The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-21 00:00:00

his ignorance and folly, if perchance wickedness be not
at the rootsof his proceeding: -
To any one whose attention may be excited to -this
momentous question, by these brief remarks, we would
strongly recommend the perusal of a pamphlet just pub-
lished, being a letter addressed to Lord Viscount Milton,
by George Webb Hall, Esq., in reply to a recent publi-
cation of his Lordship against the corn laws. They will
there find the subject treated of in detail, by one who
unites.practical knowledge to sound theory, and we shall
be surprised if any candid enquirer after truth, can rise
from its perusal, without the conviction that to abolish
the corn laws, or to make such regulations respecting
them as should seriously injure the British corn-grower,
or make us dependent on Foreign nations for our supply,
would be the height of folly as well as injustice. We
will conclude this article with one short extract from the
pamphlet, which we beg to press upon our readers'
attention.

"In advocating the claim upon the country at large, to re-
ceive the agricultural produce it can yield in exchange for other
commodities, at the fair and honest, yet lowest price at what it
can be grown at home, I would ask that alone which would be
most cheerfully granted in return to every other branch of indus-
try in the state. In claiming from the country at large, the privi-
lege of supplying their wants, as long as it could be done with pro-
duce good in quality and at a proportionate price, most readily
would the whole supply of the agricultural interest be granted
to the corresponding interestiof our own country, for all those
articles which they could themselves fabricate. Let British in-
dustry then contribute to British ingenuity, and receive com-
pensation from it, and the aggregate profit of the two transac-
tions, mutually beneficial, will far surpass that high rate of pro-
fit, to aim at which our country, to an extent, would be made a
howling desert."

OUR contemporary, the Mercury, in his last number,
edified us by the inforniation, that Mr. Thornely's cora-
initteo were men of too much integrity, to stoop to cer-
tain things, which it was (most untruly, as we believe)
asserted the partisans of Lord Sandon unscrupulously
resorted to: The walls of the town have,' for the last
twd days, been.'adorned with very convincing proofs of
the soaring loftiness of soul which distinguishes some of
Mr. Thornely's partisans.. In the first place an abstract
of the law against bribery appears—unauthorised it

would appear—but with the name of E. Smith & Co.
Printers, at the bottom. By this placard the tempting
reward of £SOO is held out to any one who can substan-
tiate ‘a. case of bribery, so as .to enable these worthies
to unseat Lord Sandon. Then comes a begging petition,
stating that books, signed by the Chairman, lie at ten
different places, beginning with the Mercury-office and
eiiding—With the Bank of Messrs. Samuel Hope '&
Co.,
where all those who feel disposed, may contribute their
mite, towards defraying the legal expenses of prosecuting
a parliamentary .enquiry into the circumstances of the
late election. Having heard it boasted by some of Mr.
Thornely's committee, that a fund of £3,ooo.was already
subscribed for this purpose, the want of more money
shows the determined spirit in which the enquiry will be
prosecuteg. But the most interesting part of the placard
'Es-,the conclusion—All persons are "cautioned and re-
garded" not to pay their money to any but those having
books signed by the Chairmtpi.
(signed) WM. RATH B 0 NE.
If this caution and request do not satisfy any one, of the
high respectability and great integrity, •of some of Mr.
Thornely's partisans, we do not know what will. By the
by on the subject of bribery and corruption, we have
heard some very queer -stories about the proceedings of
certain Friends, such as offering a wife a good round
sum if she would swear that her hUsband had received a
bribe to vote for Lord'Satidon—but these must be mere
tory fabrications--purity of election men could never do
such things! •

In consequence of a paragraph in the Times, stating,
iat' the Conservative Candidate for Whitby, was re-
,urned contrary to the expectations of the revolutionists,
owing to the powerful influence and wealth arrayed
against them for the last two years; also, that several had
voted for Mr. Chapman that had signed Mr. Morrison's
requisition; we give the true account as reported by an
eye-witness of the proceedings. In no town 'in the
kingdom for its size can more respectable or wealthier
voters be found, and, therefore, the only influence
that 'could be. exercised over them was that of . sound
eonstitutional:prinCipleS; by Which alone they were actu-
ated. As to the requisition, it was got up. in the most
underhand manner, the signatures being obtained upon
a blank paper, and afterwards attached to a subsequent
requisition; Mr. Morrison, the blue candidates party
giving it out, at the same time, that no other candidate
would be in the field, excepting perhaps Mr. Curtis, of
London, or some stranger like him. They thus ob.;
tamed the pledges of many that otherwise would haYe
voted for the pink candidate, Mr. Chapman, and who
after redeeming their pledge, mounted_ pink colours,
and in fact canvassed for Mr.. Chapman. They not only
sent threatening letters to several pink voters, but en-
deavoured to intimidate some of the respectable trades-
men, one in particular,, by threatening to withdraw their
own, and take away Lord Mulgrave's custom ; at the
very time the blue candidate was in the shop, Mr. Chap-
man's carriage drove past, upon which, the honest, and
worthy independent tradesman said, here is a friend of
mine coming, I must give him three eheers,—for his
upright conduct his windows Were broken at the election.
Such was their violence that they threatened to turn the
horses' heads back to London, on Mr. Chapman's enter-
ing 'Whitby,—and had not the pink party been too strong
for them, their violence and rage would have known no
bounds. The blue candidate had six or eight Dissent-
ing Ministers on his Committee, and with the exception
of a few respectable tradesmen, his chief supporters were
weavers, fish-wives, and chimney-sweeps ; the latter
even got disgusted, and cried pink for ever; and such
was the indignation of the sailors and farmers, on hear-
ing of the bribery oath being' put to gentlemen, who
were Magistrates and Deputy-Lieuts. of the county,
and men of large landed property, as well as funded and
shipping property, that latterly not a blue man durst
spew out after dark. Some of the most obnoxious of the
pink party were obliged to take refuge in a house, and
would no doubt have suffered, if some pink gentlemen
had not rescued them. In answer to their last lie of all,
Mr. Chapman Certified before the returning officer, that
he had not directly, or indirectly, any contract with
government; they to cover their own defeat having
substituted Mr. Chapnan for his Son, who had the mast
and timber contract to, supply his Maje sty's dock yards.
—From- a Correspondent:.,

His Majesty's Post-office Packets are, by a recent order, to
v wear blue.ensigns and pendants, insiadcif red, as heretofore.