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Vortrp. APPEAL TO THE LOYALTY OP BRITONS. Written fur the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SEE the 'r.ANDARD unfurl'd ! come, your loyalty prove. Ye who care for your King, and the Monarchy love— Who're not touch'd by the mania, that's misnamed " Reform," And remember the " Pilot who weather'd the storm." No right but their own, do these levellers see ; Yes, that is the ST-ANDARD of their liberty : Whilst our's would preserve for each one - his own, For the peasant, his cottage--the Monarch, his throne. What softens the labour and pain of the sire, As he struggles through years an estate to acquire : But the thought that his children will, at his decease, By the laws of their country, enjoy it in peace ? Who'll deny, if the system of robbery and wrong Is not crusled, that the tenitro's extinguish'd ere long? The lawless, the worthless, the thoughtless, the mob, Have been goaded enough to adventure the job. The outworks attack'd, and the barriers thrown down, That fence in the charter and rights of a town : ' Individual rights will succumb in detail, When poiver, and not justice, determines the scale. We once couhl see merit—take pride, too, in rank ; Vor firaineSs in danger our nobles would thank ; Had an in . .4ntlt been ()freed a virtuous Queen, NO shelter on earth would the libeller screen. See the contrast in menace, mid.turbulent pride, a.dominant mob, ur"d in fury to ride Over every thing sacred political schools Directing the aditirs of. tit State, by their rules. See the STANDARD unfurl 4! rally round it, ye brave ! if not to restore, our dear country to save : Oh ! sharme on thy children, Britannia! to think, That cause of their fathers• so . iiteanly should sink Drown their jacoliin ,and tlteir radical jeers, lii the soul-stirring sound of loud British cheers vultures,, and harpies... will ivickly take flight, 'When the Lion of England. ", goes forth in his might." Mack ! back to -our den, ye Inostiate crew ! 'The viper of old no unfit type of you. The quiet and peace that he could not enjoy, The envious fiend! set about to . destroy. The same evil spirit now roams through the land, Aud hurls at our church the ." Fphesian brand ;" nts distracted the councils and peace of .the realm.; Arid soon, if not stopp'd, will the state overwhelm. Not here, where a Canning was us'd to delight, Should the champions of anarchy conquer in fight; The ST.l.!4nAun or England is nad'd to the mast, For our church and our throne we'll contend to the last. Nov. 24, 1232. F. D, TILE MORNING OF L,IFE. In_ the morning of life, I was jovial and jolly ; Like the lark, blithe and early, I carrol'd my song ; '1 was careless and free, aye, free to a folly; . DID niind, like my body, both vigorous and strong; And now, when the evenings' shades are descending Ny spirits are good, and my frame is unbending. I've lost all my friends, who in life with me started, Who bask'd in the sunshine, and toy'd in the shade; Ere the winter of life, all have from 'Me departed : Some fell in the spring, till the summer some staid, Yet no caution I took, and none was less sparing, In danger was foremost, and reckless and daring. I look on the past with no feelings of sorrow, But, grateful to Providence that I am spar'd; To obey his commands, I am ready to-morrow. If Such be Ms will, to depart am prepar'd; never knew envy, nor felt discontented, Or committed a fault, that I have not repented. In a light, laughing eye, I still can take pleasure ; Can play with the curls on the forehead that wave Of innocent childhood; beat time to the measure Qf their dear little fret, altho' close to the grave. Our earliest fancies remain with us longest, A. 4 the ties of our kindred arc ever the strongest. Oh ! yet, dearest nature ! I feel all thy beauties, . The fragrance of flowers, and the music of birds— My time not so taken, with what are termed duties, That my knowledge of thee but extended to words : My homes by the mountain still, fring'd by the " wild wood,"- Whose shadows steal over the haunts of my childhood. When I look at that child, in its glee and its glory, A feeling of pain will come over my mind, At the thought that the innocent creature before me May be lur'd from this spot to another, and find That the rainbow of hope in the distance still beameth, i till mocks in the prospect, when nearest it seemeth. Ah why not contented to dwell in this valley 1 To ramble about In the sight of these hills ; The cool mountain breeze your faint spirits to rally, And your parch'd lip to slake, at their numerous rills, While you rove with the bee, o'er the wild thyme and heather, And return to your rest in the evening together. From visions of splendour, and dreams of ambition, How many have wak'd, the deceit to deplore, That cheated their humble, yet happy condition, And duthem a grave on a far distant shore ? To see " Home," how the eye of the exile had glistened ! With what pleasure his ear, to some knisvin voice, had listen'd. 