The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-15 00:00:00

O. try, in the Answer to that question, all is comprised that is important to know at the present crisis. Ministers dissolve the parliament for the express pur pose of ascertaining whether the people will place confi dence in them after the resolution agreed to by the present House of Commons; and every member whom the people shall choose at the next general election must be either a confider or a non-confider in the spendthrift, profligate ministry of Melbourne, O'Con nell, and Co. Is it " manly" then, we ask, of Sir J. Walmsley, to offer himself to the electors of Liverpool, and tell us, indeed, about his opinions—for which no body cares a rush—on various subjects, and yet en deavour to shirk from this most important and vital one ? We may guess aliunde under whose banner the knight would quickly enrol himself if he got into par liament ; indeed we have no doubt at all upon the sub ject ; his knightship was formed by nature for a joint of the great tail ; but certainly in this most " manly and straightforward" address, the point is most pro foundly reserved. We cannot hastily pass from the subject of this omission, because we do think that it will prove—nay, that it is already FATAL to the Walmsley cause. It shows in the most satisfactory manner that it is a rot ten one—a cause which no manly and independent elector in Liverpool can support. If the knight be a confider in a ministry which in the short space of ten years has added nearly £8,000,000 to the national debt, and has caused a deficiency of income in the present year of £2,421,776, why is he ashamed to say ? And if he do not confide in them, why has he not the courage and manliness to declare it ? Will any plain-dealing, straightforward elector vote for a man who evidently tries to sneak off from this declara tion ? We think not. The ministerialists know very well—his own clique, perhaps, know well—what Sir Joshua would do, and what he would be, if they could only pitchfork him into the House of Commons; they are not deceived, and will not, we dare say, make any complaint of his evasiveness in public ; and we only beg of all independent electors not to be deceived either, but just to mark as a shabby and shuffling trick worthy of liberalism, the paltry trap laid to catch their votes by an abstinence from any clear and unequivocal declaration of ministerial adhesion, or otherwise, in the address in question. " Deals in no equivocation—avows principles which ought to command support in a commercial town." So saith the Mercury ; but we look in vain for either the explicitness or the principles in the courtly protocol. The statements are, in fact, just as ridiculous as the omission we have been speaking of is egregious. They may mean anything, everything, or nothing. They are a perfect melange of jumble and stuff—sug gesting nothing so clearly to our mind as the idea of an addled egg. _ . It took Sir Knight some twenty years of trading, it seems, to find out that " prohil iitory and protective duties for the benefit of particular classes are inexpe dient and unjust." Poor man ! how long has he been making the discovery ? Why we found out as much be fore we were six months in business—and we disco vered moreover that there is nothing more necessary and useful than the protection of particular classes when it is set up with a view to the general good. It is on this principle we defend our agricultural, our manufactur ing, our shipping, and all other interests, and we know that it was by acting on this principle our country arrived at the eminence she has so long enjoyed. " Free trade ;" but we need not say anything on this slap-trap affair ; we are all free-traders—wizen we can. " The diffusion of knowledge ;" that is a part of our trade, and we only wish that Sir Joshua would deal more extensively with us ; sure we are that the gain on his side would be immeasurably the greater; but as to the diffusion of knowledge by a system of in struction without religion, by what he would most improperly call NATIONAL EDUCATION — we are sur prised at the ignorance or stolidity which could induce any candidate for Liverpool to think that he could catch votes—out of the Romanist or Socialist, or Socinian circles, by avowing himself a favourer of such a system. And here we shall close for the present. Of course we have not done with the subject altogether ; but we have had enough for to-day. We submit that even on this showing the knight's address is anything but what the Mercury says it is, namely, manly, straightforward, unequivocal, and so on. There is only one point in which we can concur with our ministerial contempo rary, and that is, that it is in every respect in strong and, we may add, most melancholy contrast with the addresses of our Conservative favourites. There is no doubt at all on this head. There was a splendid Protestant demonstration at the Amphitheatre on Friday evening, which was par ticularly refreshing to us after the numerous cotton mill gatherings we have been lately obliged to endure, and the quantity of fuz we were at the same time obliged to swallow. The house was filled to the very top most row, and the ladies were there in great num bers ; and delighted we were to see them, applauding, smiling, and encouraging. You never find ladies at anti-corn law gatherings—not one; never. Aad why? Because the ladies of England are LADIRS—WouId not be seen among such rabble—and would give no countenance to such un-English objects as the foreign grown corn brawlers seek to attain. The greatest de corum and order prevailed, as is always the case when Protestants meet; but the decorum or the order was very far from being that of a Quaker's meeting-house ; nothing at all like it—no such thing. It was impossi ble to be grave when Mr. M`Neile or Mr. James was making some tremendous exposure of the anti-corn law humbugs, and then, because laughter was the most decorous thing possible, the people laughed heartily and joyously. The speaking was admirable and to the purpose; there was business in it, and some people's business has been, we suspect, completely done by it. We wish Sir Joshua Walmsley had been present; not from any ill-natured motive, we do assure him, but for his good, that he might learn with his own ears and eyes how perfectly well the intelligent classes of this town understand the foreign grain im porting question, how perfectly unscathed they are by all the fire of Manchester eloquence, and how des perately small the chance is of a free-trade corn dealer getting in for Liverpool cn the strength of Manchester dictation. We wish Sir Joshua had availed himself of this meeting. we say, to have learned all this ; and the medicine, though perhaps disagree able at the moment, would, we are sure, have done him good, perhaps cured him of his Quixotism altogether. The genuine English feeling which was so often displayed in the course of the evening in bursts of en thusiasm, was really too much for our nerves; it was painfully delightful. May John Bull live for ever ! said we; he is worthy of immortality. There he is for Church and State, and Sovereign, just as he was in his greenest days, and as to Radicals and foreigners he hates them as well as ever be did, and more power to his elbow, old boy ! By the bye, Mr. M`Neile's open ing speech ought to be circulated far and wide. It was an admirable show-up of the Cobdenites. It ought to be printed in a cheap form and distributed by tens of thousands among the working_ people ; i t cou ld not fail to open their eyes to the delusions sought to he imposed upon them by the leaguers. They circulate their trash daily and in untold numbers. Let not our Conservative friends hesitate to do the same. A few pounds spent over such a course will be well repaid. The bill for un-Christianising the State—so far as an arrangement for the admission of Jews into municipal Of fices could effect it—was thrown out, in the House of Lords, on Friday. Having frequently expressed our dissent from this measure whilst it was in progress in the House of Commons, and the grounds of it, we have now Only to express the satisfa ction we feel in noticing its rejection. It is, we think, a good omen, and we take it as a sort of prelude to that course of Conservative legislation which we shall henceforward expect under the ascendancy of constitutional principle in both Houses of Parliament. UNIVERSITY or DUBLIN.—It was at one time feared that a radical candidate might slip in for this university, and it meeting was held in the college, on Thursday, with a view of s tarting Dr. Stock or some other ministerial supporter. are glad, however, to perceive th a t th ere is no prospect of such a project succeeding, the only ground on which it rested being a schism in the Protestant party, which is happily healed, and there is every likelihood of union, and of course success. Much disapprobation has been felt and expressed, as the public are aware, with the conduct of Mr. Shaw, but it is now happily allayed, and h e and his present colleague will therefore without doubt be the future representatives of this learned body. LOCAL NF. FPS. DISSOLUTION ov PARLIAMENT.—It is doubtful whether this event will take place at the close of the present or the beginning of the next week. That it will be at the latter period is thought most likely. If parliament should be dis solved this week, the election for this borough may take place at the close of the following one : if early next week. the election will not be held for a fortnight. REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL.—TwO candidates on each side are now before the public. Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell on the conservative, and Lord Palmerston and Sir Joshua Walmsley on the radical side. On Saturday a meet ing took place to secure the return of our present admirable representatives, the eloquent addresses at which we have re ported at considerable length elsewhere. Last night a gathering of the friends of Sir Joshua Walmsley was held at the Amphitheatre, which we have noticed in another co lumn ; and on Thursday the friends of Lord Palmerston met at the Hoyal Hotel, Dale-street, where it was resolved to nominate the foreign secretary when an election takes place, and a sort of manifesto has been issued from his lord ship's committee, recommending him to the notice of the electors, but strange to say no mention is made of the other radical candidate for parliamentary honours, Sir Joshua Walmsley. Poor man ! thus to be neglected and despised by the very men with whom he has held sweet converse, and with whose approbation he was wont to he greeted. This is only another proof of the schism at pr esen t ex i s ti ng in the enemy's camp. Nothing can exceed the unanimity and enthusiasm of the conservatives. They are ready for the fight, whilst their opponents look upon each other with distrust and suspicion—nay, with disdain and abhorrence. CENSUS OF WALLASET.—The population of the parish of Wallasey (including the townships of Wallasey, Liscard, and Poulton-cum-Seacombe, taken on the 7th instant, was : Males, 2861 ; females. 3400 ; total, 6261. The number of males and females in 1831 was 3247—showing an increase of 3014 in the period of ten years. THE LATE DR. WAINWRIGHT.—The friends of the late Dr. Wainwright, have erected a mural monument in Ever ton Church, to his memory. The subject sculptured on it is the Good Samaritan, in alto relievo, half life size, executed by Mr. Spencer, of this town ; and the following is the in scription on it :—" This tablet, consecrated to the memory of Thomas Wiatt Wainwright, of Everton, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, who died 29th January, 1841, aged 38 years, is erected, in ord er , b y an express i on o f grate ful friendship, not inappropriate, though inadequate, to tes tify admiration of his eminent professional skill, esteem for his enlightened and ardent philanthropy, love for his un affected lowliness of heart, and reverence for that living faith whereby he walked with God, and to the end that his honoured name may he read, and his Christian virtues recorded, in this church, which he devoutly prized as the House of God, and where he worshipped as in the gate of heaven." LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—The annual dinner of this useful association will take place on Friday next. The objects of the society are admirable, and we have reason to know that the distribution of its funds have been productive of the greatest advantages to many of the members. We are glad to notice from the report an increase in both the amount of the funds and the number of the members ; and we earnestly hope they may still receive an addition to both. A RETURNED BALL: THE NEMESIS IRON WAR. STE AM ER.