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The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1836-12-09 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE LATE GALE. Liverpool 8c Manchester Railway (Ex.. I Shares) 100 .... 216 0 0 Quarter Shares . . , • will recover itself-that we have passed through a time ot ~Treat New Half Shares - .... 47 10 e the consequences of such savage prostitution of ecciesi- excitement-that tha • 'd a I fit excitement has subs' e , an( t at now we ( From tke Times.) Ruiton and Leigh ditto astical influence-murdering or attempting to murder the are beginning to look at the state of thin ' h. ' t ' ••t1 ' gs in tis coun r'. 1%1 1 fhe following details, abridged from the Hampshire eiclver- London and Birmingham Railway s' 7tl ....•333 10 0 denounced. In Ireland, too, at present, the victim might, a more moderate, a more quiet eve, and that the House of Lords he Grand Junction ditto tiser, will show the extreme violence of the gale in some of t . 60 .... 134 10 0 as in Belgium, find temporary protection in the Town- d that the • a Southern districts .shall fin y re not deserted in their attempt to save the , • • Warrington and Newton ditto hall : but once pass the Ministerial Irish Municipal Bill, ion (Loud a lause nat • PI, ..) Whoevei governs this country ought in Southampton we are happy to state that the damage to Kenyon.and Leigh , Wigan Branch ditto. Junction ditto 100 .... 70 0 0 undoubtedly to give direction to th ••,ht feelinc, of the people. e ii,., , . ~. . property as e h b ' h 1 h • en muc ess tan in any part of the surrounu- North Union late Preston and Wigan Railway and a Protestant thus hunted by the blood-hounds of a ~ 1.0 faV that any government can be lie.nd in this country now ing neighbourhood. A few chimnies have been thrown down, St. Helensan'd Iturutorn GapAitto lOO .... 33 0 0 Popish priest would find the doors of the Town-hall shut that can stand against the march of r 1 . " ea. improvement-Lan 011- , and portions of the roofs of several houses have in censequence Leiceste.rand Swannineton ditto .() .... 68 0 0 in his face, or opened only in order to make sure of him pose or prevent the reform of real abuses-is to display an ig- "eh br"ke" in ; but instead of every house in the town having ,I,anchester and Leeds ditto e , , . A .... 812 6 hem Ditto (Btepnenson s) 5 .... 610 0 for his pursuers.- Times. norance of the state or soclety as it now exists. lam proud to suffered, as stated by a contemporary, .not more than six have .t.egloon and Bi;ii,t,,to (Rennie,s) 2 .... 0 12 6 say, that the government of which I was an humble member, been seriously damaged, and perhaps 2U or-30 partially injured ; " Eastern Counties ------- -- ------ -• had no such notions. lam proud to refer YOU to the speeehes few houses have escaped losing a tile or two, but no grfat Midland Counties ditto GREAT CONSERVATIVE F EsTIVAL IN THE WEST of our great leader at the commencement of that administration damage- has occurred beyond what we have mentioned. •1 he , North Midland ditto -to his conduct while in administration-and also to those men- lead on the top of All Saints' Church was curled ucii like aro 1 Ilirrn ngharn and Glouceste
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1836-08-05 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY.  A long discussion took place in the committee on the Church of England bill, as to the propriety of annexing the See of Sodor and Man with that of Carlisle. No proceeding, however, took place upon the question. The preamble of the bill having been postponed, and the different clauses, after some opposition and two divisions, agreed to, the report was ordered to be received on Thursday. Colonel Rushbrooke and others denied the correctness of Mr. Waklev's statements on a firmer evening regarding the treatment of a blind pauper, and au invalid female. Mr. Waktey replied, that one case was at Bosinere. and not at Stowinarket, and that the other statement was founded on a medical man's letter, whose name he handed to Colonel Rushbrooke. Mr. WA't.t.Ace, having presented a petition from merchants of Greenock engaged in the Newfoundland fishery, complaining that though Spanish ships went to that fishery on like terms with British ships, our ships, on conveyiug fish to Spain, were exposed to duties not imposed on Spanish importers. Mr. P. Tnosirsox alluded to the difficulty presented by the state of Spain to the due enforcement of the "Reciprocity Act," but held that to enforce a countervailing duty, would be " to cut off our-nose to be revenged upon our face," as England would then lose the carrying trade also. Mr. G. F Yousa declared that it was already almost gone. Mr. WALTER brought forward his promised motion founded on the Petworth petition, comßlaining of the orders issued by the poor-law commissioners. The hon. gentleman stated in the course of his speech that had he been allowed to make .his statements on presenting the petition, he should have been satisfied to wait till next session, when, he was satisfied there must be full inquiry into this subject. He concluded with moving a resolution for an inquiry into the operation of the poor law act, especially those parts of it that authorised the separation of husband from wife, and parents from children, when in workhouses.  Mr. CRIPPS contended that the act, though not perfect, had been attended with beneficial effects.  