The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-14 00:00:00

Zbe Eibtrpooi gotobarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1831

THE election has so absorbed all other considerations
these few days past, that we can merely refer to our
extracts from the London papers, and our correspondent's
letters for the news of the day: The siege of the Citadel
of Antwerp, seems to be a more difficult matter than was
expected—and it is doubtful whether it will not be aban-
doned until the approach of more favourable weather.
The Mowing letter on this subject from the correspon-
dent of the. London Standard, appeared in a second edi-
tion of that Journal on Tuesday evening :—=-

BRUSSELS, MONDAY MORNING, DEC. 10.—“ Defeated and
dissatisfied—perceiving nothing before him but weeks or months
of useless fighting and of certain slaughter—dreading the loss
of thOnsancjs of men—fearing that General Chasse will direct
the gun boats to cut the dyke near Fort Lillo—seeing that he
may b reduced. to the necessity of carrying on an attack against
the citadel from a small portion of ground situate between the
Fart Montebello and the Lunette St. Laurent—jhe Marshal
Gerard has at length posititively required the permission of be-
ing allowed, to attack the citadel from the side of the town.
This demand has been made six times during the last 48 hours
by the Marshal to King Leopold, and. the latter has endea-
voured as. long as possible to reply by evasive answers. At
length the. Marshal became so importunate, and so represented
that the French army would be exposed to fevers, agues, and
gradual er,tinetion by the bombs and firing of General Chasse
SO admirab:y directed, that the King of the Belgians yielded,
and consented. to an attack being made on the gallant foices of
brava Chasse from the side of the Esplanade ; on condition that
the government of Louis Philip should' first demand this con-
sent as a sort of sine qua non. Immediately couriers were set
in motion, the telegraph to work, and it is expected that in the
course of this morning, the reply of the French Cabinet will
be procured. Should the French government, in consequence
of the protest of the. Ambassadors of Berlin, of Austria, and of
Great Britain, who would. be first consulted at Paris,. not require
the attack from the city, Marshal Gerard will propose to take up
winter quarters in the environs of Antwerp, and will not expose
the lives of all his troops to death by disease,. as well as from
the bombs and cannon of the gallant Dutch. To. take the
citadel,. except from. the side of the city, Marshal Gerard now
eepresents as impossible in. this weather; and as the inhabitants
of Antwerp who. remain there are in a state of incipient insur-
rection, it is feared by the government of Leopold, that if an
attempt be madk in that quarter, there will soon be an open
revolt,'"

THE LIVERPOOL POLL..

HENCZWORWARD the lath of December, 18324 will be

a day memorable' in the annals of Liverpool, as that on

which. the electi,;.), of members to represent her in the
first Reformed Parliament of Great Britain was concluded.
Oa Tuesday the nomination of the several candidates
to,ok place ui front of the Town-hall, of which, the pro-
ceedings on. that occasion; we published in a second edi-
tion the same afternoon, and we now republish them, in-
cluding the speeches of the candidates, as well as those
of the proposers and. seconders of each. The meeting
was adjourned. until Wednesday morning, when the poll-
ing commencedat nine o'clock, and continued with great
spirit until four, when. the number for the respective
e.anbilafes were—

effects of the unceasing and unsparing calumnies which
have been directed against Lord San-don have been pro-
ductive of more effect, amongst the ignorantly prejudiced,
than we could have anticipated ; but he cannot fail to de-
, rive infinite satisfaction from a critical examination of the
description of persons by whom he was supported. We
had been better pleased if his lordship had had Sir How-
ard Douglas as his colleague, but, as already remarked,
there was an insurmountable barrier to this on the pre-
sent, which we are mistaken if he finds existing upon
any future occasion.
It would be hypocrisy in us to deny, that we are re-
joiced at the defeat of Mr. Thornely, on public grounds,
and on public grounds alone. As an individual member of
the community we respect him highly, and we can appre-
ciate the depth of his own mortification, from the confi-
dence with which he looked upon success as certain, at
the close of the first day's polling. We look upon this
to have been his only chance of ever succeeding in the
object of his ambition, and we hope this conviction, acting
on his own mind, will prevent his again making a similar
attempt.

