The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-25 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

THE DUKE OF YORK'S MONUMENT.—YeSterday the w°,l:
men completed the stone column on Carlton-terrace. A sta`"
of the late Duke of York is to be. placed on it. It is 140 fAcee
high,. with a flight of steps in the interior, and a gallery at '„,l
top similar to the monument. - The statue will be bronze,
will be 15 feet high. It will have a grand appearance from Be'
gent-street, as well as from St. James's Park.—London ,
dard, Wednesday.
INTERESTING TO FARMERS.-011 Wednesday last, the 12th
inst., Mr. Hopperton, a farmer in the Weald of Kent, disc;
vered six fine Sussex-bred cows in a state of dangerous diste•
tion and suffocation from overgorging themselves with turnip
tops. By the timely application of the cattle stomach POI'
five animals out of the six were speedily recovered.
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SIGHT-HUNTING.—Many English went to Antwerp in
expectation of seeing the citadel taken. They begin, howeve;
to despair, and are fast quitting the city. They thought two of
three days would have settled the business. The manager °„
the theatre has been doing his best to maintain the love of ,Fe
of
tacle. For ls. 3d. British he has admitted persons to the OP e
the building to view the citadel ; when the breach is made,.n.
price is to be doubled ; and when the assault commences, It
to be raised to 4s. British.
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THE RIGHT HON. JAMES ABERCROMBY, the Whig f
for Edinburgh, after holding the office of Lord Chief Baron ()f
Scotland only for a short period, has retired 'upon a pension;
£2,000 per annum. Previously to his accepting office he
„t„
M. P. for Calne, in Wiltshire, and auditor to the Duke of I
vonshire. Sir -I
Samuel Shepherd, who retired from the Scotca
Exchequer to make room for Mr. Abercromby, also receives
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superannuation allowance of £3,000 per annum. The offienio
Lord Chief Baron was bestowed on Mr. Abercromby, by.tht
Duke of Wellington. Mr. Ralph Abercromby, son of the rig
hon. gentleman, is Secretary of Legation to the Earl of Mint°
mission at Berlin, with a salary of £550.
A MURDER, under circumstances equally rare in this qua%°,„r
of the country as it is repugnant to civilized society, was I)—A
petrated near-Stragowna, in this county, on Tuesday night. Lat
man named Cowen, who acted as bailiff on an estate iii tad.
neighbourhood, was tired at in his own house, and shot dca
Sonie persons, we learn, were lately ejected from the holding
he occupied, and it is said he received a threatening notice nea
long since to leave the premises or mark the consequence,,Bls
we understand a part of his property had been consumed
incendiaries. We have received several versions of the Ole
der, but as the coroner's inquest had not taken place when we
were preparing for press, we do not think it prudent to gilt
them publicity until the circumstances be made known ill al°
way.—Erne Packet.
LAWYERS IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT.—The members of the
legal profession seem to have been remarkably unlucky durial
the late elections. Amongst these are found the names(;,
Wetherell, Wilde, Sugden, J. Williams, C. Follett, Wakefie-,1
Pemberton, Temple, Moore, Freshfield, Holcombe. The fo
lowing list includes the principal members of the law who are
returned to Parliament :—Campbell, Horne, Scarlett, Sp_ankie,
F. Pollock, W. Brougham, Tancred,• Roebuck, D. W. 11,
Godson, Hill, Ewart, Carter, Poulter, Lushington Jervis,
Faithful, W -- iiks.[Those in italics are solicitors.3—Ley , p.„,
aminer.

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A GOOD-NATURED MAJOR.—In the Bankruptcy The
lately, Major Villeroy Russell came up to be examined. .0,
major, who was " a good-natured soul," had become sectirtl
neio
for several old friends, who, however, taxed his friendsl4 °
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much, by " letting him in" to the amount of the security. of his liabilities was contracted on behalf of a solicitor, nre";„i
,;(,
under the late Judge Buller, and who, perhaps, not succee"-;
in his profession, became gamekeeper to the Earl of Carn?rvoa
In this capacity he showed the major some " shooting, a
of
then induced him to become security for him to the amount a
£2so,—a rather dear shot. It appeared that the maj0r..134.,
some valuable landed property, and the visages of the erediT
were illumined with " a pretty considerable" smile when they
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heard that there was a probability of the property not (Tire
being sufficient to satisfy them, but to set the major up In ht
again, to which he may add the advantage of some dear-bout
experience.

