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is be ts of this It would IF of the en, that es which s. Ewart ect these 1 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 130ROUG1 ins, &c. Whitehaven—M Attwood, c Wigan—R Thicknesse ; Pot Wilton—J H Penruddock, c Winchester— P. St. J. Mildm W B. Baring Windsor—J C Ramsbottom ; Sir Pechell Woodstock—March. of Blandfo Wolverhampton-1V W Whiten Fryer Worcester—G R Robinson ; Davies Wycombe—W Smith ; Hon. cirey Yarmouth—Hon. G Anson ; C Rumbold York—Hon E Petre ; 8 A Bayn IRELAND. emOuth— —Young Eefield—D Gaskell lingford—W S Blackstone, c sail-- Forster •eham—J Calcraft, c Tington— E G Hornby wick—Sir C Greville, c ; E Is— Lamont • J L Lee dock—Hon G C W Forester c ; Milnes Gaskell, c tbury—Sir It Lopez tminster—Sir F Burdett ; Si C Hobhouse mouth—T F Buxton ; Bir F hnstone, c tby— Chapman im—Hon General O'Neill rl of Belfast agh—Lord Acheson; Colonel Tner. e )w—Col Bruen ; Cavanagh) n—H Maxwell, c; W Young, Major M'Namara ; C I Brien --F O'Connor ; S Barry .gal—Sir E Hayes, c ; Colonel nolly, c n—Lord A Hill; Lord Castle• e in—G Evans ; C Fitzsimon lanagh—General Arehdall, c ; rd Cole, c • I a3•—James Daly, c ; T Martui y—C O'Connell ; F Mullins tre—M O'Farrall ; C Ruthven nmy—lfon P Butler ; Finn 's County—Lord Oxmantowni 'itzsimon im—Lord Clements; Colonel Lite rick—Colonel Fitzgibbon; hady BOROII , gh—L Dobbin ne—G Talbot W S Bernard,' c it—Lord A Chichester ; E want Londonderry--Sir R Bateson, Captain Jones, c Lon ford — Lord Forbes ; C Leff' Lout —T Fitzgerald; R M Belli Mayo—J Browne ; D Browne Meath—H Grattan ; M O'Conne Monaghan—Hon C Blaney, Serjeant Perrin Queen's County—Sir C Coote ; Lalor Roscommon—F French ; O'Con Don Sligo—E J Cooper, c ; Colon Ferceval, c Tipperary -- O'Callaghan ; R Sh one —Hon H Corry, c; Sir Stewart, c Waterford—Sir R Keane ; J Galway IWestmeath—M Chapman ; Sir I Nagle WexMrd—R S Carew ; II Lambe Wicklow— Acton, Esq. ; Grattan w—N A Vigors :kfergus--C Dobbs, c .l—T Rowe aell—D Ronaync J Beresford, c —Dr Baldwin ; D Callaghan ipatrick—J Maxwell, c ieda—A C O'Dwyer n University—T Lefroy, c ; haw, c n—B S Ruthven; D O'Connell alk—W O'Reilly annon—lion J Knox arvan—Hen G Lamb SCOT: COLN leen—Hon Captain Gordon, c l—J H Callender •A Oswald —G Fergusson, c -C Stuart, c .ck—C Marjoribanks ❑ess—G Sinclair carton—J C Colquhoun ries—J Hope Johnstone ,urgh—Sir J Dalrymple -Captain Wemyss D G Halyburton ngton—J Balfour, c cress—Charles Grant rdine—General Arbuthnot, c dbright—R C Ferguson • • Ins, Ste. Ennis—F Macnamara Enniskillen—Hon H Cole, c Galway.-- Lynch; M'Loughl Kilkenny--D Sullivan Kinsale—Colonel Stawell Limerick—W Roche ; D Roche Lisburne--H Ileynell, c • Londonderry—Sir R Ferguson Mallow-- Daunt Newry—Lord M Hill Portarlington—T Gladstone, c Ross (New)—J Talbot Sligo—J Martin Tralee—M O'Connell Waterford— Barron ; Sir Hayes Weiford—C A Walker Youghall—J O'Connell LAND. ;TIES. Lanark—J Maxwell Linlithgow—Sir A Hope, c Orkney, &c. (Shetland') Peebles—Sir J Hay Perth—Lord Ormelie Renfrew—Sir M S Stewart. Roxburgh—Captain Elliot Selkirk—R Pringle Stirling—C Fleming Sutherland—R Macleod Wigtown—Sir A Agnew Elgin and Naime--Col F W Grat Ross & Cromstrty—J S Mackene Clackmannan & Kinross—A Adam Boaou'ons, &c. urgh—F. Jeffrey ; J Aber- iElgin, &c.—Leith Hay nby Inverbervie, &c.-11 Ross iw— Oswald ; Ewing Cupar, &c.—A Johnston .een—A Bannerman Dysart, &c.—lit Ferguson y—Sir J. Maxwell Inverkeithing, &c.—Ld Demo): c.—.— Kinloch Renfrew, &c.Capt. Dunlop ock—R Wallace Haddington, &c.—R Stewart —L Oliphant Dumfries, &c.—General Sharpe &c.—J A Murray Wigton, &c.-E Stewart rail, &c,—J. Loch Ayr, &c.—T F Kennedy less, &c.—Colonel Baillie, c Linlithgow, &e.—D W Gillon te return from Orkney is not yet received, but it is expected a ,tuber will be a supporter of the Government—Mr. Trail. LIVERPOOL EPIPHANY SESSIONS, 1833. (CONTINUE - D 1410 M ‘ ,lUil LAST.) 'liant Edwards, 22, Grace Read, 19, and Jane Graham, tl ,l ;iharged with ha v in g assau lt e d W m . M orr i son and rob b ed if a hat. On Sund a y, th e 9th o f D ecem b er, betwee: t and twelve, the prosecutor was going along Fontenot when he was accosted by th e f ema l e prisoners, avl y afterwards Edwards came up; whilst they were abot:A e received a blow on the face from Edwards, which caul 3 fall upon his knees. One o f th e women t h en held whilst the other attempted to rifle his pockets. I n c oo; ice of his cries for assistance, they were unable to s ue cee; to watchman coming, the prisoners ran off. Edwards irr; id and taken • and the women were a f terwar d s secur e': tt being found in the possession of one of them. 'O e o j 11 found guilty, and sen t ence d, Ed war d s to transportati e, and the women to 14 years each. • - - , we Robinson, 19, was tried for an assault and attempt 'y. On Saturday, the 24th November last, between ses ght o'clock, the prosecutor, Wm. O'Brian, was returpl residence in New Scotland-road, and when at the end o Nelson-street North he saw three men, amongst ie prisoner. They asked him where he was going. e ) Lem he was going hom e : u p on w hi c h one o f them stn.' e blow on the mouth, and they then tried to get at his Oic id his watch. They had n o t time, however, to effect Ole o ;e, before the approach of o th er p ersons compelled the eat. Robinson was stopped in Great Nelson -street, ng taken to Bridewell he denied that he had knocked vj, utor down, but accused two other men, whom he naiD e t ,s found guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned and Wk, 1 labour, in Lancaster Castle, f or t we l ve ca l en d ar inofif following is a summary of the sentences on the prisolie ted up to Wednesday evening : e transported for life.