The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-11 00:00:00

'NE REVENUE.—There is a small decrease on the quarter
141 a triiiing increase on the year. The increase on the year
kainly attributable to the fact, that it was 23 days longer than
last, owinc, to the new arrangements of taking the accounts.
Ithe income `Of these days werededucted, the year would exhi-
Ilt a deficiency; hut taking it as it is, there is nothing cheering
11 the accounts. Last year was one of abundant produce, and
Was the 17th year of peace, and yet we have a decline upon
revenue which has for three years exhibited deficiency after
,%ciency. The year ending Jan. 5, 1832, exhibited a decrease
the preceding one, of £3,8-1,175; and that ending Jan. 5,
.4, a, decrease.of £640,450. The year just ended is therefore
IN than that which closed two years ago, by a sum exceeding
'"r *zillions.

The unlucky Air. Jeremie had an intervie.w with Viscount
'sderich at the Colonial-office. M. Jeremie embarked about
Iliouth ago on board a vessel for the Mauritius : the vessel
!S been detained off the coast by unfavourable winds, and has
`4lraed to port, owing to stress of weather:
•ka. inquest was held on Friday last, at Rochester, on the
:'qY of General Lewis, of the Royal Marines, eighty years of
P, who in a squabble with his drunken housekeeper suddenly
'll dead. The Jury found a verdict " Died by, the visitation
God, of apoplexy produced by excitement' It appeared
rat the old.gentleman had been often advised to discharge the
klago, but in the exercise of a false benevolence he would not

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Alamhel Kay, a very respectable butcher and farmer,
, found murdered, on Thursday evening week, about
41ile from his own house, near East Retford. He had been
, eding the market at Bawtry, and was on his way home in
' cart, which the horse brought home without him. The
Irderer had cut the throat of his victim, and rifled his pockets
his watch and money. No clue has yet been found likely to
'4l to the discovery of the assassin ; several persons had been
,r)rehended on suspicion, but were liberated.
•k meeting of landowners and farmers was held on Saturday
'4ilight, at Ashurst, in Kent, at which a petition to Parlia.-
tit against tithes was brought forward by Mr. Saxby, of Ash-
st Manor-house, and agreed to. It is to be presented to the
Ee fornied House of Commons, bv
KingsMesrs. Hodges and Rider,
county members; and Lord will be requested to pre-
kt a similar one to the House of Lords. The ground of the
tition is, the Irish Tithe Relief Bill; and it prays that the
L Ildowners of England may be placed on the same footing as
I,
Yse of Ireland. The tithes in the parish of Ashurst are taken
I ki4d.

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YDROPHOBIA.—A case of this fearful malady has just oc-
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hAlle4 in this town. The sufferer is a fine girl, about eight
'ears of age, who was thrown down and severely injured in
'e face and other places, on her way home from school, by a
4g belonging to J. Furniss, Esq., of Belle-Vue, which exhibit-
' decithict rabid symptoms. The dog is supposed to have bitten
7eral animals ' • it atterwards flew at the child's father, who is
farmer-man to Mr. Furniss, and inflicted some smart scratches
ture he could chain it up. The child's wounds were soon
'L'led; but, on Tuesday afternoon, after au interval of about
months, she became seriously ill, and the medical gentle-
t'n who were called in pronounced it a decided case of hydro-
gobia. She Was still lingering on Wednesday under all the
;)rrifyink symptoms of this dreadful disease, without any chance
~' recovery, 'the dog was destroyed soon after the accident oc-
'itred.—Sheifield Courant.

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—It is with deep feelings of regret
fat we have to announce the sudden death' of Mr. -1-lallen, of
olverhampton. He was engaged in marking off the names
the burgesses who voted, and on leaving the Horse and
i',ekey, in Bilston-street, with a party of Mr. Whitmore's
',lQn.ds, he was assailed by a volley of stones, one of which
kiLs,ed close by his bead, and struck one of the committee.
Hallll Hallenen was heie taken suddenly ill and could not proceed.
i, the magistrate, kindly lent him his horse, but he had
sooner been placed with difficulty upon it, than he fell on
horse's neck, and when an attempt war made to put him in
[l(:oach that was passing, it was found that he had expired.
r„e Was 75 years of age, and, although he had-complained of
,e°leness a few days before, he appeared in good health at the
`4e- " I have no doubt" writes a correspondent, "that the
rto he felt at te a and of an infuriated
%Lob
4 must have been oneppearance threats
of the chief causes of his lamented

