The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-14 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY HONOURS OF THE-TRESENT

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(From the Orford Herald.)

The following' members of the new Administration• are
members of this University:—

The Duke of Wellington, Christ Church, Chancellor of the
University.

Sir ltoliert Peel, Christ Church, First Lord of the Trea-
sury, Double First Class, 1808.
Duke of Buckin2hain, Brazenose College, Privy Seal.
Lord Stanley, Christ Church, Colonial Secretary, Latin
Verse Prize, 1819.

Earl of Haddington, Christ Church, First Lord of the
Admiralty.

Lord Granville Somerset, Christ Church, Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancastei, Second Class in Classics, 1813.
Earl of Lincoln, Christ Church, Woods and Forests.
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Christ Church, Vice-Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade, Double First Class, 1831.

Hon. Sidney Herbert, Oriel College, Secretary of the Ad-
miralty, Fourth Class in Classics, 1831.
Sir Thomas Freemantle, Oriel College one of the Secreta-
ries of the Treasury, First Class in Mathematics, 1819.
Lord Canning, Christ Church, Foreign Under Secretary,
First Class in Classics, arid Second in Mathematics, 1833.

G. W. Elope, Christ Church, Colonial Under Secretary,
Second Class in Classics, and First in Mathematics, 1827.
IL Baring, Christ Church, one of the Lords of the Trea-
sury. _ _

J. Milnes Gaskell, Christ Church, one of the Lords of the
Treasury.

Hon. H. L. Corry, Christ Church, one of the Lords of
the Admiralty, Second Class in Classics, 1823.
Dr. Nicholl, Christ Church, Judge Advocate, First Class
in Classics, 1818.
Sir Charles Begot, Christ Church, Governor-General of
Canada.
Several of the Officers of the Household are also members
of this University, but are not included in the above list.

When does a man have a vegetable time-piece ?—When he
gets a potato clock (gets up at eight o'clock).
Sir William Follett, at the close of the Lord Mayor's fes-
tival, asked the Recorder of London if he had seen his Cas-
tor. "No," replied thzi Recorder, holding up the Attorney-
General's four-and-ninepenny, " here's brother Pollock':."
" Oh, Gemini !" cried Sir William, " a shocking bad pun
and a shocking bad hat."

How many young ladies will it take to reach from London
to Brighton ?—Fifty-two ; because a lifias is as good as a
mile.—Punch.

