The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-04-16 00:00:00

THE LI \Mit PO

The Hon. Member* suspected of having pawned a looking-
glass belonging to some person or persons unknown, is under-
stood to have distinguished himself as a spout-er in the House on
one or two occasions. Fie is about to accept the Chiltern Hun-
dreds, being of too ae nsitive a disposition to survive his recent
expose.—Age.
Circumstances have come to our knowledge which induces us
to believe that the suspicion which we mentioned a week or two
since, that Mr. Ellice is (oily acting canning-pan to Lou'
liowick, will come to be verified., It may be asked why, if
Lord Howick is to be Secretary at War, he was not appointed
immediately on Sir John Hobhouse's removal to the Irish
Secretaryship—we can answer that question without much
difficulty—the state of popular opinion in Northumberland is
such, that if Lord Howick were to vacate his scat, he would not
be re-elected.—John Bull,

Lood Goderich, like Lord Durham, is an Earl; the much-
desired title of Kent, was, as we last week said, unattainable;
the next coveted title of Harroldi was abandoned, for fear of the
ridicule which would attach to the Childe who was to bear it;
and so, at last, 'Ripon is the town honoured by the choice of
the Noble Lord. It is said, however, that even this elevation
is not, in Lord Grey's opinion, sufficient to mark to the country
that Lord Goderich did not quit the Colonial Department
either because he had done wrong, or because he was dip-
posed incapable of doing right; and that a Blue Ribaral is
also to be bestowed upon his Lordship. His Lordship, as we
last week observed, would in that case be like Lord Grey—a
supernumerary Knight. Surely this proceeding is very much of
a piece with all the rest. Britannia, shorn of her respectability,
laughed at, ail over the world, sullering under internal com-
plaints, and disappointed in all her hopes and expectations, is
to be soothed and gratified by such a cadeau as a pair of extra
Garters.—lbid.

DEATH OF THE REV. ROWLAND HILL.—We have this day
to announce the death of this popular and excellent clergyman,
who expired on Thursday afternoon at a quarter betore six
o'clock, at his own residence, adjoining his chapel, Little Char-
lotte Street, Blackfriars road, in the 89th year of his age. The
Rev. Mr. Hill's physical powers had been long in a -declining
state, but his intellectual energies remained almost unimpaired
to the last moment of his existence. lie at length sunk under
a gradual decay of nature, and died without a grown. On Mon-
day morning, April 8, he preached for the last time to an im-
mense audience, com_posed principally of the boys belonging to
the Sunday School Union, whom he had been in the habit of
addressing on every successive Easter Monday for some years
past. On Tuesday morning he expressed some desire to address
the girls connected with the same schools, which was also his
accustomed practice; but being very unwell, he was dis:maded,l
from it by his friends; and his assistant, the Rev. Mr. Waite,
officiated in his room. During the morning of that day he
found it necessary to lie down in bed, from which he neverrose
more. His friends, who attended him during his last moments,
state although articulation failed him, they have no doubt but
he was perfectly conscious of every thing transpiring around
him until he breathed his last. Thus has died, at a good old
age, this somewhat eccentric but much respected and venerable
C Kristian.

