The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-16 00:00:00

mono, with men openly adhering to a religion, which,
peradventure, may yet again become the object of po-
pular alarm. But at Court, where the required work
cannot be efficaciously performed by deputy, we find

the Roman Catholics contrive to appear in person.
11,16 Treasurer of the Household is a Roman Catholic,
Ile Marchioness of Wellesley, Lady Bedingfield, and
he Earl of Fingal!, all of whom have been about the
ourt for some time, are Roman Catholics ; and seve-
ral others of the same kind have been placed in minor
situations. Not a few places have been filled by indi-
eirli.els quite as well pleasing to Popery ; namely, in-
di', Is notoriously of no religion at all. Many very
high . ..ces in the state are now held either by Roman
Catholics or persons of this class. In Ireland it is well
known that nearly every legal situation which has fal-
len vacant during the existence of the present govern-
Meat has been given to a Roman Catholic. As in-
stances, we may mention that the Master of the Rolls,
the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the Chief Remem-
brancer, the Clerk of the Hanaper Office, the .Attor-
lie), and Solicitor-General, the Lord Lieutenant's con-
fidential legal adviser, are all Papists; and if as yet
there are no more in similar stations, the reason is
simply that there have unfortunately been very few le-
gal vacancies. In the colonies the same gross mal-
administration of patronage prevails. The newly ap
Pointed Governor of New South Wales is Sir Maurice
°Tonnell, whose very name speaks volumes. But
this is not all. Popery has been advancing not only
in wealth and influence, honour and official power; it
has been progressing in every other direction, and by
every other means. Its proselyting zeal has been re-
kindled ; its Jesuitical arts have been brought to bear;
it has watched every opportunity of turning the ba-
ll/lee between contending pOlitical parties; and thus
gradually it has gone fonfard, till its course seems
Pla,in, and its path smooth and clear. While Protes-
tents have been quarrelling, or while they have been
sleeping, Popery, with stealthy steps, or by bold ma-
sceuvree, has been gaining ground, disarming some,
deluding others, conquering more, and marching on-
ward to a position whence it can defy opposition ; nay
slave, can in turn oberbear and threaten all. Many
have ridiculed the pretence of those who foresaw such
encroachment and such a triumph ; many, even up to
the Present time, have so little heeded the matter, that
the,' know not whether to ridicule or resist. Yet the
slightest fair inquiry would have convinced the most
sceptical that the peril was indeed fast approaching,
sad that a struggle must sooner or later come, if early
efforts were not made to obviate the necessity of fu-
ture struggles. We believe that is now too late to stay
the course of successful superstition, though it cannot
be too late to check and impede it; at any rate, it is
high time that the people should ascertain the truth,
however painful and alarming, and should act on the
dictates of sound policy, when at length a sound judg-
kern is found."

TIE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—We rejoice to find,
from inquiries which we have deemed it our duty to
Institut*, that the conservatives are fully determined
to Contest every ward in the town, at the ensuing
election, and, in a large majority of the wards at
held, with every confidence of success. We would
Pint, however, have it inferred from the preceding ob-
"nation that any of the wards are to be considered
frepetess. The progress of conservative reaction, since
the period of the last election has been so marked and
co extensive, that we would advise our conservative
friends to try their utmost strength in every ward in
the town, and to keep the poll open to the very latest
hour. As a preparatory step, of course an active and
persevering canvass should be forthwith commenced
in those few wards in which there are as yet no can-
didates fixed upon. Our own personal inquiries lead
es to believe that the conservatives generally are not
'efficiently aware of their strength. The number of
votes given at the last municipal election amounted to
6°40. Of these 2947 votes were given for the mi_
cellative candidates, and 3093 for the radical candi-
(letes, showing only a trifling discrepancy of 146 votes
Iq favour of the latter. If all the voters whose names
recd upon the lists last November had voted, the ma-
Prity would have been considerably in favour of the
eeelervatives. As it may be of some service to our
friends
we republish the statement of the poll for
1837:

Wards. Voters. Con. Can. Rad. Can,
Everton .... 683
4. Scotland .... 556
3. Vauxhall .... 297