Cuarous FACT.—Although the weather has been exces-
sively inclement and unusually severe during the last fort-
night, it is not a little strange that several full-blown prim-
roses made their appearance on the roadside near this town.
—Mayo Telegraph.
ELECTION PF.Tirross.—Seats claimed by Conservatives
—England and Wales, 14 : Scotland, 2 ; Ireland, 6; total,
22. Seats claimed by Liberals—England and Wales, 18 ;
Scotland, 0 ; Ireland, 6 ; total, 24.—Morning Post.
The take of sprats at Torquay continues to be immense.
About 2,000 tons have been caught during the last three
months. They have afforded a most welcome supply of food
to the starving poor.— Western Times.
There are rumours current in the clubs in London that
Richard Arkwright, Esq., of Willersley Castle, Derbyshire,
is about to be elevated to the peerage, under the title of Baron
Willersley, of Willersley ; and our highly-esteemed neigh-
bour, Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., of Tatton-park, in this
county.—Stockport Advertiser.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—We understand
that Mr. Binns, of Esser-street, Strand, the solicitor for the
plaintiff in the recent cause of " Darbon v. Rosser," has a
cause in embryo of another breach of promise. a gentleman
against a lady, the age just the opposite of Darbon and Rosser.
The damages are laid at £2o,ooo.—Courier.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.—The Right Hon. Daniel
O'Connell, who has been installed in his office of Lord
Mayor since the Ist of November, 1841, has been pleased
to notify through the morning papers, that on the 18th of
January, 1842, the doors of the Mansion House will be
thrown open, and swing upon their hinges, and that a grand
banquet will be given to the hungry and long-expectant
members of the " reformed " town council. Report adds
that the general invitations will be on a rather limited scale,
the net amount of the year's extortions by no means justify-
ing any lavish display of hospitality on the part of his lord-
ship.
EDWARD OXFORD.—This individual, who is detained an
inmate for life in Bethlem Hospital under her Majesty's
warrant as a criminal lunatic, continues in excellent health
and in good spirits, and is regularly visited by Sir Alexander
Morison and Dr. Monro, the physicians to the institution.
He beguiles the tedium of his confinement by reading, draw-
ing, &c., and does not exhibit the slightest symptom of
aberration of intellect. For some months after his confine-
ment the applications to Lord Shaftesbury and other go-
vernors to see him were very numerous, but the public
curiosity appears to have died away, and few strangers now
solicit permission to see Oxford. When spoken to on the
subject of firing at her Majesty, he invariably declares the
pistol was not loaded with ball. Captain Gold, one of the
maniac intruders into Buckingham Palace, is also detained
in Bethlem under her Majesty's warrant.
A MODERN BAUCIS AND PHILEMON.—An extraordinary
event lately took place at Meslin I'Eveque. In a state of the
deepest misery, and in an obscure cabin, lived a pair named
Marie Ghislaine Baudet and Maximilien Peermann, who de-
pended entirely on public charity for subsistence. A little
before Christmas, Ghislaine said to her husband, " We have
already kept house for forty years." " True" (replied he),
" we have suffered the evils of poverty for many years, and
if God would be pleased to take us to himself it would not be
a misfortune by any means !" Some days after this conver-
sation the wish of the suffering old man was granted. The
old couple having been confined to their bed for several days,
and feeling themselves getting weaker, sent on Christmas-
day for the village pastor. After the latter had administered
the last consolations of religion, the old man and his wife
simultaneously breathed their last, the curate being unable
to say which of the two died first! The next day two plain
coffins, escorted by a large portion of the inhabitants of Mes-
lin I'Eveque, and by a crowd from the neighbouring villages,
were seen approaching the cemetery, where the mortal re-
mains of this unfortunate couple were buried in one grave.—
Gazette d' Ath.

HERTS.—COUNTY MEETING TO ADDRESS HER MA-
JESTY.—A meeting of the nobility, clergy, and gentry of the
county of Hertford, was held at the Shire Hall, Hertford, on
Monday, the high sheriff in the chair. The Earl of Verulam
moved the address to her Nlajesty, which was seconded by the
Marquis of Salisbury. Mr. H eathcote, a county magistrate,
suggested the propriety of introducing the word protestant
into the address, in that part of it in which a desire for the
preservation of the constitution, and the maintenance of civil
and religious liberty, was expressed. These terms had, he
said, been perverted from their original meaning; and, in their
names, demands had been made which were diametrically
opl,osed to them. Protestantism was, too, now assailed in
high quarters, and, therefore, every opportunity should be
made available for expressing their attachment to that
foundation of their constitution and of their liberties—pro-
testantisrn. Under these circumstances he moved that the
word " protestantism " be inserted in the address. The
noble mover and seconder of the address instantly assented
to the amendment, which, having been introduced, the ad-
dress was agreed to una voce. Viscount Grimston moved a
highly complimentary address to Prince Albert, which was
seconded by Sir Culling Eardley Smith, and agreed to
unanimously. Thanks having been voted to the high sheriff,
the meeting separated.
MURDER AT THORNE IN YORKSHIRE.—Another dread-
ful murder, induced by drunkenness, was committed on Sun-
day evening last, at the above place, a market-town about
ten miles to the north-east of Doncaster, on an unoffending
lad of about 13 years of age, and of deficient intellect. About
a quarter past six o'clock a journeyman shoemaker, a stranger
to the town, rushed out of a house in King-street, and con-
ducting himself very violently, attempting to attack several
girls and boys walking by, but they all eluded him except a
boy of the name of Pashley, the son of poor parents, whom
the intoxicated ruffian desperately and suddenly stabbed in
the back between the shoulder-blade bones. The poor child
fell immediately, bathed in blood, and a constable secured
the prisoner. Mr. Mirfin and Dr. Guy were in prompt at-
tendance upon the sufferer, who was removed to a house near
at hand. As soon as these gentlemen inspected the wound,
they expressed little hope of Pashley's recovery, and not-
withstanding every attention was paid to him, he died in
about three hours of internal hemorrhage. The murderer's
name is Thomas Timms, but he gave his name in William
Abbotts at first. He is about 29 years of age, and slender in
person, married, but abandoned his wife a few years ago,
since which time he has been tramping about the country.—
Standard.
ANOTHER SLIP ON THE LONDON AND CROYDON RAIL-
WAY.—On Friday morning, between eight and nine o'clock,
only a few minutes after the train which left Tooley-street,

