The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-13 00:00:00

DEcESIBEn. 13, 13

In this dilemma why is thflerk asleep at his desk,
the bishop silent in his dioc, the scholar poring over '
his books ? Is there no sostirring eloquence in the
church?—no herald to sourithe alarm ?—no champion
to take up the gauntlet ?—o layman " in a brother's
parr! bold ?" There are,id we rejoice to perceive it,
como.ndications of revivir reason and prescient ap-
prehnsion in Bristol. In ter places there may be the
boteof preparation. Somof the clergy of Scotland
see,nd perhaps dread, aidev have just reason to do,
the,ordng storm. But w lament to say that not one
thomnith part of the neQsary preparation is yet in'
nen). The Power of resiance, according to the laws
ofprojctiles, roust be grater than the power which
titkes: The Church must)e arinCd:at all points, to re-
st esry charge, come frog what quarter it may ; for if
nee enemy should suceed in forcing a passage all
Noul lost. In every patsh, in every church, through
the *ed Kingdom, there should be public meetings.
Theslaops and clergy are bound to make an appeal to
the O. The whole strength of our religious establish
Ineilliust be put forth, Eit once, and forthwith, without
naent's delay, and petitions numerously signed must
4:gibe tables of both Houses of Parliament, or it will
b 4 vain to contend with the majorities of Ministers and
tl servile but still timorous supporters in the Corn-
tilts. It is the . duty of the clergy to set the example
al cal to their assistance the conscientious members of
thr rspective churches. It might be done in a week ;
atni before the passing of two Sabbaths, if there be
thi ill, and fervour, and honesty, and patriotism in the
Clod of England, without which her shipwreck and
Rest downfal are inevitable. Need we say more ?
%Vette done our duty; let those do theirs who have
Inotesponsible duties to perform!

" At the time when this strike took place," he says, " wages
were as high as they had been at any period within my recollec-
tion, (except for a short time in 1825, while the price of provi-
sions and all other expenses had greatly fallen,) since the war."
" In our own concern," be adds, " we have nearly £20,000
worth of building ready to put men to, that the men have never
operated upon beyond the mere excavation of one of the founda-
tions."
" Not an individual of them made us any overtures, and they
signify to us that we must send to the Union a written compli-
ance with their terms; that we must enter into such engage-
ments as they shall point out ; and must pay to every man
that. has been off work, four shillings for every day that -he has
been idle !"
And this is the evidence of an intelligent tradesman
well acquainted with the subject of trade, and if any one
will take the trouble of reading the whole of the evidence
given by many intelligent men before the Parliamentary
oommittee,tthey will see the hopeless prospect of better-
ing the-condition of the working classes by the formation
of unions.
The only step to counteract their pernicious tendency
is, for the masters throughout the country to form a coun-
ter union for the protection of their rights; for we should
never desire to see the combination laws again in force,
as trade should ever be free as the wind, and no shackles
be allowed to be forged either by masters or workmen.
And, if necessary, now that the subject is better under-
stood, a total cessation of trade will be- the consequence
of the next outbreak, which, we see by the printed rules
of the new-society, is threatened early in the spring.
We repeat, that our hostility to these unions has sprung
from the conviction of their revolutionary tendency, of
the injury they cause to trade generally, and of the ine-
vitable misery which. invariably follows, and ever will
follow, any attempt to establish by injustice what never
can be Vented by reason. . .

