The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

NORTH CHESHIRE ELECTION.---The ,an
take place to-morrow, and the friends of, 354"
Legh are confident of his success. A'S eeg'
CIRENCESTIM ELECTION.-011 Wednesday cop
tion terminated in the return of Mr. Mullings,
servative. The poll was stated to be--iql"
Ponsonby, 130; majority, 132. mpteni.
EMIGRATION.—It is said that the Government d 0
plates an immediate application to Parliament fora 514
rity to raise a loan for emigration. The amount, it
will be at least £500,000, perhaps £lOO,OOO. , IforPetbi
Lord Portman has been appointed by Lord.
stead 0'
churchwarden for the Crown in Marylebone, 1.6'
Lord Kenyon, who has filled the office under ever'
nistry, for thirty years.
The Right Hon. T. B. Macauley has now neitber:o

g flllen,;3.
in the Cabinet nor Parliament. The hon.
withdrawn into private life, much to the relief an",e los%
faction of the Grey section of the Ministry, NOl°l'3'
owed him a grudge. d c°l?'
OUR DIPLOMATIC DOINGS.—Our e ng 0
temporary, the Morning Post, contains the follloo
its correspondence from Madrid :—.l The Brit bee,
have been taken down at the Embassy, and its meTakiif
including his Excellency, are busily employed
leave of their mistresses and paying accounts. t tha
s LANCASHIRE ELECTION.—The petition Wit! cn,oo
return of Mr. Armstrong for Lancaster was withdnoott
Monday, in consequence of a decision by the (1,10.011?,
upon a whole class of cases, the admission of wine 'to
have given Mr. Stanley a majority, being adverse
petitioners. tiiatisbgtivs

The amount subscribed for Mr. Cobden, ace' esso
the treasurer's accounts, was £76,761. The expos_ lift,
£6,500, and the balance has been handed over 'l5O
Cobden. who says that " through this liberality, l'ehava4
in possession of an ample competence, and that
he
retired from the risks and anxieties of business, .

devote himself to public life."
RUPT"RE '

_The °f6 °tig;

FOIL F SPAIN WITH ENGLAND.- ,
meddlesomeneO ss of Lord Palmerston in Span' 400
has produced its natural and expected effect. T}l-t,t`v of
Ministers have refused to guarantee the i nin'uPdectil,
British embassy, which was the open focus of J ),
against themselves. Mr. Bulwer, therefore, reecloulo
passports, and arrived at Dover on Wednesday wee
that Mr. Bulwer's mischievous prompter, Lord 'r
Fo''
ton, could be as summarily banished from •the
Office.
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NAVIGATION LAWS. —A very numerous ii.--ti°,oo;
seamen was held in their Hall, Sunderland, on .11-"°-,;:e0

to adopt petitions to Parliament against the Pt
alterations in the Navigation Laws. The greatest 01S0
hensions are entertained of the workin of the ir`se.,os
system in shipping affairs, and the sailors arc unagl fetal
in rendering all the opposition in their power to °cod:
measure which impends over British maritime sulfevnien'
and which will deprive our bmve tars of the eu'dPl°l4 lad
and comforts they now enjoy under those provl e, „ tiv
that have been tested by the experience of centur'"
which are now to be sacrificed to senseless clan-10'1r'
1.0,
ME" NEAR.—Nine-tenths of °tops'
glad to hear that the bill for theistholl!
fer of the Docks passed the House of Common' firs"
I
further opposition on Tuesday, and that it was re at etio•
time in the House of Lords on Thursday last. A id this
of the. Dock Company (probably the last) will be beietors'
day, to obtain the sanction of the present proPi r!l•
preparatory to its being read a second time by theitij
ships. In all human probability, therefore, the IA 001
become law in about one month from this
BY OR BEFORE THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER Dn'')o,ol'
DOCK DUES OF BRISTOL WILL BE REDUCED
THOSE OF LIVERPOOL !—Bristol Mirror, Saiuru,in'7t,ipte
DIVISION ON THE JEWS BILL.—WC find the '`o)
ing among those who voted for the second reading, yorlf:
Jews Bill in the House of Lords :—Archbishop 0' 04
Bishops of St. David's, Worcester, .
Manchestfr'were:
Hereford, Duke of Cleveland, Earls Sefton, Elle
Invgs'
A 0
and Derby, Lords Canning and Hardinge. I';eiltur•
those who voted against were, Archbishops of Can' earl'
and Armagh, Bishops of Bangor, Bath and Vire!!l'
isle, Chichester, Exeter, Gloucester and Bristol. l'" h. ester'
Lincein, Llandaff, London, Oxford, Ripon, 13')e
Salisbury and Winchester. Dukes of Wellingtleia:
Newcastle, Marquis of Salisbury, Earls Cardigan'enTiet
ton, Aberdeen, and Harrowby, Lords Delamare, Sk
dale and Stanley

