The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-11-30 00:00:00

Optirtet l'noudicem CSSCi meanoretn.

PARLIAMENTARY PLEDGES.
Our readers Will sib its thelitstice to admit that We
have been amongst the first in our opposition to the de-
gracbag practice of exacting-pledges from Candidates for
seats in the New Parliattrint. We have taken' every
opportunity tocoudemn, inthe strongest terms, the pro,
ject of converting the deliberative Assembly of the: House
of Commons into a congregation of delegates bound down
by, their electors to give particular votes on great nation-
al questions, without reference to the information which
they might derive from further investigations, and with,
oat regard to the expediency or inexpediency of forcing
foiwardparticular measures under the eircurnstanees and
exigencies of the times. .
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"But," it has been objected, "are the constituent*
who have to return representatives to Parliament netta
have the right of ascertaining the principles and opinions
of those whom they elect ?" Undoubtedly, we reply;
they have that right ; and great would be their culpabili-
ty, and inimeasurable their folly, - were they not =Ulm-
' lowly to inquire into the principles and opinions -of a
candidate soliciting their suffrages. The difference,,
however, between ascertaining• these genetal qualifica-
tions in a candidate, and binding him down to carry his
principles intoefTed by means which they choose to pre-;
scribe, and by no other, is plain and • palpable. -Let us
take one or two of the great questions which will occupy
-the attention of the reformed Parliament. There a the
emancipation ofthe slaves. Nov we do not suppose that
any body•of electors in the kingdom would return a man
who should declare himself opposed to the emancipation
of the slaves in the British colonies ? A candidate may
express in the mostdecided language his abhorrence of
the infamous traffic in slaves, and his most -ardent desire
to effect the desirable object of emanCipation with the
least possibledelay. Here is an example of the expres-
sion of an opinion, and of a conviction:of a principle.
But the same man might very fairly demur to .pledge
himselfio_the. immediate liberation of thoBoo,ooo -negroes
in our colonies. He might conscientiously say, "decided
as I am as_to the desirability of carrying _this .principle of
justice into effect, it is by no means clear to- the that the
immedite sudden accomplishment of it would be discreet.'
Before I ;decide on the means, I should like to deliberate
on the, subject with my, fellow members in the 'House of
Commons. The electors are acquainted with my opinion'
on this matter. If lam worthy of any trust at all—that.
is, if I am worthy of being elected a member of Parlia-
ment, my constituents might well trust me with the car-
rying into effect the principles which I profess, 'at the
proper. time and in • the fittest mode. If I cannot be,
trusted.to do that, I am not fit to be trusted at The
same- reasoning applies to the question of amendment in
the Church, improvements ,in the .Law, the Currency
question, the question of Free Trade, and manyrothers.

THE ELECTIONS. --
We Observe the progress.of preparation for the elec-
tions With Very great satisfaction. We are delighted to.
learn that Mr. Tryonsra staunch; resolute Conservative,.
has ,started for the northern division of Northampton-
shire; -there is no doubt, from this 'gentleman's deter-
mined-chinacter, that he will stand to the last man, and
scarcely any that he will evict Lord Milton. In East'
Kent, Sir Edward Knatchbull, a Conservative' Worth
'almost any • half dozen, is sure of coming in Arinin-
phantly; and we are happy to bear testimony. to the
equal and 'undivided zeal with which Sir Edwa.rd's in-
terests have been embraced by Conservatives of all sub-
divisions. In East NOrfoik, the Ministerial candidates
{Koppel and W -have -been-driven-th throw them= .
selves .upon'the elan of -refOrrners:Tnialv, as will appear
by the joint canvassing bills addressed exclusively "to
the reformers of East Norfolk." This modest, retreat is
happily. Observed upon in the address of Lord Henry
Cholmondeley and Mr. Peach, who are perfectly secure;
Mt.; Watts .1?)ussell---ia good • man, though with a . bad
'name—isalso quite 'safe . in . North Stafford; as is Capt.
Polhill in Bedford. Generally, the. Conservative in-.
terest jp,redorainatoa every where;
.and even In London
and Westminster, where Conservativvs pre_ less for-
timat4,-.ttie4rroist -Odious class', OPritidieals-,;-the wretches
who, by an instinct of. baseness, love revolution for -its
'wickedness, anti not fyi any other quality—who would
flatter, -the, oppressive
.acts •of an individual as they
would the brutality of a mob, if only as unjust and
unpi.ineioed_apise..•stretches are -hissed and hooted at,
and about to be-dig.rnissed without a character. By
the way, why clo•not Col. Evans's friends get -hold of
the "Letter to Lord Erskine and placard•a• eento of.
the thousand civilities to Lord Grey and the Whig
party of the
,day with which the work abounds ? We
may perhaps one of these days assist the gallant
Co/cnel towards such a publication.—Standard.