'an attentive observer of the signs of the times it
imjbe evident that we are on the eve of great and
Laity changes—that ancient and long-tried institutions
arerivileges are to be altered—that rights long held
to sacred are to be destroyed—and that customs are
tee substituted which are yet matters of speculation.
Thether these changes will work for good or evil is
niter for the historian and for posterity ; but for us,
ea are the actors in this mighty drama, whceare to feel
i effects; if evil=or.enjoy the benefits, if good—it is of
. , most lasting consequence to adopt that line of con-
t which, unappalled by the dark clouds which now
titer thickly around us, can calmly but firmly oppose
.e spirit of mischief, and lend our aid to direct the flood
tto proper channels.
...
One of the greatest mischiefs at present to be dreaded
ft the undue—the fearful influence of democracy. Of all
tYranniesit is the most arbitrary, of all despotisms, the
most despotic, its decisions being founded without pre-
vious calculation, and fickle, and' uncertain ; and, al-
though the mass cry out for " liberty and equality,".
neither the one nor the other can possibly be possessed
by individuals under such rule. " A little learning is a
dangerous thing ;" and we have now arrived at that criti-
cal point, when the lower classes have acquired just as
much education as makes them dissatisfied with their lot
In life, but not as much as enables them to take a wide
range over the fields of commerce and legislation—not as
much as will enable them to see the end from the begin-
ning, and the effect from the cause. At this interesting,
this dangerous period, they are especially open to the
designing and the rebellious. Noxioui poison in the
shape of cheap publications is poured into their minds.
Ten thousand disappointed and dissipated, yet talented
!nen, are ever ready to increase the draught, and the'
fever rising to its height is 'slaked with spirits, .which
madden instead of altaving the thirst. We -ask, what
4nean the frowning masses which we now hear of col-
lecting on every side ? What means the tocsin daily
sounded to the operative to prepare himself for the strug
RI"? .What mean the funds now raising in every corner
of the kingdom, and the munitions of war so diligently
collected and piled up ? -Is all this mighty preparation
to end in nought ? Is all the dissatisfaction and the ef-
fects of the pernicious doctrines so long promulgated, to
Pass away quietly in evaporation ? We think not. And
When the alarming symptoms of the trades' union broke.
Out in this county in the early part of the spring, we ex-
letlseCti
.thelp_pernicious tendency; in. the full assurance
• to at they were highly injurious to us, not only locally
but nationally.
. - Here they have been checked, but we fear not de-
stroyed. The seed has been cast too deep to be speedily
"radieated. - In other places they were submitted to,
and now they have acquired a giant's strength, and must
either be allowed to spend that strength, whatever may
he the consequence, or they must be put down by the
strong arm of the executive, wielded by a more deter-
mined power than the present imbecile ministry ; for
" they called them into existence for their own ambitious
. . . I:nrPose9, and if they now venture to oppose them, will
" speedily hurled from their seats to rise no more.
. . A society has sprung out of the trade's union in Man.
-thester, called. the society for a national regeneration-
-41 the head of which figure Mr. FIELDEN; the member
for Oldham, and Mr. ROBERT OWEN, the visionary of
New Lanark. In this it is proposed "to found a new
order of things—to reduce the hours of labour to eight
per diem and to keep the same rate of wages. A cate-
chism is appended to the rules, containing amongst the
roost revolutionary doctrines, the most artful appeal to
• religious prejudices, and holding out prospects to the
workmen which common sense shows can never by any
Passibility be realized. Some letters which have ap-
peared in the Morning. Chronicle throw a little light
upon the objects of these unions. These declare boldly
• that the aristocracy is a nuisance and must be abolished t
that there shall be no limger an unequal distribution of
l'vellertyl that a new state of society is contemplated!
that spoliation And agrarian law must take place! and
that
.individual suffering must be endured for national
good! The rights of property are there represented as
belonging to none individually, but to all generally ;
none are to enjoy the fruits of former industry and enter-
Prize ; and those who do not now stoop to produce are
not to enjoy ! And we are told that societies are formed
and linked together in England, France .1 and Germany,
- all actuated by the same intentions, and all aiming at the
same object.
This is a part and parcel of the same union which
under the hypocritical mask of providing for the aged
and infirm, has been laving the first stone of an operative
Builders' Hall at Birmingham, (that hot bed of revolu-
tion) under the superintendence of one JOSEPH HANSOM,
• WllO, if
we mistake not, is both an architect and a con-
tractor !
and is in some way connected with the " Friend
to all Mankind," who in the Liverpool Mercury advo-
cates equalization of wages, &c. It would be quite as
rational to advocate equalization in the price of sugar,
c.offee, or cotton, without regard to quality. Why, there
must bv. equality- in conduct—in talent—in skill—in elm-
. racter—lnd in every requisite that forms the human
mind, before there can be an equalization of wages. There
is now to be nothing but heads ; there is to be no belly;
the legs and arms are to beat of one length, and y
univer-
sal equality in mi"......ebody, and estate is to be the " con-
necting link !"
- • These men never tell the poor and industriotis man
that if the articles of life are too'-dear in one country,
,e" they will fly to.anether ; that if by the duration of labour
being shortened, manufactures of any sort, whether cot-
tons or buildings, become too high, the demand for them
will cease,
fin and capital will find new channels in which to
w—that in destroying the capitalist, they are aiming
.
4' :suicidal blow at their own interest that it is the
ordination of him " who spake as never man spake,"
and whose life was spent in doing good, that, " the poor
• - shall never cease out of the land," and in ransacking the
Scriptures for texts to declare the wrath of the Almighty
against every oppressive master, never cast their eyes
upon
those numerous passages which command obedience
° lawful authority—which require servants to obey their
Masters, to give honour where it is due, and-to render
unto CXSAR the things that are Ceesett's, These doe-
- tee ..
, . • nesare unpalatable to the levellers, who are, generally
their ovvn evil appetites the Moloch to which they would
1(11), sacrifice the peace, the comfort, and the happiness
oillions. Already has misery the !nest heartrending

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

Wednesday Evening, ha?f-past Seven o'clock.

