverpool dis-
gusted with the degeneracy of that shoe-making consti-
tuency. A correspondent of the London Times says that
a deputation waited on Mr. Heyworth from 300 freemen,
who drew him into town, and who demanded 2s. 6d. for
their work. To this Mr. Heyworth is said to have ob-
jected on principle, which, no doubt, was the case, as the
Staffordshire .41Fretery says that on being informed by
his committee that the expenses were £330 he gave a
check immediately fur £250.
At the nomination, however, on Thursday, an opposi-
tion was got up. Capt. Carnegie, who has accepted the
office of a Lord of the Treasury, was opposed. by Dr.
Sleigh (a protectionist), and Mr. Watkins (a member of
the Anti-Corn-law League.) The show of hands was
greatly in favour of the latter, and nest for Dr. Sleigh.
A poll was demanded by Capt. Carnegie and Dr. Sleigh.
Only the two latter went to the poll, and at the close the
numbers were, for Carnegie, 733; for Sleigh, 25.