The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-16 00:00:00

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ELECTION.

The nomination having been appointed for the early
hour of ten o'clock on Friday morning, by that time the
small town of Aylesbury began to assume a bustling and
lively appearance. Blue flags, with the name of Disraeli
inscribed upon them, floated about the Market-place.
The supporters of the right hon. gentleman wore blue and
white favours.

Mr. Disraeli, and Dr. Lee, who had previously inti-
mated his intention of coming forward in opposition to
the right hon. gentleman, having entered the Town-hall,
a little before ten o'clock, and taken their places, the
doors were shortly afterwards opened, when the room
became crowded to excess.

Mr. DISRAELI commenced his address by observing
that he should not stop to vindicate his past eareer, and
appealing to the consistency of his course for fifteen years,
in the House of Commons, as a ground of confidence.
He then adverted to the fact that the present go-
vernment had been summoned to the service of her
Majesty, not in consequence of any vote of the house
declaring that the policy they advocated was to be imme-
diately carried into effect, but in consequence of the
downfall of the government which preceded them ; which
was the result of internal disease, and of a fatal blow
struck by their own long-cherished colleague and friend.
Under these circumstances, it was the first duty of the
new Government to attend to the immediate exigencies of
the state, which must be provided for, whoever might be
minister, and after that to develope their policy. He next
commented on the precipitancy with which the abrogation
of the corn laws, the admission of slave-grown produce,
and the repeal of the navigation laws, had been carried,
the result of which hat been that these great changes
were effected without due regard to the principles of poli-
tical and financial justice. It was admitted even by the
Freetraders, that the question of the poor's-rate required
to be settled, which ought in common justice to have
been done when the duty on corn was repealed ; that the
admission of slave-grown sugar, after insisting on the
abolition of slavery in our own colonies, was unjustifiable;
and that, British seamen and shipowners, if exposed to
competition with the entire world, ought to be no longer
subject to those vexatious laws which crippled their re-
sources. With regard to the policy which the present
Government intended to pursue, the right hon. gentle-
man continued—" It is our opinion that in the years 1846
to 1849 great injustice was done to mans great interests
in which a vast, an immense amount of capital is invested,
and upon which much labour depends ; and it is also our
opinion that justice should now be done them—that jus-
tice should, in feet, be done to all classes (cheers) ; and if
the premises I have stated be true, gentlemen, I am sure
you will agree with me, that it is quite high time that
justice should be done to the British producer as well as
the consumer. (Loud cheers.) If we can show—and
it is not difficult, for all acknowledge it—that there
are great classes of producers in this country who
are suffering because they are placed in unequal com-
petition, it is not only our policy as a party, but our duty
as English statesmen, to see that that interest is placed in
its proper position." (Loud cheers.) Applying this
principle to the agricultural interest, to which he should
confine himself, because it was that with which their minds
were familiar, the right hon. gentleman observed:—" The
income-tax in this country is raised on income in round
numbers to something more than 200 millions a-year.
Now real property, which contributes exactly half of the
revenue on which the income tax is levied, viz., something
more than a hundred millions a-year, is a mciety of the
great national income. Real property, besides contributing
to the general taxation—the imperial taxation of the coun-
try—pays in Great Britain alone ten millions per annum
extra. It is, therefore, quite clear on the surface, that if
a hundred millions out of 200 millions pays 10 millions
extra, it pays five millions more than it out to pay. It is
then said that real property consists of something else
I besides land. I admit it does. I will put the case with
great fairness. Supposing that real property, assessed
to the income tax, is something more than 100 millions—
I will take 50 millions as a moiety of it, as applying to
land—then it follows, land pays two and a half millions
more than it ought to do. It is clear, therefore, by the ,
system of local taxation, upon the question as stated by
the Free-traders, that land pays two millions and a half
more per annum than any other class in the community.
(Cheers.) Well, that is a very great burden—a very great
burden indeed, when you are calling upon the cultivators
of the soil to enter into unrestricted competition with the
cultivators of the soil in all other countries. (Loud ,
cheers.) Is that so or not ?" (" Yes," and " hear.")
The right hon. gentleman then adduced the testimony of
Mr. M'Culloch, the highest literary authority as a Free
Trader, who said it was of the greatest importance that
the malt-tax should he retained ; but that it could not be
retained with perfect justice to the English producer with-
out a 'countervailing duty ; and sooner than give up the
