The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-10-25 00:00:00

OcT. 25, 1836,

Publicly declared, illustrated by Lord Sandon, and the

desire to meet that danger, and the conviction of its
existence, established by Mr. Samuel Holrne, in the-pre-
sence, in'the hearing of seven hundred independent men
of Liverpool, who, upstanding as one man, in imitation
of the noble Barons of Runnymede, proclaim aloud, "we
will not have the fundamental laws of Ending changed,
nor the Protestant Constitution of Ireland subverted
And now, men of England—the descendants of the most
free, the most noble ancestry of time and of history, is the
justification, the danger, and the decision before yob ;
end remember, that such a decision has not 'been given

since the day when the great charter of your civil liber-
ties was wrested from a tyrant King, by the noble pro-
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genitors of those now forming the second estate of the
realm, who are equally desirous to preserve to you the
benefits of that charter, and to add thereto any real advan-
tage which is compatible with the present state of the
country, and the present-state of society; under the re-
form bill itself.

the most cheering prospect from the most, characteris-
tic value of Conservatism, is the strong and dignified
bearing it exhibits in its progress through the country—
the moral worth and respectability of those enrolled un-
der its noble banner, ayd the decorous means taking td.
further its success. Here are no tumultuous influences
at work, tending to disturb order—to impair the authori:
ty of law—or to lessen respect for religion. Our own
fr►eetings offer a powerful example to the Empire at
large and that example will assuredly be followed. As
Birmingham in the day. of her delusion, by leer radical
anions, propelled the machinery of that engine, which
was to be turned against themselves—so Liverpool in the
hour of calm reflection, has mustered her union of Con-

se'rvatism, for the preservation of our remaining liberties
and our.pressnre from.without is based on a solid founds.
Lion,—it'stands pre-eminently opposed to that threatener
"brganic change," which our esteemed representative
iras jirstlydescriberLas "an abandonment of the ancient
British Constitution, and an endeavour to establish
something newer and better in its. place,". and which he
se facetiously, yet forcibly pointed out we should not
'btoin, either "by crossing the Atlantic—the Bay. of
Biscay ".---or by taking the example of the "glorious
days" of the July of Paris ! Sure we are, that this ar•
gnment needs no illustration to any reflecting mind. We
have then, taken the strongest part of Lord Sandon's
position into consideration—the- danger to the British
Constitution, formed upon his personal observation and
tsperience in his place in Parliament, and not put forth
as matter of hypothetical reasoning, but publicly and de•
liberately declared as a pressing fact, the result of moral
conviction to his constituents end others, and we are
entirely satisfied of the correctness of his declaration,
that "the real and avowed object of the movement party,
was to concentrate all power in the hands of one repre-
untative assembly." And further, " let them disguise
it as they pleased—let them call ,it mere reform of the
peerage,—art assimilating of the House of Lords to the
improved spirit of the age—look at it as they might—
the real aim was to concentrate all power in the one
single body." This part of his Lordship's speech merits
the most serious consideration, because it conveys the
Practical illustration of the threatened danger, whilst the
Patriotism of his heart is proved by his succeeding de-
claration, that " such power ought not to be entrusted to
roue man—it ought not to be entrusted to any single
body of men—whether to a monarch, or an aristocracy,
Or to the multitude at large." It were hardly needful
for Lord Sandon to go further; but the remainder of his
Speech fully and sufficiently justifies the assertion he set
Out with—it exposes the abandonment of principle, with
regard to our church—the desertion of the leading ob-
jects of the reform bill, with reference to English repro-
.entation, and the design to destroy the independence of
the House of Lords! We feel that we have done but a
small share of justice to our honourable representative;
but we also feel assured that his address will make a last-
ing impression on every one who heard it, as it cannot
fa►l in doing upon those who read it.
.Space will not permit us to sgo through the other
'speeches, seriatim.; that of Mr. Canning gives full pro-
' miss that the spirit which animated his greatly gifted
sire has not entirely departed, and his allusion to the
memory of his father was at once manly, feeling, and
pathetic, and his general argument conclusive. Mr.
Griadstone's tribute to Sir Robert Peel needs no corn-
hiendation from us; it-stands upon its own merits, and
those merits are far above the assaults of any censuring
which can be brought against them—he may indeed be
proud of the prominent part assigned him, and satisfied
'Avid' the reception given to his sentiments, as the triumph
'of reason and of truth over falsehood and error. Mr.
Forsyth's defence of our fondly' cherished alma mater,
and her repudiation of dernocratical whiggery, we un-
hesitatingly declare to have been just, true, and com-
plete; and Mr. Wilkins has shown' that under his tag
there IS materiel for battering down all the whiggery
and radicalism of the mongrel faction combined.

