The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

TIIE LIVERPOOL STANi3ARD.

THE ELECTIONS, (Tc

SIINDERLANIL—CIose of the poll Hudson ( c), 879 ;
.Barclay (L), 642; Wilkinson (L), 568.
Dr. Boyd was, on Thursday, elected for the borough of
Coleraine, by a inajority. of 56, over *lir H. H. Bruce.
CORK ELECTION.—Messrs. Fagan and Callaghan have
been elected.

The South Essex election closed on Saturday evening.
Sir E. N. Buxton, a Liberal, and Mr. Braniston, a Con-
servative, were returned.
At the Cambridge University Election, the Hon. and
Rev. Baptist Noel voted for Lord Fielding and Mr. Le-
fevre.

Mr. W. Ewart, the Liberal representative of the Bum-
fries•Burghs, was re-elected on Monday without opposi-

FALKIRK.—The polling took place on Tuesday. At the
close the numbers stood as follows:—.Lincoln, 512 ; Boyd,

488 ; majority for Lord Lincoln, 34.
At the Bristol election the first vote was a plumper for
Berkeley, by Arthur Palmer, Esq., a veteran reformer, 93
years of age, who, in 1774, acted as poll clerk for the cele-
brated Edmund Burke.
Mr. Sec -f F' --;tt lettcr to t

_Ley, o. _ leet-street, has wr. kn a letter to .
Morning Herald, in which he produces evidence to shoe
'hat a notorious briber at Norwich had left that city to
" the London election.
lamed Jarrett has been committed at the Sus-

THE PROTECTIONISTS LOOKING OUT.—At the Buck-
inghamshire election, on Wednesday, Mr. D'lsraeli, on
returning thanks, said, that " though his opinions had
not undergone any change, he hoped to be prepared at
the right moment, if the country required remedial mea-
sures, to sropose such measures as might have a remedial
effect." Again, in speaking of sanatory reform, he said
that he could not support the bill of Lord Morpeth of last
session, but, he added, " I promise that if in the turning
of the wheel we should be called on to put popular prin-
ciples into practice, we shall bring forward a bill which
shall not be ashamed to meet in comparison with the bill
of Lord Morpeth."
Norrn LANCASHIRE.=-The election took place on
Tuesday, in the Shire-hall at Lancaster. The attendance
was very large, including a considerable number of ladies,
The candidates were Mr. J. W. Patten, the late member,
and Mr. James Heywood (liberal) of Acres-field, near
Manchester. In the early part of the day and during the
previous night a report was circulated that the Hon: Mr.
Stanley, son of Lord Stanley, would be brought forward
in the Conservative interest. ; but this report turned out
not to be true, and the two candidates were returned with-
out 'opposition. Mr. Patten was proposed by Col. Scar-
- Ind seconded by Mr. Garnett, of Quernmore Park.
Fleywood was proposed by Mr. R. Fort, and seconded
r. J. Armstrong. Mr. T. Parker, a defeated candi-
date on Conservative principles for Preston, then came
forward, and expressed his disapprobation of the course
which Mr. Patten took in voting for the repeal of the corn-
laws, and for the Maynooth grant. He regretted that
there was not a Stanley before them, as there ought to
have been, but this much he would say, that at the very
next election a member of that family would be brought
before them, and before whom Mr. Heywood would flee
like chaff before the winds. He, therefore, advised Mr.
Heywood to make the best use of his time, for assuredly
at the very next election he would be turned out.
SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION.--The nomination
took place on Wednesday at Newton. There was a nu-

merois attendance of gentlemen from Liverpool and Man-
chester. Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, the newly-elected
member for Liverpool, proposed the re-election of their
late representative, Mr. William Brown.—Mr. Bazley, of

. .
Manchester, seconded the nomination.—Mr. John Bright
rose to propose a gentleman worthy to be the colleague of
Mr. Brown—worthy to rank, for his past services, with
the best benefactors of his country. He begged to pro-
pose the Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers.—Mr. James
Mellor, of Liverpbol, seconded the nomination. • No other
candidate being nominated, Mr. Brown rose to address

the electors, and was received Wan tumultuous api
After thanking his friends for their kindness in nominat-
ing him, he said, it was particularly gratifying to him to
think that the votes he had given had met the approba-
tion of a large proportion of his constituent

Mr. Brown

underwent -a
loni chatechising from Mr. Livesey, a
Chartist, of Rochdale, who, of course, did not elicit very
satisfactory answers to his questions. The concluding
formularies were then gone into. Mr. Brown and Mr.
Villiers were declared duly elected, and a vote of thanks
to the High Sheriff, proposed by Mr. Brown and se-
conded by Mr. Bright, was carried by acclamation. The
High Sheriff briefly returned thanks. Three cheers were
given for the new members, for Mr. Heywood, of North
Lancashire, Mr. Cobden, and others, and the assembly
dispersed.

