The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-02 00:00:00

TERMS:

Under 12 years of age lO Guineas per annum.
Above 12 and under n years of age'so Guineas per annum.
Above 16 years of age .. '6O Guineasver annum.
Four Private Pupils are relayed at Otte Hundred
Guineas per annum ; for whom .separate Bed-rooms are
provided. _ _ .

i'AYSIENTS IN AITWANCE, either Quarterlyor Half-yearly.
Prospectuses may be obtained on 'application to the
Principal.
*** No DAILY PUrilB are admitted.
'Tarvin- hall, wear Ches ter,,lDee .' 18, 1'843.

REBECCAITtS.—A number of these lawless creatures
have been found guilty at the present assizes at Carmar-
then, but none have yet been sentenced.

Loup HAnowtox.—This .nobleman has addressed a
letter to a contemporary, in which he -denies in Coto the
statement which has gone, the round of-the radical papers,
that his lordship " thought opposed to "-free trade thought
that ultimately free trade ,principles must prevail." Ilis
lordship also says that with the exception of words ex-
pressive of his opposition to free- trade, no such senti-
ments as those recorded •by the radical press escaped his
lips.

HINTS ,TO COUNTRY CouszNs.-4f you. want to buy.
" good batgains," select the shops•which are placarded
with " Immense Faduce," " Dreadful Sacrifice," &c.,
and when you have :paid your money and taken your
goods home, you willrfind that the immense failure"
is the article you have purchased, and that the "dreadful
sacrifice" is confined .entirely to your own pocket.—lf
you do not know your way about town, inquire of the
nearest ccbman. Take the contrary direction to- the one
he tells you, and you will be sure to reach your destina-
tion.—Punch's Altnagack.

The shareholders of the Manchester and Leeds Rail-
way have adopted the views of their executive ors the sub-
ject of the Heywood,:Huddersfield,Bradford, and Bury
branches, and have also expressed themselves perfectly
satisfied with the. terms of the agreement for .working in
conjunction the Manchester and Leeds • and Hull and
Selby lines.
ADVICE TO DES TORS.—Remember to give strict
orders-that you will not be " at home" for some time—
especially to any top .hoots, or blue-bags, for you may find,
after. proposing to !read your creditors' bills that day
six months, that in the event of your endeavouring to
make-a motion in - favour of .Boul9gne, the sheriff will
walk in and divide the house with you.—Punch's
Almanack.

EXTREME MILDNESS OF THE SEASON IN THE ISLE
OF WIGHT.—CowEs, Dec. 30.—The fields are covered
with daisies, the banks with primroses and violets, the
gardens bloom with ,flowers ; mignonette, sweet-peas,
wall-flowers, stocks„pansies, mallows, nasturtiums, to-
bacco, tropoeolum canariensi, sweet and yellow alysson,
Clarkea pulchella' geraniums and roses are as common
as in spring. The birds are singing .and building. A
hedge-sparrow's nest.was this day taken with three eggs
in it. The thermometer stands at. 55, and the barometer
at, 30-33.

WHIG,OPINION OF O'CONNELL.---WC do not reckon
Mr. O'Connell among sincere repealers. He knows too
much to believe that repeal can .be obtained except by
force; and he has too much to lose to desire a sanguinary
contest, in which power would accompany, not the qualities
which he possesses—popular eloquence and legal know-
ledge, but those which he wants—military skill and in-
difference to danger But, unfortunately for
:himself and his country, all his angry and all his selfish
xassions appear to drive him to manifest the same feel-
ings and to express the same opinions as the revolutionary
party. He appears to be inflamed by all the religious and
national antipathies of his least, ivilized countrymen ; and
he has to avenge his own failure in the British parliament,
and, what is mote stinging, in British society (!) . .
When he wished Ireland to prosper no one more earnestly
demanded amendment of the combination laws; sow, of
course, he is silent.—Edinburgh Review.
THE EARLY DAYS OF PRINCE LEOPOLD.—Duringthe
campaigns in Germany, the gallant Duke of Brunswick,
who was -uncle of the Princess Charlotte, found his atten-
tion much attracted and riveted by a youthful warrior and
diplomatist,, Prince Leopold of S.-.xe Coburg. He was
the second brother to the then reigning duke, and grand-
nephew of that Prince of Coburg whose name, as mu.
mander-in-chief of the Austrian armies, was so familiar
to us all during the early revolutionary war. This young
Prince Loopo d was also on the most intimate term. of
friendship and family connexion with the Emperor Alex-
ander of Russia, his sister being married to the Archduke
Constantine; and he arrived in London during the visit
of the allied sovereigns in 1814, on which occasion he was
the bearer of a fetter from the Duke of Brunswick to his
niece the Princess Charlotte. His pleasing manners were
not unnoticed by that illustrious lady, and his visits at
her " tea-table" were evidently most acceptable. To the
external advantages of a fine figure and a good counte-
nance, he added suavity of behaviour and elegance of ad-
dress; and, besides all this, he enjoyed the character of
being a good soldier and a brave man. His residence in
London was prolonged. He lived not only prudently,
but with great economy, and the princess admired his con-
duct, and spoke of it with commendation, "He is so
poor, your royal highness," said one of her ladies in wait-
ing, on one occasion ; " why, all his dominions will be
scarcely larger than a country parish." The princess re-
plied, " So much the better, my lady, he will have more
time to attend to me."—Fraser 's Magazine.

A LEAGUER'S REGARD FOR THE TRUTH.—The fol-
lowing passage from the letter recently addressed by Mr.
Ferraud to the London Times, in reply to a letter of Mr.
John Brooks, places the veracity of Mr. Cobden in no
favourable light. The circumstances detailed are within
everybody's recollection, as well as the shuffle between the
terms " Factory" and " Printworks." When I exposed
in the House of Commons the frauds practised upon the
operatives, I stated that some of the manufacturers kept
cows and sold the milk to their men ; that the member for
Stockport kept cows and sold the milk to his men. A
few nights afterwards Mr. Cobden stood up in his place,
and, amid the cheers of his friends, solemnly denied my
assertion. I immediately wrote a note to him giving up
the name of my authority, and, although such communi-
cations are always considered private amongst members
of Parliament, be nevertheless forwarded that note by the
same night's post, and had it published in the Manchester
Guardian. The house appointed a committee to inquire
into the truth of my allegations, of which both Mr. Cob-
den and myself were members, and in his presence Lord
Ashley (the Chairman) asked Mr. Oldfield (who was a
witness from Chorley, where Mr. Cobden's "printworks"
are) whether any of the manufacturers kept cows? He
replied, "Yes, Mr. Cobden does." I steadily fixed my
eye on the hon. member for Stockport whilst the witness
gave the name of one of his workpeople who bought milk
from him, as well the price which Mr. Cobden charged.
I shall not soon forget the confusion of his countenance.
To this moment Mr, Cobden has not retracted his de-
nial 1"