The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-27 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

THE MAYOR'S DONATION ON CHRISTMAS D AY.-011 Christ
mas-day the worshipful theimayor gave to each prisoner con
fined in the Borough Gaol, two pounds of beef, two pounds o
bread, three pounds of potatoes, and a quart of ale.
QUICK PASSAGE.—Tne Sandbaeh, Capt.Bisphain, belonging
to the respectable house of Sandbach, 'fume, and Co„ of this
port, left Liverpool on the 13th of September for Demerara,
where she discharged and re-loaded, and arrived here on Friday
last, with a full cargo.
• The right wing of the 28th Regiment of Infantry, under the
command of Lieut.-Col. Hailes, arrived here on Wednesday
frOm Dublin, in the William IV. steamer, Capt. Wilson, and
disembarked at George's Pier-head. The right wing of the
85th will embark on board the same vessel this morning,. fur
Dublin.

BURGLARY.—On Tuesday last, the shop of Mr. Buxton,
draper, of North John-street, was broken open, and a quantity
of valuable property stolen therefrom, ainongst which were twenty
pieces of India silk handkerchiefs, of various colours, twenty
pieces of British silk handkerchiefs, three lengths of silk velvet,
and a piece of silk segre, with which the villains got clear off.
It is supposed that some one secreted himself on the premises
the previous night.

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SHOCKING OCCUIRENCE.---011 Sunday evening last, about
seven o'clock, the neighbourhood of Kitchen-street and Crosbie-
street, a low part of'the town, was thrown into a state of dis-
turbance in consequence of an affray taking place between a
number of the lower class of Irish who reside in that neighbour-
hood, in which an Irishman named Gainly lost 'his life. It
appears that some difference had arisen between Gainly and a
man named Harrison, and the former went into Kitchen-street,

where Ilarrison resides, with the intention to fight him, in con-
sequence of which a regular Irish row commenced amongst the
parties and their respective friends, when Gainly receiVed-a stab
in the breast,-.with a carving fork, or some such weapon, fivin
the effects oLwhich he has since died. Harrison and a man
named. Shaaion are in custody on suspicion of being tbopktaies_
udio inflicted the wound, and an inquest on the body of the de-
'reasaiS to be-held this. day: • -
James Brougham, Esq., the brother of the Lord Chancellor,
died at Brougham Hall on Sunday night. The honourable and
learned gentleman's death occasions a vacancy in the repre-
sentation of Kendal, for which place he was returned to Parlia-
ment at the last general election.
SIR CHARLES MORGAN'S CATTLE SHOW. —This splendid ex-
hibition of agricultural stock at Court-y-Bella Farm was
thronged on Tuesday last with a more numerous assemblage of
gentlemen and farmers than have been seen there for many
years. Not only all Wales, but the counties of Hereford,
Gloucester, Worcester, Salop, and several other counties in
England sent gentlemen or farmers, either as competitors for
prizes, or as witnesses of the exhibition. The collection of
cattle also was admirable both for number and breed. There
were at least a hundred head of cattle, principally of the short.
horn, Hereford, and Glamorgan breed, all remarkably fine ani-
mals; about fifty horses, some of them noble creatures, and nu-
merous pens of beautiful fat sheep. A beautiful specimen of a
fatted cow was sent from the farm of Mrs. Strickland, six miles
beyond Gloucester.—Mr. J. D. Jones, of Court Calmore,
Montgomeryshire; was judge on the occasion, and performed the
duties of his office with universal satisfaction. After the distri-

"ration of the prizes, about three hundred gentlemen dined to-
gether at the King's Head Inn, Sir Charles Morgan presiding
at the principal table, and Charles Morgan, Esq. of Ituperra,
at the second table.—Chester Courant.

THE LIVERPOOL CORPORATION.—The treasury journals can-
not conceal their mortification at the triumph of the corporation
of Liverpool, and the honourable testimony that has been borne
to its talented and much respected Town-clerk, by the inhabi-
tants, for the zeal and firmness he displayed during the sittings
in that town of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the
affairs of municipal bodies. The corporators of Liverpool should
never have submitted to this mock commission, but, having
done so, they have gained the opportunity of displaying their
high character to.tbse country; and Jr.A Foster has had he sin-
gular merit of silencing the slander "of the radical politicians
against the body he represents, and in some instances of extort-
ing unwilling praise- from them. This is what the Downing_
street hacks cannot endure. Standard.
THE Popisit CHURCIL—One of the witnesses on the trial of
the recent action for libel instituted by a Roman Catholic priest
against Major Bingham and several of his tenantry, in the
county of Mayo, deposed that the following chiirges were made
by-the parish priest, and that most of the parishioners " were
not willing to pay them, but that they were' compelled to pay
them l"
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Marriage Money
Baptisms
Consecrated Clay at burials 0 2 6
Extreme Unction

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Legames. for the deceased 0 6 0
Anttlial salary. for each householder
'And twenty-sheaves of corn, or .• . . 0 1 8 _
Yearly salary fora child of ten years of age going
to. confession
F.or'a whole family • 0 5 "0
FOREIGN SHIPPING.—The following is the number of foreign
ships, and the amountuf their tonnage, which entered the; se-.
veral ports named below, in the year ended. sth January, 1833 :i
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_ London - 881' 15 t 142- • - •
.Liverpool - 227,087
.Bristol 29 ' 4,352
Hull • 460 • • 43,960
. Newcastle
Plymouth
Leith • 106 • 9,919
Glasgow • - 1 " 51
.Greenock • - 17 • 3,906
Cork • 20 e- 2,603
Belfast • 13 " 2,537
Dublin . • - • 16 . • 2.823
By this account it will be seen that the foreign tonnage entering
the port of Liverpool exceeds; 'by nearly one-half, that. which
enters the port of London. • The aggregate tonnage in the above
list is 486,124 ; and if. that of 'Newcastle be removed from the
list, there will remain 454,320 tons for the other eleven ports, of
which Liverpool enjoys 227,087, or exactly one-half of the whole..
It will be seen that the number of vessels entering London is
greater than those entering Liverpool; the former averaging
-174, and the latter 274 tons. This arises from the different
character of the trade of the two ports. -The foreign shipping
to London is for the most part from the continent of Europe.
and the vessels are of a small class; whereas the majority of
those entering Liverpool being from the Western Hemisphere,
are of large measurement; many of them, the American packet-
ships for Instance, reaching 600' tons. We believe this is the
first year. in which the foreign tonnage entering Liverpool has
exceeded that of London; and the- fact is rendered the more
striking, from the excess being nearly 50 per cent.
TRADE TO THE EASTERN SEAS.—The number of ships that
proceeded.to the.eastward of the Cape of Good. Hope last year
was 302 ; of which, 215 went from Loudon, 63 from Liverpool,
and only 24 from all the other British ports.
Lusa TRADE.—The value of the imports from Ireland into
Liverpool alone, is upwards of four millions annually.
LIVERPOOL POSTOFFICE.—The receipts of the 'Liverpool
Postoffice last year was £70,018, being rather less than that of
the preceding year, which was £70,974. It exceeds that of
Manchester by more than £16,000, and is the largest in this
island except London.
CHRISTMAS-DAY IN THE WORKHOUSE.—Not the least merry
of the merry Christmas folks on Christmas-day were the inha-
bitants of the Workhouse. On the morning the population of
this charitable institution opened the joys of the day by attend-
ing divine service at the chapel, where an eloquent and im-
pressive sermon was delivered by. the Rev. 'Mr. Tvrer, the
chaplain, and the pious attention of the congregation, coupled
with their healthy and cleanly appearance, was highly.gratify-
ing to the strangers present, as it necessary must have been to
the rate-payers and other friends of the institution. . After
divine 'service, a most substantial and excellent dinner was
served up to the inmates, consisting of phut-pudding, roast
and boiled beef, pork, and potatoes, all of the finest quality,
and a pint of the best brown ale was given to each person to
wash down the good cheer, and drink to the health of the
churchwardens, overseers, select vestry, and the governor and
governess, which was done amidst the greatest enthusiasm.--
The healths of Mr. and Mrs. Shipp, the governor and governess
was received with particular marks of respect, and joy and
content appeared to beam its every countenance. Many other
toasts followed, and were hailed in a similar manner, especially-
the healths of the churchwardens, overseers, select vestry,
Mr. Mackinlay, the secretary, and Mr. Todd. The dining-
had was tastefully decorated for the occasion: at the upper end
the letters W. R. IV. were placed with a crown in the centre,
and at about 20 paces from the top, encompassed with laurels
and flowers, was placed the portrait of the founder of the insti-
tution—Joseph Brooks, Esq. At the bottom of the hall was
a frame, containing the Liverpool arms, neatly, executed by an
inmate of the house;' and the whole scene appeared very
interesting,
THE PENSION LIFE-BOAT.—WC understand that the follow-
ing arrangements havelately been made respecting the Penmon
life-boat. When a vessel is seen in any distress, a signal is im-
mediately made to that effect by hoisting a ball on the life-boat
signal staff, whiCh is conspicuously placed on a hill near Pen-
mon. As soon as the crew are assembled and embarked, the
ball is lowered, and a flag is hoisted, which is kept flying till
the boat returns,-:When that- also is lowered. If, after the first
signal, any delay or .difficulty arise in manning. the boat, the
flag will be -hoisted under the 13011, on seeing winch, persons at
Beaumaris are aut-horised•to procure cars to send out a sufficient
'Amber of volunteers for the service. These signals' have -be-
come a 'matter of the greatest interest to the inhabitants of
Becurnarii. During the gale of Thursday, the 12th instant.
the signal for' a vessel in distress having been perceived, half
the population of the town turned out on the Green : as the
signal remained flying above a quarter of an hour, upwards of
twenty stout hands were most urgent in their services; and
when_ the ball was lowered and the flag hoisted, it is difficult to
say which was the predominating feeling, the satisfaction of the
inhabitants in general that aid had gone out, or the disappoint-
ment of the gallant seamen that they were debarred the oppor-
tunity of risking their own lives in saving those of their fellow-
creatures. The vessel in distress turned out to be a large ship
in want of a pilot to bring her in, she having suffered greatly'
during the storm: the pilots not daring to venture out in their
own boat through such a tremendous sea as was then running,
in the sound, took advantage of the life:boat, which soon put
one of them on board in very gallant style, and the vessel was
by these means brought in in safety. This is not the first or
second time the life-boat has rendered the same very important
service, by which it has been the indirect means of saving much
valuable property and still more valuable lives. Those only
who have witnessed the awful sea running in that spot during
northerly and northwesterly gales can fully estimate the noble
daring of the crew who would pull' their boat through the sound
in the very teeth of the gale of Friday, the 29th of November,
and the greatest confidence is now felt that no such supipeness
as occurred in the case of the Swift, of Strangford, will ever
happen with the present hands.—Chester Courant.
The Rev. G. Crabbe obtained for the copyright of his "Tales
of the Halt" £2OOO. The work contains 13,1.05 lines, so that he
received 4s-. 61d. and a fraction per line. John Milton was
',bid for the copyright of his " I)tradise Lost" £l5. This
work contains 10.5(35 lines, thus valued at a trifle more than a
farthing per line t