'For me the blue smoke through the foliage wreatheth : The lark trills at matin, the thrush pipes at eve ; The spider his gosamer tapestry weaveth ; The redbreast regales on the crumbs that I leave ; No anxious fears about losing my money, The bee robs my flowers, but to give me the honey. When the term of my mortal existence is over, The turf I have press'd will be laid on my head ; And the sky under which I have been a fond rover, Will shed tears of sorrow and smile on my bed : MI spirit about this dear region still hover, 'With the fondness, and more than the faith, of a lover. November, 1832. F. D. THE WAR MINISTER. A minister, in days of yore, (Renown'd for vacillation) Declared he ne'er would have a war Without just provocation. " Peace, Peace," he cried, " the Gods for us •` Have kept in reservation ! " What greater blessing can there be, " To a commercial nation ! " A warts an expensive thing, The cause of dire taxation!" Thus did he preach, and then begin, His protocolization. Not Althorp's self is such a fool As he, at writing letters ; //is only fault, good easy Man. Is in the writing figures. 0 Palmerston ! 0 Palmerston ! Thy Country's admiration 1 How well thuu'rt suited for thy post ! O'er this reforming nation ! For Palmerston's a man of sense, Of varied information, Which lie his gained by keeping place In each Administration. Of Londonderry, Canning, grey. 'He Speaks in admiration, Winne in the joys of Office he Lias had participation. The Gods be.thanked, and. Palmerston, For all our Reformation, PM may the Gods deliver us From such irifiituation. THE FASCINATION; (Prom Me My Opera of the Nuimery; or Ht, Mary's ABOITATIVE AND BALLAD, Tlic,tilUCC9S HELEN ill the Abbey - of JoN.t. RECITATIVE. In vain, in vain I strive, to hankhfrorn ray mind, The FasciutiOn that inthrals me with its spell, In this deep solitude will biisy fancy find Ilia Voice. - those thrilling accents I have loved soma BALLA.D. Tho' !Tolle no more my bosom cheer, Fond Hope to call thee Mine, This drooping heart ttill holds thee dear, And all my thoughts are thine. With brol:en vows, with proud disdain, Thou art not charged blame : My tears, my, sighs, this throbbing pun, Are all unknown to thee. No eye shall mark my silent tear, To pry to whom 'tin given ; Iffy secret sigh shall reach ne'ear, None alio ie my grief nod, lies:ven.; Th e chilly hand ((mute dt:stniir, Shan ivttstethcac vaunted charms ; Can-Timo relieve Yrtybo3orei care, Or letil !llNlee,s 430211147 CORRESPONDENCE. TO THOMAS THORNELY, ESQ, (Favoured per the Liverpool Standard) DEAR THOMAS,—I received your circular, asking whether I approved of your opinions and would give you a vote. As suffrages are not obtained like consignments, it appears strange that you have not followed the example of all former candidates, and boldly made your appearance on 'Change, where, by stating your opinions, you could ascertain whether they were in coincidence with those of your brother merchants. Hoping the Packet now off (the Napoleo n ) w ill b r i n g you orders to - do so,-1 remain dear Thomas, yours truly, A BRITISH MERCHANT. Water -street, Nov. 28th. THE DISSENTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDillia Si u,—l was much gratified with the retractatien,' contained in your last paper, of the offensive expressions promulgated in your first number with regard to Dissenters. Not; that any taunts of yours should have induced me to be instrumental in sending. to the .great council of the nation one who is an infidel as to the Christian scheme .of. redemption. But, Sir, I confess I was hurt at being associated with that class to. which Mr. Thornely belongs, as I felt indignant at his pronouncing him self; ostentatiously, one of the great body of Dissenters, who, I assure you, utterly repudiate his creed, if such it may be called. No, Sir, though Dissenters in form from the Church of Eng land, in the main points of doctrine 1 trust we agree with her; and, in so doing, inflow the steps of the holiest martyrs and wisest theologians this nation has produced. I trust, Sir, my religious principles will ever prevent.my voting for Mr. Thorne ly, or any of his school, and will always entitle me to subscribe myself AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN. BRITISH COLONIAL SLAVERY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stu,—With those who contend that every . particle of the Mosaic law, moral as well as ceremonial, ecclesiastical or civil, was abrogated at the appearance of the Harbinger of Peace, the arguments of your correspondent Sham, powerful and cor rect as they unquestionably , are, will lose some of their force; and, since the