The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-31 00:00:00

REPRESENTATION OF DUBLIN

(From the Dublin Evening Mail of December 29.)

some of our liberal contemporaries are talking of starting
Lord Morpeth for the representation vacant by the demise of
the late lamented Mr. 'West. We consider this as mere va-
pouring. In the first place, Lord Morpeth is in America,
and cannot be consulted upon the subject. In the next place,
there is no reason to suppose—certainly there is no one au-
thorised to state such to be the case—that his Lordship has
changed the determination so solemnly announced by him on
the 10th day of July last, at the close of the election for the
West Riding of Yorkshire, when he declared " that, for the
present, he could not bring himself to any other determina-
tion, that his feelings would not allow him to accept of any
other constituency."

We think this should be a sufficient answer to any officious
person who might put Lord Morpeth in nomination without
his consent; and would certainly, be an effectual estopel to
any demands made for the expenses attendant upon an un-
successful election. In fact, if the government be disposed
to do its duty to itself and towards the conservative party—
to ...Prole° with energy and area tlie legitimate influence it
possesses—to evince by " deeds," not " words," its fixed
determination to protect and sustain its friends, and not to
promote and advance its enemies : in fine, to re-establish, in
the minds of the middle orders (by the way, the most useful
and honest class of electors) that confidence which—under
malign advice, and upon a principle of ruinous expediency—
has been nearly destroyed by bad appointments, and other
acts of the executive, not too nicely to be scanned at present :
if, we say, a manifestation of the description be made—but
we are bound in candour to state, not otherwise—a Radical,
a Whig, or a Liberal would not have the shadow of a chance
at the hustings ; and the city would, in our opinion, be car-
ried triumphantly, and without a contest.

While upon this subject we maya;;ell correct two fla-
grant errors into which Mr. O'Connell, in his capacity of
Lord Mayor, fell in his speech at the repeal meeting held
yesterday. He declared "he would not take any part in the
ensuing election, because he had the honour of being return-
ing officer, the new act having vested the office in the Lord
Mayor, and not in the Sheriff;" and he further announced
his readiness "to resign his office of Lord Mayor, if the
citizens should call upon him to do so, and then he could
appear amongst them as a political partisan."
The latter portion of this, as we take it, refers to his ap-
pearing in the capacity of a candidate.
Now, we beg to apprise his lordship—first, that the Copo-
rate Reform Act does not constitute the Lord Mayor of Dub-
lin the returning officer to a writ of election—the High Sheriff
being still the person to whom the writ is directed ; and se-
condly, Mr. O'Connell is In a position that legally incapaci-
tates him from being elected—or, we believe, put in nomi-
nation.

VALUE OF BRITISH TROOPS.—After a considerable parley
the Emir thus gave his decision—" If you will get the general
to send me 3,000 Turkish troops in addition to my own, and
twenty pieces of, cannon, 1 will make the attack ; but,"
he continued, " if you can get the commodore with 1,000 of
his ship-soldiers, I would like it better."—Hunler's Expe-
dition to Syria.
DEATH OF MONEY MOSES.—This notorious character,
who, it will be recollected, was concerned in the gold-dust
robbery, and was sentenced to transportation, died at Hobart
Town, in the month of June last. His family mourned ac-
cording to the most approved form of the Jewish religion.
His wife and two daughters were in the colony at the time
of Money's arrival. He was placed on the public works,
and became a turnkey. His death is attributed to a white
swelling on his knee, which rendered amputation necessary,
under which he sunk.
THE ESCAPE OF RAPALLO.—We understand that this
individual was originally under the impression that after his
release from Newgate no other steps could be taken against
him with regard to the forged exchequer-bills. Having,
however, some doubt of his security from the risk of further
molestation, and feeling desirous to be upon the safe side, he
hastened, on the very evening of his discharge, to the private
residence of a certain eminent counsel ; and, after a consulta-
tion, he lost no time in getting on board a Boulogne steam-
boat. Had he been tried and acquitted he could not, of
course, have been again indicted for the same offence ; but
as the proceedings went no further than an examination be-
fore the police magistrates, the opportunity of clearing his
character (if he can) by a trial at the Old Bailey is still open
to him, should he feel disposed to return to take advantage
of it.—Evening paper.

