The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-06-28 00:00:00

clumsy language in which the writer had clothed his sentiment,.
awl observing that such a book could not injure his Royal
Highness more "than could a flea hopping ou the hide of an
eleOiant."
'the Lord Chief Justice then left the case to the jury.
The question for them to decide was, whether or not the publi-
cation was a libel according to the terms of the information.
With respect to the observations which had been made as to
the mode adopted by the royal prosecutor in obtaining the in-
formation, he did not think it possible that any man, in vvhat-
ever station, who declared himself libelled, would willingly
neglect the opportunity offered to him to deny the statements
made against him, anu remove the stain which must necessarily
attach to his character. In considering the question of the
libel, they must see whether there was any reasonable or pro-
bable cause for the publication in question, which had thus
placed a member of so illustrious a family in the situation of
being compelled to come forward and deny the heinous charges
made against him. If they found that the publication was a, libel,
then they would find the defendant guilty; but if nut, he need
not say that they would be bound to acquit him.
Thejury immediately found the defendant Guilty. •

LONDON GAZETTE.—TUESDAY, JusL 23.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
John Gardner, Preston, Lancashire, joiner.

BANKRUPTS.
Charles WiUsher, Strand, bread-baker.
James Smith, Cavendish, Suffolk, butcher.
John Welch, Birmingham, iron-merchant.
William Pays, Leeds, coach-builder.
William Baxter, Oxford, printer.

John White, SlireWsburr, auctioneer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVER.
P. Ball and Son, Worcester, glove-manufacturers.---Frazier an
Speare, Aldersgate-street, cabinet-makers.—J. and D. Jones, Bangor.
Citrnarvonshire, drapers.—Long and Platford, Manchester, milliners.
—W. Lloyd and Sons, Ross, Herefordshire, woolstaplers.—W. Rod-
well and J. C. Cobbold, Ipswich, Suffolk, attornies-at-law.--F.
Hil-
ton, and 11. J. and J. 11. Barchard, Wandsworth.—W. Scott and J•
Sangster, Leeds, attornies.—R. and J. Tancock, Exmouth, Devon-
shire, coach-makers.—Knibb and Jowett and Jowett and Knibb, Bir-
mingham, mercers.—llaswell and. Farmer, Nicholas-lane, Lombar4-
and
street, plumbers.---W., J., and A. S. Bulmer, Buslingthorpe
Leeds, tanners.—P. and D. Green, Lower Thames-street, ironmon-
gers.—F. and J. Wigmore, Avening, Gloucestershire, farmers.—.T.and
T. Phillips, Chard, Somersetshire, clothiers.—J. Wetherell and W•
Wilson, Salford, Lancashire, victuallers.—W. Dickinson and Co.,
Worcester, mercers.—Baker and Macqueen, Milford-lane, Strand,
and Strand, operative-chymists.—Robins and Porter, Euston-place,
New-road, St. Paneras, surgeons.—T. and W. Chawner, Cheadle.
Staffordshire, surgeons.—S. Hind and J. Walker, Bulwell, Notting-
hamshire, litneburners.—T. Britt, G. Price, and B. Lucas, Haydon-
square, attornies-at-law, as far as regards B. Lucas.—W. Lowless and
G. E. Peacock, attornies.—T. Ayscough and F. Sadler, Fore-street,
Cripplegate, undertakers.—R. Hill and J. A. Perry, Whitechapel,
ironmongers.—J. and J. llepper, Leeds, general-agents.
DIVIDENDS.
July 12, R. Hamlin, Poland-street, Oxford-street, and Maddox-
street, Regent-street, tailor.—Julv 12, J, Tyler, Blackman-street,
Southwark, linen-draper.--July 17,W. Joseelyne, Bishopsgate-street.
grocer.—July 17, J. T. Walker, Oxford-street, watch-maker.--July
16, J. Burton, High Holborn, grocer.—July 16, J. Jowett, Great
Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, furnishing-ironmonger.—July 2,
D. Gorely. Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, wholesale-perfumer.—
July 31, N. Drewett, Emsworth, Hampshire, mariner.—October 24,
J. and W. Shilston, Plymouth, ship-builders.—July 17, W. Mold,
Walsall, Staffordshire, saddlers' ironmonger.—July 18, W. Taylor,
Birmingham, currier. —July 18, J. Leighton, North Shields, Nor-
thumberland, victualler.
CERTIFICATES, JULY 16.
G. B. Johnson, High-street, Wapping, corn-merchant.—J. B. Bow -
ley, Great Dover-street, Surrey. furnishing,-ironinongen—li. Wor-
rill, Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire, mercer.—J. Sparrow,
Tettenhall, Staffordshire, malster.—R. V. Dawson, Chis-tvell-street,
Finsbury, veterinary-surgeon.—W. Barrington, Sandbach-heath.
Cheshire, silk-throwster.—J. Bennett, Wilderswood, Lancashire,
cotton-spinner.-----J. lkin, Leeds, merchant.—J. Stead, Leeds, sad-
dler.—W. Jones, Pwllmelvn, Flintshire, lead-merchant.—T. T..
Hawkes, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire, money-scrivener.