FaREIGN NATTELLU.GENCE.
lIOLLAND AND BELGIUM.
PARIg, Nov. 21.—1 t is known this morning that the French
government has received intellige%te from Antwerp, announc-
ing that an insurrection has broken out at Antwerp, and that
the Belgian army stationed in that city hasrefused• to allow
the French troops to occupy the positions taken by them. The
first rumours of this news reached. us yesterday in the after-
noon, but
.„to-day they are .fully confirmed by complete and
detailed statements. It is also known that Marshal Gerard
- and King Leopold had quarrelled as to the best method Of
attackingthacitade,l—the Marshal desiring to do so by the. side
of the town, and the King desiring that the bombardment
might be begun by the road to Boom and by Kiel. Leopold is
afeaid of a counter-revolution if Antwerp should be destroyed,
and Gerard is afraid of losing a third of his army if he should
not make the attack from the city. To add to these difficulties,
Ospeeial eonrier :has, it is-said, arrived from Berlin, bringing
intelligence of the serious illness of the King of Prussia; and
the French government, -fearful of the advance of the Prussian
army, tias, it is believed, determined on sending Marshal Soult
to headvartem, The delay which has taken place in attack-
ing the citadel of Antwerp is believed to be exclusively- occa-
sioned.bY the differences existing between Marshal Gerard and
-King Leopold,. and the apprehensions entertained, that if the
_Belgian army. should be allowed to .remaio in-Antwerp; it would
provoke, by acts-of hostility, the destruction of the whole city.
It is reported every where, and not less generally believed,
that the governments of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, have
agreed. on a manifesto, to he sent to the courts of London and
Paris, relative ,to the affairs of Belgium. This mauisfesto is
said to be conceived in no favourable spirit to France, and that
immediately after the destruction or the taking of the cita-
del of Antwerp, the French troops do not retire, the armies of
Prt.Siftiatid Austria will enter Belgium and France.—Curres-
pi)adent f !t. the London Sttindard.
..:* the Dutch steamer, which arrived last Sunday xi4ght, brought
tlefferi'ettrid papers of Saturday. The private. letters received
ace highly important. The KinghaS ordered that all persons from
15 to at) years of • age should take up arms in 'defence of their
country. He looks with perfect assurance to the supporr of
the great Northern Powers, The Russians are about to march
at. army to Konigsburg, and the Polish army is to support the
Prussiaps. It is positively, stated, that iu case the com-
mencement of hostilities,..Prussia will immediately take pos-
session of Hanover. It is quite plain that the war will not end
by the -taking of Antwerp. These letters also add that a firing
was iteard in the direction of that city on the night of the '2Brd.
—The King of the Netherlands, with that religious feeling
which has been always a characteristic of his family, has set
apart the 2nd of Dec., the anniversary of his return to Hol-
land, nineteen years ago, for the purposes of prayer and sup-
pLcation, for • which, we perceive, he is abused by the infidel
press of London. His troops, howeVer, will not fight the
worse-tor it,-1-11' e-stearn-boats. will- not be allowed to proceed
any more to Rotterdam, but the mail will be sent to them at
the Bridle.
Time HaGuF, Nov. 23.—The First Chamber of the States-
General adopted yesterday the two projects of law relative to
the extraordinary expenditure.—lt is said that a proposal for
calling out the landsturin will shortly be laid before the States-
General.—All persons belonging to the several divisions of the
army in the field absent on furlough are ordered to join their
several corps immediately.—The students of Amsterdam and
Leyden are again summoned to join the army—those of Am-
sterdam are gone. to Leyden, where they will receive further
orders. French and English men-of-war have been seen at
different points of the coast. The important position of Fort
.Bath- is daily reinforced; ten gun-boats have lately come to it
from Holland. The day before yesterday merchantmen still
went up and- down the Scheldt unmolested to and from Ant,
well. The garrison of Fort Bath has been increased. The
troops are busy in erecting works to command the yet unde-
fended entrance along the Western Dyke. The troops are
oager to defend this little spot of land, which may be con-
sidered as the key of the Scheldt, and Without getting pos-
session of it, no enemy's fleet can pass to this position to ge
to the Upper Scheldt.