THE
ClRCASSlANS.—lntelligence has been received at
Constantinople, by way of Trebizond, of a victory gained by
the Circassians over the Russians ; the most signal and deci-
sive, it is said, that has occurred since the beginning of the
war. A large expedition, consisting of thirty thousand men
had been disembarked on the coast, with a view of destroying
the grain, which had been collected by the Circassians after
the harvest, when a storm having suddenly arisen drove the
ships from their anchorage; the Circassians availing them-
selves of the opportunity assailed them fiercely on every side,
and the Russians, separated from their stores, which had been
carried out to sea, were compelled to commence a disastrous
retreat through a country consisting entirely of mountain,
forest, and defile. With the exception of two thousand who
escaped to Anapa, the whole of the thirty thousand were killed
or made prisoners ,• such are the accounts received from Tre-
bizond. Further details of this tremendous disaster of the
Russians are eagerly expected here.—Morning Post.
THE LATE EARL OF WESTMORLAND.—A curious in-
stance of Lord Westmorlands presence of mind is on record.
His lordship was twice married, and his first union was a
runaway match. He had paid his addresses to the only
daughter of the rich banker of Temple-bar, Mr. Child. This
gentleman being averse to the marriage, the suitor, possessing
the lady's affections, determined to run away with his bride.
In consequence, a postchaise and four, un beau matin, car-
ried away the confident pair ; but the affair having reached
the papa's ears, another pair of postilions and two pair of
fleet horses were soon in request. Stimulated by the lavish
promises of the rich banker, lost time was compensated for
by the postilions, and the gay Lothario soon had the desespoir
of beholding Mr. Child's equipage neck and neck with his
own. In this crisis of fate, however, his presence of mind
did not forsake him, and, drawing a pistol, he shot dead one
of the leaders of the pursuing postchaise. Before the horse
could be detached from the harness and a substitute pro-
cured, it was too late to pursue the fugitives, who were
quickly married by the grimy high priest of Gretna.—Morn-
ing Herald.

FORCE OF IMAGINATION,—A court fool, named Jackel,
is related to have come to a very melancholy end. He
assured the King (Frederick William) that he knew a certain
remedy for the gout, if he were only permitted to employ it.
The King professed his readiness to give it a trial. Accord-
ingly, in n e of his walks, the fool, coming unawares upon
his master, pushed him from a very narrow path into a deep
piece of water. The. King, who thought that the joke was
carried rather too far, determined to repay it with another.
1-ic ordered the fool to be put under arrest, and a court-
martial to be held upon him. The sentence was that he
should be beheaded, and that the execution should take place
on the following clay. Jackel was conducted, amidst solemn
preparations, to the spot where the offence was committed.
He hoped for pardon, but in vain. The executioner stood
ready. Jackel was required to kneel down ; -he was blind-
folded, and his neck bared. At a sign from the King, one
of his retinue drew forth a fresh-made sausage, and struck
the culprit with it on the neck. The fool, not prepared for
any joke, dropped dead upon the ground : all endeavours to
revive him proved unavailing.—Campbell's Frederick the
Great and his Times.

FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1841

Another year is about to pass from before us, and to be
added, with its varied burthen of joy and sorrow, sunshine
and gloom, to the sum of past centuries. A few brief
hours are all that are left us of 1841 ; and before we step
upon the threshold of the year which is approaching, let
us turn back our gaze for awhile, and glance over the
occurrences of that to which we are about to say " Fare-
well ! "

We entered upon the passing year with high anticipations of
the coming prosperity of our country. A contemptible
faction still occupied the seats of government, depressing,
by the leaden weight of its mingled imbecility and disho-
nesty, the wonted energetic industry of the nation,—still
basked in the sunshine of Royal favour, instilling its dark
poison into the ear of our beloved Sovereign, contamina-
ting with the presence of its unprincipled followers the
avenues of her Court, and obscuring her native virtues
and purity from the eyes of her affectionate people. The
hand was still armed which had threatened, with " a heavy
blow and great discouragement," the hallowed fabric of
our National Religion. The restless spirit was still un-
subdued, though stunned, which had striven to undermine
the buttresses of the Constitution and to overwhelm our
established institutions beneath the feet of a fierce Popish
democracy. But a voice had gone abroad, and " sounded
the depths and shoals" of the popular mind. The warn-
ing cry of Conservatism had echoed from city to city,
from bill to valley throughout the land. The Protestant
heart of the people was stirred to watchfulness and ap-
proaching action ; and the feeble and contemptible thing
" Liberalism " lay powerless upon its surface, like a fea-
ther upon a heaving sea—a vapoury cloud above the mouth
of a labouring volcano.
the hour of struggle came on. " Liberalism," goaded by
the consciousness of its innate weakness—driven reckless
by despair—clutching at every aid, however base and
abandoned, which could contribute to retard its coming
overthrow,—burst wildly through the ties of past pro-
fessions and principles, and committed itself, as a last
hope, to a struggle for the overthrow of the Colonial
greatness and the native Agriculture of the empire.
Foiled in that attempt, by the national and patriotic
spirit of a majority of the House of Commons, it was yet
unwilling to relinquish its hold of official power and pay.
Upon the specious question of " Free Trade," which it
had raised at this, the last hour of its probation,—under
the cloak of a loudly-professed regard for the suffering
interests of that people whom it had disgusted and insulted
by its manifold delinquencies, it dared—yes, " Liberalism"
dared—to rush upon the certain destruction which awaited
it from the result of an appeal to the constituencies of
Great Britain. To the success of this last movement of
despair, every energy was bent. For its promotion, inti-
midation and coaxing, threats and professions, were alter-
nately and unsparingly used. The wealth of the Treasury
was lavished, and the name even of the Sovereign herself
was unblushingly offered up, to bias the constitutionally-
expressed wishes of her people ; but that people stood firm
and unmoved. The nation, by one mighty effort, shook
off from its back the incubus which for years past had
pressed down its energies ; and the lately insolent and
tyrant faction lay prostrate upon kindred earth, with the
advanced foot of an indignant and abused people upon its
abased and writhing body.
A. Conservative Ministry, formed under the auspices of
those statesmen to whose wisdom and patriotism alone
we owe the preservation of our established institutions
from the destroying hands of their predecessors, succeeded
to power; and was invested with the unreserved confi-
dence of the Sovereign herself, and of the vast majority of
her loving subjects. By the accession of that ministry,
the hopes of faction were crushed ; and under the pro-
mise, which the known talent and virtue of its members
affords, of honest, wise, and paternal legislation, the na-
tion, though still pressed down with suffering, though still
vibrating with the expiring throes of the convulsion which
it has recently endured, looks forward with patient and
assured hope for the return of. national prosperity and
peace

n her Foreign relations, in the integrity of her dominions—
thanks to PROVIDENCE and the majesty of her name
amongst the nations of the world !—Great Britain has
emerged from the rule of the faction which abused her
resources and degraded her name, with power little, if at
all, diminished. In the temporary embroilments with
foreign states, into which she was hurried by the meddling
incapacity of her rulers, the native vigour of her naval and
military arms has borne her up ; and, although the charac-
ter of her diplomacy has with justice been impugned, the
fame of her prowess has never been tarnished. The plains
of India, the waters of Syria and of China, bear glorious

