The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-02-22 00:00:00

he need not have boggled at taking his oath in the;
ivay. In other regards (that is if we could g 0
Pease credit for a grain of sincerity) we revere,o
scrupulous temper that cause s a man to pause 10,7
king an engagement, of which, however solemn'{
need, we have lately had proof some religionist
think after. The time seems to have arrived
oaths might with advantage be dispensed with,
the season has too clearly passed when they were
be of any obligation.
On the motion of the Chancellor of the &elle(
select committee was appointed to inquire into
of the Corporations of England and Ireland, with
disguised purpose of subverting the whole of th'
This is the second measure of the session in
right of property is directly attacked. It is we
stood that the plan of ministers is to make the 11
of corporations co-extensive with the limits fix,
Refortn Bill Commissioners, and to confer the
city or borough franchise upon the same class to
they have already given the nomination of the
Commons—the ten pound householders; thus'
the estates of the corporations from one class to
with as little hesitation as the same ministers
transfer from the Protestant to the Popish .
purchase money of a perpetuity in see and chapti
This is prima facie robbery—and if we lo(
into the matter, we shall find nothing to rebut
sumptive iniquity. The members of corporal
generally, the descendants and representatives
whose valour defended, whose generosity a,
or whose skill and industry enriched the mun.
the estates and franchises of which these descei
representatives enjoy. To propose the transfer
estates and franchises to another class merely on
of rank and residence, comes therefore so near ti
cation that uneasy misgivings may well molest
riors of Woburn and Chatsworth.—Standard.

bOIVIESTIC.

