The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-15 00:00:00

TO JOHN BOATH, ESQ., FORFAR

" London, April 9, 1842.
" Dear Sir,—After the flattering assurances and urgent
solicitations Contained in your letter on behalf of my election
committee in Forfar, of the 17th inst., it might manifest 'a
want of respect for the electors of Forfar, and an indifference
to the honour they have done me in requesting me to offer
myself a candidate at the ensuing election, were I any longer
to hold back myself willing to undertake the duties of repre-
sentative for the Montrose district of Burghs.
" On the faith, therefore, of your assurances, and in the
belief that an address to the electors of each burgh, together
with my personal appearance on the spot, are all that is ne-
cessary to ensure me the suffrages of my ancient constituents,
I have waived my former objections, and despatch, as you
suggest, an address to the electors by this post, and further
intend to leave London to-night, and to make my appearance
among them.

" At the same time, I still so far adhere to my first decla-
ration, that if, after due inquiries on the spot, I should find
that my kind well-wishers have over-rated the prospect of
success, I shall have no scruple in withdrawing myself front
the trouble and expense of a doubtful election.
" With renewed thanks for your zeal and personal exer-
tions, I remain, dear sir. your obedient, humble servant.
(Signed) " JOSEPH H UME."
The whole object of these underhand and most pitiful
manoeuvres appears to have been merely to save a few pounds
of expense—Joseph indulging in the fond hope of the repre-
sentation being actually thrust upon him. We are happy
that this miserable pedlar has been compelled to leave Lon-
don, and give an account of himself, personally, to the elec-
tors ; and we shall be still more
rejoiced if, after a pretty
hard contest, Joseph be not only involved in the " legal ex-
penses" thereof, but sent back no more "honourable" than
he came.

Tim MODERATORSHIP.—According to general report, Dr.
Welsh, Professor of Church History in our University, is to
be the Moderator of the General Assembly.
The Emperor Nicholas has promised the hand of his daugh-
ter, Princess Olga, to the Duke of Nassau.
DEATH OF ELLAR, THE HARLEQUIN.—EIIar, the most
celebrated harlequin of this day, died on Monday last, at the
advanced age of sixty-two, at his lodgings, 15, Mount-row!
Lambeth. He has left a wife and child totally unprovided
for.

ASSAULT WITH INTENT.-011 Monday, at the Commis-
sion Court, Dublin, Robert Caldwell, a solicitor of that town,
was indicted for having on the 12th March last unlawfully
assaulted one Anne Corbett, with- violence, and
consent, with intent, &c. The details of the case, as they
were given in evidence for the prosecution, have alreafilY
peared in our columns. On the following day
several
of
wit-
nesses Were called by the defence as to the ban
e_ved from
against her
some letters which Mr. Caldwell stated he haddre I
Mrs. Corbett, but which that lady positively
and the traverser
sent or written; and some witnesses weret
swore that they had seen Mrs. Corbett and
Was
also
exa.
walking together in the street. also perlo'cideudcehdavwihnog
mined,.who deposed tha t
11: ea
ill,: ant.lAdrti!ia-Leersns
wasth impairedpartiesinnoit'ias
car ; but the testimony of this wl,„,e Rev. Mr. Baldwin,
h r gentlemen, gave the tra-
ot e
little by the cross-examination.. d
Mr. Bowley, solicitor, ter. The prisoner was found
verser an excellent charao
the sentence.
guilty, but the Judge postponedsmti.sTEa.—The trial of Mr.
THE CHELTENHAM
Gloucester, on
Wednesday indictments preferred against the
were
force office and the third for making false
Wall, the late postrntler?ioasft,Cbheefoltreenmharm.,
jtuosotkicepleacreesas.t
well. There e
nl3ezzlionng
ompoenneinygs
trheeeeipvreodeebeydihn:ms
number of letters
returns to the London
is prisoner,he e :7117 i °wnbeing°
Post-office of the
he counsel for Mr. Wall, raised certain tech-
nical Mr. Greaves, t
the indictments, which,h
, however, were
led by the judge. Mr. Wall then pleaded Not Guilty
to the
but '
over-ruled
through his hands.
t othe°cbhjeacrgtit:snsof embezzlement,_ Guilty to that of making
false returns. Air. Sergeant Ludlow, who conducted the
the case for the prosecution, intimated to the court, that in
consideration of the good character formerly borne' by the
ofthe crown) decline pressing the
g guilty to the minor offence, he
should,charges, on
tilleis
ppaanlredta
This
content with a verdict on the third
re'nt only. This announcement appeared to afford
satisfaction to a verythemuchfelonious
previous
of crowded court, and a number of
highly respectable witnesses having, hf a
the'vi g;
prisoner,b eencahl lee dwtaos
declared
kretdo
to he acquitted to the two graver charges, and guilty of the misdemeanour. Sentence was pronounced on Friday, and
in doing so the Judge animadverted in very strong terms
enormity of Mr. Wall's offence—sentencing him to
a twelvemonts's imprisonment, and, at the expiration of that
time, to pay a fine of one hundred pounds to the Queen.—
Cheltenham Looker.o