The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-12-11 00:00:00

LIVERPoor, AND,kizji.

call6d; the fleggae Parliament--the aristocracy of fool*
and slaves. The absurdity of. the scheme .is not ex-
ceeded by the arrogance of the Irish bland Pier. At pre-
sent a member of the lower house can only be elected by
a constituency inhabiting dwellings rated to the poor at
the minimum scale of £lO per annum. But in O'Cox.
NELL'S new assembly of nobles every inhabitant house-
holder is to have a vote !

To call this insolence, to call it preposterous, and in-
sulting to the people of England, were using terms by
far too mild for the occasion. It is the downright black•
guardism of a ruffian revelling in assumed authority—of
a vulgar bully whom the King's ministers should be im-
peached for not having put to death—of a bold, malig-
nant, and audacious'Araitor, who has too long been al-
lowed to cheat the gallows, and upon which every man
that is hanged is murdered, while O'CoNNELL is walking
abroad unmolested.

He says he would not touch any of the other privi-
leges of the House of Peers. He touch! What right
has he to challenge the institutions of England in any
way?. Are. we so miserably reduced in our own estima-
tion, so poor in spirit, so cowardly in disposition, so feeble
in inte:lect, and so depraVed in morals, that we must
take lessons in reform, lessons in improvement, from an
Irish swaidler, a fellow eitpelled from all good society, a
rapacious vender of seats in parliament, a man who, by
his gross venality and corruption, has brought even the
reform bill into contempt, who has cheated a poor sim-
pleton of two thousand pounds, who allowed his own son
to sit as judge with the base bribe warm and fetid in his
pocket—the bribe received by the said son for the use of
his own father—a paltry slave who kneels in the mud
before a.barbarous priest, and yet employs him whom he
worships to collect pence and farthings from wretched
peasants under the terrors of eternal wrath—a fellow like
this to offer his treasonableand popish schemes of reform
to the protestant people of England, is an outrage upon
the, moral feelings, of atir, countrymen which ought not,
which must not,•which :cannot, and will not be endaredl
If . we-need e must have revolutionis
there no honest Englishman of a sufficiently enthusiastic
temperathent to lead the way ? Must we import a vile
Irish and knavish papist from the wilds of Kerry—a po-
pular advocate of felons in the criminal courts of Ireland---
a lawyer who has. traded too successfully upon crime—
who has made money by the number of his victims, and
who has raised the 'cry of oppression in order to placethe
wretches at the bar of justice as their hired and paid
counsel whom he had wilfully seduced into rebellion ?
No, we cannot stand this a single moment longer. If
we must have revolution, in the name of decency and
national pride let it be commenced by an Englishman—
a-madman if you please—but not by a dishonest and un-
principled Irish. " vagabond" like O'CONNELL.

