The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-12-22 00:00:00

NORTH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ELECTION

The polling commenced on Friday morning, and at the early
hour of one o'clock the contest was, in point of fact, virtually
decided. At the close of the poll on that day the numbers were
as follows:
. • Mr. Maunsell
Mr. Hanbury llOB

• Majority first day
SECOND DAY.
Final close of the poll.
Maunsell 1852
Banbur•v 12.55

Giving to the Coneervative candidate a final majority of 597
over Mr. Hanbury, supporter of.the-Melbourne administration.

DUTY ON TALLOW.

The following letter appeared in a late number of our Lon
don contenaporary and namesake :

TO THE EDITOR OF THZ STANDARD.

Fui nival's Inn

Sic,-1 am a plain practical man. I have thought a good
deal about a practical mode of relieving the landowner and far-
mer. More I think is to be done by a detailed attention to the
various interests of the agricultural community, than by any
sweeping measure for altering the standard, or the issuing of
Exchequer bills. A farmer draws his income from his grain,
or his grass. Grain, God knows, gives little enough, and I don't
know very well how to make it give more whilst we produce as
much as we du, and no doubt wheat lands must some of them
be thrown up. Why should we not then turn our attention to
grass—from arable to pasture land ?
First then. I would ask, why so large an-importation of Ras-
sian tallow should be allowed at so low a duty, as it now comes
in at? If that duty were raised (ruin three pounds to ten pounds
a ton, evety man's stock through the country would be im-
proved, and to an extent beyond what appears at first sight.
It appears that Russia sends us annually about 50,0(X) tons of
tallow; and it appears from the inquiries.l have recently made
in the city, of tallow brokers, that the United K ingdoui produces
about double this quantity annually, or 100,000 tons. All this
home foreign produce is consumed in the making of soap
and caudles, and more might be produced if it were encouraged
as it ought to be.
Now, I agree with Lord Stanhope, who says, " protect the
labourer." My plan will not hurt him. I also agree with all
agriculturists, who say the manufacturing interests and ours are
one. My plan will not hurt them. It is simply this :—Get rid
of the tax on soap, and put the tax on tallow. The consumers
of soap and candles are the same iudividuals, so they won't be
injured by the transfer. If they lose upon tallow, they will gain
upon soap. So much for the consumer. As for the manufac•
turer, if he gets a high duty oft he will see his trade extend ;
and, at all events, he gets rid of the interference of the excise,
and we all know what that is in the mater of malt. So much
fur the soap maker.
Then we come to the farmer, and what shall we gain; Why
clearly, as we only go abroad for what we cannot get at home,.
if we raise the price of-that, we raise the price at home of home
tallow, or, whet is the same thing, we make our stock worth
more. If, therefore, we tax this foreign tallow as I propose, and
should only raise our own but half the amount of the new tax,
it will be 1.15 on 100,000 tons, or half a million per annum in
our favour, and benefit all classes—the consumer, for at least he
saves the expense of the excise; the manufacturer, for he gets
rid of it; and the farmer, who God knows, needs it.
I am, Sir, your humble servant,
A FARMER'S FRIEND.

THE ANCIENT BARONS.

(FOR THS LIVSRFOOL STANDARD.)

The ancient barons of the land
Composed a haughty ring,
When—mail on breast and blade in hand—
They stood before the King;
And, dauntless in their country's cause,
Their high resolve avowed—
"We will•not,that old England's laws
Be changed by king or crowd!
tt In other lands, with slightest shock,
The civil fabric falls;
In ours, eternal as the rock,
It rears it massive walls
A barrier to convulsion forms, •
Firm as our island's shore,
Which has rolled back ten thousand storms,
And will ten thousand more!
" To guard its towers, from age to age,
Our sires their last have We/tilled;
To us, as our best heritage,
It was by them bequeathed:
And mark us, sire ! to its defence
Our arms and lives are vowed—
Nor shall it fall by tyrant prince,
Nur yet by rebel crowd!" R. S.

LONDON GAZET7'E.-FRIDAY, DEC. 18.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.

William Harbridge, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, livery-stable-keeper.

BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED,

William Frederick Ogilvy, Oxford-street, grocer, from Dec. 25, to
Dee. 29.

