The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-16 00:00:00

—We suppose that this
s to " his

bill may now be allowed to die in peace

" neither here nor there

" Whether he is to become

" Prince of Italy," or simply " Bishcp of Rome,
whatever other fate is reserved to him, it appears very
improbable that he will ever again claim the title of
" Sovereign of. the Roman States." The only thing,
therefore, that remains to be done is, quietly to put the
bill behind the fire, and to let us hear no more about it.
By the way, the last news which reached Dublin from
Italy, stated the " Holy Father's" great indignation

against this very bill. " England had insulted hiin ; she
refused to recognise him as head of the Catholic Church;'
and consequently he could not consent to receive an am-
bassador from a government which thus treated him."
Such was the gratitude of this old usurper, for England's
foolish offer to receive him, after an exclusion of 300
years, into the fraternity of European sovereigns. Like
the Papacy of former ages, he will have " all or none."
England must not only exchange ambassadors with the
" Sovereign of the Roman States," out she must ackncw-
ledge the Pope to be the " head of the Catholic Church."
As if he could overlook the evident fact, that to acknow-
ledge him as " head of the Catholic Church," would be,
to admit ourselves to be out of the Catholic Church ;
or, in other words, in a state of open and avowad heresy !
THE NEW POLITICAL MOVEMENT.—The mere Whigs
appear no little annoyed at the treachery of the Free-
traders, who have converted the Anti-Corn Law League
into an association for furthering the new radical move-
ment, by which we are to be blessed with household suf-
frage, vote by ballot, triennial parliaments, and electoral
districts. The Globe thus complains of the breach of
faith .-44 Again and again thG katlittg mend,. a of thc
Anti-Corn Law Council declared the League was not a
political association. That it had not nor would it ever
connect itself with politics. They pledged themselves
that when the Corn Law was repealed the League should
be immediately and for ever abolished. Money was sub-
scribed and co-operation by thousands of persons upon
this express condition. Is it not, then, a public breach of
faith to use the machinery constructed under such circum-
stances for the purpose of political agitation ? That it is
intended so to use it is evident, for the circular of the late
chairman of the League is not addressed to parties known
to be favourable to organic changes ; or who have ex-
pressed a willingness to join a movement to obtain such
changes. The initiative is taken by the members of the
late Council of the League ; the circular comes from the
old address, with the old signature, and is forwarded to
parties itt the character of principal supporters of the free
trade movement throughout the kingdom."—The wonder
is that any one could be so very green as to imagine that
the Manchester League would ever be permitted to expire
so long as it could be made available for promoting the
interests of the manufacturing districts at the expense of
the nation at large, especially when the pecuniary interests
of Mr. Cobden and Mr. Wilson were so sedulously pro-
vided for, the former netting a clear £70,000, and the lat-
ter finding himself richer by £lO,OOO, which was coolly
transferred from the League fund into his own pocket, on
the passing of the Corn Law Relief Bill. The prospect
of another such harvest may be distant—but, at all events
nothing will be lost by the trial, and therefore the League
is now to come forward and hid for popular favour against
Feargus O'Connor and his Chartist Convention.