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Reader! we have given words to our free thoughts in
this matter. We have applied epithets to a vile impos-
tor—to the enemy of our country and religion—to a
base, bad man, who, long ago, should have, by.the fiat of
law, either been in his own purgatory or working in the
slave chains of New South Wales. But it is riot neces-
sary that you should indulge •in any such, in our case,
necessary vituperation. We are of counsels you are the
jury, We know the case; you must judge by the evi-
dence; and, as far as you find our charges 'proved, you
must decide accordingly.
Now what is the first charge in the information ?
O'CONNELL demands a new creation of 180 peers.
Why.? Because he knows that any selection from the
present body of 620 legislators would not answer his
purpose. Why again ? Because the peers are, by a
considerable majority, almost an unanimous one, opposed
to the Irish beggar's revolutionary views.' He therefore
proposes that 180 new peers should be created. Who is
to create them ? The King; but is Lord MELBaURNE,
or DANIEL, the master of Lord MELBOURNE, to have no
voice in the selection? This is the sore point. We feel
assured that no King of England—no member of the
House of BRUNSWICK—wouId ever make a peer either
at the request of Lord MELBOURNE or any body else, if
he felt Convinced that the recommendation was made.
. merely for factious purposes. But why, by this popish
scheme, founded in fraud and usurpation, create any new
peers That itrilear. DANIEL kDOWS that if the
present peerri were - exclusively eligible, a strong tory
house would be elected. But this would not answer his
purpose. He demands 180 new peers, himself, of course,
being one, and-his electors the•vile and depraved popish
priests of Ireland. He, the thiers attorney, aspires to
be a lord. • He is anxious to rule England as he rules
Ireland. He asks the people of England to admit an
Irish swindler into the first rank of elective nobles ? DA-
NIEL, the friend of RAPHAEL—the lying voucher for Mr.
PATRICK EGAN, of Moate—the solemn liar in the case of
,DAVID MURPHY—the coward with a vow in heaven—the
skulking:recreant and police informer against himself, for
self-protection, in the case of Sir ROBERT PEEL—the
leading ruffian in all revolutionary communities—DA-
NlEL, with all your impudence, thls. is too' glaring!
Humbug Irish priests—train them to the gallows—rob
the ignorant—turn the Mass-house into the Fives Courts,,
and compel every slave to subscribe his penny—butbear in.
mind that the English nation, though of an easy disposi-
tion, are not so simple or so readily imposed upon as to
swallow the garbage of popery even as physic.
Certainly your new peers, to be made, according to
your scheme, for the benefit of yourself, will not be
made or recognised, or honoured or respected, by the
people of England. A Derrynane peer would be held in
immeasurable contempt. The King pricks a sheriff, and
the club: of BROOKES'S elect their members, but a peer
elected by O'CONNELL would be deemed an unpardona.
ble insult !

But we are disposed to pass over all this as empty
swagger and bravado ; and we throw it aside, for the
present, in order to arrive ut more important matter.
O'CONNELL, in his letter to the Leeds paper, after in-
dulging in these blustering menaces against the lords,
and the people of England, suddenly starts from one ex-
treme to another, and takes refuge in his favourite pa-
nacea. He tells us that unless the electors of this coun-
try, and their representatives in parliament, support him
in his revolutionary project against the House of Peers,
he will, " with eight millions at his back," repeal the

union

This isspeaking out in intelligible language, which we
trust his present ministerial friends have the capacity to
understand. :It meatis this—" If you do not obey me—
if you do,not legislate as I direct-4f you do not make•
England the ready handmaid and subservientssla%:e to, the
popish priests of Ireland, I DANIEL, with the millions
at my back, will repeal. the union, dismember the em-
pire, and convert my ignorant serfs into the citizens of
an independent republic, of which I shall be president at
first and king eventually."' That is, in plain English,
DANIEL'S threat. Lord MELBOURNE and Lord JOHN
RUSSELL must understand it in this light ; and they will
be traitors to their king and country if they do not so
understand it, and make O'CONNELL answerable fur it
at the risque of his neck. But we quote his own
words :

" But, to be serious ; as he has introduced the repeal, and in-
sinuated that I have abandoned that measure, I deem it but
candid to inform the British reformers that I have not abandon•
ed the pursuit of the repeal of the union ; it is, on the contrary
true, and let Baines make the must of it,that I am as thorough-
ly convinced as over I was, that Ireland will never be well or
honestly governed until she has a domestic legislation of her
own. I, therefore, have not abandoned, I have only postponed
the agitation of that measure; and,! have postponed it for two rea-
sons—first, to give, in the full spirit of candour and perfect fair
play, room for the entire working out of an experiment of whe..
ther Ireland can have a just and beneficial government withou
the repeal of the union. I enter into that experiment fully,
heartily, actively, energetically. Should the experiment suc-
ceed, and Lord Mulgrave and Lord Morpeth are as yet doing
all they possibly can to make it succeed—if it succeed, then my
judgment will prove to be wrong; but my heart will be con-
soled by the prosperity of the loved land of my birth. If it fai
—as fail I think it must—l will then turn round an the hones
reformers 61 Great Britain; I will point out the sincerity with
which I have made out the experiment of an imperial legisla-
tion; I will point out the natural and unpathrble obstacles to
its success. I will then be right in the judgment of my con-
science and of all the impartial men of tr',4e British Isles,. and
with eight millions at my back and justice in my cause, it sold
indeed be pr eposterous to doubt of Sticcess.

