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

ITO THE CONSERVATIVE ELECTORS OF
LIVERPOOL.

I GENTLEMEN

AND BROTHER ELECTORS,—..kfteT con-
siderable pains, the leading gentlemen of the Conservative
party of this town have met with two staunch Protes-
tants, in the persons of Forbes M'Kenzie and Charles
Turner, Thq., to contest at the approaching election the
representation of the large and loyal good old town of
Liverpool.

The present is no ordinary occasion, and therefore let us
come forward as one man, with " a long pull, a strong pull,
and a pull all together," merging minor differences, and
turn out the present members, and show to the nation
that in this, the largest emporium of commerce in the
kingdom, a change has at length taken place, and that we
will no longer submit to be in the hands of an old Whig
on the one hand, however worthy a gentleman he may be
iu private life; nor on the other, of a trimming unprinci-
pled Peelite. No, these days I hope are gone by, and the
Protestants and Shipowners should not now forget that
they have each a little account to settle with Mr. Card-
well. Again I say, let there be no petty, envious differences
this time, as there were at the last general election. The
Conservatives have the game in their own hands, if they
are only true to themselves.

Yours, truly,
AN ELECTOR.

LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM AUSTRALIA

HOPE

Hope filleth the world's eye,
Like a rainbow-tinctured glow,
Spanning the gloomy sky,
That hangeth o'er all below.

Desire roes forth to clutch
The beauty that seems at hand;
But, forbidden to mortal touch,
'Twill still in the distance stand,

, in emotional en-

joyment, in pow
has settled that.
stances, it could

ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

"Et. Patrick was a gentleman
And came of decent people."
Popular Song.

AN anniversary which used to excite great attention in
this town, recurs to-morrow. The following remarks re-
specting the ()Ellin of the observances, are in keeping with
our late account of-St. David and the leek.

In the clote'cf 'the 4th and the beginning of the sth
century, the celebrated' St. PATRICK flourished. There
has been so much superstition and fable connected with
his name, that some have altogether questioned his
existence; but the uniformity of tradition and historic tes-
timony is so strong, that the truly learned do not entertain
any doubt on the-subject. Some imagine that there were
several of the name, like Hercules or Woden, and that
the facts of numerous actors are crowded into one bio-
graphy. But when we still find his " Confession,"
consistently and consecutively written by one hand, and

other treatises, including a letter, we must drop the plu-

rality, and simply admit that he was singular. O'Halloran
would deprive hiin-of his name, for he says that Patricius
was a title of honour, by which Celestin admitted him
into Constantine's-Patrician rank. This is the unkindest
cut of all,—to -rob the saint of his very name, especially
under the guise of.a compliment, and to call him instead
by the jaw-breaking terms Succath (his alleged baptismal
name, given at his ordination) and Magonias.
As the ancients contended for the birth-place of Homer,
so do the moderns for that of St. Patrick. The Irit'a
claim him of course. The general opinion is, that he was
born in Scotland, at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton. A
Welsh author tells the very district in Wales where be
first saw the light, and we should not be much surprised
if he pretended to produce the parish register. Some say
that Brittany, in-France, is the real place, mistaken for
others in the' British-Isles; and although we do not know
the claims put forward by England or the Isle of Man,
no doubt such claims exist. It is said that his father was

liquor, which is not a right keeping a day to the Lord."
Utifortunately for the tradition, tire Hibernic !Druids
valued the mystic number three, for centuries before St.
Patrick's time. The misletoe branches into three points :
three arch-druids, three chief antiquaries, and three
chief bards were appointed, at Tara, once in three years,
to•exarnine the national records. It is probable, there-
fore, that this, too, is a monkish legend, though
'undoubtedly an interesting one. The shamrock has a
place in the royal arms, when fully emblazoned ; and it
forms the badge of the Knights of St. Patrick, with a
crown on each leaf, as if symbolising the union of the
three kingdoms. The motto, quis separabit, borne also
on the colours of several Irish regiments, favours this
view, like that of trio juncda• in uno, the motto of the
:Knights of the Bath.