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THE COMING ELECTION ..--___,.....----- MR. LIDDELL AT THE AMPHITHEATRE DDELL, at his second public appearance, which was made on Wednesday in the Amphitheatre, was en thusiastically received by a crowded meeting. Mr. Charles Turner, with whom was Mr, Liddell, was very warmly received. Mr. Li Mr. EDMUND MOLYNEUX, who presided, regretted the necessity they were under to elect new members ; but in Messrs. Liddell and Horsfall they had found gentlemen who, he had no doubt, would be acceptable to ail. Mr. J. A. TOBIN moved the first resolution :—" That the cordial thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby given, to Charles Turner, Esp. [immense cheering and waving of hats,]—and to William Forbes Mackenzie, Esq.,—(renewed cheers,)—for the zeal and ability which they have always displayed in attending to the interests of this borough in Parliament ; and that this meeting views with extreme disapproval the late pro ceedings adopted by the Radical party, which have de prived the town of the benefit of their services." (Loud cheering.) In alluding to the last Conservative triumph, Mr. Tobin said :—" That triumph you achieved by a glorious majority, through the exertions of those gentle men whom I see around me and before me ; and I ven ture to predict, from the enthusiastic tone of this meet ing, that you are determined to achieve a still greater victory—(loud cheers)—if our opponents should venture to take their candidate to the poll.—(Hisses. A Voice : " They daren't !") Mr. Henry Steele seconded the reso lution, which was carried antanimoualy. la reapondiog to this vote, Mr. CHARLES TURNER delivered a feeling and effective speech, which was listened to with great respect, and cheered with enthusiasm. He referred in the first place to the feeling of pride with which he had received the requisition to stand for Liverpool. a pride which was jus tified by his return with a majority of 1,500 above the highest of his opponents. " I have no longer, gentlemen," continued Mr. Turner, " the distinguished honour of being your representative, but the decision of no com mittee can deprive me of the honour of that requisition. (Applause.) Nor can anything efface from my mind my deep sense of gratitude to the constituency of Liverpool, for the kindness which I have received. Gentlemen, it is not my wish or my desire to arraign the decision of the parliamentary committee ; still less is it my wish to im pugn, for a moment, the personal honour of any of its members ; but, gentlemen, without doing either, with the report of that committee in my hands, I may be allowed to express my opinion, that the provisions of a very strin gent law have been construed more in the letter than in the spirit, and I may also be allowed to express an opinion that a parliamentary committee, constituted as it is with a party bias, is not a fit tribunal for deciding—(hear, hear)—those nice questions of law which have a material bearing upon the state of parties in the House of Commons. Gentlemen, no one, I think, will venture to say for a mo ment, that the last election did not represent the will of the constituency of Liverpool. (Hear, hear.) If any one was hardy enough to venture such an assertion previous to the late inquiry, would he say so now ? (A Voice : " No.") What has become of those charges which were so freely made previous to that inquiry ? What has become of the personal charge which was made against my own honour ? That charge was scouted by the committee itself. (Cheers.) What has become of those charges of extensive bribery and corruption—sovereigns hid in rosettes ? (Hear, herr.) What has become of the charge of debauching the employee 3 of the post-office ? Why, gentlemen, all these charges—the gravamen of the case—all these charges have fallen dead. (Cheers.) And what has been the result of the three weeks' inquiry before this committee, pre ceded, let me tell you, by many months of inquiry, guided by the ablest and the most skilful legal knowledge that London,Liverpool,and even I believe Southampton could produce, and carried on, too, totally regardless of expense? Why, gentlemen, the result of the investigation has been that 25 labouring men having been given a day's holiday by their masters, those masters thought fit do pay the day's wages of those men. (Hear. hear.) Ido not mean to say that that was legal—(" No ")—but, gentlemen, what is a holiday to a labouring man if his family are to starve for it ? - (Cheers.) No master with a kind heart would give his man a holiday and mulct him of his wages. (" No.") Well, then, gentlemen, what else was proved before this committee ? Why, thus much was proved, that at the different places of rendezvous where voters were assembled for the purpose of being conveyed to the poll, refreshments were on the table, of which those voters partook ; but what do the committee say to this ? They say that the payments made were not above the average wages earned by those men. They might have said that in many cases they were not nearly equal to them. (Hear, hear.) What do this committee further state? They state that the refreshments were not of an extrava gant nature, and then they say that your members knew nothing about those payments or refreshments ; and then, gentlemen, we are unseated. Ido not mean to say that this is not law. I believe the decision of the committee was strictly legal ; but T do mean to say that it is not within the intention or the spirit of the act of parliament. The act of parliament is meant to check payment as a motive to vote ; but the committee also say that those payments were not the motives which induced the decision of the electors. (Hear.) Well, then, does the bitterest Whig or Radical in the town believe that the payments to those men influenced the votes one way or the other ? (" No.") R hy, it is notoriously not the case. Those payments were made for the support of men's families, and had no more to do with influencing a vote than if they had been made to men in any other part of the kingdom. Am I not justified, then, in saying that the result of this inquiry reflects no discredit upon you or myself ? (" None.") Gentlemen, for myself I will only say that, proud as I was when I received the requisition from 2,000 electors of Liverpool,—proud as I was when returned at the head of the poll by so large a majority,— I feel still prouder to-day to receive those marks of sym pathy which you have shown to me, and of the good opinion entertained of me after the twelve months' expe rience that you have had of my conduct. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, I have detained you too long. The great object of our meeting to-day is to hear addresses from my hon. friend, Mr. Liddell, and from my friend, Mr. Horsfall, as the representative of our esteemed and respected' townsman, his brother, Mr. Thomas Berry Horsfall. Those gentlemen will speak for themselves, and for myself I will only further say, that if anything could alleviate my disappointment, and the regret that I must feel for losing the distinguished honour that I have had, that regret would be alleviated, in the first place, by the kindness and the good opinion with which you have received me and which you express for me. That, gentlemen, is a balm to every wound; that, gentlemen, I shall always prize as long as I live; and, gentlemen, the next source of alleviation is the satisfaction of think ing that those places which have been vacated by myself and by Mr. Mackenzie will, I have no doubt, be so ably and so worthily filled. (Loud cheers.) Mr. LIDDELL, in the course of a lengthened address, expressed his sympathy with the meeting in their vote of thanks to Mr. Charles Turner and Mr. Forbes Mac. kenzie, the latter one of his old and valued friends. " There is not a heart in this assembly," he said, " that beats with more true and sincere sympathy, or that feels more for the loss of the services of those valued men." Allow me to say, also, that if any consolation can be given to gentlemen in their circumstances. Mr. Turner has most truly expressed the feeling that must necessarily animate his bosom, that it is almost worth while for a man once in his life to be the victim of injustice—the victim of a vicarious punishment for the sins imputed to others—im puted, I say, but not proved against them. (Hear, hear.) It is worth a man's while to become for once the victim of such a trial as that, when the result is the manifestation of such a feeling as I have this day seen displayed towards my friend Mr. Turner. (Cheers.) Till within a very few days I had not the honour and the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with Mr. Turner. That gentleman sponta neously, as soon as the verdict of the committee was announced, did me the great honour to call upon me in London, when he made use of language which it would not be becoming in me to repeat, but which he has par tially repeated to you himself to-day. He called upon me to state that he had heard with pleasure that I was to be selected as a candidate for Liverpool, and to offer me, on behalf of his late constituency, all the advice he could give me, and all the knowledge of the interests of the town, which he placed at once at my service. (Applause.) This, gentlemen, is the character you desire to see in a public man. This is the character you wish to see dis played, when a man puts himself altogether out of the question, and directs his thoughts only to the interests of those who have invested him with responsibility. This is conduct which I should he proud to take as my example, and proud to imitate." (Applause.) Mr. Liddell passed in review the injustice of parliamentary election com mittees ; an "able but improper" leading article in the Times of the previous day on the subject of the recent election battles; the subject of the Navigation Laws; the Merchant Seamen's Act, and the Pilotage Bill—holding that we should have a fair as well as a free trade ; the Ballot, which he would strenuously oppose ; and the pros perity which he saw in store for Britain, from the present emigration movement. __ 11tr. GEORGE HENRY Ho RSFA Ix, as the representative of his brother, Mr. T. B. Horsfall. then came forward, and was about to address the assemblage, whereupon a shout was