1` The Necond reaifil P. 4 tp-im Itite Rtio'9l; igi

Ireland is not as yet ripe for a simultaneous eff.qt. The Orange
faction iy as vet frantic, fanatical; and above all, se?fixh. It is
-ready to • sacrifice country and liberty to the base and factious
interests of a sanguinary party."

He calls the orangemen of 6eland seNsh. This from
such a man is enough to set oue'S teeth on edge. Is he
otherwise than selfish who makeS the poor of Ireland his
Trey ?—who dines upon the alms of the destitute ?—who
robs the starving peasantry.?—whace carriage wheels ate
greased with the tears and the blood of his unfortunate
countrymen ?—who, with his family, goes to mass in
vestments procured by fraud and extortion, and whose
very means of subsistence are gained by what is Ire-
land's curse ?—is this man not selfish. fr Oh no, DA-
NIEL is a patriot ! ! !
But. in the above extract from his letter we see the plan
of agitation which he means to plane. Something must
be done to secure the rent, no matter what. If the lords
are not extinguished—if our nobles are not degraded.
the union must be repealed ! This gentlemen, whigs of
England, is your doing. Your Irish taskmaster is deter-
mined
.first to kick your coronets into the kennel, and
then make Ireland a kingdom for himself. If he is per-
mitted to do the one, he will most assuredly do the other.

The walls were yesterday placarded with the informa-
tion that Mr. GEORGE CROSSFIELD, from "conscientious
motives," declined standing as a candidate for Lime-street
ward.

Whether these "conscientious motives" may be an
unwillingness to co-operate with Socinianism in attack-
ing the established institutions of the land, or whether it
be thit he has no chance of success, we do not take upon
ourselves to determine. One thing, however, is clear,
that by the far fittest roan of the three reform candidates
has wisely and judiciously withdrawn himself. As from
all we hear, Mr. CROSSFIELD is a man of talent and prin-
ciple, and possesses excellent business habits. Of course-
Ow rads. of-the ward,' boiling over with patriotism and.
independence, must substitute some person unknown to
the present council, somebody at least standing to these
gentlemen like puir MATTIE to the Laird of Limmerfield's
cousin, seventeen times removed. These flamers, who
have published lists over and over again, to exhibit to the
town the sin of Sir Thos. BRANCI:ER being Alderman
BRANCKER'S son—the iniquity of his worship being the
nephew of Sir JOHN TOBIN, and de-claiming with such
vociferous lungs as patriots only profess, that municipal
reform was wanted, if only to put an end to relatives sit-
ting at the same council 'board. We say they must surely
substitute some independent man who is guiltless of the
sin of relationship with any one of the present candidates,
Alas ! for coor human nature ! Mr. JOSEPH LANGTON,
the brother-in-law of Mr. WILLIAM EARLS, is the gentle-
man chosen to pop into the vacant niche !
We really must tell Mr. KEET, of Church-street, a
resident of the 'ward, that he is a very ill-used man.
However talented lie may be, (and his address will not
suffer by comparison with those of many of the reform-
ers) lie must see that after all he is not considered re-
spectable• enough by his party for a seat in council.
His address is excellence itself compared with the dis-
gusting nonsense of some creature or other who signed
ALISON", a week or two ago.
We have no objection to Mr. LANGTON if the bur-
gesses of
.Lime-street have not, because he is too good
humoured and aristocratic to do any mischief, and as it
is likely enough that the new council will require a mas-
ter of ceremonies to show them how to behave them-
selves, we know no one more fitted than Mr. LANGTON
for that office.

