The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-28 00:00:00

Ltberpooi tatibarb. 11 OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. Loan ABERDEEN'S startling announcement in the House of Peers, on Friday night, when interrupted by le preur chevalier CARDIGAN, that the LORD LIEUTE NANT of Ireland bad, in March last, peremptorily and point blank refused to carry out the unanimous resolve of the Cabinet, directing the prosecution of the Romish Priests who incited the people to acts of violence and out- rage on her Majesty's troops engaged in protecting voters at Six-Mile-Bridge, this extraordinary disclosure, as s filled all men who desire the can easily imagine, ha proper administration of justice with the utmost amaze ment, and although there are several important political incidents and appendages just now prominently before the world's eye—MACAULAr'S admitted failure in the Indian debate, among others, for never was break down more complete than his three-quarter opiated, but most laboured defence of the Government measure—hardly anything else is discussed in political circles. Lord DERBY, t e Earl of EGLINTOUN, Lord CLANCARTY, and two or three other Peers, who took part in the bate which Lord CARDIGAN'S question and motion for the production of the celebrate rk B ERDE E N and RUSSELL correspondence produced, commented very freely, and cith good cffi on the position as ;sorbed by Lord ST NS in daring to overrule a ,nd override the decision of a Cabinet holding council at the very seat of Legisla- but their censure and the indignation they seve expressed are as milk and honey to that which out of doors, in every sphere of society, are clam°. and the Minis try for ;t the Viceroy for perpetrating, sneaking y submitting to. The subject has already undergone the careful consideration of a hastily summoned meeting of eminent Conservative Statesmen ; and you need not be surprised if you find that Lord Sr. GERMANS is treated to motions in both Houses of Parliament, assuming something very like the complexion of votes of want of confidence in his adminis tration of the duties of Governor-General of Ireland. On the highest authority, we cannot please two masters, and Lord JoHN RUSSELL will find out the truth to his smart by-and-by. He made a miserable display on Wed nesday, on the Nunneries Bill. Poor man ! does he think he can hoodwink Papists ? Still less, does he imagine he can please them by his concessions ? The one is as likely as the other. "An Englishman's house is his castle," habeas corpus," "he had never heard of any one being confined against his or her will in these establishments." These platitudes formed the bone and sinew of his lord ship's arguments in favour of the Roman Catholics. The noble lord knows as well as I do that there are nearly two hundred of such sinks under the peaceful wing of our Protestant QUEEN. Of the goings on within them, with out visitation, who may tell ? It was well known that his lordship, in his purblind and piebald policy, was to reject the bill ; he has succeeded. Will he in the long run ? No. With regard to Counsellor PHINN'S motion—Bosh ! The next move on the subject will be the abolition, not visitation of nunneries ; and we shall live, it may be, to see it carried. _ . I recollect the late Earl SPENCER, then Lord ALTHORP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he was bullied by the Opposition one evening, on the apparently outre character of cne of the items of his scheme of taxation—tiles, I think, —excusing himself, good easy man, by saying it was not so bad as the tax proposed by one of his prede cessors on shepherds' dogs. Both taxes were bad enough, but they did not bring so much obloquy on their pro pounders as Mr. GLADSTONE'S recent proposal, most iniquitous in character, to tax licenses. " Dealer :in tobacco and snuff,"—how many times has this modest annonce met the eye on the small board over the chandler's door ; yet these poor petty dealers were to be taxed up to the eyes, by having leave to pay a tax for a license to sell the weed in leaf or in its pulverised state. But the pressure on such " small deer" were as nothing compared to that on the publicans throughout the kingdom ; they would have to pay a tax upon a tax for the sale of tobacco. spirits, wine, music, and I know not what besides. Now surely Mr. GLADSTONE must know—he has been told of it—that there is no class of persons in the United Kingdom so severely taxed as the keepers of houses of public entertainment ; knowing this, he ought to have been cautious before he " tried it on." How ever, he has tried it ; and, from one end of the country to the other, the outcry against the scheme has been loud and unanimous. He said it would not do, and on Monday he was fain to get out of it after a rather sneaking fashion. It appeared that on an examination of the scale of licences, as originally proposed, it was found that it would be attended by very great inconvenience, and in particular cases by what might be called oppres sion ; and he, therefore, made it his business to consider how the scale could be revised, and in what shape it could be put, so as to remove those objections; but he discovered the effect would be to materially reduce the proceeds arising from the scale. The Government had not at pre sent come to any absolute conclusion on the subject ; but he thought he might venture to say, provided no other inroad was made in the finances which were avail able for the public service, that it might be in their power to dispense altogether with making at the present time any proposal with regard to increasing the duties on licences. Qualified and roundabout as the Chancellor's statement is,—and it certainly was to the above effect— JOHN BULL—I mean JOHN BULL'S purveyors—will be right glad of immunity from the impost. The peri phrastic manner of the Chancellor was, perhaps, adopted, to render the relinquishment of the tax as little palpable as possible, seeing he was compelled to abandon it. Chacun a son gout. One likes to be disgusted some. times, especially when it is paid for on compulsion ; for this purpose I hied me to the House of Lords, on Tues day, to see how " Mon cher" ABERDEEN propounded his income-tax bill. I had heard Sir ROBERT PEEL introduce the measure, some years ago, and in one breath admit that it was essentially a war-tax, and that the country had enjoyed more than thirty years of peace ; but that he believed his amended tariff would much more benefit the public than his income-tax would damage them ; besides, it was only for three years. Little JOHN RUSSELL, though in the opposition, licked his lips, looking for another chance of getting in ; he did not much object to the scheme, knowing it would be a good thing for him and his hungry Whig retainers. And he judged rightly ; it came to his turn to propose a continuance of the ob noxious tax, and he did it with all the sang froid of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and with much more hardihood. Then Mr. GLADSTONE, encouraged by the submissiveness of the English character, came forward and boldly proposed seven years ; but then the tax is to be comminuted — broken up into small particles, year after year. It passes the House of Commons, and on Tuesday evening afore said, the Premier, Lord ABERDEEN, tried his hand at a little bit of financiering, which he bad not done for a long while past. Before " Mon cher" made a mess in his figures, which nobody understood, nor cared to under stand, he said, in the outset, that the tax was inquisi torial, encouraged fraud, caused loss to the revenue and injury to morals. Morals ! The morality of this great country, Thane, is imperishable, like your own Aberdeen granite ; therefore don't alarm yourself on that head. Do you ? No. Then why throw this dust—cant—in the eyes of an honest, tax-afflicted, and virtuous people ? Then, again, you old " sneck-drawer," a phrase you have heard at the village school, more than fifty years ago, why say the public would not believe it if Ministers pro posed the tax for three years only. Of course not—after what we—the public, have seen ; what you ought to have said. or something like it, was this, " Stuff and nonsense, why shilly-shally, we want your money, and will take it for seven years ; you would only laugh at us, disbelieve us, were we to name a shorter period." The Earl of DERBY, of course, is not going to oppose the bill ; but he appeared to be as much in the dark about the Earl of ABERDEEN'S figures as your correspondent. Lord DERBY observed that he could not help thinking some of the calculations of the noble Earl were so vague as to render it quite impossible to reckon on them. Lord BROUGHAM came in at the close with a bit of fun, saying that the income-tax was worse than any other tax—even a tax upon law proceedings. Thereupon there was much laughter, and the bill was read a second time, verifying the old saying, " Let them laugh who win." Amidst all the gaiety of Queen VICTORIA'S court at present, and at no time, perhaps, in our country's history was the English Court more truly gay—merry, and wise— let it be added, than, at the present period, either in drawing-room, concert, state dinner, or ball ; amidst all the gaiety of the opera, and in that quarter surely there is sufficient, for the time at least, to banish care ; amidst these scenes and others not now to be described— Chobham with its tented field,—there is one being the appearance of whom is well calculated to humble every one possessing a well-constituted