The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

pting to better ourselves by a rever-
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making inroads upo the constitution, and the
gigantic blows inflicted by Sir Robert. They look
to the high personal honour and the aristocratic
constitutionalism of the former, and they contrast

these with the unprincipled tergiversation and the
plebeian spirit of the latter. They remember, too,
the many sad instances of betrayal of past confi-

induced

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dences, which the plausibility of Sir Robert
amongst his supporters ; and the conclusion at
which they arrive is natural. " Why," they say,
" should we enter once more the turmoil of poli-
tical strife, when the chances are that evil, as was

the result of our former efforts, instead of good, will

follow

We doubt much the wisdom of the conclusion,
and dread the adoption of the policy to which it
leads. Lord John Russell's consummated measures
were less injurious in their tendency than Sir Robert
Peel's, we admit; but it was because his views were
thwarted by a strong Conservative opposition. The
same opposition would, again effect the same safety
for the institutions of the country ; but the result
of such success does not at all involve the return to
power of a Peel ministry, or a ministry of betrayal.
'l'here are other men, able and willing to fight the
battle of Conservatism, without rendering it neces-
sary that we should again lay the fruits of a victory
over the combined hosts of republicanism and libe-
ralism at the feet of a renegade. We need not
always be taking unworthy and faithless servants
into our households. There are a host of good
men and true who have passed the fire unscathed—
who have clung to the battlements of the constitu-
tion whilst the assault was at the hottest; and who
still cling to them, though weak and cowardly sol-
diers are, in hopelessness, almost willing to give up
the fight, and to accept the yoke of the conqueror.
It would be ungrateful and almost wicked—cer-
tainly suicidal—on the part of the mass of Conser-
vatives, thus to desert such men, to refuse their
co-operation, and to lie down to be trampled upon
by their insolent opponents. Our duty is clearly
to re-erect that great party of resistance to popular
aggression, which Sir Robert Peel's apostacy shat-
tered to pieces ; and when we shall have done this
—when the cohort is formed and disciplined—
surely a Christian people ought not to fear that
God will not provide them with a champion.

We therefore invite our fellow-townsmen, and
the electors of both the borough and the county,
to throw off the lethargy which, thus far, has ap-
peared to characterise their proceedings, with re-
spect to preparation for future efforts in defence of
the constitution. The Registration Courts are about
to be holden ; and the host of objections which
have there to be met, by parties whose title to the
franchise is as undoubted as that of her Majesty to
her crown, will afford satisfactory conviction to most
men that if Conservatives have resigned themselves
to a sort of sulky sleep, the opposing faction are
lively and energetic as ever. Some, once staunch
supporters of the good cause, argue, that free trade
having been consummated, the League dissolved,
and a Reform ministry foiste.l upon the nation, we
have nothing more to fear; that the worst is accom-
plished, and we may indulge safely in our disgust.
But is there no other project of Whig-Radicalism
in the background, ready to be brought forward so
soon as matters are ripe ? We think the proceed-
ings of the Anti-Monopoly Association are of them-
selves sufficient to shew that other inflictions are in
store for us, against which it is our duty to be fully
prepared. In our humble opinion, there never was
a time when the vote of every sound, lover of his
country was likely to be more valuable. A general
election is at hand, the result of which may influ-
ence the destinies of our country for years to come;
we have revolutionary and infidel principles gaining
ground on every side of us ; we have backsliding
statesmen yielding to the pressure of those princi-
ples—surrendering post by post of the citadel of
truth to the coercion of their opponents, or on
grounds which they call those of expediency. Give
us at such a crisis a sound body of representatives ;
give us the materials of that strong opposition,
which has preserved England on so many occa-
sions; and, whoever may be minister, whatever
party may. be in power, we are safe, and shall not
have occasion to regret that we have put forth our
energies on the present occasion.

FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.—On Sunday last, after
sermons by the Rev. H. H. Higgins and the Rev. J.
Jones, the sum of £45 was collected in St. John the
Evangelist Church, in aid of the funds of this most ex-
cellent iastitution.

SIMMON TO TH You N Thursday evening next,
the Rev. Hugh M'Neile will deliver at St. Jude's Church
a lecture addressed chiefly to young persons, with special
reference to their duty in connexion with the society for
promoting Christianity among the Jews, the annivertary
sermons and meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary to which

society will take place on Sundry and Monday next.
NEW RECEIVING POST-OFFICE.—The inhabitants of
the thickly populated district between Church-street,
Everton, and Great Homer-street, comprising the great
arteries of communication with Kirkdale, Netherfield-
road, &c., have memorialized the Post-Master General,
to establish a receiving-office in a central situation. The
memorial has been numerously signed, and a favourable
answer is expected, when it is considered that within a
small circle of which Netberfield.road may be considered
the centre, the population amounts to upwards of 2,000.

