The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-15 00:00:00

On Monday forenoon, the father of the hump-backed
h had an interview with his son, in Newgate, and the
is might be readily imagined) a painful one. The
ted that he was very comfortable, and almost in
eath said be did not " know what to make of it,"
his commitment). He betrayed deep emotion
iention of his mother's name, but upon every
t he displayed an absence of mind.
lat he slept in the fields on the night previous to
I attempt, and on the following day " wandered
with his pistol in his pocket.' It is known in
s a deformity of the spine has been connected
Lion of intellect, but whether that is the case
e has not yet been developed. The prisoner
nueh attached to the chaplain, and reads with
)ooks which the rev. gentleman has supplied
od consists of the ordinary prison diet, viz.,
I per day, gruel for breakfast and supper,
or six ounces of meat every alternate
was placed in a cell by himself at his own

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ingular circumstances connected with
Ise. The following particulars may be

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relied upon :
The father of Oxford and Bean's father were playmates to-
, and were subsequently both brought up to be chasers,
.d consequently their acquaintance existed until within a
,hort period of the death of Oxford's father, which took
place in one of the metropolitan hospitals. Mr. Bean, who
is an industrious and respectable workman, gave information
to Inspector Penney, of the G division, of his son having
absconded from borne nearly a week before the supposed at-
tempt upon the life of the Queen, and that information led
to young Bean's apprehension ; and it is not a little singular
that Inspector Penney is the uncle of Oxford, his wife being
the sister of Mrs. Oxford. Great and general indignation is
felt as to pistols being sold as toys to idle lads, a practice that
has resulted in the commission of an act which has created

gether,

so much alarr

public mind

PEEL AND THE ANTI-CORN-LAW
DELEGATES.

From the Morning Herald.)
of the interview which the anti-corn-
J on Saturday with Sir Robert Peel, there
-tances of the unfairness both in intention
are common in persons of that kidney.
orth, the mouth-piece and spouter in
declamatory free traders of Liverpool, while
—dg most magniloquently of the distress which exists
-aat town, was interrupted by Sir Robert Peel with the
very natural and simple inquiry—" Has the trade of Liver-
pool fallen off?" There could, we should suppose, have been
but little difficulty for a person so learned and familiar with
its statistics to reply to this question ; but a direct answer
did not suit Mr. Heyworth's purpose, and thus he fenced,
P.mpted to escape from the inquiry.
said that there was a host of shipping
ld likely to continue so, in the docks.
'has the value of the exports from Liver-

al repor

fIeVWO

pool fallen off
" Mr. Hev.

)rth said that it must be evident from what he
that the quantity of goods used at home must be
niched. Dear bread, in consequence of its being

uear, absorbed too much of the wages of the poorer classes
to permit a market to be found for the goods exported abroad.
" Sir R. Peel.—Did I understand you to aay that the ex-
poTts had diminished ?

Mr. fl ev—w-o-1

—The exports must be increased when
mption at home is diminished."
---orth's shutling is not so contemptible as the false
Ih which he endeavourrd to neutralise the fact,
uired all Sir Robert Peel's firmness to extort.
ding " the wonderful composure, both of muscle
ince," which the right hon. baronet is described
ayed on the occasion of this interview, a smile
indignation at the disingenuousness of this
legate of Liverpool's anti-corn-law fury must
Bible when his cross-examination had brought
the concealment of which was thus impudently
I its proper application blusteringly perverted.
must be increased when the consumption
aished " ! Wherefore must" they ? On
is there any such irresistible necessity ? If
•ts be produced by decrease of home con-
s it that home consumption has not been
it the last fifty years ? If the Liver-
al economy be worth a yin's fee, we
been reduced here in England to
F assumes that the amount of pro-
med, and that if the supply be not
will be sent abroad. Grant him his
a, and why should there be any distress
am districts when the amount of fabrics
But enough of this foolish though
e would not be worth noticing,
absurdities propounded by the
leaguers ; it can pass current

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enting teachers and desperate manufac-
ie Premier on Saturday seem, indeed,
hemselves entitled to make what state-
Thus Mr. Whitehead, of Leeds, we
stood before Sir Robert Peel as a tradesman
nd " was proceeding with details of its wide-

idered i
pleased

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inquired whether the consumption of tea

bit

i believed the consumption of these arti-

nd not bee
Sir R. Peel
Ir. Whitehp,

ft SO much affected. .
;,Suppose it should have increased ?"

tion w"'"ead knew well enough that the Premier's sup-
s had a's the reality—that the consumption of tea and
!"te.aged in Leeds • and thus he imita Mr. worth in his at
tempt to explain away what was undeni-

"cat'
said, that
pulation
gen the food of the poorer
when obliged, teal;
cheese, and ZanitlY consisted of bread, milk,
The male part of them
so indeed e
se articles was of the
tea and coffee. What
worst quality and the
that the revenue ) much
ipyrthe consumption."
r "y and wilful inorance is compressed
ling ['he increased consumption of tea and
egated corn 0
ling to this del
:e, is caused b • h alone ; the
p and of
Y the
obliged !"
whenevehtteire is scarcely
ea and coffee " 'lc
hose articles " the r
more
preserved
and
t that
Iption." How Sir
ng to such nonsense is
Id imagine from this state
re than ~,,,
ea and sugar were levied ar valorem,
igh-priced articles which contributed
3oor can consume tea and coffee andte
-venue," the consumption of those
checked by the duties imposed on
iLicS on them, such consumption must
On to one of the horns of this dilemma
tradesman, " who stood before
ant. Let him choose whichever
gious mental confusion in which
however, to have had a corn-
very next sentence after that last
runt for an increase of consump-
by informing Sir Robert Peel
it to the factories had tea and
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fit the r

es
s. Comment on such ridiculous incousistenci
ctions as these is useless.
surely misery, suffering, and distress enough in
to induce even anti-corn-law spouters to cease
e weil-disposed and charitable by their flagrant
mposition and monstrous disingenuousness.

nunincent offer of £5OO. has been made by J. B.
11, Esq., of Newcourt, to the committee of the insti-
)r the blind, established in Exeter, in aid of an ap-
e building to be erected for the purposes of the
—Taunton Courier.

propri.

PAISLEY.—Ten barrels of beef, and an equal number of
beans, have been sent by Mr. James Watt, of New York,
for the benefit of the unemployed in Paisley, the Lords of
the Treasury having consented that they should be admitted
free.