The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-06 00:00:00

CONSERVATIVE SOCIETIES.

Blackwood's Magazine. December.
There is alwaysar
a delicieus freshness about Blackwood
which reminds us
o at early dawn, a hunch of the loveliest flowers, cul-
lednu spangling with dew-drops,
----
Impearls on eve which the sun
r 14, and. every flower
Yes, Maga, in her h 7 eauty; •
"looks as clear.
As morning roses washed with dew:*
But here the comparison ceases. The roses which are
So thickly strewed over Blackwood's intellectual
gardenel
never fade--they are ever-blooming; perennial
swqrt*;

" The wisdom of calling the late meeting has also been pies.
tioned by roanvic.ervoeunnfatyno-arable to the objects the Society has
in view, on the
party.
athrgenomppeonstitseoansordly
Itd is
ntotit is too like what we condemn in
is no possible our intention here to repeat the
overlooked, or timidly abandoned by
many, that there
and Destructive Societies •
at?trie
e analogy between Conservative
argument to be drawn from the
illegality of combining to' the corustitution and defy the
laws, against the legality of associating
enforce the other. We would indeed almost to preserve the one and
.tearinuenset
any species of society, either open or saelemrrt
tional. which has the protection of the i'llwonhsettihtue-r
or whether any combination can possibly
for its object;
is designed to alter that constitution. Some
ymbe otherwise' which
wilfully to forget, that whether alterations are men, indeed, seem
really necessary
or not, and whether their advocates are praiseworthy or criminal ;
vet in no case can they be otherwise than praiseworthy th
who
labour to preserve institutions as they are are; since their "direct
operation is to maintain peace and order, and to support pro-
perty and rights.
Nothing can be more monstrous than to assert, that when
we associate to protect, we resemble those who associate to I
stroy. Surely it. is nut at this day that we are to be informed
for.the first time that that which constitutes the propriety of an
association is its object. But if we are to beware of following
the example of our opponents, the first thing we must endeavour
is to take care not even in the least degree to be successful—fOr
since they have certainly to a great extent succeeded, nothing
could he more disgraceful than that we should do the sante
but there is no need fur alarm, for as certainly as we abstain
from learning and applying such parts of the tactics of our op-
ponents as are suited to a good cause, we shall be free front the
least chance of resembling them in their success.
It is said, however, that, although such meetings are perhaps
unobjectionable at other times, vet just at the present moment
it is particularly necessary that the Protestants of Ireland
should be quiet; in order to display more glaringly the perfidy
of the government in permitting the revolutionists to hold meet-
ings to agitate the country."

The chain-pier at Brighton was broken up during the storm
on Tuesday, and the light at the pier head destroyed.
NAPOLEON.—The following incident has been related to us
by au officer, late in his Majesty's service, who was a passenger
by the Claudine, from Madras. It shows the reverence still
entertained for Napoleon's memory by the French:—" When
we anchored at St. Helena, a large man-of-war was king in
the roads, which had just arrived from Rio Janeiro. The whole
of the officers and crew, in full dress, lunched to the tomb,
permission having been previously given by the governor.—
Each individual carried either flowers or painted feathers as his
offering. On arriving at the tomb, the whole body prostrated
themselves ma the ground, uttering the most extravagant prayers
to the dead hero, and on their departure hung on the iron rails
their simple ornaments. The strangers' book was filled with
their names, and the purport of their visit was ' Pour rendre
homage.'"—Courier.
THE HORNBY CASTLE WILL CAUSE.—Our readers will not
have forgotten, that when Sir F. Pollock was about to condlude
his reply on the hearing Gf this case, at the last Lancaster As-
sizes,-he observed that, in the event of the verdict going against
Mr. Wright, he should not recommend that gentleman to sub-
mit to the decision in silence, especially as he had already ob-
tained two verdicts. The result of the last hearing, it is well
known, was in favour of Admiral Tatham. and we now perceive
from the public papers, that the intimation thrown out by Sir
F. Pollock is about to be acted upon by the defendant. He
has not, indeed, made any application for a new trial, but he
has given security for the costs, and a bill of exceptions will be
filed, and the same is intended to be argued in the following
Hilary term. The excepted points, it seems, are, the refusal of
Mr. Justice Coleridge to receive the former verdicts and de.
crees in evidence, and certain letters upon which no act could
be proved to have been done by the late Mr. Marsden. Thus
the glorious uncertainty still hangs about the unfortunate case,
and the gallant Admiral may yet be long delayed in witnessing
it in the harbour of undisturbed enjoyment. Surely the laws
ef:this ceuntry, whiehl;:latie to property, do greatly require to
besiniplified. To prosecute .a right, so much of wrong ought
thSt V) be en'clUred..—Pr P