. . .
C,G.tirr.,Tile King was detained in town to r
1,1. (1 the House of --Commons. This inconve
-ttoPiai we fear, the Ttenaity which the King may
kap,' for being the Sovereign of a free people,
ii4l in Parliament. The Address was plesentet
Tiiieori Thursday ,the King and Queen retured
alga .aPPear to enjoy excellent health; and
it 8 (Limier parties and visiting company.
41Zei.r.y for Improving the Condition of lac
ilaqbthlisehimngena scuoffinceieernnteainth
ma-1.:-vivi? are glad. to see, to have a general u
:ma► the 23d inst., at the City of London 1 itio
Yor will be in the chair.
John„, Soane's bill for settling and preserving his
f,„tam. ile4,,:s-worak. works
advanced
vaarni,cefoarorehse6begenooliint of the put
' et Lords.
.` apprehended at Wootton Under Edge, wit
stolen. property, in his possession. The o
icholls, is well:known, and a reward of 100
tor his apprehension. ' Ile is described to -be
age, fair complexion, light curly hair, stands
endowment
l a forte robberyth;Vedue
ud
ue
ema
ts da
Riches in hqight, slender make, nimble .in
a good address.
To BE DaowNED.—On Sunday evening a r:
van 'to Strood, tendered .the driver half-a-:
r'ed 9s. 6d. in change. The coachman, on 1
nthat the .half=sovereign was only a gilt
therefore 4,,,ped4,,,w4:1 and, with the assistant
id and tOokihe fellow. The " gentleraai
cloak, who adh
van
hiviTltilycifil,oo:anduillit'hieun.,aknocking his accu
-atitewatei: like a duck. His pursuers then
it, a large crowd assembled with lantemb t,
i't the Sliip Inn, turnedile atwlsthc4; pthlaetfcoardms'to
lie fellow swam bravely, and dodged his p
ale, but-at length, finding he had no Chance
dead with wet, cold, and fright, -he came
--e a eat. :1-I.e was recognised as a disclu
• O'Conner.—Keotish Gazette.
tZtAI'T CONSEQUENCE OF RAILWAYS.—It wi
which in :the trade :of Bristolto.have an exte
• there seems every reasop to believe w
andt, that the coals from the pits in this tieigl
in the Leaden
brought into. competition with the
te,e,4Pcnidon Inarket. The ,effect of the B
Culre rail-road is already felt in this city ;
for the .coal on the London road .as.far a
tlece(.l.B .the supply; but the owners of th
are sinking neW shafts and using every effc
bit 'death coal is actually taken from t 1
.-titer •d delivered at the Sto
to ta. e n •
,I.•fellow a
cefiettreeneseafrseppive.irthna7seur
obtegfocrieicsreaellnyti
nie , Y 3 at sixshillingsg and: sevenyence per
I ,Jast month the CoalpitHeath owners atm
°own 'the rail-road. One Other colliery lu
a branch into the main road, and the quant
road. to Ke.ynshara -has-increased from 30
'u
tons per inontla.,,-Bristol Aland.
[iv. HISIORY.--A,s two boys -were walking.ii
VI; .where the stream flows ,which ,passes tl
`'.id, they saw an auiros,l which,
,from•their
?!4:vs.to have be6n an otter, COW figia the
ii,i. lamb that was lying about '2O yards fro:
it (I,_ atid, after a long struggle, succeeded ii
' .. s'• The buys were alarmed .and did i
Bij, until it had leapt into the wuud ater, ,acro
still holding the lamb in its enters
iv,, °P THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.—CaptaiI
cx side.—Tauntint Courier..
-4,„_s°, one of Admiral Duerest de Villeneure's
of th'ue eschout, a marine engineer who belonged
tesfame squadron, have-been called to y!.
to tlte a Committee appointed by the Minis
of inquire into the general appointments, arr
shijuheyFitrheiwichhicshquitadisrounn,itacsd.c_ommpeanrcehd
pwaithpert.i
tt,4141 COUNCIL.—On Tuesday, at the mee
n—he Birmingham Political Union, there v
i; the Kinws speech, which appeared to e
oh i the &of points of objection were, th
n to the distress of the labouring class:
leetoent of a reduction of taxation, togeth
the necessity of measures for reducing
J• Mr. halt said the second campaign
and -he trusted the Birmingham Union w
at its post in the .hour of difficulty ar
flotiou a committee was appointed to pre'
be immediate 'and total repeal of the take
',B, tea, soap, tobacco, .houses and wiudov
Knowledge. Mr. De Bosco Attwood said,
Jo of ministers in May last, nothing,
occurred of so disastrous and discourager,
la called the King's speech. The Rev.
`°lle Prieit) give notice, that he should
,"4
shtion relative to that part of his Mujest
'd to Ireland.—Barrow's Worcester Journo
' Plsußay.--Trom want-of a proper under:
THE FACTORY )3ILL. I perhaps from want of a law on the subje
The first public meeting held in Manchester si
passing of the Reform Bill (that held yesterda: q deteriorated, and millions oi young 0
ssary
t,4lll4l.4,4l,tes„trrb.icedt,s in the ,vicinity of this port (Sou
treyed.
It is intended to originate a bill
was called for a purpose which reflects infinit
upon the spirited inhabitants of that important fng the spaVing_months, which are or
was for the purpose of petitioning Parliament in Ilue, and Juty..—Hatapshire Telegraph.
dug fo r oysters and to enforce penalties for.
Mr. Sadler's measure for ameliorating the coi a" MEmisuus.—We understand the Irish
' Wiest the
the wretched children who are worked to dew, it the commission of outrage in Ireland, by
steam factories. A short report of the procec ~nt. of the question; and when the quest'
already appeared in the Guardian. At that In the negative, to move another adjournre
Mr. Richard Oastler, to whose pamphlet we eat they term " the end of the chapter?,
terefore de •
directed attention, took an active part in the di Ibe vise some plan to meet them,. or '
application of ministers for increa
and proved himself not only the able and U 7 , . completely "at a stand still." Pal
1 through the public press will be, howev
enemy of the mill tyrants, but the strenuous safest means to stay them in their course.-
the poor. :.—ln almost every parish in this coup
But our principal reason for alluding to the su, are ex -
~ is -4 q posed to the most galling persecution
to put the friends of the working classes on their rte 11! 14 ; the e a system of taxation which has been nut]
against a manoeuvre which is in progress to defe:einiN :It-eli i.,4Penses of the late election. Collectors ai
intentions of Mr. Sadler. That gentleman not and they demand cash with the san
that some influential members of the House oft/ail:At ive;is, et,
returned to the present Parliament, it became
iiiieertioao 4`4!..,13e4cl a legal warrant to levy contributic
.fy be .altos\V ar/ow Sentinel.
should undertake the management of the bill, tons"ertialfe is a pt,i?F
Ai WAR --The first spring-t
Sadler on the subject, and adhere to its most iinfor in .—The Royal William of 11
proposition, narriely, the restriction of the perio t 4
105 *4tatiaii,, ti, a full-length figure of his present Maj
Pant labour to ten hours a day, including two ho
es witql,e'44 it,„rt:lat artist from an excellent likeness,
meals. The hon. member selected for this purPd
Lord Ashley, and a more competent individual coa high, and represents his -.l‘hla
tl'
eitilreat:oefatista9:;:l4..feele,
t:.nhdi one of the largest in the 1
WitOt. A4._11,(1 jewels the c
have been found, inasmuch that he is unconnected Town on lus.he_ad,
satalecd
neck
_
and beyond the influence of the mill-owners and flee '
..,2,1154 Q.,(lerevi, st. Patrick,
_orAiesrst. •oeuonrFgle,.hi
'the
41)orti),'
awftecrownastrro L', and
n carrying 98 guns on tw
nufacturers. °tie Ot the latter e
But the noble lord had no sooner given a formal n
pciA,II",,,,NT FRIESm "Ma Cambrian.
:11..10w the Royal -William; it
of his intentions to introduce a bill, than Lord 1‘1°!.- air filietie -••ble familiesuli— painful event ha
one of the members from Yorkshire, made his first olfi WO i.:11, and excnditte. .nrthe ne
Sttlrle village otfi.Bilix he d
pearance in the contest, and announced his intentiout lei; h 1,, 123arkably fine boy:"UthYanliolautilhree yeari
to introduce a bill. The name of Lord Morpeth, ana
very, Poiti tl_ tYaw melancholy afternoon, ‘r
4,..6,teNeet out of Sight of their parents oily a fey
iititiptl,,,l,rom falling by the wall on neachiside,
intimate connexion with the mill lords of Leeds,discovered drowned
tonally awakened suspicion. We are aware that t vyik:ttiti;l. . this very
are heeir(3umstance occurtrt
Morpeth has professed himself to be uninfluene t,, th, So limited
rtot iIYP- -te(te.?Jle poor little fellow wasepl..ohu a(ii dztdei
tchcei
either party. 13ut, with great submission, we are
dined to take the noble lord's word in this matterl,oo he` -,,;;o, erect, with his yellow hair floating or
him be put to the test—Will he insist upon the ten ov,..o?k,ll:44,4ealinseparablel asssooVtailes in their amuseu
limitation? Will he give a distind pledge on thi;n(iriet leia
Will he bring forward the bill framed by Mr.C.rveyedth
(1411 their brief and touching history has bee:
years ta, s
it
14x4;114"telietsntooff the ()other thaet 131ee,
We affirm that he will not, and, therefore, we advlrf•-eiN. Attached even at their early
my Lord Morpeth. If they submit to any comPrlii, to Oastler and his friends to Watch narrowly the triotiols,e, Lovuted death and burial.—Guardian.
if they yield one single hour more than is stated
..,,,0 hat ;je lat„4" DESPONbENCY.—An inquest was he
evidence of all the Physicians examined to be ine°":be a',"o„,, t appeared that the deceased had kept
man name
Tydd St. Mary, on the body of Susai
tible with the health of the children, they will betraV ,e ~''t) 'in .11 attached to, a you.ng
some time age
) .
sets intended to break off the acquaintance.
have no doubt, honest and disinterested assertorth 4 tih
benevolent cause of which they are the ardent Beane!, 'I ''lit ra that he Maxey) haa
lea; sled -•er, and caused her to show some symp
should be borne in Mind, too, that I,i3rd MorPethat 13 11 k14(1. On Sunday, the 3d instant, they
ceaae eY again told the deceased that the
carefully concealed the provisions of his bill, and 1..
cal
\ttl kx
has entered 'into "no correspondence with the real
rt 3:.`tiee ‘rt4. a
__
and originators of the measure. This is anothea
_...aca et, to t 0 proceed;l4a !
fromot* anahcmr after!theac:. of
ilgehboui
of suspicion, and we would therefore suggest that
In n';';_ e 44ttk: dto th.
ti drain. _ The _ _. e
p,
They parted, she refusing tosspel
_pc: and found the body of th
• They drew out her lifeless body,
ing be called
wait
naiLt Leeds,
no rainndMaasneocirtteasitnert,haendpraeccioseruAe/ir Zatti er
appointed 4 1
4,1,1:: e:::„:c hadt
r. prsehseencheadof mbeiennd tfoorcalslomfoer mid
tions of the noble lord. Not a mtithent should be iv 14:4%, ;(I'e to restore life. The deceased ho
Guardian and Public Ledger. , c 4 are shawl. The unfortunate girl had
ill:4

