The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-04 00:00:00

S'br g,,ibtrpeol ktanbarb. Douglas" would instantly suggest itself—and in fine he would say; "my friend, lam come not only to ask what you will not do, but also what you will. In the same manner the community of Liverpool will tell Mr. Thornely, when his views of questions of religious legislation come under discussion=" we do not wish to know *hatyou hate only--butalso what you love: Doubt less you hale pluralities, you hate non-residence, you hate the lax or corrupt administration of Patronage—but, in thus denouncing the abuses which have crept _into the Church, do yon denounce them for the sake of those eternal truths which she embodies, and which these abuses 'cOn tribute to nullify and 'obscure? Will you support the King in the exercise of his coronation oath, wherein he pledges himself before God, to maintain the fundamental laws of the Established Churches of these realins ? Will you duly weigh the obligations of that oath which all Members of Parliament are required to take, and whereby they pledge themselves to do no dertiment,- by virtue of the office they are about to assume, to the National Esta blishment, (of course) as a National Establishment ? Will you above all, Wherever and whenever laW and the countenance of Government, at home or abroad, is re- Inited to aid in the advancement of sound, scriptural, and influential christianity, use yotir energies in the main tenance of those truths—which you conscientiously depre cate and deny ? " We earnestly submit this solemn subject to the public: particularly to the Dissenters of this great community. We propose speedily to offer some remarks on the posi tion occupied by the National Establishment, as the , best bulwark against Socinianism on the one hand, and Popery on the other. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1832. • '1"& fittest accounts Which have readied us from land and i3elgium still leave us in doubt as to the proba ble issue of our warlike measures against the Dutch. On one I . )oint, hoWever, there is no. mistake, namely, that the Belgians themselves depredate the friendly interven tion of our wise ministers, and their allieS, the French. We daily feel a stronger conviction, that after all the boasting of the tuinisterial.press, the formidable "Demon stration," whiCh has I.Yeeit pit tip fo 'frighten the Dutch, having failed in its object, seine pretence will be found for withdrawing but itedt . Trom the . Dutch coast, and the French troops,from Belgium,' leg,ying tlye..pattis inte , rested in the citiarrel to• settle their differences in their own way. Indeed, one of the London Sunday papers (the John, Bull) asserts, that a new. treaty has already, been got up bet Ween •tis and our allies, and that the old Diztica will again come into recutsitiou. _ . "The kitigcif Flivace, with:fifty thousand men, Mai 4 a hill, and then, mari.l'd di*n again.," The following observations, which we -copy from the .Bloenin; Chronicle of the 30th ult:, one of toe ministe rial organs; so strongly corroborate our opinions upon this subject, that we lay them before our readers : ‘, 4 lille Wish •r'e were well rid of this-and all other affairs into which we . have been dragged by the holy alliance. If the Bel. glan affair were 'ciLe trusttiiatWe Shall keep clear ,;icontinental bton. in all tnnecoiiiiil;j To the phrase, Ho uOur of nienati:m; we never had any strong attachment, the object of tuose who use it being generally to propose measures i.reconciliable wiih the dictates of plain sense. "If nnuisteis can snixecd iii setctinsthis'affair without bring iug on a geticral War„tni,y, will be entitled to (he thanks of the nation. in the ni‘.;antAte, we trait, they milt withdraw thentselres from the allalt• (Li sathcas the,,ii curt, With any decency." Ministers have thus, in the opinion 'of - a:thick-and-thin suporter, get thcanselves into a false position, and the sooner they can kick out Of it the better: We never doubted this, and ahitough we shall owe no gratitude to taose who have:so nearly itA , olVecl us in an uncalled-for and most unjustiSalite,War, Ak're'Shall . yet be Well pleased if, having hiundeted in, they can also-blunder-out again. From Opor: - .6 W t e 'tire Os° NOthOlit urivintereSting neivs.• If it he true, that the object of the Ala . rquiA Palmella's mission is to englige ministers 'Ito• interfere in behalf of Don Pedro, we , imagine the dititeulties of the Bel g i an question wilrproduce, at least, anominous hesitation - as to again Meddling With matters . which' el(f not concern us. The Landoll papers speak confidently of a dissolution of Parliainent, as this day, and that•the announcement will appear in to-night'S Gazette. 