—William Edwards, 22, for stealii)g e transported for fourteen years.—James Stark Horn, jos ohn Horn, 26, for stealin g 500 y ar d s o f s ilk ; et, 19, and James Hall, 17, for burglary; Mary Murri l l of stealing seven handkerchiefs; J o h n H arris , 20, ' o f g money; Grace Itead,\.l9, and Jane Graham, g a hat; Samuel Clark 6, 20, for stealing fowls; "'"" , 33, for stealing household•urnaments. gr-1 tranyorted seven years.--4'atrick Donnel:y, of Jsix s John Thomas, 28,•40r stealing 12 bushels ane Coil 20 , and Elizabeth ijey, 20, for stealiPe 5 imprisoned ei g ht een ca l en l ar months\tt Lancaster.--- At yell, 18, for receiving stolen good; - Ellen Lunt, 30, .'` d , g wearing apparel; Jane Cubin, 21, f or s t ea li ng car enr ol imprisoned twelve cal e nd a r mon th s a t L an caste r .--1 )n, 27, and John Jones, 23, for stealing a watch ns, 39, for stealing one piece of canvas ; J o hn Bast v e stealing money • John Jones, 16, for st ea li ng a cloP e j iue Croker, 23,' for stealing wearing apparel ; Jai). 21, for stealing money John Midghall- 15, f or ste )s. of soap; George Robinson, 19, for stealing moult; Hanley, 43, for stealing a coat. At Preston.-S O O, 40, for stealing money. • At Kirkdale.-Ann Quayle, ling carpeting. John Judge, 30, for stealing a bed. j $ imprisoned nine calendar months.-Ann Connelly, $1 ling handkerchiefs ; John Sherridan, for stealing loth. for imprisoned six c a le n dar mon th s .-W m . L aver ty, 22, 20 AD yards linen ; John Burns, 17, f or s t ea li ng two 'el; caster ; Edward Pugh, 15, for stealing wearing apP 3l. O, Hughes, 48, for stealing two board s ; M ar y Atkin s b; stealing money; John Hill, 18, for stealing a watch,anley, 36, for stealing 7 yards of ribbon ; Thomas ;, for stealing five casks. imprisoned Jour calendar months.-William RiminerVol ling six plates; Margaret Addi s on, 26, f or s t ea ling of boots ; Jonathan Grisdale, 19, and John Allen, ln, 30 three pair of shoes; Thomas Stocks, 40, for stealing o ; wood; Bernard Murphy, 16, for stealin g 6 lbs ° o w wens, 18, for stealing 28 yards print ; J am es CAI fof 'l, for stealing two shirts; James WAnnally, 4 lbs copper • John Jones, 16, for stealing two ha N ; Edward Nixon, 26, for stealing 40 yards can0:11, M‘Donald, 33, for stealing 201bs glue; yards Caret' Th g ;tealing a chain; Edward'Tallent, 17, for stealing 6vsi, r; Robert Wilkinson, 27, for stealing wearing app imprisoned three calendar months.-Ann Harris, for rte hats; Peter Koaroleff, 18, for stealing a watch. imprisoned two calendar months.. -John Murray, 14, ' . a handkerchief. imprisoned one calendar month.-Thomas Croston,, ' wo ,ling 7lbs veal; Joel Brookshaw , 36, for stealing boxes; John Hughes, 13 , for stea li ng two pair of 004, ord, 45, for stealing one coffee mill; John FarneY, ling 901bs ropes. rday a Cotiwr of PASSAGE was held for the trial of c iT o i thin the Borough; but none of the causes wer e to the general reader. CORRESPONDENCE. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 'Sza,—ln the 13th number of your paper appeared a notice of the Chronicle, that rather alarmed me for your safety ; having to combat with the Albion a.nd Journal, two such Goliahs in lite tature, so point device in their periods—" so pleasant without scurrility, audacious without impudency, and learned without )pinion," that I am surprised how you have stood your ground to long against these specimens of " matchless"—and to under take another foe !—really, Mr. Editor, have a care. You have escaped this once, however; for I find that the Chronicle, jealous of your attention being directed so especially to the Albion, is quite delighted—" amted",--with your notice of dim. I hope this humour may last, and that the other gentlemen sn the opposition side (I beg their pardon) ministerial or radical tide, " I j rum horum marls," will abate somewhat of their vio lence, self conceit, and spleen, and be content to contest their iiireirnces in civil terms. To be sure such " rackers of ortho iraphv't must needs, occasionally, cry out at the imbecile and mperfect contributioni of your correspondents, as very critical tars are outraged by the performance of a piece of music that is not the most skilfully managed in the world. This we will puss over, in pity to the frequent and poignant distress it must 'occasion them, and in gratitude for that modicum of talent that tuables us the more philosophically to endure the occasional aberrations of our neighbours. It falls to the lot of few, to be to very very proficient, as these illuminati; but I q uestion , if hey do not acquire this ascendancy on miserable co nditions , e .eing their lives are one continued fret. Lofty mountains hey may be, but ." shadows, clouds and darkness rest upon What pod has produced such another bean, as the one whose ranches, like the famed one in the fairy tale that ascended ato the clouds, have enabled the Albion to top Parnassus? ''hat other Journal possesses such lofty and independent tribes as Dicky Sam, Dick Liver, and the author of Poggio Ilraccioli, as " familiar with men's names as household words:" d as reckless of personally offending, as though the liberty of the subject was their monopoly, and to them pertained the xclusive privilege to pervert the motives and