The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-21 00:00:00

EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH IN LIVERPOOL.

ELECTION PLACARDS.—Punch begs to offer his ser-
vices in this line to the two candidates for this division.
The only one as yet issued, and which must have excited
the admiration of all observers, is of his composition.
The motto is exquisitely simple, being,
" VOTE FOR BROWN,
PEACE,
AND PLENTY !! "

a most taking invitation, which ought to convince any
body of the particular advantage of Brown over any other
colour. if this, however, were not seductive, the wood-
cut, in which a figure of Mercury is represented, blowing
his own trumpet, and getting browned by the smoke of a
factory, whilst he pours, in return for the kindness, a
heap of dollars down the chimney, together with other
figures of ships, corn, reapers, bales of goods, &c., intro.
duced to shew that free trade is to bring all these com-
modities into the locker of the said Brown, must clinch
the matter. Punch has a number of other designs ready,
amongst which are the following—
" Vote for Brown Bread,
And Plenty of Workhouses for the Farmers!
Or, another of well-known efficaceousness, viz.,
" Ships. (A 1, Americans,)
Colonies, (destroyed,)
And Commerce, (with the Returns in
Pensylvanian Bonds.)"

FASHIONABLE MOVEM ENTS.—On Friday last, Punch,
accompanied by his brother, Mr. Chichester Punch, and
a numerous suite, crossed the river to inspect Jackson-
city and the works going on in the neighbourhood. On
arriving at George's Pierhead, one of the steam-boats be-
longing to the commissioners of Birkenhead was in attend-
ance, with their legal functionary, to receive the distin-
guished party. During the passage, Punch feeling his
nose cold, ordered a cigar and a light; but was informed
by an amphibious officer on board, in the dress of a police-
man, that no smoking was allowed unless by the chimney,
which was privileged to smoke when it liked. Having
landed, Punch was received by a number of the com-
missioners, who pointed out to him the various land
speculations in which they were engaged in the neighbour-
hood of Wallasey Pool ; but Punch observed that the
land looked very like mud. Before leaving, the freedom
of the city was presented to him by one of the commis-
sioners, neatly enclosed in a patent coal box, and enve-
loped in a number of the proof sheets of a pamphlet de-
scriptive of the city and the new docks. On his return to
town Punch came by way of Birkenhead ; and was much
rejoiced by reading a card presented to him by his friend
Lord Seymour Willoughby, that on board his boats cigars
were allowed and no policemen.

AUTHENTIC CONTRADICTION.—Punch is requested
by the Anti-Monopoly Association to give the most de-
cided contradiction to the report that they have ever in-
vited either Mr. Charles Freeman or General Tom Thumb
to come forward on the free-trade interest, or that these
celebrated Americans refused the honour. The former,
it is well known, after he has " licked all the Britishers,"
purposes becoming a candidate for the presidency of the
United States, and the General is about to pay a visit, by
invitation, to his holiness the Pope.
AN AWKWARD DISAGREEMENT.—A singularly in-
opportune disagreement has just occurred, between the
clouds and the water-carts employed by the Watch and
Scavenging Committee. The former, seduced it is sup-
posed by the new moon, had promised faithfully to drench
the streets for a fortnight, in order to allow the latter to
avail themselves of the cheap train to visit their friends in
London. Notwithstanding such promise, however, and
after having made some tantalizing preparatory displays,
they have hitherto kept themselves aloof ; and the only
clouds to be met with are the clouds of dust, which have
taken advantage of the occasion to make a kick up in the
streets. Yesterday, being saint Monday, they were to be
met with, not drunk certainly, (for being very fortunately
water drinkers, there was no water to be got at, as the
plugs were all secured,) but very disorderly, annoying the
passengers in all directions, and even intruding themselves
into respectable shops and houses. At present there is
no appearance of their settling, or being put down by the
proper authorities ; and we suggest that, during the ab-
sence of the carts and the obstinacy of the substitutes which
had been engaged, the police might be supplied with wa-
tering pans, and for once do something towards paying for
their clothes, by clearing the streets and enabling decent
people to pass along without being blinded or choaked.
A CARD.—The figure of Britannia upon the Town-
hall is much surprised that the League candidate, Mr.
Brown, has not yet paid her the same compliment that
was extended to her by Mr. Entwisle, and allowed her an
opportunity of hearing a public declaration of his opinions
upon things in general. She is the more particularly
anxious for such an opportunity as, although she has
known him personally for many years, she never had
an idea that, as is now reported every day in her hearing
by a number of " the lads," that he is a greater orator than
Demosthenes, Cicero, Pitt, or Burke. She shall be very
unhappy until she hears him.

CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.—OH Sunday
last the following sums were collected at the respective
churches mentioned, in aid of the valuable and extensive
missionary labours performed by this Godlike society :

s. d.
St. Andrew's, Renshaw-street
St. Augustine's, Shaw-street . .
St. Bride's, Percy-street
St. Barnabas', Parliament-street ..
Christ Church

St. Clement's, Windsor

St. David's '
St. George's, Everton ..
.. 97 10 0

Evorton Chapel ..
St. John's
St. Jude's
St. John the Baptist
St. James's, Parliament-street
St. Luke's
St. Mary's, Edge-bill
St. Mary's, Kirkdale 14 0 0
Mariners' Church
St. Mark's..
St. Silas', Pembroke-place
Trinity, St. Anne-street 12 9 0
West Derby
Christ Church, Waterloo l2 8 0
Wallasey Church
Wavertree Chapel .

ASSAULT IN THE THEATRE.—On Saturday a tall
young man of gentlemanly exterior, who it is said ho'ds
a situation in a merchant's office, appeared at the Police
Court to answer a charge of assault preferred against him
be another young man of small stature, Mr. Emanuel
Moss. The complainant, who had his arm in a sling,
and appeared faint, said that on Tuesday evening last he
went to the Theatre-Royal and took a seat in the pit.
Shortly after the defendant and another young man took
their places near him and began to hiss the principal per-
formers. Complainant turned round and said they were
annoying the audience and ought to be turned out. The
defendant thereupon kicked the complainant down the
stairs, cut his hat with a stick, and struck him on the
shoulders and right hand so severely that he had been in
pain ever since. Had he not been assisted by the by-
standers, he believed he should have been killed. To ques-
tions by Mr. Rushton, complainant said that Mr. and
Mrs. Kean were performing at the time, and that the
only provocation he gave was that stated. Thomas Carter
checktaker at the pit door, heard that two gentlemen were
annoying the audience, and went in and called defendant
and his friend to order for laughing and making a noise.
He afterwards saw defendant strike and kick Mr. Moss.
Other witnesses said they saw the assault.—The defend-
ant said Mr. Moss had grossly insulted him and his friend
when they were simply making their remarks on the per-
formance in an under tone. Mr. Moss said to him, for
instance, " You d—d blackguard you ought to be kicked
out"; and he not only used this insulting language but he
sprung at him and tore his shirt. The defendant admitted
that he was very much excited at the time. Mr. Rush-
ton said that a person going into a theatre had a right, if
he pleased, to express, in a proper manner, his approbation
or disapprobation of the performance, but he had no right
to do so in a way to annoy the audience. The defendant
was not half the size of the complainant, and had be-
haved ill. He must pay £3 or be imprisoned two
months. The fine was paid and the defendant discharged.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The table
given below shows that the saving of time between London
and Dublin, by the intended Chester and Holyhead
way, is only one hour and a half as compared with the
present route, which is now so much improved in conse-
quence of the steam-boats between Liverpool and Dublin
being so well constructed as to perform the passage in
eight hours and a half. Independent of which, the fare,
it will be perceived, by the present route, will be at
least one pound less than by the new railway; and in
the summer months it will be from thirty to thirty-
five shillings less, owing to the competition amongst
the steam-boats between Liverpool and Dublin, which
must always exist, in consequence of the great num-
ber required in the conveyance of goods and cattle.
—By the new route via Chester and Holyhead, the dis-
tance is five miles more than by the present route via Li-
verpool. It is now currently reported, that competent
parties are prepared to satisfy the Government that the
mails can, without any difficulty, be conveyed by the pre-
sent route, namely, Liverpool, within the time required
as proposed by Sir Robert Peel, in the House of Com-
mons, namely, thirty hours, without making any new rail-
way whatever.
LONDON AND DUBLIN: PIESENT ROUTS.
Hours. Miles. Fares.
From London 10, a.m. ; arrive at 4i "2 X 1 12 6
Birmingham 23, p.m
Arrive at Liverpool 63. p.m 4 98 1 7 6
Arrive at Dublin 3, a.m B} 122 1 0 0
17 332 4 0 0

