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

LIVERPOOL ELECTION

AT a numerous and influential MEETING of the
ELECTORS of EVERTON WARD, held at Halliday's
Coffee-house, on Monday, the 19th instant;

FRANCIS SiVAND, Esq., in the Chair; .
It was moved by Mr. Alderman HORSFALL, and seconded by
THOMAS CARSON, Esq., and resolved unanimously,

That, in the opinion Of the Meetin • igby Mackkorth,
Bart., is a fit and proper person epresent the Borough of
Liverpool in the next Parlia ; and the Electors of this
Ward now present do her pledge themselves to use their
best exertions, and to pt all lawful means, to secure h s
return.

F. SHAND, Chairman.
The Chairman having vacated his seat, a vote of thanks was
passed to him for his conduct in the chair.

TO THE FREE BURGESSES AND THE PARLIA-
MENTARY ELECTORS OF LIVERPOOL.
GENTLEMEN,

TN accordance with the wishes of a large body of the
Electors of your Borough, I beg to offer myself as a CAN-
DIDATE for the honour of representing you in the ensuing
Parliament. If it be usual for an old Representative to lay
before you his sentiments on some of the leading questions of
general policy, it becomes an imperative duty on a new and
untried Candidate to do so.
The first point, and one which, I understand, is exciting a
great and general interest in your town, is that of the endow-
ment of the Romish clergy. Upon as upon every other

tiotionwhich many great and ;40 men may differ. It is one,
however, upon which I can ntver swerve from the principles
which have guided my uct through life. What is in itself
wrong can never be tified by expediency; and the endow—
ment of the Chu of Rome would, I consider, be treason to
to Protestant' . The spirit of Protestantism breathes liberty,
order, proWction to life and property, and toleration to an.
The spirit of Romanism, to use the words of Lord Arundel and
Surrey (himself a Romanist), is antagonistic to Protestantism.
These sentiments may be called " bigotry ;" they are, however,
the source of all freedom. Were these principles applied to the
government of Ireland, and applied fairly, firmly, and yet
kindly, I believe they would offer a near solution to the most
diflicult problem of the British Government.
The next subject, to which my attention has been called, it;
that of the Navigation Laws. The ghinnirir, ,ss

land are interwoven with all her past and present glories,
desire to see her Navigation Laws, which have long been

must oe very imperative,
or the advantages clear and decisive, which could justify any
tampering with this time-honoured system of maritime law.
On the monetary systems, various and opposed as they are,
I would desire to learn the opiniors of this large and enlight—
ened community, (founded, as those opinions must be, ott
great commercial experience,) rather than to propound my-
own : and i rum ArlilT lICI2III^. vrrsy. V .

, a... A ,au uuiy assure you, that should 1 have the honour
of becoming your Representative, I should give to those opi-
nions all the consideration to which they are justly entitled;
and should I draw from them an erroneous conclusion, I cant.
only say that, though erroneous, it will be an honest one.
The repeal of the Corn Laws is become the law of the land.
I was opposed to it ; but should deprecate any intermeddling
with that law until considerable experience of its effects shalt
have tested its bearing and value. I should desire Free Trade
with all nations, who will reciprocate its advantages with us;
subject of course to such modifications as may be requisite to
maintain the fiscal integrity of the state.

Having thus, GentleMen;laid before you, clearly, as I hope,
my views on the protection of our national Protestantism, as
essential to real liberty and good government—on the mainte-

as a settled question

;--and on the conditional benefit of reci

Parliament by your suffrages, h will be my endeavogto

mote your local interests, and to attend carefully to the public
and private business, which so vast a commercial town as
Liverpool must originate
With these sentiments

Your faithful and obedient Servant,
DIGBY 14IACKWORTII.

June 28th, 1847,

TO THE ELECTORS OF LIVERPOOL

GENTLEMEN,
THE probable time for the Dissolution of the present
Parliament is now so near at hand, that I venture to re—
quest your permission to address you.

- I have been honoured by a Requisition inviting me, on the
retirement of Lord SANDON, to become a CANDIDATE for
your Suffrages. It is signed by names which we have always

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concurrence of sentiments among our fellow-townsmen
sierspnt with ',iris .nri yslcloctlra *ha rlietinonlichad imrit