raised of " Three cheers for Brlnlley-Mocire." This was met by cries of "No split," " Turn him out " " Order," "Horsfall ," &c. O rd er having been restored' Mr. Horsfall rose an d s p oke at some length. His brother, Mr. Horsfall , had n o sympathy with the present anoma lous amalgamation which, under the premiership of Lord Aberdeen, at present governed this country. (A Voice : " Three cheers for Lord Aberdeen.") He was certain that Mr. Horsfall viewed with much distrust and suspi cion the close proximity which existed between the Popish Solicitor-General for Ireland and the writer of the Durham letter, and that he would view with suspicion any measure which might emanate from the jesuitical brain of their late opponent, Mr. Cardwell. (Hisses, confusion, and cries of " Turn him out.") Mr. FRANCIS SHAND moved a resolution approving of the nomination of the Hon. H. T. Liddell and Mr. T. B. Horsfall as candidates for the representation of this borough at the ensuing election, and pledging the meet -1.9g . to use the most zealous and earnest efforts to secure their triumphant return._ ., ------ - Mr. JAMES HOLME seconded the resolution, which was likewise supported by Mr. Edward Mitchell, of West Derby-road, an old freeman, and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman, moved by Mr. LIDDELL, and seconded by Mr. CHARLES TURNER, brought the meeting to a close at two o'clock. WARD MEETINGS. SCOTLAND WARD. The Conservati v e electors met on Tuesday evening at Mr. Pyecroft's, the Wheataheaf public-house, Scotland.. road; Mr. R. W. Houghton in the chair. Mr. WM. CLARK moved a resolution declaring Messrs. Liddell and Horsfall to be fit and eligible candidates to represent Liverpool in parliament. The speaker com plained that he had not an opportunity of answering a charge which he said had been made against him of having bribed a number of voters, and stated that the fact would cause him to redouble his exertions on the present occasion. Mr. JAMES BcnnorGus seconded the resolution, and it was passed. On the motion of Mr. THOS. WATSON, a vote of thanks was passed to Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner for their services in parliament, and an expression of sympathy at the resin; of the parliamentary committee of incitury. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JULY Mr. Carson presided at the meeting held on Wednesday evening at Halliday's coffee-house, Everton. EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARDS. Liverpool on this and similar occasions. (Loud cheers.) He was also gratified at the extraordinary accuracy with which every word which fell from the lips of those who addressed them was, in the course of a few hours, reported in their journals, and he was gratified at this accuracy, because all he desired was, that whatever fell from him should be faithfully reported. (Applause.) He re ferred to the question of Mr. Walpole's proposed mea sure to stop bribery, treating, and intimidation at elections ; and replied to some comments on his Am phitheatre speech, published in one of the local papers, finding fault with his expressed opinion, that the House of Commons ought to resign its judicial powers in all matters connected with the trials of controverted elections. In reference to some personal observations in the same paper, the hon. gentleman said he put forward no claim to represent Liverpool; but if they wished to know his qualifications or his knowledge on commercial subjects, ask him and they should hear what he knew. (Hear, and cheers.) He did happen to know something of trade and commerce. For fourteen or fifteen years he had represented, in the House of Commons, a community as great in their commercial pursuits, as numerous, and more numerous than the community of Liverpool —as intelligent and as capable to judge of the qualifications of their representative even as the electors of Liverpool. (Hear, hear.) Commercial matters had been made familiar to him by the intercourse he had with this indus trious community. The article wound up by saying— " Mr. Liddell is a respectable country gentleman." He (Mr. Liddell) was very much obliged to him for the com pliment paid him. He assured him it was a great honour the appellation of being a respectable country gentleman ; but he said, " he is a respectable country gentleman, with a family of some fifteen or sixteen little Hannibals to pro vide for." (Great laughter and cheering.) The editor of the Times had given him two more—(children)— than the Almighty had thought proper to give him, and he had not all at present. He had eleven children, and out of them only four could be counted as Hannibals, because only four were of the male gender. (Cheers.) The great Carthagenian warrior was sworn by his father, on the altar of his country, never, so long as he lived, to desist, until his wrongs were avenged. (Cheers.) If that GREAT GEORGE, PITT-STREET, RODNEY- were the reason that his children were called Han- STREET, ST. PETER'S, AND ABERCROMBY nibals, he was content to devote them to his country. WARDS. (Hear, and great applause.) But, more than that, he had A meeting of the electors of these wards was convened devoted them to his country. (Continued applause.) at the Assembly-rooms, Great George-street, on Thurs. His (Mr. Liddell's) youngest son was at that moment day evening, and was most numerously attended. The quartered in the Amatoro Mountains, engaged in the war reception of Mr. Liddell was enthusiastic. Mr. Conn- with the Kaffirs, and exposed to all the dangers of that cillor Hugh Neill occupied the chair. I barbarous warfare, and last time he wrote to him he said The CHAIRMAN said that for twenty-two years he had what a luxury it would be to be again in a bed, or under watched the elections in Liverpool, and he never saw so , a roof. (Cheers.) His second son was about to embark, true, and faithful, and honest an election as the last, at Cork, with the 81st Regiment, in which he held a cap representing the wishes of the great majority of the elec- I tain's commission, to join the forces in India. (Cheers.) tors—(cheers) ;—but it was hard to tell what blighted , He was a midshipman at the age of 13, and fought through hopes might do with persons whose minds were not very the whole of the China war as a mere boy. (Applause.) well regulated. (Laughter, and cheers.) i He, young as he was, wore a medal on his breast for the Mr. Outs. Camos, of Pitt-street Ward, proposed the p dangers he went through, and the privations he endured first resolution :—" That this meeting views with great in that war which they had read of, but which none of disapprobation the factious conduct which characterised them experienced. (Cheers.) He, young as he was, was the late petition of the Whig-Radical party, and cannot absent for five Christmasses running, four of which were allow this opportunity to pass without expressing their • spent in the four quarters of the globe. (Cheers.) He great regret that such paltry proceedings should have de- was the second Hannibal, who, according to the Liver prived the town of the valuable services of Chas. Turner, pool Times, I want to quarter on the country. (Cheers Esq., and William Forbes Mackenzie, Esq., to whom this and laughter.) His (Mr. Liddell's) eldest son was en meeting begs to offer their cordial sympathy." gaged in the service of his country in the Commons Mr. Councillor J. A. TosiN, in an eloquent and pithy House of Parliament, representing a great and enlight speech, seconded the resolution, which was carried unani- ened community ; and, although in delicate health, he mously. Mr. Tobin alluded to the failure of the attempt was one of those who sat last on the benches of the on the part of the Whig-Radical party to obtain candi- House of Commons in order that the writ might be issued dates, and stated that they had put forward the name of for the borough of Liverpool. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Lid- Mr. Bramley.Moore in order to sow the seeds of discord dell) had but one more Hannibal to provide for— in the Conservative party. (Hear, hear.) This, he (laughter)—and he was incapacitated by real infirmity warned the electors present, was only a weak invention from taking an active line of life ; he was engaged as a of the enemy ; and he stated, that immediately the deci- clerk in a public office, driving his fingers off with accounts sion of the parliamentary committee was made known in repugnant to his feelings and nature, at the enormous the town, a meeting of the Conservative party took place, salary of £9O per year. (Cheers.) at which the various wards were represented, when the Mr. G. H. HORSFALL came forward, and was loudly names of the Hon. Mr. Liddell, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, and cheered. He referred to an artiele in the Mercury, Mr. Bramley-Moore were brought forward, and, after charging him with presumption in having accepted the the fullest consideration, it was decided that the Hon. requisition on the part of his brother, and asked was it Mr. Liddell and Mr. Horsfall were fit and proper persons presumption that he should act on his brother's behalf to represent the borough. (Cheers, and a Voice " Mr, the second time the honour had been offered to him ? Bramley-Moore ought to deny it.") (Cries of " No.") He then referred to a speech delivered The CHAIRMAN then introduced in Newcastle, in 1844, by Mr. Geo. Stephenson, who The Honourable Mr. LIDDELL, who was received with stated that the first locomotive engine he ever constructed loud cheers and Kentish fire, and who delivered a length- was for and with the money of Lord Ravensworth. ened speech. As a perfect stranger he should never have (Cheers.) Was any one who could appeal to such an presumed to solicit the honour of representing Liverpool, antecedent as that a stranger in Liverpool ? (Hear, and had he not been induced to do so by representations which cheers.) They might fairly trace their vast railway enter made him feel that were he to shrink from his post he prise to Lord Ravensworth,—and there stood his son. Should not be fulfilling the duty which he owed to his (Great applause.) He inculcated strongly the necessity country. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Now, when that of union, which would cause them to be triumphantly was the question between him (Mr. Liddell) and their successful. (Cheers.) respected, and, he believed, very able townsman, Mr. Mr. NIXON proposed the following resolution :—" That Bramley Moore, Mr. Bramley-Moore must perceive that this meeting, from the admirable sentiments enunciated by it was not by his fault or by his presence that he was the Hon." Henry Thomas Liddell this evening, and at the kept out from the post to which he possibly might, and other meetings which he has attended and addressed the with justice, aspire ; but it was because an opinion had electors, and from the well-known opinions held by our been expressed, by the vast majority of the Conservative respected townsman, Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq.. (so constituency at Liverpool, that an humble individual like ably represented by his brother, George Henry Horsfall, himself should be thought worthy to represent this great , Esq.,) think them highly qualified as candidates for the ' town. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) There was nothing representation of this borough in parliament, and hereby like putting the matter on a right footing at starting— ' pledge itself to use every exertion to secure their return." (cheers)—and he need not say that, if any expression of Mr. RIDING seconded the motion, which was unani public opinion were given against him (Mr. Liddell), he mously agreed to, and after a few words from Mr. BOLD, should not lose a moment in at once withdrawing himself and a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, the pro from their notice. (Hear, hear.) ceedings terminated. Mr. G. H. HORSFALL followed the honourable candi date, and in the course of his remarks desired to say one MEETING IN THE COTTON SALES-ROOM. word with respect to Mr. Bramley-Moore. They had On Saturday, at noon ' a large meeting of the friends and sup seen placards upon the walls inviting the electors to sign porters of the Ho n . H.T. Liddell and Mr. T. B. Horsfall was a requisition to that gentleman to allow himself to be put , held in the Cotton Sales-room. Mr. Liddell entered the room in nomination at the ensuing election. For the first time precisely at twelve o'clock, accompa n i e d by M essrs . Ed mun d Moser ollThos.ne o xa n izie a s m Ty i zier 4 i a 3 i al >;ittledale, Robert ,r Edwards est on some of them had been permitted to catch a glimpse of that requisition—(hear)—for the first time that day it had Robt Hors tall, Wm. RoWett, &c. appeared upon the Liverpool Exchange, where it had On the proposition of Mr. H. 1- __ ITTLIMALE, Mr. Jas. Tyrer always been the custom to place requisitions of the kind was cowed - upon to preside. • at the outset ; and he thought the meeting would agree this he felt it a 'l' withas t e ourlee heo r d e i di) pleasing n e . 7l duty in taking the chair asmac on as occasion he ho, te than nto o with him that it was only a proper mark of respect to ta find much fa t those who had been in the habit of taking a prominent former member, Mr. Cardwell, on account of broken promises. lead in these matters that it should be so. (Hear, hear.) (Hear, hear.) He was proud to place before them as fitting For the first time, that day the requisition had made its candidates for the suffrages of the electors of Liverpool, the appearance ; it 'was there for some time that afternoon, names of the Hon. H. I'. Liddell and Mr. T. B. Horsfan, and during the period it was there he had the satisfaction (Cheer Ts.) Mr. T. E. Moss moved the first resolution. It had been the to tell the meeting there were only about 15 or 16 names boast, he said, on former occasions, that, in this borough of added to it, and amongst those names, the first name at , Liverpool, all the acrimony, and feeling, and party-spirit tached to the requisition was the name of Mr. Samuel which was indispensably connected with a great struggle, Mellor, the radical representative of Everton ward. (Oh ! had generally vanished on the declaration of the poll. (Hear, Oh !) The next gentleman whose name appeared there hear.) But how different had been the conduct of their oppo was that of Mr. T. L. Hodson. (Loud laughter.) He nents t a i t a n ) e ee la n te t a election. t ltla (Hear, hear.) n T The Conservative sr. p o ff was not sure that he could describe that gentleman's the O r pinion of Liverpool, that there had been a large number of politics; but they would be better able to understand purchased votes, and that not only were men bribed with ss., them when he told them that, at the late municipal elec- but it was publicly stated nine months ago that many mer tion, he was put forward in St. Ann's ward in opposition chants on the Exchange were connected with these proceed to their highly-respectable fellow-townsman, Mr. Francis lugs. (Hear, hear.) This _was a grievous charge which Shand. supportssrs with v o i n d e ti jn. e u and e; rtf Ronald—(hisses)—werel eyhanon etenvt b .e o r u e n t c he t , o . Shand. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers for Mr. Shand.) Ilfe The next name was that of Mr. Towers, of the Angel, b ound i n honour to withdraw it. great cheering.) He be (Cries of " Oh, oh," and " Mr. Macfie.") They could lieved they would agree with him in asserting that their late connect that with the name of Mr. Macfie if they pleased. members, during the time they represented this borough in (Cheers and laughter.) Now for one remark, and he had Parliament, did their duty to the town. (Hear, hear.) The done. (A Voice : " Was not old Rathbone there ?") He r a eF e r v e i t ate lley ni fel i t 3 a t t h t e h t e ta ir m b es ei o n f g ti t te ake e n t l e way from them was was quite willing to leave Mr. Rathbone in their hands. " brought before trieir notice. alear, g he n ar.) m He had the satisfaction of receiving from him £ll 4s. for moved " That this meeting feels it to be their duty to give their In w con o du T s n ion, he his expenses to London. (Cheers.) There was not a warmest thanks to Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie. for the un shadow of doubt but that this requisition to Mr. Moore deviating attention displayed by them while representatives in had been set on foot exclusively by those whose interest Parliament of the vast commercial inte res t s o f thi s b oroug h ; cordial regret that the bond has it was to sow disunion amongst them. (Cheers.) He and en that s o i r " t e offers au re t l he s m eve i i t •ed c . B concluded by strongly urging them to be united in the be Mr. J i o ' FIN MYEITS briefly seconded the proposition, which coming struggle. (Cheers.) was carried by acclamation. Mr. THOMAS BOLD, having been vehemently called The Hon. H. T. LIDDELL, having been introduced by the for, said, in reference to the requisition to Mr. Bramley- Chairman, amidst loud cheers, spoke to the following effect : After the able sp ee ch from Mr. Moss, in moving the resolution, Moore, he said he believed that ever since that gentleman f n e e lt c s o o nfe e ssn i t t or ti ti n ie i fi n r a st d( t i i r m es e si s n ince h h e entered Liverpool, he s placed himself before the public of Liverpool as a public character, there had been no one more friendly towards he saw before ?lim o . He laboured such large him than he (Mr. Bold) had been. He had always he had never experienced before; for, on former occasions, he thought, and he had no reason to think otherwise, that knew what topics were likely to interest his audience, and he he was a straightforward man. (Hear, hear.) He called might be able to give some previous thought to them. Now, upon Mr. Bramley-Moore after the first placard was put however, he was quite at a loss what observations to address mtoeann of : b m e blage t co d rf s lt i osed .s o i f le, t i he mgc n h t a h nts and commercial Out, and begged of him, as a gentleman and a man, not ; to be deluded by the Radicals. He knew that that pia- The only assistance os he Va u d ' on tlfi o s r occasio e n wo w r as drawn, not card was put out by them, not by any friends of Mr. from the goodwill of his friends, but from the charges and Bramley-Moore, and now they had clear proof of it by attacks of his enemies. Were it not for the disparaging obser what had been stated with respect to the requisition vations made against him, humble individ ua l as he w as, and which had been placed in the Exchange. Mr. Bramley-having but few claims to put himself forward as a candidate for their suffrages ? beyond the desire of doing his duty, to the Moore did not meet the call as he (Mr. Bold) hoped he ' very letter and spirit of that duty, in the House of Commons— would have done. He was afraid that Mr. Bramley- I (cheers)—were it not for these charges, he would have con- Moore believed he had a chance. Did they think he had sider e abe difficulty— anygentleman was interrupted by aV p o o i r e t e an in t ? (Cries of "None, " and cheers.) Did the meeting think he had any chance. when he was brought forward theloody honourable room, stating that it observedthi to communicate. Another Voice that the owners of by Mr. Hodson, Mr. Mellor, and Mr. Towers, of Angelic the office beneath the room were under some apprehension notoriety ? (Laughter.) Did they suppose that those lest the flooring should give way. A third Voice " The old gentlemen could carry Mr. Bramley-Moore triumphantly story!" (Laughter.) If gentlemen would refrain from stamp to the head of the poll ? (" No," and cheers.) 