The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-18 00:00:00

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SATURDAY EVENING.

TllE,'Weey is past, the Sabbath-dawn comes on,
Rest—rest in peace—thy daily toil is done ;
And standing, as thou standest on the brink
Of a new scene`of being, calmly think
Of what is g49e, is now, and soon Shan be
As one that trembles .ou_Eternity.
For, sure a thismow.olosing week-iS past;
So sure advancing Time will close my last ;
Sure as to-morrow, shall the awful light
Of the eternal mOming hail my sight.
SPirit of good! on this Week's verge I stand,
Tracing the guiding influence of thyland ;
That hand,, which leads me gently, ,kindlY still, ,
Up life's dark, stony, tiresome, thorny hint.:
Thou, thou,, in every storm hast sheltered me
Beneath the wing of thy benignity :
A thousand graves my footsteps circumvent,
And I exist—thy mercies' monument!
A thensand writhe. upon the bed of Rain—.
I live-Land,pleasure flows through ev"ry Vein :
Want o'er a thousand wretches 'waves her wand—
I, circled by ten thousand Mercies, stand.
HoW can I praise thee, Father ! how express
'My debt of reverence and of thankfulness!
tev debt that no intelligence can count, , -
While every moment swells the vast amount,
I the week's duties thou hast given ma strength,
And brought me to its peaceful' lop at length ;.
And here my grateful bosom gain Would raise, ,
't fresh memorial to thy glorious

BOW RING,

THE BANKS .OF THE DOVE,
WRITTEN ON LEAVING MY NATIVE VILLAGE:"

The following .tines were composed by MICHAEL THOMAS
Esq.„ 11. I'., when a hoy. His mother; to whom they
reng; tovit:co.:10:101,he attached, died while he

NV cry yolini`.--
..ktittaU to the Banks of the Dove,
lifrilaf)i)lest iriolhents are tlown,
441VIeave the ielyeat'slhat I love.
rer scenes far remote and unknown

IlutWheiever My lot may lie east,
•WhAttever 'my fortune may prove,
tshall think of the days that are past ;
for-the Baulis:of the Dove..
•Fe friends of my earliest youth,,
From you how reluctant I part ;
Your fi:iendships'Were foUrided iii truth,.
And shall ne'cr be erased fiom my' heart.

Companions, iierhaps, I may find,
But where shall 1 meet with such love„.
With attachments so lasting ,and kind,
As I heave on the Banks of the Dove /.
.'thou sweet little village, fare Well!.
Every object around thee is dear, ,
.Xvery Woodland„and meadow, and:aell,„
Where 1 wander'd for many a .year..

re villas and cots, so well knOwn,
Will yourinmates continue. to love ?
Will you think. on a friend. when.he's gone,
Fir away front the Banks of the Dove 3.

hut bit as the Dove's crystal wave,
PloW'd..lately eon:mixt with my tears,
Since my mother• waa dald in her grave,.
Where yon hallow'd turret appears..

9.Sexton, ,remember the spot,
And lay me beside her I love, .
Whenever this body is brought
To•sleek on the Banks .of .the Dove,

Ttll then„.io the Visions.of night,,
O may, her loved spirit clescerul ;
And tell me,. tho' hid from my sight,
She still is my guardian and friend.

The thoughts of her presence shall keep
My footsteps, ,when tempted to iove ; ,
4b4 sweeten Any
2t)r her, and the Banks of the Dove.

ZLECTIONS IN THE COUNTY.