'ln * this case we may, expect the election to take plade here • next week, when we hope to have proof, ttiat the Conservative spirit of thiS ancient and loyal borough, although long dormant, is neither extinct liar 'enfeebled. DURING the progresS of a contested . election we are always prepared to see the utmost ingenuity exercised by the traniers of placards and squibs, in order .to exalt the merit of their own favourite, and to depreciate that of the rival candidates. In such ephemeral. productions, a too strict adherence to truth is seldom 'expected ; but when a grave and serious appeal is•made to. the " dispas sionate reason and judgment" of the electors, and this appeal is sanctioned .by the.name of a well-known indi vidual, as chairnian of a committee,. we should have ex pected to have foUnd fair and candid arguments made use of, instead of insidious misrepresentations, by means of inuendo, calculated to excite the worst feelings of the un reflecting many, who, not unnaturally, may be expected to take upon trust whatever is stated upon such autho rity. We allude, as will be at once perceived, to the ad dress of the committee for conducting Mr. Thornely's election, signed by Mr. William Rathbone, as chairman. The particular passage in this address, to which our remarks especially apply, is the following For it must be evident, on the slightest consideration, that the great questions which will be agitated in the reformed Parlia ment, questions of the greatest and deepest import, will be those involving, the conflicting interests of the landed as opposed to the mercantile community of the aristo cracy, as. opposed to the community at large." We do .not scruple to affirm, that a more gross delusion,—a more mischievous insinuation, could not be practised or put forth upon the credulity of .the .public; than is to be found in the foregoing extract. What can we think of the candour and political honesty Of .nien, 'who thus at tenipt to instigate one class of the -community to array themselves against the other ? Who, id no very covert manner, would persuade the industrious dasses that the landed proprietors, the aristocracy of the country, are their natural enemies and oppressors ? We call upon the committee —we call upon their chairman, to shew, by fair and sound- reasoning, In • Nirliat maimer the landed in terest is oppOsedto the mercantile community, or that of the aristocraey to the community at large, to exhibit to us how it is possible for the one interest.to prosper with out the other participating in its prosperity, or for the mercantile community to be 'labouring under serious de pression, without the landowners•bearing their full share of the distress. If they cannot, or . will not do this, the public will form their own opinion of the goodness of that cause, which has to be supported by bold assertions, which will not beat the test of calm'anu dispassionate in vestigation. • • • V 4 are well aware of the odium. which is cast, by in terested‘partieS, upon those, who call public attention to the religious tenets of candidates for 'e'ats in parliament. . And, indeed, _nothing can be more unwarrantable th an giiing an 'Undue importance to the shades . of minor d&ietiees, or than instituting a .presumptuous inquiry into questions determinable only by Infinite Intelligence. Such a procedure, unwarranted on any occasion, is, when adopted far . electioneering ,purposes, absolutely execrable. hut We . Cannot forget, that there are also certain broad grounds of - difference, and certain definite and determin-: ate point§ in 'religion,. to which we are •entitled to look.. We are not to discuss questions beyond the province Of humad_perccptioris :. but we are npv oly permitted,—we ore constrained to give due attention to those within it: And, as it is alWays warrantable, nay obligatory, to mark these ISSENTlAL . differences, so the warrant becomes more indisputable, the obligation more imperative, when we are considering the propriety of committing a solemn and•a sacred trust to a person, whose case comes within our rule. Of course *e allude to the case of Mr. Thornely. We make no attack on , his • opinions as an individual—Lbut when he aspires publicly to the high station of member for Liverpool, we feel compelled to.ask .seriously of the andliighly respectable body of christian dissenters in this• Place, I. Whether, at