The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-28 00:00:00

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A marriage will be solemnised in a few days, b
the youthful Earl of Darnley and the lion Miss Walde-
grave

been thrown from his horse, while Ii
Ashby, and suffered fracture of the

near Castle
bone.

leatricals

begin at Windsor Castle on

the 28th of December. The stage is in the Bubens' room.
The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, The Stranger, Used
Up, Box and Cox, Twice Killed, The Housekeeper, and
Sweethearts and Wives, will be represented. Upon Mr.
Charles Kean devolves the management of these per-
formances. This gentleman, in conjunction with his
accomplished wife, will sustain the principal characters,
supported by Messrs. Diddear, Vandenhoff,
Rogers, Webster, Leigh Murray, W. Farren, Creswick,
Compton, Keeley, Meadows, Howe, and Boyce • Mrs.
Warner, Miss B. Montague, Mrs. Keeley, Miss P. Horton,
117'-- F.

itss _ ining, and M. Buckingham.
DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER.—The
death of this illustrious lady took place without pain, at
Kimbolton Castle, on Tuesday last. Her Grace was the
only daughter of the late General Sir Robert Bernard
Sparrow and of Lady Olivia B. Sparrow, of Brampton
Park, and was married to the Duke of Manchester on the
Bth of October, 1832.

LAW INTELLIGENCE

On Wednesday, 128 gentlemen, were admitted attorneys
of her majesty's common law courts.
By the 9th and 10th Vic., Cap. 27, it is ena'.ted that, no

indemn

person under the age of six years shall be allowed to be-
come a member of a friendly society, for money payable
'ected on the

life of any child under six years of age

LAW OF MARRIAGE.-The recent enquiry instituted
by parliament proves most clearly that the all but uni-
versal feeling of the country is against the relaxation of
the law; but with that admirable sang froid which dis-
tinguishes our august senate in all cases where it is diffi-

cult to raise "a moral agitation" against any measure on
which they are pleased to fix their desires, the legislature
seem to extract from the different grounds on which re-
pugnance is felt against their proposed measures an ar-
gument in favour of their views.

POLITICAL

MISCELLANY.

A stormy meeting was held at Exeter on Tuesday, at
which Mr. Kekewich was introduced to the electors of
South Devon, as the successor of Lord Courtenay, for the
representation of that division of the county. He evaded
some home questions that were put to him about the en-
dowment of the Roman Catholic priesthood. Sir Ralph
Lopes, also a Conservative, and who is exceedingly popu-
lar in West and South Devon, means, it is understood,
to oppose Mr. Kebewioh,
-- A NEW MINISTRY.—The sun, of Friday, contained
sundry speculations contingent on the anticipated retire-

ment 'of' Lord John Russell, and gave the following
sketch of the alteration in the holders of office, which
a fusion of parties would involve, as one that would at once
obtain the entire confidence of the country :
Lord Clarendon—instead of Lord John Russell.

Sir J. Graham—Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. Gladstone—Board of Trade.
Lord Aberdeen—Privy Seal.

Lord Lincoln—Board of Control.
Lord Hardinge—Lord Lieutenant.
Mr. Cardwell—Secretary for Ireland

Lord Mahon and Lord Jocelyn—:

•Secretaries to the Board of

Control,

THE CANDIDATES FOR THE WEST RIDING.—Sir Cul-
ling Eardley says, " if government were to bring forward
any scheme for the endowment of the Roman Catholic
clergy, he was prepared to move That there should be no
establishment whatever in Ireland." Such is the man
who wants to waive the very question to which, of all
others, he stands deliberately and publicly pledged. We
need not say that in Mr. Beckett Denison, the Yorkshire
electors will find no such Jesuitical " mental reserva-
tions." On the hustings at Wakefield, on the 7th ;of
August last year, he unequivocally declared, " I voted
against Sir R. Peel on the Maynooth Bill, and I will vote
against any Minister who brings forward a proposition to
endow the Roman Catholic priesthood. 1 will never con-
sent that such a religion should be supported out of funds
raised by a Protestant community."
WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.—Mr. Fitzwilliam com-
menced his canvass at Leeds on Tuesday, when he ad-
dressed the electors. In the course of his speech he made
the following admission as to his intention of voting for
the endowment of Popery in Ireland :—" The excited
state of the country (Ireland) calls for some extraordinary
remedy, and when we observe that two denominations of
religion receive support from the State (4 Only one')—
two, I believe; the Presbyterian Church and the Protes-
tant Church of England (applause)—l think that, perhaps,
some means might be devised of rendering the state
of Ireland better, by in some way paying the Roman
Catholic clergy. Ido not wish to tax England for it, but
some means might be devised to put that unhappy coun-
try in a more prosperous state." The unfavourable man-
ner in which he was received has indUced the honourable
candidate to resign. The delegates from various polling
places in the county have met at Normanton, and agreed
to support Sir Culling Eardley Eardley as a candidate.
Sir Culling is a thorough liberal, favourable to free trade,
to economical reform, to the extension of the suffrage,
and opposed to any further endowment of religion by the
state. We are glad to find however that at a meeting in
Leeds, on Friday, it was determined to bring forward the
former representative of the Riding, Mr. Beckett Deni-
son ; and as he will have the support of all the old Whigs,
in addition to the Conservatives, there is uo doubt of his
triumphant return.
CONDITION OF THIS COUNTRY AT OUR ENTRANCE
UPON THE THIRD YEAR OF COMPLETE FREE TRADE.—