Ea Mr. Ewartt ..... 3460'
Mr-Thornely ..... .. . 3U53
' Lord. Sandon 2144
Sir El-D0ug1a5......... 2077

Our Contemporary of Tuesday has a pretty lengthy
article upon the election, and the respective candidates,
whose merits he, iu some points, contrasts, giving, as
we naturally expected he would, the palm of superiority
to Messrs. Thornely and Ewart. We have no intention
of following him through the whole of his observations,
butthere is one passage so particularly ingenuous, ;that
we cannot resist the desire to quote it.. He says, "If
Sir H. Douglas and Lord Sandon are returned, they, will
owe their seats to the West India interest, and will be
equally urged by the sense of past and the hope of future
favours, to advance their views, support their opinions,
and fight the battle of the Planters against the people
of England. They, of course, will deny this, and talk
highly of their independence ; but the electors know as
much of human nature as they do, and will judge for
themselves. As for Mr. Thornely and Mr. Ewart, they
certainly owe nothing to the West Indians, who are their
bitter and implacable enemies, and they have, therefore,
no motives to prevent them pursuing the course which
justice, humanity, and the true interests of all parties con-
cerned, imperiously dictate." The plain logical inference
from this paragraph is—that if Mr. Thornely and Mr.
Ewart had motives of private interest or ambition to sway
them, they would, for such paltry consideration, sacrifice the
cause of justice and humanity.. We would not have ven-
tured, Tories as we are, to predicate such things of
virtuous reformers but friends can take liberties with
friends—and we do not doubt that our Contemporary
knows his men.

Before these observations which we now pen, shall
meet the public eye, the election for members to repre,
sent this ancient and loyal Borough in parliament will
have terminated; but whatever the result may be, we
think we shall only be discharging our duty towards the
electors of Liverpool, to put upon record our opinion of
the pretensions of the several candidates, as they are
displayed in their respective addresses on. the hustings, at
the time of their nomination..

Tile-friends of Mr. Ewart and Mr. Thornely came for-
ward with great activity early in the day, and. thus gave
base: gentlemen a majority,. which was diminished but
shglitly at the close of the poll. -Their adherents were,
vonseopently„ in. high spirits, and the addresses of the
gentlemen themselves breathed_ nothing but confidence.
It was evident, is the course of the day„ that Sir How-
azd.ljouglas' chance was gone,,,from the immense num-
ber- of pledges which had been given to Mr. Ewart„ un-
;ier the, belief, that no fourth candidate would be brought
luiward.;, still, however, the gallant baronet resolved. to
sqnew the. contest with vigour, and not to throw away a
ebqrkce.„ however remote. The, position. of Lord Sandon.
es, the poll was somewhat discouraging, and not what
"'Lis. friends bad a. right to calculate upon ; but they knew
their bad a strong reserve,. and,, 'therefore, shewed no,
symptoms, of despondency..

Yoterday worming the polling was resumed at eight
*Vogt, and it soon became evident that Lord Sandon.
would rapid y. reduce- the majority which had been ob-
tainea ov.er him. on the preceding day.. No. sooner was,
tea; ascertained, than, as we are informed; every engine
.Q.ialy and annoyance. Was put in motion ;--the admi-
aistzateWn. of the oath against bribery was demanded, by
width. the must dangerous delay in taking the, votes was
lzoduied and the friends of his lordship,. as they came.
ap. to; the booths„ were assailed with hisses, groans, and
lints. of injurious epithets, and, we •believe, a- tale-
xabk Z. application of mud.. Was not withheld; in
spite, of these. disgracefurpractiCe§; success continued to
Adm.& his cause), and, about three o'clock; he had a ma-
utity over Mr. Thornely.. The moment this fact
w'as announced, in. the Exchange news-room, a shout of
faxadtation: was set up, such as, we believe, was never be-
floze Beard .4-ithin its precincts, and mutual corigratula-
ii. weve exchanged with. a warmth . which proved, ih-
-the feelings_of the merchants. of 'Liverpool
%sum weasion. Up to the final close, of the poll, his
continuea to g'ain upon his. opponents.
- - . ...
The statements of the. numbers at the conclusion, is-
svicA b :Axe committees of the Sevpral candidates, vary'
itu.:;Sidarably from each other, and as we, of course, can-
azik 43,6ze access to. the, only means .of 'verifying them,—
e- aflicial which will be. publiely, declared this
ably, al. clew= o'clock, we insert them all

