The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-06-22 00:00:00

,0 tile 2Y I iselY *airs bn auction. rapt plot Ling! t he A el' leek Fide .• o pt, t de, is • I et° o' e 11 ' ' , l re 11 -AJOO on,-, 04-- 1 0 ', u u• . . 1 . 4 t en n ;; ~7_l lMan r t is cert ,E 41 t.VIT 'S1 ,„ L E OP ' EXCELLENT HOUSEROLD --r "., AT THE HANOVER-ROOMS. ~'° lll lol l, _ (w By Mr. BRANCH, ir4 ',• ci( taY,) the 23d instant, and two following t . ' ell o'clock each day, at the Hanover-rooms,, h'ttit'tXeoe,ilett modern HOUSEHOLD FURNl iecount,, Gentleman, removed from his late residence flet, and ymr the convenience of sale • fine-toned Cottage, Rlie rf h! Square Piano-fortes, by ilroadwood, Collard, fine pPourite makers, in Rosewood and Mahogany ; a aihia;_ts, Paintings and Drawings • about Thirty Pieces souse Die Tapest '• ' • lC' r eting; Office and 'eniThlt.es, r arge an ß d ag li a ' t i ell s e e T s ab a te r , small Model . of a Ives and oThirty Dozen London Porter, a Quantity of 'l.. " lack ing, and numerous other Miscellaneous ae N 4: ttoi /Ta 'Si t ' , ill E will comprise Rose Wood Drawing-room 1 4/ VC Ol ,'," and LOO Tables, 'suite of Chairs, Lounging Cabinets and • excellent Mahn -I,jZ Ils re %rn and Parlour Furniture, in s Sets of Chairs in 6 ri t i, l Clo d eioi Co uches,. - Lounging Chairs, Sets of Dining 17 1 Ir t4 bl ' es e al b joke, tind Loo Tables, Pedestal Sideboards, Ltial:arlis k ," v nat-Nots, Rzc • Lodging-room Furniture, in I)4 l)erT r - r6 chi Camp, and Iron Bedsteads, with I, k 4 s l , l l teli en - eliSteamed Feather Beds, Nlatresses and Bed- Liii,,,,l4kc`labogany Wardrobe, with Wings, Chest of ,Nk-liatitands and Toilet Tables, with Marble Tops, Fqll,.tes. r Requisites, Single Plate Chimney and Dres ,,,lolirthit”.'"lssels, Kidderminster , and Venetian Carpets, il t tito a ",, , 7, Range of Window Cu ' rtains, Mahogany Hall loti4 l ' s an Fire.a Eight-day Clock and Time ,4l,"' lit," and ron; various * Kitchen Requisites, li olet;j eb nid Effects. Itoottiebe viewed Tuts DAY, (Tuesday,) the 22d instant, m ay be had from Mr. BRANCH. g4tt it erftREHOLD LAND AND LICENSED KIRED4LE FREEHOLD PRO SHAW'S-BROW: AND LEASEHOLD Trpt RENT -SQUARE. A ti ll3 blr , -" BY Nlr. BRANCH, e fit, the 24th inst. at Two o'clock, at the Cla ,ltteettt, South J o h n - stree t' , sinless previously disposed " 8110 1 Conditions of Sale as will be then pro- KtAirt AE excellent DWELLING-HOUSE, No t4i l t k t•square, the northeast corner, tenanted by . 14i 4 044cli a r : cd, ane the COTTAGE at the rear . thereot, a ii-tn,llo-street tenanted by James Crosbie._ ee 0 Ltti 4t "atii` , 4,;„ a es in front to Kent-square about t l7 _f ac t se l s ft;„?iiitiloiltb;g f ronting Lydia Anne-street 17 fee t, s e i eas i t , lq t elkh,ll l ,e!t side 71 feet 5 inches, and on l 74 q or The 1 41, 41: " 41 dimensions a little more orless. 4iilttlileki 4°l4 under the Corporation of Liverpool for a ,oqol,46,,soMmencing from the sth April . N ee tlii . ,llo„ r ß.OPEßTY, in Shaw's-brow . , consisting of irp oi N ii l ol l of ',oo. 3, Shaw's-brow, near By street, in tY'r• John Garbutt, andIey . en7COTTAGES all d The Land is a e T, , , e4a e s ti d r S es ho i p, n ' t " lo l t g a aw's-brow, including eway s n yarderand at the back . 12 feT , t , , aa th a e ; 1 ; li t c 'rle t i e thout' 122 - feet, the . several d drag o . '„wm,, , ,he Gateway is built over, and part belongs i'Lell - t 4 the "`"Pliart to the Owners of the Premises Ittni,'`s44.de. A certain Revenue may be fairly 171 11 tir r , ons this I.ot and it is highly probablethat 't t i,"„Pc r ef? • for improvemant of the street. L k kfefl:_ ll _,O . Ll3 , r E et ATE containing about 12,826 oqe th fi u, in kir S kd r ale, little north of the Indus lp. e east side of which, fronting Bootle-lane, I . (l44"rP r(n e "K" Public-house, near the Railway L'toiltbtrZag.to Bootle-lane measures about 21 yards. ,1 , 11 - 2ProsZ et ts, it is expected, will be opened out conti whichwill much enhance its value, n and te ( 1, 1 "N:1,11(1 - `„., 11, ,gOod and valuable Clay upon the taA t ilto ta p' e ' ry " (, at present it would form a good site for t n a flay be seen on application to Mr. JosE . rit e ll l' i'i,eleL: e „ B tY-lane, from whom all further information \.Z.hb . „,`, fl e Property may be obtained; or from Mr. - neer, p in Hanover-street. N.Uc 14. 7'P AS'S LI 0,404) ERPOOL, SELECT SALE. uTp_ETENSEY COWS, KENNEL OF • ERS, R AND SPANIELS, AND 0 TO 14b ti tli, t1),,1' Re t, LUCAS and CO., , tN,„"eirit xi, the 24th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at I l k ,;(1 1 ,,,, ttOository, Great Charlotte. street, V o l ; t 2 s ' l 'brm7, Alcieruey and Guernsey COWS, !',..' TtO f t 'll. ; 6i nters, it well-bred Retrievers, 3 dumber .., j , oi• - • h-e u Iriali Setters 30 to 40 first-class Horses, II •.41 Illtert r. . yihtlp2ith.e on view Gig, and Phaeto o n_ , H o o g rs ft e o s , .. , , \l'lltrnied fory t ie r s i v al T s flLS c DAY and T . s will be on i l riva . te Sale To - MORROW ' and 1 ,..,...___ tb " tt R~IT uR •„tb, - --E, THIS DAY, AT ST. ANNE SESTLRLEbEyT.AUCTION, THIS DAY ' A b te % „lie 22nd instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely, "E ~',`ue whole of the trul - valuable HOUSEHOLD Liverpool. l ipoti e ,_ • comprises Set of excellent Rosewood Gritto uod Couch, handsome Rosewood Loo Table, 4, 11 51,d utl Balloon Pillar and Claw Feet, elegant Si t ; Viiidrusments, capital Carpet and Rug, a few fine t l V l cst e ", Fire • superb Three-light Chan ,b, 4 ir Curt • -irons, loth ams, capital Easy Chair and Rocking lit 141 1 " 4 And a n ud Leather, Vases, Sm. "rmixo- !rooms- comprise Two Sets of 1, 014 f yhairs, a Sideboard of very rich Wood, Set ii k s , litiist a ,. a ules, on strong C a rved Legs, of rich Malio- Ce,,,l,Smi,,L e ts, Two Mahogany Sofas, in Hair and Hair Niabogany Card Tables, Chiffonnier and ~il,4‘'llinu p ed Folding Doors. capital Lounging Chair, t 111 14' h eleg e et, 'Table Cutlery, Dinner Ware, Gas 11 , 11 ,: (1 4t,' Chimney Glass, in Fire Frame, capital is 0 Table, Fender, and -irons, ttoVi„,,, i ! r e furnished with Mahogany, Four-post I ,7k,„'",,sir;' ,l ,ugs, rich Half-tester Ditto, trench and , f ll,l Wool Mattresses, Prime Goose Feather w ohandsome Mahogany Wardrobes, capital qll, o: t ea Chests of Drhwers, Toilet lables ,1 - 1 ,44 1 ,t',, 41 Chintz, handsome Box andlray Dressing 4;4,s:4l l :Pets, and other Chamber Articles. 