The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-28 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

h Lord Arthur Hervey, fourth son of the Marquis of Bristol,
entered into holy orders, and his noble father has presented
tal with the valuable benefice of Ickworth, in Suffolk.
mart
KEN TON.—We understand that this nobleman, as a
Olt of his gratitude to Almighty God for his recovery from
51t8 late serious illness, has given a donation of./.300 to the poor
the parish of Hitunier.Chester Caurant.
04E SCOTTISH PEERAGE.—The Times calls upon the minis-
,iits to swamp the Scotch peerage, •because it, too, is tory. We
°aid think the act of union will be a bar to, that, unless the
1411 with Scotland as well as that with Ireland is to be re-
eed. Our contemporary, perhaps; never heard of,-or read,
act of union.—Guardicia.
tgliacii OF STEAM.—The Champlain, a steam-boat built re-
kiribtlY in America;lately made the voyage froni New York to
tri. any, a distance of 180 miles, in nine hours and forty-five
I,:ualltes, including a loss of time occasioned by fourteen stop-
' 110 reducing the actual.time to eight hours and thirteen un-
,7B, which gives nearly 20 miles an hour.
k,s'INGOLAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—On the 29th of November last,
John Ewbank was shooting on Ebdeu iu Craven,
1-41,killed a moor-cOck with a brass ring round his leg, with the
'llLoWing inscription engraved upon it—" Col. Thornton, 1812;
Thornville Royal 30." The ring is in the possession of Mr.
4nas Joy, innkeeper, in Hebden, near Grassington, in
raven.—Leeds Mercury.
rCaluacH REFORM.—We are assured that the object of the late
dNt ofa dignitary of the church to the premier related to the
ended retOrm in all the ecclesiastical establishments' and that
14nnunication was made in the name of nearly the whole
Y that it was their intention to resign into the hands of the
4•a',the whole of their sacred functions, in the event of such a
~,
'a being introduced.—Aferniag Post.
t•lrr TO GOVERNMENT.—On Thursday morning, Captain
pner, of the royal artillery, and a Tarty of mei], twenty-six in
meats and
arrived (with a baggage-waggon containing Milne-
bi!rits and a carriage of immense strength, constructed for the
pose, drawn by eight horses) 'front the royal arsenal at
bolwich, at Mr. White's house (the district surveyor of St.
404Y-le-bonue parish) in the New-road, fronting St. Mary-le-
btetne Church, for the purpose of conveying an immense ,piece
ttolid brick-work, which 111 r. White has :presented to Govern-
ikeol't, 'for the purpose of trying an experiment against it with
t and shells, -at Woolwich, it being 'considered snore than
Lath-proof, and to make more resistance than stone. The
Irht, urernent of this solid piece of brick-work is as follows
aght six feet; length five feet nine inches ; width three feet;
Weight upwards-of eighttons. Atter great exertions, •it was:
*noved on tollersirom out of Mr. White's yard into 'the road,
where it was raised, by immense ropes being stung around it to
L,Rni on. the carriage appropriated to remove it. About three.
tj'tock in tondoternoon, Captain Cait.er anti his men proceeded
h!t'll this pous weight of bricks cemented towards Wool-
anh. It has been in the possessions of Mr.' White between five
d six. years, and it is supposed to resist shot and shells with
kh greater effect than stone will.--London papers.
til'e4l.ll:6H REvonm.—Lords OsSulston and Howie]: have been
ained without opposititin, fOr the northern division of Nor-
k'ennberland. "With reference to the church (observes the
th.,4'etnale Journal) Lord Howiek's declarations were manly, and.
4 him honour, though they called forth the disapprobation of
I.',ous who .took•him,lry the .hand under-the impregsion that he
1,;4,-s the reform act'as means, not an end. We entirely agree
"1 nn and's() do all good tones, When he says that the chUrch,.