HORRID MURDER NEAR NORTHWICH,
AND SURRENDER OF THE MURDERER.

(From the Cheitei Couiant.)

- '
marked the course of these unions. Parishes are bur-
executed and gibbetted many years since, for murdering a young
woman ; and it will be recoliected that he cooked part of her
dened with those who are now in want from the effects body, and partook of it at a public-house. Neither is the de-
of listening to the delusions of their leaders. And why ceased the
first of that family who has met with premature death,
a sister having been thrown from a horse and killed some time
is it so ? From a reduction of wages ? From a scarcity , since.
of employment ? Hear the evidence of Mr. STEWARb, 1 FURTHER PAILTICULARS.—(From our Correspondent.)—The
! shocking murder of the unfortunate young woman, Mary Peru-
of this town, before the committee of the Commons, on ; berton, has cauSed a deep sensation.of horror in the minds of
manufactures and trade. , the whole of the inhabitants of Northwich and ,the neighbour-
hood. The inquest on the body of the hapless victim was held
at Northwich on Monday last, and a verdict of " wilful murder"
"They (the workmen) have issued certain manifestos, avow-,
I
ing that they have united all over England, Ireland, and Scot-
against Samuel Thorley; the murderer, returned. At the con-
land, and they have attempted to state that no person should I elusion of the inquest the wretched malefactor, who had been
work 'by contract, without submitting that contract to their as-
, brought back to North
(the governor of Chester Castle) turnkeys, was introduced in-
man without their consent and authority under certain circum-
Northwich in the care of one of Mr. Dunstan's
sociatiou, called unions; and that you shall not dismiss any ,
j to the inquest-room, and informed of the result of the investi-
stances. . I gatiou, which we understand he receivedwithoutbetraying any
but - lettled melancholy seemed to pervade his

Our money market affords little food for comment, and
the quotation for the account is 834, and has been so, al-
ternately buyers and sellers, since we last wrote. In the
foreign market Portuguese securities are depressed, the
old bonds being at 563 57, and the Regency at 561 1.--
The northern bonds are nearly as we last quoted.- Dutch
21 per cents. are 50/ / and the 5 per cents 941 1. Rus-
sian stock remains at 1021 103. Spanish bonds are 231, 1.
The Flower -steam-packet sailed from Gibraltar to
Malta on the 15th instant, and returned on the 17th,
having run foul of a merchant vessel off Malaga, and da-
maged one of her paddles. The merchantman, it is sup-
posed, will never be heard of more, as it is presumed from
the severe concussion she went down with all hands.

