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baud some evidence aitcl perthed some correspondence con-
-neeted with it, and indiflvmable to its being properly no-

derstood,) this question, viz.:—
" Were Mr. Taylor's Committee justified in issuing an
• . Address to the Electors c: Pitt-street Ward, charging Mr.
Committee with publishing a " most ATRoctous
and LYING attack ?'
• -" This is a matter involving the adoption of such peculiar
,language. and is• so grave an imputation, that it cannot be
got rid of either by the plea of electioneering excitement, or
the alternative of public apology.
" One party or the other ought and must receive public
and decided condemnation. We are willing to submit to
your award, and they cannot refuse to do the same.
" Should they, however, decline submitting the matter in
this form to your decision, we shall authorise you, as the
selected umpire, so to distribute the enclosed amount, if you
should decide that the expressions of which we complain
were in any degree jnstifiable by the circnmstances. But it
cannot be supposed that Mr. Taylor's Committee would
leave you as the umpire, in the possible position of having
nothing to divide among Charitable Societies, to which, at
this time, an accession of funds would be desirable.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
DAVID M'CLELLAN, Chairman.

Reply of Samuel Holme, Es., to the recedin Letter.
Seel-sitreet, November g
vember 3d, 1842.
Six,—On receiving yesterday your proposition and en-
closure, my first impulse was to accede to your request, in
the hope that some of our Charitable Institutions might
benefit by your chivalrous warmth ; but, on considering the
matter, I have arrived at the conclusion, that he who volun-
tarily places himself between two belligerent powers, is most
likely to receive some of the shot : and as, in addition, I
really disapprove of the spirit which dictated the remarks on
Mr. Taylor's lack of charitable contributions, I fear that I
could not arrive at an impartial conclusion, and I therefore
beg to return your cheque, and must decline to act as referee
in the matter.
" I strongly recommend you to let the matter drop with
the excitement of tha Election. Why should wa carry our
hostility into private life ? And is it not often the case, that
there are many individuals whose names do not prominently
figure as contributors to our Public Charities, who, never-
theless, cause many a heart to rejoice in secret by their silent
benevolence, and by their unostentatious mode of doing
good? Whether this applies to Mr. Taylor or not, I have
no means of ascertaining—for my acquaintance with him is
very slight. Let us however hope, in charity, that it does;
and as he has been rejected by your Ward, and has again
retired into private lite, let its sanctity be respected, by
suffering these personal questions to be forgotten with the
excitement which gave them birth. I hold that any man,
to whom Providence has given ample means, and yet neglects
to impart freely to his destitute brethren, will be punished
by his own reflections, either proximate or remote.
" I beg to thank you for your favourable opinion of my
impartiality ; but you will he surprised to learn that, as far
as I know, I am not personally acquainted with any one of
Mr. Taylor's Committee, unless Mr. Aspinall be of the

number.
" Strong language is frequently used during the beat of an
Election, which would be unpardonable in a cooler moment ;
and I am sorry to add, that it is not confined to one party.
Read for instance the speech of Mr. W. Earle, at Great
George Ward. on Monday last, as reported in the Liverpool
Times of Tuesday.
" I am , Sir,
" Your most obedient Servant,
" SAMUEL HOLME."
" D. M'CLELLA:v, Esq."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL

STANDARD.

SIR,
TT having come to my knowledge, through your courtesy,
1. that you intend Publishing a Placard bearing my Signa-
ture, and issued about two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon,
and also of making some comments thereon, I have to request
that the Public will suspend their judgment until I have an
opportunity of making explanation or apology, if either be
required. In the meantime I have to request their attention
to the following summary of facts, which can be proved by
evidence :
Ist.—That Mr. Taylor's Committee stated positively that
the Donation had been made last year; and partly upon the
ground of that assertion (now admitted to be incorrect) had
charged Mr. Fawcett's Committee with having published a
msot atrocious and lying attack.
2nd.—lt can be proved that I went on Tuesday morning
to the Treasurer's house, and not meeting with him there,
then to his counting-house, and still not being able to find
him, but seeing one of his sons, I was about to state
my object, when he interrupted me. saying, I think
I know what have called about, and adding, my father has
been puzzling himself all morning about the statement of a
Donation of £5 having been given to the Institution last
year, and, still farther, adding, that it was his the Treasurer's
opinion, that if such Donation had been made at all, it must
have been in the course of this Year, and not in the last.

