The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-06-22 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1852.

then for the blighting mental and social desolation
of Spain, Austria, Italy, in the present day, or of
benighted, prostrate Europe in the dark ages,—the
era of Rome's unchecked and tyrannous supremacy.

TO THE CONSERVATIVE FREE TRADE

ELECTORS.

BROTHER ELECTORS,--I will now endeavour, in conti-
nuation of my last week's letter, to lay before you some
positive reasons for recording our votes, at the coming
election, in favour of the supporters of Lord Derby's
Government, in preference to the other alternative pre-
sented to us. It is a somewhat remarkable fact, that, a
few months ago, a certain party, more noisy than numer-
ous, proclaimed on every opportunity afforded them, that
the great question to be submitted to the decision of the

The screw steam-ship Great Britain, which left New
York at twelve, p.m., on the sth instant, arrived in the
Mersey on Wednesday night. She was telegraphed off
Holyhead at half-past ten on 'Wednesday morning, and
her detention until night was owing to her inability to
pass the bar. Her bags, &c., however, were transmitted
hither by a small steamer, and the letters and commercial
advices received at seven o'clock in the evening. The
vessel has brought 154 passengers.

country at the next election, was the reform of the national
Representation. This was to be a " sine qua non" with

every candidate on the (so-called) popular side. Yet,
strange to say, throughout the whole country scarce one
voice is raised to demand what but a short time ago was
deemed a right which no government dare long refuse
to recognise. But, because this is so, do you imagine
that the subject is forgotten, or that the polite chartism
of Mr. Hume and Sir Joshua Walmsley has sunk into
that hopeless oblivion to which vulgar chartism with
its illustrious leader, Mr. F. O'Connor, has been con-
signed ? Be not deceived, a deep game is being played
and some of you are being seduced, under the specious cry
of " no bread tax," into the support of men who, when
they get into parliament, will lend their untiring energies
to the destruction of that representative system which has
proved so eminently successful in its practical operations
in this country. But, not to deal in assertions, I will come
to proofs, and you can then judge whether this opinion is
not justified by the occasional admissions which have
been pumped out of Messrs. Cardwell and Ewart, not-
withstanding the decorous silence they have maintained
on this point, lest the hollow truce patched up between
false friends should at once be irretrievably broken.
It has generally been supposed that Mr. Ewart is an
extreme Radical, prepared to vote for every point of the
Charter. In the absence of explicit information from
himself, I credited the general report, though his friends
indignantly denied it. Last week, however, settled the
question as to what his views really are. At a meeting in
Bond-street, on the Bth inst., he answered, in reply to a
question put to him by an elector, that he was opposed to
universal suffrage, but an advocate of the ballot. This,
at best, is rather indefinite ; but on the 10th inst., at a
meeting in the Concert-hall, he spoke as follows :
" Those principles which my brother has always advocated
are inherent in me, his elder brother ; and so long as God
gives me health and strength, whether in or out of Par-
liament, I will advocate those principles, and aid my
native town in having them carried fully into effect."
Now, those principles alluded to secured for Mr. W.
Ewart an ignominious defeat at the hands of the very
electors whose suffrages his brother now claims. Let the
elder take warning by the fate of the younger. But, to
make the matter clearer, I will show you what Mr. W.
Ewart's views on Reform are. On the 28th of February,
1850, the following motion was proposed in Parliament by
Mr. Hume, seconded by Sir J. Walmsley :
" That leave be given to bring in a bill to amend the
national representation, by extending the elective fran-
chise, so that every man of full age. and not subject to
any mental or legal disabilities, who shall have been the
resident occupier of a house, or part of a house as a
lodger, for 12 months, and shall have been duly rated to
the poor of that parish for that time, shall be registered
as an elector, and be entitled to vote for a representative
in Parliament ; also by enacting that votes shall be taken
by ballot ; that the duration of Parliament shall not
exceed three years ; and that the proportion of represen-
tatives be made more consistent with the amount of popu-
lation and property."

For that motion Mr. W. Ewart voted ; the principles
involved therein are endorsed therefore by Mr. J. C.
Evart. Ido not charge him with self-contradiction ; he
is not for universal suffrage ; he takes exception to idiots
and outlaws ! ! ?

Brother Electors ! See the man stript of all guise, the
uncompromising advocate of Universal Suffrage with
trifling exceptions, Triennial Parliaments, and Vote by
Ballot. These are the poisonous ingredients that are
concealed in the pill of cheap bread which you are now
invited to swallow.