NORTH CHESHIRE.--Mr. Egerton and Mr. E. J. Stan-
ley have been returned. Mr. Duckinfield Astley was pro-
posed and seconded, but after a speech from Mr. Cornwall
Legit, who was one of the representatives for the division
in the last Parliament, in which he explained the reasons
why he was not again before them as a candidate, Mr.
Cheetham withdrew the name of Mr. Astley, alleging
that from the addresses of the other candidates, it appeared
that there was a misconception existing, or had been,
which was now removed. He, however, assured the free-
holders, that though Mr. Astley was withdrawn then, he
would appear before them at the next election, and would
be carried to the poll.
SOUTH CHESHIRE.—On Saturday, Sir Philip Egerton'
and J. Tollemache, Esq., (the late members,) were re-
turned for the southern division of Cheshire without op-
position. Sir Philip was not present in consequence of
the sudden decease of the Rev. Mr. Blackburn, vicar of
Prestwich, and uncle to Lady Egerton. Mr. Tollemache,
in the course of his address, said that he was prepared to
vote against any schools participating in the government
grant from which the authorised version of the Scriptures
was excluded. He would strenuously oppose the endow-
ment of the' Roman Catholic clergy, because that church
was founded on error. He was still of opinion that pro-
tection to native industry ought to be maintained, and
that the recent corn-law measure of Sir Robert Peel was
founded in error. He, therefore, honestly declared his
opposition to any further extension of those principles by
the repeal of the navigation laws, on which he believed
the maritime and commercial supremacy of the country
depended. (Cheers.) Much as he admired the ability
and courage which Lord George Bentinck had displayed
during some of the discussions of the recent session, his
conduct, on the Roman Catholic question, did not point
him out as his leader in the House of Commons, and, so
far as confidence in public men went, he confessed that,
comparing the conduct of the recent and present govern-
ments, he believed the institutions of the country were

quite as safe in the keeping of Lord John Russell and Sir
George Grey as of Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham.
(Cheers.)

Adderley (one of Lord G. Bentinck's party), in conjunction
with whom his lordship stands.

At the Glasgow election, Mr. M`Gregor, made the fol-
lowing extraordinary revelation :—(We quote the Morn
i-
ng Chronicle's report).—"lf he were to refer to any
one part of Sir Robert Peel's public conduct more than
another, he could not he more proud of anything that he
did publicly than the testimony that he gave for three
consecutive days in June, 1840, before the committee of
'1 '-h test:—

the navigation laws, and whic.. Jstimony was frequently
referred to by Sir Robert Peel, when he was carrying out
his great free trade measure (hooting, and cries of hear,
hear'). And he could obtain proof, that when Sir Robert
came into office, Lord Ripon, who was then President of
the Board of Trade, confided to him (Mr. M` Gregor)
the arrangement of the whole, and the resolutions as they
were presented to and carried by Parliament, (Cheers.)
Now he had done with all personal allusions." Scarcely
recognised by Hansard, Mr. 111`Gregor was the virtual
prime minister from 1811 to 1846. It was he that taught'
the ostensible Premier to 'prepare that commercial revolu-
tion, the early preparation of which, four years before the
potato plague was dreamed of, is acknowledged in the
Elbing letter. It was he that drew up Sir Robert
Peel's resolutions; it was he that manufactured his acts
of Parliament. It is worth the while to mark the
date of Mr. M'Gregor's first boasted conquest of Sir. Ro-
bert Peel, viz., the spring of 1840. Sir Robert had then
vowed himself secretly to free trade—one whole year be-
fore he helped to dismiss Whig ministers upon the
ground of their free trade measures. This antedates the
hypocrisy avowed in the Elbing letter by twelve months
and more : but a man who could play the hypocrite for
six years must have been a hypocrite all his life, and must
be expected to remain a hypocrite to the end.
How BARON ROTIISCFIILD IS TO BE ADMITTED.—
We are not aware that the matter is either so mysterious
or so difficult as appears to be imagined in some quarters.
There will not be any occasion, so far as we know, for
Lord John Russell to tempt fortune and the bishops in
the lottery of legislation. The well-known case 'of Mr.
Pease (the first Quaker member of the House of Com-
mons), in the year 1833, supplies a precedent, the prin-
ciple of which seems completely applicable to the case of
Baron Rothschild. The honourable member for London
will, we presume, on the usual oaths being tendered to
him at the table of the house, decline, as did his Quaker
predecessor, to swear in the usual form—intimating, at
the same time, his perfect readiness to take the oaths in
question according. to the form prescribed by his own
creed, and recognised as legally valid and sufficient in
every court of justice in the kingdom. The Clerk will,
of course, refer the matter to the Speaker, and the speaker
'll take the sense of the house. There cannot be a mo-
doubt as to what the sense of the house would be