mind. I refer to GEORGE, the blind KING OF HANOVER; just entered on early manhood, in possession of a crown. firmly placed on his.throne—part and parcel, is it not, of England—with a lovely Queen, of whose peerless beauty he has only hearsay evidence; the father of c hildren whom he daily fondles, yet never saw ! I remember him when he and Prince were little playful GEORGE of CAMBRIDGE, now the Duke, • boys—too playful sometimes for some of the old lords. For example, one evening when Lcrd L Y:cnnuasT, like Homen, was nodding, the two boys got hold of the rich and antique gold and velvet purse in which the Great Seal of England is deposited, or supposed to be deposited. On the occasion referred to, the Seal must have been in the bag, for the boys evidently felt something, and tried thee bag, tumble it out. Lord LYNDHURST was not long in per ceivine _ ..hat they were about—" Catch a weazel asleep" —laughing heartily at the lads, the noble and learned lord explained the use of the Seal, and gave them to under stand that it was not for them to play wills Physiolo gists say that the blind have faculties more acute than people blest with sight, which compensate, so to speak, tor the want of one of our greatest blessings. lam afraid this holds only true in cases of congenital blindness ; at all avents, the KING OF HANOVER. appears by no means an fait, though at the opera, on either side of him, are, if not old familiarface.), still familiar voices, an d h e i s ta k en muc h care of. At Chohh9.ra he mixed in the gay throng of dis tinguished personages who formed the immediate suite of the QUEEN (she mounted on a charger), but the KING ANovEa's horse, apparently a q uiet animal, was led close by an aide-decamp. In ot her res p ects His Majesty looks well. Would the readers of the Standard like to know a n y_ thing about Count NESSELRODI ? To be sure. Done. is one of two living diplomatists, TALLEY NESSELRODE is the Prime Minister of the Emperor of Aussia ; in pergonnel the Count is as tough as pin-wire, gentlema n ly l oo ki ng , without being handsome, about the age of our own PALMERSTON, and, like PALMY, is a don at table, Several puddings and jellies have been named after NESSELRODE. He is a great THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1853. crony of Lord LONDONDERRY, when they are within five hundred miles of each other; LONDONDERRY rarely dines without referring in terms of eulogy almost extravagant of NESSELRODE'S famous batterie de cuisine. The Count has not so much duplicity as had TALLEYRAND ; he has more caution—perhaps cunning than PALMERSTON. I know and knew all three,—" The King. among them a' " was old club-footed TALLEYRAND ; I never met him except when he was in full dress, bespangled, soaped and powdered to the eyes ; I am sure if that wily old man, with his ugly screw-foot, had dressed in black, he would have reminded me strongly of my boyish pictures of another gentleman in sable hue, distinguished also by a peculiarity in the pedals. Perhaps, in the category of diplomatists, 1 ought tohavementioned old METTERNICH; what splendid wines that man used to have when ABERDEEN and I were young, and ABERDEEN METTERNICH'S apprentice. But touching NESSELRODE and his master's circular, which has made some noise in the "clubs of London" during the last few days. That circular is all ban's, and I will in one sentence put the whole of what is called by some donkeys the cams belli. NICHOLAS is Emperor of Russia, and instructed his minister to write to the ambassadors of Russia wherever it had relations, that the Emperor de sired to acknowledge himself the protector of 11,000,000 of Greek Christians scattered over Turkey and Russia. No great harm this, one would think ; besides, he has had something like the protectorate for a long time past. Pooh ! There's nothing in it. Ain't there ? Give NICHOLAS what he seeks through his circular, and these eleven millions become as much his serfs as the stunted, snub-nosed, beard.begrirnmed, oil-swallowing Calliban- Cossacks. Poor AlarnicE O'CONNELL, you will have seen, slipped away suddenly the other day. ilAuitioe was not too happy in his hearth for the last few years of his life, and was sometimes liable to get excited ; he was walking about a few hours before his death, apparently in his usual state—as indeed he was. He had been in the habit of soothing himself by taking morphine,—dangerous ex pedient for a man of his habits ; he had taken, it is con jectured, too much of the drug, and death followed hard upon the draught. His son, and heir to Derrynane, is a midshipman on board the Dauntless, of yellow fever re membrance. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, a day or two ago, met an old friend of the O'CONNELL family, with whom the baronet sympathized much, and desired the friend of O'CONNELL to communicate with the trustees of the lad, to the effect that he, Sir JAMES, would feel a great hap piness in promoting his views at the Admiralty. This was not bad from the First Lord. Let us hope that Sir JAMES GRAHAM will keep his word ; I have known him to be twitted sometimes for an apparent want of recollec tion in similar cases. (BENVENUTO CELLINI and HECTOR BERLIOZ—do not laugh, gentles, at the association,—they are both distin guished names; the unsurpassed worker in gold, silver, and ivory, CELLINI, out of whose matchless cups I have quaffed Falernian, was a fit subject far the graceful plume of HECTOR BERLIOZ, whose opera, in three acts, named after the great artist, was produced at the Royal Italian Opera, on Saturday night, before an audience, probably the like of which was never seen within the walls of a theatre. The house contained everybody of mark and likelihood in the town, from the SOVEREIGN down to your correspondent. Rank and title,—the star and the garter— and oh, glorious equality ! needy men of genius —scho lars and musicians—all as happy, and apparently indepen dent, as the best of them. HECTOR BERLIOZ is unques tionably one of the most accomplished and voluble critics of the day ; he is the musical man of the Debats ; and herein is his proper office. As is usual, the baton was conceded to him by COSTA, and on entering the orchestra to conduct his work, he was received with a very hearty welcome : seldom bestowed to such an extent in this aris tocratic assembly. BERLIOZ looked well, and though red-hot from Paris, was quietly dressed. He has a re markable bead,—rather good ; his lips, if anything, are rather too thin, but classically compressed ; his nose,—a beak ; age. 45. The opera is divided into three acts : the , first and second having an overture, so to speak. With the exception of GRISI and MARI°, all the members of the distinguished corps were put in requisition to vindicate the claims of BERLIOZ as a composer. All sang well, and the orchestra was unison. As the opera pro ceeded, it made little way to the affections. Musical skill,—contrapuntal,—tact, judgment, were apparent in every bar,—genius was not. A gleam came now and then, evanescent,—worse, reminding the ear of past im pressions. Where Ile pleased, BERLIOZ did not appear to be original. In trying sometimes to avoid noise— sound and fury—he became vapid, cold, and drowsy. The instrumentation deserves praise, and the nice application and free use of the wind instruments redeemed much of baser matter. The opera was kindly received, more for the sake of the author than the excellencies of his work. Is musical genius, like the dramatic, defunct ? Each succeeding new production sadly seems to affirm. Since Ross's' wrote we have had nothing worth repeat ing; METERBEER'S operas are not Italian. Never were greater executants on the Italian boards; would that they bad better works to interpret. The season is now fast drawing to a close ; the crowding in of subscripti on n i g ht s on Mondays and Fridays, is a sure indication that five or six nights more will see London dull enough. I believe that the court will anticipate the close of the season a fortnight earlier this year. THE AMERICAN COTTON TRADE.- EAST INDIA REFORM FREEMEN OF LIVERPOOL, You may shortly be called upon to exercise once more that electoral privilege which the moat searching investi as amply shown you knew so well how to appre ciate, and nobly to exercise, at the last Election, in the preservation of the principles of the Constitution and the maintenance of the true interests of the Port. You know by what party you were foully slandered and your electoral rights attempted to be taken away ; and you will bear this in mind when canvassers, with bated breath and whispering humbleness, shall again venture to solicit your votes for the effete cause of treacherous Liberalism. You have yourselves nobly vindicated your character for intelligence and independence ; you have shown that you are equally above the delusion of false promises and more tangible corruption ; and now that it has been amply demonstrated that your strength rests in your defence of Conservative principles, you should unite as one man in opposing the Radicals, who would make the first use of their power to deprive you of your Franchise. It is to the Conservatives you owe your retention on the Burgess list by the Reform Act ; the same party has ever resisted your removal from it; and the late investigation has proved that your bitterest enemies are those whose cuckoo cry has always been for en extension of the Franchise, but who, in your case, would diminish it. These are palpable facts which ought never to be forgotten, and your remem brance of