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of the ultra-montane principles of the Tablet. He
is to receive the support to a man of the Roman
Catholic priests and electors of Liverpool, He has
attempted to explain away the conduct on the sub-
ject of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill which won him
their confidence. He has declared that he voted
against the bill because it was not stringent enough;
but he told Mr. James Tyrer, in private—in one of
those conversations which between gentlemen are
always regarded as conveying real opinions—that
he rejoiced that the measure of Lord John Russell
had been " cut up into mince-meat" in the Cabinet.
There can be no mistake about the matter now.
Mr. CA RDWELL seeks to enter Parliament as the ally
of the members of the Catholic Defence Society,
and of the democracy of Manchester and elsewhere,
equally hostile to the maintenance of the Established
Protestant Church of the realm ; and we trust that
the disgrace of returning such a man will not be
the lot of the Protestant and loyal people of this
great town.

UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND.
-COMPLETION OF THE SUBMARINE
TELEGRAPH.

ON the first day of the present century, the first of
January, 1801, the union of Great Britain and
Ireland took place, which is known to the histo-
rian and politician. ELIZABETH had been Queen of
England ; ANNE, from 1707, had been Queen of

Great Britain ; VICTORIA is now, by the grace of
Got), Queen of the United Kingdom. The efforts
of O'CONNELL for many years were directed
towards the repeat of the Union, so far as Ireland
was concerned; at all events, he made that a
prominent article of his political creed, and the
excitement which he maintained by harping on this
string had the effect of enriching him at the expense
of the miserable population of the country.
" Repeal the Union !" said a great statesman,
" then by all means restore the Heptarchy."
The union, which was effected on Tuesday last,
has excited no commotion in political circles : it
has not been decried by Whig or Tory, Orangeman
or Rockite, and yet it is destined to produce
mightier effects than the ordinary reader dreams
of. It places the possibility of insurrectionary
movements in the sister island at a more remote
distance than ever, and it does this at the very
moment that the rebel press is beginning to spout
its red republicanism again. Just as railways have
practically brought the distant shores of this
island within an easy drive of the metropolis, so
the electric telegraph has made the various provin-
cial capitals in the kingdom correspond to the
various apartments of a large mansion. A whisper
at the Land's End is echoed at John o'Groat's;
before the cheering has subsided at Westminster,
the QUEEN'S speech has been read in Edinburgh.
A noble lord in the Upper House looks round upon

empty benches, and wakens the echoes of ceiling
and gallery as he rings the changes on the common-
places, and addresses himself to an invisible audi-
tory. The consoling thought that he " speaks to
the public" is no longer a figure of speech,
to be interpreted merely by reporters and news-
venders. Within a few minutes, the magic wires
can repeat every syllable hundreds of miles off in
the provinces, while an opponent is still upon his
legs replying to the observations. Hitherto, Ireland
has not had her full share of the advantages of
rapid communication, which Science has taxed
Nature to lay at the feet of mankind. But now
the Channel is bridged across by the lightning
messenger, and the people of Dublin, Cork, Galway,
Belfast, and Limerick, are brought, to all intents
and purposes, 250 miles nearer London. Lord
EGLINTON can now chat for five minutes with
Lord DERBY, respecting the translation of a Bishop
or the appointment of a Judge ; a witness can be
subpoenaed hours after the trial has begun; and
the Senate of Queen's University, over their wine
in the Castle, can, if they please, examine the can-
didate graduates in the Queen's Colleges.

