The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-06 00:00:00

LCC'XIL NEWS.

THE NEW CsiseoeeetotreE.—lt will be seen on. referring to
the proceedings of the'Corumon Council on Wednesday, that a
part of that magnificent structure, the new Custom-house, will
be ready for the transaction of public business iu the course of
the:ensuing summer, and that the whole work will be com-
pleted by the Ist of July, (831
THE ISLES ARE AWAKE.—Some stanzas under this title have
gone the round of the newspapers as the production of Lord
I,'iancis Egerton's muse. At a public ilinuerat -Warringtore
however, his lordship declined the honour thrust upon him, by
declaring that they were not his. This little bantling has since
been affiliated upon Mr. Thomas Storey, of Gargrave, who, we
understand, admits the paternity, and, of course, is ready to
abide the consequences. •
Passengers per the packet-ship Saint George, from Ne*
York, arrived yesterday:—Dr. Metcalf, of New York; Mr.
Cheney, of Montreal 5e Mr. Dixon, and Mr. Sands, of New
York; Mr. and Mrs. Guild, and servant, of Scotland; Mr.
Crabby; Mr. Clarke, of New York; Captain O'Brian, E. 1.
'service.
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE Aces.---che Rev. Geo. Stokes,
L.L.8., has announced his intention of delivering a course of
lectures, at tire Lyceum Lecture Room, on the histe-f of the
middle ages." Tbe course will embrace seven lectures, under
the following heads :--FrOm the destruction of the Roman em-
pire iu the west to the dissolution, of the empire ofeharlemegne;
the crusades and the Greek empire; on the feudal system; on
chivalry ; on the papal power; on the rise of-the towns, the
Hanseatic league, and the Italian republics, and history illus-
trated by the old poets. We have seen the rev. gentfeinan's
list of subscribers, to which the names of a coirsiderabLe number
of the clergy and some of the must influential persons in Liver-
poet are attached.
SOUTH LANCASHIRIL—Since the former election for South'
Lancashire, the constituency has increased about 1500. It was
very. uealy polled out; upwards of 10,000 electors, we believe,
must have recorded their votes.—Chester Courant.
ENORMOUS SALMON.—.On the morning of Saturday week, a
salmon, weighing 331b5., was taken from the salmon cage, on
the Weir, in our river. It was sold in the market at the rate of
3s. per pound, and was considered a remarkably fine fish.—
Chester Courant.
' On Saturday last, four fat cows, producing nearly 3,0()01b.
weight of excellent beef, with four sacks of flour baked into
bread, the gift of the Right Hon. the Earl of Powis, were distri-
buted to the poor inhabitants of the town and parish of Bishop's
Castle. —Salop Journal. •
SiR. PHILIP EGERTON'S RETURN.—John Hurleston Leckie,
Esq., of Carden Park, gave two handsome dinners last week to
..his tenantry and neighbours, supporters of Sir Philip:Egerton,
to commernorare the.; worthy baronet's return to parliament.
et)ere-half of the tenantry dined together on one day, at the Cock,
-at Barton, the remainder on another day, at the Carden Arms,
:rilseone and the dinners were served.up in a style which would
have reflected credit upon the first-rate hotels. The clays went
off with. that hilarity and good feeling.. which heartiuees in Sir
PhiliP's cause and the presidency and well known hospitality
of the donor of the feasts could not fail to inspire.
BLACKBURN CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—The association
of loyal and honourable men, for the preservation of the funda-
mental principles of the constitutivii, which 'we stated in our
first numberto have been at that tinier in contemplation, now
exists in comparative vigour and influence. The first meeting,
we. perceive by_ the advertisement, will be held at the Old Bull
Inn, on Wednesday evening neat, when new members will be
admitted, and the society will be more effectively inesanized by
the appointment of officers and the adoption of a code of inter-
.nal regulatioqs.--,Blackburn Standard.