But what of Mr. Cardwell 1 It is only by inductive
reasoning that we can gather his views on any question.
He is opposed to Household Suffrage, but whether because
he deems it too restricted or too extended, he does not
bay. Doubtless, when the question comes before him in
the House of Commons, he will decide, as in the case of
the Navigation Laws, to the best of his abilities. As
regards the Ballot, he thinks it would benefit his cause
at this Election, and hopes to see the time when all will
be able to record their votes without it ;—from these

premises, he, as usual, leaves others to draw whatever

conclusion they please, for which, of course, he cannot
be held responsible.

The only clue, then, we can get at, regarding his real
opinions on this point (Reform), is this. He always
wishes to be judged by the company he keeps. When,
therefore, we see him associated as a candidate for our
suffrages with a gentleman whose opinions are before us,
and hear him plead in impassioned eloquence for support
for himself and friend, we must conclude that, in the
main, their opinions are essentially the same, and that
Mr. Cardwell is prepared with Mr. Ewart to support,
with some trilling modifications, the People's Charter.
But it is said that Mr. Cardwell looks for a Peelite
government, with Sir J. Graham at its head. I can only
reply that, when he tells us so, I will believe it ; but it
surely cannot be any recommendation of him to us, that
he is prepared to support a man, of giant mind, I admit,
but utterly unprincipled as a statesman, unscrupulous as a
politician, who descends to almost seditious language to
promote his ends, and sacrifices every patriotic principle
on the shrine of political aggrandisement.
Here, then, lam content to leave the matter. What-
ever may be my own opinions as to the administrative
ability of Lord Derby, I do not ask you to support him as
the best minister that could under any circumstances be
found, but as the best at present available. I ask you not
to forget, that if a duty on Corn appears to threaten Free-
trade on the one hand, the grim monster of Reform im-
perils our institutions on the other; and to take care, lest
in your efforts to avoid the sand-bank, you run your ship
on the sunken rocks. Consider this subject, then, dis-
passionately ; weigh the magnitude of the respective evils
with an impartial mind, remembering that to retrace a
false step is the most difficult of all backward movements
in politics ; and I feel convinced you will agree with me,
that the evil to be apprehended from the remote possi-
bility of a ss. duty on corn is as nothing when compared
with the danger that lurks behind those wild dreams of
Mr. Hume and his friends, the realisation of which would
bring little short of anarchy to our country, and destruc-
tion to our Crown.

A FREE-TRADER AND CONSERVATIVE.
Liverpool, 19th June, 1852.

P.S.—Tn my letter of last week, for " major premises"
read " major premiss ;" and for " with least advantage,
tax," &c., read " with least disadvantage," &c.

sustaining a greater loss of life than the insurgents. The licenses is derived from the other branches of industry ECCLEc
,
revolt was extending. which prevail in the colony. Such is this unwise system,
Count d'Orsay has, says the Union, been appointed which, while it gives little or nothing of this immense
superintendent of fine arts at the Elysee, with a salary of wealth to the crown, i.e. to the public, is actually destroy- DIOCESE
25,000 fr. A Paris letter, in the Independence of Brussels, ing all industry, by making our labouring population The Bishop has grantee
states that the Prince President has placed at the disposal gamblers, and by turning four-fifths of our disposable of Divine Service in the E
of Count d'Orsay 300,000 fr., for the purchase of pictures, labour to actual waste."
statues, and other works of art.
It is said that the subscription raised for General Chan- FOREIGN MISCELLANY, county of Chester, while tl
gamier amounts to «12,000 sterling, but that he has re. -------- - -
fused it. He is now making arrangements for the sale of AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, just arrived in Vienna, was incumbent.
his estate, which he bought for .0,000, two or three years arrested by the Austrian police force for wearing a hat of
ago, and which is encumbered to the extent of '50,000 fr. forbidden dimensions, but was saved from further indig- Also, a license for the
• nity by producing letters of introduction, which he hap- in the New Church at Cas
AMERICA. pened to have about him.
port and county of Chest
SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN OF DENMARK.—The
ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT BR the Rev. Thomas Floyd,
ITAIN. treaty regarding the succession to the Crown of Denmark
The screw steam-ship Great Britain, which left New was ratified by the signatures of the representatiyes of until the Church is cons(
York at twelve, p.m., on the sth instant, arrived in the the contracting
,parties at the Foreign Office, Downing- very shortly, the room at

SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN OF DENMARK.—The
treaty regarding the succession to the Crown of Denmark
was ratified by the signatures of the representatives of
the contracting parties at the Foreign Office, Downing-
street, on Saturday afternoon.
SERIOUS CALAMITY IN TURKEY.—Letters from Agram
contain the news of a new and serious calamity having
overtaken the poor Christians of Bosnia. On the night
of the 23rd ult., a fire broke out at Serajewo, the capital
of Bosnia. All the houses of the Christians were burned,
the Latin Chapel and the Presbyterian Chapel reduced to
a heap of ruins. The atrocities committed by the Nizams
during the confusion is said to be almost indescribable.