A curious characteristic of the present time is,
that centralization and localization, two opposing
principles, go on simultaneously. At no former
period did the provinces possess greater weight
than now ; and though London alone contains
more than double the population of Wales, and
nearly as many as all Scotland, the voice of the
metropolis can scarcely be heard when the nation
speaks. Paris is France, but London is not Eng-
land ; and in the councils of the nation the manu-
facturing districts have an admitted influence. At
the same time, the advantages of metropolitan re-
sidence are every day diminishing, by that annihi-
lation of space which science is daily achieving.
Now both these principles tell powerfully upon
Ireland. She possesses special features, and ever
will ; so that she must have a distinct local cha-
racter. This is rising gradually, through the dimi-
nution of population, the spread of knowledge, the
preaching of a pure Gospel, and improved laws
respecting the transfer and tenure of land. Re-
garded only as a province, it will in twenty-five
years be worth 100 per cent. more than at present,
despite the efforts of the vicious or the interested to
retard the progress of development. Yet, in another
respect, no country is losing its former character so
rapidly as Ireland. Its redundancy of labour will
find occupation in the backwoods of the United
States; its Celtic idleness and prejudice are being
cured in the large towns of Great Britain ; and in
a few years, through the united agency of the Irish
clergy and the emigrant ships, we shall cease to
have a little Rome anywhere under the shadow of
our Union flag. There are many attempts to dis-
turb the patient, but the wounds of former years
are healing fast ; and the electric telegraph is ano-
ther gentle but sanatory agent, the effects of which
can neither be misunderstood nor prevented.

J. BRAMLEY-NIOORE AND THE
REPRESENTATION OF HULL.

THE Whig-Radical party, amongst their other qualities,
possess that of being " good haters." No public man
ever distinguished himself by a successful exposure of
their trickery and blundering, without being repaid for it

by rancorous hostility, carried sometimes to the extreme
of personal misrepresentation and abuse. Our respected
and talented fellow-townsman, Mr. J. Bramley-Moore,
who is a candidate, on Conservative principles, for the
representation of Hull, has recently offended Whig-
Radicalism, and its Popish allies, by his vigorous and

of Mr.

ng exposure of the insincerity and tricky conduct

!ward Cardwell

In retal

ation for this heinous offence, it has not been

deemed sufficient to subject that gentleman to the flip-

pant attacks of the supporters and organs of the party in
this locality. Fortunately, Mr. Bramley Moore is too
well known and valued here for such attacks to have any
effect, and we trust that the electors of Hull will appre-
ciate the motives which have brought a lecturer of the

gue to their town, to foist upon them misrepresenta-
tions which would not for a moment be believed in Liver-
pool. At present we understand the services of Mr.
Tin( Atkinson, of this town, have been pressed into the
The cue given to these gentlemen appears to be
to undervalue the important services which Mr. Bramley
Moore, as dock chairman, and subsequently during the
year of his mayoralty, was enabled by his great energy,
influence, and ability, to render to his fellow townsmen,
ple of Liverpool, and we may also add, to the
commercial interests of the empire.
We do not intend, however, to allow the electors of
Hull to be betrayed by the statements of these calum-
niators into withdrawal of their confidence in a candidate
who would be an honour to the first constituency in this
or any other country. We tell them distinctly and em-
phatically, that to Mr. Bramley-Moore we owe the fact
that ample dock space has been provided for the growing
wants of the commerce of Liverpool; and that 'that im-
portant desideratum is secured for more than a generation
to come. During the period that be occupied the dock-
chairmanship of Liverpool, the water area was doubled ;

service

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and, by his own foresight, without a suggestion from any
individual, he secured an agreement with the Earl of
Derby for docks along the Bootle shore, at literally not a
shilling of cost to the Dock Estate or to Liverpool. At
this moment the very parties who, from jealousy of the
reputation and esteem which he was earning in the minds
of his fellow-townsmen, or from some more unworthy
cause, opposed the carrying out of these large schemes,
are taking credit for their having been brought about by
free-trade policy. Whilst engaged in this arduous work,
Mr. Bramley-Moore was enabled, in one year, to reduce
the dock dues by £40,000 per annum, without injuring
the productiveness of the revenue or the security of the
dock bondholders. . .

His Mayoralty, which followed his occupation of the
Dock Chairmanship, was one of the most satisfactory
ever known ; and his conduet as chief magistrate gained
the approbation of men of every shade of political opinion.
During that year he originated and successfully carried
out a fancy fair in the Prince's-park, one of the most
splendid fkes ever witnessed in Liverpool, and by which
the enormous sum of £9,500 odd was realised, deducting
all expenses, for the benefit of the Infirmary, and the
Northern and Southern Hospitals. As a further proof of
the high sense entertained of his services and value by
the community, in 1817, when the first year of his dock
chairmanship expired, a memorial, signed in a very few
hours by upwards of 160 of the leading mercantile firms
in Liverpool, was presented to him, praying him to con-
sent to his re-election.

