The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-24 00:00:00

ciently their duties to the public. It must be borne
in mind that the class, from which members of the
force are principally taken. is one in whom that
amount of energy, of which the human frame is ca-
pable, is rarely found developed. The effect of in-
sufficient or improper food, in youth, frequently
saps in them the vigour which ought to exist in
manhood ; and if strength is gained, at all, it is
rarely combined with activity. The nature of the
employments, to which they hive been accustomed,
will often be found to have developed one portion of
the muscles at the expense of others ; and men, vi-
gorous enough for the station and life to which they
were born, are thus unfitted for a pursuit which,
above most others, requires perfectly matured
powers. Nothing, experience has shewn, can with
greater certainty and facility correct these evils than
such a course of training and exercise as that to
which we have pointed.
For one portion of the force, especially, this train-
ing is most urgently required. We ;refer to the
fire police, from whose members great physical
energy and great activity is called for, not only to
make them efficient, hut to secure them from acci-
dents and the loss of life so frequent in their dan-
gerous calling. How many of those fearful calami-
ties, which this town has witnessed in cases of fire,
might have been averted, had the poor victims been
possessed of greater readiness of bodily action, to
enable them to rescue themselves from the sudden
emergency of peril which overtook them, we will
not attempt to sly.- We are confident, however,
and reflection will convince any of our readers. who
have witnessed the peculiar nature of the employ-
ments of the fire police, that a previous training,
calculated to call into action the bodily powers and
activity required in those employments, would have
greatly diminished the number of accidents which
have resulted. For the sake of these men, alone,
—a most deserving body, who have shewn how little
they regard life in the anxiety to do their duty—
the experiment ought to be tried ; and we beg re-
spectfully to impress its necessity upon the authori-
ties of the town.

We beg to call the attention of the Conservative
burgesses of Liverpool to the necessity of prompt
exertions, and especially of attention to the approach-
ing municipal registration, in order to snatch from
the Whig-Radical party a chance, upon which they
are just now felicitating themselves, of ejecting from
the municipal body some of the best and most
staunch Conservatives ever enrolled amongst its
members, or presented for the approbation of the
various constituencies. A list of these will surely
be sufficient to stir up the energies of their friends,
and of every friend of good local government.
The retiring members are :
ALDERMEN.
T. B. Barclay, R.
Thos. Bulley, R.
Jas. Lawrence, C.
Sir Thos. Brancker, C.
W. P. Freme, R.
Thos. Holt, R.
Jas. Moon, R.
Eyre Evans, R.

COUNCILLORS.
Thos. Shaw, C.
Isaac Holmes, C.
Wm. Preston, R.
J. Edwards, C.
Henry Homes, Whig.
John Holmes, Whig.
R. S. Henderson, C.
Jas. Aspinall, C.
G. G. Hornby, C.
Henry Lawrence, C.
Robertson Gladstone, C.
J. B. Lloyd, C.
Jas. Parker, C.
J. S. Leigh, C.
S. L. Trotman, C.
A. Smith, Jun., C.

The Conservative portion of this list contains
men who.deserve hard fighting for; And we are
satisfied their claims upon us will not be lost sight
of. To the canvassers in all the wards we say,
therefore, be up and active.

The question at issue between the Magistrates
and the Watch Committee, with respect to their
respective powers, has, since our last, assumed a
somewhat altered position; yet, one not at all less
favourable to our own views than that which we
remarked upon in our last. A case has been laid,
under the direction of the magistrates themselves,
before Mr. Cron.pton, Assessor of this Borough,—
has been stated therefore, we have every reason to
conclude, to the perfect satisfaction of Mr. Rushton;
and although we might reasonably cavil at the selec-
tion of a lawyer, connected by his office with the
bench, to pronounce an opinion upon a question
where the pr:vileges of the bench are concerned.
'We are sufficiently satisfied, however, with the high
character and standing of Mr. Crompton, to receive
hislopthion as one honestly pronounced upon the facts
as laid before him. Another case has been sub-
mitted to Mr. Earle, Queen's Counsel, a gentleman
who, upon a recent occasion was selected to supply
the place of the Attorney-General in an important
criminal prosecution, and is totally unconnected
with any party within the Borough.
Mr. Crompton gives his opinion in favor of the
position, as to the law, taken by Mr. Rushton; but
expresses great hesitation, founded as he states upon
the high reputation of the learned gentlemen who
have differed from him ; and we may remind our
readers that this hesitating opinion is one given
upon a case prepared by the Magistrates themselves.
Mr. Earle on the other hand, is clear, in favour of
the view taken by Messrs. Kelly, Cowling, and
Cardwell. The authorities, therefore, stand as fol-
lows, for and against :—we adopt our previous mode
of stating it—
The opinions of
Mr. Edwd. Rushton,
Mr. Crompton,
(hesitating).

v. those of
Mr. Kelly, Q.C.
Mr. Earle, Q.C.
Mr. Cowling,
Mr. Cardwell.