The winter—and we fear a hard winter—is approaching.
In the manufacturing districts the troubles of the Conti-
nent have seriously lessened demand, employment, wages,
and the resources of our own skilled artisans. The recent
Hilton controversy has afforded a terrible glimpse of the
actual condition of our own rural poor. Thriftless, pota-
toeless Ireland is drifting for a third year heavily, but
surely, to leeward. All circumstances combine to inspire
in us the apprehension, that during the coming winter
we shall not merely have to contend with Penury, with
all her ordinary and afflicting attributes, but to struggle
for existence with the giant Despair. Not only is this
true, but the fund of which the surplus in common times
is devoted to the relief of our unfortunate countrymen,
and to the alleviation of the misery of the English widow
and the English orphan, has been deeply affected by the
circumstances of the last 36 months. The cupidity and
dishonest speculations of 1846 have borne bitter fruits.
There is scarce a private family in the three kingdoms to
which the list of the share market, daily published in the
Times, does not serve as a memento of crippled means,
and of savings vanished into air. They have now to ex-
piate their error—to call it by no graver name. And how
must this expiation be performed ? The annual meeting
of the family at Christmas must be given up. The go-
verness—and what is to be her fate ?—must be dismissed.
" Little Johnny," whose reported mastery of compound
proportion and the decimal system of arithmetic inspired
his parents with the justest expectations that he would,
in due course of time, become senior wrangler, tutor of a
college, and finally bishop of an important diocese, must
be withdrawn from school. Cambridge is out of the
question. A stool in the office of a friendly attorney is
now the widest limits of even his mother's ambition for
her calculating boy. Turn again.to West India families,
who have been nurtured and brought up in affluence and
comfort, and you will find them reduced to poverty, and,
except in cases where some one member of the family is
possessed of talent and opportunity, to absolute beggary.
This much, however, is clear—that however the majority
of English families may manage to struggle through the
privations of the winter of 1848-49, many must debar
themselves of the luxury of doing good, and of contri-
buting to the wants of those unfortunates whose lot it is
to wander about the country of their birth houseless,
foodless, and friendless, and with no other trust or hope
but in that good Providence which cares for the miserable
and forlorn. Happy should we be could we indulge in
the expectation that we had overstated the circumstances
or over-coloured the necessities of the time. We fear
that our words will find too sad a response in the hearts
of all.—Times. [The above will be recognised for truth;
but it is nothing more than the predictions of a hundred
writers.] . . .

IT DOES'NT BWT ME, BUT 'TIS TRUE !--Why is a wig
like -a Whig ? liecaw:e .a .attachment to the
Crown.

From official returns it appears that the amount of
traffic for the last week, on 4,205 miles of railway, was
£187,686, thus accounted for :—X84,170 for the convey-
ance of passengers only, £55,312 for the carriage of goods,
North- I

a re.rnaindr of £48,204 for passengers and goods to

gether, not respectively apportioned ; bring an increase of
£27,206 over the corresponding week of last year, when
the mileage was 3,317. The average earnings per mile
were £45, whilst in 1847 they were £4B. _ _

In the Barnsley Coun
tiff a verdict of £l3 10

ity Court, the Judge gave a plain-
Is. against the -Midland Railway
,f his trunk. The plaintiff saw the

trunk put on the omnibus that was to convey the pas-
sengers to the Barnsley Railway Station, and also saw
the truck take the luggage from the omnibus to the sta-
tion, and supposed his trunk was 'amongst it, but found,
on arriving at his destination, that the train bad not con-
veyed his trunk. _ _

PREVENTION OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS—THE ELEC-
TRIC TELEGRAPH.—In a lecture delivered last week, at
Manchester, by Mr. Cox, the superintendent of the
Electric Telegraph Company's works there, a very good
suggestion was thrown out by that gentleman—viz., that
the guard of every train should be provided with a port-

able telegraph, which, in case of any ace vent or emer-
gency, he could attach to any of the wires, and signal
any station for assistance.

PROPOSED BRITISH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION.—An
association with this title is in course of formation, for the
purpose of providing for the families of railway officers and
servants ; for the prevention of accidents on railways ; for

mitigating the losses sustained by railway companies from
railway accidents. The subscribed capital is £600,000, in
60,000 shares of XlO each. The objects of this association
will be effected by raising and administering-Ist. A
mutual benefit fund for railway officers and servants.
2d. A casualty compensation fund tin. railway travellers.
3d. An auxiliary indemnity fund for railway companies.
4th. A mutual insurance fund for railway companies.
STEAM CARRIAGES ON COMMON Ito ADS.—Mr. Motley,