Thomas Painell. Plymouth, draper, from Dee. 25, to Jan. I 1.
William Llewellyn, Cow-cross, West Smithfield, Loudon, iron4oun-
der, from Dec. 25, to Jan. 11.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
John Pym Biackmore, Morrice Town, Devonshire, attorney-at-law.

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET.

.41FIIS present TUESDAY, the 22d, WEDNESDAY, the
1 23d, and THURSDAY the 24th instant, will be repeated , •
the ,Performances of Mondav'Evening,which was received witl,
the Most enthusiastic approbation.
On which occasion those popular Vocalists,
The Misses SMITH,
(Nieces of the celebrated Miss STErnENs,)
Mr: SMITH, also Mr. BYNGE,
(Pupil of J.E. Loder, Esq.,) will make their second appearance.
The performances will commence with a new Drama, called
THE SISTERS.
Fanny Miss Smith,„.../
(In which character she will Sing, "Lo! here tbegentle.lark.°)
Jane Miss Julia Smith,
(With the popular Cavatina, "I've Ven roaming.")
orster r.Bynge,
(In which he will introduce, "The rolishall cease to blow.")
The Misses Smith will sing' 'nly pretty page."
After which a laughablenteriude, called
PERSONATION; •
oR, THE TITO SONS.
To be followed by a CitNCERT, in which Mr. and the Miss',
Smith as Mr. Bynge will appear. • .
Particulars in the Bills of the day.
To conclude with a new Farce, translated from the 'French,
entitled
THE IMPOSSIBLE MARRIAGE.
Prices as usual.—Places for the Boxes to be had of Mr. Fngg,
from Eleven till Three.—Doors to open at Half-past Six, Cur-
tain to rise at Sea+en.—A limited number of Season tickets to
be disposed of. -

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We beg to acknowledge a letter from the Rev. Thomas Hinde,
of Winwick, enclosing the following subscriptions for the
Irish clergy :
Rey. Th'miles Hinde, Winwick £3 0
Mrs. Hinde, ditto
Mrs. Chadwick, ditto

*** Friday next being Christmas Day, we beg to in
form our subscribers and the public that the STANDARD
OFFICE will be closed at the early hour of half past
ten o'clock in the morning. The STANDARD et that
day will, howeter, be on sale at the news-offices of
Messrs. Willmer and Smith, Church. street ; Mr.
Arnold, Posfidfice-place ; and at Mr. Pub he's,
6, Marybone.

tibtrpool et-tanZiarb.,'
TUESDAY HORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1835.

According to the Morning Chronicle thesidrm bill
has produced a new race of animals itere centre of
England—animals that in former times were called Pa-
triots, and were considered as belonging to the intelli-
gent classes, but which are now termed swine Yes, of
a verity, the Morning Chronicle has made this grand
discovery I The yeomanry of Northamptonshire, who,
when they returned members of the House of FM'.
WILLIAM to parliament, were held in high estimation by
the whig press, as intelligent and independent men, have
recently sunk down to the level of senseless brutes'.
They hat;e returned Mr. MAUNSELL, the conservative, as
their reprsSentative in the House of Commons—they
have rejected Mr. HANBURY, the whig—they have dared
to think for themselves and disobey the mandates of the
whig aristocracy, and, therefore, they are nothing better,
than herds of
The ministerial journal to which we allude, in de-
scribing the conduct of the electors of Northampton-
shire in the contest which has ended so happily and tri-
umphantly, publishes the following as if from a corre-
spondent :
"The liberal interest has, I regret to say, suffered a defeat
to-day, which no efforts that can be made to-morrow will be
able to repair. No artifice has been left untried, no influence
been-withheld, no chicanery neglected by the tory party;
and the glorious result is, that Mr. Maunsell is placed at the
head of the poll by the most ignorant, drunken, and brutal
electors in these kingdoms, who have been treated and fed, and
driven up to the poll the whole day, like herds of swine!.'!"