holders of opinions such as these are to be found, in numbers by no means inconsiderable, among the ranks of the unconditional abolitionists, I hope you will allow me to show, however hostile, the idea of slavery may be to us, enjoy ing, as we do, the glorious boon , of freedom, and unjustly attach ing, as we do, to the name slnre,—without any extenuations arising from time and place,—everything that is debasing and degrading in human nature, that, under the Christian dispen sation, it is no more sinful to be a slave-owner than to have servants and workmen amenable to our authority. And, before proceeding a single step, let me remark an 4*- : jection which stands in the very threshold of the argument,. namely, that doulos (although properly an adjective , signifying bound, contracted from d eo l us , and derived f rom deu, to and otos, altogether) ought not, in the New Testament, to be rendered slave, since we are called doulos Christocc. Is the thraldom of sin bondage ? douloq is the word used, for want of an harsher to express the relation in which the sinner stands to the " Prince of the air.'.' Under the old. dispensation, Moses and Joshua, and afterwards the prophets, were called douloi Theou, from, the devotedness of the service; and. hence the same term was applied to the Apostles and the ministers of the Gospel in general.—(2 Tim. ii. 21.) Again :—The slave has no will of his own, save in subservience to that of his mas ter; neither has the Christian. The slave receives no reward, except a liberal supply of the necessaries, not to say comforts of life; neither does the Christian, who has, indeed, the spiritual manna with which to refresh his wearied soul, but, after he has done all, far from reward for his services, he is to exclaim, " I am an unprofitable servant." The slave cannot leave the ser vice of his master without punishment; nay, if obduracy cha racterise his desertion, let us, for the sake of argument, suppose death the consequence. Neither can the Christian desert the service of the Captain of his salvation, without receiving, in the first instance, spiritual correction, and, his sin persisted in, the consequence is eternal death. The parallel might be carried farther, but what has been already said will suffice to show that the word, doitios, in the New, Testament, as well as profane authors,.means slave. Now, it is a point which will be conceded on. all hands, that the great Apostle to the Gentiles never committed a sin; yet we find him enjoining the obedience of slaves to their masters,— commanding their masters—not to emancipate them—but to treat them with kindness. (The word dowlos is uniformly used when the submission due from menials to their employers—is the sub ject of exhortation. Let us, now, briefly . glance at the history of the run-away slave, Onesimus. Having come to Rome, he was converted to the Christian faith, and baptised by St. Paul, with whom he staid some time. In order, however, to repair the injury he had done his master, he was anxious to return to him ' - and St. Paul wrote the letter to Philemon, to entreat him t o pardon Onesimus, and receive him again into his service. Nay, in or der to prevent all objections onthe score of injury suffered, the benevolent Apostle offers to reimburse it. In a word, we see the inspired penman advocating the emancipation of Onesimus, on the plea of expediency and courtesy, not, because to be a slave-owner was contrary .to the gospel, of which he was the zealous Apostle. Can we suppose, that, if, as the Anti-Slavery Society would have us believe, on Philemon's giving Onesimus his liberty or otherwise, depended his happiness or misery here after, the writer of the bpistle to the Galations would have based his appeal on the beggarly ground of courtesy ? had slavery been sinful, would he, who cared not for the ruin of those engaged in the manufacture of idols for the worship of Diana, of the Ephesians, have offered compensation to the slave owner for the temporary absence of his slave? Assuredly not. Away, then, with the crude ab sur diti es w hi c h te ll us, t h at i t i s unchristian to be a slave-owner! On the score of humanity,— the only legitimate plea that the immediate abolitionists can pretend to ground their objections on,—emancipation must be gradual, and without the intervention of Orders in Council, such as those with which Lord Goderich has attempted to legis late for our colonies —I am, &c., 27:1 Nov., 1832. CONSERVATOR. THE CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL :STaNDaRD. SIR,—Mr. Thornely seems to consider that it is peculiar to Dissenters to pay their own Ministers and build their own places of worship. Ido .not want to depreciate their merit; but, let me ask, do not Churchmen do the ,same ? There are in this town and -neighbourhood (that is, within the limits of