The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-23 00:00:00

THE ELECTIONS.

Irswtcx.—At the close of the poll On Friday night the nom=
hers were—
Mr. Morrison , , 542
Mr. Wason .4 . 533
Colonel Broke .... 455
Mr. Holmes 435
Messrs. Morrison and 'Wagon were returned as duly elected. .
CARLOW.—This contest also ended on Fiiday. The numbers
polled during the five days Were as follows :
Mr. \rigors
Mr. Raphael 626
Colonel Bruen , 572
Mr. Kavanagh ~ 571 •
It is said that Colonel Bruen intends to petition against the re=
turn of Mr. Raphael, on the ground that he is not dulylualitied‘
HULL.—Final close of the poll:
Colonel Peronnet Thompson 1428
Mr. St. John Mildmay ..... . . ... . 142,3

Majority for Thompson
A scrutiny has been demanded.

LGOAL NEWS.

" THE CORN TRADE—ISLE. OF MAN.—Mr. P. Thomson, in his
place in the House of Commons, on Friday, intimated the in-
tention of government to bring in a bill to prevent the importa,
tion of corn from the Isle of Man, except on payment of -the
ordinary duties.
►SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.--A short-time since a young girl
threw down a handful of shrimps to a brood of fifteen young
ducks, belonging to Mr. .1. Whittaker, of the Grapes Inn,.
Yorkshire-street, Oldham, and in a very short time eight out of
the fifteen died; and what is perhaps more remarkable, the eight
which died were black and white, whilst the remaining seven
were white without black.—Manchester Chronicle:
ELECTION FOR OE.DUAM.—lmmediately after the demise of
Mr. Cobhett, the late member for Oldham, various of the dis-
appointed whig candidates at the general election became on the
gui vane to offer for the vacant seat, and repaired to Oldham to
canvass. Amongst them may be enumerated Mr. Ashton Yates,
of Liverpool. Sir Charles Wulseley, and Colonel Torrens: Mr.
Yates and Colonel Torrens are the rejected of Bolton-le-Moors
at the last election, and Sir Charles Wolselev, of Stafford and
Manchester. The friends of Mr. Ashton Yates appear confident
that he will be returned—to Liverpool.
NEW COINAGE OF HALF SOVEREIGNS.—The late coinage of
half sovereigns, which the newspapers have announced as on
the point of being 'issued, is to be withheld, the pieces having
been made so thick that they would not ring. -The *hole batch
is to he melted and recoined.

CAUTION TO CARTER! PLYING Foe litnE.—The inhabitants . .
of Queen-square and the neighbourhood have fir some time
past been loud in their complaints of the nuisance Caused by the
drivers of 'certain light carts having there establisbed a stand,
though the place is not appointed as such. Their conduct, we
are informed, is disgusting and brutal in the extreme, and they
have fofsome time past set both the inhabitants and the police,
at defiance. Several of them were, on Friday last, summoned
before the magistrates, and fined iu penalties of from 2s. 6d. to
ss. each, with costs.-

PLATE IItpBLEPT.—On Friday morning last, or late on
Thursday night, the house of M'r. Touhmin, solicitor, at Barn-
field, V6st Derby, was broken into, and a large quantity of
plate, consisting of teapots, spoons. creainjugs, forks,
stolen therefrom. Af.reward of: i:2O has been cifered for the
apprehension of the burglars.
The opening dinner of the Waterloo Hotel; Crosby, is fixed
for to-morrow, when a numerous company •is expected. James
Heyworth, Esq.; takes the chair, and Mr..Georga Robinson the
vice-chair.
The new steamer, City of Glasgow, arrived .on Thursday, ha-
ring acceraidished the distance from Greenitck in lq hours!
Her passages, we believe, are the shortest oit record.
Naw COACH TO LONDON.-L-It -has long .been a matter of
complaint by attorneys and solicitors, as well as by the mer-
chants,. that in consequence the mail leaving at ten o'clock
at night they are' often yery Much hurried. in making up par-
cels and dispatches in time for its departure. liy an adver
tisement in another part of uoipaper it will be seen that Messrs,
Bretherton and Co. intend, for the express accommodation. .
these numerous classes, to start a coach froth "Woi;dside early :
' in the day, and to be•si) arranged as to arrive in Lomfon•e.arly
the next morning. We understand it is their intention to ap-
ply for leave to carry a triail.bag,which will be felt as a real
convenience, as Liverpnol,..freirri its increasing size and great_
commerce, requires.inoteirequent communication with London
and other places on that line of road.
CORPORATIONS OR ENGLAND. It has often been asserted,
that the corporations have exerted an undue 'influence in the
return of conservative .members to parliament. The • following
facts with which we have been favoured by a friend will
,shOw
how the case stands. Of all the corporation towns` in England
and Wales, the tories returned by thein amount to 9:11, the whigi
to 117. and the radicals to
THE DORCHESTER LABOURERS,-,-We understand this two of,
the six men who were convicted at Drirchester in March. 18.3,L,
and transported for seven years, for the offence of administer•
ing unlawful oaths, namely, James and George Loveless, are to
receive a pardon in the colonies for the remainder of the term,
•provided their conduct has been good since their transportation.
The other four are to receive immediately. a-pardon in the
colonies, and after they had been there two years, if.tileir con.
is good, will receive a tull pardon.—Morning