The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-02 00:00:00

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

CLOSE OF THE CONTEST IN WICKLOW.—At the close
of the poll, on Thursday, the gross numbers were—
Howard, 368, Monck, 355 ; majority, 13.
The most important intelligence received from Lisbon
is that Lord Palmerston has begun to interest himself in
the behalf of the Portuguese bondholders, by remonstrat-
ing against the non-payment of the dividends.
CHARTIST DOINGS.—Two Chartists of Burnley were
overheard in conversation on Wednesday last to give their
real opinion on the petition. " Ha! ha !" said one, " I

always thought it would be so. It's no wonder the par-
liament laughed at our petition. They would not have
had it at all if they only knew all about it." " Why,"
said the other, " I know a fellow wot put his dog's name
in the petition, he said it would make one more."

" When a man has been hopelessly lingering a long
time under the influence of some painful and incurable
disease, his friends are quite disposed to say, when death
puts an end to his sufferings, that he has had a happy
release ;' and we believe that most of those who are aware

says,—

of the extent of the inflictions under which the right hon.
member for Manchester has recently laboured, will be dis-
posed to congratulate him upon his official demise. It is,
indeed, ` a happy release ;' for no unfortunate ` toad under
a harrow' could have had a more uncomfortable existence
than that which the right hon. gentleman has endured for
some months past, under the badgerings which he has re-

ceived through the newspapers, and the alternate coaxings
and bullyings'to which he has been more privately sub-
jected, have at length overcome his firmness, and he has
resigned his office."
REFORM MOVEMENTS.—Various movements, eschewing
the name of Chartism, but pressing to substantially the
same measures, have been got up in different place. At
Birmingham, on Saturday, a declaration, in the form of a
monster placard, was appended to the walls, setting forth
that the undersigned " earnestly desired, and were deter-
mined to obtain, by all peaceful and constitutional means,
household suffrage, vote by ballot, triennial parliaments,
and electoral districts." More than a thousand signatures
were appended to this document, among them those of
several respectable mercantile houses ; three-fourths of the
aldermen and town-councillors, and several magistrates ;
the list being headed by two M.P.'s—G. F. Muntz and
W. Scholfield. At Leicester, last week, resolutions were
agreed to, in' favour of universal suffrage, and the

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. . • • • ing against the constitution of the present legislature of a limited period of ten years, against. slave produde,
Great Britain as partial and unjust, and denouncing the during that interval by liberal immigration from A, red,
Crown and Government Security Bill as a daring infringe. the vigorous suppression of the slave trade being enu'ori by
ment of constitutional freedom of speech, and as tending the energy and enterprise of our planters, assisteol-
to undermine the civil and religious liberty of the nation. capital, which confidence would again place at their 'OA
One of the resolutions provided for the opening of the mand, would place Jamaica in a position to entefoiog
register for the borough, in which the names, age, rest- i unfettered competition with all other sugar pro' t of
countries,—for this chamber feels convinced ta,,r
properly equal terms the British Jamaica planters feil
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dence, and occupation of every person who is in tnvour of
the national charter shall be entered. Similar meetings
have taken place at Doncaster, Manchester, Bury, Brad-

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LORD PALMERSTON'S IMPERTINENCE