EXPOSURE OF THE ASSASSINS OF THE UNIONS.—We find the
following in the Times report of a trial at the Old Bailey, on
Thursday last. The prosecutor was a carpenter, and the pri-
soner was his apprentice, who was indicted for assaulting his
master, with intent to murder him. On the cross-examination
' of the prosecutor the following facts were elicited, to which we
beg the particular attention of his Majesty's ministers. The
prosecutor having admitted being a political unionist, Mr. C.
Phillips asked him, " Now, pray, have you any particular set
of wea_pons in your possession—you know what I mean ? Wit-
ness.. No ' • I have a fowling-piece and a brace of pistols. Mr.
Phillips. You know that is not what I mean—Have vou not
a weapon' called a Maceroni ;' a weapon which, 1 under-
stand, was invented by .Colonel Maceroni, for the use of politi-
cal unions against the Government? Witness. I have one. A
person made many hundreds, and I bought one for Bs. 6cl. It
is not a tool for carpenters to work with. Ido not know what
it is for, for I never had a handle to it. I bought it to protect
my premises. Like many others I was over-persuaded to buy
one. On your oath have you not said you got it to murder.
the Duke of Wellington • and have you not said you would
murder the Duke if you had' an opportunity? Witness. " No."
Of course this worthy unionist would not jeopardise himself by
answering the last query " yes," but what, my Lord Grey,
think you now of the class it heretofore " delighted you to
honour?" Here we have the " stubborn fact" that "many
hundreds of weapons, invented by an Italian refugee, were;
purchased by political unions"—by those very " unions" that
your Premiership held in affable regard—by those very
unions" roused up by your official missives to regulate the
King's choice! We have said your Lordship patronized the
" bludgeon and brick-bat" argument of the mobility, ; but it
never entered into our mind to ima,,ine that, even debased and
degraded as the scoundrelism of "the unions" were, they would
fix the stiletto of the Italian bravo on the proud oak of Eng-
land. Such assassins the " patriot political unions" are now
proved to be; we wish your Lordship joy of the discovery. To
the people of England, however, we now tarn- and' we .call.
upon every honest man in the country to watch well every
journeyman, domestic, or workman, who may be attached to
these unions." Let every man who has house, home, pro-
perty, or family—any thing, take ;warning ; he, has nothing to
hope from the Ministers for preservation—the union assassins
are the Cabinet allies !—Let him trust to himself. We know
every true-hearted John Bull, whatever may be his political
predilections, will join with us in indignation and horror at the
exposd of these " Maceronies !"—Maceroni ! where is the
man ? Earl Grey, do your duty! This stilleto-inanufacturer
must be found out, and dealtwith according to justice?—London
Paper.
NEFFE,CTU-A,I. ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM HEREFORD COUNTY
GAOLS.—Ou Sunday evening se'nnight a daring attempt to es-
cape
from these gaois was made by thirteen prisoners, ten of
whom were at our late assizes sentenced to transportation.
Fortunately for the public (for several of those con'.icts are
desperate characters), their plan was discovered and frustrated
through the praiseworthy vigilance of Serjeant-Major Bennett,
one of the turnkeys. It appeared that this old veteran sus-
pected something was "brewing." He had on Sunday morn-
ing, while watching the prisoners through a window that looks
into the felons' .yard, observed the culprits exchanging signifi-
cant signs, which led him to conclude that they contemplated
some plan of escape.
,It was Bennett's evening of absence, and
accoraingly he took a walk, but his suspicions being awake,
he walked into the gaol garden, which bounds on three sides
the prison's outward walls. In a short time he heard a light
sound of hammering, which appeared to come from the inside
of the prison, and placing his ear close to the wall, he followed,
or rather pursued, the sound until he came to the spot, when
he distinctly heard the noise.of work, which he knew denoted
that all was not right. The old soldier -returned in a double
quick march into the prison, and summoning his brother turn-
keys, he, in company with them, repaired to a building situate
in the felons' yard. In this building they found the thirteen
prisoners busily engaged in effecting au entrance through the
wall. They had wrenched an iron bar from the fire-grate, and
with it had broken down a great Part of the wall ,• indeed, so
far had they proceeded, that without doubt a little longer time,
free from interruption, would have sufficed for them to have
effected their escape. The prisouers were instantly ordered to
their cells ; but aware that they would be heavily ironed, and
1 irritated. that their scheme had been thus baffled; they at first
hesitated, and seemed to threaten a mutiny; but the old veteran
Bennett, who had armed himself with a broadsword, and whose
flourishes with the weapon over the heads of the offenders seemed
a manifestation that he could " fight his battles o'er again,"
,gave the word of command to march, and the prisoners obeyed.
They were then placed in solitary confinement, ,and heavily
ironed. Serjeant-MajOr.Bennett is seventy-five years of age,
and is every inch a soldier. He was born in the army : hie
fatlievwas,forty-six years a soldier. Bennett remained in the
army until he was flay-three years of age ; he was discharged
in 18)9, shertly after the battle of Corunna. He was in active
service abroad twenty-seven years, seventeen of which he served
in Americkand was engaged in the ever-memorable battle of
Bu.ken's-hill.—.Liereford Times.
.1 has been.said,.that "liberty is a fine thing to talk .about ; "
and really if the sort of liberty which they who are yclept "the.
pee le" contend.for, and sundry persons who call themselves
"the friends of the people "-desniind for them, is to be in vogue
amongst us, it would be well if ,the fine thing were altogether
confined to _being " talked about." There was a specimen of
such liberty exhibited, it will be seen, at 'the Quarter Sessions
of the Peace, at-CoCkeemouth, on Wednesday. A seryant.boy
is tried for robbing his master's house of plate, jewels, and mo-
ney ; but though a strong. case is made out against him, he is ac-
quitted, and the verdietas received by three rounds of cheers by
"the people " in Court—which all •the authority of the Bench
could not suppress! -Nay more,--the.princinaLwitness against
the prisoner, who gave her evidence in a straightforward amh
truthful manner, is pelted and hooted by the said "people,"
from the Court-house to her home This is a leaf out of the
book of the Irish " people.; " and 'if it should be continued, we
shall need.acoerciou bill.for England—or atany rate forCock-
ermouth. There is also much of the same feeling at the bottom
of it all, as prevails in Ireland. The prosecutorase clergyman,
and a Conservative ;. end being such, "the people" suppose,
no doubt, he ought to be plundered with impunity. The Bench.
took the matter.up as it became them. But the proceeding con-
veys a lesson which our "liberal and enlightened" Ministry
would do well to read with attentiou."—Carlisle l'airiut.