them will be shown whenever the Radicals shall dare to contest the Representation of Liverpool. THE HON. HENRY THOMAS LIDDELL ON 'CHANGE. ADDRESS TO THE ELECTORS LIVERPOOL ELECTION. MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE CON SERVATIVE CANDIDATES IN ST. PETER'S WARD. As they were now united Mr. Liddell, he believed, would prove one of the best members they had had for a long time. His explanation of his vote on the Maynooth grant was exceedingly simple and easily understood. He told them how Sir Robert Peel had stated that the priests and the people of Ireland were clamorous and discontented, and that, perhaps, by increasing the grant and educating the peo ple, they would be made more loyal and peaceable. By these representations, Mr. Liddell and others were prevailed upon to vote for the increased grant. But the result had not justified the anticipation : the Irish priestS were neither more loyal nr more true, and so Mr. Liddell thought he was fully justified in changing the opinion he had then formed. Again, Mr. Liddell was neither a Tractarian nor a Puseyite—he believed those words meant precisely the same thing, (laughter ;) but he believed he was a stout Church of England man. (Cheers.) He asked the electors of St. Peter's Ward not to be gulled in an! shape by their enemies. Those enemies might try to divide them, but to defeat them they might as well try to stem the current of the Mersey. (Loud cheers.) All they had to do was to be united. They had thrashed them before, and they'd thrash them again. (Loud cheers.) As for the petitioners, they had virtually failed. He should be very glad to hear that they had paid their debts. He did not believe, though, that they had. (Laughter.) He hoped they would give fight, but it appeared they had not the requisite cash to sustain a contest. (Laughter.) Still, he hoped they would have a contest ; their troops were all in order, and he could tell the " Liberals" that, if there was a battle, it would be like the battle of Waterloo. (Laughter.) Waterloo gave to Europe a peace which had tasted n years ; and if the "Liberals " came forward on this owl , sion, he believed they would not have another contest in Liver pool for a long time to come. (Loud laughter.) The speaker dilated, in an amusing strain, upon the purity of their oppo nents. Why, it appeared that, in that very ward, breakfast& and grog (laughter) had been provided for the Radical voters, while they (the Conservatives) had only given breakfast and coffee. He had this from the best authority ; in fact, from one person who had supplied the grog and the breakfasts. (Laugh ter.) " But, never mind," said Mr. Callis, "we can beat them with grog or without grog; and all I ask is this —Do not split, and we'll thrash them into atoms." The speaker sat down amidst loud applause. _ THE cotton planters of the Southern States of America, not content with the large profits which a succession of good crops have yielded them, have been holding a con vention at Memphis, with the view of devising means to monopolise the whole gain of the trade in their staple product. The questions discussed comprised several minor schemes of improving internal communications with the seaports, and establishing lines of steamers be tween the latter and Europe, each of which may be laudable in itself, and in some degree practicable; but it is said that the ulterior object is to remove the whole of the cotton trade from the respective ports of New York and Liverpool, and, by transferring it to a direct transit on shippers' account from the Southern ports to a general cotton depilt at Havre, compel the Manchester manufac turers to seek their supplies at the latter place. This movement has been induced, as far as New York is con cerned, by the antagonism between the Northern and Southern States on the question of the abolition of slavery, which has been enhanced by the popularity of " Uncle Tom's Cabin ;" and still further augmented, as far as Liver pool is concerned, by the movement which has taken place in England in the same direction,—as shown by the meet ings at Stafford-house and the ovations to Mrs. Stowe. There is no doubt but that the American cotton planters view with envy the important position which Liverpool occupies in this great trade, although they have been the largest gainers by it ; and some apprehensions might be entertained for the consequences of this agitation ; could we believe that the object was at all feasible; but this is utterly out of the question, for, however sincere may have been the intentions of the planters who assembled at Memphis, the realisation of their hopes is purely chimerical. Of the recent crop, estimated at 3,250,000 bales, about one-half is exported to Great Britain ; and for the greater part of this large proportion, which may be valued in round numbers at twelve millions sterling, they have to depend upon British capital, it being shipped on British account or paid for by bills drawn against consign ments. The planters have no means of establishing a substitute for this money supply, nor could all the com mercial credit of Havre help them out of the difficulty. They tried a similar game once before in the establishment of the United States Bank; and, though to a much smaller extent, the catastrophe, which was speedy and inevitable, almost extinguished the commercial credit of the States, and several houses never recovered from the shock. If American supplies be necessary for the cotton manufac tures of Manchester, Liverpool capital is equally necessary for the sustentation of the American planters ; and though the Northern and the Southern States may have opposing interests on the slave question and commercial tariffs, the welfare of the latter is directly identified with the pros perity of the Liverpool market. The mere mooting of the question should operate as a stimulus to exertions in other directions, so as to render this important branch of our native industry more and more independent of foreign aid, which, under the most favourable circumstances, is tinctured with national rivalry. Our decaying colonies in the West Indies might be made in some degree avail able, while our vast possessions in the East offer a field for enterprise almost exhaustless, and which has not been developed simply through that paralysing system of double government which our present rulers seem so anxious to preserve. It should stimulate the independent members of the House of Commons to increased determination to open the resources of India to British capital and enter prise ; for it may be depended upon that, so long as it is retained under a system which merely provides for the nominees of Directors' patronage, it can never become other than it is—an unprofitable appanage of the British Crown. CROMWELL AND MILTON..—A picture is now being ex hibited at the Gallery of Arts, in Church-street, which, for historical interest, felicity of design, and skill in exe cution, deserves more than a passing notice. It represents Oliver Cromwell dictating to John Milton a letter to the Duke of Savoy, demanding religious liberty for the Pro testants of Piedmont, one of the few redee m i ng ac t s i n the career of the " Protector." The picture, which is of life size, was painted by F. Newenham, and has been very effectively engraved. It is well deserving a v i s it, an d ca nnot fail to be greatly admired. Ar OLD POLICEMAN.-A person named Robert Thom son, residing at No. 12, Blackstone -street, was chargedat the Police-court; yesterday, with interfering with police-officer 105, in the execution of his duty on Satur day night. The police-officer alleged that while he was conducting a prisoner to bridewell for exposing his person, Thomson came up and told him to let the prisoner away ; he had been an officer himself once, and he had frequently let prisoners off who were guilty of far worse things tha n having " a sup of drink." As 105 did not think proper to accede tothis request, it was alleged that Thomson knocked him down, and kicked him severely.-1n his defence, Thomson alleged that he never interfered with . the police man in the way described, but merely advised him not to be so severe, as he was dragging the prisone r to bridewell cruelly.