The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-01-09 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

(Before Mr. Alderman JOHN BOURNE.)
Henry Gilpin, a young man in the employ of Mr. Wood, tea
dealer and grocer, Elliott-street, and Sanders, a clerk in the
service of the Duke's Dock Company, were brought before the
magistrates, charged with busing procured a fictitious-vote foe
Mr. Win. Ewart, one of the newly-elected members of parlia-
ment for this borough. It appeared from the evidence adduced
in support of the charge against the prisoners, the! Gilpin called
about half-past nine o'clock on Tuesday night at the house of
an elector named Allen. Not lin/ling Allen at home, Gilpin
informed Mrs. Allen that any other man would do as well es
her husband ; up ni which Sanders was pointed out to Gilpin,
awl, after some consultation, was requested by the latter to ten-
der his vote at one of the polling booths on the following morn-
ing, (Wednesday,) in the name of Alien. To enable Sanders
to commit the fraud with less chance of detection, a card was
given him with Alien's name written upon it. As agreed upon
by the patties, Sanders, early on Wednesday morning, pre-
sented himself at one of the booths, and gave a vote for Mr.
Ewart, in the name of Allen, describing himself to be Allen,
the person who was supposed to have voted. After the vote
had been recorded the fraud was detected, and the parties were
both taken into custody, and brought before- the sitting magis-
trate for examination. A case of misdemeanour having been
fully proved, Gilpin and Sanders were held to bail to answer
at the ensuing sessions any indictment that may be preferred
against them. The hail required from each of the culprits was
£5O, and two good securities for £25 each. We have only Po
add that Mr. Henry Gilpin is a member of the Society t f
Friends.

IRELAND.

AGITATION AND MURDER IN NEW ROSS.

DuaciN, Jars. 3.—A letter from New Ross, arrived this ;mim-
ing, brings the shocking intelligence that old Counsellor Foot,
of Rosbercon, a village ou the Kilkenny side of the river, was
savagely murdered at four o'clock yesterday afternoon. Ills
cold and mangled body was found about half an hour after in a
small lane adjacent to his dwelling-house. The brains were ac-
tually dashed out with stones! Five men were iinme6iately
taken up by the police on suspicion, and lodged in the gaol of
New Ross. It will be recollected that this old gentleman (aged
72) was seriously wounded in a sanguinary attack about a year
since, when a shot was fired at him from behind a hedge, the
effects of which confined him during several weeks of suffering
to his bed. The assassins have now taken a surer mode of de-
stroying the devoted object of their vengeance. The impunity
ou which they calculated in the present awful state of parti-
san feelitir, which our unpriucipled and reckless agitators have
excited in this district is very remarkable, four of his labourers
being at work in a adjoining field at the very mementof the bru-
tal murder. His son, Edward Lundy. Foot, also a barrister,
sets off this evening from this city to investigate the circum-
stances of the awful transaction, and take measures for bring-
ing the daring and ruthless perpetrators to the bar of justice.
This is a service of danger at such a crisis, when all the ties of
good- neighbourhood, old friendship, and christiau charity-are
set at naught by the barbarous dictation of the demagogues of
the hour. Exclusive dealing—denunciation of political oppo-
nents—lines drawn in the dust to exclude individuals from all
sympathy and assistance, even in their utmost need of the com-
mon offices of humanity—death's head and cross-hones affixed
as the brand of excommunication, at once the symbol and in-
citement to destruction—these ate the doctrines and illustra-
tions which Mr. O'Connell and his associates are inculcating
and enforcing for the " moral pacification" of the country.
The melancholy subject of this letter is one of the first fruits of
their labours, and forms of itself the most natural and effective
commentary on the late unchristian address of Mr. O'Connell
to " the men of Ross." Poor Mr. Foot was already a marked
man, ou the old ground of quarrels nit,' hi, tenantry. It only
needed a line in the dust, drawn before his.deor, to exclude him
(as AL-. O'Connell assured us) from the pale of civilised so-
ciety, and all the sympathies of his fellow men. The result
proves too well the truth of his prophecy, and of his power to
cause it to come to pass. Will a British Government ever ex-
ert its power to bring Ireland within the pale? It is still as it
was ere the arrival of Strongbow—the wild forest chase of agi-
tators, denunciators, excommunicators, and assassins.

THE LIVERPOOL BEEF STEAK Cl.tl3.—Lord Sandon and Sir
Howard Douglas honour the Beef Steak Club with their pre-
sence at dinner on Saturday next, at the Adelphi Hotel.
RIOTS AT Haetrax.— On Wednesday last, this borough was
the scene of one of those disgraceful outrages which are always
to be feared from au unruly mob (luring an election. Party
spirit arnonigst the friends of the respective candidates Messrs.
Wood, Prothero, and Wortley, it appears ran very high, and
several skertuishes in the streets. between them, took place, in
one of which the colours of Protbeio and Wood were wrested
from the assailants. In return for this, the Whig mob patrioti-
cally cracked the wiudows of the inhabitants in every street
they passed throngh. They afterwarLls proceeded, armed with
bludgeons, to the houses of some of the most wealthy inhabi-
tant; which they broke open, and commenced a work of
destruction by breaking to pieces all the valuable furniture
they could lay their hands on. Pianofortes were thrown
into the street, beds ripped open, wines drank, &c., until
property to a large auteunt was destroyed. The riot as-
sumed so serious a character that the civil power were
unable to quell it; consequently, military aid was sent for,
and a detachment of the lith Lancers arrived from D.,vsliary.
'rile cowardly ruffians were then dispersed, and the ringleaders
taken into custody. No lives were Lust, but several individual,:
were most severely injured.
• We have beard it whispered that Sir Thomas Phillips, Bart.,
of Middle-hill, in this county, is about to be united to a lady
posseesiug the ample dowry of £3oo,ooo.—Worcester Herald.
THE Dl KR OF LKUCHTENBERG.-11iS Royal Highness, who
travels uuderthe title of Duke of Santa Cruz. will take up his
abode while in Lomita' at the Clarendon Hotel, where, we
believe, apartments have been engaged for him. The William
Fawcett steamer (1110 the Monarch), having on hoard the
Portuguese ministers, M. de Sartuento and M. Slendizabel, will
sail toouorrow for Ostend, where the Duke will embark with
the Conde Pichalo and Baron de la Bandeira. the commis-
sioners sent to Munich to eacoit his highness to Lisbon. The
Duke, after a short stay in town, will proceed to Falmouth. to
embark on board the Duchess of Braonza frigate now lying .
there.—Times of Wednesday.
DARING HORHEUT.--A most daring robbery was committed
on Sunday evening last, between the home tit six and ten
o'clock, in the house of Mr. lisrvev, No. 45, Strand, Lundou.
The premises were entered during are alisenceof the family by
means of a false latch-key and dour-key at the private entrance.
The second door iu the passage was first tried by means of a
cent e-bit, but not being able to (yeti it, the thief or thievee cut
away a patent lock from the door leading into the shop—aud
silk umbrellas (about twelve dozen) were stolen therefrom, to
£130;
.also one waterproof cloak, and
the value of upwards of
nine capes. of different sizes, worth from LAS to £20.. It is
supposed that the property was couveyed away in a hackney
coal it, as the watermau on the coach-stand opposite Cathotins-
' street, saw a coach stop there between six and seven o'clock,
and after waiting at the door about ten minutes, (hive off at a
very quick pace. What wakes the robbery the more daring is
thdt toe ponce are continually passing to ami fro; and it is one
of the greatest thoroughfares iu London. Information has:been
given at all-the policLe.ffices; and a reward of £3O is Dffered by
Mr. Harvey for the app.ebensien of the parties.
DARING Holman's*.—.... CI
auttote• TO FAMILIES.—OU Sands
evening, between live aud eight o'clock, the house of Mr. Mel-
drum. No. 9, High-street, Peckham, was entered *by some
thieves, by means of skeleton keys,_ daring the absence of the
fatuity at church, and robbed of about one (.I(,zen and a half of at
silver spoous, a silver iniikjug, a valuable diamtna ring, and • •
several other artic:es.—The same night the house ok Mr. Hetey.
No. 2.3, South Conduit-street, heinna.-green, vva.r robbed of
about 40 yards of silk, and other Ai-ticks, end the house of Mr.
Medhurst, No. 7, New York-street, was lobbed of vatiuus
articles of wearing apparel, timing the absence of the families.
Sir William Horne, in returning fruiu the Domination in
Portland-place 111 'Tuesday afternoon, was attacked in the most
iusulting manner by some of the mob. 'they endeavoured to
trip up Sir William 'Horne, and cowardly and brutally assaulted
those geutletuen who endeavoured to plots ct him, the coats of
several being turn front their backs. The ruffierey mob, heated
by the demagogues who are endeae--,e,t.s driknineer over the
rights of tile electors, (lugged Sit William Horne Inane, and
renewed all these scenes which the reform b.l, was to have anni-
hila

A FACT.--Mr. Ward, baker, 3.3, Regent-street, thinking, as
he in his own plain statement expicsses cituself, that the govci -
nor of the Bank of England would of course be a loyal man,
and would wish to support the King and his governute-ut, with
which he is iu constant and contiikutiat int( rcout se' lot at ute
house of the said governor, James Pattison, Esq., for signature,
a copy of the anti-radical Alarylehoue audre.a.
motuitig he was told to Lain his bJI, and ucur to show
at the Luse again.