BACHELOR RHYMES,
(ny A CONFIRMED OLD BACHELOR.)
.I have no wife, I have no wife,
And never shall have all the days of my life ;
To be, to be for ever free
To rove, to rove o'er land and sea—
Oh, that is the life, the life for me I •
Look at yon husband so tame and so grave,
Crouching with fear, like a new-bought slave;
Fur the man who is married is no longer free—
And what is the world without freedom to me?
As the poor bird is lur'd by the rattlesnake's eye,
So a man is in danger when woman is nigh,
And the fool who would marry had better beware,
For his love is mere madness, and beauty's the snare.
Then let him not yield to the nuptial tie,
For the love which he cherished is sure then to fly ;
Ah I fain would he then be relieved from his chain.
But although love has fled, still his fetters remain.
1 have no wife, I have no wife,
And never shall have all the days of my life,
Scc. Edinburgh Evening Post-

TRADE OF LEEDS.—A good deal of business was transacted
in the Leeds Cloth Halls on Saturday week. The market ou
Tuesday was not quite so brisk, but a fair quantity of cloth was
sold. Many of the stuff-merchants are very busy, and in some
houses the makers-up have struck for an advance of wages,
which has been complied with.
THE COTTON TRADE.—WORKING SHORT TIME.—The in-
tention of working the cotton mills four days instead of six be-
ing now generally resolved upon throughout this district, the
master spinners and manufacturers of the borough have com-
menced with the present week. The new system of working
therefore is, either to work four days per week of twelve hours
each, or six days of eight hours each. The present week ter-
minates with this evening (Thursday.)—Stockport paper.
Our market on Tuesday last was lively, and foreign wools
still continue on the advance. At the large sales in Lonclett
last week, it may be fairly stated that an advance of 20 per
cent. on the average was paid, and at the German wool fairs up
to this time, all wools of a good breed and likely to prove well,
have sold on an average 30 per cent. higher than last year ; this.
advance, which is likely to be maintained through the yeai, wil
surely enable the manufacturers of woollen goods to obtain bet
ter prices on their stock.—Huddersfield, June 22.
MONMOUTH WOOL AND CATTLE PAlR.—This annual fair-
which has only for the last year or two been a mart for live ~
stock, took place on Tuesday Last. The wool pitched for sale
was far less in quantity than what has in former years been
brought into this town; partly from a practice which now
prevails of going round to those who have wool to sell and
making a bargain subject to the market price, and partly owing
to the diminished growth of wool from the late mortality
amongst the sheep. This latter cause has operated to improve
the price of wool, which fetched as high as 17s. in one instance
17s. 6d. per stone, but the general price was about 16s. 3d. or
16s. 6d. There was not any considerable show of live stock;
most of what were brought for sale were Irish; nor did there
appear to be much business done.
COMMON HALL OF THE LIVERY OF LONDON.—OH Mondays
a Common Hall was held for the election of Sheriffs and other
officers for the ensuing year. Upon ascending the hustings the
Lord Mayor, Aldermen Venables, Wilson, and Harmer, and
Sheriffs Humphrey and Peak, and other gentlemen, were re-
ceived with applause, but the Recorder was assailed with hooting
and hissing, and tremendous expressions of indignation.- Al-
dermen Wilson and Harmer were then unanimously. elected
Sheriffs of London and Middlesex for the year ensuing.
Court of Aldermen was also held, at which Sir James Shays-Vas
sworn into the office of Chamberlain, and Messrs. Lewis and
Wilson into the office of Bridgemasters for the ensuing year.
The Sheriffs delivered in their reports of the state of the se-
veral gaols; and Newman Knowles, Esq., Recorder, resigned
his office into the hands of the Court,who unanimously agree
to a resolution thereon, which was ordered to be advertised.
LAUNCH OF THE RODNEY, OF 92 GUNS, AT PEMBROKE,'"
The anniversary of the battle of Waterloo was never more con;
spicuously brought to the remembrance of the inhabitants 01
Wales; and Pembrokeshire in particular, than on the occasion;
of the launch of the longest and finest two-deeked ship ever
built for the protection of the inhabitants of our iron-girt isle'
Soon after five o'clock in the evening a gun from the fort an;
nounced that the signal for "All's ready" had been displayed
in the yard. Every eye was immediately fixed in the direction
from whence the Rodney was to enter for the first time on her
native element, into which she soon slowly and majestically
glided, amidst the thundering shouts of thousands of spectatorss
and the firing of cannon from the shipping. Her run after,
taking the water was not near so rapid as that of the Roya.l
