The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-01 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS

We understand that the Earl of March, member for West
Sussex, will move,and Mr. W. Beckett, for Leeds, will second
the address in the House of Commons in answer to the
Queen's speech at the opening of the ensuing session of Par-
liament. The bddress in the House of Lords will be moved
by the Marquis a Abercorn—Standard.

CHARITABLE SOCIETY.—The number of cases relieved by
the visitors of this society during the last month, was 469,
and the number of persons relieved 2868. The advantage
of this society is more especially apparent in the personal

visiting of alt cases which receive relief.
TOXTETH PARK OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIA-
TION.—In our notice of the last monthly meeting of this
association, our reporter was slightly inaccurate in the word-
ing of the resolution submitted to the meeting. We are
happy in consequence to refer our readers to our advertising
columns of this morning, where the resolution is published
with authority.

THE ALBION AND THE HIGHWAY BOARD.—The
Albion, in noticing the remarks which appeared in our pub-
lication of Friday, upon the unequal distribution of their ad-
vertising favours by the Highway Board, inquires " will the
STANDARD please to inform us what share of the printing
and stationery of the Highway Board finds its way to libe-
ral printers and stationers." We cannot give our contempo-
rary the required information ; but can safely say, for our-
selves, that we have never set a type, or furnished a ream of
paper, or a card of pens even, at the expense of that board.
QUEEN ADELAIDE AND THE BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has recently been pleased
to present a gold watch, chain, and seals to Mr. Robinson,
the head of the booking department at the Euston station of
the London and Birmingham Railway, in token of her approval
of the attention shown by that gentleman on the many occa-
sions on which Her Majesty has travelled upon that line. Her
Majesty has likewise honoured Mr. Creed, the respected
secretary of the company, with a similar mark of her royal
consideration.

THE SECONDARIES' COURT, BASINGHALL STREET.--At
the last sitting at these miserable and dreary premises on
Friday last, the jury rose en masse and complained that rain
was fairly floating them out of the box ; the rain was dropping
through the ceiling in a manner that rendered those beneath
anything but comfortable. The learned Secondary, Mr.
Potter, stammered forth an excuse, but Mr. James, the bar-
rister, observed that it was a disgrace and a shame to the city
to call such a dog kennel a court of justice; if the corpora-
tion had to eat their dinners there, things would be speedily
altered.—(Laughter.)
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—With reference to the in-
tention•of the directors of this company to propose the ap-
propriation. of £l,OOO for the purpose of establishing a church
and school at Crewe for the accommodation of the workmen
stationed there in the employ of the company, the Railway
Times, of Saturday, makes the following remarks :—" We
" cordially approve of this proposition, and trust it will he
" unanimously carried out. We are happy to find the exam-
" ple set by the London and Birmirigham directors thus fol-
lowed. Should.opposition to the vote allse, dissentients
" should have the power of withdrawing their quota of the
"grant. If this were at once announced, it would probably
" prevent much needless discussion."

(nnsLIN ELECTION.—This election terminated on Satur-
day evening, when Mr. Gregory, the conservative candidate,
was returned by a majority of 390.

PETITION AGAINST MONOPOLIES.—The Albion of yes-
terday boasts that this petition has already received 20,000

signatures. but he does not inform us hOw they were 'ob-
tained. The sheets have been placed on the tables in the
Lyceum Newsroom for several weeks, but not one, we
believe, has yet been filled.
THEATRE-ROYAL.—This theatre opened last night with
" Hamlet" and the " Boarding School." " Hamlet" is ad-
mirably got up. The scenes are new and extremely beauti-
ful ; the dresses are also all new, and in good keeping with
the time when the action of the tragedy takes place. The
audience greeted the old favourites with a'hearty welcome.—
The new farce did not lack encouragement.—Mr. Brooke,
from the little we saw hi& do, is evidently a very talented
actor. " Hamlet" has not been so well put on the stage for
. . . .

years as it was last night. The utmost attention appears to
be paid in every department.
ANDERSON'S STATUARY.—We perceive that Mr. Ander-
son, in consequence of ill health, is about to dispose of his

beautiful and ingenious groups of figures by subscription.
Those who wish to try their fortune may, perhaps, secure
one of these valuable works of art. They would greatly or-
nament a gentleman's hall or pleasure grounds; in fact they
Would enrich any museum in the country. Were they not
esteemed for their merit, which no one can doubt, they must
be always regarded as monuments of perseverance and
industry.