Those who win can 'afford to laugh at vulgar in-
solence such as this; but it teaches a lesson which is full
of valuable instruction. 'The whigs have so long ridden
rough-shod ever the electors of Northamptonshire, and
its representatives have for so many years been the mere.
nominees of the houses of WENTworru, SPENCER, and
RUSSELL, that they lose their temper, and forget the
common courtesies of life, simply because they cannot
endure defeat. But defeated, signally defeated, the
whigs have been, and they must submit to the conse-
quences with just as much or as little fortitude and resig-
nation as they please. The drama of Devonshire has
been reacted' at Kettering, and poor Mr. HASltunir bas
played his part quite as well as dia Lord JOHN RUS'SELL•
The beer is all sour-but they must drink it to the very
dregs.
There are two points connected with this conservative
victcry which it is our duty to hold in remembrance.

Ist. Mr. HANBURY, the whig candidate, knowing the
prevailing feeling, dared not meet the electors on the
hustings without' disclaiming all connection with the
Irish rebel, and declaring, in the inost unequivocal terms,
that he hated O'CONNELL !

2d. By the admission of the whips the reform bill is,
morally and politically, as far as they are concerned, a
decided failure.

We say nothing as to Mr. HANBURY'S motives in pub-
licly expressing his hatred of O'CONNELL. It is enough
to be assured of the fact; for no sane man would make
anysuch confession unadvisedly, or without truly enter-
taining the sentiments be avowed. There are those, We
know, who question Mr. HANBITRY'S sincerity, and view
the expression solely as an electioneering clap-trap. We
see no reason for participating in such an opinion. Oa
the contrary we believe that the honourable candidate
was sensibly alive to the disgrace which his party has in-
curred by placing themselves, bound hand and foot, iu
the remorseless clutches of O'CONNELL. He could not
help observing that the union between the Whigs and the
characterless agitator has annihilated whatever share of
respect which the latter once had in the recollections of
the people of England. He must have seen that the
very name of the popish rebel was held in detestation by
three-fourths of the electors he had canvassed—that both
the man and his principles were alike abhorred by the in-
telligent middle classes of Englishmen—and that no admi-
nistration could possibly stand, and no parliament be po-
pular, which tolerated or countenanced the reckles ca-
lumniator of the protestant institutions of Gteat Bri-
tain.

This is the light in which candour compels us to view

the conduct of the discomfited Mr. HANBURY. If the
hatred be acknowledged he felt towards the " dear
friend'_' of ex-Sheriff RAPHAEL had been only .tssumed,
in order to gain a few stray votes, that would alter the
case entirely, and place Mr. HANBURY in a position not
more enviable than that of Lord MELBOURNE or Lord
JOHN. RUSSELL, and would, in fact, sink him to the de-
graded level, marked by hypocriAy and baseness, bfrned-
dacity and dishonesty, winch Dar4tEt, himself occupies.
But in whatever light the public are disposed to view
Mr. HANBURY'S conduct one thing is clear enough,
namely, that the people of England are resolved that nei-
ther O'CONNELL, nor his Majesty's ministers, nor any
majority in the lower house of parliament, shall be-st'
lowed to touch, with their polluted fingers, any of the'
outworks or bulwarks of the protestant church. This is
now a settled point. DANIEb has written and talked
himself down in the estimation of the people of England.
Popery and O'CONNELL are beginning to be understood.
So long as he confined his oratorical efforts to the arena

of an- Irish mob, the great mass of our countrymen took
little or no interest in his speeches, his swagger, or his
movements. The moment, however, that he set fortlron

his travels, and commenced a crusade against the peer 9
and the reformed churches of England and Scotland, vi-

lifying all that was noble, libelling all that was sacred,
slandering the most virtuous of our countrymen, and
calling a few thousands of Irish hodmen the people of
England"—from that moment he dug the pit for his own
destruction, roused the careless from their slumbers, and
made every honest man in these realms his determined
and inveterate enemy. So strong and irresistible is this
feeling new, that we defy all the arts of man to save
O'CONNELL and the MELBOURNE administration from
disgrace and ignomiiiios ruin. The premier maycleny,
Lord JOIIN protest, Lord BROUGHAM rave, and .every
whig whipster from JOHN CAM HoBHoUSE down to Bo-
BUS SMITH, the humblest of CA'sfs subalterns, nay dis-
claim all connection with the rebel; but no oneliaarrin Eng-
land will give them credit for a word they...otter..-;nere;
my lords and gentlemen, is Shell's speech at ThitY:44'
In that the treaty is openly avowed and recognised.
THERE rs THE EON o! and we challenge all the pelitlt:al