the new-(angled borough) fourteen churches, built and endowed exelesivelyJi , e members of the Church of England, besides the 'floating ehorCh; and every Churchman who can afford it pays for his seat, and therefore pays his minister.. Where, then; is the difference? There is a very gross delusion in this respect on the publi c mind. The chu i rch s not paid by the people. Tithes never did belong to the people : they were given by the owners of the ' soil (not to the people, God knows,) but to the support of an established ministry. But it is triumphantly asked-,- Did not the legislature take the church property away from the Popish priesthood and give it to a Protestant ministry ? No, it- did not, Las triumphantly answer. The legislature ; never touched thaparoaltial property of the Established Church.' The property that had been alienated from its proper uses, and desecratedlii_ the luxuries of a besotted race of monks and nuns, was surren dered. (on 'compulsion, I grant, but still under the forms of law, surrendered) to King Henry VIII, and he granted it.saeri legiensly to his lay favourites, of who'd.. one Russel was the chief; and Lord John, of modern Tame, ow4s his rank and powers of mischief to the taerilegious plunder of the religious foundations at .Woburn, Covent-garden, and Bloomsbury. But this Was all: the parochial property, so far from being confiscated,- was confirmed irrevocably, as far as an act of Par liament can confirm it, by the 27th 'of Henry VIII, which en acted that " every person, according to the laws and ordi nances of the church,'should yieid and pay his tithes, Offerings, and altar-duos." What, then, it will, be ,asked,.-- did not the legislatnre take away the tithes from the Popish priests, and give them to the PrereetintPrieets? " No; it did not.' The legislatdr did , w h at every legislatiire has a right to do, it said that the Established ministry. should • not "promise and swear true obedience" to a foreign Prince, at the iloinish beneficed . ciqgy then 'did, and shill del and that , all.- who persisted in swearing this obedience should be - made to resign their benefices ' and, in c onsequ e nce of this, fourteen-bishops, twelve deans, fourteen archdeacons, silty canons, and one hundred beneficed priests, out o f 9,4 W, resigned; :be remainder conformed, This was atl ; and yet -this is impudently, ca;lled a confiscation, and adduced as a pre cedent for robbery and spoliation now: Why the property , of the Church WRS tietrer touched. The advowsons remained in • the same hands, : that was required was that the clergy should deny the supremacy of the Pope, and acknowledge the rupremeicy of the King. Many of the best friends of the Church ot ,, England are in errrir on this point, and it is right that they thee& lie undeceived; as for the enemies of the church it is needless to re.vion with them—" None -are so 'blind:as those who will not see."—Yours,&c. ANGLIOANUS. THE, LIVERPOOL STANDARD. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—A letter from Mr. Win. Ewart, in a late number-of the Saturday's Advertiser, has caused me to reflect, not for the first time indeed, on the temporal advantage of holding the Sabbath as a day of rest. I perfectly agree in opinion with Mr. Ewart, that the amusements of the poor, (rower orders more properly) are tender grounds of legislation, if he thereby means healthful and manly exercises ' not inconsistent with the peace and order o f s o c iety. B u t, pursuits which tend to the ruin of families, and to filling our jails and workhouses with inmates, are, surely, not such amusements as any bene ficent government ought to tolerate. Under the Sabbath dispensation, a day, is set apart when man is released from toil, and, refreshed thereby in mind and body, he again; at the appointed time, resumes his labours. But not so the drunkard. R eckless of himself,—callous to the sufferings of his family, the day is passed in the pot-house or dram-shop; and, unfitted for honest industry,. he betakes him self to crime, or seeks a respite from the cravings of hunger in a Workhouse. Surely, if that be not only . true, but widely exemplified by numerous instances, the Legislature is bound to exercise a 'parental authority, and to avert the effect by removing the cause; and, when it is considered that in the six days of labour is included provision for the seventh, the public, which pays the wages, has a claim to protection from the pauperism which, soonei or later, is the sure accompaniment of drunken mess. My remedy, so far as it relates to the Sabbath, is sim ple : close the dram-shops, and let no tippling be allowed on the premises, in either pot-houses or beer-shops. To allow the proprietors of those places to sell, is an indulgence not granted to butchers, bakers, or flour-dealers, and why, then, are these to be wholly exempted? This, Sir, is not, and ought not to be, a party question; and, I would say, to men of.every persuasion, "let all wages be paid ora the Friday." This may, for a season, lead to idleness on the 'day following; but herein a speedy cdrrective will be found, through the eye of the master, and the loss of pay, as a consequence,—a privation which none but the abandoned libertine will frequently incur for a momentary, and, as the labouring classes themselves must find it,—a ruinous and debasing gratification.