The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-02 00:00:00

One more specimen of sheer impudence, and w
are done:—

" You have stated truly, in the address which you pre-
sented to me, that I gave up a lueritive profession, and
that I was offered the highest judicial office which the
crown had it in their power to bestow. I refused all—l
gave up all—to be counsel for poor Ireland alone,"—
(Cheers.)

What a sacrifice was this ! To "refuse all "—to
"give up all "—" to be counsel for poor Ireland."
How many gentlemen are this day in our Assize
Courts who would willingly renounce all to be
retained by a poor client who has uniformly paid so
well !

We here take leave of this trumpery affair—and
trumpery it is in every way—with an expression of
pity for the fallen condition of Radicalism in Liver-
pool. There was a time when this now feeble fac-
tion could have mustered a political display without
dragging the kennels and the back streets for
company--7when they would have scorned to consort
with convicts and gaol birds on leave ; but now—
alas for the mighty ! The mountain has become a
molehill--the once brilliant light of Liberalism has
dwindled into the small flame which issues, unoder-
ous and flickering, from a farthing dip. Alas for
fallen Whig-radicalism !

The near approach of the annual Easter Vestry,
and the opportunity thus about to he afforded to the
parishioners, of electing " fit and proper men" to
represent their interests in the Select Vestry, induces
us to offer a few words to our Conservative readers
upon the importance of a proper discrimination in
the selection to be made. On no past occasion has
such discrimination been more loudly called for.
We must have now on the Select Vestry no trim-
mers—no men halting between two opinions—and,
above all no radical tools of Somerset House, and
no pimping feeders of the scurrility of the radical
pres.. We have henceforth a battle to fight for the
the independence of the town against the encroach-
ments of an unconstitutional power; and we must
have loyal men to fight that battle firmly and fear-
lessly.
The parties who retire at this vestry, and who
will, doubtless, present themselves for re-election,
are Messrs. Urquhart, Riding, Maynard, Hand,
Groom, and Molyneux. The first of these, there
can be no hesitation on the part of any conservative,
in dismissing to his private duties and studies ! As
a sectarian of the most virulent class, he has
proved sufficiently his utter unfitness for the per-
formance of the duties of a select vestryman, con-
sistently with the honour and peace of the parish,
and the welfare and humane treatment of the poor
over whom it has been his province to watch.
Amongst the remaining gentlemen, we could pick
out one or two of somewhat shakey principles; but
we abstain, as we are assured that a list of undeniable
parties will be proposed, upon which the vestry will,
no doubt, come to a fitting decision. Against those
whose election has to he confirmed by the parish-
ioners—Messrs. Ford, Herd, and Bremner—not an
ohjectibn can be raised.

On Friday last, the Committee upon the Liver-
pool Dock Bill met, and, at their risin4, adjourned
until after the Easter recess. The Chairman of the
Dock Committee was the only witness brought be-
fore them, his examination occupying the whole
time of the sitting. As affording some clue to the
probable fate of the bill, so far as this ordeal is con-
cerned, we give here the names of the parliamentary
committee :—Beresford, W., Esq., Harwich, chair-
man ; Tollemache, J., Esq., South Cheshire ;
Douglas, Sir H., Liverpool ; Troubridge, Sir E.
'l'., Sandwich ; Ainsworth, P. Esq., Bolton ; Bar-
nard, E. G., Greenwich; Egerton, W. Tatton, Esq.,
North Cheshire; Sandon, Lord, Liverpool; Stand-
ish, Charles, Esq., Wigan ; Blackburne, J., Esq.,
Warrington ; Patten, W., Esq., North Lancashire ;
Brotherton, Joseph, Esq., Salford; Greenall, Peter,
Esq., Wigan; Plumridge, Captain J. H. Falmouth;
Milner, —, Esq., —.
The four members sitting for sea ports, we may
explain, are selected, in addition to the standing
committee—probably as being conversant, or pre-
sumed to be conversant, with dock matters—and
will, of course, give their decision upon purely ge-
neral grounds, irrespective of local considerations.
The remainder will, probably, decide more imme-
diately in accordance with their knowledge of local
interests to be affected and local convenience to be
consulted.

The most material opposition—indeed, the only
material opposition—offered to the bill of the Dock
Committee thus far, has arisen from the commis-
sioners of Birkenhead, who are anxiously furbishing
up every arrow in their well-stored quiver to ob-
struct, and, if possible, defeat a measure full of pros-
pective advantage to the commerce of the port of
Liverpool. We are sssurad, however, that they are
likely to reap little batisfaction from their efforts.
The tribunal before whom their cunningly-devised
obstructions are offered will, doubtless, be able to
see through the flimsy veil of disinterested local pa-
triotism, under the plea of which they are made.

