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

BOROUGH HOP MARKET. -.Our. 24,

There is a full average business doing in
.good and
fine new Hops, at full quotations ; but inferior parcels
and rather drooping. Yearlings and old
qualities u
alltliel'
slare nominal.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—Our. 24.
The supplies of Beasts, Sheep, and Pigs rather exten-
sive; of Calves limited. Prime breeds generalljr in

THE DAYS NEWS.

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There -is no end of rumours, it will be seen;
from the Continent, with respect to the questions
still involved in the Italian difficulty—questions
which are now not confined to Central Italy, but
extend to the States of the Church, and to Naples ;
and thereby are likely to afford fresh opportuni--
ties for armed intervention on the part of Austria,.
and, not improbably, on the part of France also.
There would seem to be no doubt that it is .t 1 e
anxious desire of thy French Emperor that Eng-
land should enter the approaching Congress,. and
explicitly state her views on Italian affairs ;. but
our Foreign Secretary, it appears, makes it a
condition of England's participation in any such
Congress,
that broad principles of liberty and in-
dependence should first be laid down, and adhered
to,—principles without a recognition of which en
the part of Austria and France, England can
have nothing whatever toll° with their disputes.
It appears that every Continental Power has,
within the last few days, afforded unmistakeable
indications of the unsettled and uneasy state of
Europe. It is said that Louis, Napoleon, whose,
policy is so inscrutable; is occasioning new com-
plications of those questions, the settlement of
which, it had been hoped, would: be amicably
adjusted. Another war is now openly spoken of',
most likely—we suppose, between Austria and
France.

It is. beginning to be iispected, we observe,
that should France, as well as Spain, make an
attack on Morocco, one of its °Wets would be
to add that state to its territory of Algeria,—" a
step which," the Times observes, " would justify
the strongest remonstrances on the part of
Europe."
There has been a Conservative demonstration
in Essex, at which one of the speakers (Mr.
Beresford, M.P.), a Conservative of the retro-
gressive school, had not much to say in favour -of
that liberal and enlightened Conservatism which
public opinion has stamped with its approval.
And yet he was constrained to admit that, with
reference to the late Conservative Government,
more particularly, when Conservatives are in _
power they were all for progress and, in this
respect, there might not, in general; he thought,
be a very great difference between a Conservative
' and a Liberal Government. Yet there was this
distinction,—that while the Liberals talked
liberally, the Conservatives acted as well as talked.
And this very distinction, it is, which has gained
the Conservative party the confidence of the
country; and made their return to power now so
much desired among the great body of the
people. •
By the arrival of the British and North

Ameracan Royal MairVteatn-ship Asia if yesterday
afternoon, we are put in possession. of Intelligence
froth New York:to the 121 h-inst. The infailigence
so conveyed is not of ally general interest, Dy
the .papers to 'hand we have details of soveral
sanguinary conflicts between, individuals, arising,.
it is said, out of political and electioneering dis-
Eutes.. one of these, it_ wilt be, seen, has ter-
minated fatally for one of the. combatants. Ire.
c,..thinervial circles in the United States a con-
siderable amount. of anxiety has eert...created by
the stoppa?e of Messrs. Sewell, Ferris, and Co.'s
bank,: at New York, occasioned, itis• averred, by
having afforded too liberal assistance to the
Western Bank..

The numerous. ward meetings of candidates
With the- eleetorSr which are now ditiff and'
nightly oecurrencs',- indicate clearly thattlie day
of the municipal elections is rapidly approaching.
Pi'obehly on no former occasion were thertr such.
intraer-OLLS contests, 'and possibly in no iwevieus
instance were there such well-balanced chances
of sueee:s. Each party must exert itself to the
utmost, a 3 with6ut doubt; Will be done, in oriel-
"to carry the respective candidates cf the
pol:tia.l sections into whiah_ the town is divided,-
In Ev,:rte.n and Kirkdale Ward,. Mr. C. F. Carne:
made his first appearance, in, the character of
suitor for- municipal bonour,s-, last night.. His
receptian'-w-as most gratifYing;. and the meeting,
which was highly influential, was also a very
harmonious and enthusiastic one.

The annual meeting of the Liverpool branch
of the Society,. for Promoting Cheistianity among
the Jews to9Vplace fast night, in,the Lecture-hall
of the Collegiate Institution. The .Lord Bishop
of Chester occupied the chair, and addressed the
meeting, which, was numerous, and‘ which was
also addressed by. the Rev. J. B. 1-_,cwe, the Rev.
Dr. ITNeile, the. Rev. C. J. Goodhar,tl,. and other
distinguished deromen.
The triennial yisi4ation of the Bishop of the
Diocese, to the clergy resident in the Liverpool
district, commenced-yesterday. After an impres-
sive and appropriate sermon had been: preached.
by the Rev. Dr. ril‘Neile, the Lord BiShop deli-
vered a most interesting charge to the. clergy.
The sermon was preached and the charge - deli-
vefed in St. Luke's Church, instead of Sti-Peter's,
the latter being at present under a course:of re-
pttirs,. The church,,,,,•.s crowded by an attentive
and obviously much interested congregation,
which:included many of the local clergy..