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low citizens will be

RUMOURED CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY.--;:i.tiOn
mound in London that there is to be a modil'e- to 13"
the government—that Lord John Russell shrinks t-1.0,e flye
budget (which will, it is said, reveal a deficit, ot;lnsir it;
or six millions !), and that he wishes for the fli° ° bat
Peel, whether as colleague or substitute is uneertethe one
there are difficulties in either supposition. 19`'•oicaltie,s
hand it would scarcely be spirited to shrink the (1, Boat
of the crisis, by leaving his successor in the lurc.,:t,
on the other hand, it would he awkward to a(l.lT.'is vota-
net in which two " leaders" should be found- , of th
rions, however, that Lord John is beartilY
task of government. Another rumour, is Nith "''il
Clarendon is to be replaced by Lord Hardioge' by a
aYiji
oloiaintrcsy
poCoflllie6:43oEno tvl
yeE
rc:6311
voroN.
tary rule, in Ireland.
tie-fse.nMryßr. nt
the politics of the
due to the
trio there was not much to choose, bat
the noi.t Ino
returned one to say that he appears to ht' lagoglier
rate man of the three. Vincent, the ChaYtiSt BP;
iv, of course well known ; and Mr. 3ergennt 1"" r
pears to have had a violent relapse in his political ie.°
and opinions, for he avowed himself at the noroinatict3ool
favour of household suffrage, vote by ballot, el' iao,
districts. triennial parliaments ; opposed to the gatile,verso-
the present gaol discipline, &c., &c. ; and his Nil'
_lot,
tion obtained for him 56 votes ; a paltry acknowlenclg. soo
certainly, but 'quite sufficient for the pretensions P'
intended to reward. eraill
THE BANK AcT.—The expectation is now geenioss
noised abroad, that the Lords' Committee v3'311,, roach
immediately, report that the Bank Act of 1844 1333",„ the;
to do with the distress felt in commercial circles
ti's, of
last autumn :—and that the Committee of the lie to
Commons will only be prevented from ogreetugrtioae
similar vote by the continual presence and active exe .0-be•
of some members of her Majesty's Government. f the
tier this is a fit line of conduct for the Ministers
iv°ittea
Crown, let our readers judge. Here is aelas to
nominated by the Ministry itself and so nominetL,se 3,.°;
secure a majority. And yet, so entirely has the u"
Sir Robert Peel's bill been broken down, that it, gill the
only by the greatest exertions that a verdict ag"',"'
bill will be averted,—if, indeed, it be averted at al'' that
Oa 0
THE JEW BILL.—WC are truly rejoice. to risti-
the House of Lords ha 3 rejected this most 1133c,:i00 on
measure. The second reading came on for
Thursday night, when, after a most animated arufoonas
resting debate. the House divided, there bei"
—Content : present, 96—proxies 32,—total, .1119joriti;
disca,2 irate,
Content : present, 125—proxies 38,—total, 163. loco a
against the 2nd reading 35. The Earl of ELLEr'3'°b,
opened the opposition to the bill in an able sPeecij /irae
concluded by moving that the bill he read a see°,%ear;
that day six months. The Archbishop of CANII.•,--0 (41;
the Earl of WINCHILSEA, the Bishop of OxF°-i-
-great speech), the Earl of EGLINTOUN, the Earl (3e Day,
ROWDY, and Lord STANLEY opposed die bill. rst. visit;
ev:
eicneenenr rig
Of ARGYLE (in a maiden speech), the Bishop 0,01 vie
urn's (in a speech that ought to expel "-to Of'
bench), and the Earl of ELLESMERE—We are sorry'
supported the bill.
arms eji
A SCENE.—There was a amous ssage of Ic,r•obdor
Tuesday night between Messrs. O'Conner a"( P°
in the House of Commons. The former twitte'apoai
Mr. flume severely for deceiving the people by
ing his motion for the Little Charter : " upon 013
ohielloar

