Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-25 00:00:00

OCIOBER '25, 1839

,;ion, and we should ourselves rcgtd to see-su":11.
yours bestowed toliii.etv upon one political sec'
tUn,. without any ortitipation of thorn by au
.-,)posite one; since sfethink the adage of B.ußo'
with, regard to the governtxpent of the. eountrY,
.hat a powerful oppositimiis•a. good thing
.!ppicable_ to local and corporate as to national
rule. , What we urge upon- the electors th4Y
forthc-onting elections, is not-to•allow the sa-alle4.
Liberals- to cajole them by lijg-h-gounding pr
mires, on& long-winded harangues, into giving
them a prtponden,nec in the ''own Council : a.
calamity th t will b 2 defeated most triunip4antll'
we feel well assut.ed, if the ConBervatives DXe
only as active .a,-; they ought to be in,the excrcig
of their legitimath influence on so important an

occasion.

NOTES OF THE J34Mr,

The war which .3
-pain is on the point of ile,clol-14
agt;inst Morocco, i iint unlikely to involve- mistinder-
standings between Prance amine Englarzl, whieh, •at tbe
present- oonj tincture, if is on el. Pry ac.3olat most-dkisirahlo
should•be avoided. It Is • stated: we observe, that 06
demands, made by Slain on. the ETriperor of Nijeco%l'
arc of a,clurracter to excite thesuspicion, that seracOth`...
Power is-inffitencing SEtain in•th• affair,--some '
it is insimmted,, is•-•enviet• of England's- corn"
mantling -.the elite:Mee •to - the Mediterranean. Sijill;
herself already talks of taking up .avosition commacailt
the navigation. of the
.Straits of 'Gibraltar; and th't:
is a considration whici4;-it; must be admitted, i 003",
seriously affect our interests -therz:-. anal also at.l&lr.
and Corfu. If Prance, therefore, has• anything to
with it, one,-msss r,-&d-&d •it, with. anxiety, if 11°'
with alarm.
The return:4A' the Pope Itsuse ,•has taken place:
without any political demonstration,. or anything place
indicate the popular feeling. There was, al groat crow
in the streets, ..it :Appears, as- be-pal-sad. diong to
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palace; but there was no sign. • His liklino3s has st'
the bayonets of the French tab rely upon -for his pfetev
tionr, and there is, no doubt that; it is- under the e°11:
ssiousness of their being ready--for-active -resistance ~
tjeople remain triet.. Bat this protection. cannot u;
much longer continued,—at an; "rate, -under the preset'
state of things. The-States of theCtiurcb..,must;subcait'
as,alllthe other States of Italy - are evidently: about te
de. to, those great --reforms—not to say revolutions"
vtilic4 having ones- been commenced. in, Italy, ea
:ircely now be stopped. until their-whole we rk.i3 defle.
The-fact. of Lord Clyde having been appointed to the
command of the British army in China,, may: be I.,ei;
garde& as. a proof of -.the deterinivatioa with
redress, is to be enferced for the recent outrap• 4)3 t_,,,""e
Peille,,.and for establishing that diplomatic: intercoia'"
whith,.hitherto, the Chinese have.. upon . one ingellifi%ll:
and'perfidious plea or other, so resolutely rested..-
would. fain hope that-,there might be-no neeessitY
proceeding to hostilities-with that eccentric people-. 'O,
the saute-time, Lord Clyde will have an important chl 'a
to perform,. in the name: and behalf of his country' 5111.
there need be no fear ef,lais flinchirg_from
means.. it. may be necessary to have-recourse-W.l'or 1
efficient discharge.
It- cannot excite iw „cis surprise,- to , hear.. rara 00
so
abroad-of' a split in the Cabinet. materials. are
I.`
heterogeneous, that • ones :only Wender is has
il
mained,intnet so long. This has dcubflessbaew.owig;
in -agzeat. measure, if not altog,et er,,t -Ministers•hav,ln.!
had.it in, their power to refrain frOnkany active-130°1:s
potion in:the disposal of those. great pcditical lilesti°
foreign and; domestic, which must Roods: press-I
-Ton 3-
Government, in the present critical condition of:TXreP:i:
=thunder- the eircumstan= of our, ow ft
tiOniat• home. Now that the time -has come, 11°."t;
ever,- when something rr_stst•-•be done, -and:the-nee.° '
has - arisen for Cabinet Councils, almost day; be clai;
it is -one .or the most nett:cal-thing:sin .the world the
Cabinet of such a motley character, should. begin °to
Rervaded.:by a spirit of discord- and division. Tile t° 0
)tape for-such a ministry, is -.in compromises.. 13`1"sily
axe muchlmistaken, if compromising,. which. is,geaer
a lime-serving policy, will now be en lured: Nol*theorce,
respects-foreign or domestic affairs :--and the consolnet be
therefore;, will inevitably be, that there . must-6411%e,
a sacrifiee-of principle, on -the•-one hand, or- the G"
or else a., break-up.

