The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-02-09 00:00:00

REPEAL OF THE UNION!

dismcmherment
principles and policy
To this we must tome—to repeal—t 9
are carried into full
—to a sanguinary civil war, if the
annunciated in the King's Speech,
effect. These are our opinions-'and we candidly de-
clare them, even though we should stand unsupported in
avowing them.
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Oar inimitable representative, Mr. ,EwAar, haS al-
ready recommenced his most amusing performances • in
the House of Commons, and we in common with the
rest of his constituents, owe him a laugh.
On the second night of the session Mr. EWART brought
forward a Motion to this effect, Viz., that nothing but.
mere formal business be transacted in the House after
the hour of half-past eleven o'clock at night. This was
improved upon by the member for Ireland, our repre •
sentative's most particular friend, who moved that the
House. should adjourn every night at eleven o'clock.
Itis unnecessary to say that both the motion and amend-
ment were kicked out by a majority of -something like
five to one. . . .

Will this very feeble,person (our member) never take
a hint under any circumstances ? He complains of the
tedious debates of the House, which often send him home
to his nurse with a sick head ache ; but be forgets the
head aches he infliCts by the immense roars of laughter
which all his speeches produce. Lord JOHN RUSSELL,
on this occasion, WaS obliged to rebuke him, as a kind
schoolmaster rebukes naughty children. He asked the
honourable member for Liverpool, how the business of
the state, bow the husiness.of the" public offices, now
overwhelmingly gteat, could be carried on, if the heads
of departments, the secretaries of state, and all the cabi-
net ministers, were compelled to be in parliaMent during
the businesslours of the day ? Mr. EWART, of course,
trucked his thumb and said nothing. He had no reply to
offer.

" Little Jack Horner sat in a corner."--7
not eating his pie, for the honourable member would
have given his best frank for a pie in a quiet place—but
he sat chewing his teeth, swinging his hat, and looking
as melancholy as a rabbitin a snare.
We sincerely' wish that some kind and honest friend
would persuade Mr. EWART not to parade his absurdities
so frequently before the public. It is little to the credit
of the town of. Liverpool that it should have a represent-
ative who is the laughing-stock of the House of Com-
mons, and whose penny-trumpet is never sounded but to
divert its members. We can easily imagine O'CoN-
NELL's motives in supporting the motion of Mr. EWART.
He and his tail are idlers, of scanty means, in London.
They know that there are at least two Hundred conserva-
tives who have other business to engage their attention
during the earlier hours of the day ; and they know that
if they could Obtain forenoon sittings their power would
be increased, for a considerable number of their oppo-
nents would necessarily be absent.
But EWART, and a few small spoons of his order, are
unable to comprehend the sinister motives of O'CONNELL.
They imagine that more business Would be better
done in the daylight than by candle light, and they are
perpetually complaining of long speeches, senseless de-
bates, and late hours. Now, a moment's consideration
would point out a much more rational cause for these
senseless debates and late hours. Mr. EwARr himself
is a serious offender in this respect. His trumpery mo-
tions, and more trumpery speeches, are, day after day,
vexatiously consuming that precious time of the House
which would be a million times better occupied by the
consideration of important measures. It is he, and per-
sons of his narrow calibre, such as BOWRING, ROEBUCK,
BUCKINGHAM, HUME, WANLEYi WITALLEy, and other
equally erudite and learned worthies, who consume the
time of the .Mouse, and laugh away the tide of the