DEATHS BY DROWNING.—ONE OF THE BODIES FOUND.
—Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry on view
of the body of a man named William Carroll. It appeared
that on Friday morning last, while the Earl of Roden steam-
boat was passing down the river, and had got opposite to
Garston, a body was seen floating by one of the crew, and
was towed down to No. 2 pier by a rope. It was much de-
composed. George Garlock, a boatman, said he knew the
deceased, who was 38 years old. On the 22d of November
last, deceased and witness and two other men were out in a
boat in Formby Channel, when a sea struck the boat, which
instantly_ swamped, and
-they were all three thrown in the

water. Ile saved himself by clinging to the oars, and a boat
came and picked him up. The deceased and the two others
were drowned. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that
the deceased was accidentally drowned.

SANDERS V. HEAD.—In this case the office of the judge
has been promoted by Mr. Sanders against the Rev. H. E.
Head, for publishing a letter in the Western Times, in which,
as alleged, there are expressions derogatory to the Prayer
Book. The proceedings were instituted under the Ecclesi-
astical Discipline Bill. The rev. gentleman appeared under
protest, and pleaded that under the act named the court had
no jurisdiction. We refrain from stating the facts in the state
of the cause. The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Harding were
heard in the Arches Court, on Saturday in support of the
protest; and Drs. Addams and Robinson contra. The court,'
considering it had jurisdiction, overruled the protest, and
assigned the defendant to appear absolutely. An appeal was
notified, but opposed. The court granted the reqdest, and
ordered it to be presented by the by-day.
ST. ANNE'S WARD.—RELIEF OF THE POOR.—The com-
mittee for distributing the fund raised for the relief of the
poor in this ward are proceeding very satisfactorily. Up to
yesterday £176 had been received, including the sum of
£l5 12s. 2d. collected at St. Anne's Church on Sunday last,
after a sermon by the Rev. Mr. Blundell, and a handsome
donation from " A.8.C.," who " applauds the very excel-
lent system in which the committee distribute the relief."—
We are informed that the radicals in this ward are about to

" get up" a rival fund for a similar object, but we hope the
animus of such a proceeding will be obvious and scouted im-
mediately. If their intention be honest, let them contribute
to the present committee, who purpose, immediately that
their work is finished, to publish every particular connected
with their stewardship.

Mr. Ducrow is reported to have left property to the amount
of nearly £50,000.
WILHELM'S METHOD OF SINGING.—We beg to draw at-
tention to Mr. Woodward's advertisement, which appears
elsewhere. The new. method of Mr. Withem, it seems, is
that praetised by this professor, whose talents as a musician
fit him, no doubt, for the task he undertakes.
" THE LIVERPOOL EDUCATION SOCIETY."—A meeting
of about forty persons, and convened by advertisement ema-
nating from some parties connected with the Mechanics' In-
stitution was held in the Clarendon-rooms, on Saturday, for
the purpose of forming a society, having for its great object
the improvement and extension of education, principally by
the promotion of intercourse and intercommunion among
teachers. Mr. Blackburne, formerly the liberal chairman of
the Education Committee of the town-council, and a warm
friend of the Irish system, was the chairman, and the meeting
was addressed by him, Mr. William Rathbone, Mr. Hugo
Reid, Mr. W. B. Hodgson, Dr. Shepherd, Mr. Martineau,
Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sheil, and one or two others. A society
for the above object was formed, and with this the business
of the meeting terminated. The proceedings were as dull as
can almost be imagined, and would have been insipidity itself
if Mr. William Ratlibone had not got into a passion with the
system now pursued in the corporation schools, and Mr. Mar-
tineau had forborne from railing against the " sacerdotal
character" of the education which is fortunately given to
the majority of the youth of this town in our public schools.