put their own yiugs into other people's mouths, so to " make the worse appear the better" reason. Such helps were forestalled ere you appeared; and you must be tentent with the assistance and patronage of honest simple folks. as Sir Andre - .v Aguecheek says, " methinks I have no more than a christian, or an ordinary man has—Oh, had I but r qlowed the arts!" then had I been alive to the beauty of such expression as " motives personal to myself alone," iu coin hrison with the simpler and old-fashioned term of " personal motives;" and been able to enjoy the possibility of " severing i ndissoluble interests," and ruminate on the consequences, as they are kindly vouchsafed to us by a lordly Pundit of their toramunion. I confess Ido not see " the logic, the wisdom, or a wit," of these learned flights and sallies, and like Christo- Phere Sly, notwithstanding the pains taken to convince him kat he was not a tinker, but a lord, have such remembrance kd regard for things as they have been, and so little confidence i h the new-fangled doctrine and brewage of the present age, as t 44 give the preference to and " call again for a pot of the tallest age." . I.levor kind in these people to teach us our accidence, en- ti ghten. our darkness, and manage our affairs! Alieni appetens hci profusus. This liberal show of learning and trumpeting of " (1 4dness would look the finer, and sound the grander, if, as Burred to the good Vicar of Wakefield, on his second rencon tk with, the "cosmogony and creation of the world," we had !lot ‘4 heard of all this before.'" The news is, as they say, as old as the hills ;" that there have been, and no doubt, ever *ll l be, those discontented spirits who are ever in quest of what L i `eY never find;—blind to the comforts of their own fire-sides, of exceeding quick sight to the advantages of others ; 44 arp enough to behold the mote in their brother's eye, but 4 to the beam in their own :—such be your councillors. `` How the Radical apples swim!" Like the' earthen and the iron jar in the fable, the whigs and t eh friends are being carried down with the flood,—,the great tlt fear of the earthern whig pipkin is, lest it should come in i ntact with its heavier associate , and s o sink , thus losing its sgance of getting securely embedded in the rushes ; or, at the W orst, being deposited high and dry with its "spolia opima," on shelving shore or snug creek. These are stormy times, -114 we shall have a stormy Commons ;—let those who have faith illl4 the s us t a ining power of cork, and are likely to be afloat I,in 1 tempestuous sea, provide themselves with a collar of that l:Ptoved material, as manufactured by your contemporary: for t e Ship of state is as likely as n ot to be bum p e d on the rocks, t the want of a proper pilot, with such a disunited and muti ,4o44 crew on board. Your's, FIDELIS. TIIE CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST✓INDARD. t %l ß,—One of the most frequently urged objections to the 1411trch of England, in the present day, is the presence of Bi 4Ps in Parliament, which is said, in the first place, to be un ,,11 Mural ; in proof of which the text principally quoted is the previously adverted to :—" My kingdom is not of this i h ,id." But I hop 3 this has already been shown to be wholly 1 1 Plicable. i the J ews ex pected their Messiah to be a warrior king; and, ,'1 1 4 ." 1 " of our Saviour's chief obj ec ts was to disabuse them of ' Is Prejudi ce h e uniformly refused to act with authority, even their private disputes ; and when the adultress was brought fore him, would not even condemn her. As justly, then, 41 i ?ht his pra c ti ce be adduced to prove that adultery is a venial : 4 il4 e, as it is t o prove that the clergy may not be employed to ki 4 iBt in legislatio n , w h en called upon by the supreme legislature !0 so. Legislatio n i s the first and noblest of sciences, in the ;tae administration of which men may imitate the perfections, tile)" ex ercise the attributes, of God. Why, then, are the eN 1t r gY to be excluded, on principle, from a share in so religious a k gross error it is , " says Hooker, " that temporal power ' l't to serve for the good of the body and not of the soul, rs e 'r t men's temporal peace, and not for their eternal safe- Y; a s I `iLf God had ord ained rulers for no othe r purpose but only il la -i ' 11 1) men like hogs, and to see that they have their mast." Ile ,- it is said the admission of Bishops into Parliament is ob lPtraable in practice : it re nders them secular, g enera t e s pride 1, ) i al abition, induces subservi enc y to su p eriors, and arro g an ce It i atior s . I fear these are vices incident to human nature, Is : 411 exist whether Bishops sit in Parliament or no. It has :1 4 been the policy of this nati on, and a wise one too, to Iti , tn - a gradation of clergy for ev er y rank,—the court, the 1144,..eta, cY, the gentry, and the p eo p le ; and if the state does kt e - waat secularize the clergy, the clergy christianizes the kit' and the good preponderates over the evil. Besides, th hili t ° ' a secularized clergy is somewhat exaggerated; the im e At /of insulating them, and forming t hem into a separate te lcl, has already been proved. It generates selfishness, pre 'id -' and spiritual pride. The more they mix with the laity Itili h e / I :apathize with their feelings, without contractin g a lit o c t. secular spirit, the better. Levity and secularity are no Not:ieg odious in an ecclesiastic, but