7,l Rs ' Capital Mahogany Hall Table, Pair Hall 1 11" ) ri n•D' I ' , Lobby Oil-cloth, Stair Carpet %)i5 ,14 1 ‘ 11 - pliO n le b of i t a he Kitchen and Culinary Utensils. Catalogues had from Mr. GRICE, at his "gaPel, I ltV p ,00r , p TifißS. MOM! ONGERS_ , SHIPPERS, _ 'I I , 4 .4, ri nd ;SRAM; IN GENERAL. / ; b A1.,,,_ ' 3 81';icK,E,. 8 ERVED SALE OF AN IRON- P'') lli to,,li , ,, ia By 3 4 ;1'. 1 / ) I OLD.STREE7', Liverpool. itiliteltck T Y .? ' !he 22d plutps. ,whoi e is.'.9seiv, Instant, and following days, at ;: ,, t l :;lt t f ti l ly.s u ., i i spni' ed l l of the Premises, 6.1, Bold-street, Pwi t t t L . lo , con s . : e t F t ed niter extensive STOCK above ("N ti t eeir ti, St s ee l f,W Register. Stove anctother Grates, k il l, 14 o irei rom, and Berlin Black Fenders, beauti -0 ;, I l4i r , r4l OlO, j' a °f Very superior quality, Gaseliers, miitti p i.,cuti parined Iron . Bedstead , s, Cribs, Cots, 101, lk 4 , m lees, 72: 1 9 . arden IN uTwork, Fools, Smiths' t V t l t l tl i erib 4 e,? t • h er t'; : o l p er iinf P i lachines, o Turning e Lare, I 'll 4, An cti 'ft Catalogue Y s tooobenuhadmerousont h t e o i Morningsnt o n 'N ei l. °n eer, at the St. George's Rooms, 277, s f, " th e Mornings of Sale. ---_____ ----- qNt e k e ‘ t tli % COUNTS WANTED. kleit/1411;telosing-Cf the Half-yearly Accounts 4., ,cosiarl_ocki, 'PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY, all 11,!%,•111.en the Society are requested to SEND Ve.api tt :' i f to the Secretary, prior to the 30th instant. w4 Pt. WM. SUDLOW. 41111 % I TN COLLEGE OF HEALTH, W ROAD LONDON. he Bth CAPTAINS, &c. are hereby in- NktHlo%e.4Ntivli-!fsevILSAL MEDpIC be supli edlNES, witdihrect from NIORISON the " SPEcaE."—"I fear," said a minister 0 C'ot t- ;" I explained to you in my last chari \lll tive u,ilaathropv was the love of our species, the tinerstood me to say specie. which may 4, on I, , tt by a thiess of the collection' You will now likoit,.4uoiliirlYntir present contribution, that you are k t ,1 10 74 z% g under the same mistake." th,,11,11' is always great Lot 4i 4 -otri„ GREECE .— There N l / 4 start on the Continent : the large 'tolitthoth,;i47,hich slip round, of bits which fall SZqs of h o "ea will not, and cannot be made of . O ti tl t :sde ,p' 3 es which will not, or cannot move, is rderriment ; and ours at Krobota formed e g r 4 c course, however, we were finally tt lk:ger t t ,he I :, tt ie for Corinth, purposing to diverge , he m a in road, to refresh and repose for an N'otZoo Et -ea ,ntY shade afforded bv the temple of and gt nrious day, bright aria cloudless, with eoh, certain elasticity in the air, which pre'Paratively light. Our road was varied 14 004, 84 . B, r tl , ti ng in turn every element of land ,•tiet,sthe b e li e greater portion of it lay either by tkit lit , tl tk t , t ,,Ple /l e : l ti nf a small river, profusely bordered . fi stia, 4 ,,rs, and pursuing, with merry voice, On.,4 l ;;t'st '''log way. After all, there is no en til lir NI, 8 that o f , • p . Passing through a lovely coun t all at it is a pleasure sans arriere pensee— huit), all "p T a ;', Ping the mind with images which ;4,ltt,t,,t%ltlllit-,ini.e, reader quietly reposing in his arm -414 'lie vagaries in which our happiness ii~ged 4 . 4 4 B° , l l4 e i r ,eate a smile very possibly of con .ll4'lle streams, scaled rocks, and culled I slor ls ts and entrapped tortoises, and even qiti: l ll4 of of wolves and wild boars. After a I to u e 4 e4 ; tot: Or t . hree hours (we were too happy \t b " . ` , .6 e roi„ %I. time), we reached the point at 46 /i 4 -a ning to Nemea diverged from the s tin/vet- 8 11y 31agazine. 0 4 ate t , ) :Ir OOR A RESTRICTED CURRENCY. Ip'alieti s e ' the political and industrial world, th e Ned h Pt 4 di ovi s ,, opeless by any efforts of human c t t heads could see nothing but an !Iti,,"lit• tf iort s Y,flud prolongation of suffering by ; 11 11,,',o 4 i t ely Go& i ndustry, which, with a contracted c o Z to ,; Pe ndent on the retention of gold, 'tociYatrtl'ereiaconstant decline of prices and re n catastrophes, that Providence in -41:4,41:11) th e nulrlan wisdom had entirely failed, ttere :Purees of human misery. Two vast th ll g h' uP to mankind in California ..rb a • , :eret f h• itt le ot i4 , N os ore, id from the eyes . of Aqto t r e i b es .priest-ridden Castilians, by 4 4 . s u a xciens sea : rwe establishedr a e w asures ere Pl for the use q. b . t ett r _ s ra oe n .0 both hemisuheres, for whose 1 11 4,. :l ro w - erv e d . In an instant Sir R. Peel' Pt th e as 61 01 " v a i n into the air. The con Sr t4 4 ry , ‘ , 0 7, °!r money, and . depreep had been going on for thin iay 47, tables were sud d en l y turne d , "e e n no human efforts could aver, tier. of h of Ehey made the ooasted, soverei in the triumph h S Z I i sovereign u,000 , 6 0 1 0 7, the tax es o f £50,000,000 unti rendei: Well, Nature will undo 't Of ‘_ . e t a , tw o soverei gns on ly wor th 4;50 of £ 10 0,000,000 only their The effer' THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1852. matical handful of political juveniles, whose alliance with the dregs of democracy has at length been consummated. They had set themselves up, forsooth, as the nucleus of a party which was first to hold the balance of power in both Houses, and ultimately to reconstruct a progress administration. They attempted to insinuate themselves into the confidence of the Conservative portion of the legis lature, but they were repulsed with distrust and aversion. They trimmed, and vacillated, and dodged; but no party recognised their pretensions to super lative wisdom and statesmanship. At length the decisive moment arrived when they could coquette no longer ; and they prostrated themselves forth with in the mire of the lowest radicalism, and made common cause with the most virulent instruments of the papacy. Mr. CARDWELL, in this town, is a precious example of the consistency and honesty of his faction. In Liverpool he boasts himself to be an evangelical Protestant, and to have been the inti mate friend and admirer of the late Dr. CHALMERS. His party have not scrupled to publish of one of his opponents the lying assertion—prored to be so by a letter in our columns this day—that Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE had proceeded from Liver- pool to London to vote for "the Puseyite Mr. BENNETT," thereby imputing to him