all times, the goyermilent a a christian A prodigiqns outcry has'been . latelY raised by some of our contemporaries, self-styled "liberals," against what they are pleased to designate ." Tor intimidation," the , country ought, . not •to be regulated by strictly christian extent of which, upon their own shewing, amounts to principles; at least so long as it declares - christianity to this, that the friends of the constitution have intimated be the established religion 'of the land? to some of their tradespeople their determination to with -. - Whether this obligation is not. now rendered ten- , draW their custom from those who shall, at the approach fold more imperative, when the state of that establish- ing election, vote for candidates ryhOse principles they rnent is ahOlit to come under the eonsideration of parlia- (the TOries) 'deem . subvers;v- of ail good- government. went,. and when the . fortunes Of. a Church, hitherto Threats have been held out of •publishing the names of esteemed the bulwark -of Protestantism, are, u n d er God, all those Who shall be disco\ b..efl to have acted so "basely to be committed to its charge ? " and infamously ;" and an individual, of-the name of Pres- S. Whether it is - not the opinion of Christian Dis- ton, has addressed a letter to the Ilfeecury,'whieh appears senterS as well as• the doctrine of •the National Church, in the last number of that.paper, detailing a conversation, (Whether right . or wrong, is not now the question,) that which he accidentally overheard, between a gentleman the Socinian creed - absolutely overturns the faunddion and a tradeSman, in a shop iii town, which he noted of a •thiy s tfap s hio.., and points out a roaclto -salvation, down as soon as the gentleman left the shop, - and sent to be it real or. imaginary, wholly distinct from their own ? the editor of a newspaper for,publication. We leave our 4. Whether under these circumstances, they will readers to make their own reflections upon the delicacy attempt eonfidi . g the iegulafion of the . affaira of a Chris- of such a proceeding, and we' should 'be' glad to know. tan Church, to ny man, no matter how pre-eminent his what there is in the whole affair to make a fuss about. iitAtißu;liow bri lianf. his mercantile repute (granting Mr. Does not everyman, Tory, Whig, Radical, or Infidel act . .Thoinelv these ( . I ) palifi'cations, which we really doubt his 'upon this principle, although he may not think it neces poikssessing,) who is essentially arid 'absolutely'hostile to sary to declare it in so many words ? Will the members its fundamentaldoctrines ? . of Mr. Thornely's committee patronize a Tory printer, Have they ,foigBttEn - the Memorable declaration of, or stationer, or shoemaker, or tailor, if th e y c an ge t Burke: (ThoikhlS on - the 'French 'ReVoliition), "Ve -things equally good from one of their o wn . p ar ti sans ? shall never be'Such-fools as to s call in -an enemy to the :We trove not, then, why are Tories expected to deal with SUBSTANCE of any'system, to remove-its corruptions,l Radicals, after they discover them to be so ? We ima to supply its,cletects, or to perfect its. construction." 1 :gine, it is in reference to something of this 'kind, th a t iV•e . do liotb liev eit Of any but a • faction, 'and'that no M r : Th o i ne l y, i n hi s address to the electors, says, " he respectable one of Chiiitian , Di§genters. Hive did— shall be much mistaken if the approaching election_ do if we could believe that the Dissenters could so far forget not demonstrate the necessity of restitting"to- vote . by the tie of our coMinpnoliristianify,•as o l'Atnni Neconda- ballot." The argument has been Used a thousand times, iry . consideration !whatelTer Sppergetle•thi . primary one, that this measure is indispensibly necessary 't o . p ro t ec t ~,,•, 1 .60,1 ,, itim ant :such a delusion. not the less bitterly the -honest aizd'eonscientiotts Voter (none b u t our mo d ern from ' &trig assayed, that they 'themselves ~ WOnlkiiOcA b e liberals a-e honest and. conscientious!) from the •conse the last to discover thefatal character. of its consequences, quences of a faithful discharge of his duty. We know and to rue therre- , . . ~. - not Which is the most - conspicuous, the absurdity o f th e ~ .. "It is too 1at1, 4 , 1 ; say-some 'of the . real Tteforme'rS,. "Jo argument, or the . stnpidity of those who advance it. raise thettp of, the Church in`danger." _lt .is not too From the first introduction of the reform bill, up to the fate, if the ChutCh be 'featly 'in danger; 'lt -May have