THE MUNICIPAL .ELECTIOS6. h
llct
In,reference to the various Wardicontests..lirbie' index
be settled one way or another this-day fr•cek, the esnscitbe
and stir: growing excitement pro:lianas the interest 3,,„ del
anxiety with which the munioip4:elections,a,re reg'",, 0
Nightly and daily meetings are • scarcely looked liP°o4l)
sufficient to give utterance to . the pent-up feelings f
which the different candidates .ragard the. electors of
Wards. which they seekthe howur of representing' be
The contests originally instituted still continue, t°
f,ol''
wager) with unflinching.,:spira,.. on both sides, nauters•
candidates are springing in different (1113,2.0.0 •
rn: St. Peter's Witrd, the- friends of Mr. ieo
Hahne are active that- exertions, and le. Ifl
in, their hopes of: his triu nphant success'is
piaEonspexehrpsheotainashrnaseloge Ward, the. return, of Mr Charles l'ut-7.;BA'
not opposed, and his, election is secure Castlo,s'o.
Ward is doing its, duty and, according to Prleesd
appearances, Mr. Woodburn: will be a long way
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patpoßnedaibideepetinwtaaint,yotineNorgaipnrttaextimeetancTi3hu)wi.ieb,stlitmihsaeyvi-o'sshptiprpeeoloetaltelh.netslwiT,s7frrutjot;;.o7ait;:
looked on as the. "pocket appanage" of Mt' ,
Jeffery, and it- was said he would "walk. eve-eoSii;
ground." This. complexion of .the matter
considerably changed now, however. .11e.
by Mr. John. Wilson, whO comes ;7)4- on to tal'
rdiednetr principles,ouaf his sandddlteli.r eaAtencosinttcompthovarorvy: tuhteye:setyirditl
affects ta.treact this opposition with contempt, are isff-
singular ingonsiElency endeavelirs-10. dispar3° rottir-
Jefferv's opponent affecting
,to bd."- +liat he 16 43 hail/
but- Pr ot,
It it riot lei advise in sucu,acale,-.-u'is
.Mr....W.6r(i6iyi entertain an o(Pinion4 ,Jl-116wL'a - fore, the
ent-frntivt TS-Champion, a considerable time• bewitli
day_of'dection. One thing is: clear in con.nfe.tlle oar
this matter, and that is that a, highly resPfeta.,„oo°'
mittee,, and an influential chairman and vice-fil`rs-oisoll
have. undertaken to promote. the 'election of gr'ironl the
by every legitimate means their powoci.. in the
state of the register there is, every i eason, to. Ige.
entire success of the movement. ds Sfi
For Everton and Kirkdale Ward, the frien phi°o
Carne are most sanguine of his full
by. them was most enthusiastic and encourag',„„„slq
11 I°''.-16t
biting a marked contrast to the cold, dull Stitt Ale
which predominated over the meeting of Ivir' tof j,"^-0
sAllictelie6tte eTlehcetorfiarsttoaWlik plaiacle
a portion of the electors, Energy on the Pare jo
voters is all that is wanted to place Mr. earn rodea ;
situation, from which a large majority of them It
sirous of ejecting Mr. Stitt. In Vauxhall 11'",;11 d
return of Mr. Shimmin is considered certain Ito
mlaestetuaiinghto,fa3unthddahtitsgr.:;_feoul:::eleepiii.:o:o,,
would be singular if such persevering and judielfor e tis
°
vices as he has rendered to the Ward should be ig'ittess
make way for one whose capacity for public 1)i11a/ice
wholly unknown. In South Toxteth, the trot SP
Mr. Alexander Miller haVing been induced t hto
self as a solicitor for the suffrages of the electorsut
_„ the
an opposition to Mr. James Robertson has beenoeor
Miller is a highly respectable
ward, should he be so ill-advised as to go w
the contest.
41Y 111',, taken if he poll a titgheenutflemtheen,vol:_te7owno'foro