,s
"h01e,5 a
is not in the enjoyment of much,rbut that regulation
'lesirable ; that abuses ought to be remedied; that a better
Nlstribution is wanted; that pluralists should be done away;
t a general commutation of tithes would benefit the clergy as
oft , as prove a general benefit. If the government -plan of
ech reform extend thus far only, it will comp and the assent
th all conscientious churchmen, clerical and lay, But we confess
!It haYe our misgivings. In the first place Wumust bear in
ere that the noble Viscount was addressing the 'right-minded
of the northern division of -the county of Northumber-
ti of whose correct sentiments on this, and all other ques-
t:l'ns of impiirtance; the noble Lord is fully aware. In the second
lace, we think the cloak of insignificance wasput on by his
turn ouht p that the noble Viscount has his reasons fornotspeaking
',l.' upon church reform. We .Shall be glad to .find ourselves
t ''tften.. We confess, however, that our faith in whig straight
orwardness and plain-dealing is by no means of a lively cha-
"leter." •
I.IA CHRISTIAN'S WILL.—Mr. John Hill, who departed this
t'e at his house, Great Chapel-street, Westminster, on Monday,
~. 12th alt., in the 88th year of his age, had been for many
'als a subscriber and friend to most of the principal religious
kll beilevoieut institutions, and has not forgotten them in his
' he following arc among the sums left:—Lock Asylum,
h;:)
, London Female Penitentiary,. £100; British and. Foreign
Society, £2tl); Church Missionary Society, £200; Lon-
‘,.,n_Niiseionary Society, £100; Moravian Missionary Society,
c.-" 0, Deaf and Dinub Institution, £100; Female Peniten-
lilY(‘Yes!), £5O; Religious Tract Society, £2OO ; Ranelagh
"Qs' Friend Society, 2,50; Hibernian Society, £100; West-
ii,'lnster Hospital, £100; Baptist Missionary Society, £lOO ;
Alte_tu_gejor the Destitute, £100; Emberton ,Schools, £5O;
l'ilgrims £5O; for an annual sermon at Ranelagh
,napel on 'Whit-Sunday morning' £100; Home Missionary
reiety, £100; Indigent Blind, I:100; Infant School, Here-
,?,rd, £150; Schools at• Hereford, £150; Westminster New '
r'llarity School, £100; London Or,
Asylum £100; High-
u,nry College, £100; Islington College, £100; Christian In-
!'action Society, £100; Friends' Almshouses, Camberwell,
'It); Hans Town School, £5O; Philanthropic Society, £lOO ;
•kss • ,
und (Poor Ministers'), £lOO ; Penitentiary, St.•
orge's East, £80; Bromyard Meeting (in trust)
.£lOO ;
"Onday Schools, Broadway Church, £10U; Pimlico 'Sehools,
ii)t); Broadway Church Benevolent Society, £100; National
enevolent Society, £5O; Charles-street Dispensary, £200;
Ltistol Education Society,• '£100; LOngaere''Schoills, £5O;
°agacre Benevolent Society, £5O.
TOUCHING EFFECTS 01."FHE HEALING (q. heeling?) MIKA.
Maxwell
Chronicle,- in its report ofthe Lanarkshire election,
ayes the following account of a singular fracas between Mr.
Votwell and Mr. Hamilton, the two liberal candidates. Pretty
h4nes these, when' gentlemen'Tesort..to. fisticuffs in the and tad-
dressed of their.quarreAs Hamilton. stood 'forward and ad-
teBsed the meeting. So many electioneering speeches of that
rtitleinan, and'of his oppenent, Mr. Maxwell, have' of late been
rar,l4 before the public, thatit is'needlessnow to particularise. Suf-
hi It
to say that, in stating his political views, (which are
cheered
liberal) he was clear and explicit, and was loudly
by the audience;• btit on entering upon the persowal
quarrel between himself and Mr. Maxwell, he .was not so for-
owlia!e, the crowd .showing. „great marks of impatience, and
ve heard ,enough of that, ' resounded from all quarters.
