The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-12-15 00:00:00

They may ostensibly. be relieving . the suffering
protestants, but they are in reality fostering crime in
Ireland, and encouraging the Roman Catholics to perse-

vere in their dishonest and tyrannous spoliations against
our brethren—pocketting, in shod, the gains of insur-
rection at our expense.

There is one fond, however, to which no Englishman
can object or hesitate to increase by his subscription, and
that is the fund of the "Lay Association for aiding the
Irish Clergy in the Protection of Church Property."
This society assists the plundered clergy in recovering
the value of their tithes by a well known but expensive
process in the Court of Exchequer. A notice of it, and
its objects, as well as of its patrons and supporters, will
be found in the form of an advertisement, and we are
confident we need only refer to it in order to overcome
the scruples of those who object to the relief fund. Let
them give to the one, what they cannot conscientiously
give to the other, and all will be well.

We need not remind the municipal, electors of Liver-
pool that the day is drawing near when they will be
called upon to choose fit and proper men—men of integ-
rity and intelligence—to fill the office of councillors in
this great community. It is unfortunate for the peace of,
the town that persons calling themselves liberals have
made this a party and political question. They are so
liberal that they Cannot tolerate as a candidate any gen-
tleman who does not entertain the same narrow and
sectarian principles as those in which they themselves
rejoice. From the first they have presumed to dictate to
the whole town. They have by their acts declared that
no man is competent to discharge the duties of a common
councilman who is not a radical reformer, or who is not,
less or more, dissatisfied with,and an enemy to, the esta-
blished institutions of the country. In short the whole
of the boroligh has been searched, by a knot of aspiring
and shallow upstarts, to find as many unitarians as possi-
ble to congtitute the members. .new corporation.
Out of the forty-eight candidates on that side we have
already stated that seventeen of them'are of this narrow
and ambitious sect, that several are baptists and quakers,
'and that not more than ten can, by the utmost stretch of
concession, be called churchmen.

It is true that some of the writers or correspondents Of
the libeial journals have cavilled at our list, and tried
hard to rescue one or two names from the socinian batta-
lion, with what success we leave the electors to decide.
But it is singular enough that none of the accused or
challenged parties have pleaded not guilty. Not one of
the whole list has had the face to disavow the connection,
or his identity with the principles of the grasping sect in
question. Perhaps some of our contemporaries are vain
enough to imagine that their statements are, assumed to
be true simply because we do not take the pains to con-
tradict them. If so they are only deceiving themselves.
We do not think it worth .our while to waste powder and
shot upon magpies, except occasionally for sport. If we
assail any man undeservedly, or from false information,
we are always ready to give him redress; if we call a
man an unitarian, who is not one, we have only to re-
ceive his personal disavowal of the slander to induce us
to give that disavowal all the publicity in our power. If
we have offended, let him who is blamed say.so, and he
can command every satisfaction he is entitled to. But no
one has complained—no candidate his questioned the
accuracy of our unitarian list, and therefore we disdain
to reply to the unauthorised denials of the newspapers.
But this by the way. We have . charged the wings,
liberals, and unitarians, and the un-aristocratic reformers
who are their dupes, with making the municipal election
a party and political question. Is this denied ? Is it not
notorious that they were first in the field, that their list of
candidates was the first published, and that in that list
there was not a single man belonging to the conservative
party ? No man whose word is worth one of the much
injured and neglected Mr. GODFREY BARNSLEY'S circu-
lars will dare to deny this. They know that the conser-
vatives never dreamt of proposing party candidates until
they were forced to do so in their own defence. If, then,
this is to be made a political contest, as we fear it will be,
the inhabitants of Liverpool owe it entirely to the liberals
and reformers.