present Moment, its advocates have stoutly asserted, that been raised, like thenlarm of “ the .W. 011," upon insufficiH , nine-teriths . of the people throughout the empire were in ent or Irttudutent inotives. ,'Sall ive therefore follow our, its favour; if this be t rue , howcan a tradesman suffer, by prototype in the laßle, ind now when the:wolf is really i voting so asto please such an immense Majo r ity, *h ero CORI% lea e ` iLe 'flock defenceless. to . their destroyers?, for Oneeteity'hemakes, he gaihs . nine friends ? Instead Some bad xneii'hav4i4de that 61.3,,,, bugbear: other, bad! of wishing for the-ballot to conceal for whom lie votes, he well - strive to flake it a laughing stock.stOck. Good men con- would naturally court the utthostpublicity, that h'emight idi lm iltitelf6rie t . 4 : )sittill they swell the .chorus of the latter ? be known • - as one - of the “ friends of the people," and Mr. ThornelY s r tand `..._,.° upon the great IninCiple Of; thereby se c ure th e i r p a tr o na ge a n d prote c tio n. Th e Protestant .Di4ent t l" ' Whatis "Protestant Dissent "ii trtffh, as the Reformers Well knoW, is directly th e reverse . . A negatin, doubtless, d Popery, and :61-Chniehinafiship : They see and.feel, that the property, the respectability-, but of *44 is its an kermatzon •Ofnotiring, absblntely the intelligence, of the country are oppOsed t o ra di ca l in nothing..., A man. may be - deetiti*:of. Jigliet destitute of novation i l- - ,- . :and hence the clamour which they raise for religious principle, dead to' all the- .spiritual. interests of vote by ballot, to protect, as they allege, the t ra d es p eop l e guankiucl,-,and yet lie - ina - y 'can Ifiroself a Prot#Stant bis, in .towns and tlte.-tenauts .at w ill .in the tount u , f r o m seuti,and . nine can contradict him,.. for be is as truly and! .the virldiaiVe hostility ioftheir customers -and l an dl or d s; inclisp4k...bly a Pratatant Dis§eriter, as. - ati Ott - tin, - a .6ax- in plain agliih; - they lit'sth . to- get a Measure introduced, ter,. or a Bowe. Aid it IS : on ' L illis' vekative entity, 'that! w - hich shall screen a 'paicel of 44ast_rdly hypocrites from Mr. ThiJrnely takes Lis . stand. - We want to know of lfirn -the "consecitierict-fs of being sefTetly 'tile foes, Whilst th e y who **re* to be . our representatite, tot only what die ) Pretend Jo.' be 't, 1 7 ,. . 'friends of those .to whom they a re has net, but : likewise and_principallY.',.ytillp.t hp: has. i chiefly indebted fot their support, and the station which . . What,:wp,uld Mr. 'T horribly" think, if upon his can i titer 06011)y: in sb,Le'ty. .W ` e rejoi6e,:thai the delusion is 1,4 1;0 /lel I atiOmroi' P6siffire'sul3plort,• •warennswered - With I fast. pasii4g. away, and that even the humblest classes in tvathing: but , vrhat *wag rren-ati Vb ? 'f I dolicit:mean to vot e ! ifi e community are jbeginning - to understand who are far L a d s ali d.zu "—" lAtt ' perh - aps'youniay . for Sir Howard I really their "friends - irid' benefactors , Ana "we shall be 1 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. much mistaken if the ensuing election do not demon strate," that the tradesmen, and particularly the old free men of Liverpool, are well able to distinguish between those who are the Suliport of thethselves and families, and those Who delude them with empty promises of undefin able* future benefits. . . . IN our last number- we -briefly-noticed the accounts, brought by, the last packet from New York, of the termi nation of the election, in that city, in favour of the Jack son ticket. When the universal suffrage and vot e by ballot have beeli adirocted by. our ultra liberals, we have iuvariably heard the United States quoted as a practical proof of the advantages to be derived from the adoption of those pet theories of our.radical reformers ; it is, there fore, with no small satisfaction; that we lay before our readers the foll Owing extract from the New York Daily Advertiser, of the Bth November, shewing the working of this so-much-to-be-desired state of things, and forcibly illustrating the soundness of the assertion so confidently made by modern reformers, that the ballot would do away with all intimidation and corruption, and that every elec tor would thereby be enabled to vote according to his eonscience, without any fears as to the consequences. Postscript, One o'clock. " The Polls closed last night at sundown, after a contest of three days, a contest altogether unparalleled in the history of this city. The number of votes taken has