the whole, however,''his l'etOptitin was flattering, and he
2red amidst Considerable- tiplettse.--Mir Maxwell then came
kraed, -and-at once tifoklip the disputed points between him-
ijandr Mr. Hamilton; 'hut he'had,not.gone far, till he met an.
i\f..eYruption. Hiving denied point'blank the statements or
4 .'•' deelarnig tin ins' that they were totally
O'binule(l,-he was sainted. witha severe kick, or rather push
hsitit the foot of 'Mr.- Hathilton 'whO stood behind, whick'sent
upon' the 43f the hustings. So soon as'he
,4.'leviscl his balance, he turned'upon -Mr. Hamilton, who was
k:ttly-to receive him,.• and the. two instantly closed. Mr. H.'s
k‘n
- round•Mr.lM.'s neck,' the 'latter gentleman's hat was
\
cjekeciiiff, and soon lost all shape amotig•the fee; of those
h.
Ad) erewded •to. the rescue. Sir Windham Anstruther and
h.,„-Tb"al Fleming-seemed to be' the most forward, where all'
t 'enger'• to 'Separate the Combatants; some one in .the hall,
81t9tykriewing passibly*to what it 'Might lead, calledlor the con-
tii",lll-%,came running u_p stairs from' the lower apart-
but 'before they arrived, their interference was. found
e 'necessary, the highly absurd scene having been brought to'a
'All! this-passed in less. time than it takes to tell it.
1:1)'l"Ing the scuffle 'the crowd seemed quiteilumfoundered ;hut
LatFenuing fairly to •coniprehend•whatmuf what, their' disappro-
'un Was loud and vehement."...Cilasgow Courier..

BENEFITS OF THE REFORM BILI.—ASSESSED TAXES.—We
learn that in the several boroughs in the West Riding, those
persons whose names are returned in the list of voters for mem-
bers of Parliament, and who are not assessed to the house-duty,
have already received charges for the same ; and we find that
measures are taken to have them assessed in this borough.—
Leeds Mercury.
REPolim REALLY WANTED.—The retail value of the, gin an-
nually consumed in this country amounts to nearly twenty
Including the smuggled spirits, it is probably more.
Here, then, are the people of this country, and principally those
of the lower orders, taxing themselveS to the extent of nearly
half the whole rey,qie of the kingdom, and that in the con-
sumption of an article which, in return for a momentary grati-
fication, entails upon thousands misery of every kind, including
disease and premature death!

PARTY DEVOTION.—A remarkable instance of self-devotion
to consistency, and the cause of civil liberty, was witnessed at
the Windsor election, in the case of a Mau named Tutton, who,
in his generous enthusiasm fir the cause of independence, left
his'dving bed, opposed to the entreaties of his wife, to the ad-
vice of two physicians and his friends, and was conveyed to the
poll, where he gave his vote in favour of the independence of
the borough, and expired in a few minutes afterwards ! Sir
John de Beauvoir had also begged that he would not leave his
homes in the.dangerou,s. state he was in, to record his vote'.•

BANKRUPT'S EFFECTS.—III the year 1816 a commission of
bajikruptcy was issued against Mr. Joseph Hudson, tobacconist,
residing in Oxford-street, and his debts were discovered to
amount to £6,931. No dividend was ever paid to the creditors,
nor does it appear that any steps were taken to wind up the pro-
ceedings until within the last few months, when a rigid inquiry
was made. The consequence was, that yesterday Mr. Commis-
sioner Fonblanque made an order, which he is very seldom
called upon to do, viz., that a dividend of twenty shillings in
the pouud should be paid to -each creditor, leaving a surplus for
the benefit of the bankrupt.—Staudard, Saturday, Dec. 22.

NEW TAHMANIENT.—For our own part, we see no reason
why the Tories ought to regret that the elections have taken a
turn generally- so favourable to the ministry. The time is not
yet ripe for a thorough expulsion of the Whigs from office.
