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eagerly sought to be thrown ever it,—.-which the present
aspect of Europe presents to our contemplation. We
may be flattered by the hope that its horrors will not
at present be realized. We may be told that the
government of France has no sympathy with this
hatred of England—that the educated classes in France
have no sympathy with this impatience of settled insti-
tutions. But we must maintain that the government
of France is a thread which the occurrence of an hour
may snap asunder; that the educated classes of France
can no more restrain their democracy, than a rope of
flax can bind up and hold together a burning mass.
Nay, so precarious is the tenure by which the peace of
Europe is even now maintained,--so far at least, as it
depends upon France,—that, at the moment in which
we write, we know not that that tenure may not already
be broken, and republican institutions erected in that
country, by the sacrifice and upon the blood of the
Bourbon dynasty.
To what party then, must the eyes not only of Great
Britain, but of the whole civilized world, be turned for
succour at such a crisis ? Upon whom must we call
to stay the fierce torrent of democracy which threatens
to deluge with blood and to desolate Europe ? To the
Whig-radical party shall we turn—whose right arm is
infidelity and whose left arm is popery? Shall we call
upon those who are seeking daily to engraft a bigoted
and ignorant democracy upon the constitution of Great
Britain—who are labouring daily to destroy the key-
stone of that constitution, our Protestant church—who
are striving daily to promote the spread of education
without religion, and science without christianity—
those elements which constitute republican society in
France and throughout Europe ? To do this would
be to prove ourselves fools and madmen. We have a
nobler stay and a higher refuge. Yes—it is a proud
thing for Englishmen that in their hour of need—when
universal anarchy tramples upon the rest of Europe,
prostrates her throne; and outrages her altars—they
have still a power within their own land upon which to
fall back and to repose their trust—a source of pure,
conservative, Protestant strength which has never yet
failed them, and whilst the entireness of their glorious
constitution is preserved, in church and state, never
will fail them.

THE SOUTH LANCASHIRE
GRAND CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.