'Why, it o ing t o n n ed. the floor, the desired object, he thought, would be was a perfect farce to suppose it possible. He only hoped obtained. The CHAIRMAN assured the meeting that the room was per that Mr. Bramley Moore would come out, because he fectly secure; but, as stamping on the floor might be some (Mr. Bold) did not like a sham fight. He liked a real annoyance to gentlemen "below"—(laughter)—he suggested fight, and he thought it would do them all good. He that they should show their approbation by cheering and clap was ready to work with them, and let them go to the ping of hands. (Cheers.) poll, and carry Mr. Liddell and Mr. Horsfall with not Mr. LIDDELL, in resuming his address, said it must b e a source of great satisfaction to gentlemen in the meeting to 1,500 but 2,000 majority. know that the room was perfectly sate, especially when they Mr. R. A. PAYNE, of Rodney-street ward, moved the bore in mind the terrible accident which occurred last year at second resolution, pledging the meeting to support the Corn Exchange. Before the interruption he was proceeding Messrs. Liddell and Horsfall, which was seconded by to say, that but for the accusations and charges of that portion Mr. ALEXANDER SHAND, and carried unanimously ; of the press which was hostile to his pretensions, and hostile and, after a few words from Mr. THISTLE, who apologized generally to what he believed was l the h fe l e e ling of the towii d of for the unavoidable absence of Mr. Alderman Cooper, Liverpool—(cheers)—he rtona should topic on beenat consi e d proper on which to address them. the announcement of whose name was loudly cheered, But e th o er s e s were occasions when a man might be excused, and the meeting separated amidst the usual demonstrations. this was one of them, for standing forward in his own defence. They had been informed in the columns of the Liverpool Time: or Mercury, that although Mr. Liddell might be a respectable country gentleman, and highly qualified to pronounce on the merits of stock and the produce of the land, yet that he was in no degree qualified to represent the great commercial town of Liverpool. Now, what he had to say was this, he had been long familiar with commercial subjects. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Indeed, it would be somewhat extraordinary if, having been connected with public interests—having for a period, almost amounting to thirty years, been connected with the varied commercial, shipping, mining, and agricul tural interests of two great northern counties of England, it would be somewhat extraordinary if he were in no degree familiar and acquainted with the views, and feelings, and inte rests of commercial men. (Hear, hear.) He was, therefore, prepared to say, that he thought he had more acquaintance with matters connected with trade and commerce, from that experience, than he had with agricultural affairs ; for he cer tainly had devoted a great deal more time and consideration to those interests than he had ever devoted to farming and the agricultural interests of the country. (Hear, hear.) During the period to which he had alluded—a period of nearly thirty years—between fourteen and fifteen years had been passed by him as the representative of those interests in the House of Commons ; and he would ask them whether it was likely, to a man of even ordinary observation and ability, to have occupied so long a period in the house, with those subjects being brought under his daily consideration, without acquiring some fami liarity with them. (" Hear, hear !" and cheers.) But he stated in his address that there were subjects and matters in reference to which he would refer them, if any would wish to take fetß oram c that committee the Ricardo, tmrewdoi trouble two sessions, emiseneisttosthfieoeent ylbsiee,ea o irs f nlialg i tBo n u4fu s iGio p rs,rie e nw c tgh t wo i if n oc g it, t into hyc ecoaom rmts C ommons, the meionint shipping tse,e e ms v ao i tdvee conjunction i ce nf toewrr ei before tbshty th e committee uninterruptedlyths(ei On their honoured representative, Sir Howard Douglas, and two others, all belonging to th e commercial world except Sir Howard Douglas, who was in the naval profession, but who, neverthe alenscse, wreapsruenserenmteidttitnhgeidruirninteartebsetstwino sessions,parliame b n a t. vin li g absent from two meet i ngs; and he referred them toiostnhelay(tbeenedn ques tions he put to the witnesses on the . spur of the moment, and committeeaccording t f o or t t h b e e n p a n t r u p r o e s o e f o the 4,v must not have directed phrisescsonfoliridin e ri l w tion ich to ca t m hi e s before the the press opinion to be nu ;enoselves, whether he knowl If he e was in wtaunted form m b y w t a h s giving his opinion upon commercial s c g o i m ve i n ng , f c or: u va ld rd a a n i y id jecta, he would wish to thing be more presumptuous than that be, in . iheir presence, should attempt to deliver a lecture on commercial affairs, they being qualified to form their own judgmentsbona himselfaot matters o s en o r f f es that clh answering description. (Hear, hear.) It was only ques tions which might be put to him that hi4 m i matters could be tested. And he professed ready to answer 11$ best be might at the spur of the pmoment, Mr. T. D. AN - DiasoN moved, and Mr. MADDOCK se conded, a vote of confidence in Messrs. Horsfall and Liddell as fir, and proper representatives, which was adopted unanimously. The Hon. Mr. LIDDELL addressed the meeting, and in the course of his remarks stated that he had the authority of the late Lord Chancellor,Lord St. Leonards, for saying that the pretended delinquencies on the part of the Liver pool electors were no offence whatever, even against the existing laws. (Cheers.) He believed that Lord 'St. Leonards declared that, in law, the acceptance of a day's wages for a day's holiday was nothing in the shape of bribery or corruption. (Great applause, followed by three groans for the petitioners.) Mr. T. ROSKELL proposed a resolution, pledging the meeting to use its best endeavours to secure the return of Mr. Liddell and Mr. Rorsfall. Mr. LONGTON seconded the resolution, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. G. H. - HORSFALL intimated that his brother had written to say that he could not be here by Monday next, but a special messenger was about being despatched for him in order that he might be present on the day of no mination. He cautioned the electors against a placard calling unon them to sign a requisition to Mr. J. Bromley- Moore, though it was not stated where it lay for signa ture. He thought he was not wrong in assuming that it lay at the office of William Rathbone, jun. (Groans.) LIME-STREET, ST. ANNE'S, AND SCOTLAND. ROAD WARDS. Mr. Alderman Parker presided at a meeting held in the Concert-hall, on Friday night, by those in Lime-street, St. Anne's, and Scotland-road W ar d s , f avoura bl e to the return of Messrs. Liddell and Horsfall. Mr. JAMES HOLME proposed the first resolution, which was as follows :—" That this meeting renders its warmest thanks to Charles Turner, Esq., and Wm. Forbes Mackenzie, Esq., for their unremitting attention to the interests of this borough whilst in Parliament, and regret that their connexion with Liverpool should have been terminated on such frivolous grounds; and further, this meeting considers that the course pursued by the govern ment in attempting to delay the issuing of the writ was factious and unconstitutional, when the election com mittee reported specially that they saw no reason for any delay in its issue."—He hoped Mr. Moore was not going to desert his colours and strengthen the hands of their opponents ; and his idea was, that a townsman of experi ence such as Mr. Horsfall, combined with a stranger (who could not be at all influenced by party bias when local matters were brought before him), such as Mr. Liddell, were the best represent a t i ve s f or Liverpool. (Applause.) Mr. THOMAS WATSON seconded the motion, which was carriedT The with u na n i mously.lDELL then came forward, and was most . enthusiastic cheering, followed b y Arol o d hn lo 3 u f d an c n h e e r e a r . s, wh h u e , p i a n ss r e e d fer a en w e a e r t m n receivede H o n . hfre. L e tl u ie jo K gi e u n m tis u h re p fionL.3rci the ht writ or r for a t L h ievre at t p o a o n l , o b a a r i d y , at a houry e i ntr morning, y ot l nh a ec t e e d h e o m ur o t l h is e b eh p dy r e ea v v i f o ee u rwy s r p a o a i s n o t n e d t s h e a n t t o e o n u c e l d s l b * n o t p h u e t ho forward even by Lord Palmer ston—(hear, nhear)—forprivileges. th e ( A pptempor ary lause.) By abeyance r the partialityof thei into their of his friends he had been brought this very marked positi which buton, in noheflhuaandeed him in reason ptoresreenpteinntg himselfoftheto determi nationthe electors of Liverpool, encouraged as hebad in b a e u en en b ti y al th o e f good opinions of the m ost able and the most their fellow-citizens. t Cheers.) Allow him to say, that with all his experience of public meetings and large assemblages of his fellow-countrymen, he was not more gratified than he was astonished at the order, interest, and the jetelligence which was manifested by the citizens of land what more could they expect ? (Cheers.) His colleague in the present instance, and he hoped his colleague hereafter in the representation of the borough—(cheers)—his colleague Mr Horsfall, would at least be a proper depository on commercial subjects ; and surely nothing could prevent them communi cating faithfully, openly, and, if necessary, privately, on every subject connected with their interests. (Cheers.) Why was he taunted with not knowing commercial affairs, because he declined to come forward as a political lecturer on commercial subjects ? He had been summoned among them, and he had been attacked for obeying that summons. He had been charged with being an incapable and useless member of society; and he boldly stood forward to say that he was not deserving of such accusations. (Applause.) They should, at least, find him devoted to the business to which he attached himself, and pre pared to give an honest and consistent support to those great principles of commerce which he was callea upon to advocate. (Cheers.) Some papers had been put into his hands that morn ing, especially relating to their interests as connected with the Pilotage Amendment Bill now before Parliament. He had read those papers, and seen the reasons why the pilots of Li verpool objected to certain clauses in the bill. Nothing could be plainer or more intelligible than the statements there made, and he could easily conceive why, instead of pressing a bill of that character through the House of Commons, it should be referred to a select committee. (Hear, hear.) After stating his willingness to answer any qUestions that might be put to him, he concluded by thanking them for the support he had received in this noble town, and for the reception they had that day given to him, expressing a hope that as long as he might be found performing ditties as their representative in the House of Commons, he should discharge them to their satisfaction. (Cheers.) Mr. E. MOLYNEUX moved