malt-tax, he would give the farmer a countervailing duty
of 2s. 6d. on barley. (Hear, hear.) But Mr. M'Culloch
, said more ;—he thought the present system most unjust
to the cultivator of the British soil, and stated that the
best way of settling the question would be by a counter-
vailing duty of seven shillings on every quarter of wheat,
and by a modified duty for other species of grain. " I
will now (continued Mr. Disraeli) tell you my own opinion.
I agree with Mr. M'Culloch thus far, that the cheapest,
easiest mode, and the least expensive to the community,
of settling this question, is by a counteruailing duty. I
think no one will deny that in the aggregate that counter-
vailing duty would give the English producer much less
than he was scientifically entitled to, and knowing the
character of the English people I am disposed to think
they would not object to a compromise of this kind. But
if the people of England are determined to adhere to what
I consider prejudice and short-sighted views—if the gene-
ral body of the cow munity have a prejudice against settling
the question in a manner which has been recommended by
the highest authorities, I am not going to pledge the ex-
istence of a Government or of a policy on such a measure.
(Laughter.) The policy which I think nn Government
ought to shrink from who have acceded to office under
the circumstances we have done, is to secure to the agri-
cultural interest ample and complete redress. (Cheers.)
if the country rejects that which I believe to be the advice
of wise and unimpassioned servants of the community—
such as the distinguished writer to whom I have referred
—the country must be prepared to take the consequence.
(Hear.) If the people will not, in the manner which I
recommend, do justice to the agricultural interest, they
must submit to a revision of the taxation of the country,
and they may depend upon it that the redress which a
sense of justice will ultimately permit us to afford the
agricultural interest will be attained far more coarsely and
by means far more expensive." After some further ob.
soryat,ions on the fallacy of the cry against what was
tern od " taxing the food of the people,'! the right hon.
gentleman concluded his speech amidst loud applause.
Dr. lan then came forward, and after declaring himself
a thorough Free-trader, and an advocate of progressive
reform, intimated that it was not his intention to go to
The SNBIZIFF
the poll, All °Wait;on baying been then withdrawn,
declared the right hon. gentleman to be
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CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTION.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SlR,—The Liverpool Church of England Institution is an
accomplished fact.: the rooms in Bold-street are even now too
circumscribed for its daily increasing members; and I desire
through your paper to ask the question,—Why a suitable
building should not be purchased, to be devoted exclusively
to the purposes of this interestin,, association?
When it was first proposed to founds the institution, and the
leading gentlemen of this town were canvassed on its behalf,
the condition upon which assistance was promised was,---that
the young men should evince their sincerity by making an nn-
assisted effort, and then it would meet with that support which
so noble and philanthropic an undertaking was entitled to.
" Give me (said one) the names of one hundred young men
willing to join the enterprise, and lam with you." The offer
was promptly accepted, the pledge as promptly redeemed,
and, eventually, under the auspices of our venerable Archdea-
con, the project emerged from embryo into existence. It sub-
sequently passed through the ordeal of opposition, jealousy,
and calumny, and now commands a position more prominent
and prosperous than the most sanguine of its promoters anti-
cipated. Few short 'of four hundred members, generally of an
age peculiarly susceptible of wrong impressions, are banded
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together for good, wooing wisdom, and wedding truth.
The importance of its mission has been recognised by the
public at large, and members of both houses of the Legislature
conceive it to merit their patronage. Divines from remote
parts of the kingdom are amongst its lecturers ; and gentle-
men eminent in science, in literature, and art, are imparting
through its classes the essence of their studies and investiga-
tions. The numerous attendants at these sources of informa-
tion ate so many proofs that the advantages which it presents
are duly appreciated. Considering the vastness of the field in
which its influence might be felt, it demands further aid, in
order to push onward. But for lack of the "oil,” without
which no association will work efficiently, it would assume a
broader basis, and occupy not the meanest rank compared with
other kindred institutions.
My object in addressing you is to suggest a plan whereby it
may be made permanent, and the "fluctuating materials"
composing it (as a rev. gentleman very facetiously styled
them) be hound more closely, and success, under the Divine
blessing, positively secured.
All similar institutions have failed, because the income
arising from periodical payments never covered the actual ex-
penditure. That their duration extended over a few years was
the consequence of adventitious aid derived from. " meivibers