They have not yet sufficiently disgusted the country; nor have
they yet been permitted to show themselves in their true colors.
The.blind partiality which has been exhibited towards them, by
a considerable and active body of the people, has yet to be
'alienated, and 'every day is assisting the friends of order and
right principle in eflecting this important and essential object.
!We say, let the Whigs take their full swing, and then let the
country decide upon their conduct—Edinburgh Evening Post.
C las TM A s CHEER.—At Bristol, the principal manufacturers
and merchants have'determined on presenting to each operative
stiffiCient beef 'of:the primest .quality to afford a substantial meal
for himself and family on ChristmasAuy. Mr. Edwin Ames,
of the Bristol pottery, has undertaken to superintend the piir-
chase of fifteen or more fat oxen for this purpose. The sub-
scribers to the fund mean also to present the chairman and
treasurer of the 'Operative Conservative Society • with plate of
the value of twenty guineas.
Ma. Pott,Ett Tfiosisox.—(From Cobbett's Register.)—The
Lord have mercy upon poor Poulett Thomson ! There will be
Baxter boring him with his. pompous inanity. There will be
the Potters with their broad shoulders and broad simper, pes-
t(;ring him for measures to save the 'kingdom by enlarging the
intin-oved'system qf banking,' and 'Mimi buying,' carried on at
the golilen'bali4"rhOte Will be that remorseless Yankee,
Dyer, plaguing him to death with his earding-machines and
'his patents, and swearing, in the usual Connecticut twang, that
to make the kingdom perfectly secure,. there is nothing like
giving him Shake in the • profits of the Bank of 'England.
And there will be Shuttleworth, offed and scoffed and coughed
'out of Manchester, hurrying aWay to 'London, and. rapping
'everlastingly at his door, calling upon him for the extension
of -trade' and the liMitation in the breeding 'on the part of the
women. Poor Mr. Thom Son Will have to muffle his knocker,
.and to'lay straw iu'the street opposite'his door. Ire will have
to listen to all the eulooituns on their sons and relations; and to
hear ih'ein.poilited out as :persons extremely capable, and also
extremely desirous, 'to assist in saving thelingdom. His house
'will be besieged by them : the instructions-which Pope gave to
'his porter, e say '1 am sick, 'I• am dead,' will not .avail poor'
Thomson. Shuttleworth and Dyer will insist upon seeing -the
lied', which they now, at this present Moment, look 'upon as
their .property 48 much as the, man in'thelable looked upon his
wooden god as his preTeity. If 'I were Mr. Thomson, would'
have these fellows painted, tell them that 'he had •a desire to
'have theiilikenesses, on account of 'this 'their 'grand achieve-
uerit. Painter never performed'an easier task; for •the group
'to resemble 'them, hinnan nature has not provided. Having
their pictures ,'I hang them up in my hull, and then take
porter, and say to him—' There ! you See those-fine pictures;
and, if you let in over the 'sill of my door any one of the
!fellows whielithOse pictures resenible,'not a whole bone shall'be
'left 'in ,your skin, in one hour after that.'' They will try to
catch him in-the street: they will hunt'llim to his country seat,
if he be not as wily 'as a 'hare is in taking her' fdrm. As to
'their letters, of 'which he will soon have half a dozen volume's,
as long as there, is'fire in the world'there is a remedy forthem.
-Dyer said in one Of his published papers, that Manchester stood
in need Of a minister for one of its members, that well-informed
persons in the ,town might be in constant communication with him!
DreadfUl'intiinatiOn !"

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND HER REVENUES.—(FrOM
!Parliamentary documents:)-4 'feiv plain facts addressed to
iltadicals.—L'Only about two-thirds of the land in England
and Wales are titheable.2. Laymen have one-third of the
whole of the tithes.--3. The whole tithes paid to the clergy,
when wheat was £3 18s. 2d. a quarter, far higher thanit is now,
were £1,426,527.185. Old., or less than one million and a half.