INTENDED ROUTS.

Leave London 10, a.m. and arrive 1 4} 112 112 6
at Birmingham 2i, p.m
Arrive at Chester 51, p.m , 3} 75 1 2 0
Arrive at Holyhead 9}, p.m _ 3 90 1 5 6
Arrive at Dublin 1i a.m 4} 60 1 0 0
15i 337 5 0 0

Saving in Crne ................

Losing in distance 5
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1 0 0
Losing in money
Tux FREE ,CHURCH.—The assembly of the Free
Church met on Thursday, in Edinburgh. There were
about 4,000 persons present. Mr. H. Grey, of St. Mary's
Free Church, Edinburgh, was unanimously chosen Mo-
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THE CONVICT BARBER.—Great exertions are being
made to procure some amelioration in the sentence of
transportation for life passed on this convict. It is re-
ported Mr. Wilkins 119 s had an interview with Sir James
Graham on the subject, and that the transportation has
been postponed for a month.

21, 1844.

THE DIVISIONS ON THE FACTORY QUESTION•

On the 18th of March last 181 members of the House
of Commons, including tellers, voted for Lord Ashley's
amendment, defining the word " night," as used in the
Factory Regulations Bill, to mean the period between
six o'clock in the evening and six in the following morn-
ing, which, in effect, amounted to a clause of ten working
hours per day. This division gave his lordship a majority
of nine votes. For the ten hours' clause proposed on the
13th of May—a more direct clause, but with a similar
tendency to the former-47 additional members (absent
from the house on the 18th of March) recorded their
votes, of which 11 were conservatives, and the remainder
liberals. Amongst them we notice W. B. Fcrrand, B.
D'lsraeli, W. Ewart, Lord R. Grosvenor, Gen. Johnson,
T. B. Macaulay, O'Connell M. and M. J.. and Right
Hon. R. L. Shiel. If all those members, therefore, who
voted with Lord Ashley on the 18ti of March, had acted
with a regard to consistency on the 13th of May, the
numbers in favour of the ten hours' clause would have
been 228. Four of this number are accounted for by
pairing, and one (Mr. H. H. Lindsay) by illness. But
62 members, having voted with Lord Ashley on the 18th
of March, either absented themselves from the house, or
" ratted," on the 13th of May. Of these, 46 are conser-
vatives. The 10 following are those who" ratted ":
Sir J. Chetwode (Buckingham), M. Gore (Barnstaple),
A. Hope (Maidstone), H. G. Knight (N. Nottingham),
Hon. J. P. Maxwell (Cavan Co.), J. Trotter (West Sur-
rey), G. C. Legh (N. Cheshire), D. Barclay (Sunder-
land), D. R. Ross (Belfast). It is worthy of remark
that the bulk of the 62 are county members, who have no
doubt had the threat of corn-law repeal held before their
eyes as the price of their humanity.