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FRANCE.
The Paris papers of Saturday and Sunday last have been
received. The Doctrinaire Ministry of France marches from
one triumph to another. Having succeeded in naming. eight
out of nine chairmen of the Bureaux, and having contributed
to the election of M. Dupin to the Presidency of the Chamber
of Deputies, Ministers on Friday procured the selection of
'seven of their own adherents, with two of the Dupin party,
to form the committee of nine, to whom was confided the task
of preparing the address in answer to the speech from the
throne. In all those trials of strength the Liberause were com-
pletely. defeated. Some suspicions were, however, afloat, that
the union between the Ministry and the Doctrinaires with M.
Dupin and his supporters would not be of long duration.
Nothing certain had yet transpired on the subject of the pistol
shot fired as the King was passiilg to the Chamber of Deputies
on Monday se'nnight. The affair had, however, lost much of
its interest owing to the 'obscurity in which it remained. The
KiTTIT continued nevertheless to receive congratulatory ad-
dresses from every quarter. Paris remained perfectly tran-
quil. —Morning Herald.
The Chamber of Peers has shown itself fully disposed, by
its first acts, to support the present government. No real
opposition was made to the nomination of the batches of peers,
although the ordinances appointing them were not conformable
to the charter. The President has also appointed a commis-
sion to prepare an address, almost exclusively composed of the
personal friends of the Duke of Broglie.
The Chamber of Deputies has shown itself less ministerial,
and has, indeed, by its acts, given decided proofs of its inten-
tion--

1. To.oppose the doctrinaires.
2. To disajprovc the state of siege.
3. confirm the decision of the Court of Cassation.
4. To refuse to pass a special law relative to the Duchess of
Berry.:
Ana 5. To refuse its assent to the extraordinary measures of
severity at,rsinstzthe press' mobs, &c. announced in the speech
from the thro,ne;L-Londun Standard.
A letter from Brest announces, that extraordinary activity
prevails in the naval docks. The number of armed vessels
ready to sail by the end of the year will be seventy, among
which will be twenty-one ships of the line, twenty-seven fri-
gates, three sloops, and five steamers.

PORTUGAL.
In consequence a information received from England, the
Board of Health in Lisbon has ordered, that all vessels coming
from London, Liverpool, and C3ork, will, in future, be admit..
ted to that port after a quarantine of fifteen days only. To
vessels from New York and Philadelphia the period has like-
wise been reduced, being inrw, on account of the longer pas-
sage, three days less than the above.
The French Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Duke de Brog-
lie, takes a very warm interest in the proceedings of Don Pe-
dro, and has ordered the Ambassador, Prince Talleyrand, to
omit no opportunity of assisting the constitutional cause by his
influence with the British Government. The Marquis of 13al-
mella continues to press upon Lord Palmerston the claim which
Don Pedro makes for a recognition of the Regency, Mid we
understand that another member of the Cabinet, besides Lord
Holland, is now urgent for the recognition.—Sun.
It is generally believed, that Don Miguel has been able to
accomplish the effectual blockade of Oporto, both by sea and
land ; that hence no . provisions can be introduced into the
place ; and that the party of Don Pedro will probably be soon
reduced'to the utmost straits. Great dissatisfaction, it also ap-
pears, prevails among many of the officers of Pedro's army.
Colonel Hodges, who commanded the English and French di-
visions,„has thrown up his command in disgust, and reached
this country. From these occurrences, the prospects of Don
Pedro are not considered to be so favourable as they were a few
'weeks since.