—This was supported by two respectable wit nesses, and the prisoner was accordingly discharged. iwasThomson said it was about two years since he was the force, and he had left it of his own accord, thinking that he could establish a better-paying business as a tailor , which he had done, having now twenty-four men in bis employment, Yesterday, at noon, the Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell arrived in Liverpool from London, by the six a.m. train ; and, at half-past three he visited the place where mer chants " most do congregate," in company with Mr. Edmund Molyneux, Mr. Bold. Mr. Bremner, and others of his friends. Previous to the hour of his arrival the Exchange was thronged, although the rain fell in tor rents. The utmost interest was evinced in the arrival of Mr. Liddell, and when the honourable gentleman made his appearance, he was welcomed with loud, hearty, and prolonged cheering, which he gracefully ackowledged as he walked from one end of the spacious room to the other. Then, emerging from the throng, he made his appearance at the window of Messrs. Littledale, in the Exchange square—the merchants and other inhabitants of the town congregating in front. The attendance was very nume rous ; fortunately the rain subsided, and it continued comparatively fair during the entire proceedings. EDMUND MOLYNEUX, Esq., on coming forward, was received with considerable applause. He said :—Brother electors of Liverpool, the committee of the House of Commons, as you are well aware, have deprived us of our two late excellent representatives—Mr. Forbes Mackenzie and our esteemed townsman, Mr. Turner. It is not my intention at present to say anything, either as to those who petitioned against the return of those honourable gentlemen, or with regard to the committee of the House of Commons. The matter is now settled, and to it I shall not allude. But what I have to inform you on this occa sion is, that we have found two good substitutes—(cheers) —one in the person of our respected townsman, Mr. Thomas Berry Horsfall, (great cheering,) with whom you are well acquainted—whose good deeds and words are familiar to you—(hear, hear)—and who I only wish were here present to address you. But I am happy to be able to state that to-day a telegraphic message was received, from which we learn that be will be with us on I Saturday or Monday next. (Immense cheering.) When we first fixed upon him for a member he was at Vienna, but he was on his way home at the time, and I antici pate that we shall see him on Saturday. And now allow me to introduce to you the Honourable Henry Thomas Liddell (great cheering) —a gentleman wile bears a high character—of sound, good principles, and much experience in parliament—and who, I have no doubt, will prove a most excellent member. (Loud and continued cheers.) The Honourable HENRY THOMAS LIDDELL, upon coming forward, was received with loud cheers, which were continued for several minutes. He spoke nearly as follows :—Gentlemen, it is quite impossible that I should find myself for the first time in the presence of such an assemblage as that which I now see before me, composed of the electors and inhabitants of the greatest commercial town in the world (hear, hear, and cheers), excepting only the metropolis of this great empire. (No ! no !) It is quite impossible that I should be here for the first time before such an assemblage as this, without feeling very strong emotions at the fact; and, gentlemen, I am sure that I shall not appeal to you in vain, when I ask for your indulgence and your consideration during the short time it will be my duty to address you on such an occa sion, and for the first time. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the first impression which I feel upon this occasion, is simply astonishment—astonishrnentpartly at the position in which I find myself, but astonishment much more when I con sider those circumstances which have called for my ap pearance among you—(cheers)—because I do firmly and truly believe that it is an almost unprecedented circum stance in the political history of this country, that a great and important town like this town of Liverpool should be practically, even for a short time, disfranchised, and that its members really and fairly returned—(cheers)—by an immense majority of a constituency which far out-num bers that of almost any place we can name, should have been unseated upon grounds so utterly flimsy and trum pery, as far as my reason enables me to judge those grounds are, by which your late members have been un seated. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, my own humble opinion is this, and I do not care whether it is delivered here or within the walls of the House of Commons—(hear, hear) that ifverdictsare given as this has been, upon such grounds as those which I have alluded to, by the committees of the House of Commons, the natural result will be, that the public will cease to regard those decisions with any degree of respect. (Hear, hear.) And I revert to what has been an old formed opinion of mine, that it would be much better, and much more to the satisfaction of the commu nity at large, and would redound more to the credit of this great country, and would redound more to the public li berty and to the freedom of election,—and would redound more to the credit of a representative government,— if cases of this description were removed from the jurisdic tion of a committee of the House of Commons and trans ferred to a court of jurisdiction, who would give a decision with the sterling impartiality of a judge,leaving no grounds to suppose that such decision had been influenced by a spirit of political partisanship. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, when Sir Robert Peel, some years ago, begged the House of Commons not to part with their jurisdiction—for Sir Robert Peel was a great stickler for the privileges of the House of Commons—that very House of Commons pro ceeded to no less a step than the imprisonment of two sheriffs of the city of London, because, in the exercise of their duty, they had obeyed the highest court in the king. dom. Tbat, to my mind, was a bad precedent ; and, although I differed with Sir Robert Peel on that question, I was induced to concur with him on the question of the House retaining the privilege of election trials being re tained in its own hands. I have only to say now, how. ever, that I believe my first impressions were more correct, because I have since seen cases in which the decisions were so discordant with one another, that I have come to the conclusion that these tribunals ought to be removed from the House of Commons. So opposite in my mind were those decisions of the House to common justice and equity, that I have come to the conclusion, I say, that that juris diction, for the satisfaction of the community, ought cer tainly to be removed from its present possessors. But, gentlemen, will you forgive me for going a little further ? (Yes, yes 1) I hold in my hand a copy of the report of the committee, which, by its vote, succeeded in unseating your late members. That committee states in its report that Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie were guilty, by their agents, of bribery and treating. Gentlemen, according to the law, that is sufficient, if carried home to the convic tion of the committee, to unseat a member, and to justify the judgment they have in this case come to. But the report of the committee goes on to say, that several voters were bribed with the payment of ss. each. This state ment was received in the House of Commons with some laughter and crieb of " Oh ! Oh I" (Laughter, and cries of " Oh !") That is, gentlemen, it was received with derision ; which, I doubt not, originated within the walls of the House of Commons, will be re-echoed, with interest, from within the walls of the town of Liver pool. It states, also, that some refreshments were pro vided on the following day, but it was not proved that these were of an extravagant character. (Laughter.) It was reported that certain sums of money were given as a day's pay for loss of time, and that in each case it was not beyond the ordinary earnings of the voters. (Hear !) Now, gentlemen, I will ask you one question. Although this is the first time I made the acquaintance of Liver pool, I had had long and friendly connexion with many seaports of great importance and great business. I hap pen to know particularly well that the employment of men in shipbuilding-yards cannot be conducted merely according to the work of each individual workman, but that it is a continuous occupation in which one set of employ6s depends upon the occupation of the other, and the whole must go on together, or the day's work will be practically thrown away. Now, gentlemen, I will ask not only you, but, through the medium of the press, I will ask the kingdom at large, whether it is not easy to account for the master, upon a great day like the day of election in Liverpool, when some of the workmen choose to take a holiday, and are probably called upon to exercise the privilege of recording their vote, for the master, I say, both out of consideration for the workmen and his own interest, giving the whole of the workmen a day's pay. But that very obvious conclusion seems to have escaped the consideration of the committee, and the result has been what I have stated. (Hear, hear.) In the last clause of the report of the committee, it is stated that, as it did not appear that the so-called treating had been the principal means of corrupting the voters, there fore the committee did not recommend any further inquiry into the circumstances of the late election. In conse quence of that conclusion, notice has been given by a member of the committee that a writ for this great and important town is to be moved for to-morrow night. A noble lord, the member for Marylebone (hisses and groans) —a self-styled " Liberal" (laughter)—one who is anxious for the liberty of the subject—one who appears every day as the ultra-supporter of every liberty dear to the Englishman—has given notice that he intends to move that the town of Liverpool be practically dis. franchised for a month, (groans,) and gives this as his reason for doing so—because, in pursuance of a crotchet of his own, he intends to move that the votes at the next election for Liverpool be taken by ballot. (Laughter, and cries of " Oh ! oh !") He has given this notice in the face of the recent discussion in the House of Commons, when the opinion of the house was taken on the subject of the ballot after a lengthened and, I will say, a very able discussion, in which the general character of the ballot was resolved to be reprehensible by a very large majo r it y . H e h as g i ven not i ce of th i s motion, too, in the fa ce o f t h e report of the L i verpool Election Committee ; which, after the long inquiry, has decided that no imputati on w h atever rests upon your character—(cheers)—and that no f urther i nquiry can b e recommeadetle (14044 glum* Th ese, gentlemen, are the simple facts upcn which the decision was founded by the Liverpool Election Committee ; and, as by that de cision you are now virtually without representatives, 1 come before you, an humble individual, and perhaps unworthy of the position in which the friendship of many of your townsmen around me now have pla ce d me . (Cries of "No!ne !" and loud cheers.) I come forward — not because I myself had the presumption to seek so great an honour—but because those gentlemen thought fit to bring me here, as one to their mind, qualified to fill one of the seats of the vacant representation. And, gentlemen, although it is with truth and sincerity I declare that it would be very much against my personal convenience, and against my personal wishes to have a seat in the House of Commons at all; yet, when I was requested in a most generons, and, I believe, truly constitutional— (cheers)—spirit to come forward, I conceived it my duty at once to respond to the call. Had I not done so, I con ceive that I should have been wanting in my duty, and I should certainly have shrunk from the feelings of duty which I owe to England, and which, I believe, her very humblest son owes to his country. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Now, gentlemen, having explained to you bow T am here, I must express my thanks for the kind in dulgence and attention with which you have heard me; for it is a difficult matter for one man to let his voice be heard over so large a space, and throughout such a vast multitude as I now see before me. Having explained, as best I may, the cause of my appearing among you on this occasion, I must now come to notice one or two observa tions contained in a print which is circulated in this town, in which some very false statements are made as to my opinions. (Cheers). I held in my band a copy of the Liverpool Albion. (Hisses). lam too well accustomed to those arts by which a mm's political opponents seek to render him distasteful to the public, not to be perfectly prepared to encounter this and many other attacks— while I hope none of them may be of a more serious or grave nature than that to which I shall allude. First of all, it is put forth as a matter of reproach that, by the accident of birth, lam the son of a lord. Gentlemen, I don't pretend to say that by that accident I stand before you a better man ; but I hope I do not stand before you a worse man. (Loud cheers.) I should very much mis calculate the feeling of the assembly I now see before me —or the feelings of any assemblage of Englishmen—if I supposed that the mere accident of birth would influence and rule your opinion of any individual whatever. And allow me to say that, if there is any advantage to be ob tained from high birth, it is this—that it teaches a man to be careful in all his actions that he does nothing that may disgrace it. (Loud cheers.) That is the only feeling I have on the subject. (Cheers.) And, therefore, I may put aside the imputation,—if it amounts to an im putation,—that lam the son of an English peer. (Loud applause.) "It is whispered," says the editor of the Albion, " that Mr. Liddell is no other than a downright Puseyite." Now, gentlemen, this charge has been for mally and publicly made in print; and I will not permit the first opportunity of my addressing the constituency and inhabitants of Liverpool to pass by, without one or two observations. lam a downright Puseyite, says the editor of the Albion. If by Puseyite he means a man who professes to be a member of the Church of England, while he is at heart a Roman Catholic, in creed and sen timents,—if, indeed, he make use of a disguise of that sort, in order to inflame his hearers, his congregation, or his fellow-countrymen, in favour of his creed, that man is a hypocrite and a traitor—(loud cheers)—and T view him not only with indignation, but with positive abhorrence. But, if by a Puseyite is meant a sincere and faithful member of the Church of England, who, nevertheless, desires to approximate the simple ritual and modest ceremonials belonging to the Esta blished Church of England, with the more imposing and magnificent cremonials of the Church of Rome,—in doing so that man may think be is doing right, but I have to say that I think that man is mistaken (great cheering,)— that he is indiscreet in his conduct—and, moreover, that he is pursuing a course which may be extremely danger ous. I have no sympathy with him, and, therefore, whe ther in the one light or in the other light you accept the correct description of a Puseyite, I distinctly and plainly, and once for all, declare that I am nothing of the kind. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, Tam honestly, consistently, and warmly attached to our Protestant Church, as esta blished by law. (Hear, hear.) I admire the simplicity of her ritual—l admire the devotion of her worship, and I will not lend my aid or countenance to sacrifice her in obedience either to the low or the high church party. I wish her to continue the dignified, modest course shealways has pursued, while I will defend her to the last drop of my blood, (cheers,) and oppose any proposal to amalgamate her with the religion against which she protested, and from which she derived her very name of a Protestant Church.. Is that to your satisfaction ? (Loud cries of " Yes, Yes.") Now, gentlemen, there is another question which has re ceived, I believe, a large share of the attention of the electors of Liverpool, to which I must allude. I refer to the endowment by the State of the College of Maynooth. (Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, I am perfectly willing and most desirous, not only upon this occasion, but on every occasion, to give the plainest and most intelligible explanation of my political opinions. If you wish to be informed of my "antecedents," e s the phrase is, you shall have them. If you wish to know my personal feelings upon the subject of the endowment of Maynooth you shall have them. Shall I now proceed upon that subject? (Yes.) Gentlemen, it will be in the remembrance of many of you, that in the year 1843 or 1844 (a voice, '45), Sir Robert Peel proposed, that instead of the annual vote of the House of Commons, a perpetual endowment should be given to the College of Maynooth. He fortified that appeal by a great many very cogent arguments. I am afraid that I should be trespassing too long upon your time and patience if I was to go into the history of the College of Maynooth. (Cries of no, no, and cheers.) Well, gentlemen, it was founded in the reign of George the third. and certain provisions were made for it by the then Irish parliament, and a succession of grants were made to it from the year 1800, down to the year when Sir Robert Peel made an addition to it, through an endow ment from the state. On this occasion, we were in formed that, the real condition of that college was in a very discreditable state, and that there were no means of providing either for the education or the maintenance of the students, and that it was desirable, on every consideration, both on account of after benefits and present convenience, that better provision should be made. By this reasoning, beit good or be it bad, I con fess I was moved. The question was to be considered on two grounds. The one was that of religious principle, and the other was a question of political expediency. The question of religious principle was already involved in the grant which had already been made. The question of political expediency was that proposed by Sir Robert Peel ; and, gentlemen, it was with the greatest reluctance that I yielded to the right hon. baronet's arguments. I do not know that before that time I supported May nooth by any vote I ever gave ; but, on the contrary, I know that, up to that period, my impressions had always been decidedly against that grant. (Cheers.) But from what Sir Robert Peel stated on the occasion, when his proposal was before parliament—feeling as 1 did that it was highly desirable that the sentiments of the people of Ireland should be brought more into sympathy with the home government—feeling, as I did, that it was a chance to subdue the feelings of an excitable and fickle people, and representing, as I did, one of the most important counties in the kingdom, and knowing that from that large and varied constituency I had not had forwarded to me one single petition against the proposed grant, I yielded to Sir Robert Peel, and supported him in his views for an increased endowment to Maynooth. I supported the proposal in the belief that it would have been the har binger of peace to Ireland—that it would have prevented such scenes as we have lately unfortunately witnessed at the hands of the priests. (Hear, hear). But, gentlemen, what has been the result ? Has the measure, indeed, answered the object which I had in view, and which every man must have been inspired with in supporting the proposal ? I say most emphatically it has not. For the priests have shown themselves more determined and more hostile to peace than before the endowment was granted—(hear, hear,)—and in illustration of this, I need scarcely refer to the scenes which took place in Ireland on the occasion of the last election, and also to the at tempted infringement of the powers of the Queen herself, by daringly