The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-02 00:00:00

nity, and firmness which this spirited. young nobleman,
(worthy scion of his noble sire,) has manifested on this
Most trying occasion, has won for him the applause of
Millions of freeborn British stibjects. We hope that
the triumphant issue of his motion will console him for
the sacrifice of personal feeling Which indueed so young
a member to beard the Lion of Derrynane. Lord Maid-
stone is entitled to the unanimous thanks of the conser-
vative party for his dignified conduct on this important
occasion.

Before we conclude these necessarily brief observa-
tions we cannot help remarking upon the callous indif-
ferenee, nay, the revengeful and insulting disposition
'manifested by O'Connell under the mortifying and igno-
minious circumstances in which be has been placed.
And here we are forcibly struck with the eloquent re-
marks of Mr. Cresswell, one. of the representatives of
the loyal town of Liverpool. Mr. • Cresswell said that
had he been .subjected to the same censure as O'Con-
nell--had he rendered himself liable to the same repri-
mand-4e never could have the courage to take his
se at any longer among the members of the " first as-
seMbly of , gentlemen in Europe." The subsequent
conduct of O'Connell, hoWever; proved that lie possessed
none of this scrupulous sense of honour—that he felt no
compunction for his conduct—that he despised alike the
.'decenciei :of civilised society, and the consequences in
'which a breach'of those decencies necessarily involved
his character.

We. hope it is evident by this time that no further
parley must be held With the Popish faction in the House
of Commons. No further attempts must be made to
conciliate this anti•national party. They have shown
themselves the implacable enemies of every thing Bri-
tish—of every thing truly liberal. They must be dealt
with aceo.rdinigiy: There must be no further concession.
‘,We hope
,that the recent malignant conduct of th -
Popish faction will teach the conservative.leaders in both'
houses of Parliament '=the necessity of preserving a
Stricter regard for' the' maintenance ' of Protestant inter
tests, *ndthat Sir Robert Peel, and the powerful party
with whom he co operates will inflexibly maintain the
ascendancy. of Protestant principles. O'Connell and the
Popish. conspirators against the liberties-of Englishmen
have been treated with too much leniency. They have
been allowed to treat with contempt any thing and every
thing which tended to preserve our national religion in
unimpaired efficiency. They must no longer be per,
muted to trample on the, church or its ministry.
We again convey our heartfelt congratulations to our
Protestant friends on the triumph which has been
achieved over the et-int-Connell cabinet. It is • a tri-
umph which may lead to the most important results. It
has served to show the weakness of the resent ministry.
Even upon the showing of the whig- radical Sun itself, it
appears that the whole ministerial force only amounts to
325—less than one half of the members of the House
of Commons. This number is destined to sustain a still
farther reduction in the course of a few days, so that the
conservatives have it now in their power, whenever an
occasion arrives, to outvote the Crim.-Connell cabinet.
We hope such an occasion may be speedily afforded, and
that the present imbecile and contemptible government
will be superseded by one which will merit the confi-
dence of the country, and which will preserve inviolate
the prerogatives of the crown and the liberties of the
people. 7