'rlntla .
The Turkey mail arrived •on• Monday; the dates are from
Constantinople of the 25th Oct., and from Symrna to the 19th
Oct. The navai.and military preparations were going on with
great activity. -The exchange from Constantinople 87 to 88,
and front Smyrna-87. Thu fetters- confirm the opening of the
negotiations with the Pacha of Egypt for peace between the
two countries, which are stated to be in a very favourable train
for final adjustment.

• CONSTANTINoPLE,.O6f:23.—Since the arrival of Redschid
Mehemet Paella, COnitintinople has assumed quite a military
appearance, from the numerous corps of Albanian and other
troops , that pass through the streets, and the frequent reviews.
The Grand Vizier Shows great energy in the preparations for
the campaign, and'will* leave Constantinople in about a fort-
'night, to pat hiniself at the head of the operations. The army
lias the highest confidence in him, and every body expects,
from the firmness :of his character and from his military cape-
perience, a happy issue of the campaign. Meantime nothing
has occurred between the hostile armies in Syria; only it ap-
pears, from the latest accounts, that liussien Pacha had aban-
doned the defiles of Mount Taurus to the Egyptians, and had
retreated, without resistauce, at their approach. The fleet has
left Marmarizzi fOr the neighbourheod-of the Dardanelles, to
take in provisions, and to send some ships that have suffered in
the violent storms to the capital to be repaired—two three-
deckers and two frigates. tiomc smaller vessels arc fitting out

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here to reinforce the fleet. It is probable, that the Gipoi.l
' Pacha Halib Rifat will be moved to another post, and succeed,'
by Tahir Pacha, a seaman of approved valour. Ahmed Pacha'
who was sent by the Sultan to the fleet, returned to this city o'
the 20th, on board a Turkish steam-boat. No great change lw,t
taken place in the sanitory state of the capital since the loi„
post. The colder weather will probably check the progress
of the plague.
Extract of a letter, dated Constantinople, Oct. 25.---., One of
the Turkish Government steamers arrived here from the flee,
on the 20th inst., bringing back Ahmed Pacha, and it is n"
ascertained, that his object was merely to make inquiries into
the cause of the inactivity of the fleet, which he met at Boudrouo9
on its return towards the Dardanelles, and left it at andllrd
off Tenedos. It appears, that the Capitan Pacha consider t
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some of his vessels in an unserviceable state, and was in
of supplies; but, since the return of Ahmed Pacha, the Capita'
Pacha has been removed from the command, and Tahir Paella
appointed to it. It is supposed, that the fleet will remove into
the Dardanelles, but go out again as soon as their wants can be
supplied, and two or three ships, now being got ready here, ea!
be sent down to them. The Egyptian fleet was watching the''
movements at a distance. His Majesty's brig Curdelia is at the
Dardanelles, on her passage to the capital with a part of the
treasure of the army, which, having been embarked for security
on board ship at Atexandretta, had been carried offby the crew.
The Cordelia made the recovery at the Island of Casso."

COLONIES.
The Baracouta, Jamaica packet, ha's arrived with accounts of
the 13th ultimo. Evidence was taken before a Select Commit-
tee there, on the causes which led to the late rebellion, but I
does not appear to have disclosed any new facts of importance'
It is distinctly stated, by witnesses who had access to the insur-
gent slaves when under sentence of death, or other puniqr
inents, that all they said tended to this,—that they believed Ii;
bcrty to have been given them by the authorities at home, Intl
that it was withheld from them by their masters. The rebellion
had been planned three years or more, before it took place, hot
it was only the periods of Christmas or October that were Pe-
citliarry fixed upon for thatiirpose-: The negroes engaged in
it had taken an oathlin the Bible to drive the whites out of th
country, and it was settled that the estates were to be divided
among them. _4ll of them admitted, when questioned, which is 6
very curious fact, that the condition of the slaves employed on theta
would have been changed for the worst when they became master`'
The papers contain no local news. The Governor, Lord I1111I;
grave, was chiefly occupied with a succession of balls, races, and
reviews, and seems, in his short residence on the island, to have
acquired great popularity.—Times.—[We take this opportunity
of stating, in reference' every article of intelligence respect'
ing the colonies, that we beg our readers to remember, that Ice
cannot be responsible for their accuracy, 'We must give the
news as we find it in the usual sources of information ; but it
must always be recollected, that the accounts are frequently
tinged with the spirit of partizanship.—The &coed.