reached the astonishing number of 35,861, nearly six thousand more than-was ever cast. We have given the result as far as the canvass has proceeded, which gives a majority. in all but the three first and possibly the 15th, for the Jackson ticket. " The number of illegal votes brought to the Polls, has been appal ling. Many thousands have found their way by . hard sweari ng , in t o ,the Ballot Boxes, and thousands have been rejected after repeated attempts to get in their votes. The whole patronage of Government and the great body of Office holders have been put in requisition. " Some of the most disgraceful scenes have been witnessert In the seventh ward, yesterday, a fight took place, in whi c h severa l persons were seriously injured ; and among them Alderm an Whiti ng, when attempting to preserve the peace. Tbe inspectors of the election had to retire, and were unable to canvass the votes. Several persons were taken up, and committed In the Fourteenth Ward, there was an affray, in which several were injured ;--and at this hour, midnight. a mob are parading the streets, composed of at least, a thousand persons, with drums beating,, flags and Ja6kson banners flying and hickory poles raised. " They were parading Wall-street and Broadway, composed of the very dregs of the city, and nearly all with a Hickory Club." FROM A CORRESPONDENT.—We confess ourselves ut terly unable to answer the question asked in all quarters —"What are Mr, Thornely's pretensions to represent Liverpool ?" We should have thought this question had been for ever decided. Mr. Thornely is not a new man he has been already before his fellow -townsmen as a can didate, and with a result which makes the present attempt at public excitement wholly unjustifiable. At the election which gave to Liverpool the benefit of Lord Sandon's services ; there might possibly have been something on the part ,of Mr. Thornely to recommend him to a portion of the electors. An out-and-out Reformer was sought for by some, and, undoubtedly, those that desired a sweeping change—a Reform which would overthrow the whole fa bric of the Constitution in Church and • State,---would have found in the Socinian and Republican a fitting Re presentative. Yet the miserable exhibition of strength, or rather weakness, which he made at the Hustings too plainly demonstrated the hopelessness of the presumptu ous enterprise. He appealed for support to the mercantile interest, and how was the appeal responded to ? With the exception of fewer than half a dozen individual s not particularly distinguished for either jud gment or discre tion, he was universally- rejected. His personal friends ceased to recognize him, lest, by any appearance, they might be thought to countenance such a cause. The present chairman of his committee was pleased to com pliment the mercantile community of Liverpool, by as serting, that he was ashamed of his brother merchants. Where are, then, Mr. Thornely's merits ? What are his pretensions to be one of the " faithful commons" of a Christian Monarch ? We-pause for a reply. It is gra tifying- to think, that the result of the contest, if - contest' there be, will rejoice every friend to social order,—every one wishing well to the best interests of our common country. In the meantime, it is most amusing to ob serve, with what earnestness Mr. Thornely's friends would persuade him, that "he has the confidence of the electors ; that be is the favourite of the people ; and that his return is certain." Mr. Thornely .looks dolefully doubting, and in reply to all these fine assurances, he answers as the Vicar of Wakefield did to the gentleman A' the sha-green spectacles, "I think I have heard all this before." ON Satin-day, Lord Sandon, accompanied by Mr. Lawrence, and some ,other friends, appeared. .:upon 'Change, a little after three o'clock, and, from one of the windows in the building. addressed the company assem bled,in the area. His lordship,'as will be seen from the report of his speech, entered, - at great length, upon every one of the points which have been urged against him, as violations of his pledges on the subject of the reform bill, and a more open, manly, and, to our minds, satisfactory explanation and defence of every part ofiiis conduct can not well be imagined.' We refer 'our readers to the speech itself, as any attempt to abridge it would weaken its ef fect, but we would particularly direct attention to the clear-and distinct avowal of his lordship, that he would oppose further innovations, until we had experience of the - practical* benefits