—We last week drew the attention of our readers to the exploits performed by this vessel in the attack on the Chinese forts on the Canton river. We stated, at the same time, that her guns, two thirty-two pounders, had been cast by Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, of this town. Captain Hall and the officers of the Nemesis have addressed a letter to Mr. Faw cett. The letter was accompanied by a very singular present, namely, a ball which had been fired from the Nemesis into the Chinese admiral's junk in the affair in Anson's Bay, on the 7th of last January, and afterwards recovered on board ing the said junk after the action. This curiosity is now in the possession of Mr. Fawcett, who, we have no doubt, will show it to any person desirous of seeing it. SOUTH Dunn AM.—Mr. Pease, the Quaker, retires from the representation on account of ill health. We believe Lord Dungannon, who now represents the city of Durham, will present himself as a candidate for the southern division of the county. ADELPIII HOTEL, MANCIIESTER.—Mr. H. S. Hewitt, (son-in-law of Mrs. Parry, of Seacombe,) has opened one of the most magnificent hotels out of London. It is styled the " Adelphi," and possesses all the comforts and luxuries of the first-rate hotel at ordinary charges. We perceive by an advertisement that Mr. Hewitt intends to give his opening dinner on the 24th instant, which we do not doubt will be numerously attended. THE WEATitta..—A gentleman from Knoweey states, that, on Tuesday night, he saw a piece of water on which there was ice the thickness of a halfpenny. RAILWAY FROM LANCASTER TO GLASGOW.—It gives us pleasure to learn from good authority that a decisive step is likely to be taken soon for the promotion of the line re • commended by the government commissioners between Lan caster and Glasgow.—Railway Times. NEWTON RACES.—We perceive that Mr. Towers has taken the Grand Stand at Newton Races. The visitors may be certain that the best of everything will be prepared for them by this most able caterer. REPRESENTATION OF LONDON.—Lord John Russell issued, ou Saturday, an address to the electors of the city of London, announcing himself a candidate for their suffrages at the ensuing election. The population of Blackburn is estimated, according to the present census, at 38,000. WtxFoun BOROUGH.—As we stated in our last, Mr. Bourne, a gentleman who has for many years had consider able dealings with the people of Wexford, is the declared candidate for that town. A curious objection has been raised against his eligibility—namely, that he is an Englishman. What is Ashton Yates? what Gisborne? And though last, not least, who and what was Raphael? Mr. Bourne is cer tain of his return. REPRESENTATION OF DUI3LIN.-111CSSIM. West and Gro gan are candidates to represent the city of Dublin at the ensuing election. The former ' n'entleman is sufficiently well known, and Mr. Grogan has hereditary claims upon the citizens of Dublin. His father and his grandfather lived and realised large fortunes amongst them with honour, cha racter, and credit. We expect, from the tone of the Irish papers, that the big beggarman will have to resort to some priest-ridden borough to secure the election of himself as well as his friends, since there is every prospect of the suc cess of the talented and worthy gentlemen we have already named. THE CENAUS.—We believe the census, as far as regards Liverpool and the neighbourhood, has been taken in a satis factory manner, and we hope that the return of this thickly peopled district will be more fully and carefully made than on any former occasion. The schedules, &c. are placed in the hands of the district registrar of births and deaths, for the purposes of examination and verification, and by the Ist July they must be placed in the hands of the superin tendent registrar for the union, who will have ten days during which to examine them further, before they are officially returned to the registrar-general for England and Wales. Of course, it is yet too early to obtain any in formation as to the population of any township, much less district; but in a week or two we may probably be able to give the general results at least, as to this town and the adjoining townships. RIOTOUS CONDUCT AMONGST TIIE IRISH.—For several days during the last week the conduct of the Irish inhabi tants of this town has been most disgraceful, and has elicited the strongest marks of disgust from the peaceable members of the community. On Wednesday evening, a meeting of the anti-corn-law league took place opposite St. James's Market, and during the harangues the listening mob suddenly turned their attention to a number of boys who were amusing themselves near to the place of meeting, and cheering occa sionally when anything occurred amongst them to excite their merriment. Upon these lads an attack was made, and they fled to the school-room of St. Patrick's Chapel, where they very foolishly broke some squares of glass. It has been at tempted to show that the ship carpenters were guilty of this imprudence, but not a single member of that loyal and well disposed body of men were present. we believe, at the time. Another gathering of the corn-law repealers was held on the following evening, when a most brutal and savage assault was made upon a few of the parties present, who were beaten most unmercifully by these scoundrels—in several instances a dozen or twenty men being seen to belabour a single poor fellow almost to death. After the meeting the multitude, infuriated by an harangue from the notorious Acland, pro ceeded up Park-lane, and, in passing St. Thomas's Church, broke 14 panes of glass, but the presence of a large body of police fortunately dispersed the fellows or they would, no doubt, have proceeded to some further acts of a more despe rate character. In !Parliament-street the public-houses known as the resort of some of the ship carpenters were at tacked, and in one of them, we believe, every pane of glass in the house was broken. We state with the greatest plea sure that the ship carpenters behaved throughout with the greatsst forbearance and propriety, and on Friday morning claimed protection from the mayor, who, along with Mr. Whitty, seconded their efforts, and in consequence the destructive repeaters have been quelled and put down by the superior power of the police. We hope the authorities will at once adopt some measures for the prevention in future of any such disgraceful outbreaks on the part of their own sup porters. The priests of St. Patrick's Chapel, in fear that the teaching which they and their coadjutors inculcate may lead their votaries to acts even more outrageous than what they have already committed, have issued an address full of bombast and hypocrisy, which, on the face of it, carries a supplication against any breach of the peace.' MELANCHOLY OCCURRIINCE.—On Saturday week, dur ing the confirmation held at St. Thomas's Church, Ashton, near Wigan, a very serious event took place, and which arose from a momentary unfounded report in the west gallery that it was giving way. This was about half-past six o'clock, at which time the Bishop had just concluded confirming the females, when a crack was heard in the western gallery, as if from the back of one of the seats, occasioned by pressure ; this immediately coueed an impression on the minds of several persons that the gallery was giving way under them, just in front where the organ is situated. At the impulse of the moment a general alarm was created, which was con siderably heightened by one of the singers telling those standing near him that the gallery was giving way, and re questing them to go out quietly ; which advice, unfor tunately, was not followed. A simultaneous rush instantly took place towards the gallery stairs, and in the hurry and confusion to get out numbers of females fell at the bottom of the stairs, and scores following hard on in the fright, also fell over them, until the staircase was completely filled up, the females being literally piled one on the other nearly to the ceiling. The screaming at this moment was heart rending, but the police, after several ineffectual efforts, at last succeeded in extricating them from their awful predica ment. The whole of the persons remained jammed together for nearly twenty minutes, and the weight of so many from the upper part of the stairs pressing downwards rendered the situation of those underneath truly appalling. One aged female was so much injured that she died the same evening, but although a great number of others were seriously in jured, they are all at present in a fair way of recovery. GOOD NEWS FOR COFFEE DRINKERS !—BEART'S PNEU MAI IC POT.—We have been favoured by Messrs. Knowles and Roberts, of Church-street, with an opportunity of test ing the capabilities of a new coffee-pot, invented by Mr. Beart. We can, without fear of contradiction, declare it to be the best contrived, most useful, and cheap article we ever met with, adapted to the purpose. The application is easy, the-result quick and certain. The coffee produced by it is as pure and fine as wine of the most brilliant colour, while the flavour of the berry is entirely retained, without the im pure and rancid taste which very often predominates when the beverage is made in the common mode by an inexperi enced hand. In fact, a child may mat " e the best coffee by means of this new " P neuma tic Pot, so simple is it to manage. The pot in shape is columnar. Fitting tightly to the interior i s a p i ston, the bottom of which is finely perfo rated and covered by a linen strainer. This is thrust down to the bottom of the pot, and the coffee is then put in with the boiling water. The liquid must be stirred. The pot is next covered, and the decoction allowed to remain two or three minutes. On removing the cover a winch is fixed on the top of the pot, and, by means of an axle and handle, a strap and hook, the piston is slowly raised, the liquid of course being drawn through the percolator, leaves the coffee-grounds totally divested of their nutritious qualities, taste, and flavour. Besides the recommendation of producing a pure and deli cious beverage, the good housewife, in using this invention of Mr. Beart s, will effect a saving of at least 25 per cent., as one-fourth less coffee will suffice. We can safely recom mend the " Pneumatic Put" to all who can enjoy a cup of good coffee. The slightest attention will keep it in order, se simple as to be unlikely to get the motacrbepinaeirr of it being .y REPRESENTATION OF LIVETZPOOL.