—l am,_ &c. A SINCERE FRIEND OF HIS COUNTRY. THE DOCK COMMITTEE QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST2INDaIRD. SIR,--Your correspondent Conservative has anticipated me, partly, in what I intended to have said to you respecting our Radical journals. lam pleased to find, in your notice of his remarks, that you are disposed to deal charitably by them. Poor fellows! they need it; the Albion and Journal especi ally, whose case isbecoming hopeless. I am puzzled to think what has come over Mr. Albion: he used to be jocose --quite a wag. The leading article of his last number is quite savage, because Mr. T. B. Horsfall may not have the per spicacity of Mr. Bean, or the six protesting members of the Dock Committee, in seeing into the alarming and instant necessity of altering its constitution, along with every exist ing constitution in the state, (the levelling axe is at the root of all,) and, in indignant and honest language, terms that spirit " insatiate" and "unprincipled," he is hunted down, in the leading article of the Albion, as having ap plied the "foul slander" to the men, and not the system. A. man must have the stomach of the ostrich he talks about to di gest this, which poked its head out here, however, and to the sight and conception of all, who read the grave charge_ in the paper, revealed pretty clearly his intention to hold up Mr. Hors fall as an object of personal attack and dislike to his opponents on that measure. Can this be a professor of liberality, who thus illiberally construes another's words and motives ? Truly 'tis like Whig liberality; all on one side. What has Mr. Bean done with the cork-jacket the senior editor of the Mercury made him a present of, in pity to his heaviness ? He will need it to keep him afloat, if he embark far on such a "sea of troubles." This sort of work is not to be tolerated; the conduct and mo tives of those who reside amongst us to be thus villainously at tacked and branded, on party grounds and no other • ignorance, presumption, cloven-feet, and the like jargon, showered on them, when met to discuss matters of local interest, with honest intention, no doubt of it, because a sagacious printer, and some of his wise contributors, think otherwise. You say, Mr. Editor, that you have "resolved to take the Albion under your especial patronage." Do so, and keep him under strict" surveillance." .rhen there is the Journal, with his notions of Gall and Spurz heim, never can rest, when any discussion is going . on, without •taking the measure of the speaker's cranium, and indulging in serious remarks on the colour of his whiskers, eyebrows, and hair; no doubt particularly interesting and amusing to some folks, who dare not venture, and have not the talent, to say "boo to a goose," but not so agreeable to those who are thus held up to ridicule by a crazy phrenologist. Do see after the "par nubile" - What a fuss the liberal folks are making about the incapacity and the unfitness of the young and untried! 'Tis strange, at a time when every thing old, and staid, and venerable, is being de cried and shuffled out of the way, and new systems, and new lights, the rage. Is not Mr. Ewart a young man ? and do not these gentlemen, who are so touchy and personal respect ing Mr. C. Bourne's appointment as a solicitor to a dock estate (surely not an object of such jealousy and care as a member of ,Parliament for a community like this) do not they hold Mr. Ewart up as the most capable, the very essence and quintes sence of ability and perfection ? and what do we or themselves know of him than, (proh pudor I) that he is a young man ? Whig liberality again; all on one side. I was at this meeting, Mr. Editor, that has so stirred up the bile of the Albion, and had the honour of sitting amongst and listening to " all the ta lents," as Mr. Canning facetiously termed the liberals ; and young though Mr. Horsfall may be, and " son of the Mayor," as one of the speakers sneeringly chose to term him, though where the point or meaning of the sarcasm lay, I cannot divine, he made an inipression by what he said that would h ave d one credit to the oldest head in the room, though with difficulty sustained on the shoulders of an Atlas, like Mr. Bean. His inquiry for the guarantee that the liberal gentlemen, when they had got all the poliver, would