at eight o'cluck, had passed the New Cross Station, much
alarm was created by another most extensive slip of the cut-
ting on the southern side, near a place called Finch's Bridge,
and immediately contiguous to, or rather a continuation of,
the slip which took place a short time since. The quantity
of earth which fell was immense, and covered the rails on
both sides for a distance of 140 feet, and to the depth of nine
feet. It is very fortunate that this accident occurred after
the passing of the train, or the effects might have proved as
serious as that which so recently took place on the Great
Western. There has been, however, as it is understood, a
careful watching of this spot for these last two months, in
consequence of several flakes of earth having fallen at vari-
ous times, from which a slip was anticipated, though not of
so alarming a character as it has proved. A communication
was instantly forwarded to Mr. Gregory, the resident en-
gineer, who lost no time in repairing to the spot, and was
shortly followed by Mr. Wilkinson, the chairman, and Mr.
Cubitt, the consulting engineer of the company; no less than
600 men were set to work ; and, with the aid of a quantity of

earth waggons, every exertion was made in endeavouring to
remove the soil to a place near New Cross. In the course of
the day, the number of men was increased to 1,000; and a
platform was erected, which was to be covered with an awning,
and is for the purpose of conveying the passengers over the
slip to the trains, which will be on that part of the line, free
from obstruction : the effect of this will be to prevent the
closing of the line, and enable the several passengers to pro-
ceed on their journey without being detained longer than ten
minutes. Gullies are being formed ; but it will be impossi-
ble to have the line properly cleared for upwards of a month.
The soil is of a very pervious nature, composed of strata of
blue clay, gravel, shells, ochre, &c. ; and it is supposed that
the recent numerous alternations of wet and dry, frost and
snow, have tended to destroy the adhesion of these various
substances.—Times.
MR. RICHARD OASTLZR.—TO all who sympathise in the
amendment of the law regulating factory labour and the pro-
tection of women and children from the license of capital,
and in a mitigation of the cruelties of the new poor law, the
present position of Mr. Richard Gouda is one of interest
and commiseration. Mr. Oastler, many years ago, became
acquainted, by personal observation, with the miseries inflict-
ed on his poorer fellow-countrywomen and their helpless
offspring in factories, and in conjunction with the late Mr.
M. T. Sadler, he commenced an uncompromising and most
disinterested agitation for their legal protection. He de-
voted years of indefatigable labour and rare and untiring
energy to the cause he advocated, which he also materially
aided by contributions from his private means. When par-
tially successful, a fresh subject of legal oppression in the
new poor law sprung into existence, and against its enor-
mities Mr. Oastler has incessantly directed all his energies
and abilities. For the last ten years, he has laboured in
season and out of season to promote the welfare and pros-
perity of the working classes, not by giving to them worthless
political privileges, but by improving their material con-
dition. During the entire course of his public career, he
has been found on the side of the weak and oppressed against
the powerful and the strong. For upwards of twelve
months, Mr. Oastler has been imprisoned for debt in the
Fleet prison, at the suit of his former employer, Mr. Thorn-
hill. Several of his friends and admirers have, we rejoice to
observe, combined to raise a fund for himself and family ;
and they now appeal to the public for support and assistance
to carry out their benevolent design. The claims of Mr.
Oastler are set forth in the address clearly and forcibly;
they are thus pithily summed up :—" Mr. Oastler's constant
endeavour has been to maintain the principles upon which
the British constitution is founded; uniting the monarchy.
the aristocracy, and the entire body of the people in a mutual
and just support of each other, that bond of union being the
church of Christ." The names of Lord Feversham and Sir
George Sinclair, as two of the trustees of the " Oastler
Testimonial," are sufficient guarantees that the charges
which have been showered forth against his character are
unfounded and calumnious.