The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-05 00:00:00

THE COMING ELECTION. MR. LIDDELL AT THE AMPHITHEATRE Mr. LIDDELL, at his second public appearance, which was made on Wednesday in the Amphitheatre, was en thusiastically received by acr )wded meeting. Mr. Charles Turner, with whom was Mr. Liddeil, was very warmly received. Mr. EDNIUND 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 all. Mr. J. A. TOBIN moved the first resolution :—" That the cordial thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby given, to Charles Turner, Eso.. [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 intererts 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 l") Mr. Henry Steele seconded the reso lution, which was carried unanimously. In responding $o 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 wilt 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. hear.) What has become of the charge of debauching the employe's 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 lezal—(" 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 I 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.") ‘N 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 he 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 Ti»ies 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. __ Mr. GEORGE HENRY HORSFALL, as the representative of his brother, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, then came forward, and was about to address the assemblage, whereupo n a sh ou t was raised of " Three cheers for Bramley-M oore " This was met by cries of" No split," " Turn him ou t," " Order," " Horsfall," &c. Order having been resto re d , Mr. Horsfall rose and spoke at some length. His broth er, Mr. Horsfall, had no sympathy with the pres en t anoma lous amalgamation which, under the premie rs hi p o f Lord Aberdeen, at present governed this country. (A . v o i ce " 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 Pop is h Solicitor-General for Ire land and the writer of the D ur h am letter, and that he wou ld view with suspicion any measure which might emanate from the jesuitical brain of thei r late opponent, Mr. Cardwell. (Hisses, confusion, and cries of " Turn him out.") Mr. FRANCIS SHAND moved a resolution approving of B. the nomination of the Hon. H. T. Liddell and Mr. T. Horsfall as candidates for the representat ion of this borough qt the ensuing election, and pledging the meet ing to use the most zealous and earnest efforts to secure their triumphant return. Mr. JAMES HOLME seconded the resolution, wh ich was likewis e 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 Conservative electors met on Tuesday evening at Mr. Pyecroft's, the Wheatsheaf 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 Buituouuris seconded the resolution, and it was passed. On the motion of Mr. Tuos. WATSON, a rote of thanks was passed to Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner for their services in parliament, and an expression of sympathy at the result of the parliamentary committee of inquiry. EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARDS. Mr. Carson presided at the meeting held on Wednesday evening at Halliday's coffee-house, Everton. Mr. T. D. ANDERSON moved, and Mr. MADDOCK se conded, a vote of confidence in Messrs. Horsfall and Liddell as fit and proper representatives, which was adopted unanimously. _ The Hon. Mr. LIUrELL 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. Horsfall. Mr. LONGTON seconded the resol u ti o n, w hi c h was , nnanimously agreed to. Mr. G. H. HoaseALL 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 upon them to sign a requisition to Mr. J. Bramlev- 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.) THE LIVERPOOL STAIN - DATM, TrESDA_Y, JULY r 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 were the reason that his children were called Han nihals, he was content to devote them to his country. (Hear, and great applause.) But, more than that, he had devoted them to his country. (Continued applause.) His (Mr. Liddell's) youngest son was at that moment quartered in the Amatoro Mountains, engaged in the war with the Kaftirs, and exposed to all the dangers of that barbarous warfare, and last time he wroth to him he said what a luxury it would be to be again in a bed, or under a roof. (Cheers.) His second son was about to embark, at Cork, with the 81st Regiment, in which he held a cap. tain's commission, to join the forces in India. (Cheers.) He was a midshipman at the age of 13, and fought through the whole of the China war as a mere boy. (Applause.) He, young as he was, wore a medal on his breast for the dangers he went through, and the privations he endured in that war which they had read of, but which none of them experienced. (Cheers.) He, young as he was, was absent for five Christmasses running, four of which were spent in the four quarters of the globe. (Cheers.) He was the second Hannibal, who, according to the Liver pool Times, I want to quarter on the country. (Cheers and laughter.) His (Mr. Liddell's) eldest son was en gaged in the service of his country in the Commons House of Parliament, representing a great and enlight ened community ; and, although in delicate health, he was one of those who sat last on the benches of the house of Commons in order that the writ might be issued for the borough of Liverpool. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Lid dell) had but one more Hannibal to provide for— (laughter)—and he was incapacitated by real infirmity from taking an active line of life ; he was engaged as a clerk in a public office, driving his fingers off with accounts repugnant to his feelings and nature, at the enormous salary of £9O per year. (Cheers.) Mr. G. H. HORSFALL came forward, and was loudly cheered. He referred to an artiele in the Mercury, charging him with presumption in having accepted the requisition on the part of his brother, and asked was it presumption that he should act on his brother's behalf the second time the honour had been offered to him ? (Cries of " No.") He then referred to a speech delivered in Newcastle, in 1844, by Mr. Geo. Stephenson, who stated that the first locomotive engine he ever constructed was for and with the money of Lord Ravensworth. (Cheers.) Was any one who could appeal to such an antecedent as that a stranger in Liverpool ? (Hear, and cheers.) They might fairly trace their vast railway enter prise to Lord Ravensworth,—and there stood his son. (Great applause.) He inculcated strongly the necessity of union, which would cause them to be triumphantly successful. (Cheers.) Mr. NIXON proposed the following resolution :—" That this meeting, from the admirable sentiments enunciated by the Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell this evening, and at the other meetings which he has attended and addressed the electors, and from the well-known opinions held by our respected townsman, Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq.. (so ably represented by his brother, George Henry Horsfall, Esq..) think them highly qualified as candidates for the representation of this borough in parliament, and hereby pledge itself to use every exertion to secure their return." Mr. RIDING seconded the motion, which was unani mously agreed to, and after a few words from Mr. BOLD, and a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, the pro ceedings terminated. ST. PAUL'S WARD. Mr. John Briscoe presided at a meeting on Wednesday evening, at Mr. Thomas Taylor's public-house, Earle street, at which resolutions were passed, approving of the new candidates, and sympathising with the late rnem bers. The speakers were the chairman, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Owen Williams, Mr. William Roberts, Mr. Sohn Davies, and a freeman named Samuel Sankey, the last mentioned of whom indiznantly declared that he de spised a bribe as he despised the devil. GREAT GEORGE, PITT-STREET, RODNEY• STREET, ST. PETER'S, AND ABERCROMBY WARDS. A meeting of the electors of these wards was convened at the Assembly-rooms, Great George-street, on Thurs day evening, and was most numerously attended. The reception of Mr. Liddell was enthusiastic. Mr. Coun cillor Hugh Neill occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that for twenty-two years he had watched the elections in Liverpool, and he never saw so true, and faithful, and honest an election as the last, representing the wishes of the great majority of the eke tors—(cheers) ;—but it was hard to tell what blighted hopes might do with persons whose minds were not very well regulated. (Laughter, and cheers.) Mr. CHAS. CALLIS, of Pitt-street Ward, proposed the first resolution :—" That this meeting views with great disapprobation the factious conduct which characterised the late petition of the Whig-Radical party, and cannot allow this opportunity to pass without expressing their great regret that such paltry proceedings should have de prived the town of the valsable services of Chas. Turner, Esq., and William Forbes Mackenzie, Esq., to whom this meeting begs to offer their cordial sympathy." Mr. Councillor J. A. Tonix', in an eloquent and pithy speech, seconded the resolution, which was carried unani mously. Mr. Tobin alluded to the failure of the attempt on the part of the Whig-Radical party to obtain candi dates, and stated that they had put forward the name of Mr. Bramley-Moore in order to sow the seeds of discord in the Conservative party. (Hear, hear.) This, he warned the electors present, was only a weak invention of the enemy ; and he stated, that immediately the deci sion of the parliamentary committee was made known in the town, a meeting of the Conservative party took place, at which the various wards were represented, when the names of the Hon. Mr. Liddell, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, and Mr. Bramley-Moore were brought forward, and, after the fullest consideration, it was decided that the Hon. Mr. Liddell and Mr. Horsfall were fit and proper persons to represent the borough. (Cheers, and a Voice : " Mr. Bramley-Moore ought to deny it.") The CHAIRMAN then introduced The Honourable Mr. LIDDELL, who was received with loud cheers and Kentish fire, and who delivered a length ened speech. As a perfect stranger he should never have presumed to solicit the honour of representing Liverpool, had he not been induced to do so by representa tions whi ch made him feel that were he to shrink from his post he should not be fulfilling the duty which he owed to his country. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Now, when that was the question between him (Mr. Liddell) and their respected, and, he believed, very able townsman, Mr. I Bramley Moore, Mr. Bramley-Moore must perceive that it was not by his fault or by his presence that he was kept out from the post to which he possibly might, and with justice, aspire ; but it was because an opinion had been expressed, by the vast majority of the Conservative constituency at Liverpool, that an humble individual like himself should be thought worthy to represent this great town. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) There was nothing like putting the matter on a right footing at starting— (cheers)—and he need not say that, if any expression of public opinion were given against him (Mr. Liddell), he should not lose a moment in at once withdrawing himself from their notice. (Hear, hear.) Mr. G. H. HORSFALL followed the honourable candi date, and in the course of his remarks desired to say one word with respect to Mr. Bramley-Moore. They had seen placards upon the walls inviting the electors to sign a requisition to that gentleman to allow himself to be put in nomination at the ensuing election. For the first time some of them had been permitted to catch a glimpse of that requisition—(hear)—for the first time that day it had appeared upon the Liverpool Exchange, where it had always been the custom to place requisitions of the kind at the outset ; and he thought the meeting would agree with him that it was only a proper mark of respect to those who had been in the habit of taking a prominent lead in these matters that it should be so. (Hear, hear.) For the first time, that day the requisition had made its appearance ; it was there for some time that afternoon, and during the period it was there he had the satisfaction to tell the meeting there were only about 15 or Di names added to it, and amongst those names, the first name at tached to the requisition was the name of Mr. Samuel Mellor, the radical representative of Everton ward. (Oh ! Oh !) The next gentleman whose name appeared there was that of Mr. T. L. Hodson. (Loud laughter.) He was not sure that lie could describe that gentleman's politics; but they would be better able to understand them when he told them that, at the late municipal elec tion, he was put forward in St. Ann's ward in opposition to their highly-respectable fellow-townsman, Mr. Francis Shand. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers for Mr. Shand.) The next name was that of Mr. Towers, of the Angel, (Cries of " Oh, oh," and " Mr. Macfie.") They could connect that with the name of Mr. Macfie if they pleased. (Cheers and laughter.) Now for one remark, and he had done. (A. Voice : " Was not old Rathbone there ?") He was quite willing to leave Mr. Rathbone in their hands. He had the satisfaction of receiving from him £ll 4s. for his expenses to London. (Cheers.) There was not a shadow of doubt but that this requisition to Mr. Moore had been set on foot exclusively by those whose interest it was to sow disunion amongst them. (Cheers.) He concluded by strongly urging them to be united in the coming struggle. (Cheers.) Mr. THOMAS BOLD, having been vehemently called for, said, in reference to the requisition to Mr. Bramley- Moore, he said he believed that ever since that gentleman placed himself before the public of Liverpool as a public character, there had been no one more friendly towards him than he (Mr. Bold) had been. He had always thought, and be had no reason to think otherwise, that he was a straightforward man. (Hear, hear.) He called upon Mr. Bramley-Moore after the first placard was put out, and begged of him, as a gentleman and a man, riot to be deluded by the Radicals. He knew that that pla card was put out by them, not by any friends of Mr. Bramley-Moore, and now they had clear proof of it by what had been stated with respect to the requisition which had been placed in the Exchange. Mr. Bramley- Moore did not meet the call as he (Mr. Bold) hoped he would have done. He was afraid that Mr. Bramley- Moore believed he had a chance. Did they think he had any ? (Cries of " None," and cheers.) Did the meeting think he had any chance, when he was brought forward by Mr. Hodson, Mr. Mellor, and Mr. Towers, of Angelic notoriety ? (Laughter.) Did they suppose that those gentlemen could carry Mr. Bramley-Moore triumphantly to the head of the poll ? (" No," and cheers.) Why, it was a perfect farce to suppose it possible. He only hoped that Mr. Bramley Moore would come out, because he (Mr. Bold) did not like a sham fight. He liked a real fight, and he thought it would do them all good. He was ready to work with them, and let them go to the poll, and carry Mr. Liddell and Mr. Horsfall with not 1,500 but 2,000 majority. Mr. R. A. PAYNE, of Rodney-street ward, moved the second resolution, pledging the meeting to support Messrs. Liddell and Horsfall, which was seconded by Mr. ALEXANDER SHAND, and carried unanimously; and, after a few words from Mr. THISTLE, who apologized for the unavoidable absence of Mr. Alderman Cooper, the announcement of whose name was loudly cheered, the meeting separated amidst the usual demonstrations. 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 Wards, favourable 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 shauld 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 representatives for Liverpool. (Applause.) Mr. THOMAS WATSON seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The Hon. Mr. LIDDELL then came forward, and was received with the most enthusiastic cheering, followed by o A rd m j i o d hn lou m d an c n h e e r e s r , s, wh h o e , p i a n ss r e e d fer a enwcaertmo ri v re e h rpool, had, at a very late hour the previous the Kentish unif nrpL t at an early hour in the morning, by a few n the house, at once demolished every pointed sentences ut forward even by Lord Palmer ntehuigel:wgt,riotr for . reason that could be privileges.arl,—foprthe temporary abeyance of their (Applause.) By . the partiality stop—(hear, rights h e a r e ' n i d e position, but he had no reason himself to the of his friends he had been brou t g o ht re in pe to nt th o l f s t v h e e ry de m t a er rk m e i d . nation which influenced him in pr esenting o electors of Liverpool, encouraged as he hastdinbfieneuenbtl o by the good opinions of the most able and the m their fellow-citizens. (Cheers.) Allow him to say, that with all his experience of public meetings assemblages of his fellow-countrymen, h'e was and not large more gratified than he was astonished at the order, interest, an o d f the intelligence which was manifested by the ci tiz ens MEETING IN THE COTTON SALES-ROOM. On Saturday, at noon, a large meeting of the friends and sup porters of the Hon. H. T. Liddell and Mr. T. 13, Horsfall was held in the Cotton Sales-room. Mr. Liddell entered the room precisely at twelve o'clock, accompanied by Messrs. Edmund