not more so than Ited - ' and spiritual pride ; and, as human nature is consti „ ttl e i, Is ' Lae object is not to eradicate evil entirely , for that is im i"thiqe, but to choose the least of those that are permitted by t lice to afflict mankind. Remedies might be applied to diminish those that arise from wealth and power. Translations might be restricted, and glaring inequalities of income adjusted; but the exclusion of Bishops from Parliament is too grave a subject to be decided by youthful politicians at dinner tables, and election booths, and in the inconsiderate effusions of ephemeral pamphleteers. We arc not now legislating for an infant repub lic, or providing for the wants of a young democracy. We have to deal with an ancient Monarchy, by the fundamental laws of which Bishops have the same title to their seats in Parliament that the Monarch has to his seat upon the throne. The su preme legislature may, no doubt, exclude them, but it is a very grave and momentous question. The exclusion of the Bishops, in 1616, preceded the execution of a King; their ex clusion now may be intended to precede the deposition of ano ther. Nothing can justify such a measure but what Burke calls " The first and supreme necessity paramount to delibera tion and discussion;" a necessity, in short, which in common language has no law. If it is argued that the presence of Bishops in Parliament is an obstacle to beneficial changes, I would reply that the objec tion, even, if tenable, is quite inadequate to justify the sepa ration of church and state. The Bishops have very little esprit de corps. In the great questions that have recently agitated the public mind, they have always voted on different sides, and, per haps, in the present ardour for legislative inuovatioe, prudent men will not be sorry to see, in the House of Lords, a body of non-hereditary legislators, sprung so immediately from the peo ple, that a Liverpool shopkeeper's son may be Bishop of Dur ham, who, without any power to prevent real improvements, may help to check the passion for rash legislation, and dimi nish the momentum of precipitate change. I am, &c., PRESBYTER, CONSERVATIVE REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The Whigs and Radicals, glorying in their numerical superiority over the Tories, indulge themselves in a delightful vein of irony, by ascribing to them a new-born love of Reform; and the Hon. Mr. Stanley has been pre-eminent in this species of argument. Do these gentlemen forget that the Tories were Anti-Reformers, not on general principles, but on Lord Grey's specific measure of Reform in the House of Commons? Would it not be prudent in Mr. Stanley, before he indulges in his triumph, to witness the deeds of his new parliament ? Never indeed was there one in which the members have given more pledges and professions, to serve their country with zeal; but does Mr. Stanley anticipate that it will surpass all its predeces sors, in the soundness of its judgment, as well as in the vehe mence of its devotion to the public good ? Has he no misgiv_ inns that the apprehension of the Tories may yet be realized it That apprehension was, essentially, that the new bill would admit too great a democratic spirit into the House of Com mons, and thereby, endanger those practical benefits which we have hitherto enjoyed.—That this is the true sense in which the Tories were Anti-Reformers, will appear from au enumeration of Reforms, under Tory administrations, within that period, in which, according to Whig Radicals, they in flicted the greatest injuries on the nation. I allude from memory to the fiscal Reforms by Mr. Pitt, to his commercial treaty with France,—to the Union with Ireland,—to his prin ciples of free trade, followed up by his disciples : witness their inroad on the East India, and the Bank of England monopolies; witness their Reform in our Criminal Law. Do these measures deserve the sarcasms of Mr. Stanley? May not the authors and the friends of their authors be presumed to have wished for Reform, if not hastily, yet wisely? May, however, the fruits of the new Reform bill testify that the Whigs possess a sounder judgment than the Tories. May it augment, (in spite of my fears) the prosperity, the union, and the glory of the British' empire. I turn, with pleasure, from the sarcasm- of Mr. Stanley. speech to the patriotism of Lord Sandon's. "Let us all unite heart and hand in support of the executive Government of the country." No exhortation can, in the actual position of public affairs, be more appropriate, if confined to domestic measures ; let there be no factious opposition to ministers—let the Reform bill be a final measure, in the only sense, that measures ought to be • such, i.e. until some practical (not speculative) injury shall arise from it, of sufficient moment to justify the hazard of a change. I am afraid that, if we (Tories) follow the exhorta4on of Lord Sandon, we shall be exposed to much sarcasm : our conduct will be attributed, and particularly by the Whig Radicals, to the humiliation of defeat; but a conscientious motive will steel us against such aspersions, whilst we shall find many, many Whigs, who will have the candor, the magnanimity, to do us justice; who will appreciate our conduct, if it be bona fide guided by the spirit which dictates this letter. Policy of a lower grade advocates the same line of conduct, in the present temper of the public mind ; the downfall of the whig adminis tration would be