The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-07 00:00:00

have alluded is not one of Parliamentary privileges

for Parliament consists of Lords and Commons, and,
it has been remarked with much truth, " the Lords do
not seek or claim the right to set aside the laws, and to
libel their fellow-subjects with impunity." When we
take this circumstance into consideration, the question

will appear to assume a two-fold aspect. It is a (ies,

tion between the people and their representatives, in
the first instance, and in the next, it is a question be-
tween the House of Commons and the co-ordinate

branch of the Legislature, together with the Crown.
Our contemporary of the Newcastle Journal remarks,
in reference to the two latter, "it is a question whether
a single branch of the legislature shall exercise a power

to denounce them as bloody-minded traitors---to work
upon the fears of the Queen and the court by Pointing
the Tories out as unnatural monsters, who are longing
to embrue their hands in the blood of a royzd victim.
All this it is very easy for these lying journals to do ;
but it is evident that their object in giving currency to
such outrageous falsehoods is simply to make an appeal
ad misericordiam on behalf of the ministry. They
wish to impress the gullible portion of the public with
an idea that the Whigs are the only personal friends of
the Queen—that their presence at the Palace is abso-
luiely necessary, in order to ensure her parse nal safety
—that the Tories are plotting for her destruction—and
that the plot will be consummated as soon as the Mel-
bourne ministry are turned out of office.
From the desperate expedients to which the Whig-
Radical journalists are thus driven, it is quite evident
that the downfal of the ministry is an evit almost
daily anticipated. The very first division in the House
of Commons may possibly seal their fate. But they
will not resign until they again try the chance of a ge-
neral election. It therefore behoves the Conservatives
in every direction to be on the watch, and prepared for
the approaching emergency. Committees should be
formed, candidates should be chosen, and an active and
general canvass should be carried on in every part of
the country. No county, city, or borough should be
left uncontested. With timely preparation the Con-
servatives are sure of the victory.

Our contemporary of the Bolton Chronicle has fur-
nished us with another instance of the palpable inca-
pacity of the Marquis of Normanby for the office with
which he has been invested. We scarcely know which
most to admire—his ignorance or his impudent as-
sumption of authority. It appears tho some busy
body, who was probably anxious to ingratiate himself
with the Narciaaus of .the Home Office, informed that

"pink of fashion" that Mr. Addison, the venerable
chairman of the Quarter Sessions, at Preston, was in
the habit of inquiring from the Chaplain of the Gaol,
respecting any confessions made to him by the prison-
ers committed for trial. Lord Norma nby immediately
put Mr. Addison on his trial, and challenged him to
acquit himself of the charge brought against him,
without even taking the trouble, as the Bolton Chro-
nicle very properly remarks, to ascertain the real cha-
racter of the calumniator. Mr. Addison naturally re-
pelled the accusation, and told Lord Normanby that he
had committed an egregious blunder in supposing that
he (Mr. Addison) was his Lordship's subordinate.
This unpleasant exposure of his Lordship's ignorance
seems to have disturbed the equanimity of his mind,
and to have roused him to thoughts of "dire revenge;"
for we find him in the next place holding out a threat
that Mr. Addison's insulting letter should be laid be-

fore the Lord-Lieutenant, that the magistrates acting
with Mr. Addison might have an opportunity of visit-
ing that gentleman with a vote of censure for daring
to take such a liberty as to inform the ex-Viceroy of
Ireland that he had no jurisdiction over the county
Palatine of Lancaster ! The conduct of the magis-
trates, in vindicating Mr. Addison, is highly honoura-
ble both to him and to them. For the particulars of
this case we must refer to the article from the Bolton
Chronicle, which appears in another column.

We have given insertion, in another column, to a
memorial, signed by 212 mercantile firms in this town,
on the subject of the trade with the River Plate, to
which is appended the report of the deputation which
was appointed to wait on Lord Palmerston. The me-
morial very lucidly and forcibly states the case in all
its bearings. We regret that we have not space to en-
ter fully into the merits of the question urged upon the
attention of government ; but we shall feel justified in
recurring, in future publications, to a subject of such
vast importance to the commercial interests of Great
Britain. We earnestly hope that it will be taken up
by some spirited member of the House of Commons.
The hardships imposed upon the merchants trading to
Buenos Ayres demand an instant inquiry and a prompt
remedy. But, alas ! what can be expected from the
present reckless administration ?

FROM THE REV. HUGH M`NEILE TO MR.

ALDERMAN EARLE.

SIR,—I perceive that my gentlemanlike treatment of you
has been unhappily thrown away, and as I cannot condescend
to the species of treatment which your last letter deserves.
I must leave you in undisputed possession of the field, and
in the exulting enjoyment of a fourfold victory. You wear
the laurels (such as they are) won by Mr. Blackburn, by
Mr. Ewart, and by Mr. Rathbone, in their respective con-
troversies with me : and also (though last, not least) the
tastefully-adopted calumnies of an anonymous Press in the
matter of a poor, ill-treated man, who was, and I doubt not
still is, ready to confirm on oath the accuracy of my state-
ment, on receiving a sufficient guarantee of his personal

safety.
You are not pleased that, I should " read you a lecture"
upon the gravity and-diguity of your future speeches ; yet
my suggestion is disinterested, since it is most likely that
as you have already raked together all you could find worthy
of comment in my history, and made harmless nse of it, you
will in future honour me with silent neglect, which is beyond
question your better course.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Jan. 6th, 1840. HUGH M'NEILE.

THE NOBILITY AND COMMONERS OF THE
CORPORATION ESTABLISHMENT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
" Mr. G. H. LAWRENCIL understood that Mr. Okill cared little or
nothing about the money. The money was of little consequence
to him, but he would like an increase of RANK in the scale of cor-
poration officers."—Vide Council Proceedings, Jan. Ist, 1840.
SlR,—Musing over this remark, it occurred to me that
your readers might be gratified with the following table a"
the nobility and commoners of the corporation establishment
as they may now be fairly ranked :

Per ann

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