The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-30 00:00:00

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION.

We are sorry to perceive the apathy which exists among
the Conservative county electors with reference to the
approaching election for South Lancashire. The only
signs of life amongst them which we have seen exhibited
are the calls put forward by the Conservatives of Orms-
all who love their country and respect her insti-
tutions,to withhold the promise of their votes from the
kirk t o
Anti-Corn-Law League candidate." A pretty general
desire has been expressed that Mr. Entwisle should again
be brought forward, and we have good reason for think-
ing that that gentleman would consent to become a can-
didate if a proper requisition were transmitted to him.
The name of Lord Sandon has also been mentioned.
But there are many noblemen and gentlemen in the
county eaually eligi▪ ble—any one of whom would gain an
easy victory over the ultra free trade, vote by ballot, and
Socinian candidate. who has been thrust upon the consti-
tuency. The Manchester Courier, of Saturday, says,—
" If we are not mi▪
sinformed, the Earl of Sefton would
be disposed to join the nobility, gentry, and clergy of the
county, in an effort to protect it against the disgrace of
being mis-represented by a gentleman holding extreme
opinions, so repugnant to the principles which are known
to pavan so generally amongst the educated and respect-
able classes. Surely a meeting of the leading Conserva-
tives of the several towns and districts of the Southern
Division ought to take place without loss of time."
Even one of our Whig contemporaries is forced to excl.sim
that the conduct of its party in this instance is " too bad,"
and to condemn the step in the following terms
We consider that it would have been a more equitable
is brought forward
as well as a more pru.dent ar.rangement, to propose a gen-
tleman connected with agriculture. We are convinced
nielalMinerte.rilreeleast in South. Lancashire ;
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portancev thater
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cp parties ie
thes
ob
over-estimateym imheor
opposition to Mr. Henry's return,
and although, in the present torpor of political feeling, we
conviction that the result of the course
idtoisnooturanstipnagteany
now pursued will be that, at the next election, both seats
will be endangered, if not lost by the liberals, and the re-
presentation of the division will be handed over to the
landlords ."

Week 1847. 1846
RAILWAYS, 1 ending Amount. Amt.
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Z s. d. .€
Amiens and Boulogne Nov.— 0 0 0 ..
Arbroath and Forfar
Chester and Birkenhead —l9 618 0 0 516
Cockermouth and Workington —2l 138 0 0 ..
Dublin and Drogheda —lB 716 0 0 671
Dublin and Kingstown
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen
Edinburgh and Glasgow —2o 3382 0 0 3295
Edinburgh and Northern — 20 613 0 0
Eastern Counties and N. Eastern —2l 10391 0 0 2052
East Lancashire
Eastern Union and Ipswich and
Bury —l4 1102 0 0 423
Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ayr. —2O 2422 0 0 2060
Glasgow and Greenock
Great Southern and Western
Great Western
Kendal and Windermere — 20 89 0 0 ..
Lancashire and Yorkshire —2o 8610 0 0 8607
Lancaster and Carlisle
Londonderry and Enniskillen — 0 0 0
London and North-Western —2l 38209 0 0 36222
London and Blackwall
London& Brighton, South Coast —2O 7468 0 0 6748
London and South-Western
M'chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln —2O 2105 0 0 1822
Maryport and Carlisle —2l 621 0 0 517
Midland, Bristol, and Birming-
ham —2o 18488 0 0 17354
Midland Great Western (Ireland) —2l 840 0 0
Newcastle and Carlisle
—2O 2014 0 0 2001
Norfolk
North British —2o 2065 0 0 1143
Paris and Rouen
Rouen and Havre.
Shrewsbury and Chester
_. .*
South-Eastern and Branches*
South Devon
19 1158 0 0 560
Taff Vale
20 1822 0 0 967
Ulster
21 739 0 0 739
Whitehaven Junction 9l 293 0 0
York, Newcastle, and Berwick —2o 10923 0 0 5714
York And North Midland, Sm —2o 7142 0 0 5475