In the van stands our townsman, Mr. Ewart, who
having prudently kept himself aloof from all ex'plana-
dons, in the presence of a. body of intelligent merchants,
comes manfully forward, when he is sure of having the
" most sweet voices" of an infatuated multitude to applau,d
him to the echo. Throughout his effort we look, but
:look in vain, for something more clear and definite, with
regard to his opinions upon the leading topics of popu-
lar excitement, than were to be found in his first address.
We have the same magniloquent phrases—the same am-
plification of expression-.-combined with the same po-
verty of sense and meaning, which in his address to the
electors defiedallattempts.to comprehend—like two grains
of wheat in a bushel of chaff, when found;they were not
worth the trouble of searching for them-. He begins with
the necessity of reforming• corporations—and this is to
be accomplished by a measure, which would give "addi-
tional influence to thd people; arid increased stability to
our corporate institutions." What sorrof reform it will
be which is to give increased stability to things which
are declared to be, in theinseives, abuses or nuisances,
we leave Mr. Ewdrt.to define. • •

. . .
On the subject. of Church Reform -he enters, by declar-
ing„ that he had long considered_ titheS and phiralities as
evils in his mind, " Ambition should form little or no
portion of the spiritual character,"—and when we were
all attention, expecting some lucid exposition- of the
mode intended to be. puriued, to " Purify and dise4ral
religion," we are • sudden!), transported to our distant
colonies, the excesses practised towards other churches,
which proved,. " if proof were necessary, the decision
of the great question of negro' emancipation, must be
taken out of the hands of the planters !" On the sub-
ject. of negro emancipation, • and • compensation, he is
somewhat more intelligible than usual.--".ile held it ne-
farious in principle, that man: should hale property in
man; and, so soon as he could emancipate with safety.
he. would not let the groat moral duty of abolition wait
upon the lesser duty, of indiViduai compensation." Thus
summarily does this. legal luminary 4eclarp. the laws of
his country, which have existed •for centuries, " nefa-
rious," and avow his disposition .to rob hundreds of
thousands of his fellow ;subjects, of fhat,pioperty which
they hold by as good a tenure as any nobleman in Eng-
land holds his estate," giving, " in his great merry, " to
those who really Should suffer. by the change, (i. e. in the
opinion of the Abolition Society) the most effectual conz-
penicitlon i his .power." What the amount of such
compensation would be, after the negroes were emanci-
pated; we presume it _is needless for us to give any opi-
nion •about. • • - • •

Sir H.. • Lard •• • •Mr. • . Mr.
.•
Douglas's- Sandotes. • . Ewart's: Thornely;rs
IP:- E w /vex _.,.......4820 4733, : . :485.1. :: ' 4854
lot.. S &UPON , ...,.415.7- - . 414 • . •4154. 4170 . • • •
lif=.7l..ttarai.E.ltY, .."4''x's 3236, 401.3' 4042. "The minopoly of the trade to. China, and the mono-
Etn•ll.lDcurAtit.as....:...3lSl,l - 3160,- • 3192. 3216 poly of the trade in corn" are, " earth-horn giants of a
Ik., least favourahle to Lord -Sandon, giving to his , monsiious race''--how grand and poetical ! "Let us give
lbaAb.ip. a majority iJf '1&- over Mr. Thornely, and the cheap subsistence: to our people.. Let us give them, if
=lett 34a C.ll.loiing, it as high, as 15f- possible, unlimited commerce.'' "These are the sources
11:41. tuaaivatell this long anticipated, and eagerly
,of the wealth of'nations ; for these .at once supply and
coalditedelet;tiork the result of which Is iil be viewed b
Y increase the artili. cial wants and luxuries of mankind."
/trA..,• isifACi.sta. each caillikiate 4orae.wiLat differentli,.: Tha: P. is. Apparent thlit M. End has yet talearu, that," high
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