On Friday evening last, this splendid festival was held at
14e Conservative Hall, in Newton, when a great number of
he Conservative gentry of the Southern Division of the
County were assembled. At three o'clock the railway trains
from Manchester, Liverpool, Preston, Wigan, Lancaster.
and Bolton, severally brought up their respective additions
to the company.
A band of music was stationed on the green in front of the
Legh Arms Hotel, where the company chiefly congregated
until the hour appointed for the opening of the hall.
The room presented much the same appearance as usual,
being neatly, but not gorgeously, decorated. A number of
blue and white flags, the conquering colours of the South
Lancashire conservatives, were ranged round the walls ; and
the banner of the society, the banner of the Liverpool Trades-
men's Conservative Association, and the royal standard,
were displayed in favourable positions. Over the chairman's
seat was the blue silk ensign of the society, with the imperial
crown in the centre, on the rose, shamrock, and thistle, and
the motto, " Queen and Constitution in Church and State."
There was also the inscription, " The Conservatives of South
Lancashire. May their principles and their numbers grow
with their growth and strengthen with their strength." On
either side were two small royal standards, each of them
bearing the inscription, " Lancashire Election, 1837. The
Hon. B. Wilbraham, 7645 ; the Right Hon. Lord F. Eger-
ton, 7822." The flag of the Liverpool Tradesmen's Conser-
vative Association, over the principal entrance, exhibited a
figure of Britannia, with the motto, " Our Free and Glori-
ous Constitution in Church and State, Queen, Lords, and
Commons." The magnificient royal standard belonging to
the Liverpool shipwrights was placed over the northern en-
trance, with the motto, " For God, our Queen, and our coun-
try." A long table ran along the eastern end of the room,
and eleven other tables extended in parallel lines to the west-
ern. All of them were filled about half-past four, when the
noble chairman, Lord Sandon, and the other principal guests,
entered the room, and were greeted with loud cheering.
There were upwards of six hundred gentlemen present.
At the centre table we observed the chairman, the Right
Hon. Lord Sandon ; to the right, the Right Hon. the Earl
of Wilton, Hon. R. B. Wilbraham, M.P., Sir Richard
Brooke, Bart., the Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys, John
Ireland Blackburne, Esq., M.P., George Cornwall Legh,
Esq., Edward Cardwell, Esq., Dixon Robinson, Esq. ; and,
to the left, the Right Hon. Lord Francis Egerton, M.P.,
Sir John Yarde Buller, M.P. John Wilson Patten, Esq.,
M.P., the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, the Rev. Dr. Molesworth,
Cresswell Cresswell, Esq.. M.P., J. Plurnbe Tempest, Esq.,
Thomas Bright Crosse, Esq., Elias Chadwick, Esq. In
other parts of the room we noticed Wm. Hulton, jun., Esq.,
John Clare, Esq., T. Wagstaffe, Esq., John H. Kearsley,
Esq., Edward Kearsley, Esq., James Aspinall, Esq., Richd.
Dawson, Esq., Geo. H. Lawrence, Esq., A. Smith, Esq.,
Raymond Houghton, Esq., John Sheppard, Esq., Chris.
Bushell' Esq., Tinne, Esq., Sir Thomas Brancker, Wm.
Townend, Esq., J. S. F. Greene, Esq., J. B. Wanklyn,
Esq., M. T. Sadler, Esq., R. C. Sharpe, Esq., J. Crossley,
Esq., John Waddington, Esq., John Barker, Esq., S. Bar-
ker, Esq., S. Holme, Esq., E. S. Kearsley, Esq., Thomas
Kearsley, Esq., &c., &c.
The Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS, A.M., rector of Liverpool,
having been called upon by Lord Sandon, asked a blessing
in his usual brief but impressive manner.
The cloth having been withdrawn, and " Non nobis Do-
mine" sung by a party of vocalists from Manchester, the
important part of the business of the evening commenced.
The CHAIRMAN, in rising to propose the first toast, was
received with loud and enthusiastic applause. When it had
subsided he said—Gentlemen, whether encouraged by the
smiles of the court, or put in front of the battle for the
crown unaided by the favour of the prerogative, the first
toast of every good conservative will ever be the Queen of
England. (Loud cheers.) I therefore give as the first toast
" The Queen," and may we at least never be called upon,
by the fashion of the day, to endeavour to repeal the union
which happily exists between her Majesty and the duchy. I
give you " The Queen—Duchess of Lancaster." (Three
times three, and loud applause.)
Song—" God save the Queen." The lines
" Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,"
were loudly applauded, as usual at these meetings. All the
company joined in the chorus.
The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—Gentlemen, I have
next to give you the health of the amiable, accomplished,
and excellent young prince, who is the consort of our Queen,
and of whom everything we have yet seen gives us reason to
hope the highest qualities. (Cheers.) I beg leave to give
you " The health of Prince Albert." (Drunk with three
times three.)
The CHAIRMAN then said—Gentlemen, when I allude to
the private virtues and public and private charities of the
Queen Dowager, (tremendous cheering,) I am sure I need
say nothing more to recommend your attention to the toast
I have to propose—" The Queen Dowager, and the rest of
the royal family." (Nine times nine and one cheer more.)
Glee—" Hall, Star of Brunswick."
The CHAlRMAN.—Gentlemen, the next toast I have to
propose to you is that of " The Army and Navy." (Hear.)
For many a long year their services have made the proposal
of that toast no other than an expression of gratitude for the
