The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-11 00:00:00

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Hop DUTY.—The hop duty for the present year has just been.
declared, and exceeds the expectations of the trade ; the amount
i§ £139,018 4s. 3d. old duty.
We understand that Sir George Cockburn is to have the
West India command, vacant by the death of Sir Edward Grif-
fith Colpoys, K.C.B. Sir George will go out in the Vernon
frigate:
WESTMORLAND—VOTERS IN THE COUNTY.—We believe the
number of registered votes in the county is somewhere near
4;400, 'namely., about 2400 for the East and West Wards, and
near 2000 in the. Kendal and Lorisdale Wards. In the Kendal
Ward 1603, and in the Lonsdale something short of 400.-4
Westmorland Gazette.

A RuSsian officer arrived in London on Wednesday by the
Hamburg steam vessel, who was the bearer of important de-
spatehes from St. Petersburg for the Russian Embassy. He
travelled with' the utmost expedition by land, but, owing to the
boisterouS state of the weather, the packet was delayed Much'
beyond her regular time. He left the Russian citadel on the
.214 Ult.
The Dutch papers received on Thursday were brought by
the General Steanirnavigation Company's mail-packet, the
Sir Edward BankS, Which arrived off the Custom-house from
Botterdam at half-paSt three o'clock, p.m. The report by the
passengers is; that a party of the • French having made an at-
tack on the:Tete de Fiandres, the Dutch had opened the sluices,
and the French party, being exposed to the tire from the bat-
.tery and,the.guit-boats, had been obliged to surrender. On the
'arrival of. the Sir Edward Banks last Saturday at Helvoetsluys,
the reception was very different from that experienced by the
same 'vessel on former occasions, and even on the last. voyage.
One of the passengers,_ while standing at the door of the inn,
seas nearly hit on the head by bricks, &c., being thrown at hint;
this-treatment made him quickly leave the house, and take
.shelter on. board the steam-vessel.
The'CoUrtCircular of this morning does not notice the meet-
ing of ministers, to which we alluded yesterday. Such a meet-
i!ig di, nevertheless, take place, and ministers have again been
in Comiuunication during the greater part of the day. It is
stated in qualters which are usually well informed, that the ac-
tmil commencement of hostilities between the French and
Dutch has occasioned serious misunderstandings among the
mciiibets of the Cabinet—the party disinclined to war having
tii'slierto been prevented from acting in active opposition by the
assurances of Lord Palnaerston and his friends that no lighting
woud take place. Another suggestion says, that Lord Pal-.
merston has been forced into the war by the intrigues and im-
portunities. of Lord Durham, who has long been ambitious of
possessing the seals of the Foreign Office. Another meeting
of the Cabinet will be held this.evening, at which the, members
within reach, it is expected, will attend.—Londoit Standard, of
Thursday.

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On Sunday morning the bans of not less than sixty couples
were published in our parish church.—Brighton Gazette.
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STACK BURNING.—We regret to have to record that this
deed of darkness and crime has displayed itself in the quiet
agricultural district of Low Furness. On Sunday night last
some deluded wretch set fire to a haystack standing in a field
near Dalton, and belonging to Mr. John Paxton. The stack
was
entirely
destroyed, and that it was the work of an incen-
diary there is not a shadow of doubt. A reward of £5O has been
offered for the, discovery of the offender- If detected, we hope
the last penalty of the law will be inflicted, as a warning to
others to shun so detestable a crime.—Westmorland Gazette.

DEATH FROM DRINKING OVERPROOF WHISKEY.—Last night
an inquest was held at the London Hospital, on the body of
Mr. John Barrett, clerk in the London Docks. Cornelius
Driscoll, employed in the Docks, said deceased was a respecta-
ble farmer's son, and heir to a large property in Gloucester.
The preceding day he was in company with four young men,
and they all drank a quantity of overproof pure whiskey, which
they procured by means of a reed from a puncheon in the
Docks; shortly afterwards he was found. in a. state of insensibi-
lity, and was taken to the Hospital, where Mr. Simons, a
surgeon, applied the stomach pump, but without avail, deceased
dying in a few hours. Mr. Williams said he examined the body
alter death, and, on applying a candle to the contents of the sto-
mach, they immediately ignited. The coats of the stomach
were completely destroyed. It appeared that the young man
was married, and his widow said she would be plunged into the
greatest distress, as her husband had not made a will, and the
whole of the estates would, therefore. go to strangers.—Verdict,
Accidental Death." One of the other young men has since
died from the effects of the liquor. The others have recovered.