not do as they had blamed their predecessors for doing, in filling up the appointments to the good things out of their own ranks, with the fact before the world that the Whig Premier and his friends, with all their ethinter-professions, had " out-I-I eroded Herod," when they got the upper hand, was quite "the thing." And I do earnestly and fervently pray, that the warning may be traced in capitals, the size of beans, over the walls of the town, and be conned over and commented on by all, to put them on their guard, at the coming election, against returning a brace of these liberal preferring gentlemen (an infliction with which we are threa tened) as their representatives. Will nobody dissect Mr. Thornely's address? None of you 'so deep read in Cobbett aud the rules of grammar as to attack it ? No critics but the Albion and Journal? Sandon's has been butchered, and you let the " I by myself I" pass by unnoticed, "unshorn, unkempt." How long will the-Tories stick to the motto, " bide my time ?" They must "up and be doing," or the force of circumstances will overwhelm them, as they threa len to do his Dutch Majesty. I trust a better fate is in store for both than to die in the last ditch, although with arms in their hands, fighting "pro aria et focis." I have trespassed too much already on your patience to ex pect you will bear with more on this occasion, or I wished to • have engaged your attention whilst I commented on the singu ,,lar circumstance of Mr. Ewart's asserting that the inhabitants of Toxteth, Park were not wishful to have a representative of :their own, at the time when the, Tories were abused for with holding the extension of this so •cried up, by ,his party, as the greatest of blessinc , s and, boons, from the unrepresented corners 'of England. Ido not understand this, and should like to have 'it explained in some other waY than it has been urged to me, as it does no credit to Mr. Ewart's modesty, though it may speak for his boldness, namely, that he considered himself per fectly competent to undertake their representation along with that of. Liverpool, his own, we all know, and are so often told, by,birthright and purchase.—Yours, 4c. Liverpool, NoveviLer 26, 1832. DISTRESSING . OCCURRENCE -AT SEA.—So long ago, as the 13th of October, an-old fisherman named Joseph Grayson, and his son-in-law, William Wilson, went out to sea-in a boat called the Jane; and after fishingsonic for time they landed at llar rin,Yton, and re-embarked, in the eveninboth being in, a state of intoxication. The weather was cold and boisterous at the time, and as the)? did not arrive at home at the etpeeted, time, great apprehensions -were entertained for their safety. Week after week passed away, and no tidings were heard of them un,- til Monday last, when intelligence to the effect, that the boat was fallen in with on the 15th instant, by the Neptune, Daniel, rnaster, from 'Maryport tO Kirkcudbright, and both Grayson and Wilson found dead on board. The remains of the unfortunate men were interred at Kirkandrews, near the latter plate, on the 17th. Grayson was between 70 and 80 years old, rind Wilson' about 28. - When picked up, the body of the former was lyinc, in the bottom of the boat, while that of the latter was in a sit ting position, with his head -resting on, his hand. No df.mbt is entertained that their deaths were 'occasioned by exposure to the cold, under the joint influmce of sleep, YitOgue, and liquor. —Carlisle Patriot. SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS. Haying been invited by a requisition, numerously and sil°' respectably signed, to present himself to the Electors of Liv er. pool, as a Candidate for the Uepresentation of the Boroug h ' on Conservative Principles—Sir Howard Douglas arrived town on Tuesday last, and shortly afterwards visited the CO Exchange, accompanied by Mr. Alderman Leyland and lg t ' Duncan Gibb; and, in compliance with a call from maul the Gentlemen present, addressed the assemblage as follows . ) " Gentlemen,—From the moment that it b ecame m y duty,. oe ' o reference to the opinions to which I was pled ge d i n th e serve 1 in British North America, to resign th e go v ernmen t of Brunswick rather than have any . participation in a meas t 'a ti , with which you must all be acquainted, I m ea n th e timber ! ties, which I knew would prove injurious to th e i n terests 4 .. I these colonies,—from that moment I h ave re ti re d f rom the V e il': of public life, and devoted myself to the business of my fat1 11) :f .to domestic enjoyments, and to the pursuits of science and literature.