But if the conservatives, so compelled, have imitated
the liberaisia. this-respect there is one thing in which we
rejoice to say they have not followed their example. It
is this. The conservatives have not extorted pledges
from their candidates. They have neither degraded
themselves, nor insulted their candidates, by imposing
such terms upon them as every honest and independent
mind would reject with scorn and indignation.
Let us look, however, at the other side. We are in-
formed on good authority that the liberals have exacted
two pledges from althost every candidate, and we pub-
lish them in order that the electors, the creditors of the
corporation, and the wellwishers of Liverpool generally,
may see what they may expect from 'a radical, liberal,
and unitarian common council, into which are to be ad-
mitted (if practicable) two Irish Roman Catholics- to
serve as a sprinkling of: holy water.
Ist PLEDGE. They are, if elected councillors, not to
vote for any alderman who does not entertain the same
political opinions as themselves ! !
21 PLEDGE. They are, if elected, to turn out of the
Town-hall, anti every municipal office, every man who
at present serves the town in any capacity whatever, or
who received hid appointment from the old corpora-
tion! ! !

Electors of Liverpool ! these are your liberal candi-
dates ! If you choose them you now know a part of
what is likely to happen. They have pledged themselves
to begin their career by doing an act of gross injustice;
and if you help them to perform it.y.ou will particpate in
their crime. With this warning you may take their
claims and pretensions into your serious consideration
and digest them if you can.

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

City, Saturday Evening, Hall:past Seven o'clock.

Within the last few days several British vessels have
been taken up at an advance of 15 to 25 per cent., to be
engaged in the American trade should a system of non-
intercourse be adopted by America towards France.

The transactions in the public securities to-day have
been upon an extremely limited scale. Money continues
pretty abundant, the accommcdation afforded by the Bank
of England, by advances upon deposit of stock in approved
securities, having wholly prevented any scarcity which
might otherwise have been cccasioned by the large amount
of money which is locked up awaiting the decision of the
Commissioners' for the West India Claims. Consols for
Account have only fluctuated during the day between 911
and 91, the latter being perhaps the nearest quotation
at the termination of business. Exchequer Bills are a
shade lower than yesterday, closing at 17 prem. India
Bonds remain at 3 prem., and Bank Stock at 2101 to 211.

The other stocks closed at the following prices
per cent. Reduced, 98k; Ditto New, for the opening,
.99'4 ; India Bonds 3 prem. ; Exchequer Bills, 17 prem. ;
Consols for Account, 911._

The favourable tenor of the advices from Madrid pro-
duced but little effect upon the market for Spanish Stock
to-day. The price, after advancing to 45, dropped again
to 44:1, and closed about 1 per cent. higher. Portuguese
Stock has varied between 834 and 833, the latter being
the closing quotation. The 3 per Cents. left off at 54.
The departure of the Lisbon packet has been delayed un-
til Monday next. It is understood that despatches -will
be ready by that day ; and it is said that information will
be conveyed to the government of the fulfilment of the
measures for the dividends upon the 3 per Cent. Portu-
guese Stock, which falls clue on the Ist of January next.
Russian Bonds have given way again to-day, closing at
1071,-; Belgian Stock has been sold at 9911; and Dutch
Tt per Cents. at 541. A few bargains were made in
Mexican at 38 to 38,.-1.1-; in Chilian at 44; and in Colom-
bian at 31/.
The Share Market is in a very dull state, and most of
the railway projects have fallen in value. The Great
Western Railway shares are now quoted at fit premium_;
London and Greenwich at 6 pxemium ; North Midland
at 11 premium; and the London and Birmingham at 47
premium per share. The Danube and Maine Canal
shares are now at premium only: In most of the Dock
Shares a considerable improvement has taken place re.;
cently.

Belgian; 99 Portuguese (new) 831
Brazilian, 84 Portuguese 3 per Cents., 54
Chilian 44 . Russian, 1073
Colombian; 311 1 Spanish Consols, 442,-
Mexican, 31S1 1 Dutch 21 per Cents., 541
SHARES.--------IlliaSi; .135 ; Blackwall Railway, 43 ;
tii4 London tt"il Triltthinghatn, 92 ; North Midland, 6,1, • Da-
ntibe diii,,if,. ~.H.LLY; 51; Canada, 32, ; General Steam :"Navi-•
atithii? iff: Pi'tp:rriti-d1 BATA: of Itelaodi 45..•