THE CHURCH.—The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bi-
shop of London are taking measures for augmenting all the
small livings in their gift, not limiting them to 1.:200 as the
point to which they are to be augmented, but beginning with
those under £2OO, and augmenting them partly by charging the
see with an immediate payment of a certain annual sum, and
with a further payment to commence at the end of 14 years af-
ter the first renewal of the lease under which the estate upon
Which the payment is charged is holden. The Archbishop,
upon the next renewal of the leases, will make an abatement in
the fines, proportioned to the payment which will be chargeable
on the estates ; and, by the end of the present year, the Bishop
of London will have augmented all the livings in his gift under
£2OO a year, of which, however, there are only eight ' • and,
therefore, it is his intention, when he has gone through them
all, to begin again,_ and raise them gradually to £3oo.—British
Magazine.—The Rev. W. Courthope, rector of Brenchley, at
his late tithe audit, made a very considerable reduction in his
tithes. proportionate to the blightedcrops and other losses which
the farmers have sustained.-Bussex Advertiser.—The delay in
filling up the living of St. Olave's Jewry arises from the Bishop
of London insisting upon the residence of the proposed incum-
bent.—Globe.

IRELAND.

A HINT.—Rev. Mr. O'Driscoll hal received a notice that
he may prepare his coffin, if he seek for tithes in the county
Kildare.

QUEEN'S COUNTY.—The spirit of intimidation and outrage
is proceeding with the most daring recklessness throughout this
c ounty.—Leinster Express.
EXCLUSIVE DEALING.—The system of exclusive dealing is
in force at Youghall, to the special injury of two Protestant
merchants. The merchants have had a meeting, and offered a
reward for the incendiaries who promptedthe farmers not to sell
.them corn.

COUNTY KILKENNY.—The accounts from Kilkenny are la-
mentable in the extreme. The papers and private letters detail
outrages of the most aggravated. nature. On Sunday night up-
wards of 20 houses were visited by the insurgents, and almost
in every instance the occupiers were deprived of their arms.—
Warder.

We learn from the Dublin papers received to-day, that the
county of Kilkenny has at length been placed under the " Peace
Preservation Act. The acounts we have every day from Ire-
land are such, that we anticipate this proceeding must soon
be a general one. Its present state is a national scandal.—
Globe of Thursday.
KING'S COUNTY.—Five murders, or attempts to murder,
have taken place within the last fortnight, in the neighbourhood
of Tullamore; and the Protestant Freeholders have been inti-
midated from registrating their votes. The system of intimida-
tion is complete, and now attempted to be extended to the judges
of the land.—lbid.

DUEL.—A hostile meeting took place between Mr. Blenner-
hassett, of Ballyseedy, county Kerry, and Mr. Maurice o',Cou-
nell at Tralee,on Friday last. It appears that Mr. O'Connell
attacked Mr. Blennerhassett on account of something relating
to the canvass of the county, and the result was an almost im-
mediate meeting at which three shots were exchanged. The
principals were then withdrawn by their friends.
The Drogheda Journal states, that an attack was made on
Wednesday, by the peasantry, on a small party of police that
had been detached from a large force of military au d police en-
gaged in the collection of tithes. Two of the peasantry were;
kilted, and a policeman who endeavoured to reach the main •
body, for the purpose of informing them of the dangerous situ-
ation of his comrades was shot dead by one of the insurgents.
MR.P'CONNELL.—The O'Connell rent, we are well informed,
is collecting vigorously in this country at present. It was pub-
lished from the altar of a chapel not many miles distant from.
this town,ion Sunday, the 11th inst., that government had offer-
ed Mr. O'Connell the weight of himself of gold, but .that he
indignantly refused to betray his country :—" from £5 to sd.
per head is the tax," said the speaker, and the poor people gave
theio money most cheerfully, rather than lose the Liberator.—:
Fermanagh Reporter.
A very numerous meeting of the Privy* Council assembled
yesterday, and declared they county of Kildare under the pro-
visions of the " Peace Preservation Act." This proceeding
has been rendered necessary by the state of disturbance in that
county, which has been permitted to assume a dangerous
character, owing, we greatly fear, to the carelessness and
pusillanimity of the gentry, The disturbances in the county of
Clare and the Queen's comity, were completely put down by the
exhibition of courage, and a determination to assert the supre-
macy of,the law. '1 lie respectable and intelligent classes in
the county of Kilkenny wilt have to blame themselves if they,
y emit the lawless and evil-disposed to riot with impunity.--
Ile Government has shown every readiness togive theirutmost
assistance to preserve the public peace, and to protect the lives
and property of the well-disposed.—Dublin Times.