The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-05-06 00:00:00

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MAYO ELECTION-POPISH TRIUMPH OVER
THE " PATERNAL GOVERNMENT."

Popery for ever!—sweet popery.! It tramples on the
friendly goveinment with impartial foot, and bruises
Lord Mulgrave's head with a zest as ravenous as it
would tear Lord Haddington's bee/. There are three
candidates for the vacant representation of Mayo—or ra-
ther there were;—namely, Constantine
namesake and relative of the " beloved viceroy," and re-
commended to the constituency with all the personal in-
terest of the noble earl, and all the influence and support
of the "truly paternal" government: 2d-Mr. John
Browne, who, together with his family, had ever been
the consistent advocate- of the Roman Catholic claims,
and now stands forward on the independent interest :
and 3d, Mr. Dillon Browne; a Roman Catholic gentle-
man, put forward on the nomination of MonsignOre
I'Arcivescovo, it Dottore Macliali.

We have copied elsewhere, from the Mayo Constitu-
tion, an account of the proceedings at the hustings, on
the fiiit day of the election ; and doubtless, our readers
will be as much amused as we were, at the diffidence of
the several-candidates for public favour; at "the sweet,
reluctant, amorous delay," with which the wooers of popu-
larity seemed to court their mistress; or the gallantry
rather, with which each of the rivals seemed willing to
give the pas to the others, in first making his approaches
to this coy and whimsical idol. A bystander would sup-
pose tkis hesitation to be a mere polite ruse, each trying
to get the wind and the sun of the other;- so as to have
the last word and the highest bidding. Be that as it
may, and let the knight-erranty or the pettifogging have
had what result it might, the main issue of the afair is
to show how completely the priests have o'er-mastered
the government,; and how neatly Dr. Mac
.Hale had out,
manoeuvred Lord Mulgrave. The result of the first day's
polling, has been the resignation of the government can-
didate. Neither the consanguinity, nor the cognomina-
lily of Constantine Dillon with Constantine Phipps,
could save the government from a drubbing; and popery,
will, Doctor Mac Hale al its head, has beaten reform,
and Lord Mulgrave at its tail, out of the field:- And has
it come to this—all the flattery of the popish archbishop
to the lord-lieutenant—all " the confidence and affection'
of the whole county voted an address to Lord Mulgrave
on his unparalleled administration of affairs? Yes, truly;
and so we told liip excellency it would be, when, like a
great Gaupus, he was swallowing down the treacherous
.adulation in huge ladlesful, and returning his benedi-
cites with a face 01 ignorant-wonder, and premature self-
gratulation.
Well, the guYernment candidate baying been hooted
out of the 'field, the remaininfr, two, are thus disposed of
(so fae' as the contest has hitherto reached us)—

Mr. John Browne, who stands on his own independence,
out has the demerit of being a protestant 4l
Mr. Dillon Brown; who stands on Dr. Mac Hate's fiat, and
has the good fortune to be a papist 67

Majority for Mother Church, on the first day 26
There is no other assignable reason nor the preference
shown to Dillon Browne than his religion. His rival's
political-creed is equally liberal ; his compliance with the
pledges exacted by the election committee more free and
►►nrestricted. With the exception of the freeman's
Journal, (which paper is thought to hold Mac Hale in es-
pecial veneration,) hiS claims and canvass were supported
by all the liberal journals of this city. But Doctor Mac-
Hale thinks it the interest of• his church to have popish
representatives, and having the will, he is determined to
show he has the power.
In truth the progress of reform has made doe Roman
catholic priests the returning offiCers for Ireland; and as
this is one instance only out of its operations, we cannot
blame the severe impartiality which has made a too cre-
dulous government. the dupe and victim of its own impo-
licy.—Dublin Evening Mail.

ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY FROM THE ARCH

DEACONRY OF COVENTRY.
A meeting of the clergy of the archdeaconry of Coventr)
was held a few days ago, when the following address to 'his
Majesty was adopted:—

" TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
" We the undersigned archdeacon and clergy of the arch-
deaconry of Coventry, in the diocese of Litchfield and Co-
ventry, beg leave to approach your Majesty with unfei,gned
assurances of loyalty and dutiful attachment, and humbly and
earnestly implore your Majesty to take into your gracious and
most serious cons►deration the prayer of the petition we now
present.

" We most humbly represent to your Majesty, that since the
repeal of the test and corporation acts, and the removal of the
disabilities from the Roman catholics, persons who are not
members of the United Church of England and Ireland, and
who may be unacquainted with, or opposed to, the doctrine
and discipline of The said united church, have become eligible
to the highest offices of slate, and consequently are intrusted
with the power of recommending to your Majesty those whom
they deem to be fit and propet persons to fill ecclesiastical sta-
tions of the highest importance.
" We further beg to represent to your Majesty, that in con-
sequence of the penalties of the statute of ptemunire which
are incurred by every Dean and Chapter who shall refuse to
elect any such person as shall have been recommended to them
by your Majesty's conga d'dlire, and also by every Archbishop
and Bishop who shall refuse to consecrate any person so elected,
every safeguard against the appointment of improper persons to
such offices is now removed, and the teaching of the pure doc-
trines of the church is thereby exposed to great peril.
" We do, therefore, most humby implore your Majesty, in
accordance with the advice of such of the chief pastors of the
church as are members of yourfMajesty's Most Hon. Privy
Council, in the selection of persons duly qualified to fill the
highest offices in the church.

i` In presenting this petition to your Majesty we solemnly
disdain all party or political feeling, and assure your Majesty
that we are influenced solely by a sincere desire to preserve pure,
and in its integrity, the orthodox faith, and discipline of that
branch of the catholic church which is established in the
kingdom."

