The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-02-06 00:00:00

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great as we

regard the loss of Lord George Bentinck, that loss
could not have heen supplied so effectively by any
other member of the party. Under some of the
blows dealt by him in the course of his eloquent
- the Whig hacks must have writhed in pain
ever was so splendid
I. A division, how-
ted in this House, where the
and Ultra Democrats
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Peelites,

i be overborne.
But is this " brute force" of so permanently co-
'ye a character, as to stand in the way of the
'llnistry, of whose policy moderate
6ection to native and colonial industry, and a
.•m support of the most valued institutions of the
country, combined with an honest endeavour to
remedy actual abuses,_ shall constitute the motto ?

nation of a N.

We contend not ; and shall proceed to give rea;ons.
for our opinion. In the first place, the present
majority in the House of Commons are a body
thrown together by accidental circumstances, and
have scarcely one view in common beyond that
which originally brought them together, the main-
tenance of Free Trade policy. Upon this question
they are at present unassailable by the constitu-
tional party; but let the government take a single
independent step in any other direction, and their
whole fabric of strength will fall in pieces. Even
in the ordinary routine of administration,—in pro-
viding the usual supplies for both civil and military
departments, and other questions of internal policy
—they will find themselves between two fires; the
Constitutional party, on the one band, probably

aided by the Peel party, insisting upon the main-
tenance, in full efficiency, of the national esta-
blishments, and the Cobden, or Ultra Democratic
party urging reductions of a most dangerous
character. In any further large step in advance of
the policy which brought the various conflicting
materials to coalesce, we have already shewn that
they would most likely be stopped in the House
of Lords.

But are the parties equally united and strong as
they were upon the question of free trade ? They
are not. Were the question of the repeal of the
corn laws to be decided again, they would lose the
support of the majority of those Irish county mem-
bers who previously voted in its favour; and in the
case of a general election they would find the priest-
hood of Ireland, who cannot regard the expatriation
of the most substantial members of their flocks
with indifference, alienated from them. There is a
vast change taking place in public opinion in Great
Britain herself upon this question, not only in the
purely agricultural districts, but in many of the
boroughs. A general election—which must neces-
sarily be the first step of a constitutional govern-
ment—will throw out a host of Peelite trimmers,
and even substitute for some of our most ultra free
traders and democrats, men of moderate constitu-
tional opinions. The public—the dupes of anti-
corn law agitation—the constituents even of the
Thompsons and Bowrings—have begun to perceive
that all is,not gold that glitters, and that " free
trade and great trade," a cheap loaf and plenty of
employment, are not synonymous terms. On all
these grounds we feel assured that good constitu-
tion rule is still within our reach, and probably not
very far distant. Perhaps on a future occasion we
may return to the subject, with a few words of
advice to the constitutional party.

.eras gitivi.

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The stock of Mr. Finny, flour dealer, Rock Fenny,
was very much injured by fire on Monday night.
The congregation of St. Paul's Church, Prince's Park,
have presented their curate, the Rev. T. D. Barry, with
a purse containing £53.

The Charles Brownell, arrived at Liverpool from Val-
paraiso, has brought gold bars to the value of £15,000,
which had been received at that port from California.
On Saturday week, the house of Mr. Seawright, of Sea-
combe, was entered, and a large quantity of silver plate
stolen.

On Sunday week, at Christ Church, the Rev. Fielding
Ould made an eloquent appeal in behalf of the Infirmary,
and the result was a collection of £26 4s. 6d. in aid of
the funds.

CAUTION TO DRUNKEN SAILORS.—On Tuesday even-
ing, a young man, named Henry Prenty, a sailor belong-
ing to the ship Haverd, in the Victoria Dock, was crossing
one of the stages, whilst in a state of intoxication, and
falling into the dock was drowned. The deceased was
respectably connected, and his friends reside in the neigh-
bourhood of Wigan.

SUICIDE OF ;S. LUNATIC.—On Monday week, one of
the unfortunate inmates of the Lunatic Asylum, Lancaster,
named James Forshaw, put an end to his existence by
hanging himself. J. Gardner, Esq., coroner, held an
inquest on the body the same day, when it appeared from
the evidence that the deceased was a native of Liverpool,
by trade a blacksmith.

BIRKENHEAD HOTEL AND FERRY.—We understand
that negociations are at present progressing, which are
likely to come to a satisfactory termination, for letting
the hotel and the large pieces of land adjoining, to an en-
terprising townsman. It is likely that Mr. Willoughby
will again be the tenant of the ferry ; he is certainly the
most advantageous person, if the terms can be agreed on.
We have great pleasure in directing the attention of our
readers to the advertisement, in another column, an-
nouncing Miss Keales grand concert, which is to take
place at the Theatre Royal, on Friday, the 23d instant.
The performers engaged are of the highest celebrity, and
we should think the attraction will prove irresistible.
M. Lablache will appear on this occasion for the last time
before a Liverpool audience.
ST. THOMAS'S SCHOOLS, TOXTETIT-PARK.—A bazaar
will shortly be held in aid of these schools, which are
situated in the heart of a dense population of 16,000, in
one of the poorest parts of the town, and therefore desti-
tute of internal resources. The schools are most effi-
ciently managed, and in numbers stand second only to
the Industrial Schools. We perceive that the Dowager
Lady Grey has taken the bazaar under her patronage,
and we trust that the public generally will follow her
example. _

ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—On Saturday, an inquest was
concluded before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of
Samuel Winker, a carter. On Tuesday fortnight, de-
ceased and another man were engaged in loading a cart
with bales of yarn, at the Railway Station warehouses, in
Crosbie-street, when a bale came down a height of two
stories, and struck deceased on the head, knocking him
down in the cart. There was some carelessness in allow-
ing it to fall. Deceased was continually raving, and died
on Tuesday.

An honest carman, at Liverpool, on Monday, after
delivering his fare, a' gentleman, at the St. George's
pier, discovered a bag in his car containing upwards of
£3OO. After some trouble he found the gentleman, re-
stored to him the lost treasure, and was rEwarded with a

present of £5 for his honesty. The gentleman had nei-
ther taken the name of the owner nor the number of the
car. The car, the number of which is 489, is the pro-
perty of Mr. John Davies, and is driven by Mr. John
Carter, who, it is stated, has been in much better circum-

stances

FORBIDDING THE BANNS.—On Sunday morning last,
at St. Silas Church, immediately after Mr. Cordeaux had
published the banns of matrimony between two persons in
the usual way, a respectably dressed female, who sat im-
mediately in front of the reading-desk, rose 'to forbid
them. The reverend gentleman merely leaned over the
desk and replied that he would speak to her in the vestry
after the service. The circumstance was not observed
probably by many of the congregation. We believe that
the impediment against the union is the minority Of both
part ie

try FOR PROPERTY.—The recent serious robbe-
:ted owing to inefficient locks, will necessarily
cause considerable anxiety amongst those classes who, in
Scripture language, are " very rich." Alarm, however,
affords no security ; hence those persons who are coin-

pelled to keep large sums of money about their premises
will be acting more in accordance with the dictates of
prudence by adopting the requisite means of safety for
their treasures, wiich can be completely effected by the
adoption of Chubb's patent locks, which are perfectly
secure,—the combined skill and ingenuity of the most
notorious of the fraternity famous for lock-picking having
entirely failed in practising on these unrivalled locks.
THE THEATRE ROYAL.—We believe that the posses-