The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1836-10-11 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

HALIFAX, TUESDAY.—Neither will the Abyssinian banquet of the radicles, which was held here last night At the theatre. It only wanted " blue fire" and " a little tail" to make it a complete Pandemonium. Yet, let us " give the devil his due."— Bad as " the boys" were, they were a shade less bad than their brothers the Whigs. Although they were about double the number of brawlers present, there were not many more than half the aumber of drunkards ; but as every why has its wherefore, in strict justice we are bound to add, it was because the price of the ticket did not allow such a qaantity of drink per head, or rather per stomach. Like their co•peers the whiga, they dined at diver pot-houses in the town, and found themselves at are union on the boards of the playhouse. Shade of Shakespear, what a horde of ragsramuffin murderers of language —what a troop of clippers of the King's English ! But to begin with the beginning. Feargns made a triumphal entry into the town on the morning of Monday, in an open hackney, drawn by " four-greys" (like a mail coach ) He was accompanied by three " fools" of the town, Thousands of the unwashed and unemployed sallied out to meet him, and it might be termed " proud day" for Dinh and Ireland, if one half of the cmwd was not prostitutes, and the other half thieves and idlers. When the dhow) people had gorged themselves with carrot) (the dinncr and Wine were only 3s. Gd. each), an adjournment tool: place to the theatre. Michael Stocks, jun. a stun of Old Stocks, presided, and never wits there such a wooden representative of that appellation. He talked for a few minutes of the pros. pects of his party, and spoke much of laying his hand upon his heart, (los glass to his mouth,) which was a litt'o of a mistake. He then prattled of the House of Lords, and said it would be all as well to " introduce democracy into its constitution;'' mentioned the sympathies of the people (whereat each fellow drank a bumper, twice filled, and- cheered to his heart's content,) and concluded by expressing Iris satisfaction that the radicals had determined to die hard. (Great ,uzzling and grunting in their drink.) What is laughable young (?) man is E Protheroe, jun , Esq He was (the fool !) content to play second fiddle to Fergus O'Connor, an Irish adventurer. Was that English or gentlemanly ? If the unfortunate young ;nun (we suppose we most call him so, as he patronizes the ladies, and toasts them on all occasions,) if, we say, the unfortunate yonng man had a spark of right independent feeling he would have seen all the radicals it) Europe " ten fathoms deep" before he degraded himself by '' breaking their breed," after the scene at the Piece•haall on Friday night. But other things as well as poverty—a-IL-directed ambition, for instance—makes us acquainted with strange bedfellows—(l mean no pun)—as it was, he as " all things to all uteri"—prornisilig everything —Fergus was Fergus. Need I say any more ? You who recollect his senatorial career understand all that is meant to be conveyed ; but others may not be so mindful of his peculiar power and glory. If ever there was a realization of the terms " red-hot, rainpant, absurdity,' its oratory exhibited it—pro publico bona.  A Mr. Curdy, one of the Thomson:, one of the Hills, a Mr. Tetley, and divers others, " honourable men"—" we all are honourahle"—formed the 'dramatis persona. The thing went off without any accident.  PRICES OF SHARES, LIV ER POOL, 0(;1`. 10, 1836,  'a Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Canal and Railway ,CIS paid er 77 Sho r e. 0 Lirerpool and Manchester Railway lOO .... 222 0 0 Quarter Shares 25 .... 70 0 0 New Half Shares .... 50 10 0 Bolton and Leigh ditto London and Birmingham Railway AO 0 it .... 131 0 0 Grand Junction ditto Kenyon and Leigh Junction ditto Wigan Branch ditto. North Union, late Preston and Wigan Railway ... 80 0 0 St. Helens and Runcorn Gap ditto Leicesterand Swannington ditto London and Bright ti Ditto (Stephenson's) -8 .... 8 0 0 Ditto Ditto (Rennie's) 2 ...• 1 9 6 Eastern Counties 1 .. • . 1 5 0 !Midland Counties ditto North Midland ditto Birmingham and Gloucester ditto Great Western ditto Leeds and Selby Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow ditto London and Gravesend ditto 1 .... 0 0 0 Dublin and Drogheda 2 10g.. 210 0 Ulster 1 .... 2 0 0