DEATH' OF DR. IMORItISON.—'I' Canton Register of the 13th
August announces the death of this profound oriental scholar
and excellent man. He will-be deeply lamented in this coun-
try, and especially in Liverpool and Lancashire, where he was
personally known to many, abd greatly respected. The doc-
tor's last fatal illness is attributed to cold, in consequence of
exposure to boisterous and rainy weather; but his friends were
not alarmed for his life until a very short time before it became
extinct. He expired ,at ten p.m. on the Ist August. His re-
mains were followed from his residence to the river side by
Lord Napier and all the Europeans, Americans' and Asiatic
British subjects in Canton. '1 he corpse was forwarded to
Macao, and followed to the grave by about forty European gen-
tlemen, and interred iu the private protestant burial ground iu
that settlement. s
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.—We regret to announce adisas-
trous instance of shipwreck, occurring within a few miles of our
own shores. The Lion, Capt. 13tirslev, left this port on Friday
for Boston, her commander, for'rlie sakesa expedition, directing
his course round the north coast of !relic On reaching,
however, that part of the channel which runs between Port-
patrick, on the coast ul Scotland, and Donaghadee, he was
unable to bear up against the violence of the gale, and on Sun-
day morning the vessel struck upon the rocks on the Port-
petrick side, where she ultimately became a complete wreck,
and, sorrowful to add, eleven of the crew and officers, including
the captain, were swallowed up by the relentless ocean. Three
onlyeout of the fourteen hands on board, escaped. Cuptaiu
.Bursley was highly respected for his seaman-like accomplish-
ments and his marry estimable qualities; and we learn that the
American shipmasters at preseut in this port, deeply feeling
the. loss that they have sustained in his death, have agreed to
,pay a mark of respect to his memory, by wearing their colours
to-day at half-mast..
HAPPY FRUITS OF THE BEER BICL.—THE LATE OUTRAGE
AT AIDERLEY.—Six out of seventeen of the gang concerned in
this case. reported in our last week's journal, were sent to
CheiterCastte on Monday, the 26th ult., to take their trials at
the next assizes. The punishment of the offence for which
they are charged is death, or it may be commuted to transpor-
tation. The case of these unhappy prisoners is one, amongst
the many which might be mentioned, proving that poachers
are not urged by poverty and want to the commission of so
glaring an offence, but from a lawless wish to intimidate the
country by going about in armed bodies. So far were they
indeed from being poor men, that they were all in full work,
and the greater part, viz., the brickmakers and sawyers, were
in the receipt of high wages at Stockport, the latter particularly
earning from 275. to 40s. a week, and in some instances still
more, where they stuck to their work, 'instead of (as ails too
...often the case) dieselciog the whole of Sunday and Mondayeand
going to their work on Tuesday or even sometimes Wednesday.
By their own confession it was this ruinens habit of drinking
that led to their utimely fate. "To such a degree," said one
ef these wretched men, " were we given to drinking, that I
:think I. could not have stood it above another veer, but should
have been dead!" On ale-houses and beer-sliops, which may
be truly called the greatest curse inflicted on our country in
modern times, they threw the whole blame. Open at all hours
and all days, on Sundeye more especially, they were exposed
to the two-foel temptations of drunkenness mid evil compa-
nions; and thus gradually became hardened and desperate
characters, utterly regardless of reputation, and heedless of
every duty to God aed man.—Chester Courant-.
ACCIDENT ON THE Sr. HELEN'S RAILWAY.—On Friday
the 23d ult..a melancholy accident occurred upon that part of
the St. Helen's and Widnes Raiiway, called the Widues In-
clined Plane. The ascent in that part being steep, the waggons
are drawn up by means of a rope, which rope unforturratOy
give way, and upwards of twenty waggons rushed down the in-
cline at. full speed. Three labouriug men were at the tune
walking at some distance behind, and on seeing them approach-
es, so impetuously, endeavoured to escape out of the way ; iu
which attempt two-fortunately succeeded, but the third being
ocevenreepsieme.ausi frightened in crossing the line, got knocked dowle
and almoteorn to pieces by the immense weight which passed
We are informed that his death was nearly instate.
tarreous.—Munchester Heald.
MARCH ON INTELLECT.—It is notorious that in the moors
of Lancashire there are numerous instances where females, af-
ter having enjoyed the marriage state for several years, only
know their husbands and liege lords by the nom de guerre
cus-
tom has given them, and nut by their real names; nay, in some
cases,' it has. actually transpired, that the men du not even
know their own names. We have heard, that the Cnckey
Moor Postnian once carried a letter addressed to himself, a
whole fortnight, consulting all the parsons, clerks, and school-
masters in the district, as to the probable owner of it; ankull
because it happened to be directed as he was "registered in the
church books, namely, " James Whitehead,!' instead of "
Pur-
ring Jens o' mod Mall o' Tnms a' long Ben fora." and great Was
his ittonishtnent, whim time wise man of theYilldge, who hap-
.pened'ro have been present at Iris christening, informed him,
th "if he were not mislippent, parson namt fern Iflitehead,
as his mum stood wi him in ur 'laconic" Indeed we mirth ques-
tion whether our ancient. friend, " llowf Tum," watid have
kiiiiwn what name to have. directed the painter to put on his
sign, agreeable to the act of.parliament, if he had not had his
licence el cousult. We almost fear that the march of intellect
will never be able to reach 'these aboriginals. It is evident.
from the following circumstance, that the reform bill cannot'
teach theta; and the wonder is, how the eegistry is managed to
be coMpleted. At the recent county election, an Entwistle
freehOlder who had his registry attended to by his tar dlord,
was' heought to the polling buoth at Newton to tender his vote.