'Lord J. RUSSELL declared that poor-law reform, which was not made a party question. had become imperative; and that it had succeeded to a great extent, in spite of partial opposition. The house eventually divided on it. The numbers were, for Mr. Walter's motion 82. against it 46. Majority for it 36. The lords' amendments to the tithes commutation bill were agreed to. Mr. ActioN BY called attention to the non-communication to the judges of the act empowering them to extend the time between the conviction and execution of murderers ; and submitted that exertions ought to have been made to,circulate the knowleUge of such act. _ _  The house proceeded with the other orders of the day, and on Mr. WAK LEY moving the third reading of the medical witnesses bill, the house was counted out, there being only 39 present, as a quarter before three.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1836-01-15 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE TITHE CAMPAIGN-LOSS OF LIFE.  The anti-tithe conspiracy is getting up its parliamentary case with more than Spartan firmness, and far more than Roman indifferenee'to the value of human' life. Another sacrifice 'has been offered to the plea that Ireland will resist the payment of tithes to the blood; another victim has fallen to the assertion, that ad Irishman's hatred ef tithe is equal to his love of justice, and ,greater than his fear of death. e helieve that in the case siihich his just occurred in Lime. rick, it will he generally adknowledged that the life lost was a just forfeit to the violated law. ' The deceasal was of a party which was actually engaged in a murderous assault on the constabulary appointed to carry the law into effect—the forbearance. of the assailed, eXemplary as it was, only emboldened their desperate assailants, and that but one man fell in this self-defensive recourse to arms, is a proof of humanity and caution on the part of the p'oli'ce, which cannot be too highly commended. - Oh, what have they to answer for who have brought the country to this wretched state! Does not the blood of the slain cry out to heaven against the contrivers and fomenters of this hellish conspiracy?—will not the charge of "murderous subornation"' stand recorded against them, in a court-room whence there is no appeal, and weigh down their guilty souls in the day of retribution ? It would appear from the account which we extract from a liberal journal, that the special fury of the would-be assassins was directed against the life of the clergyman of the parish. He was fain to alight and seek shelter from the missiles hurled against him, and the state in which his horse with the equipments he bore, reached Charleville, shows the violence of the attack made upon his rider. 'We subjoin the account from the Limerick Star:— " It is our afflicting duty to announce another fatal conflict connected with the unsettled tithe question. On Saturday the Rev. Mr. Bunberry, of Saunders Park, Charleville, proceeded, at the head of thirty-two police, two sheriff's men, and four drivers, to the house of a farmer named Madigan, who lives within a few perches of the village of Newtown, three miles from Charleville. The party seized, under a decree fur tithes, eleven pigs and four sheep. They had subsequently to pass along a boliereen, or small road, to the village, and while passing were attacked by the country people, who succeeded in rescuing the stock, and, covered'bir the ditches, continued pelting stones until the police reached the village. The police fired, when several country people were wounded, and a boy named Sweeney was shot in the abdomen. He died on Sunday morning. The Rev. Mr. Bunberry's horse reached Charleville without a rider, which created a great sensation in the town, the more particularly as the saddle was torn in pieces. It was said Mr. Bunberry was knocked off his horse; but we believe he alighted to shelter himself from the stones, which were flung from all directions."—Dublin Evening Mail.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1836-03-11 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MEETING OF IRISHMEN IN AMERICA.  I pushed for a near wood, from which I perceived smoke stealthily curling over the tree tops; and, after a long threading of the thicket, stumbled upon a little colony of charcoalburners, the blackest and the merriest folks I ever met; they might have been Iroquois, or negroes, front their colour; but the first reply I got to my hail rendered any inquiry as to country unnecessary. Holloa tmy friend," shouted lat the top of may voice, as a tall and half-naked being, stalking out of the huts, from which I was separated by a deep ravine; " pray step this way for one moment." The man did as I desired, without a word; a couple of attendant imps hanging on to the strings of his knees. " I'm sorry to trouble you," 1 added, as he drew within easy speaking-distance; " but the fact is, I have lost my road, and fear to lose my dinner." "I, faith, thin, sir, if you 'll tell me where abouts you lost the. road, I'll find you the dinner, and go and look for the road while you're atin' it : withe blessing o' God, it will be the first road I seen since I've bin this side 0' Pittsburg, to say the Taste." " Maybe you've seen a fine aisy-goin' road betune Cork and Cove ?" I replied in the same accent. " Maybe I hav'nt," grinned the pleased charcoal-burner, laughing .from ear to ear. " Orb murder! you're a witch, sure ! wasn't it the last ten miles I ever to'ed of Irish ground ? Long