-IMPORT. ANT MEETING OF CONSERVATIVES. On Saturday a numerous and influential meeting of the conservatives was held in toe Assembly Room of the Queen's Arms Hotel, for the purpose of adopting measures to secure the return of Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell, as representatives of this borough, at the forthcoming general election. The room was crowded to excess by electors. The following are the names of a few of those whom we noticed near the seat of the chairman :—James Aspinall, Esq., John Shaw Leigh, Esq., John Moss, Esq., Sir Thomas Brancker, Alexander Smith, jun. Esq., Robertson Gladstone, Esq., George Grant, Esq., W. P. Bushby, Esq., Thomas Murray, Esq., Henry Moore, Esq., J. 0. Johnson, Esq., Francis Foster, Esq.. Christopher Bushell, Esq., C. T. Dunlevie, Esq., H. C. Chapman, Esq., Charles Lawrence, Esq., John Sheppard, Esq., Samuel Holme, Esq., Robert Ledson, Esq., Thomas Bold, Esq., R. T. Woodward , Esq. , W i lliam Shand, Esq., Captain Taylor, William Potter, Esq., Ed mund Lyon, Esq., Peter Leather, Esq.; Ebenezer Rae, Esq., C. S. Parker, Esq., Adam odgson, Esq., S. Sand bach, Esq., Joseph Ackers, Esq., Thomas Porter, Esq., George Greene, Esq., Daniel Ledson, Esq., James Irving, Esq., John Nelson Wood, Esq., John Parker, Esq., R. Dawson, Esq., I. 0. Bold, Esq., J ames Bold, Esq., R. Wood ward, Esq., W. Troutbeck, Esq., Richard Dawson, Esq., J. Pownall, Esq., W. Wellstood, Esq., R. Houghton, Esq., Thomas Brassey, Esq., W. Robinson, Esq., Geo. Lawrence, Esq., J. A. Tinne, Req., E. P. Parry, Esq., J. Formby, Esq., Cottingharn Moss, Esq., Thomas Carson, Esq., Alexander Currie, Esq., G. A. Arbuthnot, Esq., James Gillanders, Esq., Warner Shand, Esq., Alexander Shand, Esq., John Walker, Esq., Nathan Cairns, Esq., R. Rankin, Esq., R. Higgin, Esq., Peter Wright. Esq., Thomas Dover, Esq., William Birkett, Esq., Isaac Hutchinson, Esq., Raymond Houghton, Esq., Isaac Holmes, Esq., Christopher Rawson, Esq., John Wilkinson, Esq., J. H. Heyman, Esq., James Robertson, Esq., Dr. Goulth waite, William Peakett, Esq., Richard Jones, Esq., Joseph Thompson, Esq. Mr. CHARLES LAWRENCE, amidst much cheering, rose to propose a fit and proper person to officiate as chairman. He said, the first duty of the meeting was that of electing a chairman. He regretted exceedingly that their old and valued friend, Mr. Robinson, felt himself unable to accept that office. As the chairman from the first of Lord San don's committee, he himself might have been justified in aspiring to that honour, but he did not consider himself equal to the duties which would be required of him. On consulting with his friends, they agreed with him that they could do much better, and therefore he should retire on half-pay. (Laughter, and cries of " No, no.") Though the emoluments of the office were not very great (hear, hear, and loud laughter,) he considered that some honour had been brought to it by the electors having Lord Sandon for their representative. (Great cheering.) He would not shrink from the battle in any other position, and he now begged to propose as their chairman a gentleman who would be most efficient, and who, he was quite sure, would give unbounded satisfaction to every elector. He begged to pro pose that Sir Thomas Brancker be the chairman of that meeting and of the united committee of Sandon and Cress well. (Three times three cheers were heartily given for Sir Thomas Brancker.) Mr. THOMAS Moss seconded the proposition. He had long known Sir Thomas Brancker, and admired his princi ples and activity, and was quite certain that they could not make a better choice. (Cheers.) Sir THOMAS BRANCKER then took the chair amidst tre mendous cheering and cries of " success to the cause " " remember old times," &c. He said that he had rather that Mr. Lawrence had remained on full pay than that lie should have been appointed his successor. The approaching dissolution would afford the meeting and the constituency of Liverpool an opportunity of testifying their gratitude to their excellent representatives and of using their best exertions to return them as triumphantly as they did at the former elec tion. This was a meeting for business rather than for talk ing : they would have plenty of time to talk hereafter, when they had gained the victory, but this was the time for work. He would, therefore, at once call upon Mr. Adam Hodgson to propose the first resolution. (Great cheering.) Mr. ADAM HODGSON rose to move the first resolution (for which and the others see the advertisement). He need not say that he had great pleasure in moving this reso lution, connected, as it was, with so much that was gratify ing in the past, and so much that was encouraging for the future. He remembered that about ten years ago, in that room, he had the honour of seconding the nomination of Lord Sandon as the representative of this great town. He remembered having been called upon, as was fit and proper, Lord Sandon being at that time a stranger, to state the grounds upon which the expectation had been formed that the noble lord would prove an efficient representative for the great mercantile town of Liverpool. He remembered it being said by their opponents " why bring a young lord into , a mercantile town—what can Lord Sandon know of the com merce or of the mercantile interests of Liverpool ? " The answer was, that Lord Sandon was an apt pupil, and what he did not know, he would soon learn ! (Cheers.) He would now appeal to that great meeting and the town at large, and ask whether there was any man—whatever might be the extent of his intelligence, whatever might be the ex tent of his mercantile experience, whatever might be the ex tent of his commercial operations in his own particular line of business—where would he find any man so conversant with the various interests of this important borough ? Where would he find any person so capable of bringing on all occa sions so great knowledge to bear with effect on the different interests which he had to consider ? and whether the noble lord had not exercised an assiduity, a zeal, and an ability, as the representative of Liverpool, which could not have been surpassed, and could have been equalled onlyby few. The electors were, therefore, not solely to rest their confidence in Lord Sandon on the expectation of what services he might in future perform for their benefit, but might look back with perfect confidence and satisfaction to ten years tried fidelity and services. (Loud cheers.) They now brought forward a man with the same principles as themselves ; and if ever a representative demanded the gratitude of his constituents for the untiring assiduity and devoted zeal with which he watched over their interests, it was Lord Sandon—(cheers) ; and if ever a representative whose high character and inde pendence of mind conferred, as well as received, honour from a town, it was their noble representative, Lord Sandon. Therefore, if he came here again, merely with the recom mendation of having been the representative of a great com mercial town, they could not have a better. But it would be taking a very narrow view of the duties which devolved upon them—of the duties which they owed to the country at large in the example they set and the principles they main tained, (hear, hear, and loud cheers,)—if they limited their view to a mere commercial representative at the pre sent crisis. (Hear.) They were living in a crisis—that was a hackneyed expression, but it was true, and must be re peated—they were living in a crisis of no ordinary magni tude—in the most eventful crisis that ever happened to any man in this country. They were assembled under circum stances more serious and responsible than this or any other constituency had ever been called together to witness. They were called upon now to elect a representative to sustain and defend the institutions of the country. (Cheers.) It was no longer a question of free trade. (Cheers.) In this com mercial country we were all anxious for free trade; he him self had long been an advocate for free trade, and whatever party was in power they would be anxious to remove all un necessary restrictions upon commerce. But, as an advocate for free trade, he felt confident that all the necessary arrange ments for it would be made with far more wisdom and safety, and he doubted not with far more efficiency, by Sir Robert Peel's administration than by the administration of Lord Melbourne. (Cheers.) The real question, however, to be decided at this election was not that of free trade. We were called upon to send representatives who should shew to the country at large what were the feelings of this great town with regard to the course which Lord Melbourne's adminis tration had adopted ; we were called upon to shew what confidence we had in an administration which, whatever might be the respectability of the private characters of many of its members—and he would be the last man to deny the great respectability privately of many composing that administration—had unequivocally chewed themselves to be the ready tools of designing demagogues who had not even concealed their ulterior designs, who had openly avowed that they were making use of the ministry as tools to carry out their ulterior designs, and who had said that as soon as the ministry had given them power to carry these designs, they would dismiss that ministry and get one still more disposed to concede—still more democratic, still more revolutionary. (Loud cheers.) He hoped that he was not using stronger terms than the occasion warranted. (" No, no.") He firmly believed that their measures were revolu tionary—not in intention, probably, but in their tendency. They had been proved to be so. (Cheers.) Theelectors of Liver pool were called upon at this important crisis to shew whe ther they felt confidence in a government which changed like the weathercock at every shifting of the popular gale, and who had shewn themselves ready, when the storm came and the breakers appeared, to barter the constitution bit by bit for the sake of place and popularity. (Hear, hear.) He could not place confidence in such an administration ; and the question which the whole country was now called upon to decide was, whether what had been done had their approval or condemnation ; whether, having seen how ministers had allowed themselves to be subservient to the revolutionary designs of others, and allowed a democratic current to un dermine those institutions which we all venerated, they could place confidence in such men, and send men to re present them who would support the measures of that administration. (Hear, hear.) He trusted that meeting would say, " we will not send such men to represent us, but we will send men who will oppose such an administration, who will thwart and obstruct and displace such an adminis tration, and who will support an administration in which we can safely confide the government of the country, who will not allow any demagouge to sap the foundations of the constitution, and endanger the liberties of the subjects by an undue use of the prerogatives of the crown." (Tremendous applause.) It was a very happy circumstance that Lord Sandon, whom the electors had known so long was sus tained and supported in his efforts by their other highly esteemed representative, Mr. Cresswell—(renewed cheers) — who, though not so long known as the noble lord, had shown himself the uncompromising supporter of the civil and reli gious institutions of the country, and who carried into the House of Commons a constitutional knowledge that enabled him to offer a vigorous opposition to ministers who were threatening that constitution, and lend a powerful support to ministers who were supporting it. (Cheers.) Looking at the position in which the electors of Liverpool stood, having two such gentlemen asking for their suffrages, he felt they would be but discharging the duties of Englishmen at one of the most important periods in our history, by sending Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell to represent them, and to uphold an administration which would support the institutions of the country. (Cheers.) It was not a ministry which designed to subvert the institutions of the country, which was the most dangerous government the country could have ; but it was a ministry with responsibility, and with a certain share of good intentions, but supported and sustained by men who had ulterior designs, and were too weak to prevent those ulterior designs beinc , carried into effect. (Loud cheers.) It was not by a single blow that the liberties or the insti tutions of a country were subverted, rapid as were the mo tions of the movement party in this respect, when men's minds were once brought into a state of activity. It was well that we had time and opportunity of reviewing the history of the country for the last two years ; and the country had condemned the ministers under whose government the liberties of the people were not safe, and under whom our