Whilst expressing our gratification at this ad-
ditional confirmation of our opinions, we take the
opportunity of congratulating the authorities of the
Orange order, Mr. Harbord and his noble and
illustrious colleague, upon the evidence which these
opinions show of the perfect legality of the body
which they ornament; and, at the same time, of
thanking them, in the name of the poor men who
have been selected as the objects of unmerited
punishment, upon the manly and Christian stand
which has been made in their behalf.

THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NlGHT.—Consols were firm
at a slight advance, notwithstanding that business was li-
mited. The last quotation for money stood at 901 toe ;
and for the account 998 to 100. Bank Stock closed 2j3
to 208 ; Exchequer Bills 74s to 76s premium ; India
Stock, 284 to 285 ; and India Bonds, 93s to 95s premium.
In the foreign house there was not much activity. Mexi-
can further improved a shade on the appearance of the
advertisement announcing the payment of the April divi-
dend on the Ist of next month. Although no remittances
have come to band, the agents, it is understood, make up
the necessary amount on the authority of their letters
from New Orleans. The Actives left off this afternoon
37 to t ; and the Deferred 151 to 16. The other stocks
showed little alteration. Spanish Five per Cents. closed
23.1 to ; the Three per Cents. 341 to b ; Portuguese 46
to 47 ; Peruvian 24i to 251; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. 62k to 3 ; the Five per Cents. 1001 to -1; Colom-
bian 141 to ; Buenos Ayres :),6 to 37 ; Brazilian 88 to
89 ; and Belgian 103 to 104.
FEDERALISM AND THE NATION NEWSPAPER.—The
Nation of Saturday devotes a long article to the subiect
of federalism. " A French war " it says " might bring
on a war with Ireland, in which Ireland would be crushed.
Let us pause to deny the fact. We tell the Times, that it
we wished to try that issue, we could in six months of
legal exertions secure the means of Ireland's liberty
against double the army that could be paraded by Eng-
land." The Nation then proceeds at great length, to
argue that three separate Cabinets could work harmoni-
ously together, even though their politics and parties
might differ, but admits the possibility of a rupture be-
tween the Congress and one of the local parliaments—
" the Irish for example ; " and then, very coolly adds
the Nation, "of course, separation would ensue, and the
two countries might become kindly and useful allies."
This candid admission of the ultimate designs of the Re-
pealers is entitled to the praise of every honest politician.
" Forewarned is forearmed."

" We confess," says the Nation, in conclusion,
" There are difficulties, and many of our wisest men
think that a separation and hearty alliance should be the
policy of the two islands. A vast majority seek such a
connexion as exists between Norway and Sweden—with
two Parliaments, two armies, two Cabinets, and one King
—in fact, an easy and guaranteed alliance. Others, like
Mr. Porter and Mr. Crawford, believe that federalism is
the interest of both parties, and would, therefore, be the
best to adopt, and the surest to continue. Mr. O'Con-
nell is prepared to welcome it. We, too, will hail the
concession of Irish supremacy in Ireland, and will give
this plan a fair trial. If, after a fair trial, it be found not
our interest—if Ireland's frame grow too large, and her
spirit too wise, and haughty, and self-relying, to submit
its foreign policy to a mixed congress, and share its
strength with another nation, then, we trust, the federal-
ists will go with us and vindicate for Ireland the right to
her own navy, her treaties, and ambassadors, as they now
desire to secure to her internal independence."
SUGGITT'S SPIRIT NIGHT LAMP.—By an advertise-
ment in another column, it will be seen that Messrs. J.
Darcy and Co., of the Goree Piazzas. have been appointed
agents for this useful article. The simplicity of this
lamp, and its economy—for it can be kept continually
burning at a cost of not more than one penny per week—
are sufficient to secure its general adoption. In appear-
ance the lamp is handsome, and it possesses one great
advantage over others in the regularity of the height of
the light, which can be done at will. It will entirely ob.
'fiat° the use of rush-lights or floating lamps.

THE LIVERPOOL SI'ANDABD.