Molynenx, James Tyrer, Thos. Bold, J. A. Tobin, T. Edwards Moss, Cottingham Moss, Harold Littledale, Robert Preston, Robert Horafall, Win. Rowett, &c. On the proposition of Mr. H. LITTLE DA LE, Mr. Jas. Tyrer was called upon to preside. The Ow riNtAx said lie felt it a more pleasing duty in taking the chair on this occasion than lie did at the last elec tion, inasmuch as he had then to find much fault with our former member, Mr. Cardwell, on account of broken promises. (Hear, hear.) He was proud to place before them as fitting candidates for the suffrages of the electors of Liverpool, the names of the Hon. H. I'. Liddell and Mr. T. B. Horsfall. (Cheers.) Mr. T. E. Moss moved the first resolution. It had been the boast, lie said, on former occasions, that, in this borough of Liverpool, all the acrimony, and feeling, and party-spirit which was indispensably connected with a great struggle, had generally vanished on the declaration of the poll. (Hear, hear.) But how different had been the conduct of their oppo nents at the late election. (Hear, hear.) The Conservative party had been taunted that the last election was no proof of the opinion of Liverpool, that there had been a large number of purchased votes, and that not only were men bribed with 55., but it was publicly stated nine months ago that many mer chants on the Exchange were connected with these proceed ings. (Hear, hear.) This was a grievous charge which Messrs. Itathbone, jun., and Ronald—(hisses)—were bound to support with evidence, or, if they had none, then were they bound in honour to withdraw it ( cheering.) He be lieved they would agree with hint in asserting that their late members, during the time they represented this borough in Parliament, did their duty to the town. (Hear, hear.) The regret they felt at their being taken away from them was alleviated only by the names of the gentlemen who would be brought before their notice. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he moved " That this meeting feels it to be their duty to give their warmest thanks to Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie. for the un deviating attention displayed by them while representatives in Parliament of the vast commercial interests of this borough ; and that it offers them its cordial regret that the bond has been so prematurely severed." (Cheers.) _ . Mr. JOHN MYERS briefly seconded the proposition, which was carried by acclamation. The Hon. H. T. LIDDELL, having been introduced by the Chairman, amidst loud cheers, spoke to the following effect : After the able speech from Mr. Moss, in moving the resolution, he confessed, for the first time since he entered Liverpool, he felt some hesitation in addressing such a large assemblage as he saw before him. He laboured under disadvantages which he had never experienced before ; for, on former occasions, lie knew what topics were likely to interest his audience, and he might be able to give some previous thought to them. Now, however, he was quite at a loss what observations to address to an assemblage composed of the merchants and commercial men of the most distinguished port in the world.—(Cheers.) The only assistance he had on this occasion was drawn, not from the goodwill of his friends, but from the charges and attacks of his enemies. Were it not for the disparaging obser vations made against him, humble individual as he was, and having but few claims to put himself forward as a candidate for their suffrages, beyond the desire of doing his duty, to the very letter and spirit of that duty, in the House of Commons — (cheers)—were it not for these charges, he would have con siderable difficulty— The honourable gentleman was interrupted by a Voice in the body of the room, stating that it had something important to communicate. Another Voice observed that the owners of the office beneath the room were under some apprehension lest the flooring should give way. A third Voice : " The old story 1" (Laughter.) If gentlemen would refrain from stamp ing on the floor, the desired object, he thought, would be obtained. _ . The CHAIRMAN assured the meeting that the room was per fectly secure; but, as stamping on the floor might be some annoyance to gentlemen " below"—(laughter)—he suggested that they should show their approbation by cheering and clap pin; of hands. (Cheers.) Mr. LIDDELL, in resuming his address, said it must be a source of great satisfaction to gentlemen in the meeting to know that the room was perfectly sate, especially when they bore in mind the terrible accident which occurred last year at the Corn Exchange. Before the interruption he was proceeding to say, that but for the accusations and charges of that portion of the press which was hostile to his pretensions, and hostile generally to what he believed was the feeling of the town of Liverpool—(cheers)—he should really have been at conside rable loss to find a proper topic on which to address them. But there were occasions when a man might be excused, and this was one of them, for standing forward in his own defence. They had been informed in the columns of the Liverpool Times 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 be 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 I" 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 the trouble of inspecting it, to the evidence before the committee of the House of Commons, moved for by Mr. Ricardo, in the year 1846, which committee sat uninterruptedly for two sessions, inquiring into the shipping interest. On that committee he sat for two Nears, in conjunction with their honoured representative, Sir Howard Douglas, and two others, all belonging to the commercial world except Sir Howard Douglas, who was in the naval profession, but who, neverthe less, represented their interests in parliament. His attend ance waa unremitting during