for life" and the proceeds of popular lectures; and when these
ways and means were exhausted, (the number of the first being
almost complete, and the latter a drug,) decay seized the body,
and collapse thus superinduced was quckly followed by pre-
mature death. Therefore, as these sources of wealth dry up,
so will vigor decline; and in proportion as expenses are ob-
viated, which under certain circumstances are inevitable, so is
durability attained. Take our institution as an illustration :
400 annual subscribers will give the sum of £2oo—an amount
totally inadequate to meet its engagements ; with the present
rate of subscription it cannot possibly be self-supporting.
Kind liberality launched it, and it has since been sustained by
the smiles of its friends ; and some method must be devised to
maintain its present proud position, else dissolution is but a
question of time. There are two ways open. Ist,—To in-
crease the rate of subscriptions ; 2d,—To decrease the expen-
diture. The first proposition cannot be entertained, because
it is desirable that the subscription should not be oppressive,
or deter any one from joining it. But if the rent of the rooms
and the expense attending the lectures at the Concert-hall
could be saved, two of the most considerable items of expendi-
ture would be secured. I therefore beg to submit the follow-
ing proposition for the consideration of all who desire the
welfare of the young men of this community.
I.—A building to be purchased, suited for reading-rooms,
classes, or a lecture-hall.
2.—The money to be realised by the creation of GOO shares, at
£5 per share, giving for the purpose .t 3,000.
3.—The buildings to be secured to the institution, but mort-
gaged to the shareholders.

4.-300 shares to be taken up by the patrons. clerical and lay,
and 3CO shares by the members of the institution.
s.—At the end of the third and every subsequent year, a
dividend of 3 per cent to be paid to each shareholder as
may claim it.

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6.—A certain per centage of the total income of the institu-
tion to be set apart for the payment of dividends, and to liqui-
date the debt by the calling in of shares. Shares so called in
to be drawn for by ballot.
Objections may be urged against the foregoing suggestions,
but my object will be answered if a movement be made to
place our Institute upon that respectable footing which it unde-
niably deserves ; I have reason to state that many members
cordially concur in the subject matter of the proposal. It rests
with the clergy to consider the propriety of the plan, and
assume the initiative, and fill the void too long experienced by
members of the Established Church in this great port. If the
trial be made, special means of liquidating the debt would be
resorted to, and such is my confidence in the spirit of our towns-
men, that the noble undertaking would not languish in their
hands.—Burnley, a town insignificant when compared with
Liverpool, sets an example worthy of imitation. It possesses
an institution attached to the church of our fathers, the build-
ing their own, raised by the joint efforts of the clergy and laity,
and is disseminating true principles amongst the nation's
hope—the young men of England. This town boasts of many
monuments of charity, many evidences of our desire " to raise
fallen humanity from its degradation—to rescue the oppressed
—to deliver the needy—to save the lest." But there is no
greater interest at stake—no object which claims our anxious
solicitude more, than the morals and integrity of that portion
of the community which stand upon the threshold of manhood,
and who, in a few short years, will hold in their hands the
future destinies of the empire.
We are still strugglingin themeshesof a netwhich the enemies
ofour faith have for years been weavingaround us; and although
the insidious character of the enemy is partially unveiled, and
their designs temporarily checked, they are yet potent in their
spite, and smarting under the ignominy of exposure, are un-
tiring in their real to achieve an ultimate triumph. There can
be no better means of preserving our Protestantism intact,
than in founding and consolid- tine in every town throughout
the British isles, a Church of England Institution.
Liverpool, 13th March, 1853. A MEMBER.

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IMPORTS OF COTTON,

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SlR,—Noticing in to-day's Albion a statement of the quan-
tity of cotton on the water to arrive at this port, making it out
to be 110,918 bales, I band you below a list of every vessel
known to have cleared and not arrived. It is highly important
that the trade should know the correct figures, and particularly
so at this time.—Yours, NOT A COURTIER.
March 15, 1852.

