The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-19 00:00:00

their duty not to stand idly by, but immediately to take the
parties so acting into custody. He had something further
to' say, too, in behalf of Protestant Liverpool. They
all knew that they were heavily taxed by the parish autho-
rites. He, himself, had a large annual amount to
pay, and he might state that fifteen out every twenty
shillings
.went to the support and relief of the poor
Irish. Many of the Irish too were suffered to vote who
had no more right to a vote here than he had in
Kamschatka or Nova Zembla. (" Hear," and laughter.)
He would relate a fact that had conic under his own notice,
illustrative of the system pursued at the Parish-office. On
the 26th of October last, a Man named Charles M`Manus,
thirty-six years of age, and living at No. 43, Hodgson-street,
paid 4s. 6d. a week as rent of a lodging-house, and let off a
room for 2s. a week, thus leaving him to pay only 2s. 6d.
a week ! He applied for relief, and stated that the cause of
his distress was hurrying for two weeks to prove his right
to a vote. He added, that he had two children and a wife to
support. The magistrates offered him a pass to go to Ire-
land, thinking that the best plan to get rid of him. (Laugh-
ter.) If such were the practices in this town, how much
worse must they be in Ireland ; and it was to put an end to
the evil of such parties having a vote that the bill of Lord
Stanley was introduced. (Hear.) With respect to the pre-
sent ministry, they would, he believed, go on, if they had
even a mjority of only two in the house. They clung to
office, indeed, with surprising and persevering tenacity ; and
he verily believed they would never relinquish their hold
until they were either smoked out, or kicked out. (Loud
laughter.) He was of opinion that unless they were driven
out, and a new system of things introduced, the happy days of
England would be at an end. (Cheers.) They had gone on
from time to time, conceding and conceding, until the constitu-
tion of the country would be given away, and a revolution
would ensue. He had been told that there was no danger to
be apprehended from them, inasmuch as several of them were
churchmen ; but he apprehended greater danger from the
covert than the avowed enemies of Protestantism. The ava-
lanche might be dislodged by the breath of the sweetest
music floating on the air, as well as by the influence of the
storm, and its effects would be equally destructive. The
ministers had opened the floodgates, and the devasta-
ting stream would rush in if they were allowed to retain
their position and their power. It was fallacious to
suppose that such men would direct and calm the storm
which they had recklessly called into existence.—
What they had done was in part payment, on their part, to
the agitator and his tail for past favours. (Cheers.) It re-
dounded greatly to the credit of the mechanics and working
classes of Liverpool, that the petition had originated with
them. The operatives were in fact in this instance as in
others the very bones and marrow of the community. ,But
for them the election for .Monmouthshire would have been
lost, and Tracey would have walked the course. But they
protested he should not, they cut the " traces" from the
ministerial mule, and he trotted off to the place whence lie
cam(

Every man who loved his country ; every man who
enjoyed a happy fireside, and those comforts which could
alone flow from Protestant institutions, every one who
desired happiness here, and looked forward to a happy
eternity, was interested in this question, and should support
the petition. He alone was free whom truth made free, and
all were slaves besides. (Loud cheers.) He concluded by
seconding the resolution. (Loud and repeated cheers.)
The motion was put from the chair, and carried unani-
mously.

Mr. DANIEL LEDSON having been called upon by the
chairman to move the third resolution, rose, and was received
with loud cheers. He said, I have just had placed in my
hands the third resolution, and I feel great pleasure in mov-
ing it. At this advanced period of the day, and more espe-
cially after the able and eloquent speeches of the Rev. Mr.
M`Neile and Mr. Holme, it would be an act of presumption
in me to attempt to add to the impression which they have
produced upon the meeting. (Loud cheers.) I am sure
that when the petition is presented by our representatives,
Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell, to the Commons House of
Parliament, it will meet with due effect, as emanating from
the most intelligent and respectable portion of the inhabitants
of this town. (Hear, hear.) As chairman of the Operative
Conservative Association—(cheers)—l beg leave, on behalf
of that body, to return Mr. Holme their sincere thanks for
the remarks he has just made. I trust that, every day, they
will increase in numbers ; and I am sure that they will ever
be found ready to defend those institutions which every
honest Protestant is bound to protect. (Loud cheers.) Mr.
Ledson concluded by moving the following resolution, after
which he sat down amidst renewed cheering : _

" That the following petition, which has already been
adopted at a previous meeting on Monday last, be trans-
mitted to Lord Stanley and Mr. Cresswell for preseAtation."
Mr. GLAZEBROOK briefly seconded the motion. The
petitition was then read by Mr. Crisp.
The CHAIRMAN then put the motion to the meeting, and
it was unanimously carried.

Mr. GEORGE H. LAWRENCE proposed, in a highly-com-
plimentary address, the thanks of the meeting to the chair-
man, for his admirable conduct in conducting the proceed-

This was carried by acclamation.
Three enthusiastic cheers were then given for Mr. Neile,
three for Lord Stanley, and three groans for O'Connell.
The meeting then separated.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—Tni s DAY

(Prom Messrs. R. MAKIN 8c SONS' Circular.)

Our supplies continuing to come forward very sparingly,
we have little Wheat or other Grain of any kind to notice
either coastwise or from Ireland, and none whatever from
abroad, between our report of Tuesday last and to-day ; the
arrivals consisting chiefly of a moderate quantity of Irish
Oatmeal and Flour, with 5205 barrels of the latter from the
United States and New Brunswick.

During the same period the trade in all respects remained
firm, and with some transactions in Mediterranean free
Wheats, such rather improved in value; whilst other de-
scriptions of that Grain, without any lively appearance of
business, generally maintained our last quotations. In
Flour the operations included principally about 7,000 barrels
of American in bond, at 24a, 6d. ; good brands of duty-paid
foreign and approved marks of Irish moving gradually into
consumption at late prices ; those of all other articles re-

maining unvaried

The duties on all foreign and British colonial produce
continue precisely the same as last week.

Although at our Corn Exchange this morning, we had a
very slender attendance of buyers, the Wheat trade appeared
to open with incaeased confidence on the part of holders, and
higher prices were generally required ; the millers, however,
having recourse exclusively to Irish, and the lower qualities
of Foreign Wheats, such realised an advance of 2d per 70Ibs ;
but in any kind of English, or in good descriptions of foreign,
no improvement was obtainable ; and the sales on the whole
having been limited in amount, the market seemed to close
rather heavily.

All sorts of free Flour excited little attention to-day, and
was by no means dearer ; but foreign, under lock, continuing
to meet a speculative inquiry, some further parcels changed
hands at preivous rates.

Of English Malting Barley, the last arrivals have been
cleared off on the terms last noted ; but grinding samples,
upon a limited sale, hardly supported former prices.
Malt, Beans, and Pease ruled nearly the same as described
in our last circular.

Oats, even in the face of short supplies, were in slow re-
quest this morning, at the rates of Tuesday.—Oatmeal, on
the contrary, met a fair demand, fully maintaining its present

ARRIVALS OF CORN,
From the 16th to the 18th Feb. 1841, inelusirye

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DESCRIPTION. LAND. Wag.
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