and conscience he believed Me;;;;.-1-1ume,C'n P1',,"0
Co., only intended to use the people for their nsv,e, e
, utty
poses." This called up the ex-leader of the "ro,
not only snubbed O'Conner most unrnere"ulion'c'fr
"defied" him, and sneered at his miserable ttle
" I have set the honourable gentleman publicly %do,
ante, and all his followers," said Mr. Cobden' et tht.'t
raetppliuedbl
never failed to beat them by votes whenever In we'
t ebti
that once
is
ic m
he meetings." ir g
nevers. "in e
tTo the this the
bCuht
(teil);:°,outirrie
meeting in his life. " I said the followers of ti.,„`e
uilt °f
able gentleman," explained Master Cobden. "c
time fur the friends of the man of " unadorned e10t,,,P otial '
to look more closely after him. After the :gni t-o
these loose assertions have a very ugly look.
1311•P',„
EFFECT OF THE REJECTION OF THE JE tba-revis
hail the decision of the House of Peers for innlie,,jes :rest
ffpwareoecatnri:sapauva
elps
palpable
been
ite:ll et tohf aeacl
legislatingelß roi
Bisi it. Practically,
But it
legislature.ii Pft rddaiocveti isnc
eailnllafiy
laws
ssii
infinitely
saeobavecret
ehdeop:tiarofioii.ttirl;e:,
force of the declaration is not simply negatives one t—
oaf
an du households,ll
anotheraers
rt f
anotheroer e
ao;ubrai
rsi
parliamenti
tf. w - eR hral
gc11;000nce
thou,sitiam ntoottabereeanlilitgvh;teanbeudgfbeewa.r feoriertghyernmeintli°°' the I) via%
have warned their congregations of the
Christ, the source and origin of all our lanf's'„se of t the
presentative of such congregations in the 11°, fiver. f Of
mons has dared to refer to that supreme Law" orts °•reo'
risk of ridicule, pity, and contempt. The be despot the
pious have bled, the spirits of the weak 113ve
the thoughts of the reflecting have become eritaT;
jotter 030
presence of the huge anomlly. Anything ig coy. jog,
falsehood. Infidelity is preferable to bYF'°cis net,Ppi
contradiction could not last. God is God, or neb,tica',lo3'
If he be the guide in toe household, he is an% the s.otif
in the legislature. If his blessing be needed i_re age, to
chamber, it is required ten thousand times rn,uiocir
in the chamber from which proceed the hiwsiviotls 130
govern physically, morally, and socially, , reef boo
co It tot
sponsible and immortal souls. The Hon-
vindicated by its voice the national consistea%tar_, i 4
said the denier of Christ's divinity shall not raroil;ositi:isii4
Christ's believing children, but the miner Ptbat th.s oni;
contained in a major, which further declares.,noof Ito sal
of God are immutable and universal, as he °,itteddiell°3
nipotent and omnipresent. We must be Per_ the,-....001.,
that a true, a believing Jew, " one not wearlty,, ttou
religion, of which he has andoned the rfagaient
never have demanded what a Christian Pa' 1' tee'
the power to grant. A Jew more attached
to`i of het, e
than desirous of worldly honours in the 1!I _rivil
porary sojourning, would shrink from at, Z.col .I°,olo
and (11 ion ' es;
eagerly desired by Baron Rothschild, Lora rrbe r
Brig ish parliaments than of final restoratit?•_,a,.
Jerusalem, Englaqd is not the land of (17s becollit 00.0
disability of the Jew rests in himself. It rib, stich xi, 0,
upon him by hands Purer than mortal!
,s
ic„opceople
be taken off. For the Jew two alternatives
.rtio p
believes and becomes amalgamated with 3_,CD:pialerbirth'
he disbelieves and stands apart. There ise"_°,„ 10
If he cannot believe, let him not at all events ditoto
right for a mess of pottage•—falitt -1341 burgh e overfly
a pas over
" Ireland's cup of misery," %Vs .tears
(apparently an Irishman,) " has been for
ing, and it seems not W be yet full I"