4. St. Paul's.... 395

5. Exchange.... 565

6. Cascie.street 697 No opposition.
7. St. Peters. .. . 621
8. Pitt-street .. 584
9. Qt. George's 457
10. Rodney-street 654

11. Abeicremby, . 603

12. Lime•stteet .. 785
13. St. Anne's.. 515
14. West Derby . . 483
15. South Toxteth 339
16. North Toxteth 696
romtkis statement it will be seen that, after making
every allowance on account of the duplicate votes,
Lure
were a great number of voters unpolled in most
4:1, the Wards, a majority of whom, we are assured on
the best authority, consisted of conservatives. We shall
" here enter into any strictures upon their conduct
111 °ins abstaining from voting; but we sincerely trust
that they will redeem their characters on the first of
v 'llc'vettiber next, by rushing to the polling booths as
1:°" all they are opened, and registering their votes in
loafer of the conservative candidates.
We have not yet been able to procure a complete
,Ist of the eandidates for the ensuing election. The
"0 which we subjoin comprises all the names furnished
1% yesterday. If there is any inaccuracy or defi
1111104 Y observable in it, we shall be most happy to give
41IY eorreetions in our next.

MUNICIPAL ELECTION.-1838.
a Wards. Retrg. Counclr. Con. Can. Rad. Can.
rertoi ....J. Holmes ....*F. Shand J Holmes
eatlaad ... C. Logan ....*lsaac Holmes *Sam. Lacon
b"
Zihxhall ....E. Harvey ....*Thomas Case E. Harvey
Paal'a....C, Rawdon....*Geo. Wright C. Hawdon
'44ehaige.... H. Holmes H. Holmes
"astle-st. . J Walmsley J Walmsley
It„t• Peter's ..J.Woollright..*W.Troutbeck .J.Wooll rig h t
t'itt.street.... H. Hornby Toulmin H. Hornby
9• George's..J. Lawrence .. J. Lawrence
nsy-5t.:... H. Lawrence..l-1. Lawrence....T. Ilarvey
1.-7eterewilsy..W. Earle ....•R. Gladstone ..W. Earle
1;40-street ..T. Morecroft..*AmbroseLace..T. Morecroft
t• Coglan ....*John Davies ...T. Coglan
a." Dirloy..J. S. Leigh....J. S. Leigh
Crapper....*Alex. Smith....J. Cropper
W.W.Currie
Those candidates who have an asterisk (5) prefixed
to their zanies have never been in the Town Council
h"er the municipal act. The only retiring candidate
*llO declines offering himself again is Mr. Crawford
Logan.
At the moment of writing we understand
that the conservatives have not fixed upon candidates
.„14 Exchange Ward, Castle-street Ward, and North
toxteth Ward, but we are assured that all these three
w4'45 will be contested.
We believe that all the candidates brought forwards
do tht conservative interest are churchmen. The ra-
Iseel candidates, on the other hand, are of the most
h
:°tleY description. Several of them are nominally
'tnlbers of the Church of England, but we should
tPirefer designating them "anythingarians." Among
ale" We may class Messrs. Woollright, Hamby, Earle,
fogrrie, and Walmsley, the latter of whom, we are in-
rilled, has a near relation in a nunnery in France—a
strange mode of educating a Protestant. Among this
rc'tleY tribe the following Unitarians claim the suf.
/.14t's of the churchmen of Liverpool :—Messrs. E.
e4rteY, C. Rawdon, T. Harvey, T. Morecroft, T.
°EI4I), and, we believe, S. Lacon. The Baptists are
ei !as". I. and H. Holmes; and Mr. J. Cropper is
_ll,l!tted by the Quakers. Now, not one of these radi-
e: Churchmen, Unitarians, Baptists, or Quakers, can
11tib/YY be returned without the aid of voters belong-
toh the Established Church, who constitute full
%ee:fourth of the constituency. Let us see whe-
ttero these voters will prove the sincerity of their at-
linent to the church by supporting the conservative
candidates.

80,:"" OP THE TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE AS-
III°N••••••041 Thursday evening next the annual
wilimer of the Tradesmen's Conservative Association
segue ' tik.ke phce in the Music-hall, Bold-street. In con-
%ll" of the pre-occupation of the Amphitheatre
of4thiclejSky has been compelled to adopt the alternative
the maims:try in the above room? which