under such circumstances. The question would be simply
and purely a judicial one; and no House of Commons,
probably no individual member of the house, would
dream of dealing with it in any other than a judicial tem-
per. In the case of the Quaker member for Durham, it
will be remembered that Mr. C. W. Wynne's motion for
accepting a " solemn affirmation and declaration," in lieu
of the customary form, of oath, was carried without a
word of contradiction " amidst loud cheers from all parts

Morning Chronicli

{The affirmation

which Mr. Pease was permitted to make was, in su
the same as the oath taken by the new members—viz.,
that he believed the Articles of .he Christian faith, and
would sincerely maintain the same. 3

13 stance,

Aug. 10, 1847.

THE LANCASHIRE ELECTIONS.—The total Whig gain
in this county amounts to four ; this is, however, brought
about by many changes in the character of the represen-
tation of the various towns, as well as a decided alteration
in that of the county, where, in place of three Conserva-
tives to one Whig, we have now three Whig§ to one Con-
servative. In South Lancashire, Mr. Entwisle (c) gives
way to the Hon. C. P. Villiers (w) ; and in North Lan-
cashire, Mr. J. Talbot Clifton (c) to Mr. Jas. Heywood
(w), without a contest in either division of the county.
In Ashton, Bury, Rochdale and Salford, the former
members have been re-elected without opposition. At
Bolton, after a contest, the Conservatives gain one : Mx.
Bolling (c ), at the head of the poll, has succeeded Mr. P.
Ainsworth (w), who retired ; Dr. Bowring (w) being
re-elected as' his colleague, and Mr. John Brooks (w)
being the unsuccessful candidate. At Blackburn, the
Conservatives lose one : one of -the two Conservative re-
presentatives has been re-elected, the other retiring ;
and, in his room, Mr. James Pilkington (w) has been
elected.- At Clithero, the Conservatives lose one, Mr.
M. Wilson (w) succeeding, without opposition, Mr. E.
Cardwell (c), who retired, and who has since been elected
for the borough of Liverpool. At Lancaster, the Consdr-
vatives lose one, Mr. Gregson (w) being elected, after a
contest, on the retirement of Mr. G. Marton (c); the
other Conservaiive, Mr. T. Greene, being re-elected. At
Liverpool, the Conservatives lose one, both the former
Conservative members retiring, and; on a contest, Sir T.
B. Birch (w) being elected with Mr. E. Cardwell (c).
At Manchester, the representation remains the same, Mr.
John Bright (w) being elected, without opposition, on the
retirement of •Mr. M. Phillips (w) ; the other member,
the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, being re-elected. At
Oldham, the Conservatives gain one : there was a contest
on the retirement of Gen. Johnson (w), and in his place,
and that of Mr. Fielden (w), the other former member,
Mr. W. J. Fox (w) and Mr. Duncuft (c) have been re-
turned. Preston remains as before, Mr. P. Grenfel (w)
succeeding, after a contest, Sir P. H. Fleetwood (w),
who retired. Warrington remains as before ; on the re-
tirement of Mr. J. I. Blackburne (c), Mr. G. Greenall
(c), after a contest, has been returned. Wigan remains
as before : on the retirement of Mr. C. Standish (w),
Mr. R. Thicknesse (w) having been returned without
opposition. It will be gathered from these details, that
the losses to the Conservatives have been—one in South
Lancashire, one in North Lancashire, one at Blackburn,
one at Clithero, one at Lancaster, and one at Liverpool;
total, six. On the other hand, the Conservative gains
have been one at Bolton and one at Oldham ; reducing
use. tl
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le Whig gain to four