NOVEL PROCESS.—Mr. Alderman Kelly, on Wednesday:
executed a novel process from one of the Scotch courts for rer,
covery of small debts. It appeared that George Coutts, a tailo_
having left London without paying for some cloth he had rll-_
0
chased from Charles Jaffray, the latter sued him at Aberdee,,,
for the amount, only 455.; and he denying that he was indebten_
the court issued a commission, appointing any of the aldermen
of London a commissioner, to take and report the evidence of
Jaffray and his witnesses residing here in proof of his din:
The defendant at Aberdeen had fourteen days' notice, dint. p
might employ a solicitor in London to attend and cross-exam'''
the witnesses, but he did not avail himself of this pricilte.
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The magistrate's clerk having been sworn to do his duo,
fidelity on this occasion, Mr. Alderman Kelly received the de-
positions in proof of the debt, and certified them to the Scotch
court..
CARMARTHEN SAVINGS' BANK.—Our readers are aware of
the defalcation of the late clerk to this bank. 'The Right I-Nr*
Lord Dynevor, with a munificence worthrof record, has kindly
stepped forward, and directed that all persons, being deposit be
in the said bank of their hard earnings under £lO should D'
paid in full all deficiencies from his lordship's private purse.
THE SotniEa'sDon.—A soldier in the Italian regiment 0f theh
Veliti of the guards had, when at Milan, a dog that was innc,
attached to him, following him to all his various military
and invariably mounting guard with him, and sharing his sel
try-box whenever he stood sentry at the gate of the vice-rega
palace. In 1812, at the time of the disastrous Russian con:
paigu, among the numerous regiments composing the fine Italia!!
army that marched with the Viceroy of Italy, Eugene Beauharnan,
went the Veliti, and with them the master of the dog. TI)till?
who was already well-known to the soldiers, marched after ho,
master,. and, crossing the Alps and traversing a great portion i„
the European continent (having been present at several battles
where the Veliti were engaged,) finally arrived at m 0 s croolL
When the armies of Buonaparte were obliged to withdraw from
that eapital in flames, Tofino still followed his master, and I:eat
at
through all the horrors of that memorable retreat. Bern
the murderous battle of Malorajoshlewitz, where the 11.4'.4'5,
behaved gallantly and suffered great loss. The Viceroy's e
though they had suffered tremenduouslv, had still the consist
ence and appearance of a regiment when they reached the
Berezina; but on: he fatal passage of that river where so many
thousands perished, they lost more than half of their remaining
men, and the master of poor. Tofino was among the number'
.
After that passage there was.no order preserved in the retreat'
the fragments of the Veliti were mixed up with the fragnifil„_
of other regiments, and all went on in fearful confusion. rnvinc:j
however, who had crossed the river in safety, and had linger. _
some time on the bank, barking and moaning as .though he
missed somebody, was soon after seen trotting after some of tni,
Veliti; and so he Continued to be seen day after day, and wel
after week, keeping up with the retreating soldiery, and alwta)r.
close to those who wore the uniform of his unfortunate was en;
The circumstance naturally made an impression on the men'
and some of his master's comrades, in the midst of their
miseries and privations, attended to the wants of the dog who
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showed such fidelity to the regiment. But in spite of these
cares and their caresses, Tofino would never exclusively attach
himself to any one man; on the contrary, he always looked u,
for the greatest number of the Veliti, and where they went n;
followed, regardless of the individuals who would have retain
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him by their particular kindness. In this manner from moscon
he reached Wilna, then traversing the rest of Lithuania an
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Poland, the kingdom of Prussia, a part of Saxony, the Ste!!
of the Confederacy, of the Rhine, Bavaria, the Tyrol, and in'
Alps—in short, after having performed a journey of more thall
two thousand five hundred English miles, Tofino again
Milan in the summer-of 1813, in the rear of a small body of the
Veliti. How this poor Italian dog had travelled through regi,he
and swum over freezing rivers, where the very horses 0t `
country had died, was a marvel to all who witnessed the tragicalo
retreat, As soon as he was within the walls of Milan, rrcinild,
went straight to the barracks which the Veliti had occupie
and after waiting there some time, he trotted to the sentry-keth
by the palace-gate, where he had so often mounted guard 10.0
his master—and he never more moved a hundred yards frorni"tit
The first two or three days he was heard to howl and moan,,'
this sad mood past, and he occupied his corner in the sentry-°4
in silence. The interesting anecdote reached the ears of Te
Viceroy Beauharnais, who ordered that poor Tofino should f
kindly treated and well-fed, and considered as a pensioner "i),
the state. But there was no need for these orders—the Tyliesi
army, the whole population of Milan regarded the dog alln°9
as a sacred animal, and were accustomed to show him toll,
strangers as one of the wonders and ornaments of the city.
1814, when ,the French were driven out of Italy, Tofino fell,
with all Lombardy and the States of Venice, into the power o
the,Austrians, who (whatever they did with the human beings
that returned' o their yoke) treated the dog as kindly as elerd
he still occupied his corner of the sentry-box, and is feasted der
pointed out as heretofere. Tofino lived several months uncle_
the regime of the house of Austria, and then died full of honours
and deeply regretted by the Milanese. Tofino had nothing
striking in his outward appearance—he could not even pretenh
to
.purity of blood or descent, for. he : was a mongrel—rougd
bree
haired, clumsily made, and about the size of our commonentereo.
of terriers.—Penny Magazine.