of the reform bill. We could have wished that the members of the abolition society had been present, to have heard•the admirable exposition which he gave of his views on the subject of Colonial Slavery. ' When his lordship had concluded, thepany moved corn to the opposite corner of the square, where they were addreSsed by Sir Howard DOuglas, principally upon the subject of the. East India and China trade. The gallant baronet avowed himself opposed, in principle, to mono polies, .but declined 'pledging him Sell to .any particular line of conduct, but such as should appear to him, upon mature consideration, but calculated to -promote the inte rests of the empire at large. We perfectly concur in the opinion expressed by him, that the constitutional doctrine is to pledge to principles, not to practice. The addresses of both the candidates appeared to make a deep impression upon many of their political opponents as well as friends, and we rejoice 'in the strong conviction which we.entertain, that the return of the noble lord and the gallant baranet, as our representative s , to the first reformed House of Commons is hardly doubtful. Let the true friends of the constitution, in church and state, exert themselves as they onlit,and their majbrity must be - most triumphant. LONDON LATEST NEWS. ( From our Correxpondent.) LONDON, SATURDAY, Half-past Seven o'Clock, This day has passed off like the preceding days • of the 'Week, out any material alteration in the prices of public seettrities,•ard mer chants continue in'a painful state of 'suspense respe,•l';n.; the tpt.:,4ion of War or peace. As I 'anticiptited, in my tiirmer conimoui , ,ation% ttte attack•upon -Atitiveti-ha been further delayed,, and I begin rco •to think it will be postponed, like 'seine other subjects of sion, :sine die; You will — perceive, 'that the lauds are ,st . ,,:ady is the market, but I still think - thatthis steadiness is kttriblit:Nie to The. difficulty of obtaining any, lucrative employment • for earital. The embargo on our trade to Holland has, of course, caused a.•sts pension of business with that country, and no other market can, at present, be :found for-11 - te gbods intended for that .destinatk.m. Although the prices of Itinds' and merchandise, 'generally, .-have' lately undergone no great changes, it is not to be inferred that public anxiety and Uneasiness have at all subsided. The all-absorbing ques tion of war or peace seems, at least, to the public, to•be completely in the balance, and in such s state of uncertainty, the smallest dealer is deterred from making purchases. All the private accounts from Ho', land represent the Dutch king as, determined to defend.his present positiOn to the last. Antwerp will.not be , surrendercd peaceably and its capture would according to the best Military, authorities cost the French several Weeks:anti several tliiiiisan•ds of livrs, besides the de struction of the city, that great object of ,telgian veneration. LORD SANDON, purpose of addr e s s i ng such o f the t.'lL On Saturday it *as pretty generally know n th at i t was his • s o h r i t p h 's e i a n t t t e e Lti o o o n n t , o f m or a t k h e e his appearenee on the Ex c h ange in th!..`;sf as might be there assembled, accordingly a considerable noni t 'of persons collected in tile area of the Excha nge , t o h ear him' L! , Lordship at length presented himself at the window o f M es srs. V t bath, Tin n e, an d Co.'s office, in the Exchange Buildings. Ilia se ec i which lasted three-quarters of an hour, consisted of explanitt ° o those parts of his conduct, in Parliament, whi c h hare been Inec l i c o o subject of the most unrelenting bitterness of a tt ac k b y the Pa t e ls of his rivals, and we have to regret the having, been deprived. 1 44 cumstances which it is unnecessary here to explain, of the opPer ttk & of giving anything deserving the name of a report. Advertiug t° charge that had been made against him, of forfeiting his pledgel ) / ve d vote upon shedule 8., his Lordship expl a i ne d th a t h e h a d himself to support the great principles of the Bill, but reserve'i. right to act upon his own judgment on any matter of mere ' 1 ' 4 , 1 0 That in doing so, he certainly made use o f th e wor d s th a t be 0 0 support the schedules A. and 8., meaning those embodying the t o great principles of disfranchisement and enfranchisement; a e ' l, this ground, he considered himself free to vote according to his ment on shedule 8., which was, in fact, one o f d e t a iL With 1' 2 4 to his conduct on Lord Ebrington's motion, the