NEW PitAyr CurrErt.—We have of late marked with
feelings of the greatest satisfaction the spirit of emulation
that has influenced our Pilot Committee. Determined to
progress with the rapid strides of navigation, new boats
have been built, each of which has exceeded in beauty
of model, accommodation, and sailing qualities, their pre-
decessors. It is little more than a month since a splen-
did new boat was launched from the south end, and we
h ive now in our docks another fitting for the service.
She has been built by Mr. Reid. of Ipswich, under the
personal superintendence of Captain Hudson, of No. 2,
the place of which boat she is intended to supply, and in
point of model, she is such as all admirers of naval archi-
tecture will view with enthusiasm. Her length is 70 feet
over all, her beam 16ft 4in., and her tonnage about 71.
In fact she is a regular clipper, being as sharp as a wedge
forward, and so clear in the run that she will scarcely
have a ripple in her wake. Her cabin, which is amid-
ships, is beautifully and handsomely fitted with maho-
gany, not in a gingerbread fashion, bit in a style suited to
her service. She has accommodation for 33 men, and so
much has their comfort been studied that even the water-
tanks are made as tables. She is called "The Teaser," a
lo not fear she will verify by the teasings she
may give the noblest of our yachts.
ST. BARN aims' SCHOOLS.—On Friday last the chil-
dren of these schools, to the number of 450, had their
annual treat to Eastham. They were accompanied by the
Revs. T. Nolan and E. Roberts, Messrs. T. Wagstaff
and J. Lawrence (the churchwardens), the masters, mis-
tresses, and assistant teachers, together with the Sunday-
school teachers. Mr. Nichols, the spirited proprietor of
the Eastham Hotel and Ferry, kindly arranged for their
conveyance backward and forward : the beautifully-laid-
out grounds were thrown open for their amusement : the
boys played at football, and enjoyed themselves through
the fields. An abundant lunch of bread and cheese and
milk was provided for them, and distributed as they sat
in classes on the grass. At four o'clock they went on
board the returning steamer. testifying their delight and
thankfulness by repeated cheers for their ministers,
teachers, friends, &c. They were accompanied home by
the masters, &c., of the respective schools, and landed at
the Brunswick-pier, near to St. Barnabas' Church,

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manner, and, after a concluding cheer for their
conductors, &c , closed a most agreeable and refreshing
day. The Sunday-school teachers remained for tea with
the ministers and wardens at the Eastham Hotel, and
returned by the seven-o'clock boat, as much delighted
with the excursion as their more youthful companions.
A few only from the Infant-schools were preent, else the
numbers bad exceeded 600. The day was beautifully fine,
and everything passi.d off to the entire satisfaction of all
the parties concerned.

A HINT TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES.—II would
be well if the Town Council, or those who have the regu-
lation and licensing of the hackney coaches, cabs, omni-
buses, and other public vhicles, would adopt something
resembling the system adopted in London, by which a
central office is established, to which all property left in
such vehicles should be brought and deposited for recog-
nition by their owners. A person getting into a Bus
seldom notices whether he is in a Regulator, a Champion,
or a Criterion. He only knows that it is going to the
place, or past it, where he wishes to be set down ; con-
sequently if he leaves his umbrella, a book, or any other
article behind him, he seldom knows where to hunt for
it, and the conductor as little knows where to find him.
A person arriving per rail takes the first car in the stand ;
is driven to the pierhead or elsewhere, and in case of any-
thing lost, in nine cases out of ten, neither knows the
number of the car nor the name of the owner. All this
difficulty and loss might be prevented, by the establish-
ment of such a depot as that we recommend, to which
every carman and conductor should be compelled, under
penalties, in case of non-compliance, immediately to re-
turn such articles as have been found in their respective
conveyances ; and in respect of goods not claimed, these
might be sold, annually or otherwise, and the proceeds
form a fund for the reward of those men who have most
prominently distinguished themselves for honesty. We
feel convinced that much good would accrue from such a
system ; and we heartily recommend it for adoption by
authorities with such improvements as their better expe-
rience may dictate.
MR, PHILLIPS' ENTERTAINMENT.—ye regret to say
that the unexpected and alarming indisposition of Mr.
Phillips caused his amusing entertainment, entitled "My
Portrait Gallery," to be postponed on Thursday last.
Having recovered from his late illness, it is now announced
for Thurday evening next, when we hope a numerous and
respectable auditory will participate in the humour which
will be excited by this distinguished tudtvidual.