William; her anchor was therefore sooner let go, and she %cal
brought up much more easily, and presented her beautiful
broadside to the shore ; in which position she was not suffered
long to remain, for the end of her cable was rim out of hawse?
and she was alinost immediately warped into dock, to be cop-
pered and fitted for sea. The ceremony of christening 0°
performed by Mrs. General Adams (the Lady of Lieutenant'
General Alexander Adams, of Holyland, near Pembroke, it
near relative of Earl Cawdor.) This ship is built on the row",
stern principle of Sir Robert Seppings, and is of extraordinary
dimensions ; her length being 24314 feet, breadth 52 feet
inches, tonnage 2,598 1-94th tons, with great height betweea
decks for working her, and pierced for 92 guns, which are a
to be 32 pounders. Her single broadside would your at euct7
into an enemy's ship the immense weight of 1,4e01b. of she
ere
What a dose of pills for the enemies of Great Britain! T 1
is no three-decked ship of any nation that would be able to
alongside of her for any length of time and stand such PhYsic
ings—Cambrian. Qa
RiOT AND DESTRUCTION OF THE PIER AT GRAVESEND,' a
Saturday the Gravesend Pier Bill, which has been so long al!,
pertinaciousl Gravesend,y the Watermen's Company and To%
watermen of passed the committee of the Lords,e
attempts to conciliate the watermen by giving.them other
ployment having failed. As soon as the decision of the COsar
mittee on the bill became known at Gravesend, the water:L':
assembled in piffilic-houses near to the pier, and after the i,
bitants had retired to rest, sallied forth in two parties, one
ong
the street, and the other in boats upon the water, with hatcn,s..
crow bars, sledge hammers, saws, and other instruments 0-0"1
struction; and leaving gained possession of the pier, they
sTe
silenced its demolition. As soon as the Mayor had intellig,Lo
of the proceedings, he summoned the constabulary force of the
town, but the civil power being found altogether insufficieuts,td
called together the inhabitants, and sent to Tilbury Fort
or
military. Major Kelly, the commandant of Tilbury, prosnr4
despatched a party of men under the command of Lieutenaafd
Spencer, and about the same time Lieutenants Brown
_Pr,
Gladdish, and,several of the West Kent Yeomanry corps'
rived. The civil and military authorities then proceeded te it' it,
pier, and upon their approach the principal parties escap !cry
boats, and by day.-light the whole were dispersed without aq,,yrus.
serious personal injury being committed, although the dent
se
tion and loss of property has been very great. The toll
ell
...ice
is nearly levelled with the gronnd, and a great part of th
destroyed, several of the principal
asundersand the pier, which would have been opened 4;fav
public in a few days, rendered altogether unsafe. 10 anevesal
non of being disturbed the watermen had taken UP. s_
piles having been
..60.0 "the
Rite
planks of the platform, so as to cut off all communicauo_aory
the pier from the land without considerable risk. The yee'',t hi
were on guard all day, and. were to be relieved at &ff.' have
a detachment from Chatham. The authorities of the tofu_ and
offered £lOO for tbe.apprehension of the principal offender
will immediately proceed with measures to protect
.
bitants of, and the public resorting to Gravesend. to
Tull VIRGIN Wato.—An awkward affair, which no has re'
one of the Judges on the Vv'esteru Circuit, at Taunton! It
cently beets the subject of much mirth in the Teraplf-o_ts_ hail
appears-that the pious jtidicial having finished his la?
about
s#!
cast off his forensic wi4 at his lodgings, and retired I.boot W
next room to Wait for his brother Judge, whom he was
accompany to some of the local aristocracy to dinner- is'ys sic!
male servant of the house had entered. the- bcdcharnber ,
door,, and not knowing, the Judge was iu the next. Iree:otaesite
frolic arrayed herself in the Judge's wig. Just at this loolcingt;
when the fair Mopsey wag adniiring herse"
iii thrtreient,
glass, the Judge very unexpectedly entered the ape lool;IP $
poor "Mopsey catching a sight 'of his stern count?, aaniarraed learned
just over her shoulder in thtsglass,
was
so
mu if the 6.
she fainted, and would haVe fallen on the roundg.er arnica
Judge, impelled by humanity, had not caught 11 1
hisAt tdhriesscs ti cal
dressing-room
dmoeonrtvvh,ii
tshb
aro
Ntliiee‘ry
tJudgeo see if
covered his learned brother with the fainting
Not wishing to interrupt what he thought to
_I,
r,L:ldgevocuet;;,
quickly attempted to withdraw, when his brothet Js
ated, For God's sake, L—, stop and hTdeliair
brothel, tise,,
plained." "Never mind," said L—,
r.
cover the fainting maid as he could.—Lontn I
hi
li
matter explains itself;" and he left his l'ea)Yuc.ti,
arrived'
sa: nv, ready,h °isca LrFi,s:o
apberother; to