The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

TINNE, Esq., and

Resolved,

That a Deputation, consisting of the Chairman, Mr. Sands,
and Mr. Haigh, proceed to London to inform Sir H. Douglas
of the above resolution.
It was proposed by THOMAS SANDS, Esq., seconded by SAML.

Resolved,

HOLME, Esq., and

That a Deputation, consisting of the Chairman, Mr. Leigh,
and Mr. Haigh, now proceed to wait upon Sir D. Mackworth,
at the Adelphi Hotel, to inform him of the above resolution.

T. B. HORSFALL, Chairman.

Sir DIGBY MACKWORTH will MEET and ADDRESS the
ELECTORS, from the Exchange-buildings, TO-MORROW, at
Three o'clock.

Liverpool, June 28M, 1847.

TO THE FREE BURGESSES AND THE PARLIA-
MENTARY ELECTORS OF LIVERPOOL.

GENTLEMEN,
IN accordance with the wishes of a large body of the
Electors of your Borough, I beg to offer myself as a CAN-
DIDATE for the honour of representing you in the ensuing
Parliament. If it be usual for an old Representative to lay .
before yon his sentiments on some of the leading questions of
general policy, it becomes an imperative duty on a new and
untried Candidate to do so.
The first point, and one which, I understand, is exciting a
great and general interest in your town, is that of the endow-
ment of the Romish clergy. I.Jp6n this, as upon every other
subject, I desire to give you my honest opinion. It is a ques-
tion on which many great and good men may-dlffer. - iris one,
however, upon which I can never swerve from the principles
which have guided my conduct thrm, . 'What is in itself
wrong can never he justified by . ediency; and the endow-
ment of the Church of Rome uld, I consider, be treason to
to Protestantism. The spiri f Protestantism breathes liberty,
order, protection to life nd property, and toleration to all.
The spirit of Romanis to use the words of Lord Arundel and
Surrey (himself aRo nist), is antagonistic to Protestantism.
These sentiments be called " bigotry;" they are, however,
the source of all f e om. Were these principles applied to the
government of reland, and applied fairly, firmly, and yet
kindly, I believe they would offer a near solution to the most
difficult problem of the British Government.
The next subject, to which my attention has been called, is
that of the Navigation Laws. The shipping interests of Eng-
land are interwoven with all her past and present glories. I
desire to see her Navigation Laws, which have long been the
admiration of foreigners as well as of ourselves, maintained in
their full integrity: and the necessity must be very imperative,
or the advantages clear and decisive, which could justify any
tampering with this time-honoured system of maritime law.
On the monetary systems, various and opposed as they are,
I would desire to learn the opiniors of this large and enlight-
ened community, (founded, as those opinions must be, on
great commercial experience,) rather than to propound my
own ; and I can only assure you,,that should I have the honour
of becoming your Representative. I should give to those opi-
nions all the consideration to which they are justly entitled;
and should I draw from them an erroneous conclusion, I can
only say that, though erroneous, it will be an honest one.
The repeal of the Corn Laws is become the law of the land.
I was opposed to it ; but should deprecate any intermeddling
with that law until considerable experience of its effects shall
have tested its bearing and value. I should desire Free Trade
with all nations, who will reciprocate its advantages with us;
subject of course to such modifications as may be requisite to
maintain the fiscal integrity of the state.
Having thus, Gentlemen, laid before you, clearly, as I hope,
my views on the protection of our national Protestantism, as
essential to real liberty and good government—on the mainte-
nance of our Navigation code—on the repeal of the Corn Laws,
as a settled questions—and on the conditional benefit of recip-
rocal Free Trade—l have only to add, that, if brought into
Parliament by your suffrages, it will be my endeavour to pro-
mote your local interests, and to attend carefully to the public
and private business, which so vast a commercial town as
Liverpool must originate.
With these sentiments, Gentlemen,
I remain
Your faithful and obedient Servant,
DIGBY MACKWORTH.
.Tune 28th, 1847.