The annual value of the Bishopric of Chichester, to which
Dr. Gilbert will be shortly consecrated, vice the late Dr.
Shuttleworth, is £4,200 per annum, with, of course, the
episcopal palace attached to the see.
The high soaring of the swallow indicates fine weather, be-
cause the warm air is above, and in the warm air flies are
found, and the swallows follow them.
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE ARTICLE " A " AND
" THE."—A Merry Andrew being asked by a young aspirant
for fame to inform him .by what means he might discoier the
difference between the indefinite article a and the definite

article the? "Why, sir," said the clown, " you are a fool,
and I am the fool—that's the difference."

REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL.

GREAT MEETING OF THE CONSERVATIVE

ELECTORS

SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS FOR EVER!

Yesterday, at one o'clock, a most influential meeting of
conservative freemen and electors was held in the assembly
room of the Queen's Arms Hotel, for the purpose of naming
a fit and proper person to become a candidate for the repre-
sentation of this borough in the place of Mr. Cresswell, ap-
pointed one of her Majesty's Justices of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas. The spacious room, and the gallery belonging
to it, was filled to excess. The following are the names of a
few of the gentlemen whom we were able to observe :—Sir
Thomas Braneker, Nicholas Robinson, Esq., Win. Potter,
Esq., Robertson Gladstone, Esq., James Aspinall, Esq.,
William Shand, Esq., Francis Shand, Esq., R. Rankin,
Esq., Thomas Sands, Esq., Charles S. Parker, Esq., Joseph
Ackers, Esq., Duncan Gibb, Esq., William Currie, Esq.,
George Grant, Esq., David Hodgson, Esq., Adam Hodgson,
Esq., William Lowe, Esq., Samuel Holme, Esq., George
Hall Lawrence, Esq., C. T. Dunlevie, Esq., Thomas Bold,
Esq., Isaac O. Bold, Esq., John Walker, Esq., Robert
Horsfall, Esq., Edmund Molyneux, Esq., Captain Moly-
neux, R.N., J. Kelso, Esq., W. Nixon, Esq., Andrew
Browne, Esq., Richard Dawson, Esq., George Clarke
Chairman, M.C.A., H. Glynn, Esq., T. Livingston, Esq.,
Thomas Casson, Esq., William Birkett, Esq., Thomas Ro-
binson, Esq., James Parker, Esq., John Kilshaw, Esq.,
Robert Rigby, Esq., Dr. Gouthwaite, John Wilkinson,
Esq., Thomas Carson, Esq., Peter Wright, Esq., John Pen-
nington, Esq., King Ellison, Esq., William Hall, Esq.,
Richard Houghton, Esq., William Foster, Esq., Ebenezer
Rae, Esq., Isaac Holmes, Esq., Thomas Chilton, Esq., John
Fletcher, Esq., John Myers, Esq., 'William Goore, Esq.,
James Robertson, Esq., John Hall, Esq., James Tyrer,
Esq., William Foster, jun. Esq., James Blake, Esq., J. D.
Maddock, Esq., Thomas Shaw, Esq., W. P. Bushby, Esq.,
John Casson, Esq., Francis Foster, Esq., W. F. Smith,
Esq., James Hall, Esq., Captain Parsons, R.N., James
Roper, Esq., George Green, Esq., J. Nelson Wood, Esq.,
Samuel Rowlands, Esq., John Stewart, Esq., Mark Sinnott,
Esq., J. R. Currie, Esq., R. Houghton, Sen. Esq., Chris-
topher Bushell, Esq., T. Maddock, Esq., Thomas Peacock,
Esq., John Ellison, Esq„ &c. &c.
On the motion of Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, Sir
THOMAS BRANCKER was unanimously called upon to take
the chair.

Sir Tuomas BRANCKER, in opening the proceedings,
said he heard the other day of a:• meeting, the chairman of
which, he supposed, hail about as much eloquence as him-
self. He begin what he intended to be a great speech, by
saying, " Gentlemen, you are met together," and there he
stopped. After rubbing his head a little he tried again ;
again he said, "Gentlemen,. we are met together," and there
he stopped again. The third time he said, " Gentlemen,
you know just as well as I do what we are met for, therefore
there is no use telling you." (Loud laughter.) And if he
(the chairman) only looked at what was the main object of
this meeting, perhaps that would suffice for him also ; but
he had a duty to perform towards our late excellent and
valued representative, the Honourable Mr. Justice Cress-
well (cheers), from whom• he had received a letter, which he
had requested him to read to the meeting upon taking leave
of his constituents. (Hear, hear.) lie (the chairman) was
sure the meeting would regret with him, the great losi they
had sustained by Mr. Cresswell's elevation, but at the same
time they would rejoice in his having attained the high dis-
tinction which he had fairly and honourably earned. He
would now read the letter, which was as follows :