institutions would be subverted, because they had not shown any inclination to throw around them those guards by which alone the institutions of the land could be shielded. He begged most cordially to move the resolution which he had just had the honour of moving. (Loud cheers.) Mr. JOHN Moss seconded the resolution. He said he had great pleasure in doing so, and that he fully concurred with every word which had fallen from the preceding speaker. (Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried by acclamation. Mr. WILLIAM SHAND proposed the second resolution. It always, he said, afforded him extreme pleasure to meet the electors on occasions of the present kind. He was not disappointed in seeing the room so fully and respectably crowded. He trusted, from the meeting of that day, that the samefirmness would animate them now which had returned their excellent representatives heretofore. (Cries of " Hear, hear," and loud cheering.) Not content with opposing the conservatives on their own ground, certain orators had re cently taken it into their heads that the people of Liverpool were not sufficiently alive to their own interests, and there fore they would attend to them for us. The resolution he had the honour to propose was condemnatory of such an in cursion, it being an indignity offered to Liverpool which had never been attempted before. The orators in question had limited their invitations to the meeting to their electors of the town ; but it was ' , ratifying to find that two - thirds of that class never attended, and that they were left to adopt their proceedings without the countenance of the conservative party. In keeping aloof from them, the conservatives had adapted the moat judicious plan; they bad felt the =Atli& cation of the disappointment, and Liverpool, he trusted, would never be troubled with them again. (Cheers.) Mr. CHRISTOPHER BUSHELL rose to second the resolu tion which had been proposed by Mr. Shawl. He felt with Mr. Hodgson that they had arrived at a most important cri sis, such a crisis as perhaps had never been remembered by the oldest elector present. They had upon that occasion to determine whether the clap-trap proceedings of the govern ment lately thrown before the public in the shape of anti corn-law and sugar duties agitation—were or were not to carry the conservative electors away from their path of duty, and to prevent them from giving, as heretofore, their warm and unyielding support to those glorious protestant institu tions of the land which were the solid foundations of their happiness and prosperity. (Cheers.) The present ministers, with more tact than honesty, had doubtless calculated that an appeal to the passions, and not the judgment, of the peo ple, that by taking the nation by surprise, by witholding time for reflection on the great social questions which have been rashly and recklessly put forward with the sole view to the maintenance of the present ministry in power and place, that by these time-serving and unconstitutional means, the electors would be ensnared into the sacrifice of those conser vative principles which have during the reign of radical mis rule, been the only true support of the altar and the throne. (Loud cheers.) But be trusted the conservative electors of Liverpool were too well known for him to suspect for a single instant that such plans as those would succeed. (Hear, hear.) Was it to be supposed that although the electors differed on subjects of commercial policy, they were to forg et their instituti ons ? I n b r i n ging Lord Palmerston downfrom London, and in nominating with him Sir Joshua Walmsley, it was intended to throw division and dissent among the conservative party ; but he would ask the meet ing to show him that man, whether he were a merchant, a labourer, or a mechanic, who would say that for the sake of any personal interest he might possess in the carrying of the corn-law or sugar questions, he would vote againt his prin ciples ? (Hear, hear.) Where was the min who would dare to stand up and show his face at the hustings, and delare that although he was the avowed supporter of the protestant church and the protestant throne, yet for the sake of his in terest in his business, or rather .the supposed interest — he would sacrifice the church and the constitution. He thought that although taunts had been thrown in the faces of the con servatives about the number of conservative signatures which had been obtained to the requisition to the radical candidates, and although Sir Joshua Walmsley, in his address, calculated that from the number of the signatures to the requisition presented to him,' his return was secured, they would find themselves mistaken ; for he (Mr. Bushell) was satisfied that certainly not two-thirds of those who had signed the requi sition were electors at all. (Hear, hear, hear, and continued cheers.) As his time was short, he would proceed to offer one or two remarks with respect to the gentlemen who had been offered to the notice of the electors on the opposite side ; and first, he would ask, who was Lord Palmerston? Who, bat a member of that administration which had:done all in its power to sacrifice the interests of the country? (Loud cheers.) Was his lordship coming to Liverpool calculating on support from the acts of that ministry ? If so, he would discover that those acts would meet with their reward. (Re newed cheers.) He was satisfied that he would not meet with any support from the conservative electors from any acts which the ministry had performed in their attempts to degrade the constitution. If he calculated that he should meet with their support upon the ground that the ministry had advocated the principles of free trade, he would be also mistaken. (Loud cheers.) What was free trade? For free trade so far as it could be carried with safety to the country he (Mr. Bushell) was the decided advocate; he knew that we must have an alteration in the tariff ; and, from the enor mous increase of our population as well as from other causes, it was by no means improbab le that some modification of the corn laws might be necessary ; but these were gigantic subjects, and not to be lightly dealt with—not to be used as firebrands to excite and inflame the passions of the people, nor to be used as the means of keeping any particular set or party of men in power, but for a far more holy purpose, namely, the increased comfort, happiness, and prosperity of the vast population of this great empire. (Cheers.) Enter taining as lie did the most supreme contempt not only for the political character but the business ability of our present mi nistry, he could not consent to trust the settlement of such important questions to such men, lacking, as they do, in every sense, the confidence of the country. This trust must be reposed in abler hands. If free-trade principles were to be carried to the extent demanded by the already too wealthy manufacturer, from what source was our revenue to be derived? If during the present period, when they were oppressed be yond measure with taxes, they had government labouring under a deficiency of seven millions, what would be the case were the principles of free trade adopted ? (Hear, hear.) Why, then it would be all deficiency. (Hear, hear and a laugh.) After observing that it was the intention of the go vernment to deprive the public of the protection they already possessed, Mr. Bushell proceeded to make a few remarks with reference to the address of Sir Joshua Walmsley, with the view of showing how jesuitical it was. That Sir Joshua must have been taking some lessons from O'Connell, he was quite prepared to believe. (Hear.) Sir Joshua had com menced by telling the public in jesuitical language that he thought enfranchisement should keep pace with intelligence. If he had asid he was an advocate for universal suffrage, the electors would be better able to understand him; but he thought he should be able to catch a few votes by expressing himself in less direct terms. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Bushell next adverted to another passage in Sir Joshua's address, with respect to the securing of the independence of the voter, argued that if the worthy knight had plainly stated that he was an advocate for vote by ballot he would also be better understood. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. B.) wished to know whether the conservative electors of Liverpool would support a man who was an advocate for universal suffrage and vote by ballot ? (Loud cries of " No, no," and cheers.) In reference to the corn-laws, the people had been induced to believe, that if they could have cheap bread they would be perfectly happy, and that it would bring about the rnille nium ; but what, he asked, would be the effect if the object of the present ministers were carried, and that the agricultu rist and the manufacturer were brought into collision ; Could the manufacturer flourish if the agriculturist were depressed ? (Hear, hear,) And if the agriculturist were depressed, how could he find money to pay his labourers ? And if the labourer received only half his present wages to pay for the loaf, it was manifest that his position would not be improved. (Hear. hear.) With those few observations, and addressing himself as he was to those who, he was sure, would stand the test, he had only to entreat of them not be carried away by any of the clap-traps of the present base and profligate ad ministration, who, if they had been sincere in their profes sions on the question of free trade, had the opportunity long since to have carried such professions into practical effect. After the carrying of the reform bill, why was it that they had not introduced those changes? (-Hear, hear.) He (Mr. B.) would tell them why. It was because, they were not sincere. (Great cheers.) When they had the power they lacked the desire, but now that they had ceased to have the power they professed to have the desire. (Renewed cheers.) Would the public believe them to be sincere under such circumstances, seeing that they would not serve them when they could, and that they professed themselves willing to serve them when they could not. (Hear, hear.) He trusted that every voter would feel as if the coming contest rested on himself, and that his vote, however humble, was just as valuable as that of the highest merchant ; a vote was but a vote, whether it came from a blue jacket or from broad cloth, and would tell its tale upon the poll. Mr. Bushell resumed his seat amid loud cheers. The resolution was then carried, amidst enthusiastic ap plause. Mr. CHARLES LAWRENCE moved the third resolution. He said, that after the able speech of Mr. Hodgson, he should be ashamed to enter into further observations. He was satisfied that there was no individual who had had any business to entrust to either Lord Sandon or Mr. Cresswell, who had not had the greatest attention paid to him. The efforts of the hon. gentlemen had given satisfaction to the community to an extent which, Ise believed, few other towns could boast. (Cheers.) Mr. Jot's/ SHAW LEIGH said be had great diffidence in addressing so large an assembly, but he felt some confidence in perceiving that all present concurred with him. After the well-deserved eulogies paid to the present representatives, he should content himself with seconding the resolution. The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was carried. Mr. SAMUEL HOLME was next called on by the chairman, and rose amidst loud cheering. He said—lt was indeed pleasant to reflect, that in the midst of our political differ ences there were, like the oasis in the desert, occasionally bright and sunny spots, on which both parties might bask, and there were sentiments in which all might concur. There was one sentiment which had been often expressed to him, and which he had seen in the whig press, and it was this : " The crisis is arrived." In that he cordially concurred; and he believed that it now lay with the electors of this great empire to resolve the problem—whether is England to have an established, a Protestant established church, with its