The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-20 00:00:00

CONSERVATIVE CONVERSIONS

Mr. C. R. M. Talbot, who in the late parliament sat on
the ministerial benches, has become so disgusted with " libe-
ral" trickery, that he has now avowed that he can support
the measures of the whigs no longer, and on the occasion of
his re-election for the county of Glamorgan last week, he
declared in the most full and honourable manner that he
shall in future give his support to the conservative party in
the House of Commons. Another similar instance is that
of Mr. Benett, of Wiltshire ; on his nomination, he said
that " his opinion then was, that the present party having
been so long in power, and being unable to carry out any
beneficial' measures for the public, they ought to leave their
places, and he had therefore voted against them on a late
occasion. They had changed, not him. And at the
Sheriff's dinner, given at the time of the election, this re-
spectable gentleman was still more explicit. " They wanted,
he observed, a steady and efficient government—a govern-
ment having for its object the gdod of the country, and not
the maintenance of place, devoid of power. He had been
challenged by the liberal patty with having deserted them;
it is you who have deserted
but his reply had been No,
me ; you have disgraced the name of whig —and so they
had. The country wanted rest, which he hoped it would
obtain under the new government—and he hoped no minis-
try would attempt to keep in power by attaching themselves
to an agitating and revolutionary party merely for the sake
of numerical strength—to enable them to cling to place.
Respecting his last vote in the House of Commons, minis-
terial gentlemen had taunted him with that opposition to
ministers, on his part, who had so long supported them—the
only opposition he had previously given them being against
a few of their measures ; whereas, his vote on that last occa-
sion militated most seriously against them. His reply was,
that he had no longer any confidence in the ministry ; and
what could he say to his constituents if he staid away and
did not conscientiously do his duty ? He did vote, and that
and that vote was against the
vote was a conscientious one,
ministry. He hoped that Sir Robert Peel, and the party
about to come into power, would cause England to be, what
she really should be, the first country in the world; and un-
der their guidance may she again flourish." These are the
sentiments not only of Mr. Benett, but of many gentlemen
who have just been returned to parliament, and who have
hitherto been regarded as of the whig party. There is rea-
son also to believe that the election of Mr. Heathcote for
the county of Rutland is mainly to be ascribed to the con-
viction entertained by the loyal and patriotic constituency of
that county that his sentiments are entirely similar to those
just rooted.

Aliir4our.ous ESCAPE.--01) Thursday night, about seven
o'clock, two children were observed playing in one of the re-
cesses on London-bridge, when the eldest doy, about 6 years
old, climbed on the parapet, and leaning forward to see a
steamer that was passing under, the little fellow lost his ba-
lance and fell over. The greatest consternation prevailed
amongst the persons who witnessed the accident, when, upon
going to the spot, it was discovered that the boy was lying on
the top of the cornice, which fortunately was very wide. The
anxiety that prevailed was speedily relieved by a working
man named Green, residing in the New Kent-road, who in-
stantly got over the parapet, and rescued the child from his
perilous situation.