THE CROPS GENERALLY

We rejoice to say that the anticipations of a fine and
abundant harvest of most articles of field produce are
already in progress of being realised in the north of Eng-
land, as they already have been in the south. The har-
vest has commenced in earnest in most of the counties.
and the general result is an abundant yield both of grain
of the best quality and of straw. Even so far north as
Cumberland, barley has been cut ten days ago, and other
crops have since followed with proportionate returns. The
weather has .been. highly propitious ; and though heavy
showers have been flying about, in some instances laying
portions of the wheat and oat fields, any loss that may
thereby arise will probably be comparatively small, and
will be more than made up by the advantage accruing to.
the turnips, aftergrass, and other green, crops, which for
some time had wanted water. It were easy to quote,
from the different provincial journals, a column or two in
justification of these remarks : but this is superfluous, in-
asmuch as they all gratifyingly sing the same song, and to
the same joyful tune. There is certainly some slight ex-
ception here and there as to the potatoes, the truth of
which time alone can solve. The general opinion is that
the crops of the year will be considerably above the ave-
rage product, and of superior quality.
In Scotland the prospects are equally cheering. In the
more fertile districts, of that country—the Lothians, &c.—
all the crops are reported as most promising ; and in the
colder, though later lands, the oats (yet green) are thick
and strong in stem, giving equal promise against the time
of harvesting, which will be quite as early as usual. Some
fine wheat has already been cut in Dumfriesshire, and the
grain fields generally are approaching to maturity. As in.
England all the writers on the subject express their de-
light at the continuance of the finest possible weather for
vegetation.

With respect to Ireland (by skimming over bundles of
newspapers) we may, in mercantile parlance, say " ditto
repeated." The reports are most encouraging from all
parts ; and certainly convey an assurance that the asser-
tions some time ago put forth, (probably by interested
corn-holders), that farmer and cottier had been alike ne-
glectful in sowing or planting, were, to say the least, much
exaggerated. Prolific as is the general soil of Ireland, we
have yet to learn that, even there, he who " sows" not.can

"
Thep only drawback refers itself to the " potato." The
" earlies," and especially the earliest of them, have been
throughout the kingdom, abundant and good. The last
of this crop (now being gradually gathered) have exhi-
bited here and there the presence of the disease, and this

is certainly somewhat ominous as to the late, or main
" field" crop. The rot has in these shown itself in some
districts, but it is by no means very important as yet.
Some writers report that they observe no appearance of it
in the fields they have surveyed, and trust that it has hap-
pily fled. It is not well, however, to halloo before one ia
out of the wood. The disease did not set in last year un-
til about this time, and it may yet exercise its baleful in-
fluence. But we see no ,cause for alarm, come what may
in the ordinary course of nature's laws. Should one-half
of the late potatoes be blighted, we shall still be—taking
into account the fine crops of other produce, and the large
importations of bread-stuffs from abroad now loading our
warehouses—in a position far beyond the reach of want,
or of exorbitant prices. Should the potatoes escape with
but about the usual loss in amount of failure in ordinary
years, we may venture to prognosticate that in a few
months hence we shall have provisions of all kinds lower
in price than we have known them for the last twenty
years.