chaste and beautiful, and tolerant worship, with a national recognition of religion, such as becomes a christian land ; or must we, amidst the specious theories of the day, have, amongst other things, a free trade in religion ? (Hear, hear.) Was the constitution of this mighty empire to be preserved as a monarchy, or were the princples of democracy to British liberty, which had struck its roots deep in the favoured soil of British affections, to be rudely torn up ; and were Popish and Protestant principles to predominate in the councils of our beloved country? (Hear, hear, and cheering.) Was the prophecy of Napoleon about to be fulfilled, that England would never be ruined except by her own parliament? (Hear.) He admitted the importance of the corn-law question, of the poor-bill, of the timber and sugar duties alterations bills, and no one wished more fervently than he did that these im portant questions were settled on a safe and sure basis. But these were after all only questions of detail, the vital ques tions were monarchy or democracy ? An established church or none? Protestantism or Popery? (Cheers.) These were the vital questions—these were the life-blood of the British constitution. The present ministry were a degraded, un principled ministry. (Hear.) They reminded him of so many eels—(laughter) ;—cut off their heads, dock them of their tails—(continued laughter), throw them into a frying. pan, such as they have been in during the last week or two in the House of Commons, and yet they exhibit tenacity without motion, and existence without vitality. (Loud laughter and cheers.) Whilst we possess such men as Wel lington and Peel—(cheers), — Stanley and Graham, Ashley and Sandon, Follett and Cressysell—(loud cheering)—surely we may take the reins of government from such imbeciles, and give them to abler and to better men. (Hear.) He said, therefore, to the electors : if you wish to see our mari time supremacy d es troyed, and our co l on i es , w hi c h are t h e lungs of England, .ruined, then send to parliament Lord Palmerston and Sir Joshua Walmsley. (Hisses.) The acts of the latter being in some measure public acts, as he had chosen to become a public character, he had no other course than to take them as such, and which he did with regret, for he had been personally acquainted with him from his boyhood, and was sorry to see him the mere d u p e an d tool of the popish faction. (Loud cheers.) As to Lord Palmerston, he was at a loss to know how to designate him. He could only liken him to an old wife's counterpane — (convulsions of laughter)—for his political opinions were like a piece of patchwork, of every colour and of every hue. (Applause.) But if they, the electors, desired to preserve the balance of the B ritish constitution—to give each estate its own just rights, and no more—(hear, hear)—to preserve each estate in its integrity, secure from the oppressive en croachments and preponderating power of the other two—if they were anxious to preserve the glorious institutions of England, hallowed by the growth and tested by the experi ence of centuries —then they . must return Lord Sando n an d Mr. Cresswell, who were friendly to those institutions, who bad served them diligently and faithfully, and in whose vigilant hands they might with security commit such mi g ht y interests. (Great cheering.) Much had been said, both by many persons and by one portion of the public press, about the folly of having commercial town rep resen t e d b y a l ord (Hear.) and a lawyer. e hesitatedH not to meet the ques tion. (Cheers.) He said there openly, th a t h e h a d no respect for individuals bearing titles, unless the indi v id ua l s so honoured were of spotless reputation and o f v i r t uous character. (Cheers.) But in the case of the excellent noble man to whom he alluded, and to whom thi s town was so w hether he viewed him i n hi s pu bli c or hi s deeply indebted, private character--in reference to his commerciul know ledge or his business habits—he did n o t h es i tate to say, that he shed a greater lustre onthetitle he bore, than the mere title did on him. ( Great c h eer in g.) But what were the acts of the objectors? Did not they, some years ago, bring for ward the late Lord Sefton, and which they were quite right in doing, and was not he a lord? Did they not propose to give us Lord Nugent, and was not he a lord? And are they not now proposing to cram Lord . Palmerston down our throats, gnter and cheers.) In reference and is not he a lord ? (Lau to Lord Sandon, he declared that Liverpool never had a bet ter man of business; an d when Si r R. P ee l came into office --as come he assuredly would—(hear)—there was not a fitter man in the kingdom to fill the office of president of the board of trade than our noble representative. (Cheers.) Oh, but, said our antagonists, it is quite shocking that we should be represented by a laver ! (Laughter.) How inconsistent ! Here also he scrupled not to join issue. He was old enough to recollect their opponents bringing forward the late Mr. Roscoe, a name which, notwithstanding his political opi nions, he (Mr. Holme) held in the greatest reverence. Al though some might not feel as strongly as he did on this sub ject, he hesitated not to declare that he admired the elegance of mind, and the benevolence of character of Mr. Roscoe. !le had found his name a passport in other countries, and just as Washington Irving thought it was something for an old Sexton to have seen the dust of Shakspeare, so did he (Mr. Holme) deem it something to be a fellow townsman of the accomplished and benevolent Roscoe. (Hear.) But Mr. Roscoe in early life had been a lawyer, 'and he never heard that that circumstance had been deemed a bar to his fitness for representing a commercial community. - (Cheers.) But who brought Mr. Brougham to Liverpool? Why the very party who now taunt us with having elected Mr. Cresswell, and for ought he knew, more so (hear), and added to his multifarious engagements a joint editorship of the Edinburgh Review. Yet this busy lawyer was deemed a fit and proper man to represent the mercantile interests of Liverpool. (Loud applause) And he had not yet done. Another learned and distinguished lawyer had been actually foisted on the town. Need he allude to that profound and learned gen tleman. the lofty flights of whose eloquence charms and de lights the senate ?—(roars of laughter)—one who never speaks to empty benches, but at whose feet, as a Gamaliel, the highest intellects are contented to sit to learn lessons of politiCal wisdom. (Continued laughter.) Why did v they laugh? Was not their late representative a barrister? Oh, yes ! said their antagonists, but he never held a brief. Then he could only reply, if such was the case, he was unfit to be _ . our representative; for if he had possessed the ability to elevate him in his profession, some shrewd and sagacious lawer would have discovered his talent. (Applause.) Let those then taunt us with inconsistency who are consistent themselves. Experience of the world shows us that those who are the readiest to taunt others with their want of consistency, are generally themselves deficient of that very virtue. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He wished not to say anything hard of Sir J. Walmsley ; but that gentleman had issued an address in which he declared his attachment of the Established Church, and he put it to any man to say how much he would give for the real attachment of any gen tleman, or for his consistency, who was found at church on the Sunday, and on the Monday was organising a Protector Society for the purpose of swamping the votes of the consti tuency, that society being composed of men who were de termined, if possible, to destroy the very church of which Sir Joshua professed himself a member. (Loud cheering.) Re membering the admonition of the chairman, he would soon conclude. But he begged to say one word on the corn ques tion. (Hear.) He had had a ponderous tome lent him on . . the subject of its repeal, and be had waded through it, to gether with various works on the other side He declared that after doing so he was almost where he commenced. It was a grave and important question, one involving too many complicated interests to be understood, without much colla .. teral information, taking into consideration the nature of our various commercial treaties, and our present state of society. (Hear, hear.) But this much we had no difficulty in under standing, that cheap bread meant low wages—(loud and long- continued cheering) ; and that if the corn laws were repealed to-morrow, unless the raw material, such as the wool, the cotton, and the silk, could be cheapened—the only mode in which we must compete with other nations must be by re ducing the wages of the artisan, and so injuring our home market. He could speak on this subject without prejudice, for he did not possess one inch of agricultural laud, and pro bably never should ; but he warned the working classes not to be led away by hired and itinerating agitators, for a ques tion so complicated as this, could not he fully comprehended by listening to the orators of Clayton-square (hear), who ap pealed only to the passions of the people. He cautioned them against the political demagogues who were spreading dissatisfaction throughout the country, and, like Jack Cade of old, were promising them seven halfpenny loaves for a penny (laughter), who declared that the three-hooped pot should have ten hoops, that it should be felony to drink small beer, that all should be in common, and all wear one livery, which he presumed was to be the livery of whiggism . (Cheers.) Mr. Holme then proceeded to eulogise Mr. Cresswell for his ability, mentioning the high opinion formed of him in Lon don and elsewhere, and added that he had that day seen a placard on the walls, containing the startling words, " San don and Cresswell must walk !" They would walk, he had no doubt ; but it would be by the free and spontaneous voices of the electors of Liverpool, and it would be victorious, into the House of Commons as the members for Liverpool; and Lord Palmerston, if he showed face, might walk to the place from which he came. (Cheers.) He trusted also that there was loyalty enough in this town, and sufficient attachment to the blessings and principles of the British constitution, to send Sir Joshua Walmsley into private life, which he had pleasure in adding, he adorned; and he said, he hoped in a kindly spirit, that it would have been better for the peace and comfort of that gentleman, and he might add for the peace of his native town, if he had never emerged from it to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of Liver pool. Mr. Hearne concluded by proposing the fourth reso lution, and sit down amidst protracted cheering. JAMES ASPINALL, Esq., briefly seconded the resolution, but in consequence of severe cold and hoarseness we were unable to collect the few observations which fell from him. Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE said he felt confident that, in proposing the next resolution, the nomination of the com mittee, a few remarks only would be expected from him. He might, however, be permitted to state, that the result of the election—the return of both our esteemed and highly talented representatives—deeply important as that object was in itself—must also be viewed in the still more im portant light of tending to depose from the situations they held, a ministry, who had proved by their conduct that they were as incapable to carry on the government of the coun try, as they were reckless and unprincipled in the defence of its interests. Though defeat met them in every direction, both within the House of Commons and without, yet, in the face of the country having declared by its representatives that they did net possess its confidence, and were unable to conduct the management of its affairs, they have retained office, and venture to appeal to the country, in the belief that their conduct will have its approval. It is for us, gen tlemen, to show how far we value or condemn their conduct, which, whether viewed in its religious, political, or social character, can only meet from the sincere well-wisher to his country with an open and unqualified condemnation. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Gladstone then read the list of the committee, • consisting of about 150 names of the most influential and respectable inhabitants of the town, and said that, large as that list was, many names no doubt were not included, of equal respectability, for which the committee had power to add to their numbers. Mr. W. P. BUSHBT seconded the motion, and it was car ried amidst loud cheers. Mr. SH/PPAILD moved a vote of thanks to Sir T. Brancker for his conduct in the chair. Here the meeting had a good old conservative knight opposed in a certain degree to a whig radical knight among us, in endeavouring to secure the re turn of Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell. (Cheers.) It might be necessary to call attention, as an Irishman, to the whig mis-rule of Ireland. They said that their conduct was beyond all praise, and they took great credit to themselves for the impartial line of conduct they had pursued from the year 1830 to 1841, now he (Mr. Sheppard) wished to remind the meeting of the state of the county of Kilkenny two years after they came into power—it never was in such a disturbed state—and who was the man he would ask that had brought it into such a state of quietness? (Hear, hear.) It was a late chief secretary for Ireland ; it was Lord Stanley. (Loud cheers.) Was the conduct of the whigs then fair or right ? (Hear.) Look at the treatment which the Irish landlords had received under their misrule. They were falling every day, and still they were told that Ireland was peaceable and quiet, for the county of Tipperary never was in such a dis turbed state as it was now. The whigs then said, " But you will not support the men who have said that your country men were a set of savages ?" All he (Mr. Sheppard) could say was, that this expression had been often remarked upon ; but he wished to call the attention of the meeting to the fact that a late Roman catholic bishop, Dr. Doyle, in speaking with regard to the conduct of the Irish about the time to which he had alluded, stated the following facts before ever a single expression of the sort had escaped from lips of the members of the conservative party. Mr. Sheppard then read the late Roman catholic bishop Doyle's character of the Irish, addressed to the whitefeet, in a pastoral letter, dated December 3d, 1831, as follows : "Cowardly, base, wicked, ungrateful men, what have you done? You have commenced by an unlawful and impious oath, in which you called the God of Holiness to witness your crime. You enlarged your combination by force and violence. You confirmed it by drunkenness and violence on the Lord's day. As you advanced, you made war like the savage of the desert upon your next neighbour, if not of your own tribe. You polluted the fair and market-place by savage warfare ; or, like Cain, ' you went into the field to spill the blood of your defenceless and unsuspecting brother.' You plundered the houses where you could meet with no resist ance—you fled from him you most feared and hatred—you wreaked your vengeance on the industrious man who sup plied you with bread, and fed the poor out of his substance. If you found a man straying in the fields or travelling on the highroad unarmed and defenceless, him did you murder or assassinate. These are your deeds--this is the reward of your crimes, which will one day be tried by the Judge of earth and heaven." Now, he would ask, had any expressions ever emanated from the conservatives half so strong as these? (Hear, hear.) He asked Lord Morpeth, as chief secretary for Ireland, and Lord Melbourne, at the head of her Majesty's government, to read the letter of the lord lieutenant of the county of Tipperary, published only the other day, in which he de scribed life mad property to be absolutely insecure in that county. (Hear.) Why? From whig-radical misrule and mismanagement, and from Mr. Daniel O'Connell being al lowed to agitate for a repeal of the union. (Great applause.) Nay, he (Mr. O'Connell) had turned the other day in the House of Commons and taunted Sir H. Peel with, " Oh, you support the orangemen." He would ask in reply, was Mr. O'Connell never called before the House of Commons, and did not the House of Commons, upon the motion of Lord Maidstone, pass a resolution condemning his conduct as most improper ?" (Cheers.) He asked the meeting not to believe Mr. O'Connell's representations, for there were hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who would support the institutions of the country, who would risk their fortunes for them, and who, though he hoped the time would never ar rive when they must stand upOn the treshold of the institu tion, rather than submit to innovations upon it, would sacri fice their very existence to flee good of their Queen and country. (Great cheering.) There had been a great deal of discussion upon the question of the corn laws, (hear, hear), and the meeting had had his opinions upon that subject in the papers of to-day. He could not do better, therefore, than quote the language of Sir Robert Peel, in answer to one of the members for Manchester, he believed, last year. Sir Robert Peel said— " That manufacture is on the brink of ruin ; and lie con fessed that the statement was important, for so convinced was he of the natural union between the prosperity of trade and agriculture, and of the strength of the reaction which would take place on the one if the other were injured, that if he would believe the correctness of those statements, they would form in his mind a most powerful argument for a change of the law. But with all his respect for the know ledge of the hon. gentleman, he would wish that his state ments had been fortified by proof. What faith could he at tach to the hon. gentleman's predictions as a prophet, when he had before him the most authentic statements on the subject? He would read an extract from those papers. From them he found that in the year 1837, when the price of corn was low in this country, the amount of Br itish com merce manufactured here and sent abroad was £36,280,000i , In the year 1838, when the price of corn had risen, and when, according to the arguments of hon. gentlemen 0 he opposite side, the dearness of corn ought to h ave dee sesexd our manufactures, the quantity of manufacturedarticles ported £43,000,000. No doubt it would be saidthat these exports consisted chiefly of cotton yarn, or such articles which would only prove the manufacturing übc found prosperity of foreign nations, but such was not the case , ,would export of by a more minute detail of them. In our woollen manufactures had amounted to ; in 1838, it amounted to £5,799,000. Our export of silk manu facture in 1837, £303,000 ; in 1838, 1: of our hardware and cutlery, had amounted7l3oo. The export in 1837, to Our £1,460,000; in 1838, to £1,507,009. s ports of cotton e in 1837, had amounted to £6,92 5 . 000 ; in 1838, to £7,403,000. i Of cotton manufacture, exclusive of yarn, nto which, of course, manual labour entered, ther e bad been exported, in 1837, to the amount of £1,304,000; in 1838, to £1,617,000. Of linen manufacture there h ad been exported, in 1837, £2,919,000. As Englishmen , he (MrSh fpacpe ard) n calledto the the serious attention of the meeting to these ts, ad facts published in the papers by the conservative party. De pend upon it that the cry on this question was got up for the purpose of elaptrap—(bear.hear)—with the view of advanc ing the interest of whig-radicals, sad seating them in the House of Connuoas. (Hear, hear.) We Il know whetn they got into the House of Commons ; they congregated themselves into small knots in opposition to the principles of the British constitution. (Hear.) Under these circum stances he called on the meeting to rally round their chair man, and return Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell, and let the whigs see that they must be sunk, by the united voice of this empire, once again into insignificance—(hear)—which their conduct upon all great state questions so justly merited. He had great pleasure in proposing the motion. Mr. JOSHUA EDWARDS seconded the motion. Sir THOMAS BRANCKER briefly returned thanks, and the meeting separated, having first given three hearty cheers for the cause of " Sandon and Cresswell." MEETING OF THE TOXT ETH-PARK CONSERVATIVES:, Last evening, the spirited conservatives of Toxteth-park held a meeting in the Toxteth-hall, Mill-street, for the pur pose of adopting measures to secure the return of Lord San don and Mr. Cresswell. The hall was crowded to excess by electors. In the absence of Mr. Duncan Gibb, chairman of the Tox teth Conservative Association, Mr. THOMAS CHILTON, the deputy chairman, was unanimously invited to preside. Mr. ALEXANDER SMITH, jun., in moving the first resolu tion, said, the occasion of the meeting was probably one of the most important which had ever occurred within the me mory of any man living. A general election was about to take place, upon the result of which would depend either the maintenance of the constitution of this country or its entire de struction. (Hear, bear.) That constitution was the envy and admiration of the world, and it had only been upheld by the veneration in which it was held by the people at large. Unhappily during the last few years we had had an adminis tration which had frittered away to a certain extent that glo rious constitution, and who now, for the sole purpose of maintaining themselves in power, and receiving their quar terly allowances, were bartering in and parting with it in toto. (Hear, hear.) And if the electors allowed them to proceed in the course they seemed to have entered upon, goodness only knew where we should be in a few years ;—(hear,)—his own opinion was, that in place of the ancient constitution of queen, lords and cornmons,we should have anarchy.confusion, and republicanism. (Hear.) Now, then, came the question who the electors would support as candidates for the repre sentation of Liverpool at the ensuing election. They had before them Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell, Lord Palmer ston and Sir Joshua Walmsley-. They knew Lord Sandon well ; his lordship had been tried, and had been found a steady supporter of the constitution, and a most excellent friend to the entire community of Liverpool. He (Mr. Smith) defied any man in the town, whatever his politics might be, to say otherwise than that Lord Sandon had made a most admirable representative. As that was the case why should they desire to change? Let well alone. What more could be required ? Why hring down Lord Palmerston, for what more could he do than Lord Sandon ? It was, how ever unnecessary for him to enlarge upon Lord Sandon's merits, for they were well known, and he must not omit to say that the freemen knew him to be their friend. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Cresswell had served the borough of Liver pool for several years • lie was a man of a most liberal educa tion ; he stood exceedingly high in his profession, and if we looked over the division lists of the House of Commons it would be found that he had always been at his post. Charges had been urged against him of not attending to his duties, but they were utterly false and had only been brought forward by men who had sinister objects in view. There was not one single individual in Liverpool who having occasion for them had not promptly received them, whether in the House of Commons, the Treasury, the Board of Trade, or wherever they were wanted ; and certainly the hon. and learned gentleman was as able and as willing to defend the cause of the interests of Liverpool as Sir Joshua Walmsley. (Cries of " He is and more," with loud cheers.) Mr. Cresswell moreover was a man who loved justice. (Hear, hear.) He brought forward a motion touching the Danish claims—claims which govern ment tried to keep quietly hung up or smoothed down during the session, but Mr. Cresswell would not allow them ; he fought the battle of the unfortunate individuals, sufferers in the cause, and he had succeeded. (Cheers.) A committee was appointed which decided in his favour, that government was bound to pay £250,000 to our unfortunate countrymen, who otherwise would have been defrauded of that amount. fhe first defeat sustained by the government in the present session was upon this very motion of Mr. Cresswell for the appointment of a committee ; and the last defeat too, by the bye, for they opposed the report of the committee, but were beaten again. (Hear, hear.) The next candidate before the electors was Lord Palmerston, who had been in every administration for the last 20 or 25 years. He (Mr. Smith) should have thought that a quarter of a cen tury's official service, under five or six different political par ties, enough for any man; but it so happened that his lord ship's conscience and his politics had both been exceedingly pliant. (Hear and cheers.) He had been trying to ascertain why the liberals should have hit upon the expedient of pro posing Lord Palmerston, and he could account for it only by supposing that they had applied to a variety of individuals, not one of whom was willing to come to Liverpool to be thrashed ; and therefore they, shooting at a high mark, went to the foreign secretary. They knew very wall that it would not be considered derogatory to the character of Lnrd Pal merston if he would not issue an address, and refuse to solicit the electors' votes ; therefore they said. " we will put him up, and that will, at any rate, have one good effect. There were an immense number of leading whigs, in the town, de cidedly opposed to Sir Joshua Walmsley, and who would not move one peg to further his cause. But, then, money was necessary. Sir Joshua Walmsley's friends felt that this could only be got by placing Lord Palmerston, though a phantom and a shadow, before the public, by which means many would be deluded into paying their subscriptions of £5O or £lOO, in the vain hope of returning him. " And," thought Sir Joshua Walmsley, " this will save my pocket." (Hear, hear.) The next candidate was our townsman—upon which he presumed a great deal—Sir Joshua Walmsley ; and the electors had to consider what Sir Joshua Walmsley's pre tensions were to the representation of the borough of Liver pool. All knew him. As a private individual he was a respectable, and, to a certain extent, an esteemed man ; but it was one thing to respect a man as a private individual, and another to support him as a candidate for the represen tationof such a borough as this in parliament. (Hear.) He was all very well in his place at the watch committee, in the town council, and upon other boards at which l e chose to serve, and he was considered rather an efficient member of the Corn Exchange. He had been a good broker, he had done business very well, and hod feathered his nest pretty well under the existing corn-laws. Mr. Smith then pro ceeded to comment upon the knight's address, and to expose the manner in which the signatures to the requisition therein alluded to had been obtained. Sir Joshua AValmsley was a ♦ery ambitious man ; and was anxious for the situation of a " whipper-in" of his party in the house —an office for which he was probably well qualified, seeing that he had been brought up an usher in a school. (Hear, hear.) He professed himself a supporter of the church, and a great friend of the poor man ; but how could that profession be reconciled with the fact of his haring been the main instru ment of establishing in Liverpool the " Precursor Society," for the express purpose of opposing everything connected with the church. The sooner the church got rid of such supporters the better. (Cheers.) Let her have an out and-out opponent rather than a fellow who professed himself her friend, yet by every act proved himself her enemy. Sir Joshua Walmsley calculated upon getting a great number of votes from the circumstance of his having joined various clubs. This was a fact which his friends confidently asserted. For this purpose it was that he had become a Forester, a Freemason, and an Oddfellow. (Hear.) An odd fellow he undoubtedly was. (Laughter.) He (Mr. Smith) had stated that Sir Joshua W'almsley professed himself a friend to the poor man. Now he (Mr. Smith) had in his possession a letter from one of those unfortunate sufferers, a few years ago, by the attempt successfully made to reduce the wages of the corn porters. Their wages were reduced somewhat consider ably. The corn porters wished to be put upon the same footing, with regard to wages, as other porters, but this was opposed by some, and by none in the trade more strenuously than Sir Joshua Walmsley. (Hear.) The argument he used in support of the reduction was this—that he could send over to Ireland and get men to work for him from there at Is (id or 2s a day. (Hear, hear.) Let the meeting mark that. The wages of agricultural labourers in Ireland did not on the average exceed 10d a day ; Sir Joshua knew this, and no doubt thought that earning only 10d a day in their own country, they would be willing to come to him for Is Gd or 2s a day. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Mr. Smith then commented on the fact of Sir Joshua Walmsley having been the principal means of introducing the new poor law here, and at considerable length explained how a repeal of the corn laws would lower the price of labour. Ile con cluded a most effective speech by expressing a hope that the feeling exhibited in the meeting would animate the constitu ency on the day of trial, and that all electors would join heart and hand in returning by a triumphant majority Lord San don and Mr. Cresswell. Mr. TIDMAN, in seconding the motion, exposed the reck less extravagance of the present administration in the ma nagement of thefmances of the country.—The resolution was then carried. Mr. SHEPPARD moved the second resolution in an able address. It was seconded by Mr. Hail., and unanimously carried. Mr. HonsraiL, in proposing the third resolution, con tended that Lord Bandon had been a better representative of Liverpool than either Mr. Canning or Mr. Cresswell. Al luding to the corn laws he shewed by a reference to the fixed prices of cotton wool, that manufactured goods could not be produced cheaper than they were at present, unless a reduc tion took place in the price of labour ; and that a repeal of those laws would, by throwing an immense extent of land out of cultivation, deprive two millions of agricultural la bourers of employment, whose competition would also fur ther decrease wages in the manufacturing districts. The resolution was then carried. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. HARBORD, Mr. CHARLES SMITH, and Dr. Hannostn ; and all the resolutions having been adopted, it separated amongst enthu siastic cheers at the prospects of conservative success at the forthcoming election. FIRE. —Friday morning, between one and two o'clock, a fire was discovered in one of the sheds on the Duke of Bridge water's wharf, Wapping, occupied as a ship-store and sail maker's work-shop by Mr. Southern. Four engines, accom panied by water-carts and a strong body of the fire brigade, under the active superintendence of Mr. Hewitt, were speed ily on the spot, and having a good supply of water, the tire was soon got under. At one time it had an alarming appear ance, owing to the goods being of a combustible nature. Neither the stock nor premises were insured. THE STEAMEB. SEEN AT SEA. — In our last we felt it our duty to give publicity to a communication from Bristol, an nouncing that on Tuesday last, Captain Burgess, of the Osprey steamer, from Waterford to Bristol, perceived at a distance of four-and-a-half miles, a large crippled steamer, which he took from her appearance to be the President, and so reported, in a letter addressed by him to the owners of that vessel. The intelligence caused considerable sensation in Bristol, and expresses were .nstantly sent to London, and accounts published in the morning papers which raised a hope there that the vessel seen mightfbe the ill-fated Presi dent. On Thursday evening, the subject was mentioned in the house of Lords, when Lord Tinto, first lord of the ad miralty, though he did not believe the strange sail was the President, yet said orders should be transmitted forthwith to the admiral commanding at Plymouth, to dispatch a steam ship in search of the " immense crippled steamer" seen by the Osprey. In Liverpool, after the painful disappoint ments which previous reports of the safety of the Presi dent had caused, no reliance was placed on the supposition that the vessel seen in the channel might be her ; though it was admitted the description came nearer the appearance of ' the President than any previously given of vessels seen at sea and supposed to have been her. All uncertainty was, however, removed on Saturday morning, by the arrival here of the Birmingham, Captain Church, from Dublin. On the previous night, shortly after ten o'clock, when off the Sker ries, Captain Church caught sight o f the Manchester, (one of the two steamers built at Hamb urg h , and as we stated on Friday, on her way: to this port t o receive her' the appearance of which being rather singular, h e e n s g t i e r e le reci towards and spoke her, when h e ascertained what she was, and where from. By the delay caused by this deviation out of the direct path, he lost his tide into Liverpool ; but he deserves great praise for having approached a strange and singular-looking sail, which he supposed, no doubt, if not the President, was some steamer-lookingvessel in distress. The Manchester now lies in the'iafi, a ra n r Dock. She r .Seshte sized s ze z d l handsome vessel, but is not larger ' channel steamers, and how an experienced eye, at a distance of four or five miles only, could take her for a steamer of " immense size is really surprising. • -; 2' •-• „ - , • - •- ; . ) , • ' • MEETING of TUE FRIENDS 'of spa WALMSLET. Last night a meeting of the friends of Sir J. Wellesley took place at the Amphitheatre, for the purpose of adopting measures, in a vain endeavour, to secure his election as a member for this borough in the approaching contest. The house, notwithstanding the vaunting announcements on the walls, and the sanguine expectations of his patrons, was by no means crowded. On the contrary, there were more than ample verge and elbow-room enough for an audience in every part, of at least one-fourth more. The paucity and lake warmness, indeed, of the assemblage, considering the `• im portance" of the occasion, formed a striking contrast to the density and enthusiasm of the half-yearly meeting of tke Operative Protestant Association, on Friday last,—albeit they had not one of their candidates at their back. We leans fi om this how the wind blows, and what, in fine, will be the final result, stormy though it may be, of the approaching contest. . Colonel WiLtiklts took the chair, arid, as is kis wont, opened the business of the evening in a short address, mere remarkable for vociferation than argument. Mr. RATHBO'NE followed, in his bawling tone, " a little louder, but as empty quite," almost " splitting the ears of the groundlings," who, in gratitude for his tickling of these auricular appendages amongst them, that in longitude were by no means scanty, humoured his bent to the top of their own " sweet voices." He proposed a resolution, nomi nating Mr. Walmsley as their candidate at the ensuing eled ion. Mr. JOSEPH EWA RT seconded the nomination, and point ed out Walmsley and Palmerston as the men on whom the electors could alone depend. The chairman put the resolution, and it was- carried. Sir J. WALMSLEY came forward amidst prolonged ap plause. He expressed his satisfaction and gratitude at the manner in which his name had been received ; that, indeed, he carried with him the friendship and affections of a large body of the liberals of the town. He wished he could say of a larger portion of those whom he knew to be as zealous as his friends or himself in the cause of reform ; but he regretted