many services we have received at their hands. (Applause.)
Song and chorus—" Come if you dare." (Applause.)
Major TEMPEST, in returning thanks, said—My lord, I
feel confident that when called out against the enemies of
their country, the army and navy will support the character
they have invariably enjoyed. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—Gentlemen, I have
now to propose for your acceptance a toast which I have no
doubt will call forth your warmest gratulations ;—I mean
" Prosperity to the Established Church of England and Ire-
land." (Great cheers.)
The Rev. Dr. MOLESWORTH, vicar of Rochdale, respond-
ed to the toast, and was received with loud cheers.
Sir JOHN Ya RDE By LLER, M.P., rose to propose the next
toast, which was, " Success to the South Lancashire Con-
servative Association." (Loud and protracted cheering.)
Glee—" With a jolly full bottle."
WILLIAM HULTON, h.sq., jun., responded to the toast,
and was received with very loud cheers.
Sir THOMAS BRANCKER then, by permission of the chair-
man, proposed the health of Mr. Hulton, the father of the
association.
Mr. HULTON, jun., returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN next rose and said—Gentlemen, I call on
you to receive with honour the toast of that branch of the
constitution to which we owe that, at this moment, we are
enabled to rejoice in a meeting like the present; for if the
House of Lords had not stood forward in the hour of danger,
to protect the ancient liberties of this country, we should at
this moment have been labouring under the yoke of a tyran-
nical democracy. (Vehement applause.) With these few
observations, I call on you to drink prosperity and duration
to the House of Lords. (Tremendous cheering.) And you
will allow me to give with that body the health of the distin-
guished nobleman who sits on my right, and who represents
that body on this occasion—Lord Wilton. (Drunk with nine
times nine, and one cheer more.)
Lord WILTON rose, and the cheering was renewed and con-
tinued for several minutes. When silence was restored he
spoke as follows :—Gentlemen, it is with sentiments of the
livliest gratitude that I rise to acknowledge the toast which
has been given, and which has met with such unequivocal
marks of your favour and consideration, and though 1 cannot
take to myself personally any share in the reception with
which this toast has been received, yet I cannot but feel a
sense of conscious and becoming pride from the considera-
tion that I belong to, and that I am a member of that august
assembly whose course of conduct has met with the entire—
the complete—the unanimous approbation of, an assembly
such as the present. After describing the position main-
tained by the House of Lords during the last ten years, his
lordship concluded by observing—Gentlemen, the person,
that illustrious man whose health I have been deputed to
propose, and to whom I have had occasion to allude in the
earl? part of my address—it is—l need not name him, for it
is a name that live in the heart of every Englishman—it is a
name that will live in the heart of every Englishman so long
as memory holds its place—it is a name so entirely bound up
with every feeling of national honour and national grandeur
that we all look up to him, and not only we, but I am con-
vinced those opposed to him in politics also, for they, as well
as ourselves, view him as the incarnation of our country's
glory. (Great cheers.) I have to apologise to you for taking
up so much of your time, but I am sure I cannot conclude
better than by proposing that health which will be received in
the hearts of all who hear me—the Duke of Wellington.
(Tremendous cheering for several minutes.) I may be al-
lowed, I trust, to give the word on this occasion. Are you
ready gentlemen? (Vehement cries of " Yes, yes.") Hip,
hip, hip, hurrah. (The toast was drunk with nine times
nine and one cheer more, which was was followed by the
chorus " Fill, fill the cup.")
JOHN I. BLACKBURNE rose next, and said—Gentlemen, I
beg to propose a toast : it is the health of our noble chair-
man. (Great cheers.) Gentlemen, I shall not pass any en-
comiums on my noble friend's political life, which it so well
deserves. That life has been long before you, and I will
The general Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the borough
leave it to speak for itself, but I need scarcely tell you that,
as member for the borough of Liverpool, his friends there
of Liverpool commenced yesterday, before JAMES CL ARKS,
duly appreciate his Conduct. (" Hear, heat," and renewed
Esq. Recorder, in the Sessions House, Chaper-street. cheers.)—[lt would be impossible to convey an adequate
The following gentlemen were sworn upon the grand j ury :
description of the enthusiasm with which the toast was
Henry Ashton, Esq., Foreman. drunk, and the noble lord's name received. Several of the
Gaven Brackenbridge Thomas Todd company stood upon their seats and waved their handker-
Daniel Campbell William Grace chiefs triumphantly over their heads, while the cheering was
James Gibson Carter Thomas Grundy most deafening and long-continued.]
Charles Holland Joseph Crossley The CHAIRMAN rose to reply, and his appearance was the
John Jones Henry Moore
signal for renewed applause. He attempted more than once
David Lamb John Holgate
to proceed, but the cheering was so deafening that a syllable
Robert WAndrew Lewin Mozley
Edward Moon William H. Robinson. could not be heard. At length, when silence was in some
b desTee restored, he said—Gentlemen, I am deeply affected
Adam Newman by this instance of your kindness. To a very large portion