As for you, Mr. KEET, and your section, depend upon
it you may do very well to help the reform candidates in-
to office, you are convenient stepping-stones good
scaling ladders—decent fascines to fill up the fosse, but
they do not think you respectable enough to sit in coun-
cil with the EARLES, and EWARTS, and LANGTONS, and
all the etceteras whose humanity adorns the liberal
benches of the tabernacles of Renshaw-street and Para-
dise-street.

Put that in your chibouques, gentlemen, and smoke
it as fiercely as you please

Among our advertisements will be found an address to
our reiiseetable representative iMr. WILLIAMt-RWART,
signed, " J. ORANGE," on behalf of the Guardian So-
ciety of Liverpool. Our readers will perhaps agree with
us in thinking that it is as grave and bitter a piece of
irony as could possibly be written. We do not say, be-
cause We have no means of knowing, whether it is or is
not a jest, but we judge of the matter by him to whom
it is addressed, and in do. ;soit is impossible to read it
and refrain from laughing.

LONDON LA7'ES7' NEWS.

City, Wednesday Ecening, Half-past Serest o'clock.

War risks have been done at Lloyd's to a considerable extent
to-day, and astrong impression prevails that General• Jackson's
message will be anything but amicable. We have seen private
letters from New York to-day, all expressing the same feeling.
As high as 10 per cent. has been given to-day that there will be
war between the two states within the twelvemonth. This idea
continues to.depress our market, Consols for the account closing
at 911 j, the reduced 31 per cents at 981, and the three per
cents. reduced at 90k. Money is by uo means scarce consider-
ing the time of year, and this is borne out by the firmness of
Exchequer Bills, which bear a premium of 16 to 18. India
Bonds are flat at 3 pm.
In the Foreign market, those precious delusions, Portuguese
and Spanish Securities, continue the chief objects of speculation,
and the former were done for the 5 per cents. this morning as
IoW as 821, and for the 3 per cents. at 53g. As the day advanced,
however, a strong effort was made to advance them, and the
former closed at 84 and the latter at 55.

In Spanish Bonds, the active bonds left off at 451, after being•
at 411. The cause of the heaviness in Portuguese Bonds was
'chiefly a report that the Lisbon letters this morning stated that
De Campos, the new Portuguese minister, had expressed his
opinion that, in the embarassed state of Portugal, it was im-
possible that faith could be kept with the public creditor. Of
course, this has been stoutly contradicted by the parties here
interested in supporting the bonds, who not only deny this but
add that, to enable him to duly meet the dividends, it was the
intention of the minister to reduce the salaries in all the offi-
cial departments to the lowest scale and abolish all sinecures
and useless offices. From this it would appear that the future
disbursement of the interest on the Portuguese liabilities is not
secured by any actual fund, but is to depend upon the future
savings of the minister.
An advance has occurred in Mexican Bonds, which have
risen to 39, but we can give no reason for this, as the intelli,
gence from the republic is as unfavourable as it well can be.
'Colombia)) Bonds have recovered from their extreme depres-
sion, 32 tiring the last price this afternoon. Chilian bonds are
43, and Brazilian at 881, very flat. The depreciation in •0118
latter security has been caused by the receipt of advises from
Rio Janeiro to the 27th Oct., announcing the fall of the ex-
change to 38, and the detention of the packet in consequence of
the death of one of the regents.
Our Northern Bonds have within the last day or two been
affected by the warlike rumours prevailing. Belgian Bonds
front 1001 1 have been at 991, and they closed this afternoon at
991. Dutch 5 per cents. left off at 1001 x,, the 21 per cents. at
54i Danish Bonds have declined to 751, and Russian to
108.
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Our "Share market has betti almost entirely neglected.