3rd.—lt can be proved that I went direct from the Trea-
surer's counting-house, to the office of the Strangers' Friend
Society, to see the Secretary, not finding him there, I went
direct to his house, and saw him, and he assured me that so
far as he knew, no such Donation had been received, either
last year or this ; and from the circumstance of the Secretary
being connected by marriage with Mr. Taylor's family. evi-
dence from such a quarter, both official and private, might
well be considered decisive.
- 4th.—lt can be proved that I saw the Secretary again to-
day, arid he again assured me that he was not aware of any
such donation having been received either last year or this.
sth.—lt can also be proved that r.o such donation ap-
pears in the Report, dated 1842. Among the list of Dona-
tions for 1841, and which Report is, I believe, generally pub-
lished in the month of February.
Gth, and lastly.—lt can also be proved that such a Dona-
tion does not appear even in the Lists of Donations for 1812,
which List is of course brought up to the date of the pub-
lication of the Report ; so that the date " of the publica-
tion of the last Report " becomes a most important fact for
ascertainment ; and clear, until this he ascertained, as well
as the foregoing statements established, the Public cannot
possibly judge of the matter.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient and (f'or your courtesy in this matter)
your obliged servant,
DAVID M'CLELLAN.
Thursday Night, half-past Nine o'clock.