as a reproach that he entertained the religious sentiments of that gentleman. Yet, Mr. CARDWELL himself—the evangelical of the CHALMERS school,—is one of the most promineut supporters of the pretensions of Mr. Wm. EWART GLADSTONE, the defender of Mr. Bennett, to represent the university of Oxford ! ! Mr. CARDWELL is also the intimate friend of the same Mr. GLADSTONE, who openly threatened the overthrow of the established Church of Ireland as the retaliation for any interference with the Romish College of Maynocth! Most emphatically we tell the Electors of Liver pool that some measure of that description— another "heavy blow and great discouragement" to be dealt against the Protestant Church of these realms—is meditated by the allied Romish, Peelite, and Manchester factions. Let a party be once placed in power in this country with Mr. CARDWELL, R. COBDEN, and JOHN BRIGHT as its prominent leaders, the Irish Brigade as the rank and file, and Cardinal WISENIAN and Father CULLEN as the fuglemen, and we shall shortly have little left worth defending in this once Protestant and loyal empire ! THE MERCURY AND THE REV. D. JAMES. WE have no wish to prolong the discussion which has arisen from the publication of an electioneering letter, ascribed to Mr. THO.MAS BOLD. But there is one feature connected with it to which we feel it our duty to advert, before we allow the matter to pass into oblivion—we mean the forging of the name of the Rev. D. JAMES, of Kirkdale, at the foot of it, as the person to whom it was addressed. In order to place this matter before our readers in its true light, and expose the unscrupulous—the unjustifiable, not to say malicious—conduct of the Mercury in the whole affair, we shall at once assume the existence of the letter in question, by whom soever written, leaving its genuineness to be settled by the only parties who can do it—the person who wrote it, and the person to whom it was addressed. To enable us to do this, let us trace the use which has been made of the letter by the Radical press and party. It was first printed in the Liverpool Mercury, of the 11th instant, bearing the name of THOMAS BOLD as the writer, and the name of the " Rev. D. JAMES, Kirkdale," on the left corner below, as the party to whom it was written. This occurred on the Friday. On the NI onday following appeared in the Albion a short letter from Mr. JAMES, " denying that the letter in question had been written to him, or that he had been able to ascertain the name of the party to whom it was addressed." And on Tuesday a second denial, in a longer note, appeared in the columns of the Mercury itself from the Rev. D. JAMES, stating "that no such letter lad been addressed by Mr. BOLD to him." On Friday, the 11th, as we have already stated, the Mercury published this private letter, bearing the name of the Rev. D. JAMES as the party to whom it had been addressed. On Tuesday the 15th, in consequence of Mr. JAMES'S denial that any such letter had been addressed to him, the Mercury made the following admission in its leading article :—" It will be observed that he (Mr. JAMES) states that the letter inscribed at the close to Rev. D. JAMES, Kirkdale, was not addressed by Mr. BOLD to myself ? That is quite true; the original letter was not inscribed at the close, NEITHER WAS THE COPY OF THE LETTER WHICH WE RECEIVED INSCRIBED AT THE CLOSE." These are the Mercury's own words ! and they mean just this: that the editors received a copy of a certain letter, purporting to have been written by Mr. THOMAS BOLD, but bearing no inscription at the close; and that they sent it forth to the public through the medium of their journal with the name of the Rev. D. JAMES, Kirkdale, appended to it. Now, what is the inference ? Why, from the Mercury's own showing, it is just this, that the affixing of Mr. JAMES'S name was a forgery, and that the forgery was committed by the Editors themselves ! This is the only conclusion to which their own words necessarily lead us ; and it will require more ingenuity than they seem to possess to get rid of the charge. And what, we beg to ask, will the public think of such conduct ? What will the high-minded portion of the Whigs and Radicals themselves think of the attempt thus made by the editors of a public journal to involve a highly-respectable clergyman in a proceeding which his known habit of avoiding party politics renders it utterly unlikely that he could either have shared in or approved. The end aimed at by the editors and their parti zans was without doubt the damaging of Mr. JAMES'S character and standing in the town, and especially among his own countrymen; for the letter to which the editors of the Mercury forged his name has been printed, also, in the same office, in the form of a large placard, and posted all over the town. Having convicted the editors of the Mercury of forgery in this case, we proceed in the next place to lay before our readers some of their false asser tions respecting Mr. JAMES in connection with the same letter. In the Mercury of the 15th instant, immediately after the insertion of the letter ascribed to Mr. BOLD, the editors proceed thus :—" Now we assert that the Rev. DAVID JAMES received the letter, of which the above is a copy ; that it has been seen in his hands, and in his house; that the Rev. DAVID JAMES has himself read it to his friends ; and that the Rev. DAVID JAMES used it for the purpose of trying to get up a meeting of the Welshmen of verpool, as suggested by Mr. BOLD. We make ese assertions advisedly, and we defy Mr. JAMES And again, a little further on, the " But will Mr. JAMES deny that the d to him ? Will he deny that Will he deny that he For his sake, and for the to deny them." , e was di eceived the lette to his friend ave been wr TO CORRESPONDENTS If the individual who addressed two anonymous letters—one on the 9th, and another on the 19th instant—to the SECRE TARY or THE CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION♦ will favour us with his name, or that of the party referred to, we shall feel obliged. Those who bring accusations should be pre pared to substantiate them. No man can protect himself from an anonymous slanderer. -. We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications on subjects of local or general interest ; and if our friends will be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. Kiberpoot