ELECTIONS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL .OF, I
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THE CITY OF LONDON. -

St. Thoruas's day is-always one of great bustle within
the-walls, or-the place where those "walls once stood, that,
mark, or did mark, the boundaries of "the first city in the
world ;" because on that day the annual Parliament of,
the aforesaid "first city" is elected. In each ward there
is always a grand spouting match, where such eloquent
bur;sts of patriotism and devotion to the public good are
heard, as leave in the minds of the admiring listeners a
strong feeling of regret that the great council of the na-
tion is not elected annually, and -that it is not composed
of such men as Pearson, Galloway, Stevens, the gin-
shop-gentletnan, and the other patriots who form " the
secrd deliberative body in the nation"—the Common
Council of London. Radicalised as the city is generally;
still there are a few old-fashioned people who are not al-
together weaned from all regard for the institutions of their
country ; in prod of which we extraet a portion of the
proceedings in the ward of Vintry, on the subjeot of the
" demolition of churches."

"Mr. Saunders, an inhabitant of the ward, called attention to
the recent proposition, by a committee composed of members of
the Corporation of London, for pulling down a number of the
city churches. :The bodies of the dead, it appeared, were to be
taro up, and removed from their interment; the church-yard
ground and materials of the church to be sold, and, forsooth,
for what purpose? Why, for making improvements, and wi-
dening of London streets—(evident dissatisfaction in the meet-
ing.) He should hope that the inhabitants of London would
not suffer this desecration, for the memorials of their dead were
still hallowed and sacred to them. (Hear.) Did they not recol-
lect bow shocking a scene was the removal of the dead from the
butial-grotind of St. Michael's Church, Crooked-lane ? The
detnolition of that church cost .the Bridge Committee-£4,00'0.
If:the innovation of this committee were allowed, the ?text attack
taitld be on private piperty. The church was the freehold of the
pOish,and the parishioners should not be deprived of it. (Hear,
hour.) Among the churches proposed to be pulled down was
ona in their own (Vintry) ward—namely, that of St. James,
Garlick-hill, one of the most elegant specimens of Sir Christo-
pher Wren's erections. (Cries of "Shame ! shame !'") Yes,
it had been proposed to pull this beautiful structure' down, al-
thOugh it did not stand in a thoroughfare. (Disapprobation.)
He trustei the Dissenters would join the Protestants, and resist.
So shameful an attempt at spoliation. (Hear, and applause.)
-11i'inoved a resolution reprobatiug the proposition, which. was
unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Wright said that if the hand of "demolition" was once
&Aimed to begin, it would be impossible to say where it would stop.
(Heai, hear.)

The ward of Langbourn has the high honour of giving
an attermanic gown to the renowned Sir John Key, ba-
ronet, twice Lord Mayor, ex M.P., &c. &c. &c. , At this
wardmote a Mister Nicholson, a great radical orator and
friehd of Sir. John's, moved a vote of thanks to the baro-
net for his .splendid hospitality during his two years' so-
journ at the Mansion-house, and,

" The motion having been carried unanimously,

" Sir J. lin, stated that he felt deeply indebted to theM for
the kind vote to which that respectable meeting had so unani-
mously come, which, gratifying as their approbation had bey
invariably •to him, was peculiarly so at the 'present moment,
after having been for so long a period so cruuelltf persecuted and
so shamefully misrepresented. Having always, on similar

sions,met the inhabitants of the ward with feelings of unmixed
satisfaction, it was with considerable pain he adverted to a cir-
cumdiance which had occurred since their last meeting, which
had 'plunged 4lim into the deepest affliction, and subjected him

to nysecution the most bitter and malignant, and which,
althot4h he pretended not to have acted in a manner becoming
his character as a Christian, nor his station as the representa-
tive of an independent and enlightened constituency, he would
venttite to assert that the most severe moral censor, if he knew
all, vOold say he had suffered infinitely. more than he had
desei4ed from his fellow-men. Ike preitirned'not to atpelnpt to
1-justif? himself in the eyes of trod, nor did hepretesld.t4tany
explanation he might give would make him appear-blameless
in thepyes of, men as to one part of the transaction. The mis-
statetiOnt respecting his son's age he attempted not to defend.
Falsehood wai indefensible under whatever circumstances it might
appea,; and the frequency of the practice would not change its
character. It was notorious that many youths who had been
and were useful and honourable servants in many of our public
departments, were qualified for office by similar misrepresents-
tiona, He confidently threw himself upon the indulgent feel-
ings of his fellow-citizens, in the hope that they iv'ottld not
perinit the comrn.ision.cof one fault to obliterate the rocollec
-'
tion of that whiCti the often-recorded votes of his fellow-citiOns
had.declarediii be, 'add wltieb, therefore, he was entitled to con-
clude had been, an honourable and useful career."
This address, we are told, was received by the meeting
0.4C490419.n05t..part shopkeepers and,Qtl4=-Pttity.clivulen,..
we gness) with great attention, and affected some of them
even unto tears ! To be found out in a little peccadillo is
no doubt very shocking: the whole affair reminds us of
a last dying speech and, confession; so we dismiss the
subject, and proceed to Portsoken, a ward rendered for
ever fanious by the doings of Mister Michael Scales, an
eminent radical butcher, who is ambitious of holding the
scales of justice in the character of alderman of that ward,
a justice of the peace, and future Lord
.Mayor of Lon-
don,—peradventure a baronet into the bargain; for, al-
though it is a part of the radical creed to decry all noble
and honourable distinctions among men, yet, somehow
or other, they are rather fond of these honours when con-
ferred upon .one of their levelling body—Sir John Key
'for instance.
There, has been along squabble about the aldermanship
of this ward. . The Court.of Aldermen, acting under the
solemn opinion of the late Lord Tenterden and the Court
:of King's Bench, refused to admit Mr. Scales, and ad-
mitted' one of his competitors, Mr. Johnson, although he
'had not a majority of votes in his favour. At the elec-
tion for Portsoken, notwithstanding Christmas had not
commenced, the lord of misrule presided. The butchers
of Whitechapel kicked up what we suppose they will
Call a "jolly row." They, of course, know better than
the Court of King's Bench whether brother Scales is a
fit or an unfit man for the office of alderman. The meet-
ing was held in a church ! and 'enlivened by.such rheto-
rical flourishes and noises as, are used only by' radical
orators. They were, however, obliged to submit ; but
the affair is altogether of a character too disgusting to
entertain our readers, or find a place in the LIVERPOOL
arANDARD.,