We may be permitted, in conclusion, a few words upon our
own position at the termination of the present and the
commencement of another year. We have no cause to be
dissatisfied with the progress which the LIVERPOOL
STANDARD has made in the estimation of the public
during 1841. On the contrary this Journal has been
placed, by its unceasing efforts to advance the cause of the
Constitution, and the interests of the community in which
we live, in a leading rank amongst the Conservative press
of our own town and of the kingdom itself; and from
being a struggling property (when it came into our hands
three years ago), sustained at considerable personal sacri-
fice, has become a powerful and efficient public organ.
For this gratifying result of our labours, we gladly seize
the present opportunity of returning thanks to those
friends who have kindly afforded us their approval and
support. Without arrogating to ourselves any undue
share in the promotion of those national and local changes,
in the contemplation of which every loyal Conservative
feels deep and heartfelt joy—without diminishing, either,
our feelings of gratitude to these, our friends—we have,
nevertheless, the satisfaction of knowing—and no false
modesty shall prevent us from now openly declaring—that
we have deserved the support, not only of a portion, but
of the entire body of our Conservative fellow-townsmen.
And at this season, we are confident that we are not trans-
gressing the bounds of propriety in calling the attention of
those of our brother Conservatives, our brother burgesses,
our brother freemen even—for such there are—who, whilst
partaking in the results of our labours, have looked coldly
upon us, and in too many instances been found conferring
their favours and patronage upon the press of the oppo-
sing faction,—to the just claims which the Liviutroor.
STANDARD possesses upon their confidence, and which,
as yet, have not been adequately satisfied. This is
not as it ought to be ; and on reflection our friends
—the friends of the Conservative cause—will, we are con-
fident, admit that there is room for amendment in the year
which is to come. If we are to be of permanent service
to that cause, we 'nest have that measure of support
which its friends are so well able to afford, and which we
are equally well able to receive, to make use of and to thank
them for ; and, although for our present position even we
have abundant cause for gratification, and are happy to ex-
press our cordial thanks to the party whose interests are the
objects of our care, and to the public at large, we trust at
the close of the year which is about to break in upon us,
to occupy a still prouder position, and to be able with sin-
cerity to express a still greater amount of gratitude. In
this hope for the future, and with our best and most hearty
thanks for the past, we wish to each and all our readers
and friends

A HAPPY NEW YEAH !

A brace of royal speeches this week claim priority
of notice at our hands. It is the characteristic of such
addresses, in general, that they are hard to be under-
stood—either from the real meaning being, purposely
obscured, or from there being no distinct impression
which it Was intended they should convey. In the
present instance, however, we cannot say that this
fault is very striking either in the Message of Mr.
President Tyler, or that of Louis Philippe, Roi des
Francais. Of the two, the speech of the Gallic
Monarch is both the shorter and the plainer. His
Majesty speaks—and we believe it really is his Ma-
jesty, personally, who does speak—as if l►e felt con-
scious of having obtained a grip of the country, and
of being in a position to defy the factious who would
disturb his government and dynasty, simply because
they have no love of order, and would do the same by
any government strong enough to suppress sedition,
and extinguish the hopes of anarchy. His language
is peaceful towards all, but these perpetual revolution-
ists; he acknowledges that France has no longer oc-
casion to consider herself slighted by any of the great
powers, and may reduce her military force, so far as
any external necessity is concerned ; but he does not
say that the fortifications around the capital are to be
discontinued—he does not intimate by the most re-
mote insinuation, that he is disposed to make any
compromise with those within the borders, towards
whom he has any reason to entertain the strongest
feelings of jealousy. The position which enables his
Majesty to utter such a speech, is eminently owing to
his own superior talents ; and when one considers all
the tremendous antagonism with which he has had to
contend, and this cool, but significant instance of
triumph over difficulty, it is impossible not to award
to him a genius for government of the very first
order.

The severe measures which have been unceasingly
put in force against the press, are not in accordance
with our English notions of liberty, and the recent
condemnation of the journalist, M. Dupoty, as an ac-

cessory before the fact to the murderous conspiracy of
Quenisset and others, solely on the ground of his
writing a journal read by the conspirators, is revolting
to our feelings, which have happily had no domestic
experience of such doings, or of a necessity for them.
But French administration should not be judged by
what we in this country might deem tyrannical or in-
tolerable, and without too minutely scrutinising the
means, we ought rather turn to admire the effects
which the new dynasty of France has, on the whole,
been able to produce.