succeeded by one of more democratic elements —those elements are in dreadful commotion—we have seen them embodied in political associations, with their tens of thousands of blind and ignorant followerslet us, let Whigs and Tories, and all who are not Levellers or Destructives, unite against the sovereignty of such combinations, let us not be ; governed by Jacobin clubs under the name of the sovereign people, a sovereign who will select or submit to, the "Marats" of the day as its ministers ; I wish the Liverpool Tories may coincide with my ideas, and set an example to the rest of the kingdom ; hence, Sir, this address to you accompanied with a hope that you will give it countenance and support. C. Liverpool, 31st December, 1832. • P. S. Since writing the foregoing, I have read an abstract of Mr. P. Thompson's speech at Manchester, of which I had had before only a verbal account: his calling the Tories hard names, and his calling His Majesty's government, "the people's govern ment," is in bad taste and bad policy. I am willing to hope that Lord Grey* willtell him so. There is, however, much to com mend in his speech, particularly as to our commercial policy, it being in unison with the doctrine advocated by the late 'Mr. Huskisson. I wonder the coincidence did not bring him to Mr. Thompson's recollection—surely he does not include Mr. Huskisson amongst the " Tory blockheads !" By the bye Mr. P. Thompson's speech is not very complimentary to Mr. Stanley—not to understand what a final measure means! ! altho' he knew how much Mr. Stanley had committed himself and his colleagues by these words—to what?—to words that had no meaning ? surely Mr. Thompson ought at least to have under stood that by these words Mr. Stanley had committed the go vernment (whether the King's government or the people's government) so far as to oppose any attempt, in the new Parlia ment, to shorten the duration of Parliaments. Will Mr. 'Thompson agree with Mr. Stanley in this opposition, or will he not?—or do the two gentlemen merely mean to bewilder their friends and admirers ? There must, ministerially, be more eloquence than common-sense between them, when their ora tions lead to such chaos—such incomprehensibility, and that on a questions of so much public interest. Will Mr. Thompson join Mr. Stanley in opposing the Ballot, should it be mooted in the new Parliament ? How strange if his speech has made such questions pertinent, AFTER Mr. Stanley's declaration, in behalf'' of himself and His Majesty's ministers ! Ist January, 1833. • Lord Grey will surely see in the example of Ireland, the insuffici ency of reasonable concession to satisfy the sovereign people, when under the influence of its demagogues : the present cry in England for a cheap government, will, when gratified , be louder fur one still cheap.. er—one of radical cheapness, and then will follow one still louder as_inst the expense. of a kingly Government , even of a citizen king. Let Lord Grey give us as cheap a Government as he approves in the soundness of his principles, and in the calmness of his meditations, but, let him beware of giving us one for the purpose of acquiring popu larity! THE PORTARLINGTON ELECTION & CHAIRMAN OF MR. THORNELY'S ELECTION COMMITTEE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST,IND4RD. SIR,—In your paper of last Friday, with one exception, I believe, you have stated correctly, the various interests which were congregated at Portarlington in opposing Mr. Gladstone's election ; and you will probably feel some degree of surprise when I tell you, that this exception was the influence of no less an individual, than the distinguished chairman of Mr. Thorne ly's Committee ! On the first day of the Liverpool Election, a letter was ad dressed and forwarded by post, to a Mr. Mara, the Counsel re tained to attend the Portarlington Election on the part of Col. Darner, Mr. G.'s opponent, bearing the signature of Mr. Wil liam Rathbone, as Chairman of Mr. Thornely's Committee, which I am well informed, stated, that on the suggestion of a Mr. Sheil, he volunteered his services to save the Borough from returning such a Representative as Mr. Gladstone; to effect this object, he told him, for the information of the Electors, that Mr. G., his Father, and Family, were all decided Tories ; that they had always been opposed to "liberal" opinions; that they had not only been active in the support of Sir Howard Douglas as a Candidate for Liverpool, but had actually brought him forward ; that they had been most instrumental in bring ing forward Sir Thomas Hesketh for the County, and, as the climax of their political crimes, he charged them with being the principal originators and chief supporters of your valuable 'paper!! We must, no doubt, conclude this was all very friendly and patriotic on the part of this redoubtable Chairman, written too, at a moment, when flushed and confident in the hope of local victory, and feeling the more disposed to invite others to parti cipate in the benefit of "liberal," alias " rev olutionary" prin ciples. To make sure of his object, this letter was despatched so as to be received at Portarlington at the time of the nomi nation there ! Who, then, will venture to call in question conduct that was so obviously disinterested, benevolent, neighbourly, and free from every envious or malignant feeling; or, for a moment, doubt its being the overflow of the pure radical milk of human nature, perhaps imbibed from that sect of which he was, if not still, a member, towards the ignorant and benighted Electors of Port arlington, whose good alone he had at heart ! But mark the result; the unfortunate result! Although this Mr. Mara read this precious and praiseworthy composition on the hustings, so stupid were the audience, that not one cheer was heard ; for it did so happen, that Col. Darner . was the greater Tory of the two candidates ! The letter was then offered, as the last re source, to any one who might wish to possess so choice a spe cimen of good taste and correct feeling; but, to the lasting shame of Portarlington, no one availed himself of so "liberal" an offer. Your's, Bth January, 1833. A. B. ** We much regret, that our columns should contain a communication, so uiscreditable to one of our townsmen, as that which our Correspondent has placed in our hands for pub lication. We join with him, most cordially, in condemning such conduct: and though we disclaim in principle, and in practice, devoting any portion of our columns to unjustifiable , personal attacks, we can not, however painful the task, turn a deaf ear to the exposure of what we consider in itself to be iirtually wrong. From this duty, we shall not shrink; and we leave our readers in this instance, to draw their own conclu sions, assuring them, that we have not given insertion to the above communication, without taking care to inform ourselves as to the fact. —EDIT. Liverpool Standard. THE FREEMEN AND TIIE NEW ELECTORS. -,TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. • Sts,—Though not profcissing to be the "organ" of any party, I take the liberty of offering, through the medium of your pa per, a few observations upon the letter of An Elector under the Reform Bill, which appeared in the Albion of Monday last. The writer, after first claiming attention by a striking heading,:— " Disfranchisement of the Freemen,"—proceeds tacitly to inform us, by his addition of letter 2nd, that he is about to favour us with a series of disquisitions on this momentous question. With due deference to real and sterling worth, and with a politesse , ; singular in the character of a Byrom-street shopkeeper, (to which class I presume the writer to belong,) he opens his argu ments on the subject by a quotation from the speech of Lord Sandon at the late dinner. Omitting - to offer any remark on the prior part, of the quotation, which doubtless will be a loss deeply felt by a discerning public,, he proceeds to dilate upon the concluding words of his lordship,—" I consider it no dis grace to have the support of loyal and worthy men, who, though poor, represent the mercantile body on whom they depend." His lordship's justly considering it no disgrace to be returned by a body of men who deemed him a worthy and fit person to represent their interests, appears to have afforded this lues na tura of a writer of a " series of letters" a fit subject for his luminous observations. He demands, "Is it come to this, that Lord Sandon should be obliged to thank the almost pauper freemen of Liverpool for securing his election ?" This Elector under the Reform Bill must certainly have overlooked the prior remark of his lordship,—" I think it no disgrace to be supported by a body of men whom Mr. Canning and Mr. Huskisson were proud to represent,"—or certainly he would not, in his ignorant foolhardiness, have dared to question the judgment of a body who have returned as their representatives men who have been, in the political horizon, planets around whom the chosen ex- M.P. of the elector would have moved but as a satellite. If the judgment of the man is to be estimated by the fulness of his cof fers, perhaps this Elector under the Ref o rm Bill himself possessed a greater proportion of that species of judgment after exercis ing his right of voting than he had claim to before. If riches are the source of honesty and principle, it is well for this elector that he can at any time procure a sufficiency of what his doc trine bespeaks him so much in want of. From his r&aarks on the speech of his lordship, he proceeds to favour the public with a critique on the speech of Mr. Holmes, and endeavours to prove, by a curious specimen of logic, that what is to be gained from the freemen, " besides the sweat of their brow," is their votes. He wisely omits any reference to the prior part of Mr. Holmes's remark, where he says, " If well treated, they (the freemen) would never vote against the wishes of their masters," but reverts to the concluding words, where he says he believed it to be a duty to get something out of them besides the sweat of their brow. Now taking the latter part in conjunction with the former, it is evident that Mr- Holmes refers not to their votes, but to the feeling of gratitude that that kind treatment must naturally awaken, and with this gratitude a reliance also upon the masters who 'employ them to forward such measures only as would tend to increase the trade of the master, and by.that means better the condition of the servant. With a sort of prophecy, he informs the public, that this is the last time any " tory member will be able to make such a boast," as being returned by the freemen; and by a bookworn simile he announces that public opinion, like a "mighty river," is rushing onward to destroy all franchises; and that the mea sures of Messrs. Benett and Wason, by removing the "in cubus of rotten freemen," will enable that respectable body, of which he is the (very) humble " organ" to return, as