obtruding a legate from the Pope, both in England and in Ireland. (Hear, beer). Are these the re sults I looked for when I supported the grant to Maynooth ? I boldly tell you that they are altogether contrary. and if, therefore, I see all my best wishes frustrated—if I see the crown of England insulted by a power which, we are all of us bound to say, has no authority in this country, I say that I make out a case, without any retrac tation of opinion, which justifies me in saying that, if the question of Maynooth shall again be brought forward, and if waiting, as we must wait, for the report to thz crown of the committee now sitting—waiting, as we must do for that, I say that if the question be again brought before the House of Commons, I must say for myself that whether I am a member of the House of Commons or not, I will raise my voice against the contivance of that endowment, and, in so doing, I feel that I shall be dis charging a bounden and a sacred duty. (Hear, hear.) Let me, then, hear nothing more about wheeling about on great political questions. I have told you why I gave my vote in favour of the endowment of Maynooth, and I have told you with the same frankness why I will not give it in favour of that endowment again. While we see the parties in whose favour the vote was given, insult ing us, I do not see that we have received any correspond ing benefits from the endowments we granted, which would justify us in making any further sacrifices. (Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, lam quite aware that the mo ment a man comes before a popular assembly in the position in which I now appear before you, he soon becomes subject to many public examinations. And for myself I will consent to undergo the ordeal. I will say, now, that having been invited to your town by a number of honourable gentlemen, I have responded to the call in a similar spirit, and in every declaration of opinion which I may be called upon to offer, I shall address you in the same unreserved manner I have already done. (Cheers.) Ido not think that this is the occa sion to trespass upon you longer. Sometime may elapse before you are called upon to exercise your right of suf frage, and doubtless other opportunities will be afforded me for speaking to you, when I shall be ready and deter mined to give you every explanation on questions which you may ask me. lam happy , in this my first acquaint ance with my honourable friends around me, an d my first acquaintance with the great commercial town of Liverpool, and feel that it is an honour even to receive a requisition from such a town. Personally I have no wish to belong again to the House of Commons, and should you be able to find a candi date better qualified to represent your opinions, or better qualified to give utterance to your sentiments, in God's name select him, and let me retire again into private life, but if it be thought by the electors of Liverpool that on my part it is a matter of duty to enter the House of Commons, to reflect their wishes, and repre sent their feelings, T can only say, that however incapable I may be, you will not find one more truly or more honestly devoted to your interests. (The honourable gentleman then withdrew amidst the most enthusiastic cheering.) THE HON. HENRY THOMAS LIDDELL iS sojourning as a guest with Mr. Edward Molyneux, at Childwall, and will not leave Liverpool until atter the election. OBTAINING MONEY ON A FORGED ORDER.—JOIIII Plumley was charged by Mr. Henry Priestley, a publican, residing in Sanderson-street, with obtaining the sum of £2 10s., on presenting to him an advance note, purport. ing to be signed by Captain J. Johnston, of the ship Alexander Victoria. The prisoner, who had nothing tQ 3ay in his defence, was fully committed for trial. I Last evening a crowded and enthusiastic meeting of the friends of the Hon. T. Liddell, and Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., was held in the Clarendon Rooms—Mr. Councillor JAMES HOLME in the chair. Amongst those present we noticed George Henry Horsfall, Esq., (who represents Mr. T. B. Horsfall, in his temporary absence from home) ; also, Messrs. T. T. Glazebrook, Hay, Jones, John Hand, Wm. Steele, Priest, Frodsham, J. 'Roberts, Satchell, Leatherbarrow, Thomas Clarke, James Evans, E. P. Jones, Wood, Blain, Charles Callis, Pugh, Arthur Hand, Ellis Wall, Richard Benson, Culshaw, E. Webster, Haywood, R. Hughes, Briscall, H. Gerard, Hall, Edward son, Charles Hand, &c. The CHAIRMAN, on coming forward, was received with great cheering. He said it was to him a matter of great regret that they found themselves again assembled toge ther on the present occasion ; their time occupied, and dragged from their business, in order to take the neces sary means for securing to the electors of this large and important town two members of parliament in place of those gentlemen who had been so unceremoniously, and as he (the chairman) thought, so unjustly, ejected. (Hear, and cheers.) The small matters that had been proved against them by the evidence which had been produced, he thought that even many of those who were opposed to them could not but say were frivolous. (Hear, hear.) He must say that if they were to be deprived from giving a man a day's pay or a glass of ale, he believed there was not one of the 658 members of the House of Commons who could say that he was purely elected. (Loud cheers.) At the time the late petition was brought forth, we were led to believe that souse most serious and flagrant matters were to be found out—that large sums of money had been expended—that the Carlton Club had been resorted to' and that fearful bribery had taken place. And what had it resulted in ? Why, we found that the whole thing re solved itself into a day's pay. (Hear, hear,) Now he (the chairman) employed a great number of men, and he did say, that if they were not at liberty to do this, he hoped every freeman would show their opponents at the ensuing election that it was not for a glass of ale or a day's pay that they gave their votes. (Loud cheers.) Now as to the candidates before them, he was not ac quainted with Mr. Liddell. He had not heard him address the electors that afternoon, for he was not in town ; but from what he had heard since he entered the room, he believed that Mr. Liddell's explanations had given great satisfaction to all who heard him. (Hear, and cheers.) As to Mr. Horsfall, he thought he had only to name him, in order to ensure for him their warmest as surances of support. (Great cheering.) He trusted they would send him to the House of Commons by an over whelming majority, should there be any opposition ; but he did not think there would be any. (A voice : Yes. there is.) Well, then, he trusted, if they possessed the spirit of Englishmen, that they would send Mr. Horsfall and Mr. Liddell to parliament by a much greater majo rity even than that by which they elected Mr. Turnel and Mr. Mackenzie. (Cries of " We will," and loud cheers.) He hoped they would do their duty, and elect their candidates by an overwhelming majority. (Cheers.) He would now call upon Mr. Glazebrook to propose the first resolution, which he would first read to the meeting. The chairman concluded by reading the following resolution :—" That this meeting cannot pro ceed to the business of the evening without first tenderind the offer of their cordial sympathy to Charles Turner, ang William Forbes Mackenzie, Esqrs., that by the decisiun of a Committee of the House of Commons they have been deprived of those seats in Parliament to which they were elected by so large a majority of the constituency, upon a petition which has been declaredby the Radicals themselves to have totally failed in the object it sought to effect."' Mr. T. T. GLAZERROOR then came forward to propose the adoption of the resolution. He said it seemed only natural that the first step they should take that night was to pass such a resolution as was now before the meeting', because it was only too recently that they exerted them selves to return Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie, to forget those exertions. They contemplated their present posi tion with much regret, and they thought that the expres sion of their regret to Messrs. Turner and Macken zie was called for as well in justice to themselves as in justice to their late members and the poli tical principles they held. The proceedings which had been taken against those gentlemen were not such as to reflect credit on those who- were engaged in them— (hear, hear)—neither did they reflect any credit on the practical judgment of the petitioners as public men. (Hear, hear, and much cheering.) Moreover, there was good reason to believe that the parties who originated those proceedings, did not come into court with clean hands, for it would not be difficult to prove that they themselves had participated in that of which they complained on the part of the Conservatives. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers..) He quite agreed with. what the Chairman had said, as to the frivolity of the petition, and he had good reason to know that that feeling was participated in by a great number of gentlemen who differed with them in their political opinions. (Hear, and cheers..) He did not believe from the gentlemen on the other side to whom he had spoken, that the frivolity of the petition was confined to their opponents. (Renewed cheering.) Having said thus much of the petition, he should be doing an injustice to his own feelings, if he did not now say a few words respecting the candi dates before them. There was one of them whom he could not name without the warmest feelings of respect, and that was Mr. Thomas Berry Horsfall. (Vehement cheers.) To represent this or any other constituency in the House of Commons was a very solemn matter,, and he thought the question ought to be entered upon without party prejudice. The interests were deep, both to them selves as electors, and the House of Commons itself, to which they were now desired to send representatives ; and much too large for them to give their support to any candidate, whoever he might - be, without being satisfied that he possessed the necessary qualifications. (Cheers.). Now, what were the qualifications of the two gentlemen before them ? He spoke more particularly of Mr.. Hors fall. Did we want a man of business to represent the town and port, now second to none, in the House of Commons ?—if so, in Mr. Horsfall they had a gentleman who had been for 25 years connected with the trade of the port, and who had been trained in the best school to enable him to legislate on matters of commerce. (Hear, and cheers.) In Mr. Horsfall, too, they had a gentleman who had occupied the highest place of honour and autho rity in the town. In Mr. Horsfall, also, they had a gentleman who had filled the office of chairman of our Chamber of Commerce, and who had deeply given his mind to that which was so useful to the commerce of Liverpool, so as to enable him to come to right decisions on all questions connected with this important subject. (Cheers.) Then, they had in Mr. Horsfall a gentleman who had exerted all his powers in favour of those great principles which he (Mr. Glaze brook) believed were the foundation of our national prosperity—(great cheering)—which imparted life to all , our institutions, and which reeulated and directed to wise , ends, under the blessing of Providence,. all our under takings in this world. He spoke—and he should not be doing justice to himself if he did not so speak—of the Protestant Church of this country. (Great cheering.) In Mr. Horsfall they had an earnest and zealous member of the Protestant Church of this coun try,—one who would never betray those great and glo rious principles. He would not wear the livery of Rome —he would not wear the haircloth of superstition— ! he would not put on the mask and cloak of Jesuitism ; and, last of all, neither would he put on the worn out rags of Tractarianism. (Tremendous cheering.) I It might be said by some that these considerations oc cupied too much space in the polities of individuals, but he (Mr. Glazebrook,) held that they laid at the root of all that was precious to us, both as individuals and as a nation. After a few more observations on the staunch Protestantism of Mr. Horsfall, and his general high character, Mr. Glazebrook concluded by, saying that with those remarks, which he had thought it due to Mr. Hors fall to make in all earnestness and sincerity, he begged i to propose the resolution which had been put nto•lus hand. (Great cheering.) Mr. RAY seconded the motion, in a few remarks, after which it was put by the chair,, and carried unanimously. Mr. WILLIAM HAND said he had been most unex pectedly, as far as he was concerned. called upon to pro pose the next resolution. B,ut, seeing the resolution he had to propose was one which recommended the adoption, as members for this town, of two honourable gentlemen, he could not for a moment shrink from the performance of what he considered a sacred duty. The resolution he had to submit ran as follows :.—" That, from the high character, constitutional opinions, and established parlia mentary reputation of the Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell,, (so fully borne out by his speech on the Liverpool Ex.- change this day) and from the well-known feelings, high principles, and commercial knowledge of our respectei townsman, Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., this meeting considers them fit and proper candidates for the repre sentation of this borough in Parliament, and pledges-itself to use every constitutional means to secure their trium phant return," Although he might say that that was his first appearance in political life, he hoped those present would bear with him in the mishaps which might arise in his speech ; and this much he could say, that all he would say he sincerely felt. It would be presump tuous in him were he to say much of Mr. Horsfall, that gentleman being so well known to them all. He was pleased to observe that Mr. Horsfall's worthy and re spected brother was present, and they would no doubt hear something from him. With respect to Mr. Liddell, he did not know who that gentleman was when he first heard his name, last week ; and so he was rather doubtful about him. He (Mr. Hand) had not had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Liddell that afternoon, at the Exchange, for which he now felt much disappointed. It appeared that Mr. Liddell, in his admirable speech, had fully cleared all his (Mr. Hand's) doubts which he had originally entertained ; and he thought the gentlemen who formed their deputation in London had made a very good selection. With respect to his vote on Maynooth, he gave it to satisfy, if possible, the cone plaints and grievances of that dissatisfied race of people at that time. (Laughter.) But he now felt that it was quite impossible to do so ;••, and he had accordingly st a t e d that afternoon, very explicitly, that he would in future oppose any grant to Maynooth. (Cheers.) It had be en stated that he was a Fuseyite, but this he had repudiated. And from his speech of that day, and from the well-known character of Mr. Horsfall, he thought they had got two candidates who, if returned, would worthily support and maintain thelawsand institutions of thiscountry. (Cheers.) • Mr. Ctia.rtees C.teers seconded the resolution in a characteristic speech, which was loudly applauded. He had great pleasure in seconding the resolution, which had been so ably proposed. He knew very well that there was no necessity for telling the electors of St. Peter's Ward 'now to discharge their duty. (Loud cheers.) As the vice•chairman of the Pitt-street Ward, he had had occasion to speak elsewhere, and one of the papers had said that be did not speak to the point. (Laughter.) So he would try to be more in order this time. As so much had been said of Mr. Thomas Berry Horsfall, he did not think it would be out of place were he to say something of the stranger, Mr. Liddell. He was one of the privileged few—and there were a great few, too, he could assure them—who had been gratified by hearing his speech that afternoon ; and, he believed that, if they were tp hear Mr. Liddell in a room like the one in which they were assembled, they would all say that he was a very eloquent speaker indeed. He, for one, was exceedmgly pleased with Mr. Liddell, acid ho had no clout they 411 would be. . - The resoldion having been put from the chair, was carried by acclamation. Mr. GEORGE HENRY HORSFALL, on coming forward, was received with several rounds of Kentish fire. In rising to take part in the proceedings of that meeting, he was anxious that his position there should not be misunderstood. A..ltheugh he had the satisfaction of bearing the same name with one of those gentlemen whom they had honoured by placing in nomination, he did not rise to say one word on behalf of that gentleman which he would not most willingly say of Mr. Liddell. He was not rising there to advocate the claims of a brother—he simply rose as an elector of Liverpool, to bear his testimony,. in the first place, to those gentlemen who bad been so disgracefully ousted from being their representatives—(cheers)—and, in the next place, to record his opinion of the means by which those gentlemen had been ousted, and should address half a dozen words to those assembled, and who, he believed, felt as deep , an interest in the result of the coming election as himself did. (Loud and long-continued cheering.) He must be allowed to express the deep sympathy he felt with those honourable gentlemen who that time last year fought their battle for theme and also to express how fally he (Mr. florsfall) approved of all they had done during the time they had been their representa tives in parliament (cheers), and to do there, as he bad already done in writing,—to say that he sincerely believed that the best proof of their sympathy that they could afford to those hon. gentlemen, would be again to carry triumphantly those constitutional principles which they themselves held so dear. (Cheers.) As to those gentlemen who had been the means of depriving them of the services of Messrs. Turner and Macken zie, his friend. Mr. Glazebrook, made a remark, which he (Mr. Horsfall) had taken down at the time : it was to the effect that " the petition does not reflect credit upon itspromoters." Now, that did not content hirn(Mr.Horsfall). He felt that it reflected the highest discredit upon them. (Loud cheers.) He confessed that, standing there as a gentleman, he was at a loss almost for words in which to express suitably the detestation and contempt he felt for the men who promoted that measure. The very first witness who was examined before the parlia mentary committee was Mr. William Rathbone, jun., (groans and hisses deep and long,) who made his statement after the , opening speech, in which the counsel for petitioners had said what he had been instructed to set before the cbmmittee as the grounds on which the petition was promoted, and