The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-20 00:00:00

is inherent in the heart of every Englishman; and R the clocks, the argument is brought home to those
so utterly repugnant is it to all our ideas of the who could appreciate no other than what concerns
proud position which we assume th hold, that there j themselves.'_` If the Church is to be maintained .only
never yet was found one man who claimed the by those who avail themselves of its ministrations,
Ballot for himself. The elector does not exist who then the public who refuse the Church-rate have
would not scorn to require such a protection on his no claim to any advantages from the church clocks.
own account, and it has always been advocated on They have now an intelligible proof of the folly
the shallow pretence that there are others who of which they were guilty ; and it is to be hoped
need to hide the mode in which they exercise their Iff that the error will be amended by the Wardens
franchise under the shelter of its concealment. It i summoning another Vestry, and the required rate
would, however, prove no shelter, for to be effectual being granted without further opposition.
It must be compulsory ; and we would ask with
what feelings would a compulsion to secrecy be
received by the " free and independent electors" of
any constituency, who would much rather publish
their principles and opinions on the house-tops.
But there could not really be any secrecy, for, how-
ever cunningly the mode of voting may be devised,
there are few men whose political opinions are not
well known to their immediate neighbours without
any appeal to their votes, and, if it be sought as a
preventive of intimidation, it would equally fail,
for those who possess the power and choose to
exercise it may do so as well under any form of the
Ballot as under the most open system. In what-
ever light it may be viewed, it is a gigantic impos-
ture upon public credulity, brought forward with
no other view than to gratify the personal vanity
of a few individuals, who, by this means, seek to
persuade the ignorant masses that they are the
especial friends of " the people." Let us suppose,
however, the Ballot to be all that is said in favour
of it, and then it should be adopted in the House
to be elected by it, so that the representatives of
the secret electors would enjoy the privileges of
secrecy in their proceedings. Such an adaptation
of it would be scouted as destroying all popular
check upon the votes of the House of Commons,
but it would not be more unreasonable than its
application in popular elections.
The discussion on Tuesday was, however, instruc-
tive in other respects. It showed us united admi-
nistrative talent in most admired disorder upon a
vital constitutional question, and a practical split
in the coalition. Osfe member of the Cabinet
warmly advocated the motion, which another mem-
ber of the Cabinet as stoutly opposed, and the divi-
sion showed five members of the administration in
the minority, with about three times that number
in the majority. The FIRST LORD of the ADMI-
RALTY voted one way, and a junior Lord of the
same boardthe other way; the SOLICITOR-GENERAL
voted for the Ballot, and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
the value of whose political opinion is something
less than nothing, was nowhere. The SECRETARY
for IRELAND was on one side, and the SOLICITOR-
GENERAL for IRELAND on the other ; so that the
coalition ministry were at sixes and sevens, each
member doing that which was right in his own
eyes. For what purpose, then, have these men
coalesced, if a question like the Ballot, which strikes
at the root of all political freedom, is made an open
one ? Is it that, in the absence of their leader,
who was seeking his re-election for London, they
were demonstrating an unwonted freedom of ac-
tion ? or, perhaps, the more reasonable solution
would be that, like rats, which leave a falling house
or sinking ship, they 'foresee a speedy dissolution
of the crazy fabric, and are making for themselves
a political capital upon which to appeal to their
Radical constituents. In any. view .Of the case, it
was a humiliating spectacle, but one which it is to
be hoped may be prophetic of the fate of that
ministry which obtained office under false pretences,
retained it by the most flagrant sacrifice of prin-
ciples, and have not realised one of the many pro-
mises with which they commenced their career.

MR. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE AND
CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION.

THE proceedings of the Dock Committee, on Thursday,
presented a melancholy
.spectacle of moral degradation,
more entitled, perhaps, to feelings of pity than those of
anger. At the dock works carrying on at the north'end
of the town, a great number of men are employed, and
for these, owing to the great distance from any church,
there is no spiritual instruction except such as is specially
afforded. In order to accomplish an object so desirable,
an annual grant of £5O had been made out of the funds
of the Dock Estate towards the maintenance of a chaplain
on the North Shore, and this was agreed to on Thursday
week by a majority of 12 to 7; but, owing to some doubts
which had been expressed as to the strict legality of the
payment, the confirmation of the grant was adjourned
until last Thursday—when the question was brought
before the Doak Committee—in order to have the opinion
of Mr. NORTH, their legal adviser. His opinion was that,
though no direct legal sanction could be quoted, no legal
responsibility would be incurred. It might have been
thought that so small an outlay oat of so large an estate, for
so obvious an advantage, would have been sanctioned
without a dissentient voice, the Trustees feeling gratified
at being able to accomplish so much good at so little cost.
There are, however, some men who are never easy but
when in opposition, and who would vote black to be white
in order to be consistent in their inconsistency. We may
pass over the prime mover in opposing the grant we refer
to. As a confirmed Radical, he does but follow the in-
stincts of the faction to which he belongs, in objecting to
everything which emanates from men better than him-
self; but what shall we say of Mr. ROBERTSON GLAD..
STONE, who once prided himself on his Conservative prin-
ciples, and has perhaps done more than any other single
individual for church extension in Liverpool, whatever
may be the motives which prompted his zeal in this direc-
tion. His fall has been truly humiliating, and should
serve as a warning to men how they forsake the faith of
their fathers to take up the crotchets of new lights in
politics or religion. His assertion that the Church of
England was the religion of the minority, was a palpable
fiction ; untrue of any place in England, and parti-
' cularly so of Liverpool, where Churchmanship is eminently
conspicuous. We may be told that he did not directly
oppose the grant, but merely advanced what he considered
a legal objection. This, however, is a pitiful evasion,
unworthy of a moment's consideration ; and we allude to
the circumstance in order that the people of Liverpool
may be fully aware of the character of some of those
who represent them in the Town Council. ,