their re presentatives, those only whom they may deem competent. In answer to an opinion given in such firm and dicisive language, I cau only exclaim, not in the scriptural phraseology, he has chosen to conclude some observation in his letter, but in that of the immortal bard in the merchant of Venice,— " A Daniel come to judgment." In concluding these remarks, let me advise this Elector to cast from him that seducer of shallow brains, the grey-goose quill, and again to return to his farmer occupations, or perhaps he may remain until " Othello's occupation's gone ;" or, if he still remain anxious to be the champion of the body of which he now professes himself to be the organ, let him be more cautious ere he ventures to insult any party, before he is aware how far those epithets he applies to others, may be ap plicable to himself. I am, Sir, your's, &c. SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS. E. A. We make no apology for copying the following from an able contemporary, the Saturday's Advertiser:— The friends d the worthy Baronet, so lately before the public of Liverpool, under peculiar circumstances of interest, will be gratified by the following proof of the esteem in which his character and services have been held by those who have had the best opportunity Of appreciating them. A friend of Sir Howard Douglas put into our hands, this week,. the Courier, of St. John's, New - Brunswick, of the date of November, last year, in.which we find the following docu ments. It is not unworthy of remark, that Sir Howard Douglas never brought this gratifying circumstance Linder the notice of his friends, while in Liverpool, though its publication at the time his pretensions were before us might have been turned to advantage : " Courier, St. Jan's, New Brunswick, Saturday. N0v. 24, 1832. _ . " It is well knotvn that the people of this Province in the early part of last year, made a subscription for the purpose of purchasing a piece of plate, to be presented to our late highly esteemed Governor, Sir Howard Douglas, as a tribute of . gratitude for his prompt, disin terested, and powerful interference in behalf of our commercial in terests, at the time when they were in danger of being sacrificed by the great influence and specious arguments of interested parties, who were making the greatest exertions to carry, in the Imperial Parlia ment, commercial measures which, if they had been adopted, would have proved most injurious to the trade of the British North American Colonies in general, and especially to that of New Brunswick. " The committee appointed at St. John's to carry in'to effect the wishes of the people, at the request of the committees at Fredericton, Miramichi, and St. Andrews, remitted the amount subscribed to the agents for this Province in London, who, accordingly, presented the piece of plate, and an address, of which the following is a copy : ' To .Major-Gerieral Sir Howard Douglas, Baronet, K.S.C., C. 8., F.R.S., The undersigned, on behalf of the people of the province of New Brunswick, request your acceptance of a piece of plate, in testimony of the sense they entertain of your disinterested, timely,•and effectual exertions in protecting the trade of the North American colonies, against attempts recently made to alter commercial regulations, on the stability of which their present and future interests so greatly depend. Desirous to record their opinion of the measure, your prompt and seasonable opposition to which has called forth this demonstration of the feelings and sentiments of the inhabitants of this colony ; and equally desirous to avoid anything that would detract from the impor tance they attach to that particular act, they have not, in the inscrip tion, made any allusion to your public and private virtues, of which, however, they would now briefly assure you the people of this pro vince are by no means insensible. • ` That you may reap the reward due to those virtues, is doubtlessly the wish of all to whom you are best known, and of none more sin cerely than of those who now address you in behalf of the loyal inha bitants of the province of New Brunswick. (Signed) CHARLES SixoNns, Chairinan, JAMES T. HANFORD. ANGUS APKENZIE. • E. DE W. RATCHFORD. • JAMES KIRK. ISAAC WOODWARD, Junior. GEORGE D. ROBINSON., JOHN ROBERTSON, Secretary.' " To this address Sir Howard made the following reply:—' To Charles Simoricts, Esq.., Chc,rman, and the .. ?ther gen Holten of the committee acting on behalf of the people of New Bt?unswick. GENTLE3IEN,—I receive with great satisfaction this Memorial, and these assurances of the sense entertained by the people of New Brims wick of my general attention to the commercial affairs of the province, and especially of the exertions used by me on a recent occasion, in which the interests of the British North American provinees, and of New Brunswick in particular, were deeply concerned. On my departure from the province, I assured the commercial body of tit. John ' in reply to their address, that I would not fail to make use of the knowledge I had acquired of the interests and trade of New Brunswick, and the other North American proVinees, to do all in my power to represent and protect thole interests, in the event of anything occurring during my residence in London, which might ap pear to require any such explanation Or representation. ' Neither con sulted upon, nor aware of, the propbsed alteration in the duties on timber and deals, 1 had no