bk DISTRESSING SCENE was witnessed a day or two ago at
~ ,
Bide Mon. A French governess, about `44 years of age, of con-
ta,able personal attractions, was missing frum a.most respec-
),ele establishment at the west end. Toe first tiding! of her
ti're, that about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the day in ques-
,ll the voice of a female was heard in the Roman Catholic
ki'aPel in High-street, and the sound was so peculiar as to
tz tract the passers-by to the spot. On opening the chapel the
ilfertunate lady was seen in a state of great excitement, talk-
,,, rapidly and incoherently; blood was flowing profusely from
tii.r mouth, occasioned by her having torn down a bed and
I I rust into her mouth, and thus forced out three of her teeth.
~this condition she was taken away and put to bed. A surgeon
t11S; called Tunaounced her insane, and she has since been
tsl4._oved to a ic asylum. We under Stand that she ac-
14qed some fishermen on the cliff, at six o'clock in the morn-
-1,,,6, requesting them to kiss a cross which was suspended from
1,11; heck, and on their refusing she became very importunate.
i '3' at length acceded to her wish, and two or three of them
ksed the cross, upon which she walked away apparently well
gt.`„tisfied. She went home about ten o'clock that morning: in
reat dishabille, and left the house again at eleven, remaining
L till she was discovered. By what means she obtained ad-
ill
,411 Ce to the chapel is not known. Her parents reside iu
a "r's, and are said to be very respectable. -
t.I3EATEI IN WIIITECROSS-STREET PRISON.—Lewis Roberts
~,,, arrested when on a sick bed, in the last stage of pulmonary
lqie,,Liniption, and remorselessly committed to prison, where he •
e' eh Monday last. His wife watched his death-bed with
kinplary solicitude. The excellent Mr. Barrett, the governor, .
1 his accustomed goodness, even offered money to pay the
'Let, but the creditor, Robotham, of King's Head-court, f.:Shoe-
jte, refused all offers of compromise.. The sum was 41. 55.,
eats of a running account: the ruthless creditor heaped up
Os to 16/. The debtor was dying; his generous employer,
i.r. Hansard,
.printer to Parliament, had sent him 5/. This
,1Q wretched wife offered on her knees, and with tears, but in
at;,iii; the Poor man was dragged to prison, and, though every
tention there possible was paid him, a more merciful creditor
tined his debt to nature, and the ruffian persecutor loses the
~etiey he valued more than mercy, and must have some bitter
.`tections to begin his year with. The verdict of the jury
5•,4----" Died by the visitation of God."—Lendon Pokers.—We
ter glad to perceive that a subscription is likely to ta.ke place
1,. toe widow and family of Lewis Roberts, whose unfeeling
‘Varceration for the sum of 161. proved a sentence of death.
hatever may be said in defence of the Law of Arrest in a
eannescial country, not a word can be advanced in support of
4reess so summary as that by which the life of the above
lien
„ball). was sacrificed. The creditor, we learn from the
kealth of his debt Iwrit.eu to
an sdtate that he kneW not of the state of
, as we are told, blames the bailiff. It
,has not, however-the fault of the bailiff that an unhappy
41.11 an being was torn away from his wife and family to tan-,
1;1sh in a jail, who, by his willingness to give all he could raise,
,itheed that poverty and ill-health alone precluded the payment
sswilat he °wed- By the way, is there no redress for the loss
a. life in this manner ?—Globe.
45,111 ROBERT PEEL—The report is, that the office of Colo-
hpit Secretary has been offered to Sir Robert Peel. Of course,
t..otier the rescinding of the Order in council, Lord Gcderich
14114 not well retain the department; and we apprehend
„.itt Mr. Stanley's manly avowal of the fears of government,
',.cl the necessity of tory support, will get him into some sort
4; .serape with his colleagues, and' hinder the coMpletion of. the
ISOngercient which we some months ago noticed; 'and under
kb, he was to have filled, the. office. . As to the genuineness
't ti
8, le report, we presume to say .nothing; much leas can we
1,2 as to Sir R. Peel's answer, supposing such an offer to have
i5,',,11 made; but we think we could venture the largest bet small
illtiehs can make—their lives, that the reply to such a proposi-
k,;(4l would be as honourable' to 'Sir.Psobert Peel as the oiler
/si,.„t be moan and sneaking .frem the tottering reptct.i.n!.
14' -tiobert Peel has, we kuow, incurred a character tor fles4l-•
44 ef principle, because he suddenly. changed his opinions
tll,ll the odious popery question; but the day.may come when
srsecret shall be known ; and it will be found that, acting. .
stt. the influence of the greatest man of our day, supported by
%r°lllla, tion which could not 'suffered to transpire at the time,
tshi Itobert Peel could .not refuse to accede to a proposition
pis eh eircumstatrces rendered imperative. It might have been
bat ,a Well (if it could have been done), to .have fought the
• sv tie then which must, now be speedily fought. That, how-
, 141 s is past ; and no subsequent action of Sir Robert Peel's
, 4rf 3,llstities the supposition, that strong, and sudden, and yow-
lliell„' as the change of his views upon that vital question was,
the ''as actuated by any but the best,, the. most honourable, and
tl , Most humane feelings. 'When Sir Robert Peel becomes
qi(i'pnial Secretary tuader.Lorsl Grey, we. may, perhaps, forma
sljterent opinion of him; we at present believe thathis honour-
-41. e feelings will overcome those of humanity, and however
th`leh. he may pity the follies of some of the .Caninet, or despise
hebllnpertinence of others, he neVer will lend the Power ot his
t 4,,, le talent and the exalted respectability of his private cha-
ta meter to holster up the present half-silly haif-cracked govern-
nt.---'John Bull.

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