The CLERK OF THE PEACE having read the royal prods.- of this assembly lam a perfect stranger, but to one portion
mation for the suppression of vice, profaneness, and immo-
of this assembly indeed, I believe I am not a stranger.. [The
rality, cheering at this period was as enthusiastical as before, re-
The Learned RECORDER proceeded to deliver the charge
newed by the conservatives of Liverpool, who sat at the
to the Grand Jury. He said the gre at sources of all crime upper end of the room, while it was re-echoed from all the
were ably pointed out in the excellent proclamation just
other parts of the building.] I think I may say that I rightly
read. It was very proper to call in the aid of the police to
recognise in the cheers from one quarter of the room the
detect offences against the laws, but if we did not attend to,
and remove the fruitful sources of crime mentioned in the same enthusiasm which has cheered me in trials as well as
proclamation, we were making no progress at all. The calen- triumphs—for every day of trial was a day of triumph—and
which, I believe, are in concert with devout attachment to
dar,lhe was sorry to say, was extremely heavy ; and to his
great regret, he observed, that nearly one third of the crimes the throne, the church, and the constitution, with the gene-
ral feeling of this great country. (Cheers.) I feel that I
for which the parties named in it would have to be tried, were ought almost to apologize for being here among you. (No,
referable to intemperance and to intemperance alone. There- no.) When it was first proposed to me to accept tbis high
fore, whilst we were spreading police all over the country— and honourable post. I asked myself what right I had to ap-
which was very proper, and which he trusted would be found pear among the gentlemen of Lancashire ? but when I was
very useful—let us recollect that that would be a poor break- reminded of the position I held in the borough of Liverpool,
water against vice, and a very weak means for the suppression I thought I might throw into the scale the deep interest that
of crime, unless we adopted the valuable advice of the royal that borough has in the prosperity of the soil and manufac-
proclamation. The town of Liverpool, he thought, from a tures of the county, for to the prosperity of none is the -
rough meeting lately held, was of the same opinion, and that rough of Liverpool indifferent. (Hear, hear.) lam glad in-
religion, and that sobriety and virtue, were the best, and in- deed to see that the feeling of conservatism is not slumbering,
deed the only effective instrument for the suppression of in the county of Lancaster, and I confess lam not surprised
crime. It was delusive and nugatory to look to any other; at it, for whether we look abroad or at home, there is nothing
and we should only defeat ourselves •if we adopted merely around which would induce us to be less attached to our own
human means for that end. The learned gentleman con-
principles. When we see country after country unsettled
eluded by stating that the Grand Jury would find no difficulty and disturbed, and when we see that some of those countries
in any of the cases, as they were all of an ordinary descrip- are paying the penalty of difficulty and intestine commotion,
tion ; and after promising the assistance of the court, if they I think we may say that we who have an ancient constitution,
should find any difficulty, he dismissed them to their labours. combining liberty and order, have no reason to depart from
The trials commenced shortly afterwards, but nothing of conservative attachments. (Cheers.) But when we look at
interest had occurred up to the rising of the court. home, and see what has resulted from the changes we have
made in our constitution, however justified they may have
been in the opinion of many, and in those changes I have had
my share, but when we see those changes have had the effect of
creating wild disorder and speculation, and when we see that
when we unsettle any part of the framework of society the
door is opened for further change; I confess I do not think
that our attachment to that form of the constitution as it now
remains is likely to be disturbed. If our attachment to our
constitution is not impaired, surely the reasons for our being
under arms are not impaired either. (Cheers.) Have we a
government in which we can place confidence for the defence
of our constitution ? Why, confidence applied to the present
administration is a mockery. (Hear, hear, and vehement
applause.) I certainly know not the man who has confidence
in them, except themselves, and I doubt much whether they
have confidence in one another. (Hear, and great laughter.)
When my hoh. friend on my left, Sir John Yarde Buller,
brought forward his motion for want of confidence last ses-
sion, in order to ascertain whether the house had confidence
in them, how was he met ? Did they meet it in the way Can-
ning met a similar motion ? Was he satisfied with a negative ?
No ; but he appealed to the House of Commons on the sub-
ject. But did the present administration pursue
they k
atsheed forsame
course ; or did they dare to ask the house whether they ap-
proved of their conduct ? No, gentlemen, but
the negative, in which every one might agree, who was not
prepared to adopt their successors ? (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
But who has confidence in them ? Not the House of Peers—
not the clergy of the established church—not the magistracy
(unless the new magistracy have been moulded to it)—not
the landed gentry—not the manufacturing, not the commer-