alternative, consistent with my well-known opinion and the assurance which I had pledged, but to trtkea course which should effectually prove my adherence to those opinions, my faithful observance of the promise ,I had made, and which might. moreover, protect me from any suspicion of having given au equivocal opinion upon a matter so vital to your interests, and upon which, therefore, it was very generally surmised, that, being in London, f must have been consulted. _ _ _ I assure you, gentlemen, that it was with much regret I found my self under the necessity of making sacrifice of my official connection with the people of New Brunswick, and I shall ever feel a deep inte rest in their welfare, and sincerely wish them all manner of prosperity. (Signed) ' HOWARD DOUGLAS.' " The inscription upon the piece of plate is as follows : TO MAJOR-GENERAL - SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS, Baronet; K.S.C. , C. 8., F.R.S., &c. &c., FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK, As a memorial of the grateful sense they entertain of the disinterested and persevering zeal and distinguished ability, with which he often • advocated the Commercial Interests of the Province, and especially on the late occasion of an attempt to alter the existing scale of Dutirst on Colonial and Foreign Timber and Dea)s,—an attempt..which, had it proved successful, must 'have produced serious injury -to Ms Majesty's subjects in British North America, and to the Maritime prosperity of Great Britain. 1831.' " We are happy to have it in our power to give publicity to the fore going documents, creditable as they are to the feelings of the people of this province, and to the distinguished individual' whose great i talents _mere so opportunely exerted n protecting our commerce from 'ruin. We shall not dwell upon the sacrifice which Sir Howard so nobly made of his own interests to those of the North American Colonies; but we cannot forbear remarking, that no person ever within the boundaries of New Brunswick could be more devoted to the interests of the province than was our late excellent Governor, Sir Howard Douglas,—who, whilst assiduously attending to all the inter nal affairs of the province, watched with constant and deep solicitude the progress of measures from time to time agitated in the parent state, by which the prosperity of this colony might be affected; and, with the eye of a statesman, he was as quick to perceive the tendency of those measures, as he was prompt to oppose such of them as were ill-judged or inexpedient. " Some estimate may be formed of the value of Sir Howard's able and convincing paraphlet, from the circumstance of its having been most eagerly sought for by members of parliament, at the time the subject of the duties on timber and deals was under discussion, and from the faet that the best-informed friends of the colonies, in Great Britain, are most desirous that a new edition of it should be published, as the most effectual expedient to defeat the designs of those who, it is apprehended, will endeavour, at the next session of parliament, to effect such alteration in the duties on timber and deals as would almost, if not entirely, annihilate our trade in those articles." The Duke of Wellington and a select party, including seve ral military commanders, have been staying on a visit to V is count Coinbermere, at Combermere Abbey, Cheshire. The Rev. J. Gunning, A. M. son of Sir R. Gunning, Bart., of Horton,_ Northamptonshire, has been appointed rector of Wigan. The living is in the gift of the Earl of Bradford. On Tuesday lasi, was launched from the Building Yard of Messrs. K. Wood and Sons, Maryport, a remarkably ha n d some vessel called the Mary, 306 tons register; built for John Bolton, Esq. of this town, and intended for the Demerara trade. SHOCKING ACCIDENT. —An inquest was held on Wednesday, before Robertson Gladstone, Esq. one of the bailiffs and coro ners for this borough, on view of the body of Jane Robinson. The deceased was a maiden lady, who had reached the advanced age of eighty years. On the evening of Tuesday last,'shortly after the servant had left her, a scream was heard, and when the apartment was entered she was found enveloped in flames. Every assistance 'was accorded to her, but she was burned so dreadfully as to preclude any hope of recovery. She lin gered until one o'clock the following morning, when she ex pired. Verdict, accidental death. We again call the attention of parties in this town and neigh bourhood, who, having occasion, of business or otherwise, to proceed to London, also desire to visit the most remarkable and interesting parts of the most beautiful district of England— Devonshire and Cornwall—to the most desirable opportunity of achieving both objects, with comfort, in one trip, by the voy age of the beautiful new steam-packet Zephyr, which leaves this port on Sunday next, for Topsham, Exeter, and London, calling at Falmouth and Plymouth.. The rates for freight and passage, we understand, are extremely cheap.—See adv. THE CHEVALIER NEUKOMM.—Few composers have so ra pidly obtained the decided approbation of the musical World as this gentleman; the sale of "The Sea" has been almost un preccdented. The chevalier has just composed a song called. "The Sea Rover," which bids fair to become as great a favour ite. Also a song called "Constancy," which has been repeat edly sung at the Pavilion; before their Majesties, with drstin guished approbation , .—See adv.