life to you, sir! wait till I call the wife. Molly, ashtore, come out avid, for here's a with of a gintleman heve. Jem, you robber, go and bid your mammy stir hersel and come here." Away ran Jem and his brother, or rather flew, for their feathers were fluttering in the air. I laughed immoderately' whilst my countryman, with the most puzzled air, exclaimed, " Och ! murder, but it's the quarest thing alive. Sure you must have know'd us. He was now joined by his wife and two or three others of the little family, who all appeared nearly of an age. Poor Molly, the mistress, looked weak and haggard, and told me she " had the shakes on her for the last six months." She was affected to tears when her husband told her of my witchcraft, in knowing where they were from, and joined in begging that " I'd come round and take o bit o' cake and a sup u' spirits and water, to keep me from feelin' faint till I got to my dinner. I requested, however, as my time was short, that one of the little ones might at once put me on the nearest track by which I could reach the bridge; and finding I would not accept their hospitality, the father of the family, attended by Jem, walked along with me to where a bridle-path led on to a waggon-track, which he desired me to pursue. Here I left my friendly countryman, and with a " God send you safe home, sir" he turned to his own humble dwelling, to think with a full heart of that distant home my chance visit had recalled in all its freshness, and which, although he may never look to revisit, no son of poor Ireland ever forgets.—Power's Impressions of America.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1844-05-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MONTAGUE'S MURDER.—AS the sunlight died away, and evening fell upon the wood, he entered it. Moving here and there a bramble or a drooping bough which stretched across his path, be slowly disappeared. At intervals a narrow opening showed him passing on, or the sharp cracking of some tender branch denoted where he went : then he was seen or heard no more. Never more beheld by mortal eye, or heard by mortal ear : one man excepted. That man, parting the leaves and branches on the other side, near where the path emerged again, came leaping out soon afterwards. What bad he left within the wood, that he sprang out of it, as if it were a hell! The body of a murdered man. In one thick solitary spot, it lay among the last year's leaves of oak and beech, just as it had fallen headlong down. Sopping and soaking in amongst the leaves that formed its pillow ; oozing down into the boggy ground, as if to cover itself from human sight; forcing its way between and through the curling leaves, as if those senseless things rejected and foreswore it, and were coiled up in abhorrence; went a dark, dark stain that dyed and scented the whole summer night from earth to heaven. The doer of this deed came leaping from the wood so fiercely, that as he cast into the air a shower of fragments of young boughs, torn away in his paAssize, and fell with violence upon the grass. But he quickly gained his feet again, and keeping underneath a hedge afitl3 his body bent, went running on towards the road. Tie road once reached, he fell into a rapid walk, and set on 'tbwards London.—Marlin Chuzzletvit.  . ~  .  WHAT IS THE BEST VIEW FOR A SICK ROOM]?— What is the best kind of view for a sick prisoner's windows to command ? I have chosen the sea, and am satisfied with my choice. We should have the widest expanse of land or water, for the sake of a sense of liberty, yet more than for variety ; and also because then the inestimable help of a telescope may be called in. Think of the difference to us between seeing from our sofas the width of a street, even if it be Sac,ville-street, Dublin, or Portland-place, in London, and thirty miles of sea view, with its long boundary of rocks, and the power of sweeping our glance over half a count✓, by means of a telescope! But the chief ground of preference of the sea is less its space than its motion, and the perpetual shifting of objects caused by it. There can be nothing in inland scenery which can give the sense of life and motion and connexion with the world like sea changes. The motion of a waterfall is too continuous—too little varied, as the breaking of the waves would be, if that were all the sea could afford. The fitful action of a windmill, the waving of trees, the everchanging aspects of mountains are good and beautiful ; but there is something more life-like in the going forth and return of ships, in the passage of fleets, and in the never-ending variety of a fishery.—Essays by an Invalid.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1844-08-13 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ROMANIST INTOLERANCE, AND OUTRAGE. - The Cork Constitution of last week gives another specimen of the spirit which possesses the unhappy population of that town and country. During the forenoon service at St. Nicholas's Church on the previous Sunday, the congregation were disturbed by the yelling and hooting of a crowd that collected in and about the church-yard, so that it was difficult to hear the clergyman's voice. Capt. White and other gentlemen went out, and, with the aid of the police, cleared the church-yard and passage leading to it, to allow the congregation egress ; but the ladies were alarmed by the wretched rabble around them. It turned out that these misguided persons had collected in consequence of