The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-21 00:00:00

• THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD will be published on Tom'
day next, as usual ; but that being Christmas-day, or
respectfully request that those of our Subscribers ail
Counting-houses may-not be open on that day, will Peo
to No. 7, High-street, for their papers.

WE understand that a public dinner will be given
LORD SANDON and his friends at Lucas' large room, °ll
Friday, to which Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS has accepted tli3
invitation.

SLAVERY IN THE WEST INDIEs.---When so m3ll°
gross misrepresentations are made 'respecting the state o,
the slaves in the British Colonies, we think it due to the
public to publish the following questions, with their au
swers, by a correspondent of the London-Guardian:
Question I.—Can a slave marry without his owner's consent:
Answer.—Yes : and it is obviously his owner's interest L.o`.
he should marry.—See Jamaica Slave Law, 1826, clause 4;,(l°a_.
1831, do. 4; Antigua do. 1798, do. 28; St. Kitt's do. 1829;db*-,
Question 2:—Can a slave prevent the sale of his wife, if t,u'
owner pleases?

Answer.—Yes; unless the husband and children be sold 013
her ! See Jamaica Slave Law, 1826, clause 5 ; do. 18.31, do: 5;
Grenada do. 1828, do. 50; Dominica do. 1829, do. 50; St gilt's
do. 1829, do. 16; Nevis do. 1828, penalty £50.; Bahainas do.
1826, do. £lOO.
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Question 3.—Can a slave prevent the sale of his childret: i -
his owner pleases ?

Answer.—Yes. See answer to the foregoing question.
Question 4.--Can a slave, with impunity, refuse to flog 13
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wife or daughter ?

Answer.—Yes ; and if he is punished by his master for re'
fusing, the master is liable to fine and imprisonment ! See
Jamaica Slave Law, 1826, clause 33; do. 1831, do. 29; Antigun
do. ; 1798, do. 15; and the slave laws of other islands.
Question s.—Can a slave obtain redress if his owner deprive
him of his goods?

Answer.—Yes ;in all the colonies. See Jamaica Slave La``'
1826, clause 15 ; do., do., 1831, do. 14; Barbadoes do., 1827, cl°'
7,—(Owner to forfeit double the value;) Dominica do. 1827, doi
13 to 16; St. Kitt's, do., 1829 do. 17—Penalty of £lO over ail
above the value of goods taken by the master.
Question 6.—Can a slave attend either public or private °T.-
ship, if his master forbids him?

Answer.—Yes; in all the islands. The Antigua Slave liasif'
1798, clause 26, imposes a penalty of £lO on any master vib°
prevents his slaves from attending church or chapel.

CHESHIRE ELECTION.---OH Saturday last the nomination,i.q4
knights of the shire to represent the southern division oful
ri county took place at Chester. After the customary preliWini;
es had been gone through, M. Tollemache, (son of the .
lant admiral of that name,) proposed Earl Grosvenor, and 105
Wickstead seconded the nomination. Mr. E. V. rrownse°
proposed Mr. G. Wilbraham, and ivas seconded by Dr. Lath
g,ert„,,,7
Sir H. Mainwaring then proposed Sir Philip Grey E
fop'
and the nomination was seconded by Mr. R. Wilbraham, .1110. a
of Rhode. The respective candidates then severally addresseb
the meeting, and a show of hands being demanded, the
Sheriff declared the majority to be in favour of Earl Grosvc7,,
and Mr. Wilbraham. A poll was then demanded for Sir P 111,1);
Grey Egerton, which was granted, and directed to commeoce
Tuesday last. At the final close on Wednesday evening, "-
numbers were :

Chester Lord Grosvenor. Mr. Wilbraham. Sir P. E: It°.
787 8/
Birkenhead 181 638
7 146 179
Nantwich 589 775 528
Northwieh 387 62'2 427
Sandbaeh 465 474 377

2409
Mr. Wilbraham's, majority,.
Lord Grosvenor's,

22981.
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GLASGOW, TUESDAY, DEC. 18.—State of the poll here tcfrd4.
(first day) at 3 P. M.
Mr. Ewing'
Mr. Oswald 2171. Mr. Doug
.... ..... 1031
• Sir D. Sandford 1530 Mr: Dixon ... of
As there are only 11 0r12410 more voters there is no—u
Messrs., Ewing and Oswald being elected...
PORTAGLINGTON.—The poll at Portarlington, CID" °n
Monday last, when the votes were—

For Mr. T. Gladstone 66
For Mr. Dawson 65

Majority 1
STRANGE OccunnE:NcE.--A FEMALE MISSING.—A baske
left by a female of respectable appearance, "to be kept until
she should call for it," has lain at St. James's Market, ~ ~
several days past, unclaimed. The contents are an assortslT
of articles for domestic consumption, such as would lead to.the
supposition of the person by whom It was left being either tot'
mistress or the housekeeper of some respectable family. •

. - . -
STATE OF TIM CURRENCY.—We know of no circumstance
which forms a more certain criterion of the deplorable state °I
the times, and what is termed "the scarcity of money," than f",,
fact, that last week a common stock sale was announced in
Cambridge paper as to be sold on credit.—Bury Herald.
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