IRON FLOWERS.—A " fancy piece" has been prepared
for the Prussian Exhibition by the Renard Works : it is
a vase of polished coal, as solid as black marble, holding
a large bouquet of flowers made of sheet iron—leaves,
petals, and stems, all perfectly graceful and natural, but
sable as night. The effect is singular—the complete imi-
tation having not the least resemblance to nature, unless
there are such blossoms on the banks of Acheron : it is
Flora in mourning.—Mining Journal.
MARKING ROGUES.—Captain Casserly has introduced
the system in vogue in the ►arge cities on the Atlantic, by
which all dangerous and suspicious characters once in
custody may be marked, and ever after known to the
police. By means of an apparatus, provided for the pur-
pose, the height of every such suspected thief is measured
and recorded in a book used for the purpose. In the same
book are recorded his name, age, native place, and a
minute description of his person, so that this black-book
will, in time, contain a complete history of the noted
rascals in the city. The plan is a very good one, and
will, no doubt, be of material service hereafter.—San
Francisco Herald.

ROMANCE OF LISBON.—AbOut twenty years ago an
English gentleman of fortune, whose name has not yet
transpired, became the father, in Lisbon, of a natural
daughter, which was put into the Foundling Hospital
with some badge or mark about it by which it might after-
wards be identified. By the last packet from Southampton
a British merchant of Lisbon received instructions to
make inquiry for the child, as it had been left a fortune of
£70,000 by its father. As there is a regular register kept
of the female foundlings, who, as long as they are unmar-
ried, continue under the surveillance of the establishment,
there was no difficulty in finding the fortunate girl, who
was at service, as a housemaid, in the city.

A GRAND PROJECT has been proposed at Paris by the
Abbe Moigno, a scientific writer of some note. It is to
establish in the Bois de Boulogne, at the gates of the
capital, a model, in relief, of Europe, with all its towns,
cities, rivers, lakes, railways, mountains, and forests.
Each country and each town would occupy space exactly
proportioned to their real extent ; every mountain would
resemble in geological construction and form that which
it would represent ; and every river and railway would be
of real water and real iron, and in length so many yards
to the mile. This singular model would occupy several
acres. The expense of forming it would, it is admitted,
be enormous; but that, the Abbe contends, is an unim-
portant consideration, compared to the instruction it would
afford not only to youth, but to people of all ages and
professions, and to the striking addition it would prove to
the curiosities of the grand ville.
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN TUSCANY.—The follow-
ing is an extract of a letter from Florence, dated 9th of
June :—" Yesterday. at three o'clock, the decision in the
case of poor Medial and Pasquale Casacci was pronounced
with closed doors. You will be sorry to learn that Ma-
diai has been sentenced to the galleys, with hard labour,
for four years and a half, and his wife to three years and
ten months' imprisonment in the Ergastolo (the galleys
for females), with hard labour, besides having to bear the
whole expense of their trial, and being subjected to three
years' surveillance on their liberation. Casacci, who
turned recusant, has been discharged by the Court of
Criminal Law, but is detained to answer two processes
against him by the police under the law of April, 1851.
That history may pronounce upon the chief actors in this
affair, I may state that Nervini was president of the court,
Cocchi was the examining judge, Biechierai acted Procu-
rator-General. The trial lested four days. Rosa (Mme.
Madiai) was pale and 'somewhat agitated upon her ap-
pearing in court. Francois (Madiai) was delighted to see
his wife, and shook her warmly by the hand. Everybody
was astonished at their composure. Casacci was the very
picture of misery, and from my heart I pitied him. At the
commencement of the trial Francois was asked if he was
born in the bosom of the Holy Mother Roman Catholic
Church, ' Yes,' was his reply, 'but now lam a Christian
according to the Gospel.' Who made you so, and have
you taken an act of abjuration in the presence of those
with whom you are now connected ?' My convictions are
of many years' standing, but they have acquired greater
force by my study of God's Word ; but what has passed
between God and myself in secret 1 have publicly testi-
fied by my communion in the Swiss Church.' In reply
to questions put to her, Rosa answered that she had not
lightly changed her religion, and merely to please men ;
that having been residentin England for sixteen years she
had read much of God's Word, and compared it with the
doctrines of the Romish Church ; that, becoming con-
vinced of the errors of that Church, she had left it, and
had at the Communion of the Lord's Supper made a pub.
lie profession of her abjuration at the time when the laws
of the country allowed and protected full liberty of reli-
gion to the citizens. The audience were much struck with
the simplicity and sincerity of Madiai. During the two
following days witnesses were examined, and the Procura-
tor-General concluded, demanding their conviction. On
the fourth day the court remained in deliberation for a
considerable time, the opinions being divided—two were
in favour of acquittal and three for condemnation. Me-
dial and his wife heard the sentence with firmness and
dignity. The voice of the President trembled as he read
the sentence. The public were indignant at the sentence,
and against the judges, full of sympathy and esteem for
the Madiai, and contempt for Casacci. Medial. has been
advised to appeal to the Court of Cessation, and perhaps
the superior court, more free to act, will reverse the sen-
tence. Landucci, the Minister of the Interior, having
been applied to, has advised an application to be made for
a commutation of their sentence into banishment."