N o bl e Lord sa ld l ele understood that motion not only as one d ec l ara t ory o f their att., ment to the cause of reform, but as one of approbation of the 0 ; policy of ministers, involved in a gener a l vo t e o f con fid en ce t he y He withheld his vote on that occasion, because he could not vet e c ot : the entire motion whilst he differed fro m m i n i s t ers , n or Yet c el against it whilst he supported reform. H e never, h e sa id, be lie o f in the danger which many persons affected to see in the rejeeti pp t that motion, because, had it even been rej ec t e d, h e knew tb a s , measure of reform, large, extensive, and sa ti s f ac t ory , would b 4 ,4 been conceded to the country. He also said, that he never coall o , a constitutional reformer, sanctio n an y s t ep w hi c h wou ld g o to turb the ancient balance of the co ns tit u ti on , an d w hi c h, whi w strengthened one branch, would weake n , if no t destroy, anl: Upon the subject of colonial slavery, th e N o bl e L or d en largeu - tb ; considerable length. He was favourable to the emancipation °, a ye but apprehensive of th e consequences o f t h e p l ans which P ' OA . been proposed for that purpose by the friends of immediate abe l 4 tti r d, After speaking for three quarters of an hour, his Lordshi re" the audience below saluting him with three cheers. SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS_ While Lord Sandon was yet speaking, a considerable number o. r . 0 , sons moved to the other corner of the area, and took their statioss v der the window from which his gallant brother candidate was caP e :o ed to speak. As soon as his lordship had concluded, Sir 11. D °° 7ol made his appearance at the window of Messrs. Taylor, Potter y, Co's office, supported on one side by Aldermen Robinson an 11 . ,...,, t 00 and, and on the other by Mr. Duncan Gibb and Mr. Fawn"" e id Theakstone. Sir Howard was received with cheers, and eontin e " to his speech by saying that he understood his omission of all allesi o ll o the question of the removal of the East India Company's charieret, induced some persons to ask w h a t hi s op i n i ons were on t h a t anbr That he was opposed to monopolies he could prove by a refereac,i( the files of the North American papers, in which he had bee censured, in the year 1825, for the part he had taken in break ll4 ,lie monopoly there. With respect to the tr a d e t o Chi na an d the P a ' ot t invited from the persons most deeply intere s t e d i n t h e opening ufea trade communications on the subject, and, should he be l'et' atli t tbe the representative of Liverpool, an event of w hi c h he had i _ l :°, l - , slightest doubt, he promised to apply all the ener g i es o f his 111 '":„., of his industry, and all his perseverance to the study a n d examina'id tie those communications. But he would not pledge hi mse lf, 611°11 on pledge even gain him his election, to any particular course ee4,,, this question. He would pledge himself to irinciple but not to rof lice. He must be left free and. unshackled on this and on a ll questions, with no monitor but his co s nscience, no ral interest of the whole empire. But he promised to ii ,t ve the ° i f oe every consideration in his power, and to support the elaim s ,., ° o ioa merchants of Liverpool to an extension of the trade, if such, f - s 0 could be-made eousistentirwith the territorial sovereignty t n "d e 41 115 India Company and the security of their government.. • 1 3 e1 ° " - n he would not pledge himaelf.--(Cheers and hisses.) His 11 ' 0 00 'ships, colonies, and commerce." "Those were the foundati Pn far power and the greatness of England ; and to them she must lu ~ b Ilia the permanency of that power and that greatness.--felw er :,," 5.5 of earliest associations were connected with the maritime g re fii e r and England. He was the son of an old Admiral, who had the se won the honours which he now wore.--!Cheers,) Sir 11°v :0a:ion proceeded to describe the ruin, and the bloodshed, and th e ohea caused by war ; stating, that he was an enemy to war , e.