His Majesty speaks of Algeria being now and for
ever attached to the territory of the kingdom ; and
whatever we may say of the breach of fait h which
that annexation certainly involves, we can afford to
pass over the enunciation—as one not likely to cause
any disarrangement of the existing state of general
concord. Hitherto France has gained nothing by the
possession that we can envy her for. Her military
glory, bought so dearly on that field, we willingly spare
her ; in other respects, the acquisition has added
little to her interests, nor have any fair buds of promise
presented themselves up to the present moment.
Algeria has been little better than the grave of French-
men.

All the other topics of the speech are redolent alone
of peace, and her delightful train of humanising arts.
An extensive plan of railway communication has been
recognised by the government, and is to be submitted
to the Chambers. France will be intersected by this
new and extraordinary mode of shortening distances,
or we might say, of almost annihilating both time and
space ; and the revolution caused by steam will pro-
gress throughout the whole of Europe ; but why do
we say Europe ?—it will pervade the globe.
France, as well as Manchester,. Stockport, Leeds,
and other celebrated places, stands in need of markets

witness of the unyielding valour and energy of. her sons
and although they afford at the same time lamentable and
striking instances of the imbecility of the councils and
leaders by whom the results of her noble efforts have been
frittered away—bartered for paltry sums, or wantonly
thrown aside when won—she has,even in these misdirected
and ill-sustained achievements, laid, we trust, a foundation
of respect for her power, and her forbearance too, hi the
minds of her enemies, upon which a wise and firm govern-
ment may be able to erect a superstructure of permanent
external tranquillity arid greatness.
To our commercial and industrial interests the past year has
been one of almost uninterrupted disaster and gloom ; and
yet, although bankruptcy and ruin have spread themselves
throughout the land, the steadfast trust of the great mass
of the community, even in the depth of their sufferings, in
the ability and wish of a conservative government to build
up again, upon a stronger and surer basis, the prosperity,
which its predecessors had erected of merely visionary
materials, and which the first burst of the tempest pros-
trated, has remained and remains unimpaired amidst all
the efforts of factious agitation to effect its destruction.
The sound-thinking and reasoning people of England have
refused to be hurried into the sanction of rash and un-
principled measures of legislation, even to release them
from their existing distress ; and prefer to wait the re-pro-
duction of a healthy commercial and financial state by
those natural and honest means which alone can be resorted
to by a Conservative Government.
In our Local affairs, the year which is passing has been pro-
ductive of a similar gratifying change to that which we
have witnessed in the affairs of the nation. The faction
which for the past six years has usurped the administration
of our Municipal Government, has been overthrown, we
trust, for ever by the strongly-expressed will of the con-
stituency. We have now a Conservative Mayor and a
Conservative majority in the Council; and by the honest
exercise of their authority for the advancement of the
interests, temporal as well as moral, of the inhabitants of
the "good old town," we look forward, in the year which
is to come, to a return of that local prosperity and good
order which the pernicious " Liberalism" of the faction,
over whose fall all loyal men rejoice, has alone contributed
retard-

As a whole, we look back with satisfaction upon the events
which have marked the progress of 1841. Remembered
as that year must be by too many of our fellow-country-
men, as one of disaster and privation, it is destined, we
trust and believe, to be regarded in future time as the dark
spot from which to date the commencement of a period of
national and internal prosperity. As such we regard it
now. We have seen in its progress the gradual breaking
of the cloud which has for years impended over the che-
rished institutions, and depressed the industrial and moral
energies of this great community ; and we see now at its
close the returning sunshine which, before the passing of
many months, will beam down in uninterrupted effulgence
upon a happy, a contented, a flourishing, and a religious
people.