ECCLESIASTICAL.

DIOCESE OF CHESTER

The Bishop has granted a license for the performance
of Divine Service in the Boys and Girls' School Room, at
Lower Peover, in the parish of Great Budworth, in the
county of Chester, while the Church is undergoing repairs,
upon the representation of the Rev. John Holme, the
incumbent.

Also, a license for the performance of Divine Service
in the New Church at Castle Hall, in the parish of Stock-
port and county of Chester, upon the representation of
the Rev. Thomas Floyd, the incumbent
until the Church is consecrated, wh
very shortly, the room at present use
being very inconvenient, and the Chi

for use, although the necessary prel

cration have not been quite complete

of the district,

pected to be

,r Divine Service

eing now ready

to its conse-

PREFERMENTS AND APPO
Rev. R. H. Alder, Curate of Chri'
the Incumbency of St. Mary's Church, Barnsley.
Rev. J. C. M. Avnsley, M.A., to the Rectory of Walton
and Weston-in-G.ordarie, Somerset.
Rev. J. Baillie, M.A., to be Sub-Dea
Rev. W. Balfour, M.A., to the Perpe
Nicholas, with St. Bartholomew, Glace,
Rev. R. E. Bassett, 8.A., to the R
Thoresby, Lincolnshire.
Rev. C. J. S. Bowles, M.A., to the I
newly-consecrated Church of St. Barr
Rev. C. Bridges, Rector of Melcom
dipole Chapel, Dorset, to be a Surrozati,
of Salisbury.

T "lENTS.

t Church, Hull, to

of York Minster,
ual Curacy of St.

ory of North

nbency of the
Gloucester.
- with Ra-
Diocese

Hon. and Rev. A. Byron, to the
Denham, Somerset.
Rev. John William Candy, B.A.
College, Cambridge, to the Curacy
Uckfield, Sussex.

y of Corton

f Corpus Christi

Id, near

Rev. J. H, Chowne, M.A., to the
St. James, Taunton.
Rev. G. E. L. Cotton, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College,
Cambridge, and Assistant-Master of Rugby School, to be
Head Master of Marlborough College.
Rev. W. J. Deane, 8.A., to the Rectory of South
Thoresbv, Lincolnshire.
Rev. Robt. Harkness, M.A., Assistant Curate of Trinity
Church, Great Malvern, to the Perpetual Curacy of Bar-
nard 's Green.

al Curacy of

Rev. T. Jones, M.A., to the Vicarage of St. Margaret's,
Leicester.
Rev. H. C, Leaver, M.A., to the
wood, Somerset

ory of Pensel-

Rev. C, Levingstone, to the Rectory of St. Lawrence,
Isle of Wight.
Rev. D. Lloyd, 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of
Bodcwryd, Anglesey.
Rev. J. K. Marsh, Incumbent of BI
Chesterfield, to the Chaplaincy of the Co
ment at Woolwich

rimington, near
Invict Establish-

Rev. J. Paul, to be one of her M:
Ordinary in Scotland.

es'y's Chaplains in

Rev. W. L. Penderel, M.A., of St. John's College,
Cambridge, to be Second Master of Brentwood Grammar
School.

Rev. C. T. H. Phillips, to the Rector
near Pembroke, Wales.

of Lianrenny,

Rev. W. Tyne, M.A., to the Rectory of Stock-Dennis,
Somerset.

Rev. G. T. Spring, to the Perpetual Curacy of Hampton
Gay, Oxfordshire.

Rev. S. K. Swann, M.A., to Long Whatton, Leicester-
shire.