On being risked his name, he very readily replied, "Mud Bill;"
he was reinieded that this must be his nirknitine,—lie scratched
his head and studied a little, uud said, •' rekon go want'n
name as is i'thiense."' On beingreplied to in the affirmative,
he-ieratelied his head again, Hodge like,-and said, "Homed
bit west think ou't soon. Ate think i' my heat t its Joan be-
cause they sad Squoire of did en. at Bouton, a good deal a' .heats
sin, inert same name as me." The next query was, "Where do
you reside ?" The answer, Entlessl. The clerk, being non-
plussed, gently enquired, " how is it spelt-?" The yeter re.
plied, 4'AI/ern no great skollard, but aw believe it begins e-n-t
eat, as fort twist,' it is snore than uw can yawm, so ye must just
put deawn that as yore a nsoind."

Tua NEW CHURCH COMMISSION.—The king has been pleased
to direct letters patent to be passed under the great seaL: ap-
pointing; his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury; the right
lion. Lord Lyndhurst, 'Lord High• Chancellor ; his Grace the
Archbishop of Voik ; the Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby;
the Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of London; the Right Rey.
the Lord Bishop of Lincoln; the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of Giouiiestef; the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart.; the
Right Hon., Henry Goulburn; the Right lion. Charles Wat-
kin Williams Wynn; the Right Hon. Henry Hohhouse ; and
the Right Hon. fir Herbert jenner, Keigfit, His Majesty's
Commissioners.for considering the state of the several diucesses
in' England and Wales, with reference to the amount of their
revenues, to the more equal distribution of episcopal duties,
and to the prevention of the necessity of attaching, by cern-
mendatn, to bishoprics, beno4ices with cure of souls; also for
considering the state of the several cathedral and co.legiate
churches within the same, with a view to the suggestion of such
measures as may render them most conducive to the efficiency
of the established church; and for devising the best mode of
providing for the cure of souls, with special reference to the
residence of the clergy on their respective benefices.—G4zette.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The following addi,ions have re-
cently been made to the valuable collection in this establizsh-
ment :—A young male panther Wm. Gill, Esq., Seel-,treet;
a pair of rattlesnakes, 'flumlas Dixon, Esq., Gor.ce Piazzas; an
opossum and six young ones, Capt. Bruce, of the brig William
Russell; a white-eyelid umokey, Capt. Brown, brig Mischief;
a Persian pied pheasant, Robert Grace, Esq., Olive-Mount; a
cockatoo. Capt. lickson, ship Blakely; pair of Indian goats,
Capt. Leech, ship William Fortier; 14 pair of agouties and
Demerara pigeons, Capt. M 'Donald, bri Elizabeth ; monkey
cud green parrot, Capt. Hargreaves, slip Duke of Lancaster ;
a monkey, Capt. Thomas Neal, ship Mary Bibby; a Lhna
mastiff, Capt. Scott, barque Alice Brooks; a red coati, Capt.
Timothy, brig George. Canning; a Chili blood-hound, Cap;.
John Wardle, barque Jane Prowze; a racoon,, :lames Waits,
Esq.. passenger of the Orpheus; the white-wax plant, and spe-
.ciweus, Capt. Cowley, barque Hector; an American giviund-
squirrel, Capt. EdwJr,ls, barque Frailkland; a racoon,
Edmondson, F,sq.,Oldhall-street; a whip-smike,'CapL.Webb,
ship sj,iarian -.Newfoundland. dog, Capt. Hudson, .No. 2
Pilot Boat; a monkey, Capt. Gorna!, ship Umbel...,
MARRIRD.—On 'l'uesday, at St. Augustives 'church; by the
Rev. John Jones. M.A., Robert Dudgeon, of the Northern and
Central Bank of England. Leununiter, sou of the. late Robert
Dudgeon, Esq., merchant, Leith, to Mary, secauadaughter of
the late AnareW•Phlllips, Esqr, of Hawick, N. 8..

It is reported in the fashionable circles'at the west end of the
town that Mr. John Barrow. who has now for some time past
performed all the duties of the situJtion of second secretary of
the Admiralty, with so much credit to himself and benefit to the
service, is immediately to be created a baronet,—,-3/orning News.