tailbarb+ TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1852 THE WHIG RADICAL PARTY-ITS ACHIEVEMENTS AND ALLIANCES. THERE is an affectation of extreme purity paraded just now by the Whig Radical party, combined with an assumption of superior legislative talent, which is peculiarly disgusting on the part of men in their present humiliating position. Let us recal to their recollection what is that position, and what are the achievements upon which they base their claim to the confidence of the liberal portion of the British people ! The Government of Earl GREY came into office in 1830, with an amount of popular enthusiasm in their favour, which ought to have secured to them a long career of power, and which almost irresistibly invited them to enter upon the honest carrying out of those measures which they had so frequently promised whilst sitting under " the cold shade" of opposition. They were called upon by the voice of large masses throughout the country to undeitake the reform of the repre sentative system ; and the task was at length achieved. But the narrow views of mere party interest were permitted by them to deform that important measure. The control of the great Whig houses over certain rotten pocket boroughs was studiously retained, whilst the Conservative party were stripped of all control and territorial influence. Secured in power by that measure, and when a thoroughly independent course was before them, they forfeited in a brief space of time the confidence of the honest and manly portion of their followers; and sunk into a miserable dependence for office, without power, upon an Irish Romanist faction, led on by that dishonest demagogue, DANIEL O'Cox- For a few sessions they existed only by a resort to petty tricks and unmitigated factiousness ; and at length succumbed, unpitied and despised, before the conservative phalanx which had arrayed itself under the able leadership of Sir ROBERT PEEL. NELL To that statesman and his supporters it is that the country owes all that is valuable of that change in our financial and commercial policy, whose beneficial results form the theme of most of the present boastful harangues of Whig-Radicalism. That party had itself achieved nothing beyond a few petty tinkering measures, based upon no intelligible principle, and leading to no perceptible advantages. They had accumulated in a few years a deficiency of revenue, amounting to the large sum of twelve mil lions and a half sterling, without having earned the gratitude of a single human being for taxation remitted. This incubus upon the national pros perity had to be removed by their successors, who in addition set about, and accomplished, a thorough revision of the long catalogue of import duties, 800 in number, which form the national tariff. Relieved as if by the band of magic,the commercial and indus trial energies of the country immediately expanded themselves ; and in the course of three or four years produced a condition of prosperity, and of active enterprize, which had never before been wit nessed throughout Great Britain. Vast works of public usefulness were projected, and were being carried into execution. Railways were commenced, opening out the resources of our great mineral dis tricts, and connecting our leading marts of com merce and industry with each other, and with the metropolis. And whilst all this was going on, what was the course of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and the small creatures of faction who comprised his uninfluential followers in the House of Commons ? They were carping, in the pettiest spirit, at a policy too great for their limited comprehensions ; they were courting the alliance of democracy in the manufacturing districts, and doing their utmost, by a shameless pandering to the Romanist faction in Ireland, to render the Government of that country a source of distraction and difficulty to the Conser vative leader. Such was the dishonest and harms sing course of a faction which now impudently arrogates to itself the credit of the very measures which it so wantonly obstructed. We pass over the history of that measure—the repeal of the Corn-laws—consequent upon the pass ing of which Sir ROBERT PEEL lost the confi dence of the great party which he had so long led, and was driven to retire from office. The party of Lord JOHN RUSSELL can assuredly claim no important sh are in the enunciation of that measure, for the adhesion to it by his Lordship, given in his celebrated London letter, was only the paltry manoeuvre of a small pretender to statesmanship, afraid of being left behind in the march of his party to place and pay. It was an imploring cry of— " take me with you !" The Peelite party—the CARDWELLS, LINcoLNs, and the rest of that body of inflated soap-bubbles—never dared to dream of such a measure until their leader gave the word to "wheel about ?" Like well-bred spaniels, they obeyed ; and turned to worship RICHARD COBDEN and JOHN BRIGIIT, the new planets which had risen in the political Sky. They would have turned Mahommedans at the same bidding. Once more the 11' hig-Radicals assumed the reins of power, strengthened by the split which had been caused in the ranks of the Conservative party. The repeal of the sugar duties, by which the West India colonies were plunged into ruin, was their first measure. The next was the entire abrogation of the Navigation Laws. In both these instances the party demonstrated practically their inability to discover any middle course between a wise modification of laws affecting any particular interest, and measures tending to its entire confis cation. The rest of their career, up to the opening of the present session, was one long series of shuf fling and truckling, occasionally diversified by a little bullying and impertinence. By their Irish policy they contrived to earn the bitter hatred of the Roman Catholic population and the contempt of the entire body of Protestants. Their adminis tration of the colonies was at once exasperating and blundering. In the midst of the monetary crisis of 1847, the imbecility of their CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER provoked the disgust of all the intelli gent commercial classes. They truckled to demo cracy, until, to appease its clamourings, they were driven to promise to remodel our representative system: and their attempted