in which he had been instructed to propound to the committee that, solely from principles of purity, and with the desire to purify the electors of Liverpool, (groans,) did the petitioners come for ward with that measure. To what extent did the examination of William Rathbone, jun., (laughter,) confirm the speech of the learned sergeant? In half-a-dozen questions put to that gen tleman, he was fain to confess, or rather he was eoinpelled to confess, that, prior to the petition being proceeded with, he made it his duty to call upon a gentleman, who was well known ' to them all—he meant Mr. Thomas Bold. (Cheers, and a voice "Three cheers for Bold," which request was instantly complied with.) He called upon Mr. Bold, and very quietly proposed to withdraw his petition in case Mr. Cardwell had a seat made vacant for him. (Laughter.) In fact, that, if they were will ing to withdraw one of the gentlemen who had fought their battles, this dreadful petition would be withdrawn,. and all the faults of the Conservatives would be forgotten. (Laughter , and cries of "Oh! oh !") But Mr. Rathbone took care to say that he did this upon his own responsibility alone. He (Mr. Horsfall) could only tell them, and he had the autho rity of Mr. Bold. for what lie was about to say, when•Aln Rath bone came to the office of Mr. Bold, the first words lie said were : " I have just come from Mr. Rigge and Mr. Claborn," the latter being the attorney down from London to promote the petition !. (Laughter.) Then we find' Mr. Wm. Rathbone , jun.,—the gentleman who was to go forward as the exposer ° I the poor freemen's frailties—a gentleman who said he r,,as dis gusted with the last election. He (Mr. Horsfall) had no doubt he was disgusted witlithe results or that election. (Laughter' ) Then we find that he came forward and said &was li;s earP - e desire, and the desire of the pro mo t ers , th a t th e connP ittF should take some steps to put an end to the abuses-existlng T Liverpool. (Oh !oh !) But lie was afraid to pursue thistoptq further ; for lie felt so strongly on the subject, that he- should leave no stone unturned to th row b ac k u p on Mr. t the charges which. he had m a d e aga i ns t th e m.. He woul, hat was therefore, leave that subject, and a ll u d e briefly to more pleasing and interesting to th em —he referred to the and, from contest. He hoped they wo uld have a contest ;.and, from a memorandum whi c h h a d b e en handed to him by a Rat d e pretty good authority that night, he believed that they were to have a contest. (Loud cheers). Therefore,. Mr. Callis had probably made the most important speech of the evening. As to the approaching contest, Mr. Glazebrook had dilated at length upon the subject which, of course, comes very near to my heart; and Mr. Callis had make the remark. that lie did not think it fair that Mr. Horsfall's merits shouldte talked so much about, and Mr. Liddell forgotten. Now, with no remark that had been made that evening did lie (Mr. Horsfall) more cordially coincide.—(Cheers.) He would, therefore, make a few remarks with regard to Mr. Liddell. That gentleman had been accused of comingamong them as a stranger, unsolicited. Such lie could assure • them—and Mr. Callis could baar him out in what he said—was not the case. Indeed, one of the most influential preliminary. meetings he had ever been privileged to attend was one which, with only one dissentent voice„.agreed to have Mr. Liddell brought forward. (Cheers.) That dissen tient gentleman went so far as to propose another name in the place of Mr. Liddell, and he (Mr. Horsfall) had the satisfaction of announcing, as a proof of their unanimity, that no gentle• man in the room rose to second the resolution. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Horsfall then reviewed the speech delivered that afternoon, by Mr. Liddell, upon which he pronounced a warm and cor dial eulogium, showing that he had completely disproved the baseless insinuations .of the Albion. As to the char.' ' s preferred by that journal, that Mr. Lidd e ll was th e son of a lord, Mr. Horsfall did not think that was the honourable gentleman's faalt ; nor did he think it was his misfortune either.. (Laughter.) In conclusion, he reminded the electors that the contest wag very near at hand;. for probably by that day week they would be on the eve of the nomination. The writ would be issued on the following night ; and he hoped that on Tuesday morning next they would all be able to join a still more glorious proces sion than they had ever had before. (Cheers.) If they had 00 opposition, they should have a grand procession just to shoal their opponents-what they could do; and, if they. had opposi tion, then they should have the procession to show them what they con do. (Laughter and applause.) Mr. BLAIN proposed a vote of thanks to the worthy Chair man, hoping that lie might be long spared to serve the public in the Council. The motion was carried with.great cordiality; and the compliment having been acknowledgedby Mr. Holmes the proceedings terminated. Before breaking up, three cheers were given for the Chairman, for Messrs. Horsfall and Liddell, and, for Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner, and a lust! shout for theGitieen,three cordial groans for William Rathbone, jun., and his-co-petitioners, concluding the series of demon strations. BRUTAL. ASSAULT.—Three men, Patrick Clyne, Patrick Dolan, and Patrick Hinch, were chargeclat the Police-court yesterday by Matthew Connolley, with a violent and un provoked assult upon him on Saturday evening. The complainant said that, about nine o'clock on Saturday' evening,, he was filling his pipe close to his own house in Clay-street, when the prisoner Clyne came up to him, and, without any provocation, knocked him down. The other two prisoners then came up, and began kicking him about he head and face. Several witnesses deposed to the brutal treatment which the complainant received froraithe prisoners, and the appearance of the complain ant's head and face was c on fi rmatory of the fact. 1 0 answer to a question from the magistrates, the complainant said he knew the prisoners well, who were man-catchers , residing In the neighbourhood. They were fined 40s. each, and costs, and in default committed for two months. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY of MANCHESTER.—The Liver pool and Philadelphia Steam-ship Co.'s steam-ship City of Manchester, Robert Leitch,. commander, arrived from. Philadelphia yesterday, with the following 122 cab in pas-. passengers :—Mrs. Dover, Mrs. Benn and child, Miss- Caroline W. and Miss Elizabeth Cadbury, Major H. B. Von Esser, Mr. Ben. IL Warder, Mr. Brinton Jacobs,. Mr. Thomas Fennell,. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Armstrong= and child, Mr. James Anll, Mr. Jas. Woodside, Professor and Mrs. Boyce and two children, Mr. James Beatty,, Mr. James J. Neasden,lVlr. John Whiteside, Mr. N. H. Chil ton, Mr. John E. Smith, Mr. D. Lambourn, Rev.. J. Borland, Mr. J. G. Sylvester, Mr. Grant, Mr. L, Mr. James G. Patterson, Mr. Thomas Bell and son, gr and Mrs. William Inman, Mr. Thomas Ennis, Mr. H. Ash, Mr. E. Strauss, Mr. J. Keyser, Mr. E. Langsden. Mr. Nurgath, Mr. W. M`Murray, Mr. genry Sable, Mr. Simon Fibergar,Mr. Josh. G. Fox, Mr. Matthew Bleifuss , Mr. Francis Weiss, Mr. A. J. Creighton, Mr. W. B" Newell, Mr. Thos.. B. Corkey, Mrs. Barton,. Mrs. MAP monat, Mlle..E,Dyer, Mr. Jas. Rafferty and two children' Mr. L. Barham, Mr. Mackay, Mr. Holmas, Mr. Reia , Mr. Jonathan Glyde, Miss Isabella N o ble, Mlle. Melillo Payera, Mr., Glyde, Mrs. Niugarth, Mr.. J. E. Bronnelf Mrs. Wm.. Conrad, Mr. Bernard Dorea, Mr. . Hugh Mai' well. M. Emile Michel, Mr. C. E. Stephens, Mr. John Crooks, Mr, A. Legrand, Mr. John 8.. Brownzen, CaPt• Newham, Mr. Oscar Hedberg, Mr. James M`Gaire,Mrt Beat,. Mrs. Blight, Mrs. Mullen, Mrs., Wallett, Mr. r' Wirtberg, Mr. G. G. Sharpe, Mr. . Felise De Meyer, Mr!' audzen, Miss Maria Stokell, Mias Martha Andrews, Me" Fontaine, Miss Anne Morrow, Mr. G. M. Shaffer, Nt r ; Wm. Duncan, Mr. Hugh Rogers, Mr. Paton, Mr. Pt. Baylis, Mr. Wm. Curry, Mr. Fred. Rich, Mr. Lizt, 0 : R. M. Leslie, Mr. Thos. Smithurst, Mr. Matthew Nle Mr. Jonathan Graham, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Lizt _a child. Miss Elizabeth Pascue, Mr. G. Stewart, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. E. Lewis, Mr. Thos. Boylan, Mr. VII. Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Billward, infant, and child, John A. Hansen, Mr. Geo. Duero ; Mr. Wm. Cook,,lr„ J. Hymen, Mr. Aitken, Mr. Geo. Gibson, Mr. ALS" Mr. Sherrard, and Mr. Joseph Creighey. TATTERSALL'S BETTING.—MoNDAV• eof - NORTHUMBER LAND PLATE.-5 to 1 agst Goldflnder , 6 ,- ag sg 6 to 1 agst Colsterdale, 6 to 1 agst St. Michael,. 6 ;rl, Red Lion, S to 1 agst Garforth, 9 to 1 agst Cardinal %%1051 12 to 1 agst Harbinger, 15 to 1 agst Doublet Livs,itroox. Cur.-13 to 2 agst Goorkah, 1.1 to 1 agst fall, 15 to 1 agst The Alp. Goonwoon STASES.-8 to 1 agst Sextus, 12 to 1 agst 11 to 1 agst Teddington, 16 to 1 agst Hobble Horse.. ST. I..IiCiER.-8 to 1 agst Reiver, S to 1 agst Sitting 20 to 1 agst Cobnut, 20 to 1 agst lioneyivoc'' THE COMMERCIAL WILL BE FOL . , .- • - "- SI XTI-1 PAGE LIVERPOOL TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1853. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED . EVERY TUESDAY MORNING) BY THE PROPRIETOR, ROBERT PEARSON THACKER, OF No. 7, PERCY-STREET, AT THE, STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFIOI No. 4, ST. GUACE'I CBEscENT4 1.0741ifQ9'1,,