The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-21 00:00:00

THE RESULT OF.THE POLLING.

TO 'THE EDITOR 'OF. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SrR =Allow Me to .oingratillate yon on the retitro- of Lord
'Sandon, ."spite of fate",—Ye-s, fate was all settled by the
arbiters of the destinies of the teiNn, on the close of the polling
°II Wednesday, that -the Wltiteehapel member was returned,—
niat the simpkeepers and petty tradesmen "of the borough had
defeated the Merchants and leading gentlemen, and-this wai
such a matter of triumph and 'exultation, that in the fulness of
'heir Soil's,' I was told, the'liaclleals even toasted the King•and
,411, een, and were guilty of other such extravagancieS in -which
`4e Tories were accustomed only to indulge. _Letters werOn-
,d to convey the -glad -tidingsthrough the land, franked by
'le titular M. P. for Liverpool. But, oh! vdna spe's !
ttq's sun set upon these green horns, never, I trust, to be again
°) exalted above their fellows. Instead of the loitgleading
ttole that,was already in type, "redolent of joy," and fustian;
the Mercury's numerous readers of FriLY, lauding the con-
qtlet of the free and independent electors to, the skies,.the la-
ente.ble result of Thursday's proceedings is squeezed into a
'4liryinose diatribe of a span's length, about "bare-facedbrib-
•'q," and the "proud and honourable position" in which his
defeated champion stands in contrast with his opponent's, "bad
ttkinence"—" proud -position"—l don't .envy him. What a
%sable doivii from •the elevation of Wednesday night; to the
depth of Thursday's disappointment-!Snch generalship—laud-
i4g Itir. Ewari's praises—" splitting to him all. their votes,". by
\?4jeli he became " uumovably fixed at the head of the. poll"—,
my, ,thunder,). their, security in. delaying the prospective
advance of their opponent's force by the scurvy trick of admi-
444tering the bribery oath; all this cleverness, generosity, and
41axtceavering; tb find themselves" in the minority was- a
! Whoh I saw them marching to the hustings 'on
'Vednesday morning with their green. leaves and branches, I
I 'qhought that " Bilnam wood was come toDunsinane," and
ttiat the forces of Lord Sandon. had need to dread the fulfilment
`'!some portentons, predication. it has proved brit a " weak
'4ventionOf the enemy." The cloud has passed, over, and all
again is sunshine. • •
" Sure of it!" -" Ten guineas for a hat!" " Three guineas
"it a black cat !" " Four -pounds for a canary:lbird !" Most
N7eq voices ! I suppose these spoke from experience, and.
kk right:glad that their castors, grimalkins and.canaries met
Profitable a market. SUre of it: "As they came up to the
c'oths,". says the Mercury, from whom I am gaming, "their
!'tetnal appearance proved that they were advocates of the
independent cause ;", and truly it did.. But it seems Mr. Ew-
14t:l's friends did not like -to "march through Coventry -with
441," as they were seen "canvassing niost strenuously for
Sandon :" a circumstance that did not escape the notice
tk Liner, in the Journal, who, alarmed lest Mr. Ewart,