fulfilment of the an abortion, which was received promise w corn and ridicule When aggressive fulmi- procee f the coun- ting to be alarmed by mingle( the Protestant Institut e of tl of Romanism, their iced upon ti cury, "that the Rev. DAVID JAMES has, himself, read the said letter to his friends." If it be so, the editors are challenged to name any of the persons to whom it was so read. And, in the mean time, we are requested by Mr. JAMES most distinctly to allege, that no such letter was read by him to either friend or foe. The assertion of the Mercury, there fore, on this point, is untrue. Furthermore, it is asserted, by the editors of the Mercury, " that the Rev. DAVID JAMES used the said letter for the purpose of trying to get up a meeting of the Welshmen of Liverpool, as suggested by Mr. BOLD." Now, Mr. JAMES challenges the editors of the Mercury to point out in what way this was done by him. We have his solemn assur ance that the course suggested in that letter to be pursued towards his countrymen, was one in which he could not have joined under any circumstances. He entirely disapproves of such means being used to secure the support of votes at elections. The reckless allegation, therefore, of the Mercury on this head, is also untrue. Here, then, we have one clear case of forgery,and three gross and palpable untruths, perpetrated by the editors of the Liverpool Mercury, against an unoffending clergyman of the Established Church. BUt this is not all. There was another false assertion put afloat in connexion with this letter, calculated to inflict great pain upon Mr. JAMES as a parent. We allude to the report, which was current in the town for several days, that the copy of the " Bold" letter, published in the Mercury, had been obtained from Mr. JAMES'S house, and that his own son had transcribed it, and offered it for a consideration. We leave it to the editors of the Mercury to inform the public whether this vile report emanated from their office. We know what rumour says on the subject, and we also know that the report was industriously cir culated by the Whig-Radical party who patronise the Mercury. At length, however, the truth came out that Mr. JAMES had no son at home except two little boys under eight years of age, and that his only other son, more advanced in years, had gone abroad in the " Merlin," which sailed from Liverpool on the second of this month. We feel sure there is not a right-minded man in this town, whatever his political bias may be, who will not feel indignant at this attempt to hurt the father's feelings by scandalising his son. Such unjust and improper treatment must raise Mr. JAMES higher than ever in the estimation of his friends in Liver pool, whatever may be its effect upon our contem porary. The poisoned arrows of the slanderer frequently recoil and wound the hand that projects them. THE CASE OF MR. MATHER. THE newspapers have been much occupied of late in commenting on the case of Mr. MATHER, the young Englishman who was wounded some time ago by an Austrian officer in Florence. The indig nant letters of the father of the sufferer—the expla nations in the House of Lords—the attack of Lord JOHN RUSSELL on Monday night last, to which the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER ably replied—the recent letter of Mr. SCARLETT—and even the cartoon of Punch the week before last—all show that it has occupied, and is still occupying, a due portion of public attention. We could not avoid contrasting the whole affair with the simple, unostentatious, and satisfactory manner in which justice is dispensed in our criminal courts. Our stipendiary magistrate commits the representative of half a dozen nations in a tingle morning, and there is no diplomacy on the subject. Each feels that he is fairly treated, and that he might easily " go farther and fare worse." The case of II AYNAU is in some respects parallel, and may serve for a comparison. It was alleged that he had transgressed against the last s of hu manity, but no one supposed that he had violated those of England. He was attacked by private individuals who had no official standing, and who, instead of preserving the peace, openly and exult ingly violated it. However they may have acted as men, their conduct as citizens was quite indefen sible ; yet the Austrian government were quietly told that the law courts were open, if they chose to prosecute. The government itself, in this country, had no connexion with the affair. In Mr. MATHER'S case, it was supposed that he was trespassing on marching soldiers ; he was first warned and afterwards punished by the officer in command, whose duty it was to preserve order ; and it is obvious from the circumstances, that neither the Tuscan nor the Austrian government had anything to do with the fact. The complain ants are told to appeal to the laws of the country ; and after hesitating and calculating as to whether the grievance should be made a national or a per sonal one, this resource is declined. The officer preserved discipline somewhat rudely, but we do not know the exact nature of the young gentleman's reply to the first remonstrance. This might make a wide difference in the degree of culpability. The error of the officer is at once admitted, but the question of degree remains open ; and some are greatly dissatisfied with the way in which it has been settled. It is needless now to enter more minutely on this vexed question. There was a national difficulty in the case, which must have puzzled either Whig or Tory diplomatist, viz. : that the Austrians possess the country in fact but not in law. To this there was a personal difficulty added in the serious illness of the Hon. Mr. SCARLETT, so that the negotiations were in a great degree left to a subordinate. It is also very apparent that political reasons influence much of the opposition which the government have received on this subject, and many of the criticisms with which they have been assailed. DROWNING. — Last Friday, a boy belonging to the river flat Sarah Jane. named Joseph Goulden, fell overboard near Ellesmere Port, and was drowned. On Saturday his body was picked up by the flat Jane, and conveyed to his father's house in St. Martin-street. CONVERTS FROM POPERY,—Nine persons publicly re nounced the errors of Popery on Sunday evening, the 20th instant, in the Church of St. James, Latchford, near Warrington, and were received into communion with the Church of England, by the Rev. James Wright. SCALDING.