-.cext' be Iva" war was just, and supported by an unanimous people, but that„itp guide hut the still more its enemy when it was waged against an old friend silf`ricio ported by a divided people. He concluded by exhorting b is to be active, vigilant, and persevering in the chivalrous ent e l which they had embarked : and the s pa r k o f constitution w'opi which they had already othibited would spread into a M ale ' e rg: l.s 0 .. gleam through the land told revive-and reanim a t e -the donnant e 0 00. of the friends of the monarchy and constit u ti on o f England' t r ,,,etel l and was hailed with three hearty che ers a t the conclusion orb' "' and then retired. A gentleman who dined at the To wn -fl a il.. on Thursaai ,„t favoured us with a report •of the speech made b3r Sir Nowai 4 D°7 on his health being toasted. Mr. Mayon, ilr ,I I thank you for the compliment you have paid me 15;r Y °„,— co o 1 vitation to this splendid banquet - I thank you for the honou r ,' ~,.4 4 4 have done me in proposing my health ; and I feel exCeedinglY° l 7o 11 to the company for the manner in which they have been ple ii a' se .h 4 . ".ti 1 drink the toast. lam too Sensible of hat is due to civic h , osP it ; '. to allude to the circumstances under which I have now visited Lb. :c 1 pool, otherwise I would have attribided the kindness w hich 1 l'o.'-,,[ experienced here and elsewhere in this town, as offered not to °l a c ; but to my PRlNtirtßs. Sir, I have for some time past earno•'" s' „ tl I sired an opportunity of discharging a debt of gratitude wh ich I toct this great community. I have been impatient to express AY la ' i for your bounty to a people reduced to the extremity of 11 1011T' t , o l i ll ~ fering ; and it is beyond measure gratifying that such au OPPP/7, r e ' • as the present has been afforded me. Whim in charge of t rie lg::,.. f ment of New Brunswick a calamity, the most dreadfully aPP 3I.- 7 ; ° cf al any visitation of Providcuee, desolated that fine country- I ~P ei ' lt rico the conflagration of 1825. To describe to you the scene wh ic '' i' d .ai4 :' wittleitSectis bey and my powers, and if I could describe f ` s1) 1 .1- • c i , '• 1 7 shock your sensibilities by presenting such a picture to Y° u :, :, ' , L a g- , You may; however, arrive at some conception of the cheat of ''''''' ~, at 1,., ful occurrence when I tell you that towns 130 miles distant' w e ' , ' ..,,, reins k the same moment and by the same continuous fire la tLa nu .,. .7 o f the My duty called•upou me to traverse constantly evoll, Pc— ,.:t - • er''' l' extensive territory under my command. I crossed rualin i " e L -- .„ll tree i, , ' which but a few days before were lined with noble trees; t ''''' -- at , - andml o 0,1: verdure,rendi n a g r . ou Alln hadd , N a v n ni d tohwi : p, what hlte lovna vast had h d re ' a 1 1 scathed of leaves and limbs, stood on the banks like black and e au • aspect res. with n d nbeaujv universal 1 ty . s a I ' l „ omin ation 60 , blackness and desola:tion, as though that dread eon' ~,,,d e arrived when the great Globe itself shall be consumed- . ',„_---- e iSl''' before i n e '_ ha d of my solicitude ; I will not say for the welfare--but for La e ' 1 , 4 ,14 . 4 ence of a populaiton which, the high office I had the honour W ., of enabled me to call my people. In the extremity of, our di 4 t re l o 'lit+ .1 1 neighbouring Provinces of British America poured itrisre rellr ,: t e,s( . Our brethren of the United States, remembering that they, le" our own blood and race, and forgetting that'. they had ever te' 7, o fl ll parated from us, generously contributed to our relief. Ent .all ;",ed ; I not suffice. The calamity was.of too great magnitude. 'W e I t c ' ', ' and not in vain—to this country for adequate succour, --and — , r , • o ti , .gym to say, and to thank 'you, Sir, as the Chief iNlagfsfra'aceft It `L ebilibneiebnetsid ceifi6d,eecoll • - , this town-,that the first Ship . freightod , tivith Briiish beta:Alt; 0 1 ° \ to us from LivcrpooL T-he munificence-of' your corPor gti— Eir' il prompt and gerfordus, and worthy -of Its high eharaeter. i" 41+ under the' influence,. of feeling's 'which 'I tim'unallo to . .exPr ess ` Ibe is nnitted to pr a. opose toast which ' I assure you ,ine3° I ,0 0 ' ; ' towards your tov. - n. This is, Mcleod, .a vast emporium of en neui jitF it is the,heart from' Which circulates like the Vital fluid, theaneoll current 'of national prosperity. Not more firmly dues.this 'mar ° r e , 'It; ) fabric: hi which I speak, stand upon its foundation , "t han is thegrvo, 1 0 'less of England, based upon her .cornmerce. Permit cat ' ' ' d'` I , Sir. to propose in a bumper, -Ships, Colonies, and Commerc.°' IQ the geed old Town of Liverpool, and 'the Trade thereof. 0 LIVERPOOL ;—:-Printed in Union Court, Castle-stroet,.and ) at No. 7,1E0i-street, txchange, by B.sstunt. Fr:AN M; F., • :•4'o 11 of No., 7, Allicknotraet. Orders: and Airlvr.srtimeni , •rits. asi oeivecrin London b% Messrs. NEwroli,. St. CO-.. • • Nuvegatu-Street;:aid,4lr.Zasagui-33, PitketzStrdet-