NEW ORLEANS.—Fanny, 2001 bales; Alex. Grant, 1887;
Meridian, 4727; Herald, 2704 ; Mersey, 2165; Arran,
2996; Annapolis, 2550; Queen, 2909; Amidas, 2256 ;
Sea King, 1428; lowa, 2863; Envoy, 2219; Granada,
2125; Lord Ashburton, 2025; Argo, say 2090;—total
MOBlLE.—Persian, 1559; Glasgow, 1'764; Beejapore,
4630; Greenock, 3879; Adonis, 2349; Jane E. Walsh,
1600; Faneuil Hall, 2003; State Rights, 2544; Har-
mony, 2608; Stirlingshire, 1570; David Cannon, 3524;
—total
CHARLESTON.—Margaret, 1711; Cambria. 997; Levant,
1539; Lulan, 1425 ; Susan G. Owens, 2451; Switzerland,
2259 ;—total
NEW YORK.—De Witt Clinton, Ashburton, New World,
Waterloo, and Lady Franklin, estimated at
SAVANNAH.—Gondar, 2632; Defence, 1057 ;—total
WILMINGTON.—Stunter
ArALacit ICOLA.—J. P. Harward, and Ashland, estimate 4000

Total bales afloat,

DR. WNEILE AND THE REPRESENTATION
OF LIVERPOOL.

The following letter has been addressed

TO THE EDITOR OF THE RECORD

SlR,—Give me a little space once more. I will be brief
as possible. You have mistaken me. You distinguish
very fairly between the faculty of expounding and the fa-
culty of applying truth. Now it so happens, that the
special circumstances to which my letter of the 6th of
February was intended to apply, had ceased to exist be-
fore the letter was published.
It was not, in the present circumstances of the country,
that I gave my opinion to my Liverpool Friends. It was
under the impression, then strong among us, that the
opening session of Parliament would be attended with an
immediate dissolution of the House of Commons, and
under an assurance, frequently repeated by them, that
every effort to procure other and more generally acceptable
candidates for Liverpool had failed.
The choice was not, as you seem to think, between the'
gentlemen they named to me, and all England, with time
to select and invite. The choice was between the gentle-
men they named, and the present representatives of the
borough.

Even so, even in extremis, you would not perhaps agree
with me. You would have ;Teemed it more consistent to
acquiesce in the re-return of the present Members, op-
posed as they are to our Protestantism, not as regards
Maynooth only, but generally, than to invite others, unless
they were with us on this one point. I thought otherwise,
for the reason sssigned in my letter, and was anxious to
guard against such a division amongst the Protestants of
the town, as would issue in the success of our present
Members. This I hope may still be accomplished.
The enclosed note will be further explanatory. It is
desirable that our difference, though still real, should be
reduced to its minimum. I have lived long enough, sin-
cerely to lament the " unhappy divisions," which rend
our Church, and the excesses, on both sides, which tend
to perpetuate and foment them. I am pained by
the feverish excitement, and impatient selfishness
of feeling, which confound discretion with compro-
mise, and brand every attempt at moderation as if it
were treason against truth. But as to any coquetting with
Tractarianism, there is not a shadow of such a thing in
my composition, neither can anything be further from my
intention, than the slightest relaxation of my (nag
against the Maynooth endowment.

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would, indeed, as I have often said, greatly prefer a
searching inquiry first, to a sudden and unexplained re-
peal ; because such a repeal might readily enough be fol-
lowed by as sudden a re-enactment by another Parlia-
ment ; but, I believe a re-enactment would be morally
impcssible, if the people of England knew, as an honest
Parliamentary inquiry would teach them, the principles
inculcated in that seminary, under the soft-sounding., and
to Englishmen ill-understood, terms, of the RIGHTS of
the Church of Rome, and the JURISDICTION of her
Bishops.—l am, dear Sir, faithfully your's,
Liverpool, March 6, 1852. HUGH M'NEILE.

" Aigburth, let March, 1852.
" Dear Sirs,—The emergency is past. You have not
been compelled, by a sudden dissolution of the House of
Commons, to make a hasty choice. Time is afforded for
more deliberate and less embarrassing course of action.
The arguments ar.d distinctions in my former letter, how.
ever sound under the circumstances as then contemplated,
need no longer be applicable to your case.
" Excuse me, therefore, when I intrude these few lines
upon you. to express an earnest hope, that you will now
renew your search, and with increased urgency, for candi.
dates concerning whom there need be no embarrassment.
" I am, cigar Sirs, yours very faithfully,
" HUGH M'NEII.K.
" To Robt. WOOEN'Ara, Esq., Samuel Holme, Esq.,
Dnetnr Trench."