—On Sunday week, a boy, only thirteen months old, the son of a labouring man named John Manly, living in this town, pulled a basin of boiling gruel off the table, where it had been placed for dinner. The contents covered his face and neck, and he was so severely scalded that he died from the effects yesterday morning. Curtious MISTAKE..—On Saturday last a female con veyed to the police-office two hands which she believed to be those of a human being, and which, she stated, she had found in a midden in Olive-street. information was con veyed to the coroner, but upon the hands being examined by a surgeon, itwas discovered they were mere bear's paws. WRITING.---WC understand that several parties, about to proceed to Australia, have applied to Messrs. Thomp son for lessons in writing, book-keeping, &e. No doubt they intend, should the diggings fail, to turn the know ledge acquired to account when they get to that promising colony. The usual classes for Juveniles, during the sum mer recess, will be resumed.—See adv. THE LIVERPOOL ELECTORS RESIDING IN CHESHIRE. —A committee, consisting of five gentlemen, has been appointed to canvass the electors of Liverpool residing in Cheshire, in favour of Messrs. Cardwell and Ewart. This committee have engaged a room at the Park Hotel, and have issued circulars to the electors, asking them to meet Wednesday evening. Wednesday nnouneed for the first meeting, but, although the cam ittea every here are a goodly number of voters, Lad only four members of the comet ttce cor ed the aged fourteen years, n Iff circumstances :—TI a railwa THE MERCURY'S UNSCRUPULOUS FABRICATIONS. WHEN the Mercury undertakes to do the dirty work of any party, he usually applies himself to the task with the gusto of one used to raking in the kennel. Reckless assertion, wilful distortion of facts, and glaring slander, flow as naturally from his pen as mud from the scoop of a scavenger. No matter what may be the source from which the poison is furnished, the Mercury is ever ready to direct it against the political, or other opponent, for whose injury it was provided. Such being the known propensities of our contemporary, we do not wonder that we have ourselves received a por tion of his attentions ; and that, as a specimen of his peculiar political morality, he has chosen to fabricate a charge against us, which is As DESPI CABLE IN ITS MOTIVE AS IT IS FALSE IN FACT. The Mercury says, in reply to our remarks last week upon the alleged letter addressed by Mr. BOLD to the Rev. D. JAMES, a reference to which matter will be found in another column, that, "if our contemporary is agreeable, we will compromise with him by publishing the name of the party who, after two other tradesmen had refused the job, forged the tickets for the meeting of the Protestant Free Traders." Before a public writer deliberately makes a charge of this description, we conceive that he is bound in common honesty to have sure grounds for it. Concluding that we are the party referred to, we challenge him to the proof. Let him pub lish the name ! If, as he says, two other trades men " had refused the job," those tradesmen will probably assist him in proving who was ultimately the delinquent. The Mercury himself published a document last week, which one honourable man had refused. We have never imitated the Mercury's example, and know nothing whatever of the alleged forgery of tickets. Our contemporary repeats the assertion in an anonymous letter, alleged to have been written by some member of the Conservative committee, and to have been procured by the Mercury's" familiar," who must be, of course, an adroit pickpocket, or a violator of desks and safes. In the same letter, a gentleman is offensively referred to by name, as con nected with this paper—a thing which is quite con trary to the usual etiquette observed by all conduc tors of respectable journals—and charged with a matter of which he knew nothing whatever. The Mercury may imagine that by this sort of ribaldry he is serving the cause of his party. He is only pandering, however, to the tastes of its very lowest classes, and introducing into a struggle, which ought to be fought upon principle alone, the bitterness of odious personality. THOMAS B. HORSFALL, ESQ., AND THE REPRESENTATION OF DERBY. IT is a matter of congratulation to learn that our much esteemed and highly-talented townsman, Mr. I'. B. HORSFALL, has so far recovered from the accident which Occurred to him some months ago, that he ha consented, in compliance with the urgent solicitation of a most re spectable deputation from Derby, to allow himself to be put in nomination as a candidate for the honour of repre senting that town in Parliament. None of our public men occupy a more favourable or a more prominent posi tion in the estimation of his fellow-townsmen than Mr. HORSFALL, and we are convinced, from the respect en tertained for him by men of all political shades of opinion, that they will rejoice to know that a gentleman so distin guished for his worth and talent has acceded to the invi tation given him. Mr. HORSFALL has been long known and appreciated ; and it will be in the recollection of our readers with what ability and decision of character, during a period of popular excitement and threatened disturb ances, when he occupied the important position of chief magistrate of this town, he performed his arduous duties. The manner in which he conducted himself during that memorable period of his mayoralty, called forth universal approbation, and not only was an address of thanks pre sented to him by the town, but his public spirit elicited an expression of gratitude from the Government, through Sir GEORGE GREY, who offered to suggest to her Majesty the propriety of conferring upon Mr. HORSFALL the honour of knighthood, which, however, he deemed it right to refuse. But the merchants and others of this town are ready to acknowledge how much they are in debted to Mr. HORSFALL for the services rendered by him, when President of the Chamber of Commerce, to the different mercantile bodies, by his determined oppo sition to the abuses which had crept into our commercial code. Mr. HORSFALL, it is well known, was invited to come forward as a candidate at the coming election , to I represent