. . .
;'4ould injure his popularity by such indiscreet conduct on the
'?art of his friends, hints that they. should keep.their enthusiasm
44 restraint. Such masters ever are the people; and they who
414 subject to their dominatiOn and Caprice, are in the situation
tit the " toad under the harrow, when every tooth gave him a
'i114." And what do these gentlemen, who go cap in hand to
e multitude when it serves their purpose, say of them when
,i,'ey are not their obedient ready ministers? TWo of the orators,
14 the report of the magniloquent harangues upon the balcony
:t the Union Inn, are said to have designated them as "drunken
''4B abonds," "drunken blackguards." One of these gratuitous
*49ellers of the elector's of Liverpool reminds me of a wooden
IklApet, that will squeak aud.throw its arms About in any cause,
4114 on any platform where you may Choose to set it up.
"Lord Sandon shall never be -chaired—there will be blood-
ed if Sandon is chaired;" another sample-of the feeling of the
4
yton-square mob. Hear this, ye who talk- so loudly about
Freedom disenthrahnent; and emancipation—hear this—" blood-
`itcd if Sandon be :chaired," and by: whom- is it to be shed ?
,I,‘Thy, the: r` orderlies," as Another peaceable
;orator calls them,
• t ghting for high principles."- "IVfr. 'rhornely'S committee did
NA give one sixpence, one glass of ale, .or a single ribbon on
flii
8 occasion," and, if not; why? As• the lawyer's say,. "they
'lid
119 t, want such
_baubles to iodnce :the ffeemen and electors
lPhier p their duty ;" in their absence, then, I presume that they
', and where is Mr. T y,. hornel he ? An echo answers,
w re.
,
. , .
h A Word or two respecting the shopkeepers, whom the 'link
414 green interest ficiast Of having, with very fqw exceptions,
(and those of course intimidated,) given their unbiassed suf-
frages in aid of their cause. Are .not the commercial interests
'1(1 greatness of Liverpool of, the.most paramount importance
i-4 them? and who are the most proper judges of the fitness of
t4ose to whose care they should be consigned ? Of what ad-
1>
. fltage can' it be to them to league with the enemies of our
e°l•
"Porate estate; join a party of domiciled strangers iii resist-
-8 the payment of dues by which they are enabled to improve
, beautify the town ? Do they' not know that that question
/talleuld never have been stirred in, had the council granted the
rteedornof the borough to those prime movers of the agitation;
Ithowould have pocketed the.difference or.aecounted for it to a
r°!e.g.ii, correspondent, to the injury of the place where they
a"ide and by whose prosperity they thrive ? I hope better of
'-'l.e • shopkeepers ; but reserve for another opportunity some.
remarks I have to make on their conduct. The Poll-book will
determine how the votes and parties actually stand, and will
tiv •
, e 1",8e to much and serious discussion.. Enough at present
',tont yours, ac.. .
"II December, 1839
„,„......± -,. . . FIDELIS.

t;tbAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—Extract of a letter from Sinum's-bat dated
ober 26 :—" By his Majesty's ship Isis, which reached this bay
'lthe 27th ult., we learn the loss of the Borneo whaler, at the north
point of the Mozambique Channel. It appears that on the. 22d of
p at half-past 10 o'clock in the evening, the Borneo struck on an
tt;iltriown coral shoal, in. 12. 14, south, long. 46. 7. east ; all efforts
L.Ret her off proved ineffectual, and the officers and crew left her in
(71ats, with what water and provisions they could pick uP, in haste.
Ciptain Ross,doctor, and one seaman, reit:tallied on the wreck
hjlltig the night, and in the morning finding it impossible to continue,
ylveered the only, remaining boat to
when
away., Captain Ross and the
pathad no sooner got into; it when a sea struck and knocked the
pr„t to pieces; Captain Ross Was pulled out of the water by the hair
the head, completely exhausted ; the seaman being a better swim-
in reached the boats also. The doctor lowered himself from Ihe
"-Doom end into one Of the boats, and all being now clear they stood
the island of Johanna, then about 100 miles off, short of water
17 provisions, whee they reached the third day after. Had not the
~,73 to at thenisland, it is more than probable that all of them
Ould have perished, as this place was unhealthy, six having died on
Ord the Isis, and 14 have been placed in the naval hospital."-
I.oo.thire'Telekraph.
MASSACRE OF A SHIP'S CREW.—It is with unfeigned regret
o,,lia:ve learned, -by the Lady Rowena, Russell, which left
7utley on the 2nd Nov., 1830, and arrived, with 600 barrels of
14 oil on board, on. Wednesday last, that the crew of the
IA Oldham, of London, has been massacred at Wallis Island
the natives. The particulars of the case are but imper-
ty known, but we have gleaned the following scanty de
V.l4:—lt would appear that the greater part of Wallis Island
been reduced to subjection by George Minini, a native of
pt. Otou, and a.partieular friend of the American traders. Being
Is4ll enterprising. disposition, he had become owner of a fourth
brt of an American schooner, the Chinchilla, which was ern-
16°Yed in gathering beche-le-mer among the islands of the
,4eific. His exactions and oppressive' conduct, however, had
f:eited the hostile feelings of the natives, and having found a
ourable opportunity, they attacked him and put, him to
death. This event had taken place a short time . before the
4,ttival of the Caledonia, with Captain Browning, when carried
C 437 by the pirates from Moreton Bay. The natives Icing
tare of the feelings the Americans would 'entertain when
learned the death of their friend, were at, that period
fh4king strenuous preparations for defending themselves against
eir attacks, should the Americans visit the island to revenge
death of their confederate. It is supposed that the Oldham
made her appearance during the time the natives were in
L 1,3 state of excitement, and as they could make no distinction
'ween the natives of countries so widely separated in dis-
-14 ,'ee, but whose appearance was the same, they had fallen
tro them by stratagem, and had cut them off to a man. What
14eatts were employed to lull suspicion to sleep, and to effect
tte Inurderous pur
n epd .—ose,
Sydney or wha
Herald,t has become of the ship, has
t been ascertai. •

