The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-20 00:00:00

With res

tlemen of Liverpool

pect to the future commercial

Lax at" vt,ill.V LLIC 11:111l/Vell
of those fetters whieli thee Present vexatious system of Excise
imposes on our native industry, anti to reduce all Customs'
rittri.2 In thnt _ •..

routies to mat point which will combine the greatest amount of
imports with the greatest amount of revenue."
Upon the principle of the Navigation Laws I entertain no
doubt or hesitation. The wisdom of that system has been am-
ply proved by long experience ; nor is it to be endured that our
ma ratime. Rtinremlary nnri .

lzlanilllue aunremacy, ann consequent national inviolability,
should be endangered in order to gratify the dogmatism of a
modern school of political philosophy. Against the extreme
views of that school I have in this Parliament vindicated the
principle that it is the duty of the State to protect the rights
and grant the just claims of poverty and labour; nor shall I

shririk from asserting, on alroccasions, that the' State is the
protector of the poor.

Act has been subjected has failed to convince me that it is wise
to maintain its present unyielding character. The require-
ments of legitimate commerce call for its relaxaton.

The system of fore,
of late. It is. in my

rrn centralization has made great strides
,nion. alien to the ancient free chi.

racter of our People and their municipal institutions, and
I fear, if carried to the extent developed in measures recently
submitted to Parliament by her Majesty's present advisers,
produce far more serious and lasting evils than any it can
remedy. Your own town contains noble proofs of what local
intelligence and energy directed to great, even to national,

autnority, take away the incen'
from the local community.

,ives to activity anc

exertion

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Should these sentiments appear to you to render me worthy
of the high honour of representing this great constituency in
Parliament, I can only assure you that I will devote my time
and ability to the discharge of that important office.
I have the honour to remain, gentlemen, your obedient

London, July 9, 1847,

JOHN MANNERS

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF
LIVERPOOL.

GENTLEMEN,
T HAVE had the honour receiving a commu-
-1 nication inviting me to bec e a CANDIDATE at the ap-
proaching General Election or one of the vacancies created

In accepfing thiaccepting this inijqiebn, I feel most sensibly that I a

at once t 6 nearly the est and most honourable distinction
in public life; for s an one I hold to be the representation
in Parliament of onstituency so important as that of Liver-
pool, as well by its numbers and intelligence, as by its industry
and its wealth.

Had this choice fallen upon some one eminent in the State,
and whose time and attention had already been devoted, with
success, to the public service, I should have rejoiced, upon your
own account, at the selection ; but as I have been thought wor-
thy to receive this very flattering proposal—one peculiarly gra-
tifying, as opening to me a prospect of representing my native

.0”.11, i accept roe over, in the hope that I may, by a zealous
and independent discharge of my duties in Parliament, and an
unremitting attention to your interests, justify, in some degree,
the comelimprit that has hpen i.aid to mo.
My opinions, I trust, are well known to you to be thOse which
have long guided the supporters of a liberal spirit of legislation ;
nevertheless, on some questions, which are at the present mo-
ment of neenlinr intoracf a -

naturalli expected from 'me

ment,

lope that any abilities pf-mine will enable me to
.wh,...05a,,
supply the irreparable loss eve sustained. Bat I have
yo enjoyed intimate opportunitie f observing the assiduity and
attention with which your esent members have discharged
sI pie_duties of your trust • d I

vowing,

uy ~,...6 p,,,yudinuilice our general and local interests.
lam sincerely att ed on every ground—by birth,—by d j
educa-
tion,—and
by cl o ce—to the Protestant Church established in!these dominion . I believe her to be the most valuable safe-
guard of our ivil and Religious Liberties.
A respectful consideration for the rights, the interests, and
the wishes of those who do not conform to her communion,
naturally flows from a regard to her constitution, and an
observance of her teaching.

A painful interest has been felt by many estimable men with

of the Priests in Ireland. I do not. believe that any project of
that kind is wished for by themselves, or is seriously entertained.
in any quarter. Ido not approve, and do not intend to sup-
port a. _ _

I voted for the grant proposed by her Majesty's Government
for the general education of the people. I thought it was cal-
culated to extend the advantages of secular knowledge, and the
inestimable blessings of religious training.
a I acquiesced in the general measures adopted by the Execu-

ief of urgent distress in Ireland
tments by which the rieht of t

I cordially sup

*rnperiat parliament.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY

The Bishop of LONDON, in answer to a question by
Lord Lyndhurst, stated that it was his intention to with-
draw the Clergy Offences Bill for the present session, as
he felt it would be impossible to carry it through at this
advanced period. The bill would, however, go forth to
the public, and the clergy would have an opportunity of
considering its provisions. He confessed he should feel
exceedingly disappointed if upon an examination of its
details they did not see reason to be satisfied with the care
and attention which had been taken of their interests, and
the anxiety which had been manifested by the framers of
She bill to do them all justice.

Lord BROUGHAM presented the report from the com-
mittee of their Lordships on the subject of receiving mes-
sages from and sending messages to the House of Com-
mons, which was communicated to the latter at a con-
ference. The noble lord also, in an explanatory speech,
submitted certain resolutions with a view to the preven-
tion of bribery, corruption, and intimidation, at elec-
tions. _ _ _ •

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, on the ground that it
-was not advisable to adopt an abstract principle, and with
the conviction that their Lordships would willingly adopt
any measure sent up to them in the next session of Pay-
Lament for punishing such delinquencies and crime in
connexion with bribery and corruption at elections as th e
existing law was not able to reach, moved the previous

question.
Lord BROUGHAM, after an explanation, withdrew the
Tesolutions.

The distress existing among Irish emigrants to Canada
vas brought under the notice of their lordships by the
Earl of ENNXSKILLEN, on the authority of a letter from
the Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec.
Earl GREY believed the account to be correct, and as-
sured the noble earl that the attention of the government
and the colonial authorities was directed to the matter,
and that no means would be left untried to mitigate the
calamities of those whose unfortunate condition he had
brought under the notice of the house.