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CHARITIES.

THE LIVERPOOL JOURNAL.-PORTARLINGTON
ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STrINIXIRD.
SIR)---In the Liverpool Journal of Saturday last, I observe
the following notice of the Portarlington election : —"Mr.
Thomas Gladstone, of Liverpool, has got in for Portarlington,
.a rotten borough, in the corporation interest, and by means o
intimidation, &c."
Raving been there previous to and during the election, I am
enabled to give an unqualified contradiction to the above state-
ment. The members of the corporation did not support Mr.
Gladstone; their votes and interest were given to his opponent,
the Hon. Colonel Darner, whose brother had been the patron
Of the borough until it was opened by the reform bill. The
constituency acted as independently of undue influence as any
in the kingdom; and I am thoroughly convinced that no act
of intimidation, nor any illegal practice whatever, was resorted
to to procure Mr. Gladstone's return.—Yours, &c.
Rodney-street, Dec. 24, 1832. GEO. GRANT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
is not, in general, expedient or right to scan too
narrowly the motives of such as contribute their money to pub-
ilie charities or needy individuals. Good is done to those in
Want, and with this we ought to be content. It would have
been improper, ther7fore, under ordinary circumstances, to
ihave adverted to the sums of money so ostentatiously promised
°Y Mr. Ewart's committee to certain institutions of the town,
11° lieu of gratifying us with the unprofitable spectacle of a pub-
"° chairing. This might have passed off as a fair exercise of
,electioneering tact, whilst recording one triumph, to lay the
foundation of another. But I was a few days ago in a large
'Party, where the conversation almost exclusively, as was natu-
Cal, turned upon the late election. One gentleman present,
with the most quixotic enthusiasm, eulogised the conduct of Mr.
Swart, and, in the course of the encomium, he openly and un-
hesitatingly stated, that a larger sum would have been distri-
,hitted on the joyful occasion, by a grant to the Blind' Asylum,
11'141 not Mr. Hull lately preached against Socinianism.
If. this had •been the act of Mr. Thornely's committee, it
would not have excited wonder; nor called for remark, for it
would have been natural in thoSe who hold Socinian opinions.
tut as emanating from Mr. Ewart's party, it is a pretty signifi-
teaut commentary on.his celebrated promise "to purify and dis-
.enthral religion." This Must open the eyes (and with this view
I bring it under your notice) of every consistent Christian ;
and I would recommend it to the particular consideration of
those clergymen who voted for Mr. Ewalt. The selfstiled
Pberais, with that regard for justice which characterises all
their proceedings towards those who differ from them, are
toady to rob the clergy of the Established Church of that pro-
perty which is as much their own as the estate of any landed pro-
Meter in the kingdom is his, and now they forbid them to preach
to their flocks the fundamental and vital doctrine of the Divinity
Christ. In the expressive language of Isaiah, they " say'llax
the seers, 'See not,' and to the prophets, PropheSyuot unto us
'l.9ltt things; ipeak unto us smooth things; prophesy deceits :
get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy
01be of Israel to cease from before us."—Yours, &c. B.