The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-04-12 00:00:00

TriE LONDON PILVSSI

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(PIPIYM. THE GUARDIAN AND PUBLIC LEDr:--El2, r„
We refer our readers—and we can do little
to certain proceedings at Hertford which tie
extracted from the. County Press, consequent o
s
extraordinary resolution which, by some Pwce,s,
reasoning faculty which we may not Pres,to
ficantly to characterize,. a Committee of 1-`'
Members—for they are all honourable—bellif
the Commons House, thought it decent to rec°„rerjd
face of as much perjury and subornation 0f fieril
the annals of the Old Bailey could ever Pra'hitiol
any one year since its erection. The res°
question imported that much bribery and eoririSel
P erpetrated previous to and during the HE d
—they might have added for months before and
the Berkshire also—that the election of the Siitt,l7.
bers was void, although not. specifically dec'ar-of a
of the bribery; and subsequently the issujog
'
writ was moved to be delayed, and certain tiltirr
whispered about placing the ancient City of e
Schedule A. f

One Mr. DUNCOMBE—better and more
known in the green rooms of the theatres 35,0"
the House of Commons as Tom DuNcomo
occasion of all this, as be would elegantly' tel,oo
he probably thinks it, row—Tom and Jerrlegilf
the man himself as far as we can judge has 'OO
idea beyond that kind of thing: In order
this last feat, Tom, according to a paper viblcde
him, (need we name the only paper which co
such a cause—the Times} prevailed on some f 0
make up a purse for £soo—the blunt (ice 01
readers to observe, that in writing about a m-,'~,,'
adopt the kind of vernacular which he most d
and best comprehends,) running short at 11ca.0
or the possessor hoarding it upon a new prioels'e,
£5OO would scarcely pay two days' expert
Committee, and its labours lasted twentirt
ToM's official Gazette has, therefore, put fo e
for a more general subscription. Doubtless 'co
a list shortly of various high and mighty Dad
official indeed calls upon the government WV
expenses out of the secret service, but We
not being of the family, whether that will be
Now, that the public being forewarned may ri°o!
by any forthcoming list of subscriptions of g!ioc
we will just mention that we are in posf;tti
assortment of people who made up a purse
amount of Tom's enterprize before it was LI.
and when Tom's Gazette publishes his 1150
check it with ours, and the public will see I',l
prise new made or promoted Peers paYul"
honours by this sort of dirty work. h
We may and we ought to mention here t...30L
.n
DUNCOMBE is in no way connected with the '
of Yorkshire. A sense of decency and j°sll,
we hope never to be found wanting, oblige
notice.

For the rest, we refer to the masterly sPe,,e;
Lords INGESTRIE and MAxoN. Lord -MAI-frd
raised to exhibit one RUSSELL DAVIS, a
Mr. Tom DUNCOMBE, on the floor of the co`!ii
for perjury. We have no doubt that he 1c1,,e
word if Mr. RUSSELL will give him a fair ellaf„il
have our doubts about that, for not many O
friends are noted for coming up to the scratch-is
We really must apologize to Bell's Life,4
for borrowing so largely from their peculiar P'''d
our excuse being, that we are transacting a,,-ty
of business with a common friend of theirs an

SIR JOHN HOBHOUSE.
(FROM THE DUBLIN MAIL OF WEDNf

The new Secretary promises marvellous
land. " Wait a while," quoth he, to a blackfl/
man that assailed him on the hustings; "wall
dear friend; only wait for three months; 000
duct—and you will see what I'll do for your.
Well, we must wait awhile, whether we 111 14
so must the blackguard Irishman aforesaid.
good can we expect or he know how to eve 3
land ?—the only country, perhaps, in Eurore vyilli
Sir Cam never set the sole of his foot, and 01 o
property, blood, connection, friendship, or eve)
ante, he has no interest in common. Sail
Hobhouse is a Londoner—a Cockney—of 3 ,
the most pert, conceited, and ignorant race
in literature and politics, he has displayed
ter then a mere dilettanti. Had he been ma
of Greece, instead of King Otho, there had 13'
sense in the thing ; for the pert Secretary', 1.,y
with Byron, traversed both peninsula ancIAIC.
doubtless familiar with every cape, headlanolli
bay immortalized in -the deathless-song of
.41,
nides." Sir John knows somewhat of Eg..,"‘,
has been among the catacombs.; he can real?
writing upon the wall," and can tell you t
mummy by the smell. We wish the Turk ife
the Pachalick. But what knows he of tl
Hath he ever been at Carrickshock ? Can il,
devices of Multifarnham by the scent of tileie
hath he learnt to track the stealthy pace of tio
from Braganza-house to the Abbey of 13/15;
short, where be his qualifications for an
and what are they, relying upon which he live'
wonders in a three months' probation in c4rid
heads and abler hands have managed the ,
afore times ? and where is their boast ?
truth require the ablest and most experieoca
that England can boast to manage the ott-oi
land, and yet the invariable rule is to $e
younker to take charge of her interests.
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This is not using England well, and it ,
land. We reprobate the system.

Wounderstaod that the marriage between Mr' t,col
more, M. P., and Lady Louisa Douglas, eldest
Marquis of Queensberry, was to be solemnised
nuptials of Lady Jane Stopford and Mr. 'taro i'sctoi
ed, take place on the sane day. The brides oeviej
sins, the Marchioness of Queensberry and the to
Courtowu being sisters to the late, and awl"
Duke of Briceleugh.
The East India Company's ships Abercroo. ty,
and London arrived off the Lizard the 7th just'
the Bth Dec., and St. Helena the 20th Feb. le,
CARRICKFERGUS ELECTION.---The CORO: ltr,
again on Wednesday morning, and will agr':ittll
port before they separate. Mr. Dobbs, the, 'rtrj
having, through his counsel, declined any '64. tr,
defend his return. The house was cleared oer;
but the committee then determined to receiS!„,,ti`')
relating to the long-practised bribery and eo;:
in that borough. That inquiry was proceecilae6'doi"
mittee will.Olose,its labours in the course of th
report will be made.—Standard.

Namik Pacha, who has left England on .hi:010
stautinople, was much gratified by his visioe,V,
charmed with our modes and customs. lic
a Parisian, and converses with animation au it,),
vestioned by a lady if he did not considerd
Englishmen to be confined to one wife, insteaast'i
Turkey, a plurality, he politely replied, that the '3,
of English ladies had each in her own pers°ll're[l..'h
half;a-dozen ladies of all others, he consiie,,,rlo„l7
wife a' more desirable possession than 'est
visited all our institutions, and displayed prof lj
medicine and surgery, as he has given muoll ware
both in his country, for the purpose of Orcerio'o
ments in each branch: Namik Pacha is 3,1
man, of about five-and-thirty years old, ov"i;otiot,J
culiurly well-bred. lie has only two wives, Coo
given him children since his departure frail