*pipping liiititigtite;,

TUESDAY, 18th December.—Noon, Wind N.W.—Pair,

ARRIYED.—Prkty. La4s, Turner, from Africa, (sailed 12th Oct.) ;
New:York, Hoxie, New York, (sailed Ist inst.) ,• William Pitt, .0;i17
tie, St. John's, N.B. ; Lucy, —, Oporto ; Der Lowe,' Zwenzien;
from itiQa•
• Neptune, Jansehn, hence at Havana.
Grecian, Prince, hence at New Orleans.
. Ajax, Mem, hence al New York.
Charles Wharton, Yorke; and Carroll, of Carroltown, Bird, hence
at •Philadelphia. • • • .
Apollo, Thompson, hence- at Portsmouth, N.H.
Congress, Holmes, and Edward, Wyer, hence at Portland, U.S.

Nand;Youlig, hence at Newlnify-port.
Janet,jacobs anti Halifax, Finlay, hence at Halifax.
Ant, Pye, hence at St. John% N.B.
Celt,- Munroe, from Derrierara at Dublin.

Agnes,. hence'for Cape Haytian, (sailed 14th inst.) put back. .
. The 'William Booth, Lynchery,•bound to this port,- (timber-laden),
was stranded on the coast of Galway ;. she was disrdasted and water-
logged--creW sailed. • •
Miranda, from Demerara., was driven on shore last night, during a
heavy gale, in Bootle Bay. She has been got off, but is very leaky
and had seven feet water in her hold..
Bob Logic, Champion; hence for Newfoundland, (sailed sth Oct.)
put into Milford on 15th inst., with her Tilainniast sprung, stancheons,
bulvt•nrks and head partly carried away, covering board split, and the
Cato supposed to be-wet. •

WEDNESDAY, 19th December.—,Noon, Wind'N.W.—Fair.

Aartiven.,—Ariaane, Arnold, from Quebec ; Treasurer, Lowrie,
from Messina ; Fllen, Foss,. Lisbon ; t'erseverance, 'Lenin, Ostend ;
Lawrence, Gill, from Demerara, (sailed 16th November.) The Sea_
forth was to sail in seven days for this. port, On 22ud.Nov, passed
Barbados, and exchanged numbers with the Barton and lieighington,
in Carlisle Bay.. On 15th inst., off Cape Clear,. spoke the Quebec
Packet, hence for Barbados. On 17th inst., • oil' Wicklow, spoke the
Amity, hence for Charlestdn.
Dyson, 'Stewart, hence at io•Janeiro, in 50 days.
Monk, Monk, hence at Gibraltar.
Calypso, Scarpato ; and Immanuel, Mart, hence at Varignano.
Arabian, Boult, from Calcutta at 8ri5.1,411.

Edward Jost ph, Delaforge, from the Charente at Whitehaven.
Lady Cornwall, Luseombe, from Megsina at Belfagt.
The gary, of_anci-for Liverpool, front Limeriek-,- which as on Ante
at the entrance of Campbeltown Harbour, drove higher up and must
-digeharge part of hercargo, -