' Tills week .our good old town is to be signalised
by one of those events which have a far-reaching
but sure result on the fortunes of parties,, and
take their place in the political annals of the
country.. Our local Conservative leaders. had
perhaps little notion,- when they projected the
forthcoming banquet, that the derrionstration
would assume a- national_ importance. But the
apprehensions of our political adversaries, not lalis
than the sympathising hoßes of our co-adjutors
and allies, prove with what instinctive consistency
a personal coMpliment to the chiefs of " Her-
" Majesty's Opposition," assumes the character
of a direct political manifesto.
For nearly, fifteen. years Conservatism may be'
said to have almost dwelt. in. a philosophy, and to,
have been.working beneath. the surface, inform-
ing the best mind of the country with the sure,
leaven of political.moderation_and wisdom. When;
to the goSsipers and busy-bodies of faction, the,
Manceuverers and. hangers-on., skilful in party.
tactics and: eager in party, expectations, and,..
to the whole. fluttering crowd of superficial.
observers,. Conservatism has. seemed most silent
or most. depressed, there have been wrought.
solid changes, .deep transformations, there, where;
changes are least ephemeral,.and transformations,:-.
'are -most real. We assertk unhesitatingly, that.
the present PONamentary aspect, of Radicalism.
is an accident or an iMposture, and is not to be.
taken. as a truthful exponent of national feeling.
As the unconstitutional designs of extreme Lib:-
eralS,. and the dishonest weakness of moderate
Liberals, become apparent, the country which
has always at bottom. loved the Constitution:
learns. not cnly to hate the unpatriotic eceeii,
tricities of the former„but. to doubt the sincerity
and trustworthiness of the latter. The truth ia,
that the present ministerial majority—if it be a
majority-4s the result,_ not of the growth of ,any
principle, or even, the national success of any
party, but of a mere derangement in existing
political organizations.. When in 1846,, Sir
ROBEILT PEEL destroyed the party he. had
formed, he did not inaugurate a new political
policy, or change the relations of Conservatism to
the Constitution.. The result of his defection. was
to split the Conservative party into two sections;
one of which as: it happened, was distinguished
'by its adhesion. to, a. measure of social. economy
. with whiCh the Liberal party was also identified.
The question itself which occasioned*_ and for a
time sustained this,diversity of foilowing,.has long
since subsided into, the almost forgotten. annals of
party ; but instead of a reunion following, between
the two members of an unnatural separation,
personal Considsrations have caused: the- apparent
absorption of the Peelite figment into the party
of Liberalism-proper. This history is very
notorious ;: but the reason we refer to it is
to add point to the question:: Whether so
thoroughly artificial an accident can,, in the nature
of Things, long continue to affect the parlia-
menttury standing of a great political principle ?
If Lord DERBY had not by kis side one man 4:4
transcendent talents, .who, has become even tra-
ditionally the leader o.t the House, in a Cower-
Native Ministry, it is row than probable that the
.present CHANCELLOA of the EXCHEQUER would
have long ago drifted into different party rela-
tions,
and escaped the odium of much painful
inconsistency. There is no doubt, before it had
recovered from the blow inflicted by internal dis-
' sension, Conservatism had suffered much disad.van_
tage from the conflict of mere personal claims, and
• the jealous paw tilios of half-returning friends.
But now the strength that has been gradually
increasing, having had time to consolidate itself,
and put on a more compacted front, is able to
dispense with half-hearted support, and is chal-
lentrino.6 the allegiance of the more honest among
the disaffected. The philosophic Conservatism
which Lord JOHN RUSSELL expatiates on in the
country, cannot conciliate the prejudices or calm the
fears of the prudent, in proSpeet of a Reform Bill.
Because, even if they are sincere, we know well

that sere gentiment and mere conviction wilt be-
sacrifiodl to party necessitim and that in any;
case, Consvrvatives alone are -Cie canonical apos--
tles of Conservatism. The country glances unea-
sily from Loi'd JOIIN the philos€,plier, to Lord
JOHN the partiSani. By the harmless-amusement
at Aberdeen, she sets the factious iminceuveriug
of last June, and: the anticipated bid for the
lowest popularity next February. She looks
from Philip sober to, Philip drunk, and, hbwever
she may admire the pleasant but useless exerci-
tatiot,kr. of the, one, she i's•unwilling to commit the
intereet of the Constintion to the frantic bclp-
lessues6 of the other.