In discussing the merits of our first constitutional
ineeting, we feel that we have performed our duty to the
double triumph which has taken place in our,town. The
dinner of Friday evening under any circumstances could
only be considered second in importance to-that of Tues-
day, We, however, consider it of paramount value, tak-
ing into account the point of time chosen—the identity
of object7--the community of interest—and the recipro-
!city of sentiment, manifested on this occasion. , Our con-
temporaries of the London press have had such 'a treat
here, as we will venture to assert, they have not before
witnessed; and we leave them, for the moment, to settle
the question,ef " reaction" anu " no reaction" with the
mighty sophisticators of Fleet-street and the Strand. Mr.
C. Canning has laughed that question down here ; and
we tell the frothy declaimers, that we have, sufficient ope-
tiabive conservatism in Liverpool to leaven the whole
land, and to put whiggery ere long on the shelf and ren-
,der radicalism innocuous. Let Friday evening's display
bear us witness; and let them remember the presidency
of our witches, and tremble for the consequences.
.Let
thein read our columns, and preserve them as the memo--I
slid of a bloodless triumph, for our great—our noble—
bur holy cause ~•
We cannot suffer to pass entirely unnoticed the kind
letter of that truly venerable peer, the Earl of Eldon,
OXpressive of his warm sympathy in' the objects, of our
gathering. We have now on record the approving au-
thority of one of the greatest, if not, take him all in all,
the greateit men, and the most able constitutional law-
yers this bountry has ever produced, for our association,
and its design; and crowned with the expression of his
'regret; that age and infirm health alone precluded the
" hope of his being enabled to justify it by his presence !
the most icrupulotiely reflecting man in Britain—the

staunchest protestant at heart—the most correct inha-
bit—even hitn who has been the conscience keeper, in
reailtY, of George the Third, and the privy councillor
of George the Fourth, who specially sent to his houseo,
the patent of an earldom, in token of his affectionate re-
gard, his decided at once the legality and the duty of
conservative association. Let that letter be printed in
characters of gold; let it go down to posterity ; let the
" Liverpool Tradesmen's Association" treasure it as a
relic of inestimable value—as the document 'in perpetu-
nm rei memoriam—even of him to whom the sentiment of
Martial is so strictly applicable. "Of no day can the
retrospect cause pain to a good, nor has one passed away
which he is Unwilling to remember; the period of his
life seems prolonged by his good acts, and he may be
said to live twice, when he can reflect with pleasure on
days that are past." This is our humble tribute of re-
spect—our grateful acknowledgment to him, who is a
living monument of the value of Britain's constitution, and
who now, in the eighty fifth year of his age, fondly che-
rishes it; and who will remain associated with it, as long
as history retains a page, by the titled name of Eldon !

'AGGRAITATED CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—An inquest was
held, on Thursday last, before Mr. Curry, coroner, on the body
of Wm. Elliot. The deceased was walling along by the Cla-
rence Dock, on Tuesday se'nnight, about nineo'clock, when
three men an after him, and one of them struck Linn, with some
l'ea.Poll at ibe back of the head, a.n4l then ran off. -He died in
pn Tuesday night The deceased Was a
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utacilli, and lived in Nlyeril:Blffe, I.,itnekiln-lane. He did
not knqsy the men. A yerdict Brit ifialislaug4er" against some
Pers.°l? or pmcm untun klat retuncfi•