the next resolution, to the effect, " That this meeting, considering the knowledge of shipping and commercial interests acquired by the Hon. H. T. Liddell during his parliamentary experience while representing large constituencies, and considering the ability displayed by him at their meetings, and considering also the practical experience of their gifted townsman, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, believe those gentlemen fully qualified to represent this, the first commereial town in the world ; and that we pledge ourselves to do all in our power to secure their return." (Cheers.) Mr. H. C. CHAPNIAN seconded the proposition, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN observed that the business of the day was now brought to a conclusion ; but he could not permit them to separate without stating that, being a shipowner, he had watched the progress of the Hon. H. T. Liddell for the last 25 years, and was therefore in a position to assert that he had attended particularly to the shipping interests in Shields, Sun derland, Newcastle, and other ports in the north of England. (Cheers.) After a vote of thanks to the chairman, passed by acclama tion, on the proposition of Mr. Li DDELL, three cheers for the two Conservative candidates terminated the proceedings. MEETING AT. THE SHIPWRIGHTS' HALL. On Saturday evening a meeting of Conservative shipwrights, coopers, sail and ropemakers, and old freemen, was held at the Shipwrights' Hall, Bond-street. The spacious room was crowded by a most enthusiastic audience, who accorded a warm welcome to the Hon. Mr. Liddell and Mr. G. H. Hors fall, when those gentlemen made their appearance upon the balcony at eight o'clock. Along with Messrs. Liddell and Horsfall we observed Mr. J. A. Tobin, Mr. Bremner, Mr. Thomas Bold, Mr. Alexander Shand, &c. On the motion of Mr. HUGH BOYD, Mr. Edward Grattan was called to the chair. In opening the proceedings, the CHAIRMAN expressed his thanks for the honour which had been conferred upon him. He was sure it afforded him no small amount of pleasure to see such a mass of intelligence gathered together in that room. He believed that an election was at all times an interesting event; but the present one was doubly so, inasmuch as it was not twelve months since they had had an election at which the conservatives of Liverpool returned two members to parlia ment by majorities unprecedented in the annals of the town. (Cheers.) He verily believed it was the amount of the majority that led the petitioners to take the unmanly and undignified proceedings which they had thought proper to adopt.—(Hear, hear.) But he would not stop to allude to the inquiry which had taken place into their conduct. The petitioners had cer tainly gained a kind of victory; but it had been at a serious cost to themselves. What had they gained by their petition ? They had unseated two Tory gentlemen whose places would most assuredly be filled up again with other two Tory gentle men—(immense applause)—while they had merited and re ceived the contempt of all honest-hearted Englishmen.— (Cheers.) He concluded by calling upon Mr. Hlwartisox, who moved the first resolution :—" That this meeting cannot permit this occasion to pass without offer ing their heartfelt thanks to Charles Turner, Esq., and W. F. Mackenzie, Esq., for their attention to the shipping and mer cantile interests of this port whilst they represented it in parliament ; and they only regret their connexion should have been separated by the late unworthy proceedings of the Radi cals, which had for their object the disfranchisement of the freemen, who had so triumphantly supported the Conservative candidates at the late election." About this time last year the freemen of the port of Liverpool were rather in a peculiar posi tion. At the election at which Mr. Cardwell and Sir T. Birch were returned, it was said that the apathy of the Conservative freemen had lost their party the election. He had stated from that balcony last year, that through disunion among the Con servatives that election had been lost. (Hear, hear.) And he ventured to predict that the freemen only waited to show the Conservative gentlemen that they could wipe off the stigma that had been unjustly cast upon them. (Cheers.) Those present knew whether the result of the last election did not justify that prediction. (Immense cheering.) They all knew that a great deal had been said about the payment of the day's wages. Now, he happened to know a great many of the free men ; and he could say for them, that they were not even aware that such a thing was being done as giving a day's pay. (Cheers.) He knew many who voted without expecting, and without wishing anything of the kind. (Loud cheers.) Anti it was a fact worthy of note, that on the polling day there was not a shipwright in Liverpool who had not recorded his vote before twelve o'clock. But he thought the Radicals cast this in their teeth chiefly for this reason—that they were afraid to put their hands in their pockets and pay for a pint of beer. (Laughter.) The freemen of Liverpool, he contended, had fully redeemed their character at the last election ; and what was more, if there was to be any opposition on this occasion, they would show that their character was still the same, and that Liverpool was still a Tory town. (Great applause.) Mr. ADAMS, ropemaker, seconded the resolution, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Adams observed that it was use less for him to recapitulate the terms of the resolution; but, before proceeding any further, he thought it would he necessary for him to state what he had mentioned previous to the last election. He stated, at the meeting of ropemakers, that no man was so fit to represent the town as Mr. Turner, and that gentleman had proved that the statement was true; and hia opinion was, that the two candidates who had been brought forward were equally fit. (Great cheering.) There had been a good deal of disputing with reference to the ss. question. He could assure them that the ropemakers knew nothing whatever of the five shilling., and had received nothing whatever at the election. (Hear, hear.) It had been a mystery to the Radical party, how so many freemen came to vote for Mackenzie and Turner. He could tell them the reason why. Mr. Cardwell and his clique were the very party who, if they could, would disfranchise the freemen (hear, hear); and that, he thought, was a very good and substantial reason why the freemen should not support their own enemies. (Hear, hear.) It had been stated by the counsel for the petitioners, before the parliamen tary committee, that a great many of the freemen had been engaged as standard bearers, as a colour for giving then a day's wage. But such was not the case. (Cheers.) He himself had the selection of the men in his ward; and the principle he went on was the same on which they had always acted, namely, to select the men who were out of work. (Cheers.) And of the standard-bearers in West Derby Ward, therewere not more than four freemen. (Hear, hear.) But he was afraid he was gpinning too long a yarn (laughter), and he would therefore content himself with seconding the resolution The Hon. Mr. LIDDELL thei T i came forward, and was warmly received. He said, that proud as lie had been at the reception which he met in other assemblages of the electors and freemen of Liverpool, on no occasion had he felt more pleased than he did that evening. First, because he always liked to meet an assemblage of the working classes ; and, secondly, because opposition was at length threatened. (" Bravo I") And as his own spirit would rise against opposition, so he doubted not the spirit of the Conservative electors of Liverpool would respond to the same feeling. (Cheers.) But, before he went further, he must express—which he did with sincerity and satisfaction— the satisfaction with which he had listened to the speeches which had been delivered by the Chairman of the Shipwrights', and the Chairman of the Ropemakers' Association. These gentlemen had said so much to the point, and had said so much good sense, and with so much brevity, that he really thought a man about to enter the House of Commons might take a leaf from their book. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He only wished many honourable members would speak like tkem; and if he drew attention to any one in particular, it would be the noble lord the member for Marylebone. (Laughter and cheers.) On the event of the present election depended a great deal, then, of what was connected with their hest rights and interests. It was not difficult to perceive that in the new reform bill a crusade was to be entered against their rights. (Hear, hear.) He was not one of those who would run down the reputation of freemen. (Hear, hear.) He was a fellow-freeman; he had the honour of being a freeman of the town of Newcastle. where an ancestor of his, emigrating from those vales which still bore the name of his family, established himself as a merchant adven turer, and, by his success in trade and in the spirit of adventure, achieved that fortune which his family had since enjoyed. (Hear, hear.) He was glad to be reminded of his descent from that adventurer in the clays of Queen Elizabeth —(cheers)—and he should be an unworthy descendant of his were he not to stand up for the rights and liberties of his fellow-freemen. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Liddell) had been accused of being a stranger, but his opponents had gone to the shores of the East Indies to get a candidate ; and he had yet to learn that that gentleman's pretensions exceeded those of Mr. Horafall and his own (Mr. Liddell's). (Hear, hear.) Mr. Hoisfali had, during the last year, expended a sum of no less than .r'6,000 in the repairs of ships in Liverpool. (Cheers.) He trusted that Free-trade would bring to them all the bless ings he expected from it ' • but he also said, let them have fair trade; and if it brought great activity in tonnage, let them hope it would preserve a large majority to British shipping. (Cheers.) If foreign ships got their carrying trade, they would have nothing done in English ports except what was necessary to keep the vessel at sea. They built and victualled their ships cheaper than at home; and it was from their own mer chants and shipowners they received that employment which kept their honest hands at work. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Those measures had led to an increased employment of ton nage, and he rejoiced that they had done so; for what other interest could he (Mr. Liddell) have than that the shipowner, merchant, carpenter, and every person connected with ship ping, should have that reward for their industry which they deserved. The question with them (the Protectionists) was, whether, in giving to commerce increased facilities, it was worth while to run the risk and expose British shipping to a competition which it would not be able to withstand 7 (Hear, hear.) That was the ground of opposition to the repeal of the Navigation Laws ; and he contended that such was the policy which Mr. Huskisson pursued in the great changes which he had introduced ; for Mr. Huskisson had stated, in his hearing, " that it was the duty of a great commercial country like this to give every facility to commerce ; yet, if the interests of commerce and of navigation were brought into direct competi tion, that, for the national glory and safety, and for the pur poses of the national defences, so highly did he consider the claims of British shipping, that, on all such occasions, he de clared it to be his opinion that commerce should give way. and navigation be suppOtted." In conclusion, he h;ped he would receive the suffrages of those by whom he was surrounded ; he hoped they would remember what interests were at stake in the ensuing session, and how necessary it was that they should speak their sentiments in favour or freedom. (Applause.) On those grounds he would venture to claim their indulgence, and sit do4n. (Great cheering.) Mr. G. HORSFA LL next came forward, and was received with tremendous cheering. He knew too well the value of a Satur day night to a working man to delay them long. Mr. Liddell had preferred to that meeting a claim which those present were ready and willing to recognise; and he thought they would be equally ready and willing to recognise the claim of Mr. Hors fall. (Cheers.) Mr. Liddell had told them that he bad a sym pathy with them, because he was a freeman of Newcastle, but Mr. Horsfall had a sympathy with them because be was afree man of Liverpool. (Hear, hear.) He thought that the in terests of the freemen could not be better entrusted than to men who possess, and therefore can truly value, the threatened privileges. (Cheers.) He thought that, as far as the rights of the freemen were concerned, they were safe in the hands of Mr. Liddell, a freeman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (Hear.) He sup. posed there was hardly one present who was not either directly or indirectly interested in the prosperity of British shipping; and he believed his audience had heard, at a previous election, from the balcony on which he stood, sentiments promulgated with reference to shipping and navigation which they could barely understand (hear, hear); hut he thought that Mr. Lid dell could _not be charged with pursuing a similar line of policy. (Cheers.) He believed they had some difficulty in comprehending Mr. Cardwell (hisses); he was certain that they would easily understand Mr. Liddell. (Cheers.) He reminded them, that_in the coming year the ship of the state would be surveyed, for Lord John Itusseli was about to bring forward a sweeping measure of reform ; and it behoved them to know to whoth they entrusted their interests A Voice j : Is Lord John A 1 at Lloyd's ? (Laughter, and an other Voice, "No ! he is not No. 6.") . _ Mr. Horifall resumed. He shoUld think any gentleman almost could answer that question. (Laughter.) He referred to the taunts which had been thrown at Mr. Liddell, that he was a stranger ; but, at all events, they had to go no farther for him than the metropolis. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Horsfall then , alluded to the gratifying fact, that the gi : eat railway engineer, George Stephenson, had stated, at a public dinner at Durham, that the first locomotive he had made was for the Killingworth colliery, and the first money given to him to construct a loco- ST. PAUL'S WARD. Mr. John Briscoe presided at a meeting on Wednesda► ' evening, at Mr. Thomas Taylor's public-house, Eerie street, at which resolutions were passed, approving of the new candidates, and sympathising with the late mem bers. The speakers were the chairman, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Owen Williams. Mr. William Roberts, Mr. John Davies, and a freeman named Samuel Sankey, the last mentioned of whom indignantly declared that he de spised a bribe as he despised the devil. 5, 1853. motive was given him by Lord Ravensworth, father of the the merchants of Liverpool, on 'Change assembled, if honourable candidate which had that evening addressed them. they had . taken any interest to promote any particular' (Cheers.) Now, he (Mr. Horsfall) thought that would establish an intimate connexion betwee n th e e l ec t ors o f Li verpool and measure for the good of that vast_n . umber of their fellow- Mr. Liddell. He thought they wou ld no t taunt hi m w i t h b e i ng creatures ? A n d y e t was no t Liverpool closely linked a stranger ! But that was a taunt which, as Mr. Liddell had with British India and the East, and ou g ht it not to observed, they had now the opportunity of throwing* back in respond with one voice to the call for reform which came the teeth of their opponents, for they h a d b een o bli ge d t o go t o from these distant parts of the empire ? (Cheers.) He Bombay for a candidate. (Laughter.) Since he came into that room a gentleman had been kind e noug h t o f avour hi m w i th a would refer to one or two facts whi c h m us t b e f am iliar copy of the Liverpool Journal—(hisses)—in which, for the first to them all, but with which, nevertheless, he would re time, he found the address of Sir E rs ki ne Perry. And what fresh their memories. (Hear, hear.) The total exports was the special recommendation that he urged m his address? to India from the British Isles, in the year 1850, amounted Why, that it was "the party of progress"—(laughter)—should to upwards of £8,000,000, to China they were £1,500,000, be represented. Why, who was best fitted to represent the party of progress ? This Cooli e j u d ge, or the son of and to other portions of the E as t th e y did no t amoun t t o that nobleman who gave Stephenson his first commission less than £12,000,000. (Hear, hear.) In the year 1814. ofshipsconnectedwith this country belonging to execute a locomotive? (Cheers, and a voice, " Why the the number Tory, of course! ") He would not allow the Radical party to the India and China trade were 66, with 57,591 of ton to arrogate to themselves the name of the party of progress •, nage. In the year 1850 the tonnage from Liverpool alone to they were all interested in the shipping of the country, and these countries was 135,597, being an increase of 500 per they knew that no science or art had made such progress as cent.; and from the entire kingdom it was 539,934 tons. ship-building. (Cheers.) He ridiculed the idea of Sir Erskine Perry being qualified for th e re p resen t a ti on o f Li verpool in kt the same time the value o f th e expor t s to C alcutta was consequence of the addresses which had been presented to £7,274,683, and the value of the exports £4,123,213. To him by the native population, on his leaving Bombay; and he Bombay the exports amounted to £8,442,212, and the certainly recommended the electors to take the Hon Mr. Lid- imports amounted to £8,742,000. The trade of the east dell in very great preference to Sir Erskine Perry. (Cheers.) was one with which Liverpool was intimately acquainted. Mr. Horsfall drew attention to the fact that there would be a procession on the day of nomination, a n d h e ca ll e d on th e f ree- Now let him remind them that in the year 1812, under men to attend in large numbers, and conduct themselves withclose corporations the . East India Company —one of those • peace, order, and propriety. (Applause.) He had had a letter which were now fast breaking up under those liberal from his brother that day, and Mr. Horsfall stated in it opinions which now prevailed—the import of sugar was that he will travel home with all possible rapidity, 76,889 cwts. In 1851 the imports into Liverpool, London, taking extra posts, and travelling all night, that he and Hull, amounted to 120,000 tons, against 5,000 tons might prove lii•tiself not insensible to the great honor paid that were imported under the old Tory corporation in him by the constituency of Liverpool. (Cheers.) Travelling • London. (Hear, hear.) There was an island in the east on the Continent, unfortunately, was a very different thing from travelling in England; and, as a friend at his side sug- in which he (Sir Erskine Perry) had travelled much, in Bested, if they had had a George Stephenson and a Lord everydirection--hereferred to the island of Ceylon. In 1851 Itemoneorth oleic, he might have been able to tell preoissliy i the coffee produced there was 1,407,227 lbs. In 1851, IC when his brother would be in Liverpool. (Loud Cheers.) lamounted to 35,000 lbs. He could go on quoting details , Mr. HusoN, sai!maker, proposed the following resolution —" That from the reputation which th e H on. T . Lidd ell ga i ned at much greater length, but h e was a f ra id h e m i g h t weary by his devotion to the cause of ships, colonies, and commerce, them. He thought, however, that he had said enough to the support he always gave, whilst in Parliament, to every point out to them, as merchants of Liverpool, the causes motion affecting the native industry of the country, and from of this great increase. Up to the year 1815, the old Tory the high character of our respected townsman, Thomas B. I principles reigned dominant in this country. (A Voice Horsfall, Esq., and from his knowledge of all matters affecting " And will yet.") Every place of honour, and of a dis the trade and interests of this great commercial town, this tin wished character, belonged, as it were, to the aris meeting consider those gentlemen to be fit and proper can didates for the representation of this borough in Parliament, tocracy, backed up by the old and close corporations, and pledges itself to use the most