ADMIRALTY COURT.—SATURDAY.
T.. PEGASUS—SALVAGE.—This was a suit promoted by the
owners and the crew of the Dover lugger, the Catherine, for
salvage services rendered to the Pegasus while on her home-
ward voyage from Singapore to the port of London, the value
of the ship and cargo being about 12,000. The Pegasus left
Singapore in September last and met with some severe weather.
When off Beachy-head she grounded on the 27th of January
last, damaged her rudder, and received other damage. The
Catherine lugger, while out at sea for the purpose of rendering
assistance to vessels in distress, fell in with the Pegasus, and
the offer of her captain and crew (five in number) was accepted,
and the vessel got safely into Ramsgate harbour. The pleas on
behalf of the salvors entered into a detail of the skill and
energy used by the salvors, while on the other side, it was`con-
tended that prompt and able services had not been rendered,
and a tender for such services of £250 had been made by the
owners of the Pegasus, and refused.
Dr. Phillimore and Dr. Haggard were heard on behalf of the
salvors, and contended that this valuable ship and cargo,
having been saved by the Catherine, the crew were entitled to
a larger reward than the amount tendered.
The King's Advocate (with whom was Dr. Nicholl) felt con-
fident the court would deem the tender of £250 a handsome re-
muneration for the services of the Catherine. The owners of
the Pegasus did not mean to deny that valuable services had
been rendered, but the crew were only four hours and a half
engaged in the duty, and no danger either to their lives or
their vessel, had been incurred.

Sir John'Nicholl went over the facts of the case, and said
though the lugger had rendered prompt assistance, it was of an
ordinary nature, principally consisting of steering the Pegasus
by the Catherine. The salvors had not incurred risk or danger,
and had been occupied only four hours and a half. The tender
made of ETA/ for the services of the master, three men, and a
boy, for the short time he had stated, was most ample. The
only difficulty he experienced was as to costs. It was usual,
where a tender was pronounced for, to give costs against the
salvors from► the time of its refusal. Considering, however, the
value of the property to which assistance was rendered, and it
being the desire of the court to encourage parties to render as-
sistance to vessels in distress, he would pronounce the tender to
be sufficient, but without costs.

FEMALE FASHIONS FOR MAY.
MORNING DRES9.—Redingote of lilac satin ; a double-fall-
iug sleeve made tight to the elbow; collar of French cambric;
bonnet of green satin, trimmed with blonde.
EVENING Ditass.—Of amber silk, clouded with light brown.
The sleeves, corsage, and head-dress, after the fashion of
Charles the Second's time. Necklace and bracelets of ame-
thysts and gold.
Pelisses are decidedly in favour in carriage dresses ; they
are composed Of plain rich silks, as you de soi or grus d'ete and
are trimmed, with same material, either festooned or in .small'
rouleaus. A good many are closed down the sides with kiits,
which are also employed (but of a smaller size) to confine the
pelerine at the throat and at the bottom. In some instances the
sleeve is divided into three bouffants, but of a small size, and
the separation is marked:4.a knot between each. Four half-
dress pelisses, the pelerine is made to open to the bosom, and
generally shallower in front than behind; but both in half-dress
and neelige, pelerines are smaller than they were last season.
The sleeves of the pelisses have considerably diminished in
size, though not so much so as those robes. •As to the skirts
there is no alteration in their enormous width, nor in the
length that they -have been for some time.
silks robes will be preferred during this month, at least, in
half-dress: we see several grus de Naples robes striped. in two
shades of brown; others of a ceruse ground, figured in small
black and white patterns.; and several of grey pun de sole, both
plain and figured. Muslin robes, however, are also partially
adopted ; the most novel of them have a corsage a Pentant, it
is made full and attached to a plain band. This is not a no-
velty, but a revived fashion; it is however, the only change
that has been made in the corsage of dresses, in other respects
they remain just as they were, only-that the sleeves are now al-
most all made tight at the upper part, they do not fall quite so
much off the shoulder; and where pelerines are adopted, they
are adopted, they are not so wide upon the shoulder, nor is the
trimming so voluminous over it.

Turbans are expected to continue in favour in evening dress;
two new materials, tul-Sylphide and tul-Danae, have just apL
peared for them. Some evening dress hats have already ap-
peared of white rose-crape, or tulle, ornamented with sprigs of
moss roses, or' lilacs'of Bengal. White.will be decidedly most
in request for hats and bonnets, and also most in favour in
evening dress.—Court Magazine.
WALKING DRESS.—Hdt of paille de riz the front large, tres
avasee, and descending very low atthe sides. The hat is trim-
med with gauze ribbons; the ribbons, after encircling the
crown forms a bow at the left side; a second but smaller bow is
placed towards the right side, where it retains a bouquet of
three ostrich feathers. The lining of the hat and the bavolet
are to match the ribbon. Dress of English muslin, the corsage
fitting to the bust, with three rows of insertion, put in at the
shoulder, and reaching in a slanting direction, to the waist;
the muslin is gathered between the rows of insertion. Sleeves
plain at top, and formed into four puffs, the lower one a short
distance above the elbow, where it fits tight to the arm ; four
smaller puffs are between the elbow and the wrist. The waist
of the dress is excessively long; the skirt long and full and
trimmed with two flounces, festoons at the edges, and headed
with two rows of insertion. Flair en bandeaux lisses; frill of
washing blonde quilled to the top.of the dress; White kid gloves,
silk stocking, shades of black crape de sule.--4,adies' Maga-
zine.