men who had done honour to this country in all ages, but
among the whole bench no one, he believed, would be found
whom this country might rely more for a just adjudication
upon all questions of property, and for constitutional deci-
sions upon all matters of personal right. (Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then put the motion, and it was carried
by acclamation.

•
" Gentlemen,—l obey this cal/ with feelings of honest
pride, because it is made in consequence of my principles
being in accordance with your own.
" In order to prevent the possibility of any misunder-
standing relative to the views which I entertain upon mat-
ters of great political importance, I shall briefly state them.
" Gentlemen,—l am a friend to SHIPS, COLONIES, and
COMMERCE. Having had the honour of representing my
gracious Sovereign in the British colonies of North America,
and, in such distinguished station, having had frequent op-
portunities of dealing with questions of the utmost impor-
tance to the commercial prosperity of England, I am con-
vinced that every man who has the real commercial greatness
of his country at heart, can arrive at no other conclusion
than that the power, wealth, and prosperity of Great Britain
are dovetailed, as it were, with the prosperity of her colonial
possessions.

" Gentlemen,—l yield to none in feelings of humanity—
to none in the due appreciation of rational freedom ; and I
lament that any legislature, but particularly a British legis-
lature, should ever have invested man with a property in his
fellow-man. It is, therefore; that I, in common with a vast
portion of my countrymen, am unfeignedly desirous of see-
ing this blot upon our national character for ever effaced ;
but, then, I shall aim at an object so dear to every lover of
freedom and humanity, by an equitable regard to vested
rights, and a fervent anxiety to make the measure of eman-
cipation a benefit and not a curse to the slave.

" When the evidence of the conflicting opinions enter-
tained upon the corn-laws shall come before parliament. I
will give to this important question the fullest consideration
in my power. I have no bias opposed to the public weal,
and shall support such measures as appear to me most con-
ducive to the best interests of my country.

" I am an unflinching upholder of the dignity of our an-
cient monarchy. lam a supporter of the established church.
I conceive it to be the bulwark of genuine Christianity, whe-
ther within the pale of its own communion, or in the ample
range of its extensive toleration. I will aid every measure
originating with the friends of that church for a more just
and equal distribution of its temporalities,—such measure
being dictated by a strict and religious regard to the interests
and permanency of our national and orthodox establishment.
" I am an enemy to the vote by ballot in returning mem-
bers to parliament, because I consider such a mode of pro-
ceeding to be derogatory to the character of Englishmen.
" I shall invariably support every measure of economy in
the various branches of public expenditure, which I consci-
entiously believe to be compatible with the integrity of na-
tional faith and the maintenance of the institutions of the
state, so as by all means to relieve all classes, but especially
the industrious classes, from the pressure of unnecessary
taxation.

" Gentlemen,----I have now laid before you my principles.
I have endeavoured to state them .clearly. I will act up to
them. I have too high regard for the exalted situation which
I so lately filled, too much respect for the unsullied profes-
sion to which I have the honour to belong, and too just a
sense of those feelings which every gentleman is bound to
cherish, to be guilty of a quibble.
" Gentlemen,—l am in your hands, and if returned by
you to parliament, I shall devote myself zealously to the
discharge of those important duties necessarily attached to
the representative of the second commercial town in the
empire.

" I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
" Your obliged and faithful servant,
" HOWARD DOUGLAS

" Liverpool 28th November, 1832."

The principles were exactly the same as their own, and now
they had been stated, he hoped they would join heart and
hand to return Sir Howard Douglas to parliament as their
representative. (Loud cheers.) He begged to move,—
" That this meeting pledges itself to use all legal measures,
and every exertion, to secure the return of Sir Howard
Douglas to parliament, as representative."
Mr. FRANCIS SHAND briefly seconded the resolution, and
it was unanimously carried.