The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-06-15 00:00:00

MORE WHIG-RADICAL DODGES.

WE are almost tired of tracking the Whig-Radical party
through the labyrinth of deception into which they seem
determined to drag the public at every opportunity. On
Wednesday last, a meeting of the party was held in the
Music-hall, Bold-street, at which Mr. A. H. Wylie was a
prominent speaker ; and on Thursday morning, a speech,
attributed to that gentleman, appeared in the Liverpool
Times, in the course of which he was reported to have

made a statement most absurd and offensive to the
Conservative party. On the Constitutional Association
applying at his office for a retractation of the statement,
the answer was, that he had left town for Scotland. The
following letter was immediately directed to his address
by the Chairman of the Association :

"Mackenzie and Turner's Central Committee-room,
26, North John-street, l(Ph May, 1852.
" Dear Sir,—My attention having been called to a
speech purporting to have been made by you last night, at
the Music-hall, Bald-street, in which you state that a
compromise had been attempted on the part of the Con-
servatives, but had been indignantly rejected by the
Liberal party, you will excuse my asking you whether
such statement was made by you ; and if so, upon what
authority.—l am, dear Sir, yours faithfully,
" EDMUND MOLYNEUX, Chairman.
" A. H. Wylie, Esq."

Pending the receipt of a reply, the slander had, of
course, full circulation on 'Change, and amongst the
On Saturday afternoon, the following

constituency.

letter was received

" Deur Edin, Murray Feild, Edinburgh,
Friday, 4 p.m., 11th June, 1852."
" DEAR SIR,—I left Liverpool yesterday morning, and
your note has this moment reached me. I have barely
time to answer it by return of post, but I do so to excuse
my apparent neglect in not having already done so, to ac-
knowledge your right to put the question to me which
your note contains, and in the most explicit manner to
disavow having made any such statement as that imputed
to me in the Liverpool Times. Indeed I had already an-
ticipated any action upon your part, for although much
pressed for time yesterday morning, I wrote to Mr. Baines,
the editor of the Liverpool Times, and called upon him,
in justice to those whom I opposed, as well as in justice
to myself, to amend his report of my remarks at the
Music-hall. I hope that Mr. Baines will place that note
at your disposal,—my present letter is entirely so. I
have no doubt that the Mercury of to-day will state more
explicitly what I did say, and I believe that while I
strongly advocated the claims of Messrs. Cardwell and
Ewart, not a word fell from me that I would not have ut-
tered in the presence of Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner.
It is not necessary, in our party contests, to forget the
courtesy due from one gentleman to another.
" I am, Sir, in very great haste, truly yours,
" Edmund Molyneux, Esq., Chairman, Mackenzie and
Turner's Central Committee-room, North John-street."
Who is the offender ? The Liverpool Times owes an
apology for misreporting, or Mr. Wylie has forgotten
himself considerably.

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE GRAND PRO-
TESTANT ASSOCIATION OF LOYAL
ORANGEMEN OF LIVERPOOL AND ITS
VICINITY.

BELOVED BRETHREN,—The Twelfth of July approaches ;
when, according to your ancient custom, it is your inten-
tion, as I am informed, to march in procession.
As a Chaplain of your Province, and a sincere friend to
your dearest interests, I earnestly implore you to desist
from pursuing this course.

A general election is close at hand ;•—the public mind is
excited ;—party feeling runs high : and it is highly pro-
bable that, should a procession take place, disturbance
and, possibly, loss of life might ensue.
The Roman Catholic party have abstained from their
wonted demonstration on St. Patrick's Day, at the
suggestion of their clergy. Let it be now seen that the
Loyal Orangemen can act in accordance with the sugges-
tion of theirs.

You would all, T am sure, deeply deplore the conse-
quences of a collision, and it is the part of wise and
christian men to refrain from needlessly provoking any

attack

If the procession take place, the Orange body will be
lowered in public estimation—the enemy will rejoice—and
many now on the eve of joining will be deterred from so