LORD ELGIN'S MISSION TO AMERICA.

IMPORTANT AND AUTHENTIC.

Br the steam-ship America, which arrived here yester-
day, we have received some important information relative
to Lord Elgin's mission to the United States, and we are
much gratified in communicating, from an authentic
source, the following particulars, which may be relied
upon. Lord Elgin, on the departure of the America for
Liverpool, was about to leave Washington, after having
completed a very important treaty with the government
of the United States. The chief features are, that the
citizens of the United States are to enjoy the same privi-
leges, in regard to fishing, as are possessed by the colonists
on all the coasts of the British North American provinces;
that is, they will obtain the right of fishing within three
miles of all bays; inlets, coves, &e. ; they will be allowed
to erect and carry on fishing establishments on British
North American territory. The naval force, hitherto kept
up by Great Britain to protect the provincial fishermen,
will be removed. In exchange for these great privileges,
there is to be complete reciprocity and free trade between
the United States and the provinces in all articles the
product of each, with the exception of sugar and tobacco
coming from the United States. These are to pay the
same duties as are levied upon these articles when
arriving from British colonies or other parts of the world.
Manufactured articles, although manufactured from pro-
ducts of either country, are not to be admitted under the
terms of the treaty. As Canada, especially Western
Canada, is daily becoming a more wheat-producing coun-
try, the operation of the treaty cannot fail to be at once
of great importance to the province, and its already im-
mense lumbering trade will also receive a fresh impetus-
from the treaty. An effort was made by Lord Elgin to
obtain American registers for vessels built at Quebec, St.
John's, and the other ship-building ports of the province ;
but the American governor declined to entertain that
proposal, and that does not enter into the treaty. Lord
Elgin would, after visiting New York, have that city on
the 7th instant to accept an invitation which he had
received from the mayor and municipality of Portland ;
after which he proceeds, on the following day, over the
Grand Junction Railway, to Montreal, where (also at
Quebec) great preparations are making to receive his
Excellency after a seven months' absence.
The other news brought by the America will be found
in our second page.

COUNTY COUREDAT.