THE COLONIAL QUESTION.

It is stated on the most undeniable authorit:
we are enabled to confirm, namely on that of
nourable gentleman himself, that Mr. Fowell
has a copy of a bill in his pocket, which he asserts
ministerial bill, for the immediate emancipation
slaves in the West Indies.
Our readers will recollect that some three we'
we stated this important fact, and we shall not st,
get the consternation and alarm which it excited
city: Our statement was denied, but in rather
terms, by some of the ministerial journals. Loi
name was shuffled in to give weight to the contra
but in a manner which left no doubt on our
that our original statement was substantially
It is now admitted to be so, on the autrority of of
considers himself, on all questions connected W
West Indies, of ten times more power and influet
all the imbeciles of Downing-street put together.
Here then is the game of ruin fairly begnn, in
one hundred and fifty millions of property is at
and likely to be sacrificed. Talk of the church'
only robbery on a small scale compared with the
sale robbery and destruction of the planters and
prietors of our West India colonies. And mark
reader, the detestable hypocrisy of the men by
this sweeping measure of confiscation is concocted,
the imposition practised (for we can give it no
name), in order to elude the vigilance of the W
Committee, and advance their mine while the _
were asleep. It is already known that Lord Colvi
given notice of a motion having for its object the
of a committee of enquiry in the upper house on
fairs of the colonies. When this notice was
Ministers signified their intention to assent to it'
the very moment they were assenting they knew,
they did not confess, that they had a bill of ernai
actually prepared, and which they had resolved
duce into the Commons at the very time when
mittee of the Lords should be sitting to invest:
question.
We are told that all this is true—we hope it i!
for Ole sake of the honour, and integrity of Britisl
men. That Mr. Buxton is in possession of thi
which we have alluded is not a matter of doubt.
not chary in concealing it. We have also been
of some of its details; but as in all probability a

tion of the West Indians will wait to-thorrow
Goderich to demand an explanation, We shall c,
remarks and wait the result.—Guardian and
Ledger.

the ccest: Verdict—" Drowned h(
Of aberration of mind."—Spalling He

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