The next object will be to explain how the Government
minority was changed into an overwhelming majority.
On the 18th of March, the Government had 172 members
with them (tellers included), and were outvoted by 9. Of
these 172, 21 (11 of them being conservatives) were, from
various causes, missing on the night of the 13th of May.
Deducting these 21 from the 172 who voted on the side
of the Government in the main division on the 18th of
March, the remainder is 151. But the votes on the side
of the Government on the 13th of May amounted to 299
(tellers included), so that 148 fresh votes have to be ac-
counted for. Of this 148 no less than 110 are conserva-
tives. In this list those who ratted appear again, and, as
before, the bulk of the names are those of representatives
of counties, or parties connected with the land.
" Thus," remarks the London Standard, from whom
we have condensed this statement, " by the aid of the
above 148 members, 110 of whom call themselves tories'
or' conservatives,' and by the deserting and ratting of
the 62 members whose names have also been recorded,
the votes of all those hon, members, who, on the recent
occasion, stood faithful to the pledges they had given on
the 18th of March, in favour of the ten hours' limitation
of factory labour, and also the votes of the 47 hon. mem-
bers who subsequently came to their assistance, have been
rendered of no avail, and the House of Commons has been
made to stultify itself before the country a -d the world.
A more unsparing application of the ministerial whip'
was never made, and the writhings under the infliction,
we understand, have been perfectly ludicrous."

The Rev. J. B. Phillips, M.A., late of All Souls Col-
lege, has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of
Manchester to the incumbency of St. Andrew's Man—
chester.

MR. ENTWISLE AT BOLTON.—Yesterday Mr. Eutwisle
met a large number of electors at the large room of the
Swan Inn, in Bolton. Wm. Hulton, Esq., of Hulton.
Park, took the chair. It was intended that in the after-
noon he should attend at Bury, but the meeting in that
town was postponed until Wednesday.
BENEFIT SOCIETIES.—The bill about to be introduced
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer relative to Savings
Banks, it is considered, will materially affect the funds of
benefit societies ; and, we understand, that a committee of
delegates has been appointed in this town for the purpose
of adopting measures to prevent the interference of the
intended enactment with the funds of such societies.
A deputation from the West India Association ~f Liver-
pool, on the subject of the proposed changes in the sugar
duties and coffee duties, had an interview with Sir
Robert Peel on Saturday. The deputation consisted of
Lord Sandon, Mr. J. Moss, Mr. Robertson Gladstone,
Mr. Francis Shand, Mr. Thomas Murray, Mr. W. R.
Sandbach, and Mr. W. P. Bushby.
FUNERAL or THE LATE HON. R. BOOTLE WILBRA-
HAM.—Lord Stanley and the Hon. Col: Wilbraham left
town on Wednesday morning for Lancashire, to attend
the funeral of the late lamented R. B. Wilbraham, M.P.
for South Lancashire, whose remains were interred on
Thursday, in the family vault of Lord Skelmersdale.
Lurd Stanley returned to town on Friday.
SALT TRADE.—A large trade in salt has just been
created on the joint lines at Derby, where scarcely any
existed before. Salt, which used to sell at 355. a ton, a
price almost prohibitory for agricultural purposes, is now
delivered in Derbyshire, by the North Midland Bailway,
at 17s. a ton, and is extensively used as a fertilizer,
peculiarly suited to the soil of the country.--Leicester
Journal.

THE WALLASEY DOCKS.--A company bas been form-
ed at Birkenhead, with the capital of £600,000, for the
purpose of building warehouses, wharfs, and quays on the
margin of the proposed Wallasey Docks, within two years
after the passing of the bill. The gentlemen of Birken—
head, who have purchased land from the Corporation of
Liverpool, have given undertakings to dispose of their
land to this company at the price that they paid for it.
KILMARNOCK. The League " utensil." the Hon.
Mr. Bouverie, is candidate for the vacant representation
of Kilmarnock ; he is appropriately opposed by Henry
Vincent, the Chartist. The former was accompanied and
introduced by Mr. Edward Ellice, M.P., and Mr. James
Campbell, of Craigie. He throws out repeal of the corn
laws, vote by ballot, extension of the suffrage, and all the
usual baits. Vincent, however, as much excels him in
the magnificence of his promises as in talent.

MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS.—Lord Talbot is to
have the Garter vacant by the death of the late Earl of
Lonsdale. Lord Granville Somerset has a seat in the Ca-
binet, retaining his present appointment of Chancellor of
the Duehv of Lancaster. Sir Thomas Freemantle suc-
ceeds Sir Henry Hardinge as Secretary of War, without
a seat in the Cabinet. John Young, Esq., M.P., for the
county of Cavan, and one of the Lords of the Treasury,
succeeds Sir Thomas Freemantle as Secretary to the
Treasury.—Morning Herald of yesterday.
THE COLLIERS' STRIKE.—With an infatuation diffi-
cult to be accounted for, the pitmen in this district still
continue to refrain from labour, and rnendicity on the part
of their wives and children is daily becoming more preva-
lent. What benefit the men expect to derive from their
perverseness we are altogether at a loss to conjecture..
Already is the inevitable result of their obstinacy becom-
ing apparent. At Thornely, we understand, upwards of
60 " navies," or excavators, have gone to work in the
pit, thankful, we have no doubt, to exchange their preca-
rious earnings of 125., 145., or 16s. a-week, for a cer-
tainty during the whole year, and with much less labour,
of 245. a-week.—Durham Advertiser.
MEETING OF SHOPKEEPERS' ASSISTANTS. —On
Wednesday morning, at six o'clock, a meeting of shop-
keepers' assistants took place in Toxteth•hall for the pur-
pose of appointing four district committees to co-operate
with the general committee. Mr. Flower was called to
the chair, and in an eloquent address urged the evils of
long tours and the necessity for the individual and col-
lective exertions of the assistants, in order to effect a
change. Mr. Scholefield moved a resolution condemna-
tory of the late system, as injurious not only to assistants,
but to employers, and even customers. This was se-
conded by Mr. Mirams, and unanimously carried. The
four district committees were then named and appointed,
and the meeting separated.
EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILWAY• 7
We are glad to learn the preamble of this bill was proved
on Wednesday last, and on Thursday the committee went
through all the clauses, and the bill will be reported im-
mediately after the holidays. The traffic for goods and
passengers on this important line was proved to be quite
independent of any other line, and will pay a good divi-
dend ; but when the extension of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow and North British Railways are completed, and
the Fifeshire Line, in connection with the Burntisland
Pier is formed, this Railway (the Edinburgh, Leith, and
Granton) will prove th, key of communication, and afford
facilities to the connecting lines, which must be highly
beneficial to their own proprietors. After all the diffi-
culties they have had to contend with, arising from at-
tempts to annihilate this concern, we are glad to find the
shareholders are likely to he repaid for all their anxieties.
The packet-ship Liverpool arrived on Sunday, at mid-
night, having lett New York on the 22nd April. She has
had light easterly winds the whole of her voyage, with the
exception of the last few days, when she experienced
gale from the north-east. She passed a large number of
inward-bound vessels in the channel. She brings thirty-
four cabin passengers, of which the following is a list :
Mr. John Mortimer, lady, two children, and servant,
Miss A. E. Mortimer, Mr. John H. Mortimer, Mr.
Noel J. Becar, Miss Dometille and Miss Adele Becar,
Mr. George R. Lewis and lady, Mrs. Austin, three chil-
dren, and servant, Mr. C. S. Benedict, Mr. J. M. Mil-
bank, Col. J. Watson Webb, Mr. Edward S. Renwick,
Dr. Lucius Hyde, Mr. William Paton, Mr. W. Fairman,
Mr. Thos. Whitaker, Mr. Robt. J. Chisolm, Mr. W. A.
Chisolm, Dr. Wm. W. Valk, Mr. E. Clark, Mr. Andrew
Dexter, Mr. Robt. B. Parsons, Mr. H. Sanford, 8.A.,
Mr. T. Grunethal, Rev. E. J. Wall.

DlED.—Lately, at Dumfries, Mrs. Palmer, aged 78
years, and on the 13th instant, at No. 9, Mill-street, Tot-
teth-park, Margaret M'Harg, infant daughter of Mr.
Robert Palmer, printer, Liverpool.

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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1844.
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