a man, previously a Romanist, having that day for the first time entered a church. The presence of the magistrate and the police saved him from personal injury—perhaps from murder ; for the mob looked furious, and (as usual with Cork mobs) the women were the worst. Finding their hands restrained, they gave full fling to their tongues, and poured out the foulness of their filthy hearts, to the disgust and annoyance of all within hearing. On the intended victim this had no effect, and, declining the protection of the police, be walked manfully through the shouting and shrieking crowd. Captain White, however, apprehensive that they might close in upon him, sent the police to accompany him. All along to his house the windows were thronged with vociferous Romanists, more ferocious than savages. The controversy between the churches had for some time engaged his attention, and his joining that of England had been the result of a diligent study of Scripture, and a conscientious comparison of the claims of both. At the evening service a crowd again collected, and as soon as he appeared they followed him, shouting and screaming, and reviling him by the most opprobrious epithets. Several of the parties, including some women, were afterwards apprehended, identified, and committed for trial. An escort of police was required to accompany the man to the police-office to give his evidence, as he would probably otherwise not have reached it alive. While he was in church on Sunday evening, his wife was beaten and her clothes torn. The police remained in the neighbourhood till a late hour, as apprehensions were entertained, from threats uttered, that his house would be set on fire. The victim of this outrage supported himself comfortably by means of a school, and had 70 scholars, nearly all Romanists. On Monday, as had been anticipated, he was without a pupil, the mob declaring that not even a Protestant child should enter. He was removed by the police next day to lodgings in the city, neither his life nor that of any of his family being safe in the neighbourhood where he lived ; for up to the time of his removal his house was surrounded, and the mob kept up a constant shower of stones against the door. "This," concludes our contemporary, " is a land of liberty, and this an age of ' progress' and improvement I "
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1844-08-13 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ROMANIST INTOLERANCE, AND OUTRAGE.—The Cork Constitution of last week gives another specimen of the spirit which possesses the unhappy population of that town and country. During the forenoon service at St. Nicholas's Church on the previous Sunday, the congregation were disturbed by the yelling and booting of a crowd that collected in and about the church-yard, so that it was difficult to hear the clergyman's voice. Capt. White and other gentlemen went out, and, with the aid of the police, cleared the church-yard and passage leading to it, to allow the congregation egress ; but the ladies were alarmed by the wretched rabble around them. It turned out that these misguided persons had collected in consequence of a man, previously a Romanist. having that day for the first time entered a church. The pre. sence of the magistrate and the police saved him from personal injury—perhaps from murder ; for the mob looked furious, and (as usual with Cork mobs) the women were the worst. Finding their hands restrained, they gave full fling to their tongues, and poured out the foulness of their filthy hearts, to the disgust and annoyance of all within hearing. On the intended victim this had no effect, and, declining the protection of the police, he walked manfully through the shouting and shrieking crowd. Captain White, however, apprehensive that they might close in upon him, sent the police to accompany him. All along to his house the windows were thronged with vociferous Romanists, more ferocious than savages. The controversy between the churches had for some time engaged his attention, and his joining that of England had been the result of a diligent study of Scripture, and a conscientious comparison of the claims of both. At the evening service a crowd again collected, and as soon as he appeared they followed him, shouting and screaming, and reviling him by the most opprobrious epithets. Several of the parties, including some women, were afterwards apprehended, identified, and committed for trial. An escort of police was required to accompany the man to the police-office to give his evidence, as he would probably otherwise not have reached it alive. While he was in church on Sunday evening, his wife was beaten and her clothes torn. The police remained in the neighbourhood till a late hour, as apprehensions were entertained, from threats uttered, that his house would be set on fire. The victim of this outrage supported himself comfortably by means of a school, and had 70 scholars, nearly all Romanists. On Monday, as bad been anticipated, he was without a pupil, the mob declaring that not even a Protestant child should enter. He was removed by the police next day to lodgings in the city, neither his life nor that of any of his family being safe in the neighbourhood where he lived ; for up to the time of his removal his house was surrounded, and the• mob kept up a constant shower of stones against the door. " This," concludes our contemporary, " is a land of liberty, and this an age of `progress' and improvement!"