—(ApPlause.) Since that time I have had four 1 4 1: positions made to me to become a candidate for a seat in Pa r t liament, but I invariably declined the o ff er , b ecause I thog, a contrary, step might have evinced a disposition o f hosts its and vengeance against the government, of w hi c h, I ass u „„, you, I felt none, and thus deprived my conduct on that 00.1,, sion of the construction to which it was entitled by those ,T A tives on which, I trust, I have ever acted, the tr ue and principle of devoting my own interests to the interest of Gre, Britain and her colonies.—(Loud cheers.) Gentl eme n—WL e o that measure was attempted to be brought into op era tion,—P.'d measure to which I was pledged to give my opposition,-.--a tit when I found that it had been determined in London, withe,„ affording me an opportunity of representing h o w it would ,°_; injurious to British North America, I resolved to surrender Fl t government, and to put myself in a position for defeating t n , plan, as' far as I was able. I did. resign, gentlemen, and la proud to declare that that resignation was accepted with reglT; ! and laid before the King after some hesitation. A n d the co I took was this: as soon as I did this I determined that tin ' should be no mystery as to the cause. I therefore threw i n ! my views of the interests of British North America, whic. e . believed would have been sacrificed. The day after I 1 . 0 ceived deputations from Liverpool, from Glasgow, and fr, s b .. London, one of which included my excellent friend Mr. Gill et : and in this originated my acquaintance with that very res . Pe„, able person, with the exception of whom, I think there f, one here that I can claim acquaintance with. H ere is no ! a , trigue—(Cheers.) I took an early dinner, and telling the Prl i i s ter I should have occasion for his services, and t o keep h' devils at work—(a laugh,)—before twelve o'clock the next that pamphlet, with which you are doubtless familiar, was o f in print. And thus, having done what I could in d e fenee. the interests of that branch of commerce, and in vindicall, oo ;c of my own proceedings, I have lived in the privacy of domati life,—(Applause.) Gentlemen,—A few days ago it was hsn e• to me, that there was a large party in this community . who '1 sired that a person should be larought forward professing, a g o , do, conservative principles.—(Loud cheer s .) I cordialq" e t it braced the offer, and having learned shortly afterwards Oa red 1 would be expedient to show myself her e , I imme di a t e ly eat e ra s 1 the mail and came down. Here th en I am, w i t h t h e hand , , prompt to execute, as the mind has been zealous to adopted. with ss e t this is which I attachmenttrust the ecol sacrifice onial interests x 4, s , oo with y e a a disinteres t i t s o i n p t r e i r n e 1 , let ; n will be admitted as som e p roo f, and a devoti on w hi c h did u oi , hesitate one instant to abdicate the highe s t s t a ti on which A , individual, not being a sovereign himself, can hold on e s , - 1 the representative of his sovereign in a foreign overnroel l ” to pledge that principle, that promptitude, an d that devoticnl.re t you, if you have occasion for such a man. I stand here be I you all and declare what my principles are.—‘ Ships, colou' e ba i and commerce !'—(Loud applause.) A firm belief that w o . has made B r it a i n great will retain her i n th at hi g h a nd c 0 mending place in the rank of nations, in proportion as o o adhere to that cou rse ;—( Cheers .) but just as we d ev iate I ca , that path which has led her. to her state of maritime grand must she become, in that respect feeble.—(Ch eers .) I sa t i.- I wish to say a word about slavery; but you will allow rae to th e mark, that no time has elapsed since my introduction t° o , tl gentleman to whom I have alluded, and hi s imparting h i ' s eer sion to me, for me to assume a spurio us e l o qu ence to al! t or ) my purpose on this occasion. I mak e n o p r eten ce t o °lsl.,' p never before did I stand in the honourable position in whi i: e ti g, now find myself. But unpractised as I am in public sRe 3 / " c oo I know 'that what I feel, and believe, and understand , eel utter in any presence,—(ch eers ,) --and I do k no w and t he that I understand the commercial interests of this couutrY' de• I interests of her navigation and shipping,—and these I e termined to uphold be I where I may.--(LoudaWause.) d it respect to slavery, I dare say. I may be asked questions, a:l ie d:II ; right these questions should b e answere d. H a d I lived sn when men first dared to usurp a property in their fellow; It - o rs, I would have risen in opposition to the atr oc i ous a tt e mpt—lc bell and a cry of Why perpetuate it, then ?') But man ba: s e a permitted to acquire that property ; it has been recoPi s o f I. many acts of the state to be in the imm e diate holders q ues' and the right has been confirmed by many d ee d s . i rn e rt y ?