his native town in Parliament ; and although the assurances were unquestionable that he would be re turned by a large and triumphant majority, yet,with a de gree of modesty so characteristic of him, he considered it right to decline the distinguished honour. We may well, then, congratulate the electors of Derby on the choice they have made of a candidate of sound constitutional principles ; and we most heartily wish Mr. HORSFALL success, because we feel persuaded that, whatever he undertakes, he will be guided by a high tone of principle, which cannot fail to secure to him universal respect. .WAY Acci P. F. Curry Robert Hornt under the foil the emploYme LIVERPOOL NATIONAL SCHOOLS. ON the 18th of June, 1850, the number of school children who walked in procession was under 17,000 ; on Friday last it was over 18,000. The increase is at the rate of about 750 per annum, showing an increase in the popula tion of course, and in the school accommodation probably. This is not a sufficient increase ; for, in order to keep pace with the requirements of the population, our educational facilities should be rapidly extended. In this subject, however, the town of Liverpool has never taken a sufficient interest, and there have been, besides, topics both of local and of general interest which have interfered with a due attention to elementary education. A special effort will, perhaps, be made within the course of two or three years, and this may in part meet the difficulty. Of the 46 schools which assembled at St. Peter's, and which are enumerated in a printed list, all are Church schools ; in other words, there were none present which are superintended by Roman Catholics or Protestant Dis senters. If we regard the united pupils of the latter as amounting to 9,000 in all (and they probably fall below this number), there are 27,000 children of the poor under education at present, within the borough of Liverpool. It has been calculated that in any given population there should never be less than one in six attending schools for the poor; so that we ought to have 27,000 at school if the popu'.ation were 0n1y152,000. But it is currently estimated at 400,000, in which case 66,000, or two and'a-half times the present number, should be receiving education. One thing is clear, therefore, either thet thousands of the poor receive practically no education at all, or that being obliged to take their turn of school with others similarly situated, the education is lamentably deficient. The analysis of the 18,021 pupils of church schools gives us 6,448 boys, 5,620 girls, and 4,194 infants attend. ing daily schools; and only 789 boys and 970 girls ad ditional, who attend Sunday schools merely. These last numbers are surely very unsatisfactory. Of the thousands of young who are occupied with weekly labour, who are engaged in household occupations, who have no settled residence, or whose parents are unable to pay for them at daily schools, is it possible that only 1,700, or one in ten as compared with the other children, can be drawn together for Sabbath instruction, from our teeming popu lation ? Perhaps the explanation is, that there are more in actual attendance, but that not more than this number could join the procession. Of the 44 schools enumerated, 8 are supp orted by the public at large, and 36 are merely congregational. If th latter plan only were followed, church never be more numerous than churches, remissness of incumbents, or the pecul; - they might often be much less so. however, connected with this atrat it very popular at present; the sch of the conzregatio n, the individual religion and good order, and the in Contributing to the education some degree a part of ,, themsel, schools wot from the s of districts There are advantages ment, her have the Blu PTO THE PROTESTANT ELECTORS OF I LIVERPOOL, OF ALL DENOMINATIONS. BROTHER ELECTORS,—We are now on the eve of the election. Parliament will be dissolved next week, and the writs issued immediately. Are you prepared ? Have you buckled on your armour ? Have you made up your minds whether you will support the present Protestant Government, or play false to yourselves and your chil dren by voting for your quasi-Popish candidates ? These may be thought harsh terms, but is it not nevertheless a fact ' The present is an uncommon epoch in the his tory of this country. The Roman Catholics are not satis fied with civil and religious liberty and toleration. No ! they must have supremacy ; and all their acts, from those of the Pope downwards, ought to convince us of this. Are you prepared to vote for Mr. Mackenzie and Mr. Turner, two staunch Protestants, or to return Mr. Card well, the great mouth-piece of the Peelite faction—which faction, should it unfortunately get the lead once more in the councils of her Majesty, are bound to offer a heavy blow and great discouragement to the Protestant cause ? Wh o can doubt this after the speeches and votes of Sir J. Graham, Mr. Gladstone, and others, including Mr. Card well's conduct on the Popish Aggression Bill ? and let me ask, is not the latter gentleman the nominee of the Roman Catholics of this town ? Do not his party boast that if they have lost hundreds of votes from conscientious Protestant Dissenters, yet they are gainers by his sophis try and trimming, that they will be supported by the whole of the 1,400 Roman Catholic electors ? Protestants and Dissenters, is not this significant ; what - proof beyond this can you require to prove that Mr. Cardwell is the Popish candidate ? But it cannot be. Mr. Cardwell must not be returned to misrepresent loyal Protestant Liver pool. The result,however, is in your hands—do your duty fearlessly.—l am, &c., A BROTHER ELECTOR. 