the two sessions, having only been absent from two meetings; and he referred them to the ques tions he put to the witnesses on the spur of the moment, and according to the nature of the inquiry which came before the comm mlfuhaetw i n t a t ns e t e t a f hu o an r yt t ee h d e d i p br u ye c r p o tt he de s e ph o r i se sty, s a scn i fn s o f arid i n en g roa t tt h i n e c on m m s t e inn l v gt e h s a whether he r w q u a r e d s t i a o n n d . giving his opinion upon commercial subjects, he would wish to know in what f orm was the opinion to be given? Could any thing be more presumptuous than that he, in their presence, should attempt to deliver a lecture on commercial affairs, they being qualified to form their eir own judgments on matters of that tdiensncariwpthiiocnh. might(Hear, be he to hi t was only by answering ques tions could be tested. A n d put e m that his opinions on such ready to answer as best he might at the himself perfectly t the spur of the moment, and 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, nn 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 ❑seless 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 called 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 he 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 dirties 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 commercial town in the world ; and that we pledge ourselves to do all in our power to secure their return." (Cheers.) Mr. H. C. CHAPMAN seconded the proposition, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRNIAN observed that the businsss 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. LIDDELL, 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 :%Ir. 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 an d un di gn ifi e d 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. HARRISON, 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 \V. 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.) And 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 a f ra id t o 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 be 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 his opinion was, that the two candidates who had been brought forward were equally fit. (Great cheering.) There had been a good deal of alispnting with reference to the ss. qoestion. tie could assure them that the ropemakers knew nothing whatever of the five shillings, 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 them 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, there were not more than four freemen. (Hear, hear.) But he was afraid he was spinning too long a yarn (laughter), and he would therefore content himself with seconding the resolution. The Hon. Mr. LIDnELL then came forward, and was warmly received. He said, that proud as he 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 lie 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 them; 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 best 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 days 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 lie had yet to learn that that gentleman's pretensions exceeded those of air. Horsfall and his own (air. Liddell's). (Hear, hear.) air. Horsfall bad, during the last year, expended a stun of no less than .e 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 ? (Hear, hear.) That was the ground of opposition to the repeal of the Navigation Laws ; and lie 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 shioping, that, on all such occasions, he de clared it to be his opinion that commerce should give way. and navigation be supported." In conclusion, he hoped 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 down. (Great cheering.) Mr. G. HottsFam. 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 b e equally ready and willing to recognise the claim of Mr. Hors fall. (Cheers.) Mr. Liddell had told them that he had a sym pathy with them, because he was a freeman of Ne w c as tl e , b u t Mr. Horsfall had a sympathy with them because he was a free 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) but 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 Russell was about to bring forward a sweeping measure of reform ; and it behoved them to know to whom they entrusted their interests. A Voice : Is Lord John A 1 at Lloyd's ? (Laughter, and an other Voice, "No ! he is not No. 6.") Mr. Horsfall resumed. He should think any gentleman i t m h d a t i q ie u e e n s t t io h n r 0 . w ( n La a i t i g l‘ h t t r e . r . d l d i e e u , r e t: i f i e a r t r e l i d e ,lto eashoaes almost t a7 a u n n i t g t s i e a s r s i *:h s i b C u ' l e i t r 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 grea t r ailw ay engineer, t to t r t g h e i e S ii t e rs p t h e l o n c s o o l n n , o l ai,de he t h e a d a m a t a a de p? ,: b a l s i cfodrin thee nug,r,koaritnh, colliery, and the first money given to him to construct a loco- 5, 1853. motive was given him by Lord Ravensworth, father of the honourable candidate which had that evening addressed them. (Cheers.) Now, he (Mr. Horsfall) thought that would establish an intimate connexion between the electors of Liverpool and Mr. Liddell. He thought they would not taunt him with being a stranger ! But that was a taunt which, as Mr. Liddell had observed, they had now the opportunity of throwing back in the teeth of their opponents, for they had been obliged to go to Bombay for a candidate. (Laughter.) Since he came into that room a gentleman had been kind enough to favour him with a copy of the Liverpool Journal—(hisses)—in which, for the first time, he found the address of Sir Erskine Perry. And what was the special recommendation that he urged in his address? Why, that it was "the party of progress"—(laughter)—should be represented. Why, who was best