To such a party and to such a source of strength it
is that England will look in the hour of danger ; and
by such a party alone can that danger be driven from
her shores. We seek not again to embark as comba-
tants upon the battle field of Europe. We know that
at the present moment the regards of the wise and the
good are directed towards that party; and that every
movement of conservative Protestantism in England is
the source of hope and confidence to our patriotic fel-
low-countrymen and of dismay to the enemies of or-
der and peace throughout the world. We know that
the proceedings of last week have already cheered and
inspirited thousands of loyal British hearts; and,
knowing all this, we call earnestly upon our townsmen
to go on and persevere in their noble demonstrations.

To one object, however, we feel that it is becoming
daily more important that the efforts of Protestantism
should be directed. We have already a Protestant
nobility; we have already a Protestant gentry and a
Protestant yeomanry; and we are rapidly creating that
strongest of all bulwarks, a Protestant democracy.
Let our next effort be to surround the throne of our
gracious Sovereign and the noble institutions of our
country with a sound Protestant government. The
time has now come when, on this subject, the Protes-
tant conservatives of Great Britain must speak out
boldly and loudly; and the time has come too when
their voice must and will be heard.

The Albion of yesterday publishes a grossly inaccu-
rate statement of the result of the revision of voters on
the parliamentary list fJr this borough, giving, as might
be expected, a decided majority to the radicals, both on
the claims and on the objections. The following may
be relied upon as an accurate return :
Conservative objections made 1740
Ditto sustained..
Withdrawn and allowed

---- 1740
Radical objections made
Ditto sustained ..
Withdrawn and allowed 867

- 1601
From this statement it will appear that the conserva-
tives have gained by the revision to the extent of 95
' votes. The good cause is steadily progressing, in spite
of all the machinations of the Protector Society.

We have received our files of the Guiana Times and
of the Guiana Chronicle to the 21st of August, inclu-
sive. The former of these papers gives a very gloomy
description of the condition of the colony, which was
in a state of uneasiness and anxiety. The season -was
amazingly favourable, and immigrants were dropping
in from the adjacent islands ; but the number was very
limited. It was considered surprising that from North
America there was no account, either of immigrants,
or of the money sent thither for the purpose of pro-
curing labourers.

All public business is described by the Times as be-
ing suspended. There were no taxes coming into the
chest, and the erection of hospitals for the town, with
other works of utility, was retarded by the repeated ad-
journments of the Court of Policy. We extract the
following from the Guiana Chronicle :

" We understand that Mr. Ries has returned from his ex.
cursion to Essequebo, and is highly pleased with his experi-
mental trip. He has fixed on Cartabo as a site for the town
of his new settlement. We must inform the enterprising
Mr. Ries, that a town on this site is not a new thing, for a
very considerable Spanish town stood on the same spot two
centuries ago. However, we wish Mr. Ries every success,
and express a hope that he may find that encouragement and
support in his undertaking, which will render his project
successful. So far as we recollect, from a very short sojourn
on the spot, the site for the settlement is very judiciously
chosen, it being a prominent spot, commanding a view of the
rivers Essequebo, Massarony, and Cayooney."

LIVERPOOL QUARTER SESSIONS.

The calendar contains the names of 120 persons for trial
on charges of felony, 9 for misdemeanours and assaults, and
one mint case, making a total of 130, the investigation of
which we apprehend will occupy the bench the greater part
of the week.
It appears from an examination of the calendar with refer-
ence to the amount of education, that there is more ignorance
amongst the prisoners now waiting for trial than has been
the case for many preceding sessions. Of the 130, there are
78 or considerably more than one half who may be classified
under the head of being able to read and write imperfectly.
but at least one half of whom cannot write at all. Their
ignorance therefore, will be better conceived by the reader
than described by us. There are only seven individuals out
of the whole number who have the capacity to read and write
well ; but the most startling fact is that forty five, or one-
third of the prisoners have never been taught either to read
or to write. Neither the youngest prisoner who is a girl aged
15, nor the oldest who is a man aged 74, have ever learned
either one or the other ! Moral principle must necessarily
be very low when such destitution as this prevails in the very
elements of knowledge.

Bell's Life in London, of Sunday the Ist of November,
will contain an accurate list of performances of the two-year-
olds during the present year, with a reference to their future
engagements ; together with full particulars of the great fight
between Caunt and Brassey, (on the 27th inst.)and the Fancy
Fair at Newmarket. —The price of Bell's Life in London is
fivepence, published in time to send by the railwaysearly on
Saturday afternoon.