The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-28 00:00:00

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

On Thursday, Sir T. Birch, Mr. Cardwell, and Mr.
Thornely voted in the minority in favour of a drawback
on all wood imported for the purpose of shipbuilding.
A son of the Naples correspondent of the Times has
been appointed to a diplomatic (post in the service of the
King of Naples.
Government were again defeated on Friday night by a
majority of 19, an a motion for £lOOO to decorate too
expensively one of the rooms of the new House of Lords.
Mr. Miles has given notice of a motion in the House
of Commons, to the effect that the government, in con-
cert with the hoards of guardians, should take steps to
promote the emigration to Australia, as apprentices, of
orphan girls who are at present inmates of the several
workhouses.

Mr. Wakley has addressed a, letter to the electors of
Finsbury, expressing his willingness to resign his seat. in
consequence of being unable to attend to his parlia-
mentary duties through illness. He wishes, however, to
retain his seat during the present session of parliament,
the end of which, he says, is rapidly approaching.

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THE FACTORY BILL.---The advocates of a ten-hours
law in Bradford still remain firm to their demand for a
limitation of the hours of factory work to the space,
daily and weekly, which parliament sanctioned three
years ago ; and they have determined to support Lord
John Manners in his attempt to secure this object. In
other respects they approve, as we think wisely, the
frame-work of the government bill.

MR. DISRAELI ON THE lIINISTRY.—GiVO us a Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer who would only break down four
times before Easter in his budget, and we might form an
administration (cheers). Give us a practical man like
that, and even the defunct tory party might again exist.
Give us a practical secretary for the colonies, who finds
only three insurrections in her Majesty's dominions at the
same moment—with such a practical secretary of state
we could do wonders. (Cheers and laughter.) But,
above all, give us a practical man far our secretary of
state for foreign affairs ; let him deprive our Sovereign of
all her allies—with such a practical man we might even
form a ministry. (Loud cheers and laughter.)
THE HEIGHT OF IMPUDENCE !—Mr. Ferrand, at the
important meeting at Goole, after urging on the agricul-
turists the importance of a wool league, referred to the
critical state of the cotton interest, and the consequent
efforts of the master manufacturers, in the following
terms :—" But of all the audacious impudence ever prac-
tised by an Englishman in broad daylight, Mr. Bright has
been guilty of the most. (Laughter.) Would you believe
it, farmers, this man, who would cram free trade down
our throats with no lternative, who is the representative
of the free trade system, has literally gone ' whining' to
parliament for protection ? (A burst of laughter.) On
the 4th of May, I believe, Mr. Bright moved, in the
House of Commons, ' that the petition of the President
of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures at Man-
chester, for inquiry into the present state of the cotton
trade, presented on the 2nd of May, be printed with the
votes.' That is, that the petition and votes were to be
printed and circulated amongst the members, in order
that they might hear what the Manchester cotton lords
wanted; and you shall hear. (Laughter.) `Mr. Bright
gave notice that, on an early day, lie would move an ad-
dress to her Majesty to appoint a commission to proceed
to India to inquire into the obstructions which prevented
the increased growth of cotton in that country.' I call
that the height of impudence. (Much laughter.) Upon
my honour. Mr. Chairman, when I first read it I could
seemly believe it, that Cobden should tell us, in January,
that it we uaree to attempt to get back a shilling of pro-
tection, we should compound for our existence, and that
in May we should have Bright going whining to parlia-
ment for protection. Protection we demand, and, by
God's help, protection we will have. (Tremendous cheer-
ing.) The farmers of England are loyal to a man. (Loud
cheers.) They stand between the Queen and Manchester
—between a monarchy and a republic." (Vociferous and
protracted cheering.)