fitted to represent the party of progress ? This Coolie judge, or the son of that nobleman who gave Stephenson his first commission to execute a locomotive? (Cheers, and a voice, "Why the Tory, of course! " ) He would not allow the Radical party to arrogate to themselves the name of the party of progress ; they were all interested in the shipping of the country, and they knew that no science or art had made such progress as ship-building. (Cheers.) He ridiculed the idea of Sir Erskine Perry being qualified for the representation of Liverpool in consequence of the addresses which had been presented to him by the native population, on his leaving Bombay ; and he certainly recommended the electors to take the Hon Mr. Lid dell in very great preference to Sir Erskine Perry. (Cheers.) Mr. Horsfall drew attention to the fact that there would be a procession on the day of nomination, and he called on the free men to attend in large numbers, and conduct themselves with peace, order, and propriety. (Applause.) He had had a letter from his brother that day, and Mr. Horsfall stated in it that he will travel home with all possible rapidity, taking extra posts, and travelling all night, that he might prove himself not insensible to the great honor paid him by the constituency of Liverpool. (Cheers.) Travelling on the Continent, unfortunately, was a very different thing from travelling in England; and, as a friend at his side sug gested, if they had had a George Stephenson and a Lord Ravensworth there, he might have been able to tell precisely when his brother would be in Liverpool. (Loud Cheers.) Mr. HesoN, sailmaker, proposed the following resolution : —" That from the reputation which the Hon. T. Liddell gained by his devotion to the cause of ships, colonies, and commerce, and the support he always gave, whilst in Parliament, to every motion affecting the native industry of the country, and from the high character of our respected townsman, Thomas B. Horsfall, Esq., and from his knowledge of all matters affecting the trade and interests of this great commercial town, this meeting consider those gentlemen to be fit and proper can didates for the representation of this borough in Parliament, and pledges itself to use the most active and energetic mea sures to ensure their return." (Great applause.) Mr. HENRY DAuroN seconded the motion, which was also unanimously agreed to. _ „ - Mr. J. A. TOBIN and Mr. BOLD subsequently addressed a few words to the meeting, and a vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated with three cheers for the Queen, for Liddell, and Horsfall, and for the ex-members, and also for Mr. John Buck Lloyd. SIR ERSKINE PERRY ON 'CHANGE, Sir Erskine Perry arrived in Liverpool on Saturday morning, and proceeded to the Adelphi 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 Ca., where a party of his friendsawaited his arrival. When the candidate male 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 him to be, an able and honest politician, in every way 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 heartil ) , 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, be 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 he 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 before, the o pi n i ons o f many o f t h em 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 he 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.) He had been too short a time in Liverpool to he 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 lie had commenced his professional life ; and never since tr efora ttol would, h,t moment L m mi ehevl had drt had pt oohoelcease r( ocalr i he n ae t re e kpr r ias e ni. si perhaps, allow hi m t o Wellt i t a h o e the , h h p , a e r isortugocrwphe prosperity, o s bs allowed ep a ie t n and t yt p h r e o t e p i a ny e 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 1931 the amount of palm oil imported was 7,050 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 them all 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 p a b l question. — a q a T e a h t e i a r ea affectingwas the prosperity of this town, and not only that but the interest of a hundred i and fifty millions of the people of this empire. He asked great measure most deepl now before the a ble cu cli ar it measure for the good of that vast number of their fe l l:pc:, creatures ? And yet was not Liverpool closely I . l a m .tthheeymheardchatanhtesoofanLyivinetreproooslt, to o n p ' r C o lma o n t g e e an as y se p m arti with British India and the East, and ought it net respond with one voice to the call for reform which ca me from these distant parts of the empire ? (Cheers.) ~1,1a,c, would refer to one or two facts which must be f a tehf , to them all, but with which, nevertheless, he wo uld fresh their memories. (Hear, hear.) The total exPer e i to India from the British Isles, in the year 185 0, am m ° lln o oo, to upwards of £8,000,000, to China they were t to and to other portions of the East they did not amoura,4, less than £12,000,000. (Hear, hear.) th e year la . 41 ); the number of ships connected with this country beionr_, to the India and China trade were 66, with 57,59 1 o f nage. In the year 1850 the tonnage from Liverpool alone these these countries was 135,597, being an increase Of 5 1 toe!' cent.; and from the entire kingdom it was 539,9 3 - o f At the same time the value of the exports to Calcutta To £7,274,683, and the value of the exports £4,123, 213. the Bombay the exports amounted to £8,442,2 12 . an d . 