'Change, 21st June, 1352. MR. F. MACKENZIE'S VOTE ON THE FROME VICARAGE MOTION. -•-•-- The following letter has been received by the Rev. S 40, Duke-street, St. James's, London, 17th June, 1852. Minton MY DEAR SIR, --T returned from Birmingham too late to write to you last night. Mr. Mackenzie's vote on Horsman's metion was quite right. Mr. Horsman said he grounded that motion entirely on the fact of the Bishop of Bath and Wells having wrongly instituted Mr. Bennett. This (if true) the House of Commons could not enquire into, except in the way of impeachment, which Mr. Horsman did not propose. Mr. Goulburn moved, as an amendment, for a committee to enquire into the state of the law relating to the institution to benefices. This Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Newdegate, myself, and several other strong anti.Puseyites voted for, as the only possible way of getting the whole affair fairly before the house and the country. The forms of the house when not understood might lead to the belief that the vote we gave was against enquiry—but really we voted for the best way of enquiry. My friend Mr. MI ck nzie is as strong an anti-Papist and anti-Puseyite as I am, and stronger cannot well be. I trust you will get him in for Liver pool, for next session must decide whether Rome is to triumph or not. Excuse haste, and believe me very truly yours, R. SPOONER. Rev. S. Minton. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO AND THE QUEEN'S ACCESSION. THE fifth of November is a double anniversary, for it reminds us at the same time of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605, and of the arrival of William 111. in 1688. One church service is appointed for both, which we may call the first and last Scenes in one Act of the Popish Drama. There is another act in progress on the boards, and the first scene has been played skilfully ; vill see the curtain fall again as it we or our successors did before. The past week has not presented us with a double anni versary ; but it has brought two important ones upon the attention of the public. On the 18th of June, 1815, the battle of Waterloo was lost and won,—the " first and last of fields, king-making victory." On the 20th of June, 1837, VICTORIA, by the grace of Gotl, Queen of these realms, succeeded her royal and deceased uncle. In the midst of political excitement, of offensive attack and bitter retaliation, it is pleasant to be able to look upon a green spot in our national history, where conten3ing parties can lay down their arms, and join in an honourable truce of kindly sympathy. Whig and Tory, old and young, rich and poor, feel their patriotism stirred by the former event, and their loyalty warmed by the latter. 'Whatever we may think of war in the abstract, it is in some degree necessary to decide on each individual case; for great as the evil is in itself, it is sometimes infinitely less than those which mere passive submission would bring in its train. The exile of Elba had himself to blame, as the aggressor on the peace and liberties of Europe ; the nations of Europe rose in their own defence and vindication, to put down the aggressor. In the sense in which the Peace Societies speck of war, this is not a case in point ; it was merely an act of policy on an unusu ally extensive scale. So long as the venerable hero moves among us, who bore the most prominent part on that occasion,—great in peace as he was great in war,—he c mw a oi r lr r l l i i do e an. millions ot Neither rh he u t e l n e oEhruohrnoi s u ec r, oamn r dp e a s tn p hi e eo c nr t es , s tai in n d affection f arms theca n lcivilisedo n o g f mingle with the present generation ; but succeeding generations will continue to celebrate the anniversary and to read their story, whatever themes of local or temporary excitement may happen to distract them. For more than a thousand years, no Queen regnant has left issue to succeed to the crown. The earnest expecta tions of MARY TUDOR were not realized, ELIZABETH was unmarried, and ANNE died childless. We have at pre sent good hope that the existing line of succession will not soon be broken. The mild reign of our present sovereign is best seen by the condition of her subjects, si monionen turn meth eireumspice. We have no rebellious pro scriptions or military despotisms ; no covps d' etat, flog ging of women, deportations of patriots, or gagging of the press. Take it all in all, we are not ashamed of the history of England. Let the advocates of clerical despo tism in Europe, and of levelling democracy anywhere, say as much, if they can. _ _ An interesting event is said to connect the two anniver saries to which we are directing attention. WILL/or IV: was not expected to live over the 18th, but was kept alive two days longer by judicious stimulants. It is said that he expressed an anxiety to live till the 19th, lest his death should interfere with the annual Waterloo rejoicings. There may be something apocryphal in the tradition ; but it is one so characteristic of a King of England, and espe cially of a gallant sailor King, that we would not willingly have it disturbed. So well and wisely is our monarchy limited, that no Saliriuc law is necessary here as in France or Hanover. With more individual character than ANNE, and with less masculine firmness than ELIZABETH, we can feel that our present sovereign is a Queen without forgetting that she is a woman. May her reign be long and prosperous. CRICKET.-BIRKENHEAD PARK AND WIGAN CLUBS A match between these clubs :was: played on the pictu resque and beautiful ground of the former on Thursday last. Both clubs had, during the present season, been successful in all their matches, thereby causing a more than ordinary degree of interest to be felt in their respec tive localities. Subjoined is the score, which gives a general view of the game. Individually, the batting and wicket-keeping of Mr. E. Ross calls for especial notice ; also the batting of Messrs. Horner and Simpson on the Birkenhead, and Messrs. Baldwin and Atkinson on the Wigan side. The bowling of Messrs. Willis, Horner, and Atkinson, Ras well up to the mark. It being a one day's match, it was decided by the Ist innings:— BIRKENHEAD PAR} E. Ross, Esq., b Atkinson G. Simpson, Esq., run out IV. Warner, Esq., c Wilson, b Atkinson F. Perera, Esq., 1) Atkinson P. Wright, Esq., b Ditto C. Willis, Esq., b Wilson W. Lyon, Esq., b Ditto J. Thompson, Esq., c and b Atkinson .. C. Owen, Esq., b Wilson P. Martin, Esq., not out .. J. Branch, Esq., b Atkinson Widcs i ; byes, &c., 16 WIGAN.--FIRST INNINGS. Baldwin, Esq., c Willis, b Horner Seddon, Esq., b Branch . Atkinson, Esq., b Willis.... ...... J. Standish, Esq., b Ditto .......... Thomas, Esq., c Ross, b Ditto.... Wilson, Esq . ., b Ditto... Martindale , E s q ., b Simpson. Palmer, Esq., not out.. Giskell, Esq., b Simpson Woodcock,NNrrit Esq , Il.dEc . Ob; Ditto i3y e Ditto s . •, scc i Mr. Ti n In ti , " Willie ;cored, run Mr. Simpson, not runs for the losi of 4-v- BANKRUPTCY C aner Perry house of INNING