The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-14 00:00:00

lectures, mid still their salaries are smaller. Respecta-
bility must be supported, decent habiliments are expected
—and above all honesty is required. Now is it not in-
human to give the first impetus to theft, and then severely
punish you for the act ? Perhaps it was to save a family
from starvation, or to protect you from the.authorities or
free you from expulsion. Their responsibilities being so
great—their duties of such vital importance—the least
digression may entail misery to a whole. community. It
is highly essential that the public voice should be heard
in this matter, and their true condition ba represented in
our Senate.

field-market, they armed themselves with the fragments.
and threatened further mischief. Many collisions took
place between the police and the people. The military
were under arms, and the mayor and magistrates held
constantsittings at the Town-hall, when a great number
of the respectable inhabitants were sworn in as special
constables. On Friday, such of the rioters as had been
captured were brought up at the Borough Court. The
first were quite boys, who had been apprehended whilst
assisting to break some windows and lamps, and they were
remanded.. Another batch consisted of seven lads, who
were charged with rioting, they were committed to. the
assizes.fir trial. On Friday evening there was a slight
renewal of disturbances in Ancoats, where a number of
lads, in all probability young thieves, tried to create con-
fusion by breaking and extinguishing the street lamps-
A party of police, however, were soon on their track • and
after a long, chase, succeeded in coming up with them.
and gave them some excellent reasons for remembering
the mischief in which they had been engaged. A party
of men, who attempted to rescue these young scamps from
the chastisement which they had earned, were also-soundly
thrashed, and driven. out of the streets, which have since
been tolerably quiet
LANCASTER ELECTION.—The nomination took place on
'Wednesday, at the Town .hall. Mr. Robert Baines Arm-
strong, Recorder of Manchester, a thorough Liberal and
Freetrader, was proposed by. Mr. John Gregg, and se-
conded by Mr. W. R. Bolden. Tne Hon. EdWard Henry
Stanley, eldest son of Lord Stanley, was proposed by Mr.
Godson, M. and seconded by Mr. John, Bond. Mr.
Armstrong in. his address to the electors, deatared himself
an enemy of the income tax, on account of its injustice,
and a friend. to education and sanatory reform. Mr.
Stanley declared himself no advocate of the free-trade
system, and. quoted the late Mr. Huskissati in support of
his notion, that free trade will never do ferA country sad-
dled with eight hundred millions of debt. He declared his
fixed resolution to maintain Church an State in all its
integrity.. and also the constitution of his native land.
The show of hands being three to one, in favour of Mr.
Armstrong, a poll was demanded on belasslf of Mr. Stanley.
The polling took place on Thursday, after which it was
announced that Mr. Armstrong waa- returned by a ma-
jority of sixteen, the numbers being„ for Mr. Armstrong,
636; the Hon. E. H. Stanley, 6'4 The contest was
close throughout the day, and the town was in a very ex-
cited state. Mr. Armstrong wag formerly recorder of
Leeds. The polling commenced with uncommon activity,
and the happy result was that at nine o'clock, Mr. Stanley
headed his radical opponent by. 25, and at ten, by no
fewer than 68. No one expected that this could be-main-
tained, seeing that at the last contest the Rads won by a
majority of upwards of a hundred. Accordingly,.during
the next hour, the country votes being pretty well.polled
out, the Radicals reduced our majority, and got a small
advantage for themselves. At the conclusion of the next
hour, Mr. Stanley got ahead, but at one o'cloek be fell
behind by four. As the constituency was pretty well ex-
hausted, the polling after this grew languid, votes dropping
in one or two at a time, the two parties running each
other neck and neck all the afternoon. A closer thing
was never witnessed, and so close was it, that during the
last hour, no mortal man could dare to say how the fight
would end. The result was, that the party who last sum-
mer triumphed by a hundred and thee, now declared
themselves victorious by just sixteen aotes. The triumph
is, however, likely to be short one ; for the Lancaster
Gazette, of Si,turday, says,—" The poll-book has been
examined, aria the result is that I*. Stanley has a clear
majority of tea overhis opponent, The news has diffused
much joy. The Radicals are looking exceedingly queer,
whilst the smiling faces of the Conservatives testify to the
pleasure they feel in the prospect of having their arduous
services at last rewarded by victory."