0 1 imports amounted to £8,742,000. The trade of the fed, was one with which Liverpool was intimately acqualTd e t Now let him remind them that in the year 1812, h„,,, i 0 the East India Company —one of those close corporalh44 which were now fast breaking up un d er those 1 , °` 0 , 0 opinions which now prevailed—the import of sag „dos, 76,889 cwts. In 1851 the imports into Li v e r pool, - 1 -/ sm s to o and Hull, amounted to 120,000 tons, against 5 , L7, 0 is that were imported under the o ld T or y corporel' e sst London. (Hear, hear.) There was an i s l a nd I n the i 0 in which he (Sir Erskine Perry) had travelled ulh i c ,, b io,sl every direction—he referred tothe island of C e ylon. i 1 tl the coffee produced there was 1,407,227 lbs. Ti' 1 7 1 ;tal amounted to 35,000 lbs. He could g o on q uoting i'L st i at much greater length, but he was a f ra id h e might "to them. He thought, however, that he had said en00g..50 point out to them, as merchants of Liverpool, the ca„,4 of this great increase. Up to the ye ar 1815, the old r ico " principles reigned dominant in this coun t r y. (A /r°l9. " And will yet.") Every place of h onour , a nd of 0 0. tinguished character, belonged, as it were, to the og , tocracy, backed up by the old and close corpora tb' and other sinister influences at work all over ut b empire. But at this period th e li g ht of tr a pt began to penetrate. In the year 1814, an ai n or vvas made to break up one of those great nloatt . o that were pressing upon the energies and vast inT4 t oe and be te e rhrc i ayso n tero h etpu a hno b tert i rat t i eh,taai the best inhabitants shs on oimt interests er s en rocde c he o sas t u wsosi n tht osyt what t y oftor . f rawdEtaeh l sn t ei began gntlehaoxneuidsrt cedwonee a ncpr t seeee t n h gtodhu s f il eg e e t ° a t e o o in f Why all the interest of the Tory party was brougto bear on the statements which were boldly made that °ot opinions and prognostications of the merchants of Ea by were fallacious. If any of the m wou ld t a k e the t r od ) to to read the blue books of the time w hi c h h e (Si r E. r, t ie (3 had done, they would ascert a i n th a t a ll th e leaders :' od Tory party of the time predicted that it would be rtus; o l to the interests of our Indian empi re if th e m erchee,." r o England were allowed to car r y a b a l e o f goo d s to .Eo t b; Well, they, as merchants of Li verpoo l, k new we ll whe t he the predictions of the Tory party had been realised Igo placef a c fact. with ( h eers regard.) t T o The greather interests i cre a s increase connectedwhieh hadwi with country, could be traced to the s ame causes h e h a d sine named. They all well knew th e p er i o d w h en the ;51 with China was not so much o p en t o t h e merc hae , e r this country as it had been in l a t er y ears . 'When sh 0i tension of this trade was talked of to the merchss, A al this country, the Tory party came f orwar d w i t h the of ruin. All the old servants connected with Indiaand l ":o4 who had the facts of the case at their fingers' ends , to broughtto prove that, if the Chi na t ra d e was th row n oP e 'ol4 the merchants of London and Liverpool, the countrYlet be involved in ruin. Well, look a t th e results. L'°°tbe the enormous increase which had taken place is trade between this country and China during the 10 0 twenty years, and what was brought to our shores China by the enterprise of the merchants of Beeer He would ask them, had this not been caused by ertions and efforts of the popular party ? By addrunie them as he had done, as merchants of Liverpoakor bit believed he had paid the greatest h omage w hi c h any could do to their intelligence as merchants, becau s woie did not come before them to pay compliments , • b u. 0 did not despair, before he had been in Liverpool m ai d longer, of making his sentiments m ore w id e l y knooll ;bet appreciated by the more temperate amongst those a ble might now be opposed to him, a nd h e h ope d to be ir to convince them that he was a fit person to rePlie sent their town in parliament. (Hear, hear.) j ot fi h o e ie w nc a i s es to i o n t s h en is s r ib es le pe a ot. m H an e m no ig t h to t s k a n y ow ! I ''.„bea did not come forward in any boastful spi r it, for 13 ,e : 1/ 2 0 0 that t og gs h ar e eya c t a th l d l a e et d to mind the great men who had stood position—when he looked back to a Carmine, a " a „; 0 lorl, son, and a Brougham, who had all in done as he was now doing, courted the suce.--_oo support of the merchants of Liverpool, he mu st sir that he shrunk with a consciousness of his owoljoel; nificance. But, on the other hand, when he looke,".„tioll to the men whom they returned at the last e , " t bst for Liverpool, and when he found they rejected,.4, man whom he was proud to call his friend—Mr• net well. (Hisses, and cheers,) Moreover, when he 10 be to the gentlemen who were asking their suffrages,seif must say that he was well content to measure hit,. before the constituency of Liverpool with such TO (Hear, and cheers.) He would tell them what he th h t bey they ought to do in Liverpool. In the first place, the ought to get a man as distinguished as possible t or next place, they ought to obtain a man who wa s a tea porter of popular opinions, and who would maintain t tbe through life. But in the next place, and it was last, let them secure the services of a man " o f was accustomed to the hard-working business life. This last character he did not shrink froP Our countrymen had been called a nation of Ole keepers ; it would be a more correct term to call then, l i fe hard-working people of England. His position ill, to answered to that description. He had been coropelle"te earn his bread by hard work, and having now made a of tune, he was at liberty and quite ready to labour 0 1 00 , public good, and if successful on the present occagLitlr there was no community that he should labour for greater pride than the constituency of such a place s i s Ar ee verpool. He should have another meeting to sa l ' ic ba in the evening, and he invited both those were his supporters and those who a d , bf, be opposed to him, to come forward, e a ,, v ero examining him on any point, ascertain what his g` s er, favour Pod opinions were. Should they elect him as their rer e co uls tative, he must say that a nobler field for exertion, lo ork not be presented to any man alive. The hon. geh tle tbef concluded by thanking his hearers for the attrntio u had paid to his remarks. Mr. G MA IC " :1 cstlzd _EO. -tfAxwEm. then came forward, coP:, upon the merchants to g i v e th e h on , can did a te tile,"i port. He concluded by calling for three cheers Rile Erskine Perry, which was responded to, mingle d hisses. },e The hon. gentleman then proceeded acros s to t - Glov, change News-room, in company with Mr. Robertsor' b eer' stone and Mr. Maxwell. Lie was received with e as he passed through the room. POLICE COURT. -YESTERDAY. - - ESTERDAY. INDECENT EXPOSURE.