to find, that some kept aloof from the erasion stance that he had himself sprung from the humbler dames. ' He, however, respected their scruples, in consideration of Their zeal in the cause, and trusted that they would yet merge all minor difference, in support of the common objectsthsy had in view. After alluding to his personal character which was well known to them all; to the flattering and pressing circum stances under which he had acceded to the wishes of the requisionists that he should become a candidate ; to his commercial education, his habits of business, and his ac quaintance with the town, its institutions and affairs,—be stated that he was bound to them by interest and affection, and would, if elected, devote his best exertions to promote their welfare. His opinions were already known, but be should briefly advert to the political tenets which he enter tained from conviction. He should endeavour to earry out the broad principles he entertained, and which asked fer nothing for them which he would not concede to others. Those principles struck at the root of monopoly; and he should always advocate free trade, so far as it could consistently be carried out, without favouring selfish ends. Those principles were not new or theoretical, but had been advocated by the late lamented Mr. Huskisson, who kad be gun at the close of his career to promulgate them, so far as he then could, and had he lived, would have carried them out against the greater monopolies of which they had now se much to complain. Under the reciprocity system of that distinguished legislator, the country had flourished at home and abroad. An outcry had been raised against Mr. H. at the time : but he soon saw his anticipations of national bene fit begin to be realized. Sir Joshua here related an antidote on the subject. The manufacturing population of Hudders field were so adverse to free trade, that they burned Mr. Huskisson in effigy. Shortly atterwards he (Sir Joshua) happened to be passing through that town, and found the operatives very busy in manufacturing the three coloured silk handkerchiefs, and earning good wages. On enquiry, he found that they were for the metropolis of France. and that the workpeople were blessing the man who had found them such employment. The woollen trade had also flourished the moment the duty was reduced—another proof of the benefits of a removal of commercial restrictions. The duty laid upon food was the most wicked and heinous of all; and the sliding scale was, as truly said,. an infernal ma chine. What they sought for was simple justice—nothing more and nothing less—and they set out upon the principle of total repeal. The present duties on food struck at the root of our national prosperity is every point. (Loud cries of " hear.") The tones would not permit the question to be even discussed. Their watchword ought to be " free trade against monopoly," if they wished that their enemies should have full play. He had just been asked a question re lative to the Irish, and he would say in reply, that he saw nothing in the character of the Irish, in their pursuits, in their condition, and in their wants and their kindly feelings, to consider them different from ourselves or less entitled to partake of the benefits he desired to obtain for his own coun trymen. He then alluded to the great success of his canvas. so far through the town, adding that he hoped to be excused if he could not see every elector, as he himself wished, as that, he found, would occupy twelve months. His inter course had more than ever confirmed his opinions in favour of the ballot, for many would, but dare not, give him their votes. He concluded by saying that his heart and soul was with them all; that he sought to be their representative not for his own sake, but for theirs, but that if they desired to secure his humble services in their behalf, they must be up and stirring. He sat down amidst loud cheers.. Mr. ALLISON moved a resolution, appointing a committee, of about 300, to conduct Sir J. Vv'almsley's election. This was seconded by Mr. Wx. BROWN, and was carried unanimously. Mr. JOHN TAYLOR moved a resolution, complimenting Mr. Hume, Mr. Ewart, and Mr. Thornely, for their vain. able report on free trade, which had induced ministers be bring forward their recent measures. Mr. Slum, seconded the motion in a speech in bekalf of the St. Domingo coffee he had on sale, and it was carried. Several other speakers followed, and thanks being voted to the chairman, the meeting dispersed. SINGULAR MATRIMONIAL CZRUDlONT.—Testerclay, at the Police-court, two men, Isaac M'Neille and John Hen derson, were placed at the bar before Mr. Rushton; the latter, a young man, on a charge of falsely personating him self as a clergyman, and marrying a couple in a private house ; and the other, his senior, with aiding and abetting in the deception. Mr. Dowling stated the case briefly to the court. as one of an extraordinary nature, adding, that under the pretence set up, money to the amount of six shillings had been received for the solemnization of the ceremony. The newly but falsely wedded couple appeared together in the witness-box. The bridegroom, a decent looking and rather well dressed country-looking man of apparently about 43 years of age, said, that he had come from Ireland the day before, in company with his female partner, who appeared to be somewhat under thirty. He was on his way to Manchester in search of work, and being desirous of getting married ta the young woman, who would proceed no further with him unless the nuptial knot were tied, he (simple man !) accosted the elder prisoner in the street, and asked him the way to a church, stating, as he did not like to disclose his own affairs to a stranger, that a friend of his wished to be married without loss of time. The prisoner pointed to the church ; but immediately afterwards told complainant that he could net be married there without the banns being put up for two sac cessive Sundays; but that he knew a man who was quali fied to do so for a very moderate sum without that preliminary, and who had solemnized the marriage of his own sister, who had since lived i n great comfort and happiness with her husband in Cheshire. Theo persuaded, the loving pair accompanied him to a house, be knew not in what street, where it appeared preparations were soon made to inveigle them. They found sonic men and two women there, and were ushered into a room np stairs, which the female (an equally simple country woman) described as being very finely furnished. Books were plaeed on the table, and the younger prisoner proceeded to perform the ceremony. Books were placed on the table to give the matter a show of publicity. The assumed divine joined the hands of the couple, placed the ring on her finger, and went through the ceremony with a gravity that lulled their suspi cions at the time, concluding by making them both knish The charge for the service performed was stated at first to be 10s. ; but as the bridegroom had not so much, it was agreed to take Gs., which was handed to " the clergyman," and by him to his accomplices. Marriage lines (produced) were afterwards given to the parties. Some suspicion of foul play afterwards darted across the mind of the female, and her " intended," as she termed him ; and information was given to the police, who apprehended the officiator and his companion. The case excited considerable interest and amusement in the court, and no little sympathy for the agrieved couple, who gave thier testimony very-clearly. Mr. Oweu cross-questioned both at some length, and took the ground that the offence was merely one of obtaining money under false pretences, and wished to shew that the male complainant had expressed a wish to be married in any manner, so as to secure his " intended." But in this he entirely failed. The magistrate read abstracts from twe distinct marriage acts, showing that to personate a clergy man and marry a couple, not in a church, or licensed place, without a special license so to do, was to all intents and purposes a libel, and even subjected the party er parties to 14 years' transportation. He strongly reprehended the conduct of the offenders, the younger of whom said be was drawn into the act in mere joke, and committed them both for trial, expressing a wish, that in so heartless a case, the penalty, severe as it was, would be carried into effect. THE IMPOSTER CAVANAGII.—We are surprised& t the Mercury turning tail upon his friends the Papists, sad ac tually sneering at that genuine popish Miracle-worker, Barnv Cavanagh. This is the unkindest cut of all ; but ere suspect the Mercury is not entirely in the secret, and is net aware that Cavanagh was first introduced to public notice by the Boman Catholic Curate of Clanmorris, in the county Mayo, one Father M`Hale, a near relative, by the way, of the celebrated archbishop of that ilk. This is the first import of the kind we have had from the sister isle, and the experiment, we understand, has been wonderfully successful. Let popery, however, only get a little more encouragement, and we shall have plenty of them. The •` beast" has ever been prolific in this way. HonGE PonGx.—The whigs are likely to make a com plete Hodge Podge of their electioneering proceedings at the approaching contest. What with Palmerston, and Walmsley, and their excellent supporters, the Protectors' Society, a nice dish is stewing. It was reported yesterday that the friends of Sir Joshua are contemplatini putting Mr. H. F. Atkinson up as a candidate. A whimsical publi cation, y'clept the Hodge Podge, we perceive is announced to make its appearance on Wednesday. A similar periodical made its appearance at Nottingham during the late election, and caused no little excitement the whole time. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A CHlLD. — Yestorday, an inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., touching flits death of Timothy Kehoe. The deceased, who was a year and four months old, lived with his parents in Arley-street. On Saturday evening last, about seven o'clock, he was left with his sister, who is three years old, in a room, by Ms mother who had occasion to go out. There was a perusing fall of dirty water lying behind the room door, and on her return, in about ten minutes, she found her daughter sitting on a chest, close by the window, screaming. She tnraell round and saw the deceased, with his head and sands in the mug of water, and with his feet up. He w as apparently dead. A su rgeon was b rought directly, but the vital spar k was extinct. Th e j ury returned a verdict to the e ff ec t th a t the deceased w as f oun d d rowned, b ut hew h e got i n to the water there was no evidence. a r Another in ques t was h e ld on v i ew o f th e b o dy of Willi" CFttrrieall.l,,a wiw mem ber io as about 40 years of age, and a em ber if Friendly Society. • On Sunday morni • ng, at a very early hour, the deceased was found in an *Cry, in Renshaw. street, in a state of insensibility, and though several persons went to his assistance, and a doctor was called in, he soon afterwards expired. It appeared that the deceased ),ad beta ailing for some months ; and had been attended by Mr. Dodd, surgeon. He complained of a co ntinued pain in hit the chest, and Mr. Dodd prescr ibed for him, andcautioned s against drinking spirits, but he said be could d not do without a little now and then. He (Mr. D.) had no oubt but death was caused by a rapture of a vessel in the chest, protium/1 buts bus it j is ti t s h t." by natural l O N or accordingly. y nterpretatioith of th e DEFINITION or ilia WORD " LIBERAL." .... Cite quarrelnlllDb e w r i o ti f n th a e me Onot s, them are tact vary Cruilcshanks,An i and such opposite i tore; yliesth,edas, ssaoys,man term s quoted are afloat, and as some of h n i e s v fl er rst intelligible, I wish explicitly to I U eh! enter my protest against ever y re ading of the word ' liberal,' es • save that which I find attributeial to 'lt I aPPlicable tia se, i ns ly forgotten iii*l dictionary-4 •and win ig a famtlealati, yew. oa t, not stem 4, ~...., rim ....1