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

University

Sir Robert Peel, Christ Church, First Lord of the Trea-
ury, Double First Class, 1808.
Duke of Bnekinuharn, Brazenose Colleg

Privy- Seal

Verse Prize. 1819.
Earl of Haddington, Christ Church. First Lord of the

Adiniraltv.
Lord Granville Somerset, Christ Chmch, Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, 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, and Second in Mathematics, 1833.
G. W. Hope, Christ Church, Colonial Under Secretary,
Second Class in Classics, and First in Mathematics, 1827.
H. Baring, Christ Church, one of the Lords of the Trea-

sury.
J. Milnes Gas?cell, 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. Nichol!, Christ Church, Judge Advocate, First Class
in Classics, 1818.
Sir Charles l3agot, 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 the Recorder, holding up the Attorney-
General's four-and-ninepenny, " here's brother Pollock's."
" Oh, Gemini !" cried Sir William, "a shocking bad pun
and a shocking had hat."
How many young ladies will it take to reach from London
to Brighton ?—Fifty-tvvo; because a Miss is as good as a
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CURIOUS 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 PrrrrroNs.—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.

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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.—JVestern 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 Essex-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.
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 it, 13eth1em 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 PHII.EMON.—An extraordinary
event lately took place at l‘leslin l'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." " Truo" (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 Mer-
lin l'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 hi 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 Majesty, which was seconded by the
Marquis of Salisbury. Mr. Heatlicote, 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
°posed to them. Protestantism was, too, now assailed in
high quarters, and, therefore, every opportunity should he
made available for expressing their attachment to that
foundation of their constitution and of their liberties—pro-
testantism. 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
address to Prince Albert, which wa s
highly complimentary
seconded by Sir culling Eardley Smith, and agreed to
unanimously. Thanks having heel' voted to the high sheriff,
the meeting separated.
MURDER AT THORNE IN YORKSHIRU.—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 Kiug-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 Pashlev's recovery, and not-
withstanding every attention was paid to him, be 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'clock, 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 OASTLER.—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 Oastler 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 ate
unfounded and calumnious.

AMERIC.A.Ng 1N 1.6ND0N.--• Americans' are to be found. in '
the commercial quarters of our world, but by no means in the
numbers they contribute to Liverpool, where they may be
found at every evening party.. As we do not in these papers
intend to inflict upon the reader descriptions of that which
we have not had leisure and opportunity to contemplate, Nte
cannot undertake to describe the American hi England.
Once, and only once, ha'l we an opportunity of contemplat-
ing the native born Yankee, at the hospitable board of a com-
mercial acquaintance in the city. The biped was certainly
curious, we might say unique ; though, as we have said, we
cannot undertake to describe the species, we make nn scruple
of indentifying the individual, in the hope that our Zoologi-
cal Society may secure the animal without loss of time. The
genius in question was attired in an amorphous blue coat,
with huge brass buttons, a flaming vest, profusion of projected
shirt and double ruffle, boots shaped like tire-buckets, nan-
keen unwhisperables fluttering about his limbs, resembling
a purser's couple of shirts on a couple of handspikes, a
white neckcloth with a loose tie, and a churn- shaped castor
under his arm. At first we concluded he must be a lunatic,
but felt relieved upon hearing that lie was only a republican.
He ate much, drank deco, talked loudly and incessantly ;
his topics were varied, and, as we thought, somewhat tinctu-
red with incongruity : from one subject he rattled to another
dogmatising and soliloquising : "free and independent—nig-
gers ; rights of man—Lynch law : 4th of July—slave breeding :
civil and religious liberty—tar and feathers : John Tyler—
Jim Crow (these lie called great men—the latter may be)—
corn-laws—loafers : shin-plasters—Van Buren : Congress—
doeofocos: civilization—Kentucky : ex-President Adams, and
the puddings made of Cohbett's corn and treacle, which he
said Adams had every day for dinner: General Jackson—clam-
soup canvass backs—Governer Biddle," and so on, from the
beginning of the fish to the end of the Madeira. On the retire-
ment of the ladies, this extraordinary mammal called for
brandy and cigars ; which been forthwith provided, he pro-
ceeded to imbibe and exhale, talking from beneath his teeth
in a high nasal tone, expectorating, at short intervals, betwixt
the bars of the grate, with the precision of a Chickasaw rifle-
men. The impression produced upon the company by the
conduct and conversation of this sample of transatlantic hu-
manity, appeared to he unqualified disgust with Christopher
Columbus for having discovered America, and a general incli-
nation to take refuge with the ladies. We should be sorry
indeed to suppose that this remarkable item represented his
nation; on the contrary, we imagine him to have been a
Lying caricature of the American citizen, who is no doubt
modest, well-bred, Christian-like, and sensible, as becomes
his British origin. These ridiculous stories about Lynch
law, tar and feathers, John Tylera and Jim Crows, we take
to be little imaginary extravaganzas, in which men will at
times indulge who know that the listener must travel 4,000
miles to be able to contradict them.—Blackwood.

Plaritem

WARRINGTON CORN MARKET, JAN. li.
Total quantities. Total amount. Price pQr quarter.
wheat, qrs. 41
Parley .... 7
Oats - 1 3 3

MIDDLEWICH CORN MARKET, JAN. II
s. d.

Wheat, old, TE-; 7516

Oats, old, 14. 5011.)
new

3 6 -
5 ti -

Beans, 1., 601 b

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, J.N. 11.
A fair inquiry in our market to-day, extending to the
amount of 2,500 bales, at the full prices of yesterday, with a
very steady good feeling. Buyers seem less timid than of
late.