The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-13 00:00:00

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APPaL 13, 1838.

CHESTER ASSIZES.

hononrahl, bironet. Th' inf.on7istency is in them!
selveq. They heed to (I,,chim against the corrupt and
monopolising policy of the tories They now applaud
to the skies a ministry and a party that have been rgpeat-
edly !moved guilty of worse corruption and a more grasp-
ing monopoly of power. Theirs, then, be the shame of
double-dealing, shuffling, and hypocrisy.

The Albion seems to insinuate that, because the con-
servatives of Liverpool have given an invitation to Sir
Francis, they have compromised their principles—that
they do not now, as they did in 1817, regard the radicals
as a " vile, degraded crew," " the advocates of the most
levelling and revolutionary principles, the enemies alike
of the throne, the altar, and the constitution." This is
very far, indeed, from being the case. The conserva-
tives still think, as every honest politician must think,
that the radicals are a " vile and degraded crew." Their
actions prove that the radicals are fully entitled to this.
designation. It accords well with the inherent meanness.
of their nature. It agrees most perfectly with their ha=
bitual character. All the proceedings of the faction:
both in and out of Parliament, both in and out of the
Town Council, are of the vilest and meanest description.
Nor can there be any doubt of the enmity of this " vile,
degraded crew" to " the throne, the altar, and the con-,
'stitution." Do they not openly avow their republican
doctrines? Do they not publicly prOclaim themselves to
be the advocates of a dernocratical form, of government ?.
Do they not yearn for the destruction of the Church ?
Have they not, for the purpose of achieving, or attempt•
ing to achieve her downfal, united themselves to the
pish faction—to the most bitter and implacable enemies
of human freedom that ever existed ? Do they not en-,
deavour to bring the clergy into disrepute by reviling
their characters and loading them with the most igno-,
minions epithets ? Do they not avow themselves to be
i❑ favour of organic changes in the constitution—
changes which would assimilate it to a republican form
of government ? How can all this be reconciled to
loyalty to the Throne, love for the Church, and attach,
ment to the constitution of the country ?

But if such be the real character of the radical fac•
tion, we would remind our readers that such was not,
such is not, the character of Sir Francis Burdett. In all
his arguments for the reform of the House of Commons
he never lost sight of the principle of renovation. He
grounded all his appeals upon the ancient and original
constitution of the House of Commons. He never was
the advocate of any of the newfangled systems of the
day. He was no disciple of Jeremy Bentham. He was
not, like the new lights of the present school of political
economy, fond of dabbling in novel experiments. lie
simply sought the restoration of rights which had been
placed in abeyance, and the removal of evils which were
not in harmony with the spirit of the constitution.
The Albion endeavours to be facetious at the expense
of Sir Francis Burdett and the Chairman of the Conser-
vative Association ; but its wit is just as dull and point-
less as its logic is weak and inconclusive. IcoSays, "the
Baronet stoutly maintains that he is unchanged ; Mr•
llolme maintains as stoutly that he is unchanged also
yet the once Radical agrees with the always Tory, and
both are unchanged!" Perhaps the Albion is ignorant
of the repeated declarations of Sir Francis Burdett, that
" he never was a Radical"—and that he was always
" more of a Tory than a Whig,.." If the Albion had
been aware of this it might have spared the note of a&
miration after the sentence which we have quoted.
In allusion to the object of the Conservatives in in-
' viting Sir Francis—viz., " to assist in strengthening
their hands at this particular juncture," &c., the Albion
remarks that " the hands of the Tories are strong
enough already," and that, in proof of this, " they grasp
the entire representation of the borough." True ; but
who grasp the representation of the burgesses in the
Town Council ? Who grasp the influence possessed by
the Dock Committee? Who,• in short, grasp the con-
trol of all our local interests ? Do not the Radicals, by
means of their " tyrannical majorities," ? But it wilt
not be always so.

THE COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.—The resolution of the.
Dock Committee to apply to Parliament for powers to
build warehouses, came before the Council for confirma
tion on Wednesday last, and, as will be seen in our re-
port, was affirmed, by a very small majority. It is deep-
ly to be regretted, that this measure, justly characterised
by his worship the Mayor, as the most important ever
submitted to the consideration of any council in England,
should have been so hastily adopted. Our readers will
readily excuse us from entering into its consideration on
this peat solemnity. in consonance with the spirit of
this day's dedication, we would express a 11(449, that some
plan may yet be devised to supply all reasonable views,.
and to render unnecessary a scheme, which, if carried.,
will cause infinite affliction and distress, and even ruin,
to numbers of widows, orphans, and others, unable to-
escape from or adapt their circumstances to its consP-
quences.