—A middle- age d marl, ti t „ s 0 , -, James Gardner, was charged by Rose M ar tha, a 5 : 0 4 11 ; of Mr. Superintendent Ride, with indecently e s i F fc ;s o " himself, in Northumberland -terrace, Netheifiel" e - 4 11 ", Everton, on Friday night last, about five minutes "„reo' o'clock. Mr. Superintendent Ride said that he ilatL°oo, reason to complain of a nuisance of this kind. The'" members of his family, as well as other persons neighbourhood, had frequently been insulted by V ° e 9 s t i the prisoner. On the part of the prisoner, it , c 3 90 tempted to establish an alibi; but the ma g istrate, g IY opinion pocK E t T h . a p t c t K h N G cl . lr charge o h r s a d e a n been h Thomas l a l s y G p o r o o d v i e v ; d3, 9 ;t; ordered the prisoner to be committed for three 5 0 ' t' ( " youths, aged respectively about eighteen and ~tp ' t s 1 1/ years, were charged with attempting to pick poc'''ger Castle-street. Detective-officer Marks stated - that Y e ,"perl day forenoon, about ten o'clock, he saw the Pr' s lo o l4 : standing close to a number of gentlemen, who we re .ee' ing through M r . Iseacs' shop-window, in Castle-s`ricl; During the ti me th e y were there, they attempted t ( 10 0 several gentlemen's pockets. They then went 0e t1 3 : 6 Lord-street and Church-street, witness following Shortly they returned again to Castle-street, and 750 0 saw them attempt to pick a lady's pocket, at Mr• e ss,: window. He then took them into custody, and, mining one of the prisoners, be found upon him 3 , c o l‘' g reen silk purse. The prisoners were remanded fora ", f ," O UTR AGEOUS ASSAULT AND ATTEMPT AT RESc t .,e Five persons, named Thomas Clarke, Donald Far':;oo, Mary Divine, Elizabeth King, and Elizabeth Jel'anc e were charged, Clarke with having created a di.s,t e e c r bs pe , " at the house of a baker, in Peter-street, WIT, p olice' threatening his life, and aft erwar d s assaultin g l t io ing and the other prisoners were charged svitn otherwi tempted to rescue th e pr i soner Cl ar k e , an , -- 0 , 'r d ut/ ;,' interfered with th e po li ce i n the discharge 01 r`cisone'e, The complainant stated that on Saturday last Ole, F lui oclie Clarke, came to his house, in Peter-street, anu„ rote; violently at the door, stating that he had come t`r old Mother Bird, a notorious brothel -keeper. i rr be e % ($6- soner said he would have complainant's life, and. Pe,, r ; so violent that complainant was in fear of receiciP t r o n sonal injury. Police-officer 17 said, that on got" ntl TIC Clarke into custody, he knocked him down, a tail„j him. Whilst witness and other officers wer e P i P i p Clarke into custody, the other prisoners came b - oce interfered with them, and caused p a great distutl the street, by inciting the bystanders to attack t he ..isoc. e j Clarke was fined 10s. and costs, and the other .P.,firo were severally reprimanded by the bench, and with a caution. „, THE HON. MR. LIDDELL, accompanied by l'i s fr , , 7 ° l visited the Corn and Stock Exchanges in the " u• -• -. .di fP Friday, and at both places his reception was rt lc ' st el." abanrnoddwss,aotouintsiflawc:ticoidsrtn‘r•e.ics Wednesday MEETING OF ORANGEMEN. — d A meeting of t' - di r e re', , , ert l ' spective masters, was held at Kilshaw's large rota , c bsl i t' The various resolutions were du v l fl y °'yrd p a' rO Et p;s r e .i: d i7C:nie: ;;; ;; Messrs J. T. Rolstone, W. Clarke, and A.• WY 3 " orl" lated upon the proceedings of the late petition, en d , c tlie C, stilted the members of the Institution as to the end, could be of most use to the cause on the day of ele c. ~., M OR T AL ITY AMONG THE LIVERPOOL PENSIO:4°IttB6 A military " blue book" recently issued prove3;oner9l the fortunately F t s , a a l s e ~ a T nbt l oi l e uwg iiil bought number measured by the mortality among the military Per ls 4 'ti,,, Liverpool is the most unhealthy town in Great 13r11,0e, the ratio of mortality being seventy-one out of eve r Y pensioners. , 101 l Bay Company's late sale, considerably the P r / ; g 1) of - furs. Skins have not realised, forYrnany year, 5°51,10, prices ; some lots of Sables fetched fifty shillings j a eiCe' Mr. John Cripps, of Bold-street, anticipating the s a c s° to by the ur - r eal August, nearly one thousand Boas in Mink sablf , h be ermine, very choice, Miniver, and Chinchilla, e el s on' will cheap.—Shawl, vinced, equal value cannot be given in the season de u° offer all at one guinea each. Of these, thirty-five shillings ; also, a variety of dark sables , ql, a d foreinn b • rs, at the 110`ices 16, tiald.street, Liverpool. John Cripps, propriet Mantle, la g ev r : e a a n t md number aFn ourfayvc taur ofre manufactured, s n e s , p :s r re Nti o ri a ." t .. o f , he feeis_cjer co rn Er rc cultl se n d shirt Lou RC); Fair fort' Eats (c o , take! calle of L fro m laid, Duk acqu cond the I the s laid men Pu'ol; AUni sent e for ti tb e es IR Jrel d ebal lords h is tit w 1 writ f rent o or4 B qlN zar. *r ow to al are e is G op ; their 4 lte r AI 'AU,