The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-27 00:00:00

July 27,15-17,

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oppose the endowment of the Romish Church in Ireland
or elsewhere; and will you oppose all attempts to estab-
lish any Government intercourse with the Court of

The noble lord said he was extremely anxious to answer
every question which could be put to him. Fre would
take the question, and answer every part of it. The first
clause was—" Are you prepared to resist all connexion
with, and concession to, Romanism ?" In answer toe this,
he had to say, that according to a return moved for by
Lord Ashley, he found that in last year there had been ex--
pended by the Church of. England, the Dutch Church,,.
and the Roman Catholic Church, in our colonies,
the sum of £166,000, and of that sum fourteen thousand
pounds had been expended on the Church of Rome.
Now he apprehended the qustion, if answered in the
affirmitive would compel him to reject every grant in our
colonies, if applied to the Roman Catholic Church. He
therefore was not prepared to answer that in the affirmi-
tive, because most of these grants were made on the faith
of treaties solemnly entered into by this country. Thu
next portion was "whether you will oppose the endow-
ment of the RomislY Church in Ireland, or elsewhere."
Should any attempt hemade to endow that church, either
cut of the
_lfunds of the Established Church, the. consoli-
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mously oppose it. (Hear, hear.) He had never heard
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to give up the colonies, they must keep the faith on which
they had been ceeded to this country. The last portion
of the- question the noble lord answered by saying, that as
at present the king of Hanover had a minister at Rome
who transacted the business or this country at that court,
he thought it, would be more open and straightforward to

have it done by a minister of our own.
After one or two other questions had been put, and an,
swered by the noble lord,
Sir DIG IVY MACKWORTH was introduced, and received
with the greatest enthusiasm. He delivered a long and
eloquent address, in the course of, which he declared his

principles to-be, " Love to our Roman Catholic fellow-
countrymeni-no surrender of our noble Protestant insti-
tutions, and no peace with Rome." (Tremendous cheers.)
At the conclusion of his address, -the CHAIRMAN put
the question to the meeting, as to whether Sir Digby was
a fit and proper person to represent the borough, and it
was carried by a large majority, and with Kentish fire.

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2g at great length

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.nd in eloquent

Mr. H HARBOitn said he wished to know whether he
should be right it he went away with the. impression that
the hon. candidate who had last spoken would vote for
the repeal of tho Navigation Laws, provided some oily-
tongued gentleman, such as Sir Robert Peel, should show
him that it was advisable to do so ?
Mr. CartnwELL-said, the question was rather a singu-
lar one. Upon all questions he should exercise a perfectly
independent judgment. He would consult those of his
constituents who were most interested, and he should
then form his opinion, and if it were proved to him that
the measure was for the general good of England, and of
Liverpool in particular, he should then give effect to that
opinion by his public-vote in its favour, (Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN asked whther Mr. Cardwell would re.
sign his seat if his opinion should differ from the opinion
entertained by the Shipowner's Association ?
Mr. CARDWELL declined to pledge himself on the
point.

would vote

A MEMBER asked whether Mr. Cardwell
for the endowment of the Romish Priesthood.
Mr. CARDWELL replied that the Premier had told his
constituents that there• was no intention to propose such
a measure ; but if it was proposed, he (Mr. C.) would
oppose it. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then stated, that having put the mo-
tion respecting Sir Digby Mackworth, he felt bound also
to put it respecting Lord John Manners and Mr. Card-
well. The latter had the fewest hands held up in his
favour.

Lord JOHN MANNEns,proposed three cheers for the
Chairman, which was seeonded.by Sir D. MACKWORTH,
and heartily responded to: