The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-21 00:00:00

them that Solomon-said one' niust sometimes speak with a
fool.according to his folly. There were some persons who
could not understand any argument but a knock on the
heal: triiigEtei;.) There were some such persons among
themselves. and hOW nineh 'more then among the Chinese.
(Che,aa and laughter.) In reference to the Maynooth
question, In observed that be couldhlet ask Mr. Ewart, a
member of a church which certainly could not complain of
being dealt with by, the State in a niggardly_ mariner, ao far
-to staltityhltipiell as to vote against the paltry grant, to.
Maynooth •-(Hear; hear.) 'lf any one would go for the,
disendownient of all churches, he would fully go with such
a man,' but remembering that great maxim which should
prevail in all.dealings—pf doing to others as they would
themselves be done by—he 'could not ask Mr. Ewarf, so
tong as he supported' the endowment of his own church,
to vote/against the grant to .Maynooth. (Hear, hear.)
If Mi. Ewart voted against the latter grant, he (Mr.
Bro%in) should feel warranted in call* upon him to go
farther and'vote against certain other endowments also.
(Cheers.) In conchision, Mr. Brown reminded the meet-
ing of the fable in which the liOn being sick called several
animals 'around him, and asked if 'his breath smelt ? The
sheep,,who replied that if did, he tore in pieces for a fool ;
another animal, who .said that it did not, helore in pieces
for a„flatterer ; and at last he came to the fox, who said,
truly, he had got a cold and could not smell. The speaker
called upon every one present tootake care that on the
Morning of the polling! he had net a cold, and to be sure
;kit he was well able to smell. (Cheers and laughter.)
The Rev. Mr. Brown then concluded by seconding the
resolution.
Mr. Henry A. Bright was called upon to s'ipport the
resolutire), which he did in an aldress of remarkable force
and brilliancy, but the lateness of the hour, and the
extreme pressure upon our spice, preclude us from
publishin;
The reso!ution was carried by acclamation, and ritb
loud cheers for Mr. Ewart.
0 r the motion of Mi. H Smith, a vote of thanks was
accorded to the -charinain, and the proceedings then
concluded:

CASTLE STREET, EXCaANGE, AND ST. PAUL'S

WARDS

Last evening the Liberal electors of the above wards held
a meeting in the Common Hall, Hackin's Hey, for the
purpose of forwarding the election of J. C. Ewart, Esq., to
the House of Commons as one of the representatives of this
b rough.
There was a most numerous attendance of the electors
of these , important wards, amongst whom we noticed
Messrs. T. Brocklebank, Steains, S. Thomas, James
Canfield, Cook, Hobbs 4 Avison. Corbalfy, Henry Barnes,
Allender Alexander Eccles Edward Rayner, C.F.Clements,
Procter, C. T.. B-' wring, and C. E. Rawlins. .
It .was unanimously resolved that Mr. J. H. M'Crae
should take the chair on the occasion, and in doing so he was
received with great applause. After it had subsided he said
he was proud to meet them in the good cause, and he rejoiced
that they had such a representative, and one who has so
faithfully discharged-his duties in parliament—(cheers)--
and he believed 'that if they did not return such a man as
he was, they would be casting a disgrade on the town, and
lower it in the estimation of other towns in the nation.
(Applause.) When they looked at the antecedents of Mr.,
J. C. Ewart and his party, and.contrasted them with that
of his opponents, there would be nothing-to be ashamed of.
Let those 'who had read the history of the country for the
last forty or fifty years, for there were many there present
too young to recollect the circumstances as they were, and
they would find that the opponents to Mr. Ewart had
opposed the emancipation of the slave, reform in
parliament, reform 'in the municipal institutions of th-e
country, and free trade to the very death. (Great
applause.) Would they re'urn • men 'who had
acted in such a way in opposition to one who had
supported all that was liberal and good. He did net thihk
it any disgrace, but an honour, that he had the honour of
the friendship of Mr. Horsfall and of Mr. Turner. From
both gentlemeu he had always experienced the same
qivilities and court' ales that one gentleman expected to
receive from another; and be was sure that he had more
knowledge of bah Mr. Turner and of Mr. Horsfall, than
he had of the friend 'on his right. Epuring the time the
chairman was addressing the meeting, Mr. Ewart entered
the room, 'and was received, with the most enthusiastic
cheers, which was succeeded by cheer after cheer, and
then concluded with one cheer more.] But he would not
consider his, personal friendship in the discharge of a moral
duty, nor would he ever sacrifice a principle in the dis.
charge of his duty. (Cheers.) Mr. Charles Turner had'
said that he was !unchanged,. therefore he has not yet
forgot ,protection. For his (the chairman) part, he had
thought that protection was defunct—(cheers)—but it had
been again revived: He knew, the power a man in the
position of Mr. Horsfall had over the humble man, when he
went and asked' for his vete. He had places to confer
and other things that almost humbled the poor man when
he was asked for his vote. He had heard of a case on that
day that the opposing party had been seeking the votes of
the electors up back streets ; for his part he had canvassed
at elections, and had, to his shame be it spoken, gone up
back streets.—A person, whose name we understood was
Mr. Abraham, a corn merchant, of Brunswick street—
What ashamed to go up back streets to visit the poor
man for his vote ? (Cries.of " Turn him out, out with him,"
bat the gentleman was soon quieted.) He had canvassed in
back streets and in front streets, until he had been ashamed
of himself, because when a man had a good cause, and he
knew that he was in the right, it was degrading to go and
ask, another man for his vote. (Cheera.) He would not
trespass much longer on their time, but there was one
topic which he would bring before them, and that was the
question relating to the admission of the Jews into Par-
liament.' (Cheers.) On that point he thought the city of
London had' acted in a way that had reflected the highest
honour upon them,' because they had determined to
secure the • right of Ihe Jew to enter the House of
Commons. (Cheers.) 'He would say that the Jew had as
much right in that , house as any other citizen ; on that
subject they had seen the votes that Mr. Horsfall had
given, he did not wish to speak disrespectfully of that gen-
tleman, but as he was a public man, he (the Chairman) had
aright to drag his votes before the public, and see how he
did vote. (Cheers,) Mr. Horsfall had voted against the
admission of 'the Rya icto parliament. He did not think
that was right, for of all the Lord Mayor's of
London, in his day, none bad passed through that office with
greater enterprise and ability, than Alderman Solomon's
He bad never been surpassed. Then, he would ask, why,
as that man had discharged his duties in that high office—
discharged his duties as a citizen—why was not hells much
bntitled to a seat in that house as any Christian. 11'f r.
Ewart was in favour of abolishing that last ray of intoler-
ance, and of admitting tLe Jews into Parliament ; there..
fore on therground he did hope and trust he would be
triumphantly returned to Parliament. (A voice : "So he
will.") He felt that, as there were other gentlemen to
address the meeting, that he had already trespassed too
much upon their tune—(Cries of " No, no")----and would,
therefore, call upon Mr. Avison to move the first reselution.
Mr. Avii:on, On coming forward, was most cordially
greeted. He said, in the course of a few days they would-
be called upon to exercise a most important trust, which,
as good citizens, they possessed, and that was the exercise
of the franchise in returning the representatives to parlia-
ment. A tall times that was an important trust to exere
vise, but, as' far as he could. see, it was never more
important 'than it. was at the present moment. (Loud
cheers) A very short time since this country
was :engaged ie te. costly war;" they found that
the.government was deserted by Lord Derby, Lord John
Russell, and the Earl of Aberdeen. None could manage
she affairs of the state, and at that moment Lord
Palrnersten stepped in, and by his ability, his talent, 'and
his firmness, with the assistance of his allies he succeeded
in securing the peace of the country—(cheers)—and he
believed the country never stood in a higher position
than it did at the present- moment, which might be
entirely attributed to Lord Palmerston. (Cheers.) But
after that war had been so settled, what did they find ?
Why, as soon as that was over, they found the De
party banding together to upset L3':!.. Palmerston, and
for what, because 'they had left the place he had occupied
and they wanted to get it again. (Cheers.) He thought
that the country was under deep thanks to Lord Palmer-
ston; and perhaps no -place in it more so than the good
old town of Liverpool. (Cheers.) Well, Lord Palmer-
ston' appeals to the electors of the country to decide which
they will have—will they have him or Lord Derby—(A
Voice : We will have Palmerston ")—and he did
hope that the town would do its duty, and
return such a man as they knew would support
him. (Cheers, and a voice, "So we will.") It had been
said by some that Lord Palmerston was not a sufficient
reformer., He did agree with those parties ; but he
thought thaelf they retell-tied such staunch refdrmers as
Mr. J. C. Ewart, they would find Lord Palmereon a
repair, staunch, and thorough going reformer—(cheers)
—but if they sent such men as Charles Turner,' who gave
all reforms the cold shoulder, could they expect much
assistance frotnitiee: (Cheers.) They had three candi-
dates before them, and it was for them to say which would
they support. 'Mr. Ewart had been in parliament. They
could leek at the votes be had given, and they would
find that they were all in the right and good cause.
(Cheers.) He had taken the trouble of going over the
vetes that had been given by Mr. Charles Turuer daring
the time he misrepresented . this town, and he had not
found one that was given in the right direction. He had
then voted with the Earl of Derby, and he would, if
elected again, do' as the Earl bid him. The resolution he
had to propose was—" That this meeting presents to J.
C. Ewart, Esq , its cordial thanks for the disinterested
and able support he has given all measures of public
and local interest in the British Parliament."—
He thought that Mr, Ewart was entitled to every word
that hied been said of him in that resolution, as he had
nohly..done his duty. (Cheers.) It had been said the
town dues would be endangered if Mr. Swart was returned,
but he thought theygwould be much more endangered if
Mr. Charles Turner was returned. He then concluded by
moving the' resolution.
giMr. James Steains seconded the wloptiokof the resolu-