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At.sriTON.—'PhiS electiorrterminated yesterdayin.the.return of
Colonel Williams. There was some rioting on Thurscid-y night,
in which several windows were broken, but we have heard of
noseriouS „outrage., The state of the poll, at the close was,—
4,3c010nel Williams, 176; Mr..}Lindleyls6; Mr. Helps, 41.
ROWIDALE.—Tuesday was the day appointed,,for the nonaina
. tion of candidates for this borough, on an open space .of ground
near the. Wellington Inn. Mr. Entwistle the conservative can-
. klidate,was.accompanied to the.. hustings by a number of . the
most,resppctable gentlemen\ in the town, but without music or
banners;. the. other candidates, Mr. Fenton..a whig,aud Mt.
Taylor, a :radical, however, sported: those incentives to riot., and
the 'latter was accompanied by the 'members of the. Political
wearing. green hats.. Each .Of the candidates having
addressed the-. electors, a.poll demanded,, which coimnencect
on Wednesday,
.and terminated on,Thorsday..morning, when the
plumbers were as follows: •
Penton 277
-, -Entwistle 24fl
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Alter the close of the poll, the radical band paraded the streets,
acCoinplinied by a crowd of the lowest rabble ::whO broke the
windowl of those publicans and shopkeepers who had dared to
. vote for either F.enton,et. Entwistle., Mr. Taylor exerted him-
self to restore peace, and addressed the.mob f4:nearly an hoer
and a half,: opposite the Wellington Inn.. He saidAhatPßwards
'is a hundred electors had broken their' prOnaises to him other-
wise his. election. would have been, secured..
STocicnriaT.--The nomination-of candidateS, for t4iS-bOrough
took place on.W..ednesday., Major: Marsland, was proposed by,
Mr.. hoS.::Steele, and . seconded by Mr. R.: Sykes ; Eil-
ward. Davies -Dave.nport, was proposed arid seconded by
Mr. 'l'. Cheetham and Mr. Dow ; • Henry MarSland, Eiq. :was
*imposed anti seconded by Mr. Worthington and Mr. Sampson
Lloyd •; , and EL Esq, was Proposed and seconded by
the Rev. 4. Hawed awl_ Mr. W. Sykes., The -.several 'cankli-
., dates having addressed the elector's; a show of handl Was taken,
when. the way-or declared that the majority: appeared to .be iu
/*your of Messrs, Davenport and Lloyd. A poll was' their de-
' Eaanded, whicb,commenced.on Thursday. mritning; and at the
close,of,the day? the numbers were. for,.. Major -Maislands.3sl;
Mr..Heniy..Marsland, 313;.. Mr. J..H. Lloyd, 275; Mr.' E. 1).
pitveripovt, 202.-ori.,Vrida3rthe,polling wai renewed, and the
4jiy passed off quietly. • Major Mat sland and.,•Mr._ Lloyd were,
the
_successfui candidates.
A.;leition.for this borough, commenced on -Tues
day morning„ inUnion-auuare, where Commodious' Intitings had,
?lied o'Clock, the' honr appointpd for
froulatecn to twenty- thousand „persons halt
iu ibe square to witness the proceedings. TlintWO afritlidatos
wcice Mr.:Walker and Mr. Zdinund Grandy: Theo•f6rtiffti was
imposed by
.:,Ir..(_;rrindy-_, banker,-and lecondedly. Mr.
urcgg,,, both of whom, weFe:received with groans and `hisses,'.
which. rendered their speeches,perfectiv:unizttelligiblq and. the;
litter w.a§ iwxpine.ted by Mr. tlifeenhOW:". The ttfic-catididardsr
',l.len a 54•c*setl-tliP,.nmting explanati o'n'of thetet.4slitic-at views,
lard on,i st try9oo,ll.ds lining called for by the'l'etorning'bilit:6i.,
t,acinajority..was declared,. tci be its favour :of Mr.-thundy. A
‘Vas demanded by.the friends of Mr. .-Walker, and 'the poll-
- ;:41g,,coannenced on the *following morning. At its close on.
Wednesday evening,
,the numbers Weie_dectared4o- be: for,—
Walker 306
Cirundy 153 • •

liajcrity.:—. ' 153
, ~ INSf„,:lralkt I' was.. consequently declared to be dirly -electe I.
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,fluxing the day of election andthe '<la Y:' of noMinatioir, an iiii-
..,, ,N.e.A.s.e concouxse of people.assernhled in the town, Lilt Ivith the
. .i,,je4.(e.oligau of. a slight disturbance near the hotte irifoLtvhich the,
p s,;( r._l friends) retired, Boni the 'hustings, and
, w ich *4 si3sedily,cWelled, no outrage was connnitteil. Olt
..„ . - Wsdan.-.b{,/th itarties, Although the election had te,rminateEl4'
ilic
ppszAti,...4 thg. to3vii With Bags and bands :Of music, anti th'e result
weas I.4l..at,Ylight haxe been anticipated, a general tight, in which
~.. tkie wingPws qf the.committee-rooms of both candidat-ei weie.
ii,rokeLto. 'Showers of .stoues and other mi?zsiles were ilCreciniii=
~‘n on both, sides,, and one of Mr. Grandy's frieruls Was -datrg '-`
''',.%„%741..v. wntincled by, stone,, which hit him on•tlm.forchead. 'he.
3 "Vl'',:s poi quelled until the arrival'.of the military from Mid-
dt04.41,4. sa-c-tonY, but siuce that„time, the.. town 'has lietqr con,parativelY
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