THE FUNDS SATURDAY NIGHT,—The English stock-
market, without a great deal of business, exhibits much
firmness, and prices generally are well maintained. Sa-
turday being an early day at the Stock-Exchange, little
fluctuation has occurred. Consols for money and the ac-
count leave off 981 to a ; New 31 per Cents., 102 i to ;
Exchequer-bills 68s. to 70s. premium. In the foreign
market speculative dealing is the chief feature, and Spa-
nish and Mexican have the preference above other stocks.
The abundance of capital has considerable influence on
business, and the tendency of operations is decidedly in
favour of further advance. Spanish Three per Cents.
„have been done as high as 374, but they closed 37i to ;
The Five per Cents. were last quoted 26k to 4-; Mexicau
Actives left off at the improved figure of 36i to 37k ; and
the Deferred, 16i to 17-k. The other closing quotations
were as follows : Portuguese, 4151 to 46i; Dutch Two-
and-a- Half per Cents., 571 to ; the Five per Cents., 101 i
to 102 k ; Danish 88 to 89 ; Columbian, 151 to ; Chilian,
104 to 106; Buenos Ayres, 37 to 38 ; Brazilian, 82 to 83 ;
Belgian, 104 to 105 ; and Peruvian, 30i to 31i.

The following gentlemen have been appointed honorary
officers of the Liverpool Workhouse and Fever Hospital,
in addition to the present medical board:—Honorary
physician, Dr. Dickenson; honorary surgeons, Mr. T.
Inman, Mr. Byerley, Mr. Burgess. Mr. Graham, of
Woodside, has been elected house-surgeon at a salary of
£5O per annum.

GRAND FREE TRADE BANQUET.—We beg to direct
attention to the advertzement of the " Grand Free
Trade Banquet," and the list of the principal feeders,
which will be found in another column. This will be no
doubt a very grand affair, as it ought to be indeed, for the
prices charged, viz., 10s. each for Tea-totalers, and
123. 6cl. each for those who luxuriate in wine. The
Tee-totalers by the by have the worst of it, an extra half-
crown being rather little to charge for a gentlemanly
skin-full.

SMOKING ON THE WOODSIDE STEAMERS.—It is said
Mr. Commissioner Jackson at his recent visit to the noble
duke at Chatsworth to meet the Queen, advised her Ma-
jesty to have an aquatic constable on board her new yacht,
to prevent the sailors chawing tobacco ; her majesty re-
plied, that as Prince Albert was fond of a cigar on deck,
she could not think of depriving the sailors of their quids.
On Thursday last, the high and mighty commissioners of
Birkenhead, in the exuberance of their wisdom, thought
proper to summon Captain Judkin before the magistrates
for smoking a cigar on board one of their common ferry
boats. It appears the gallant captain was crossing by the
boat at twelve o'clock at night, and standing by the mast
smoking a cigar, when he was accosted by one of those
recently invested animals, an aquatic constable, who told
him he " maunt smoke," but the captain did smoke,
nevertheless ; and, then Mr. Aquatic told the collector,
Mr. Collector told the Manager, Mr. Manager told a com-
missioner, Mr. Commissioner told the law clerk, Mr.
Law Clerk told a magistrate, Mr. Magistrate issued a
summons, to which the gallant captain appeared. The
wondrous crime was discussed over and over again, and a
fine of half-a-crown decreed, which Captain Judkin re-
fused to pay, and gave notice of appeal. Why do not the
ratepayers return, as commissioners, men a little more
accustomed to an interchange of the civilities of life, and
who have received the benefit of such an education as
would render similar paltry annoyances unknown ?
NEW BUILDINGS IN LIVERPOOL.—The quantity of
building going on, or in contemplation, in this town, may
be estimated from the fact that brick-making was never
known, even by men who have been engaged in the occu-
pation for forty years, to be so brisk as at present, or to
promise so much activity throughout the approaching
summer, from the extent of the demand. The greatest
portion of this material used in the town and outskirts is
made at the North Shore, where, we understand, Messrs.
S. and J. Holme have themselves no fewer than thirty
" stools," or moulders, with their respective subsidiary
labourers. A vast number of new buildings, chiefly houses,
or houses with shops, are in progress at the north end of
the town, many of them in and about Great Homer-street.
In various other parts of the suburbs, numerous houses
are also rapidly rising. The New Assize Courts, which,
in addition to the massive exterior stonework, consume
an amazing quantity of bricks, are also " going a-head,"
the weather being extremely propitious. That stupendous
structure is already raised many feet above the datum le-
vel, and begins to afford, in the lower portions of the
columns, pilasters, panelled work, &c.. some idea of the
splendid appearance it will present when finished. On
the whole, there is every prospect of full employment
during the season for more than the usual number of
bricklayers, joiners, plasterers, and others connected with
the several branches of the art of building. A considera-
ble quantity of bricks would no doubt be required in
consequence of the new local act relating to cellars used
as dwellings.