great emotion, but a s,
-
countenance. The coroner then made.:out. the pri;oner's mit-
timus in the regular form, and he was conveyed back to Chester
Castle to await his trial, which will take place at the ensuing
assizes. The funeral of the deceased took place ol.Weduesday
last, and was attended by a la4;e concourse of persons, who
seemed much affected at the solemn and heart-rending .scene.
The murderer is connected I,vith.the families of some respectable
and opulent farmers in Cheshire. His father and brother both
rent large farms near Sandbach, and yesterday (Thursday)
the brother left his home for Chester Castle, to remain a
short tune with the wretched culprit,. n order, it is sup-
posed, to confer with him on matters connected with his
worldly affairs. We understandthat the unfortunate inan;.ever
since his first surrendering himself, has paid the most devout
attention to his religious duties. We are given to understand
that there are several inaccuracies in the statement of the
Chester paper. In the first place, the wedding between the
victim and the murderer had not approached so nearly that the
bridal dress was bespoke ; the fact is, according to the state-
ment of a relative -of the deceased, that the deceased's mother
had discovered that Thorley was_ the father of several illegiti-
mate children, and she had Conseq*.utly forbade the connec-
tion; independent of which, it was ascertained that Thorley was
not in such excellent circumstances as he had led the deceased.
to suppose, and it was thought by the mother that his sale ob-
ject in wishing to marry her daughter was, to possess himself of
her vropc:ty. Mrs. Pemberton's husband died about' six
months ago, And that circumstance preying upon her mind, to-
gether with the horrid murder of her daughter,- has thrown the
poor woman into such a state of frenzy that she is now lying
most dreadfully ill, and not expected to recover. When the
murderer was lihted out of the house by the deceased, the
mother, finding-her stay. long, called to her, and the deceased
replied that she was coming directly. The mother immediately
heard the street door shut, and, finding the deceased did not
come up stairs, she again called, and, receiving no answer,
became alarmed, and went into the lobby„where the shock-
ing spectacle of her daughter's Moody corpse lay before her.
The head was nearly severed from the body. Suspicion did
not immediately rest upon the prisoner, and the affair remained
in mystery until in the prisoner's house was found a bundle
containing the bloody clothes in which he committelthe cold-
blooded and horrid murder. After the foul deed was perpe-
trated, he called the boy in his service and told hiM of the
murder, saying that he (Thorley) was then going trsdrovp- him-
self. Having pulled off the bloody clothes And reftiflressetioha.
rtmrderergave'the-key of his house to the boy, and they both
walked atdu,g the road together, when 'I horley stopped
and desired the boy to go to Mrs. Peniberten's and see whether'
Miss Pemberton was dead. The boy left him, but was afraid to
go to Mrs. Pemberton's, and on his return to the spot where he
left the murderer, the wretch had fled, and the lad thought he
was gone to drown himself. It was the following day, when
the . murderer's house was broken open, that the broody clothes
were found., It is a singular and horrid coincidence that, about
'fifty years ago, a grand-uncle of the prisoner, whose name also
was Samuel Thoiley, was exeeuted for the murder of a female
ballad-singer, a few miles from the scene of the present murder,
and committed 'under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, the
villain having actually, after committingthe dreadful deed, cut
a portion of his victim's flesh from the body and roasted it in
a public-house.

LONDON LATEST SHIPPING .NEWS.
Lloyd's Five o'clock, p.m. Wednesday.
The Ariela)rye,.from Liverpool, had arrived at Leg-
horn, on the 26th ult.; .in 33 days. .
The Catherine Bibby, has arrived at Demerara from
Liverpool. -
The Jolly Tar, ROssignol, cleared out from Trieste
for Liverpool on the 24th, ult.
The Amethyst, Thomson, from Montreal to Liver-
pool, which was drien on shore at Swansea Bay, on the
2Sth, ult., was got off and brought into harbour, much
damaged (though less than was expected) after discharg-
ing her cargo, the greater part of which was in a da-
maged state.
The Catherine, Piton, from Liverpool, has arrived at
Lisbon.

The Superb, Widgeren, from Gamla Carlby to Liver-
pool, was driven on shore near Copenhagen,. during a
gale on the 29th, ult.
We have had a numerous meeting at Lloyd's to-day,
at which a letter from Mr. Alderman Thompson was
read, .resigning the office of chairman. The connection
of this gentleman with a Marine Insurance Company at
Sunderland,' was deemed by the Un-derwriters as inimi-
cal with the duties of their chairman, and the result of
the communication between him and the other members
of the Committee was his resignation. Some of his
' friends here, however, attempted to carry a motion,
" that the Committee be directed to place thernselveS in
communication with Mr. Alacirman Tborrigon, with -a-
view to bring about a withdrawal of his letter of resig-
nation." This was combatted by Mr. Carruthers (the
Conservative candidate for Hull, at the last election) in
a speech replete with eloquence and which was received
with cheers and plaudits. He fully convinced the meet-
ing that the worthy Alderman Was bound to " be off with
the old love before he was on with the new ;" or at least,
that both loves were by no means to be retained with
propriety, and upon a division, the numbers stood,'
For accepting the resignation
Against it,
,

Majority for accepting the resignation, 23
A ballot was, however, demanded ; and there is no
telling what the votes of those whose faces never are
seen in our lobby, but at such ticklish times of ballot as
this is, may effect, although there can be but little doubt
that the chair of Lloyd's Committee, which ever way the
ballot may go, will be vacant, the object of the worthy
Alderman's friends being, in all probability, to enable
him to pair off with the majority.