—4. If the- tithes were equally divided, each parish cleigyinan •
would have, according to the present .priee of wheat, £l5O a
year. Thii is proved by papers published by Parliament, • and.
these papers came not from the clergy, but from the farmers.--;
.5. There are in England and Wales 1,361 livings underl:lso,
there are 176 livings' under a year, 730 under 1:50 a year,
'1,315 under £BO a year, and 1,963 livings under £lOO a year;
there are not 30 livings in all England worth £2OOO a year;
livings which in high times were Worth £2500 a year, 'are now
worth £l2OO a year.-6. Theie are 4;800 livings where the
clergyman has no house to live in;, of these 3,080 arc under
1:150 a year : can the clergyman build the houses when the
livings are £l5O a year ? Ail the houses are kept in repair by
the Clergy. At this very time £220,000 -has been borrowed by
clergymen, to build or rebuild parsonage-houses.-7. The fees
to the clergy, iu country parishes and country towns, vary
from £3 to *7 on every thousand persons of population. The
..reater part of the fees paid does not belong to the clergy. In
Louden and large towns, where the fees are large, the clergy-
Man has nothing but fees and offerings.-8.• Of the bishoprics
only eleven pay their expenses, and from three of these eleven,
(beside private charities,). the donations and subscriptions are
£3OOO a year each.-9. The number of deaneries, prebenda-
ries, &c., is about 600. • If all the cathedral property was di-
vided, it would not pay £5OO. a year to each. Many prebends
are not worth £l5 a•year; some not worth one penny.-10L If
the income of the parochial clergy, and of the bishops, and the.
cathedral property, were equally divided among the parochial
clergy, it would give barely £2OO a year to each, and out of
this' they would have to pay 400 curates, that is to pay, at least
£300,000 a year.—Manchester Courier.

A. MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.—If we lay out of account
patriotism, public good, and a few 'abstract feelings of the sort,
the real "existence iirwhieh is doubtedby a great proportion of
mankind,-what, after all, is the "lanced good" which a seat
in St. Stephen's brings the possessor ? In the first place, he
has to indirre the labour of a protracted, canvass, to set up his
mind, and principles, if he should 'happen to have any fixed
ones, as the target at whicheverywould-be politician may shoot
his Crude and undigested, 'and impracticable or absurd propo-
sitions 'He has to fee largelya parcel of needy and insatiable
lawyers, and to disburse. thousands on thousands to meet the
enormous dist.of miscellaneous demands. We may speak thus
now of Scotch elections. Formerly promises, patronage, and a
slice ufl'the common money of the state were sufficient; now
hard cash froni the purse of the candidates is the only substi-
tute. Suppose the wished-for seat gained, if the member be a
ninny or of mediocre talent, his very first efforts at speechify-
ingVill be coughed down, his repeated attempts will be voted a
bore, and at past' he 'will be. shuffled and -hustled down, to
a mute for life, with only the•privilege of voting• aye or no at
an occasional division. Suppose him a man of tirst-rate talent,.
or even of good common sense, with active inclinations, he must
either attach himself to a . party or faction, act as they act,
oftener against his 'convictions than with them—or if he
attempts independence; he will have the mortification of finding
hiniself abused or neglected by all, and his most brilliant efforts
or'lest 'intentions thwarted and undermined alike by friends
amid foes. If he attaches himself to the aristocracy, he is hated
and reviled as a tyrant. If he sails for a moment in the stream
of popular applause, he may expect the next to sink into some
fickle 'vortex or whirlpool of their displeasure. If he go in,
bound hand and foot with pledges, he goes a slave—a mere
machine and'puppet. If he retains his freedom, he is constantly
assailed with conflicting and perplexing interests and sugges-
tions. In short, from the days of Solon downwards, the life of
a legislator has been that of vexatious care. We know no
pleasure that a Member of Parliament has but that of flanking
letters, .and this too, may sometimes turn out a pain. There is
some consolation left then for rejected candidates.—Edinburgh
Observer.