The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-03 00:00:00

A will end,

by fa
iOur to remain

3ressions of gratitude and respelt
'ulund obedient servant,
EDWARD CARDWELL.

/THE COMMITTEE
ELECTION of Mr. CARDU
STANDING ACCOUNTS immediately forwarded t
the Central Office, Castl eet, that they may he examinee
'EI. J. CATON THOMPSON.
ral Committee, 30th July, 1847.

for CONDUCTING the

14, request ti

LORD JOHN

MANNERS

ALL Persons having CLAIMS upon the COMMIT-
' TEE for CONDUCTING the ELECTION of Lord JOHN
MANNERS, are requested to, send ' ccounts to the Se-
cretary, Mr. PEACOCK, 4, Ch -street, which, if found cor-
rect, will be immediately -• .
Central Committee m, 31st July, 1847.

TO MY FRIENDS, ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH
OF LIVERPOOL.
TCANNOT leave you without offering my public
All your kindness, all your zeal, and all your

exertions have failed in returning me as your representative in
Parliament. We have lost the Election, but have preserved
our integrity. We have not coalesced, where coalition was in-
consistent ; we have left that to our political opponents, and
they-have profited by it. Whigs, Peelites, and Radicals 'have
practically fought under the-same banner, while we stood firm
to our principles. The present victory is theirs : the future
will assuredly be yours. Our present defeat is preferable to
their victory, at such a cost. Let this thought console you, my
friends; and 'bide your time. When Popery shall come in
like a flood ; when our Maritime Laws shall be swept away ;
when unlimited " Free Trade" shall e-removed all Protec-
tioncimpoverished our native a • ns, and given our wealth to
strangers • when bitter ex • nce shall have proved the dan-
ger of reckless innovat. , the value of- our principles will he
appreciated. Then ore it be too late, profit by
failtire. Unite a a

eep to your principles; leave
ency to your political opponents; and you will achieve a

Accept my grateful thanks for your kind and warm support ;
and, believe me. through life I shall remember you, and look
back with honest pride on our defeat at Liverpool, which ,WT
willingly encountered, rather than compromise our integrity
or surrender our principles.
I remain, my Friends.
With the highest respect and gratitude.,
Your most obedient Servant,
DIGBY MACKWORTH.

TO THE ELECTORS OF LIVERPOOL.
GENTLEMEN, ,
TT becomes my duty—one which I discharge with
feelings of pride and pleasure—to thank you for your
support in the late Contest, and to express to you my gratitude
'hi> distinguished honour you have conferred upon me.
shown that you rightly estimate the principles of
_ :igious Liberty, and I rejoice with you on the sig
nal triumph that has been obtained by your fidelity to thor
principles, your zeal and your

for t
You hat

;ood sens

Those who have supported oppos rinciples, as well as
those who have been In favour ine, have now as inhabi-
tants of Liverpool, a claim nme for any services I can
render them

At all times I shall ber,:lad to attend to your wishes, to pro-
mote your interests; and to do all in my power to show my
sense of the honour conferred upon me, by your placing me in
the high Situation of your Representative.
I have the honour to remain,
Your very obedient Servant,
THOMAS B. BIRCH.