The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-24 00:00:00

THE NORTI4 ERN TIIVIES.-LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.

Made was one to the effect that Mr. EWART was
in favour of throwing 'open the Licensed Victual-
lers' trade, and thereby enable any andeVery-
person•who choosed, to become the venders of
wine and spiritis. This was the statement which
Mr. BAIRSTOW took notice of, and very properly
refuted.. if Mr. DANSON ever averred that Mr.
EWART' was in favour of throwing open the
trade, he'- was asserting what Avas,trot the fact,
and lending his name and his influence "be the
same more or less" to a paltry electioneering
-triek,which nothing can palliate or justify.
We do not make this statement upon light-or
trivial,grounds. We have the most satisfactory
and overwhelming proof to fortiffonr position.
The readers of the NORTHERN. TIMES will re-
collect that on the SiSt' of 'January,
exactly three days before the ineeting.of-Parlia-
trient, 'a deputation trom the Licensed Victuallers'
Association,' consisting of Messrs. It DANsoN,
J. -ATKINSON, W. COWARD, G. Howe, and T,
CARTriR, waited upon Mr.. WILLIAM BROWN,
M. P., Mr. J. C.._ Ew.mtr, M.P.,•_ and .Mr. J.
BRAMLEY-MOORE, M.P. What occurred at the
interview was thus reported by us,- in -our paler
Of NlOnday, the 2nd of February :—" The object
"of the deputation ival to call the attention of
"the above named members of .the House of
" Commons to the vexatious system of billetting
" soldiers. The: deputation, having fully ex-
" plained the object of their mission, received
" from each of the honourable members the most
" satisfactory: assurance of -the !interest they will
take in the matter brought before them. Mr.
‘c BROWN assured - the- deputation- that it was nor'
his intention to bring in a bill to throw open
" the trade of the 'Licensed Victuallers ; and that
" the report was in the hands of Sir GEORGE GREY
" since early in last session. Mr. EWART made a
" positive declaration,that at present he was not at
"all prepared to support any such measure, but on
`, the contrary; he was an advocate of -the-present
"system. Mr BRADLEY-MOORS stated that both
"subjects should . have his. best; attention, andi
" that, as far as was consistent with his duty to
`" the-public, they might depend upon his sup-
, •
" port."

Njw, with regard to this statement, we have
two remarks to make thereon. The deputation
vat vheaded by Mr. DANSON. Mr. EwART- tells
,them emphatically that he is. opposed to any
change in the system of granting licenses ; and
in order that there can be no mistake &bout the
correctness of what passed, we have only to add
that the facts quoted above were handed to us
by one of the deputation; and that up-td-the
present time Mr. DANSON never took objection
to the report as published by us on the day in
question. No matter in which way Mr. DANSON
chooses to argue the question, he standi convicted
of making assertions for which there is not a
shadow of foundation. ,

This refutation of such a gross calumny should
caution the electors to be guarded against the
enemy's tactics. The Tories will stop at nothing
to attain their object. It matters not whether it is
libel o'r calumny they can or do-resort to either,
and with a cunning and dexterity which belongs
to their electioneering manoeuvres alone. But
such practices will ultimately recoil upon those
who engage therein. Immorality and deception
of every grade and degree are sure to meet their
due reward. In this case, we are confident that
all well-regulated minds, irrespective of polities,
will stamp with their reprobation the base
insinuation of the Tory clique, that Mr. EWART,
was capable of taking a course which would
inflict injury upon any one of his fellow-
townsmen.' He hhs repeatedly declared his
principles respecting the Licensing system. Let
it not be henceforth insinuated that he is antagon-
istic to the interests of the Licensed Victuallers.
The more thsp.t is seen and heard of Mr. EWART
the better he is appreciated. His political
principles are Liberal j and independent. He
does not wish to go. into Parliament shackled by
party pledges he abhors. He will enter the
House of Commons untied to any party or
any Government. His votes and his support
will be given to all Measures of progreSsion,
and nothing will induce him to swerve from
the path of duty, which all true Reformers are
ready and willing to tread. •

THE AUSTRALIAN MAlLS.—Great anxiety is now
felt by all parties engaged in the Australian trade,
for the arrival of the mails, which are eight days
overdue, under the comract with the European and
Australian Steam packet Company. These mails
should have left Sydney on the 23rd of January,
and Melbourne two days after, and were due in
London, via Marseilles, on the 16 inst. Assuming
that they sere despatched in due course, they have
now been sixty days on the route, and we are still
without any telegraphic news of their arrival at
Alexandria, where they should have reached on the
Bth instant—sixteen days ago. The steamer Royal
Charter, which would-leave Melbourne on the 15th
of January, may now be looked for every hour, as
also may the clipper-ship White Star,, and the
celebrated Marco Polo. •

FIRE AT CRESTER.—On Saturday morning, at five
o'cfeek, a fire broke out at the extenNive cheese warehouses
at the Sluice, in this town, belonging to Mr. Lomax, which
w,re sp:-Tdiiy burned down. The cause of the fire was
unknown.

SUDDEN DEATH ON BOARD A FERRY B2AT.—Yesterday
afternoon, es the Lord Alorpeth, ferry steamer, was cro=sing.
ffom the Wo-Oside Ferry to the Landing Stage, a gentle-
man, named Bird, residing at Cleveland street, Birkenhead,
suddenly expired.
LIST OF PASSENGERS PEP. CITY OF WASHINGTON.-Mr.
D. A:Marten, Mr. G. Andrews, Mr., J. Marks, Mr. Abra-
ham, Mr, Z lrl ;_tk, Mr. Adam lieyni, Mr. Robert gvans,
Mr. Pianni, Mrs. M. A. Civatt, Mrs.. Ilard4ell, Miss C.
Allen, Mr. Lachenir;zer and lady, Mr. It, Middleton and
daughter, Mr. Hubkirk and lady, Mr. Carroll, Mr. 11,
Ricauree, Mr. P, M. Fisher, Mr. T. C. Hirst, Mr. Peter-
son, Mr. Muntzig, Mr. Cummings, Mr. R. Mellish, Mr. W.
A. Ettlinger, Rev. Mr. Cringley, Mr. Miller; Mr. Banquette,
and Mr. Faust.

LIST OP PAS9PNGERS PER H.M.S. NIAGARA, FROM
Bosrorer AND HALIFAX, TO LIVERPOOI4.—Mr ,f 1 Bertiner,
la !y, and two infants • Mr H Stein, lady, and two iufanti ;
far G Jenisch and lady, Miss Durusmont, Messrs B P
Chamberlain, W D Richards, G N Cleveland, Abraham
Smith, ED Chamberlain, C H Lincoln, John L Lincoln,
F A Haserick, G O Johnson, E Parsons, C 'M‘Kay,
In3pector-Generol Alexander, Messrs C A, Beclturst,
Victor. Duclos, William Fiskin, Isaac Mar, Edmund Brann,
A Pueri, J Bombrook, M Rominski,"Mr Davis, lady and
infant, Messrs Henry Sampson, Jacob Norton, George
Lang Mead, James Allan, J W Anderson, Peter 111'011-
laugh, Joseph Jacobs, J 111 Hawes, Shipman; and Roach,