EMIGRATION.--In the year 1832, no fewer than 103,313. pe-
rsons emigrated; of which-number, more than 99,00 proceeded to
America.

LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN SCOTLAND IN 1579.—Upone the
twilt day of August, ane William Trumbill, and William Scot,
was hanged at the • Cross of Stirling, for making of certain
ballatis, quhilkis were thoct liable to saw discorde atnongis the
nob iiitic. And this was thocht ane new preparative, seeing
none had beene execut for the like before. Notwithstanding
quhearof; in the skealing of the pepill from the execution, there
weioen or twelve invective and despytfull letters fund in pro-
ces, tending mickle to the dispraise of the Earl of Mortoun and
his predecessoris.MOysie's Memoirs.
There is a somewhat romantic incident connected with the
family of the Marquis of Sligo. In 1812 his lordship was tried
in the Admiralty Court before Lord Stowell, then Sir W. Scott,
for inducing British seamen to leave their ship, to man his
yacht iu the Mediterranean. He was found guilty,'and his
mother, the Marchioness, went into Court to plead for her son.
Sir William was so captivated -by the affectionate manner and
appearance of her ladyship that he offered her his hand, and
they were married a few weeks afterwards. The Marchioness
died in 1816.

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The claim of the ancient Barony of Scroope of Masham,
which has long been in abeyance between the families of Wy-
vill and Dauby, has, by the death of William Danby, Esq.,
of' Swiuton-park, Yorkshire, which lately took place, devolved
upon the Wyvill family; the representative of which, Marma-
du'ke Wyvill, Esq., of Constable Burton, Yorkshire, is, we un-
derstand, at present residing on the continent.
FINE INSTANCE OF COURAGE. AND HUMANITY.—During the
savere gale of the 25th ult., a fisherman, named Packley, and
his two sons, were returning from their arduous day's work in
a small coble laden with fish, when a heavy sea drove their
little skiff against the rocks under the perpendicular cliff of
Flamborough Head, and dashed her to pieces. The unfor-
tunate parent and one of his sons perished on this melancholy
occasion. The surviving son was rescued from impending de-
struction by the extraordinary exertions of a pool man named
Matthew Emerson, exhibiting how much may be done for the
preservation of human life by presence of mind, courage, and
humanity. The approach of the little skiff to the land, as she
skimmed the mountain wave like a sea bird, was anxiously
watchedkby, the rebn of the coast guard station, who saw bow
Juiliossible it would be to render any assistance by boats, owing
to the tretnendous surf which beat against the rocks. The poor
fisherman, findipg that he could not reach the landing-place,
lowered his sail and endeavoured to pull the coble along the
land clear of the tide: They were thus exerting themselves ,
when they were di iven against the rocks and dashed to pieces.
The surviving sou succeeded in getting on a ledge of a rock in
a small cavity at the base of the cliff, to which he clung until.
Emerson descended by a rope to his relief. -Having secured
the perishing man to the cord by which he .had been lowered,
he was hauled up to the edge of the cliff by the coast guard
men, his limbs benumbed and his frame quite exhausted. The
rope was again lowered for Emerson, who had in his turn clung
to the rock, the seas breaking.against him with relentless fury.
Thus situated, the poor fellow became so exhausted as to be
scarcely equal to the task of securing himself to the rope; with
much difficulty he accomplished it, and, after being three
quartersuf au hour exposed to the fury of the elements, he was
hauled up by his companions on the cliff, a height of 150 feet,
quite cold and feeble. We are happy to find that the Rtiyal
Humane Society his liberally rewarded Emerson for his cou
rage anclik-
unaanity,