Now ir is getting tiarx- for Conservatism tv
come out of its philosophy "at j netrrcr.:
and, with a display of moral ,trength, encourage
the hearts of.so many that Have waited for its
full revival.. Meh have been thrown off their
balance. Thay- have lost their wiaerTabouts.
They have been, surrounded with' a' chaob. In
the confusion they heard little lint' the preump-
t-bous and egotistical cries of politisal fanatie.s,. who
'toasted that in the universal melee they had come
uppermost, and_ were masters of the situation.
1.1-at,. when men are awaking, and looking about
them a little mores composedly and hopefullyrit is
the iuty of Consesvatism to clear awarthe
and let in the light of day; that she-may point
out with certainty the path of the Constitution,,--
who are its real assailants, and who, its- real
defen&rs.

THE addresses of the-candidates of that7politimE
party which is making; such herculeameffortste,
obtain the ascendancy in the Town COUncil.
Liverpool are most intolerably long-winded, full
of high-sannding pretensions and most- inflated_
promise 3, as well as being. interlarded with•vita--
peration and. Personal, acrimony against- their.-
opponents, in the respective Wards. It is-almost
needless to say it is these-of the "Liberal' iiarty:
We refer t% who have-put forth programmes as:l
pretentious as did ever-Louls NAPOLEON -when
he proposeeNto set everything to rights " from
" the Alps tO,the Adriatic: 7-r " Send members of
" the ' advanced' party,"-they say to the electors,
" if you want to have parks, gardens, and-,im-
" proved dwellings for the- labouring classes,—
" if you wart moral, Material, and intellectual
progress,—return us, and we will spend., the
" corporate funds discreetly and profitably ;
" we alone can manage -the corporate
estate, --
" we will work a ehange,o,Fhether it be reform
"or not. Profuse and. prodigal expenditure '
" belongs to the Tories.. We are the best &tan-
" ciers,—the most disinterested, the purest of .
" men. " . This . self-laudation is, to say the
least of it, not.: very modest. Modesty, liow-
ever, is by no means a• distinguishing feature
in the idiosyncrasy of a Liberal. But it may 1->e
fairly asked, what, is a • Liberal ?—what does the
term mean? Never Was, there one more vague,
more unmeaning.. It . is., a• definition whicalmay
imply anything, Or: nothing. If conveys. in
politics, what the, termlrect-thinking does in reil-.
gion; It includez...every divergence from a fixed
point. Apply it to the members of the present
Liberal Administration,;: commence with., the.
Protean Premieni.,--ho- is, a Liberal; the., Whig ,
Foreign Secretary,:is a.Liberal ; the metaphysical
Chancellor of the-Exchequer is aLiberal ;,-,so. is the
President of the Board.of-Tracie, a Liberal,-,-Vu.,
LIERS, BRIGHT, CCIBDEN, ERNEST JONI'S..
OAKE, are all self-styledi Liberals,—Jews,. Turks,
and infidels, place themselves in the same category...
To constitute a Liberal„therefore, requires no fine f-
or definite principle:4i. no determiTbate policy, ,
no party adherence.. •it has a wide-ranging -
tudinarian sip-lib:retina; and its only gene-131;
and intelligible meaning- is, that ittis a dissent.
from Conservatism.. The person who is not a.
Conservative—whatever else he may be—how.r-
ever ardent lnkewarm—whether below, or.-
above proof in.,politics—he is a Liberal. There-7-
fore, we advise: the- electors, at,the forthceraing:
election, to insist upon every Liberal, so called,
to explain himself, as to the meaning he attaches.
to the term,. as, representing seine distinctive.. and
comprehensible-class of opinions in civil an& re-
ligious Matters,;: otherwise they may find, them-
selves very-much disa.ppoirttwi in the candidate
they return, upon simply a negative description
of hire-self—namely, that he is not a Qortoericar
tive.

Now,. we have this advantage, trio we, do
know what Conservatisn means : it is a, Blear
anctintell*ible, and, wltat is more iMportaut,
reliable description of sound, stable, and honour-
able priociples ; not borne about 112;-ever.y shifting
wind,. and turning. about like a: weathercock,
sport every various *modification, of popular agi-
batiou and opinion,. It implies, toyalty, regard to
the laws, the Liglikest respeot for established
rights, the maintenance of national honour and
dignity abroakiu the differentlEuropean Cabinets;
social progress,, and improvement at home; a
frugal, but not grudging, wnny-wise and pound-
foolish expenditure of the public monies ; the
advancement and protection of commerce and
native industry ; a due and equitable consider-.
atiou of the individual interests of all classes,
without giving undue prominence to any MO in
particular ; exercising a vigilant and careful over-
sight with regard to the efficiency of our national
defences, the security of our own coasts, and the
prosperity of our distant colonies, There is no
occasion for a Conservative to recommend himself
negatively to his constituents. He stands well
enough before them on his own character,—it is
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