-'" tion is, how shall we extinguish this unnatural proPe How? Emancipate the slave. But then I say, how and, " ay it is this tobe done ? Is it to be immediate or gradual ? I ;,'`,er I should be gradual, with a proper regard to the rights oliarae perty :—to extinguish it in a 'legal. a pror and a jus t ' t s, ner, and without interfering with the rights of proPe r d pet 1, (Cheers and hisses) But - lay this question aside, ° tier! 't the question of humanity. And what is this ? The anle it is tion and benefit of the slave. I will contend, then, ems essential to their amelioration, and their benefit, that the e r - sll cipation should be gradual.—(Hisses and cheers.) M e 'fore changes of moral conditi on oug ht t o b e gra d ua l, an d t hr e o ) the acquirement of freedo m mus t be g►radual.—(APP It is not the best to do hastily all even that ought to he ‘ett ed I contend, that if the claims of morbid humanity were 1i5,1. , to, and the slave to be emancipated according to its rill_ c r ie would be reduced to the greatest destitution, and the 7 ov black population be made to suffer.—(cheers.) — W e ar c ,,r barrassed enough with white paupers at homes but I • . I, !;.tit fectly convinced if these projects of emancipation were l ti n af , carried into effect, we should have htnnireds of thous , e ; c o, black people in a stale of detitution and misery. Gea r. ' als with regard to the Church, I ought to state my opinions-,, a churchman. (Cheers.) I will uphold the church es".' ,1 anent for its own sake, and for the sake of the monarchy' _teiel newed cheering.) I will never consent that one fraction itacl dues and properties shall h e annihilated, or diverted re st & purpose but the support of that church. But at the ty itil ty time I am ready to join in any proposition originating, tr ilar the friends of the church for such an alteration, 0 , lf oo tsh, tO tion, and modification of her revenues, as shall be t , by the friends of the church, to be reasonable in it,SZ nt . " just in its design to equalizing and moclifying the sYstivea will uphold national credit.—(Cheers.) To that, gent l e air lam pledged. These are my opinions • these are ilY 1 1,0: 1 ciples: and be I where I may, I shall ;hope a cours c o idere viatingly fashioned upon them. Perhap s it may be eon th e that this is too late to come forward, in the linguage time, at the twelfth hour; but that is for you to j udgeoail) see me here in obedience to an invitation, and in 0 ) 1 ' 4 el; ' t !! with a requisition, and it is for those who know the loc o lo, l ? 4 ,1 4 tics in this place—(lltre the market bell began to ring, t! 1 , k , caused some amusement, and a cry of " Turn him ,ielo If it be the pleasure of those who are friendly to me \ e veol.l, ,t put me in nomination, if they consider that even at the c et r ee f hour it is not too late, I have only to express ray perceiloopy ness to comply with their wishes.—(Cheers.) Phrasal, teaches us, and you most probably know, that p0w,° 1. 1 .0 0 " .. ., condensed to act with great energy and activity in a s" ° ,„ o and human power may do that which mechanical Por a ble ) not. If such be the pleasure of those who are favou r s my nomination, I would observe, that it is nut the P ra disca; he profession to which I belong to be intimidated or a , at raged ; and it is not the temperament., or the stat e ' e e t,„ 1 1 , ki t frame of my mind to be daunted by any circtunat an i it ' may interpose themselves in the path illicit I filial att atrYti duty to take for the honour and th e goo d o f thi s greu t k , c , 0 43 4 1€ 1c therefere be it for you to dete rm i ne : If th e prinelP, o - o ,ttd, I profess are such as to a ccor d With your own ; Lob e 0 , that a caedidate professing my principles should be and 111 ;then latinch me, and rely upon a mest undeviating, compromising course in the way which have ileclarel t i eu rap be taken.—(Cheers) As to habits of business, ge, 11 ,, ; r e shall, I think, be able to command my speech beta "t s elsewhere. lamof a profession accustomed to Pll sse- e: c s te mind in difficulties and eremendeus noises somellu l a bied eo r never to deviate from it. This Iho e• shell be en .I . ui le. prove.—(‘‘ The corn laws.'') . Oh ! The corn l a ws 'y o ' only say, gentlemen, that it, is a complicated inatter' t t ior e ,if• I am sure it will no t be exp ec t e d th at , on t h e naive four hours, I shall be ahle to , adkess t op& very Fa t . cio, I have, perhaps, thought as i.tach upon the jority of those whom I see around me, and I have hic'le 111" h tomed to study abstract question s i n a way . O. 1, 101 enable Inc to apply to this. In th e prop . j er time and ov a. , r li e shall give this subject my ea rnes t and careful Af f kec, uninficieneed by any views of party opinionsAul tl ' 1 1, 1 reference to the interests of the nation, and ‘ l, portion of‘the community,—( A question wasustzed monopolies.) Monopolies? Corouial 4 In' Will uphold colonial trade."