The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-12 00:00:00

THE LATE MEMBER FOR TIVERTON.

Mr. Kennedy, the kind patron through whose intercession
the noble secretary of state for the home department has been
enabled at last to obtain a seat in the House of Commons, has
addressed a letter to a morning contemporary in explanation of
his own conduct and motives, and in praise of " the indepen-
dence" of the electors of Tiverton. The Times abstains in
mere mercy, as it says, from commenting upon this extraordi-
nary productisn. We shall imitate the forbearance of the
Times, without Nying any claim to the attribute of mercy, for
we confess our inability to add to the impression which some
passages of the letter must produce. There is a naivete which
has seldom been surpassed in the indifference of Mr. Kennedy
to preferment, so far as his own personal interests are concerned,
coupled with his amiable anxiety that the Tiverton electors
should not be defrauded of the grteful acknowledgment which
is especially due to them as a constituency who are placed on a
higher footing of independence than most others, in virtue of
the rare distinction of being " situate on no great road or of con-
siderable traffic." Our readers will not Le so dull, nor Lord
Palmerston and his colleagues so ungrateful, as to misunderstand
the very broad hint contained in the following passage, which
we extract from Mr. Kennedy's letter :
"I owe it to that constituency to say that there are few in
the kingdom placed upon the same footing as to independence.
Situate on no great road, or of considerable traffic, the rents of
houses in the town are of that rate that the constituency would
be in other towns of £2O. yearly value, and the extending over
a large agricultural district makes it include a portion of gentry
and agriculturists, so as to require the fact only to be known to
prove their character. Any preferment that may fall to my lot
would be as much an acknowledgment to them as it would to
me for any services lor any partisan could afford. But I ap-
prehend it as much the duty of every partisan to consult the
interest of his party as it is the interest of the party to secure
the support of those who can afford them assistance, and I, for
my part, put forward no claim or pretension to any extraordi-
nary disinterestedness or unmerited. reward."—Memieg- Pest.

THE FOUR FOLD STATE OF A WHIG.

A NEW SONG TO AN OLD TONE.
(From the Waider.)

' When the heart of aln silt is oppress'd with care."
When a self-seeking whig is in want of a place,
Which, as he wants character, 's always the case,
His ends to accomplish, at nothing he sticks—
But practises all sorts of dirty tricks.
Then up with conservative banners so true,
And•down with the whig and the radical crew,
And infidel, popish, unprincipled route,
Hurrah! for the boys that will turn them out.
When a job-hunting whig is in search of a place,
Ile cares not a pin whom he joins in the chase—
For theft, blood, or treason he's ever in trim,
And rogues of all hues are the same to him.
Then up with conservative, &c.
When a knave of a whig has got into place—
On the foulest of measures he'll put a fair face;
He will plunder, or rob, without any restraint,
And perjure, or lie, with the Air of a saint.
Then up with conservative, &c.
A contemptible whig when he's kicked out of place,
Dismissed by the King with shame and disgrace—
In decent society cannot remain,
But to gin shops and stews he retires again.
Then up with conservative banners so true,
And down with the whig and radical crew—
An infidel, popish and blasphemous route,
So Billy be handy, and turn them out ! •

FASHIONABLE ELOYEAIENT.—A gallant officer on the staff
of the late commander of the forces, and the son of a high of-
ficial personage in this country, has carried off the lovely
daughter of a distinguished baronet, whose estates lie in a cen-
tral county, but who is now resident in Dublin, without the
consent of the papa. We believe that in this—the last case pf
".elopement"—love was the sole .actuating motive, far it is un-
derstood that the lady
.has no property in her own right, ;nod
upon this point rumour has it that the amorous swain is an per-
fect terms of equality. The lady's "face is her fortune," and the
gentleman's mold is his best, if not his only vatriniony.—Evew
mug Mail.—The gentleman above alluded to is son to the under
secretary, Lieut. Col. Sir W. Gossett,—the lady, Miss Butler,
daughter of Sir Thomas Butler, of the county of Carlow.—
S4nders' News-Letter.

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