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.-Mr. E. Buller resigned, on
finding that it would be a very doubtful matter, with the
powerful influence of the Duke of Sutherland in favour of
his Grace's nephew Lord Brackley, for any one devoid of
such support to enter the political arena as a competitor
for senatorial honours. Lord Brackley is Earl Ellesmere's
eldest son, and has taken refuge in Staffordshire, after
having been driven from South Lancashire, and defeated
at Newcastle-under-Lyne. After Mr. Buller announced
his retirement, some of the leading Liberals induced him
to withdraw his resignation, and on Tuesday Lord Anson
also arrived, and resolved to allow himself to be put in
nomination, not really with a view of going to the poll, he
being already one of the members for Litchfield, but
merely as a rallying point for the Liberals. On Wednes-
day, the Hon. and Rev. A. Talbot proposed, and Mr.
Kinnersley seconded, the nomination of Mr. Ailderley ;
Captain Mainwaring proposed, and Mr. Pye, of Clifton,
seconded, the nomination of Mr. Edward Buller. Lord
Sandon and Mr., Smith Child nominated and seconded .._
Lord Brackley ; and Mr. Bass, of Burton-on-Trent, pro-
In accordance with a resolution passed at the meeting
posed, and Captain Powys seconded, the nomination of
of the Stratford Shaksperian Club, on the 22d ultimo, the
Viscount Anson. A show of hands was then taken, and
followinc, noblemen and gentlemen have formed themselves
declared to be in favour of Lord Brackley and Mr. Adder-
into a committee for raising a fund for the purchase of the
ley. The polling was fixed for Monday and' Tuesday, and
house in which Shakspere was born :—His Royal Highness
a sharp contest is anticipated.
Prince Albert, Earl Delawarr, Earl of Warwick, Earl Den-
LORD Bs
of young nobleman's address to
bi h, Earl Howe, Viscount Villiers, Lord Lilford, Lord
the electors of North Staffordshire is very different to that
Redesdale,g Lord Leigh, Lord Brooke, Hon. C. B. Percy,
which he issued when a candidate for South Lancashire.
Sir R. Peel, Bart., M.P. Sir R. Throckmorton, Bart.,
In South Lancashire, he "has a confident expectation
that the application of the principles of commercial policy Sir`G.Skp,w Esqorth,, Bart., Sir Charles Douglas, M.P., E.
Shirley M.P., W. Collins, Esq., M.P., the
will realize the advantages anticipated by their advocates."
In North Staffordshire lie says, " Though not disposed to mayor of Stratford, Dr. Thomson, Stratford, &c.
advocate the re-imposition of those restrictions on tom- On the 4th instant, a meeting of the committee was held
merce which were removed by the' now expired parlia- at Stratford, Dr. Thompson presided, when the following
meat, lam in favour of giving every encouragement to report of the proceedings of the committee was unani-
native industry, consistently with the general interest of mously agreed to :
" That a committee of noblemen and gentlemen having,
the community." In South Lancashire, again, Lord
in the year 1835, at the instigation of the Royal Shak-
Brackley expressed his wish to see the blessings of edur-
spe purpose of obtaining donations for the purpose of
erian Club, been formed at Stratford-upon-Avon, for
cation "freely placed within the reach of all classesof
noble
enabling them to preserve and renovate the tomb and
th
Majesty's subjects ;" but in North Staffordshire the
lord is desirous that Catholic children should " partake in
monument of Shakspere, and the chancel in which the
remains of the poet and his family are. interred ;. and, in
the benefits of government aid," only `. if a measure .to
that effect could be carried out without increasing the in-
the event of a sufficient amount being subscribed, the
fluence of the Roman Catholic church." In South Lan-
cashire, Lord Brackley believed that the present minis- committee would gladly extend their care to the preserva-
ters would be entitled to his " best support ;" in North tion and restoration of the birthplace of Shakspere, and
Staffordshire, his lordship finds that his opinions "en- to the house still remaining at Chottery, near Stratford,
tire!), coincide " with those of the former member, Mr. which wP- -‘ residence of Ann Hathaway, afterwards the

SALE OF SHAKSPERE'S BIRTHPLACE

wife of Shakspere, and even to the purchase of the site of
New Place, the house in which Shakspere passed the,latter

years of his life, and in which he died, a spot which being
yet unencroached upon, they are most desirous of guarding
from new erections, and consecrating to the memory of
him whose name has rendered it, in their estimation, hal-
lowed ground. The means, however, placed at the dis-
posal of the committee (the subscription being limited to
£1) sufficed only for the primary object then in view.
" Since that time no opportunity offered for thepur-

chase of the house in which Shakspere was born until the
end of last year, when, in consequence of the death of the
late proprietor, it became known that the property would
be sold. . . .

" At an early period an application was made for the
purchase of the property by private treaty, when it was
ascertained that legal difficulties existed, which rendered
it incumbent upon the trustees to offer it for sale by public
auction, and, therefore, not less so on the committee to
moyg Jnatter. wall. the greatest .caution.and, cire.um-
spection, and hence the delay in announcing their inten-
tions.

" The sale is fixed to take place on the 16th of Septem-
ber, and, after much deliberation, the committee have
determined to abandon the plan which had been for some
time entertained, of a private guarantee fund, for the pur-
chase of the house in the first instance, and to make a
public appeal to the nation for the means of purchasing
and preserving so precious a relic of England's greatest
poet.
" That portion cf the property which is to be sold con-
sists of the rooms which have always been exhibited as
the house in which the poet was born, and of the Swan.
and Maidenhead public-house, on the east side of it ; but
there are likewise within the area of the property, on the-
western side, four tenements,
_ three of which were con-
verted into habitations at the beginning of the last century,•
and the fourth, which, from the continuation of the-
framed timber front, and the form of the old door-ways
communicating internally, evidently forms part of the
birthplace, but which, in 1771, was separated from it.'
" The committee have within the last few days purchased.
the four tenements above-mentioned for the sum of £B2or
wLich, as it puts them in possession of part of the house'
in which Shakspere was born, cannot but be regarded as
a most important acquisition at the present time. The-
price which the committee have given for this part of the-
property, and for the advantage of at once securing it, malt
probably be referred to as some indication of the amount
required for the purchase of the larger and more valuable
portion of it, which they understand realises, from the
rental of the house and the exhibition of the birthplace,
from £BO to £lOO per annum. In the event of this por
tion of the property being also secured, the commi""