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The meeting then adjourned

MR. CARDWELI

AND THE

SHIPWRIGHTE

MEETING LAST NIGHT,

w evening, at eight o'clock, Mr. Cardwell 1112 t
iipwrights of Liverpool at their Hall in Bond-street.
The Secretary of the Association was called to the chair,
and briefly introduced the proceedings. Mr. J. Bramley-
Moore introduced _ _ _

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Mr. CARDWELL, who, in commencing an able and most
lucid speech, expressed'the great pleasure which he had in
meeting a body of men,with whom he had been acquainted
for the last 13 years.. His remarks were throughout en-
tirely confined to au:exposition of his views with respect to
the shipping interest. There were several matters, be
said, connected with the making and building of a ship.
Firstly, they required a mau who wants.a ship., And after
enumerating the various recent questions which he had
' had a share in carrying, and by which. trade had been in-
creased, he reminded them that increased trade made
people want more ships. The imports of the year 1845-6
had been £47',000,000, and those of 1846-7 had been
£60,000,000 ;: and the exports had. been in proportion.
The amount of British tonnage in the same years had
been respectively 600,000 tons and 900,000 tons. They
should vote, therefore, for those who would give them
greater trade, and they would have to build more ships.
Again, they wanted cheap timber, cheap hemp, &c., which
had been given them without injuring any other interest.
With respect to the Navigation. Laws, he was in this posi-
tion : he would not imitate the quack and prescribe, until
he first knew the disease. He then entered into a history
of these laws, which were introduced by Oliver Cromwell :
and stated that Adam Smith, although in other matters a
free trader, approved of keeping up our commercial ma-
rine, inasmuch as upon its prosperity depended the strength
of our navy. His principle in dealing with these laws,
would be, to sanction no change until he saw how it would
, benefit the country and the artizans of Liverpool. We
had become the greatest nation in the world, 'by sticking
to what was good, and, when we saw it, by catching hold
of what was better. The country could not stand still,
but must be going on ; and he cautioned the shipwrights,
that if they stood still, there were sharp people in Am,
rica and elsewhere who would outstrip us.
After a question from a shipwright, Mr. Latl
was answered satisfactorily to the body of the mt,,
Mr. Cardwell moved a vote of thanks to the chairman
and after brief addresses from Mr. Bramley_Moore and
Sir Thomas Brancker, the meeting broke up, first giving
three cheers for Mr. Cardwell, and the same to Mr. Bram-
hw-Moore and Sir Thomas Braneker.

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MEETING OF ORANGEMEN.
A general meeting of iiiis loyal body was held in the
Portico last evening, to which the three candidates, Sir
Digby Mackworth, Lord J. Manners, and Mr. Cardwell
were invited. The room was crowded to excess. Richard
Harbord, Esq., was called to the chair. He briefly ex-
plained the object of the meeting, and introduced the
several candidates to the audience. Lord John Manners
was first introduced, and delivered a lengthened address,
explanatory of his principles, but of which neither time
or room can be afforded for a report. At its con-
clusion, the following questions were put to the noble
candidate :

Are you prepared to resist all connexion with, and
ession to, Romanism, more particularly, will wou