The bumps raised on a man's head by a cudgel are now,
called fray-nological developements.
Why are ladies' dresses about the waist like a general meet-
ing? Because there is a great gathering there.
In an age which judges of everything at a glance, author-
ship is but a second-rate matter in respect to books. No age
has equalled the present in the neatness of " getting up"
books. They never were such pretty things to look at as
they now are. Let an upholsterer orlibrary decorator be the
critic, and this age will at once be pronounced as the tip -top
of literary eminence. This spirit of an upholsterer is the
prevailing spirit of the day.—Morning Post Table Talk.
FIRST LESSON IN THE AMERICAN TONGUE.—" Dinner,
if you please," said I to the waiter. " When ?" said the
waiter. "As quick as possible," said 1. " Right away ?"
said the waiter. After a moment's hesitation, I answered
" No," at hazard. " Not right away ?" cried the waiter,
with an amount of surprise that made me start. I looked at
him doubtfully, and returned " No ; I would rather have it
in this private room. I like it very much." At this, I really
thought the waiter must have gone out of his mind : as I be-
lieve he would have done, but for the interposition of another
man, who whispered in his ear, " Directly." " Well ! and
that's a fact !" said the waiter, looking helplessly at me :
" Right away." I saw now that " Right away" and " Di-
rectly" were one and the same thing. So I reversed my pre-
vious answer, and sat down to dinner ten minutes afterwards ;
and a capital dinner it was.—Dickas American. Notes.
PEEL vice O'CONNELL—There was a time when Mr.
O'Connell boasted of being the best abused man in the world,
but that peculiar honour is now transferred from the Irish
agitator, whose name is never heard, to the Premier. As a
country gentleman said ata late meeting. there can be neither
any buying nor selling, any bargaining nor any haggling,
without damming Sir R.Peel. He is the bete noir of the
country. The old phrase of " theduce is in it," has given
place to " The Peelia in it." Whenever anything goes wrong
Sir Robert is in it. Sir Robert is in the markets, Sir Robert
is in the factory, Sir Robert is in the half work, Sir Robert
is in the Jack of buyers, Sir Robert is in the retrenchments
of expenditure, Sir Robert is in the reduction of establish-
ments, Sir Robert is in everything that goes wrong with any-
body, Sir Robert, we have no doubt, was iu the last gale of
wind, and, above all, to sum up everything of calamity, Sir
Robert is in the Government.—Examiner.
MEETING OF LORD ASHBURTON ANDLOUIS PHILIPPE.—
In the year 1798 Lord Ashburton, with one or two friends,
paid a visit to the falls of Niagara. Upon their return they
stopped to visit the Falls of Genessee. It was late when they
had finished their examinations, and, as there was no house
in the neighbourhood, they encamped out for the night.
They were somewhat fearful that the Indians might try to
plunder their camp. and they kept a good look-out. In the
• early part of the night they heard a rustling among the leaves
and crackling among the dry branches, but whether they pro-
ceeded from the tread of Indians or wild beasts they could
not tell. The footsteps were, however, approaching their
tent. They kept strict, silent, and anxious watch for some
view or sound that should reveal the character of their visi-
tors. Soon they distinguished human voices, and saw the
shadowy outline of human forms. As the party came near
theY beard them conversing in French, and, in a view mi-
nutes Lord Ashburton gave Louis Philippe and his compa-
nions a cordial welcome to his tent. They had before met
amidst the artificial splendour of European Courts—and now
surrounded by the sublime and stupendous natural scenery
of the American wilderness.—Rochester Post.
LADIES FORMERLY IN PARLIAMENT.—Gurdon in his
Antiquities of Parliament says, "The Indies of birth and
quality sat in council with the Saxon Wita's." " The Ala-.
bess Hilda (says Bede) presided in an ecclesiastical synod."
In Wighfred's great council at Beconceld, A.D. 694, the
abbesses sat and deliberated, and five of them signed the de-
crees of that council along with the King, bishops, and no-
bles." "King Edgar's charter to the Abbey of Crowland,
A.D. 961, was with the consent of the nobles and abbesses,
who subscribed the charter." "In Henry the Third's and
Edward the First's time four abbessess were summoned to
Parliament, viz.—of Shaftesbury, Berkin, St. Mary of Win-
chester, and of Wilton." " In the 35th of Edward 111. were
summoned by writ to Parliament to appear there by their
proxies, viz.—Mary Countess of Norfolk, Alienor Countess
of Ormond, Anna Despenser, Phillippa Countess of March,
Johanna Fitz-Walter, Agneta Countess of Pembroke, Mary
de St. Paul Countess of Pembroke, Margaret de Roos, Ma-
tilda Cguntess of Oxford, Catherine Countess of Athol.—
These ladies were called ad colloquium et tractatum by their
proxies, a privilege peculiar to the peerage
manfullyerag assertedetoappeara their
nd act
by proxy.' ?LB.—They, no doubt,
colloquia/ rights.
an inquest
THE, RULING PASSION.—_ the conclusion
lately held by Mr. Wal49's 'M.P.,
with
t beingtenic, which lately
took Place in the Borough-refstated that the
anhceet ero
some
coroner's jury bad returned a
,vemrdainet,
tohe
hwoil
against the wife a the Poisoned nit; were gentleman
rensarked that the effects of .arsenic
dopposite ihat
'inngsta.
extreme cauSion should be used in eterFnenrn
no that poison was the cause ,of .death.
lady, of the age of
time back be held an inquest on a maiden
' who, it appeared,
40, who, during lifetime, had been remarkable for rigid aftenn
tion to the preservation of her beauty, arus_,
ed or distorted
had a strong desire that the charms and 'r proportion of
her features and figure should not be disarrang
when she contemplated suicide. She was found dead in her
bed, the sheets of which were of virgin p"ty,
of snowy whiteness. Every article of her night-dress perfumed, and
night-dresa wa,s.
new and of exquisite taste. In one hand she gently grasper!
a white cambric pocket handkerchief, trimmed with lace,
and she wore a pair of pink silk stockings. There was not
the slightest distortion of feature, and every appearance
indicated that her spirit had taken facile flight during tran-
quil sleep—so much so, that some of the jury wished to
return a verdict of " natural death ;" but afterwards, on his
(the coroner's) suggestion, returned a verdict of "found
dead." After the inquest, the beadle, on searching her
papers, with a view of discovering her friends, found among
them two letters addressed to members of her family, in
which she declared her intention of destroying hers-elf by
means of arsenic. Upon this discovery the body was opened,
and it was found that in truth she had died from the effects
of arsenic, which had acted upon her nervous system like an
anodyne, and no' upon the linings of the viscera like a cor-
rosive poison. Such a fact was a proof that in Sire!' sadden
deaths, generally speaking, safe verdicts could not be come
to from external appearances.

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