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

CONSERVATIVE SOCIETIES.

" The wisdom of calling the late meeting has also been ques-
tioned by many even favorable to the objects the Society has
in view, on the ground that it is too like what we condemn in
the opposite party. It is not our intention here to repeat the
argument so absurdly overlooked, or timidly abandoned by
many. that there is no
'and bestructive Societipossible analogy between Conservative
Societies; no argument to be drawn flora the
illegality of combinini,
the constitution and defy the
laws, against the legality of associating
enrolee the other. We would indeed
preserve the one cud
species of society, either open or secret, can be unconstitu-
tional, most question whether
can
n)f the constitution for its object;
any
tional, which has the protectione
or whether any combination
wittoliv to forget, that whether alteratipornasisaeezl.:r
is designed to alter that constitution, Some
ymbe otherwise' which
tenta,
lil7leed,
necessaryseem
or not, whether their advocates are
:itrhy
.who
1:1.4:).' or criminal;
peace and order, aud to support pro-
vet in no- case. can they be otherwise than
labour to preserve institutions as they are arc;_ since their direct
operation is to maintain
petty and rights.
Nothing can be more monstrous than to assert, that when
we associate to protect, we resemble those who associate to de-
stroy. Surely it is not 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 eudeavour
is to take care not even in the least degree to be successful—for
since they have certainly to a great extent succeeded, nu.thing
could be more disgraceful than that we should do the same
But there is no need for alarm, for as certainly as we abstain
from learning and-applying such parts of the tactics of our op-
ponents us are suited In a. good cause, we shall he free from 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 neccesary 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.
NaroLnoN.—The following incident has been related to us
by an 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 nt St. Helena, a large man-of-war was lying in
the roads, which had just arrived from Rio Janeiro. The whole
of the officers and crew, in full dress, m ached 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 on the grdund, 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 HonNnv CASTLE WILL CA USE.—Our readers will not
have forgotten, that when Sir F. Pollock was about to conclude
his reply on the hearing of 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, esper ially 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. Ile
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 Caine is intended to he 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 bangs about the unfortunate case,
rani the gallant Admiral may vet belong delayed in witnessing
it in the harbour of undisturhed 'enjoyment. Surely the laws
of thisTeuntry, which,relato to property, do greatly require to
be simplified. To prosecute a right, so much of wrong ought
nut to be endured: Preston Pilot.