[BEFORE .TOSEPII POLLOCK, ESQ., .TUDGE.I]
A LOVE
Irish girl, named QUARREL —MURPHY V. COINIIVOIC.—A young
Isabella Murphy, upholsterer, of 24, Fleet-
street, sued a young man named Edward Connor, gasfitter,
of No. 1 Court, Duke-street, for .el los. Bd, being for a shirt
and neck-ties made, and money lent. The plaintiff stated
that she had formerly lived with the defendant's mother,
that she had made the articles stated for him by order, and
that she had lent him the money at different times. The
defendant replied that she had met him in the streets at
different times, and had given him the money, 6d. or a Is. at
a time, to treat himself. His Honour asked him if he wished
to cross-examine the plaintiff. He said " Yes ;" and then
turning to the witness, asked, "Can you remember coming
to me in Bold-street, and entreating me to marry you?"—
(Laughter.) She was continually annoying me.—The Judge :
Did you?—Flaintiff: No, your worship, I never asked him'
to marry me.—The defendant said he would prove thefounda-
tion of ,the present action, and the spring from whence it
came. He asked, " Did you not, on my refusal, say that
you would commit suicide?"—(Laughter.) No, sir; nothing
of the kind ; there was no such conversation betwixt us. He
has slandered my character.—Defendant : Can you swear that
you have not been in various places and at various 'times
vowing revenge upon me, and saving money all the summer
for the purpose of prosecuting me 7 (A laugh.)—The plaintiff:
I threatened that I would apply to the laws of the land to
protect me from your slanders. I lived, sir, with his mother,
but owed her nothing when I left.—TbeJudge: Was not there
some love-making between you at one time?—The plaintiff:
_A little; but nothing of marriage, because he is a delicate
boy. (Laughter.)—The Judge: It never got so far as that.
How long is it since your love-making was broken off 7—The
plaintiff : Eight or nine months: -it was the latter end of last
summer. It lasted for two or three years.—The Judge : Who
broke it off first 7—Plaintiff : I did, your worship.—The Judge:
Was it when the love-making was going on that the neckties
and shirt were made, and the money lent 7—Plaintiff: Yes.—
A witness, Ellen Willet, proved that while plaintiff stayed with
her the rupture had taken place with the defendant, and be
had then admitted the debt.—Cross-examined by the defend-
ant : Did not you say, when I came to your lodgings, that
you were ready to jump on to my hack ? (Laughter.) Witness,
(sharply) : I deny it, Sir.—The defendant then made h.;
statement. He said that he had told plaintiff that be could
had o
not cotrnesrceidentto makeiouslyachketri a
owlepdrgeseehnetrocflaciomrraes.paondedbint,x
value. but he
She gave him the money to go after her and be •in love—
(laughter)—and she had received great kindness from both
his mother and himself.—He then called Mrs. Connor, his
mother, who said, she thought the action was all jealousy,
because he would not marry her. When plaintiff stayed with
her, and was making 7s. a week, she had endeavoured to en-
tice him away, to leave his home and live with her. She
did not think that she had any businesatoougbhritntgo
her son up for little paltry neckties. (A laugh.) She treated
him, and he treated her. He went with her once to Cheshire,
and she (witness) understood that the plaintiff-then paid 6d.
for him to ride on a donkey. (Loud laughter.) She
be ashamed of herself (the witness indignantly exclaimed) to
stand up before anybody and say that she would charge a lad
6d. for a ride on a donkey. (Laughter.) His Honour, ad-
dressing the plaintiff, said that he had no doubt that she bad
beenwlileaasdsa
thatnbmoe e
nta kmhinaeng di
spendingayi
dfn oonowln
money
foodbnceeosereymsr
deserve
efpf
ooaibr
wnt.ohuai trmildt
eh,
aiashnnadyddo;wnhegkdmoaaag that
sanda. still
she.
'girl
speak
did tiat:efoirtibiist
from whom he had received a kindness. If you plead
ride on a donkey, I think it was more likely forbim-to paY-
fmorakyionug,
tretalhidrotan'atnsdeetimeau, clll
whailrml
take
ne y y iile thatlenat
your dow. _ _
makino••, but as to the mo
love-
times, he must give back toyou. I will give you averydict for 165., to be paid in six
weekly payments.
t, ASK-
CLAIM FOR COMMISSiON.—CRAM AND ANorilgß ' LAND.—The plaintiffs in this case, Messrs. Cram and Powell,
• ht, on procur-
ing to recover *25 as commission on
thein g amcahaatretre.r flotr
appearedtli the shipOtxhfaotrda, of 7:hircht,,!ftraeielpgdreefveinoduasntto"tbaes
shso"-:
mmaficvnaA iosve-t:
day or
from Messrs.
3rd of June, Mr. Cram l
Wilson to find them a hadshi7itocaer2i.'
St. Andrew's or Eastport, in i cargo of salt, to either
otthFeuonffidyc.e
oOfnmSeaststrirs-.
. who was in want of a charter. After
day, the 3rd of June, Mr. r
the defendant as
Carr and Robinson,
a parr.l,,..
Crain and the captain, with Mr. Foyns,
some negociation, ion business, when he was introduced to
'sn office, but the captain would not agree
to-Messrs.
dlre.dSuthteart:
Wil"ned, and left the office,—a charter which Mr.
understood to be the captain's agent, went
and which the captain lif d si4ned, being
Cram had drawn
07, the
was in
tborotkheert,,,winhos
owl
ra
es
ii.d
thus rendered void. In a day or two afterwards the captain
tyenA
another commission
the custom of the trade, Mr. Cram, as the
according to
accepted the terms, tbhreokcehra.rteirt waswas enffoewctecdonb
n
broker who had firsto of five per cent. on the transaction.—
introduced the parties, was entitled to
the usual commission f
the port; and, after Mr. Wilson and several other
Mr. H. V. Reed, ship-broker, deposed that such wcs the
witnessesc"tomo had been called, it was contended for the defence
that the commission was rather due to the party who did the
work, and that Mr. Foyns, as the captain's broker, would be
entitled to one-half. Many other points were pleaded, but
generally over-ruled; and his Honour found on the facts
that there must be a substantial verdict for the plan' ;Pis • l, but that he might have snore evidence as to custorn`"&e 9,", Bs It
when two_brokers were acting (especially when the igeg4t,f;i zii ti
was not actually effected on the terms originally o
adjourned-the case till Friday at twelve o'clock. Mr.'Grocot; appearedfor the plaintiffs, and Mr. Martin for the Oradea -'
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