But there are one or two other motives, besides his ex-
posure of Mr. Cardwell, for the hostility to Mr. Bramley-
Moore of the League party, and the Romanists, who it
seems are in Hull, as well as here, in close alliance. That
gentleman is a thorough and consistent Protestant, and
an unflinching supporter of the constitution of the coun-
try in its integrity ; and his opponents, Messrs. Clay and
Lord Goderich present the somewhat odd spectacle of a
family party Whig and a Chartist nobleman in forced al-
liance. We have little fear that the petty and malevolent
attacks which are now being made upon him, on such
miserable grounds, will influence the electors of Hull,
and prevent them from returni.ig triumphantly both Mr
Bramley-Moore, and the Hon. Charles Lennox Butler
his colleazue, by triumphant maj

BIRKENHEAD DOCKS IN PARLIAMENT

Two sittings of the committee on this subject have
been held, one on Thursday and the other on Friday.
On Thursday, the morning sitting Ras occupied by the
examination-in-chief of Mr. Rendel, continued by Mr.
Webster. His attention had first been called to the tidal
harbour report, sent from the Admiralty ; and his opinion
was that questions relating to the Mersey were entirely
under the jurisdiction of the conservators and not under
that of the Admiralty. In May, 1851, he entered into direct
communication with the Tidal Harbour Department, and
also with the Lords Conservators, and out of that had
arisen the reference to Mr. Stevenson and Admiral
Beaufort. He thoualit it odd that a report had been
made by the Tidal Harbour Department, opposed to that
of the Conservators, without any preliminary inquiry. A
lengthened cross-examination took place by members of
the committee and ethers ; and some of the witness's
statements were objected to as irrelevant.
At the sitting on Friday, Mr. Johnson read extracts
from the witness's evidence in 1844 and 1818, apparently
to invalidate his testimony at present by showing incon-
sistency. On these various points he was cross.examined
by Mr. Johnson. Before the breaking up of the com-
mittee, Mr. Burke suggested that the opposing parties
should meet on Saturday and Monday, to endeavour
to come to some arrangement. Mr. Johnson, on behalf
of the promoters, expressed his willingness to entertain
any reasonable proposition ; and it was understood that a
meeting would be held to settle differences before Monday.
The committee adjourned till yesterday (Monday.)

MR. CARDWELL AND MR. SAMUEL HOLME.

To the EDITOR of I,

LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SlR.,—Within the last few days I have been told that
many parties disbelieved that I received a letter from Mr.
Cardwell, in which that gentleman stated that " he was
opposed to the repeal of our Navigation Laws," and that
it is looked upon as an election squib ; and to-day I have
a letter from one of our large timber importers,
stating that Mr. --, a timber merchant of the highest
respectability, and for whom I have the highest regard, is

received

unconvinced of the fact. It must be apparent to any man
who reflects for a single moment, that if such a circum-
stance rested upon my word only, Mr. Cardwell would
give to it the most indignant denial, and I should justly
stand convicted of a deliberate fraud. I have reason to
believe, however, that such a doubt has been industriously
circulated for electioneering purposes; but most certainly
without the knowledge or sanction of the gentleman most
immediately concerned. lam not in the habit of saying
what I cannot prove; and never did, and I hope, never
shall, use any other than open and honourable means to
forward that Conservative cause which I have at heart.
To remove all doubts upon the question, I have despatched
Mr. Cardwell's letter to Mr. Kaye, of Castle-street, with
a request that he would place it in his window, and then
the most sceptical may judge for themselves. lam not a
casuist; I do not think that " language was given to us to
conceal our thoughts," and I deeply regret to see Mr.
Cardwell amongst the ranks of those whose opinions have
ever been of a Radical tendency. Had Mr. Cardwell's
votes in parliament accorded with what he wished us to
believe, and had he pursued the line of policy indicated
by his first public speech in Liverpool, (and which any
man may refer to,) he would have had no more zealous
supporter than myself. I think the use which Mr. Card-
well made of an isolated passage in my letter to him, was,
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