active and energetic awe. and other sinister influences at work all over the sures to ensure their return." (Great applause.) empire. But at this period the light of truth unanimously a D eed t O o. ALT seconded the motion, which was a l so began to penetrate. in the year 1814, an attempt N Mr. J. A. TOBIN and Mr. B oLo su b sequent l y addressed a w. s great monopolies male to break up one o f th ose few words to the meeting, and a vo t e o f th an k s was then passed th a t were p ress i ng upon the energies and vast interests to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated with three of the inhabitants of this country. It began at that time cheers for the Queen, for Liddell, and Horsfall, and for the to be seen that the merchants of England were the men ex-members, and also for Mr. John Buck Lloyd. to carry out the best interests of trade in our dependencies, and that there was no necessity for the existence of these close corporations. And what was the consequence ? Why all the interest of the Tory party was brought to bear on the statements which were boldly made that these opinions and prognostications of the merchants of England were fallacious. If any of them would take the trouble to read the blue books of the time which he (Sir E. Perry) had done, they would ascertain that all the leaders of the Tory party of the time predicted that it would be ruinous to the interests of our Indian empire if the merchants of England were allowed to carry a bale of goods to England. Well, they, as merchants of Liverpool, knew well whether the predictions of the Tory party had been realised by the fact. (Cheers.) The great increase which had taken place with regard to other interests connected with this country, could be traced to the same causes he had already. named. They all well knew the period when the trade with China was not so much open to the merchants of this country as it had been in later years. When an ex-- tension of this trade was talked of to the merchants of this country, the Tory party came forward with the old cry of ruin. All the old servants connected with Indiaand Chins: who had the facts of the case at their fingers' ends, were brought to prove that, if the China trade was thrown open to the merchants of London and Liverpool, the country would be involved in ruin. Well, look at the results. Look at the enormous increase which had taken place in the trade between this country and China during the last twenty years, and what was brought to our shores from China by the enterprise of the merchants of England. He would ask them, had this not been caused by the ex ertions and efforts of the popular party ? By addressing them as he had done, as merchants of Liverpool, he believed he had paid the greatest homage which any man could do to their intelligence as merchants, because he did not come before them to pay compliments ; but he did not despair, before he had been in Liverpool much longer, of making his sentiments more widely known and appreciated by the more temperate amongst those who might now be opposed to him, and he hoped to be able to convince them that he was a fit person to repre sent their town in parliament. (Hear, hear.) He did not come forward in any boastful spirit, for he might say that he was too sensible a man not to know his own great deficiencies in this respect. He might say that when he called to mind the great men who had stood in this position—when he looked back to a Canning, a Huskis son, and a Brougham, who had all in succession done as he was now doing, courted the favour and support of the merchants of Liverpool, he must say that he shrunk with a consciousness of his own insig nificance. But, on the other hand, when he looked back to the men whom they returned at the last election for Liverpool, and when he found they rejected that man whom he was proud to call his friend—Mr. Card well. (Hisses, and cheers,) Moreover, when he looked to the gentlemen who were asking their suffrages, he must say that he was well content to measure himself before the constituency of Liverpool with such men (Hear, and cheers.) He would tell them what he thought they ought to do in Liverpool. In the first p l a ce, they ought to get a man as distinguished as possible; in the next place, they ought to obtain a man who was a sup porter of popular opinions, and who would maintain them through life. But in the next place, and it was the last, let them secure the services of a man who was accustomed to the hard-working business of life. This last character he did not shrink from. Our countrymen had been called a nation of shop keepers ; it would be a more correct term to call them the hard-working people of England. His position in life answered to that description. He had been compelled to earn his bread by hard work, and having now made a for tune, he was at liberty and quite ready to labour for the public good, and if successful on the present oceasion, there was no community that he should labour for with greater pride than the constituency of such a place as Li verpool. He should have another meeting to address in the evening, and he invited both those who were his supporters and those who might be opposed to him, to come forward, and by examining him on any point, ascertain what his general opinions were. Should they elect him as their represen tative, he must say that a nobler field for exertion could not be presented to any man alive. The hon. gentleman concluded by thanking his hearers for the ant ration they had paid to his remarks. Mr. GEO. MAXWELL then came forward, and called upon the merchants to give the hon. candidate their sup port. He concluded by calling for three cheers for Sir Erskine Perry, which was responded to, mingled with hisses. SIR ERSKINE PERRY ON 'CHANGE Sir Erskine Perry arrived in Liverpool on Saturday morning, and proceeded to the Ade lphi Hotel, whence he lost no time in issuing an address to the burgesses and freemen of the borough, which was published in the evening editions of the local newspapers, and liberally distributed over the town in the shape of posters. Yes terday Sir Erskine Perry addressed his committee at half past two o'clock, in the Royal Hotel ; but, as it was represented to our reporters by parties connected with the committee that it was strictly private, we are unable to state what then transpired. At three o'clock the new candidate made his appearance on 'Change, whither he was accompanied by Mr. Robertson Gladstone, the chair man of Sir Erskine's committee, and Mr. George Max well, Mr. Thorneley, Mr. Thomas Bolton, Mr. George Holt, &c. The ex-judge from Bombay was re ceived with some cheering—exceedingly faint, how ever, when compared with the welcome accorded the Honourable H. T. Liddell last Monday. He was also honoured with a few hisses, but, beyond this and an occasional groan, he was treated with the utmost respect during the whole of the proceedings: Instead of entering the Exchange-room, he proceeded across the square to the office of Messrs. Isaac Cooke and Co., where a party of his friendsawaited his arrival. When the candidate made his appearance in the square, it was raining heavily, as had been the case for upwards of an hour; but, happily, the crowd was not exposed much to the hydropathic treat ment, as in a few minutes the weather cleared up, and during the delivery of Sir Erskine's speech it was quite fair. Upon presenting himself at the window of Mr. Cook's office, Mr. Robertson Gladstone was received with some laughter and cheers by the crowd assembled below, which was very numerous. Mr. GLADSTONE said he had very great satisfaction in informing the merchants and electors of Liverpool, that he had been deputed, on the present occasion, to introduce to their notice, as a fit and proper representative of their interests in parliament—and who is to be the candidate on the Liberal interest at the pre sent election—Sir Henry Erskine—(derisive laughter and cries of "Oh ! oh !")—he meant Sir Erskine Perry. (Continued laughter.) He was a gentleman who, from his long residence in India, possessed a proper and com plete knowledge of that important trade with India by which the town of Liverpool was so much benefited. (Cheers.) Sir Erskine Perry came before them as a true Liberal—as a friend of free trade—(hear, hear;) — and he had this advantage over one, at least, of his oppo nents, that he did not regard free-trade and its principles as an accomplished fact. (Cheers and groans.) His intention was, should he be placed in the proud position of representative of the town of Liverpool in parliament, not to make a stop-gap—(hear, hear)—for free-trade, but by every means in his power to develope those principles, in order that the people of this country might have the benefit of that system which God, in his goodness, made free, but which man had placed in a state of bondage. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Gladstone) had no claim to intrude upon their notice ; nor was it his intention to occupy the time of the meeting, especially from the inauspicious state of the weather. (Hear.) It only remained for him to introduce Sir Erskine Perry, with the sincere desire that he would be favoured with their support, and that they would find, if he were elected, that he was what he (Mr. Gladstone) believed bim to be, an able and honest politician, in every wey worthy of their confidence, and who was well qualified to do justice to the represen tation of this great town. (Cheers and hisses.) Sir ERSKINE PERRY then presented himself at the window, and, while his partisans received him with signal marks of their favor, he was at the same time somewhat heartily hissed—a considerable portion of the crowd im mediately moving from the square into the Exchange reading-room. a movement which seemed to take the learned candidate considerably by surprise, which he only recovered upon his friends behind him suggesting that he was to "Goon !" He said that, after the kind and flat tering introduction by his friend Mr. Gladstone, he con fessed that he felt a great awe in addressing the mer chants of Liverpool on their own Exchange. He had taken the liberty of saying in his address, which he had posted on their walls, that Liverpool was the first commercial city on the face of the earth, and, as he was not one who used words lightly, without chapter and verse to support him in whatever he said—he might well feel inspired with awe when he met the merchants of that capital—possessing, as be did, such limited qualifications to recommend him to their support at the approaching election ; for he was well aware that many of the merchants of this town did not coincide with him in the political opinions which he professed. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He knew them to be the most intelligent merchants in the world • yet, as he said befor e , th e op i n i ons o f many of them did not agree ordinarily with his own. Therefore, although he did not anticipate that in an assembly of such intelligence that they would all agree, with those principles which he professed, and with which he sympathised, still he meant to address himself to their intelligence ; and ho would venture to detail to them some plain principles which he thought ought to procure for him their support. (Hear.) Were they as well informed on the subject of politics as in their own business, they would not, he thought, fail to re turn unanimously the only candidate who came before them possessing those principles from the results of which they were now prospering. (Cheers.l He had been too short a time in Liverpool to be able to make himself master of the statistics attending the prosperity of this port; but his attention had been drawn to these matters for many years past. (Hear, hear.) His connexion with Liver pool was not of to-day, In that hall on his right hand (the Town-hall,) he had several times partaken of the munificent and princely hospitality of the Mayor of Liverpool ; for it was as a member of the Li verpool bar that he had commenced his professional life ; and never since that ti me h a d hi s i n t erest in te town allowed him for a moment to cease marking the progress and prosperity of Liverpool. (Cheers.) Well, such being the interest he had heretofore paid to their prosperity, they would, perhaps, allow him to call to their mind a few facts which, during the last eight and-forty hours, he had picked up. He observed, in well-authenticated publications, that the trade of this town, in one of the most important elements of her great ness, had increased in the last 20 years about 400 per cent. In the year 1831 the cotton wool imported into Liverpool amounted to 280,674,859 lbs. ; while, in 1854, the import had increased to 761,000,000 lbs. (Hear, hear.) They had traded for a hundred years past with the African coast, and they would allow him to call attention to one of the articles imported from that country during the same period. In the year 1531 the amount of palm oil imported vras'f7,oso tons : in 1851, 243,000 tons were imported, showing an increase in the previous amount of 300 and upwards per cent. In the year 1816 the total number of ships, inwards and outwards, numbered 2.946, with a tonnage of 642,063 ; in 1850 there were 9,338 ships, with a tonnage of 3,262,253. This showed an increase of more than 300 per cent. He would mention only one more return—a return which spoke volumes to those who understood it. It regarded the amount of animal food consumed in this town and its vicinity. From April, 1842, to March, '43, the cattle introduced into this town numbered 59,455 ; the sheep 275,275. In the years 1852-3, during the same period, the numbers of cattle introduced was 115,979, and of sheep 347,480, showing an increase of 5,054 cattle, and 72,156 sheep. Now, having given these details, he sup posed many amongst his audience were saying to them selves Why allude to these facts. 'We men of business, know th em a ll as well as you can, and a great deal better than yourself." And that was quite true. But he did not allude to those as facts; he alluded to them for the purpose of asking them whence it was that they were visited with that immense prosperity. (Cheers.) The period he had mentioned—the twenty years referred to—had been twenty years during which the popular principles had come to the helm. (Cheers.) They were the twenty years which had witnessed the triumph of the Reform Bill—that had witnessed the downfall of close corporations—(cheers)—that had witnessed the ex tension of civil and religious liberty; but, above all, that had witnessed the establishment of free trade. (Great cheering.) They had been twenty years which had witnessed the rule of the principles of that popular party to which he felt proud to belong. (Cheers.) He accused the merchants of Liverpool—those who threw out Mr. Cardwell at the last election, and preferred to that gentleman men who were opposed to free trade, and in favour of protection and every retrograde movement — he accused them to their face, because they were intelli gent men, of not understanding politics as well as they did their own commercial business. (Hear, hear.) These gentlemen knew how to comprehend and conduct their own business—they were practical men, who looked to the facts of a case, and dealt with it accordingly. If they saw an opening in China, they would look to the attendant cir cumstances to see whether they should make a venture, and that was all that was needful. But the politician has to go farther than that ; and has to ask what are the causes ? (Applause.) He would ask his audience one question. There was a great measure now before the public —a question affecting most deeply the prosperity of this town, and not only that but the interest of a hundred and fifty millions of the people of this empire. He asked The hon. gentleman then proceeded across to the Ex change News-room, in company with Mr. Robertson Glad stone and Mr. Maxwell. He was received with cheers as he passed through the room. POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. INDECENT EXPOSURE.—A middle-aged man, named James Gardner, was charged by Rose Martha, a servant of Mr. Superintendent Ride, with indecently exposing himself, in Northumberland -terrace, Netherfield-road, Everton, on Friday night last, about five minutes to eight o'clock. Mr. Superintendent Ride said that he had great reason to complain of a nuisance of this kind. The female members of his family, as well as other persons in the neighbourhood, had frequently been insulted by men like the prisoner. On the part of the prisoner, it was at tempted to establish an alibi; but the magistrate was of opinion that the charge had been fully proved, and ordered the prisoner to be committed for three months. POCKET-PICKING.—George and Thomas Goodman, two youths, aged respectively about eighteen and twenty years, were charged with attempting to pick pockets in Castle-street. Detective-officer Marks stated that yester day forenoon, about ten o'clock, he saw the prisoners standing close to a number of gentlemen, who were look. ing through Air. Isaacs' shop-window, in Castle-street. During the time they were there, they attempted to pick several gentlemen's pockets. They then went down Lord -street and Church-street, witness following them. Shortly they returned again to Castle-street, and witness saw them attempt to pick a lady's pocket, at Mr. Isaacs' window. He then took them into custody, and, on exa mining one of the prisoners, he found upon him a lady's green silk purse. The prisoners were remanded for a week. OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT AND ATTEMPT AT RESCUE. Five persons, named Thomas Clarke, Donald Formby, Mary Divine, Elizabeth King, and Elizabeth Jennings, were charged, Clarke with having created a disturbance at the house of a baker, in Peter-street, Whitechapel. threatening his life, and afterwards assaulting the police, and the other prisoners were charged with having at tempted to rescue the prisoner Clarke, and otherwise interfered with the police in the 'discharge of their duty. The complainant stated that on Saturday last the prisoner, Clarke, came to his house, in Peter -street, and knocked violently at the door, stating that he had come to protect old Mother Bird, a notorious brothel-keeper. The pri soner said he would have complainant's life, and he was so violent that complainant was in fear of receiving per sonal injury. Police-officer 17 said, that on going to take Clarke into custody, lie knocked him down, and kicked him. Whilst witness and other officers were taking Clarke into custody, the other prisoners came up, and interfered with them, and caused a great disturbance in the street, by inciting the bystanders to attack the police. Clarke was fined 10s. and costs, and the other prisoners were severally reprimanded by the bench, and discharged with a caution. THE HON. MR. LIDDELL, accompanied by Lis friends, visited the Corn and Stock Exchanges in the course of Friday, and at both places his reception was most cordial and satisfactory. MEETING OF ORANGEMEN.—A meeting of the north ar.d south districts, summoned by authority of the re spective masters, was held at Kilshaw's large room, Shaw's brow, on Wednesday last, A. By ford, Esq., in the chair. The various resolutions were duly proposed and passed. Messrs J. T. Rolstone, W. Clarke, and A. Wynne, di lated upon the proceedings of the late petition, and con sulted the members cf the Institution as to the way they could be of most use to the cause on the day of election. MORTALITY AMONG THE LIVERPOOL PENSIONERS.— A military " blue book" recently issued proves that, measured by the mortality among the military pensioners, Liverpool is the most unhealthy town in Great Britain — the ratio of mortality being seventy-one out of , every 1,000 pensioners. F- r tras.—The number of foreign buyers, at the Hudson Bay Company's late sale, considerably affected the prices of furs. Skins have not realised, for many years, so high prices ; some lots of Sables fetched fifty shillings a skin. Mr. John Cripps, of Bold-street, anticipating the advance. fortunately bought a great number of skins previous to the sale, and will have manufactured, by the first of August, nearly onethousand Boas in Mink sable, rea l ermine, very choice, Miniver, and Chinchilla, which he will offer all a one guinea each. Of these, he feels con vinced, equ value cannot be given in the season under thirty.fiv illings ; also, a variety of dark sables, equally: f t,/ cheap.— hawl, Mantle, and Fur ware-house, No. 14 and 16, Bo •str eet, Liverpool. Johu Cripps, proprietor. i