We have this week the painful duty to record the murder of a
respectable your*, female, at Leftwich, near Northwich, which
has naturally caused considerable excitement in the neighbour-
hood where the shocking deed was perpetrate 3. Connected
with this tragical affair, not the,.least singular circumstance is
the surrender and self-accusation of the murderer. From in-
quiries which we have made, it appears that the deceased, Mary
Pemberton, an interesting young woman, about twenty-one
years of age, resided with Tier widowed mother on a farm at
Leftwich, which is situate between Northwich and Davenham,
a mile and a half from the former and half a mile from the lat-
ter place. About twelve- months since she became acquainted
with Samuel Thorley, a gardener, and nursery and seedsinan,
of Northwich, the 'wretched man who has deprived her of life.
Their intimacy soon ripened into an acquaintance of a more
tender nature than mere friendship, and Thorley made prepa-
rations for their union. He furnished a house for the reception
of his intended bride, and we are informed had provided clothes
for .the wedding. But whether some misunderstanding had
taken place between the parties, or her friends had objected to
the marriage, is not satisfactorily known ; but it is certain that
a coolness had! subsisted between them for some days past.—
Thorley was' much troubled by the young woman's conduct,
and became very desponding: At length lie resolved to give
way to his feelings, and commit the horrid deed which has added
, -another stain of the blackest dye to the dark catalogue of crime;
and on Friday last, after transacting his business in Northwich
market, where he has a shop, he proceeded to the house of the
deceased, and remained there until eleven o'clock at night,
which was some time after the family had retired to rest, with-
out being able to adjust the quarrel. On being lighted to the
door, he drew a razor, with which he had provided himself, from
his pocket, and cut the unfortunate woman's throat in the most
effectual manner, She instantly fell in the lobby, where she
was soon after found almost lifeless' by her mother, whose at-
tention was excited' as she lay in bed, by hearing what she con-
sidered a falling of water. Thorley immediately returned home,
-and called hp a yekiith who lived in his service, to give him ad-
mittance : he told the boy of -his- guilt, and despatched him to
his (Thorley's) father's, at Lawton-gate, near Sandbacb, to ac-
quaint him of the-circumstance ; and also of his intention to go
directly to Chester, and surrender himself into the hands of
justice. The wretched man deliberately exchanged his bloody
clothes for others, and about four o'clock on Saturday morning
locked up his shop; and commenced his journey to this city.
He arrived at the Queens Head, Foregate-street, between nine
and ten o'clock, and called for a glass of porter, but did not
drink the whole.of it. After viewing the pictures in the room
for some minutes, he left the house and went to the castle. He
presented himself atthe lodge, and said to the person in attend-
ance, that he came to surrender. He was respectably dressed,
and had nothing singular in his appearance besides a little
wildness of the eyes. He was asked (supposing he was a debtor
come to surrender in discharge of his bail, or'uncliir an order of
some court) if he had an order or a commitment in his posses-
sion. He replied " No." "Do you surrender for debt ?" he
was asked. No,".he again replied, "but for murder." He
then detailed the circumstances, and, on seeing the persons to
whom he was speaking incredulous, or conceiving him to be
mad, he said, " I assure you it is true." Then, said the at-
tendant, you had better make your statement to a magistrate.
"I care not how soon. I go before one, (he replied) for I wish to
get it over." A magistrate was sent for, and he repeated the
melancholy-tale, and persisted in his gat. Shortly after the
chaplain of the gaol was sent for, and to him another confession'
was,made; the rev, gentleman administered spiritual consola-
tion to his mind, and offered up a prayer in which the wretched
man joined with great devotion, and he has since requested that
he may be put into a cell while he can be kept quiet, tiled. he
.may spend the short time he will have allotted to him to live in
religious duties and preparation for another state. He speaks
of the deceased in the highest terms, and says she was the most
amiable and virtuous .of her sex... The, reason lie assigns for
surrendering is, that ho knew there would be a great outcry
about him, and he thought it the bettek course. He says his
-mind is now more tranquil than it was before he committed the
offence, for he was so greatly moved by .the frustration of his
'hopes that he believes he could not have lived': The prisoner
was suspected imuiediately after the crime, hail been perpetrated,
and letters were sent to various pelfee-ofacers, with a descrip-
tion of his person. He was a Creditable, tradesman in North-.
%vie Ili is abl.tt thirty-}e' 01-4. age, but. does not ,appear .more
than five or SIX ar.d twenty, and has nothing ferocious in his
appearance. An. Inquest Ita S held upon the body of the de-
'ceased yeste ed, but when our paper went to press we had not
heard of arerremnit... , . .
. The narie."Samuel Thorley," we believe, is not new on the
list of mgrderers iu this county. A butcher of that name was