The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-16 00:00:00

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

There are now five parliamentary vacancies :—Tam-
worth, Mayo, Chester, Devonport, and Southampton.
The bill for the better regulation of mines has been
withdrawn by the Earl of Carlisle.
The British. Electric Telegraph Company's bill has
passed through the committee of the lords, without any
material alteration.

The penny subscription for a monument to Sir Robert
Peel has been very warmly and generally responded to.
The late Sir Robert Peel has left his papers to Lord
Mahon and Mr. Edward Cardwell, 11I.P.
The vacancy in the representation of Tamworth will be
offered to his eldest son, the present Sir Robert Peel.
On Tuesday Mr. Cardwell presented a petition in favour
of a fair trial being given to the new postal regulations for
Sunday.
Messrs. L. Heyworth, J. Heywood, T. Thorneley, and
Sir J. Walmsley, voted for Mr. Ewart's motion, on Fri-
day, for the abolition of all capital punishment.
Sir Edward Walker and Mr. Edwin James are spoken
of as likely to become candidates for the representation of
Chester, vacant by the promotion of Sir John Jervis.
Lord Palmerston first took office in 1810, as Secretary
of War, and has scarcely left office, but for a brief
interval, since that period.
On Monday, Lord Naas's home-made spirits bill was
lost in the House of Commons by a majority -of one
only. The second reading had been carried previously,
in spite of the opposition of government.
Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P., is a candidate for the
new office of collector general of taxes. The appointment
lies with the lord-lieutenant of Ireland, and the salary is
said to be fixed at £BOO a year.
On Monday, in the House of Commons, Lord-Naas
gave notice of an address to the throne praying her Ma-
jesty to take immediate steps for establishing steam com-
munication between this country and the Australian
colonies.
There has been a meeting of the Wool League in Berk-
shire, the Marquis of Downshire presiding, at Reading,
on Saturday. The noble lord, who was applauded for the
example he set in Ireland, in October last, for recom-
mending the use of " moderate and discreet language," in
the Earl of Roden's case, appears now to have gone to the
opposite extreme, for he is now represented to have used
such language as the following :—" I did not come here
to-day to do things by halves ; no, 'I came here to speak
out, and to call things by their proper names. (Loud
cheers.) And I now declare that I wish this agitation to
be considered as a war a routrance on the part of the
farmers against the Manchester cotton manufacturers.
(Vociferous cheering.) Now, mark my words—l will
stand by them ; and, if there be a penalty attached to
them, on my head let it fall. I recommend ythi and all
Englishmen to abstain from dealing in a-single ounce of
their blood-stained cotton goods." Mr. Ferrand was
also present, and followed up the uoblekell's declamation
with greatsusta.

Sir Alexander Spearman, who retired on account of,
ill health from the appointment of Assistant Secretary to
the Treasury, and who has been recently actively em-
ployed on the committee on Custom-house expenditure,
has been appointed Secretary and Comptroller. General to
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt, vacant by the demise of Sir Samuel Higham, Esq.
SUNDAY POSTAL LABOUR.—Mr. Cardwell, Sir T.
Rirch, W. Brown, A. Henry, L. Heyworth, Sir J.
Walmsley, and T. Thorneley, voted with the government
for the address to the Queen praying inquiry. Sir P.
Egerton, J. Tollemache. Lord R. Grosvenor, Sir E.
Buxton, B. D'lsraeli, W. E. Gladstone, T. Greene,
G. C. Legh, Lord J. Manners, J. Masterman, G. F.
Muntz, Colonel Sibthorp, R. Spooner, and J. S. Wortley,
voted with Lord Ashley in favour of the present system
continuing without inquiry, which is obviously needless.
On Tuesday, Lord Ashley transmitted to Sir George
Grey, for presentation to the Queen, more than one
hundred and thirty loyal addresses (in addition to ninety-
seven previously sent in) from the postmasters, and their
assistants, of provincial towns, expressing their gratitude
to her Majesty for her gracious order, recently issued,
whereby the rest of the Sabbath is for the first time
granted to them.

- A DISSENTER.—Ebenezer Elliott, the corn-law rhymer,
was a violent Radical and anti-Churchman, yet he had an
eye to the loaves and fishes, for two of his sons, Ebenzer
and Edwin, are clergymen of the Established Church !
So much for the consistency of dissent. We know an in-
stance of a person in this county who is continually railing
at the Church, but has contrived to get his son a living in
the Church of England, and talks largely of " my son the
clergyman," when he is not engaged in vilifying the doc-
trines and ceremonies of the church. Your conscientious
Dissenter is remarkably fond of quartering on the enemy.—
Shropshire Paper.
THE LORD CHANCELLORSHIP.—Sir Thomas Wilde
has been selected for the important office of Lord Chan-
cellor, and his appointment has been approved by her
Majesty. It is understood, however, that Sir Thomas
Wilde will only discharge the full duties of his office
until the arrangements necessary for separating the func-
tions of the Chief Judge of the Chancery Court from
those of the Speaker of the House of Lords and Chief
Judge in Appeal are completed. Sir T. Wilde will then
retain the political office—probably under the title of
Lord Keeper, and the Presidency of the Chancery
Courts will become a distinct appointment. It is under-
stood that Sir J. Jervis, the present Attorney-General,
will succeed Sir T. Wilde as Chief Justice of the Com-
mon Pleas, and that Sir John Romilly will be appointed
Attorney-General. It is confidently expected thet Mr.
Cockburn will succeed Sir John Romilly as Solicitor-
General.

THE NEW CHANCELLOR.—The appointment of Sir
Thomas Wilde to the Chancellorship is universally con-
demned. The Morning Herald, while objecting to it on
various other grounds, among which the unfitness of the
new Chancellor has the foremost place, considers it,
moreover, as an indication that no separation between the
political and the legal functions of the Chancellor is really
intended. The Times can see no other test than that of
" party services and party connection," by which both
the chief appointment, and the inferior appointments
connected with it, can be recommended to the country,
and threatens Lord John Russell with the " burden"
which is sure to fall with a " crushing weight of responsi-
bility" upon the minister, " whose sense of duty to his
party is stronger than his sense of duty to the public."
The Morning Chronicle "cannot resist a suspicion that
when the transaction is thoroughly raked out, it will be
found at bottom neither more nor less than a prodigious
job."
TRIFLING EXTRAORDINARY.—OnCe more Lord John
Russell has postponed his Jew Bill from the 4th to the
18th of July. With whom is his Lordship trifling ? With
Baron Rothschild. to whom he stands pledged to bring for-
ward a "Relief" Bill, the time being, fortunately for the
Noble Premier, "not in the bond ?' Or with the House
of Commons, before whom he des!res to vindicate his con-
sistency without placing his position in jeopardy ? Or
with the House of Lords, whom he means to insult
during the dog-days by asking them to reverse at
twenty-four hours notice their solemn verdict of last ses-
sion ? Or, with the feelings and faith of the people,
whose perseverance in petitioning against the measure he
proposes to punish, and at the same time to wear out,
by making it appear that after all the process of pe-
titioning was wholly superfluous ? Whatever may be the
noble lord's intention in this new manoeuvre, certain it is
that his Lordship's persuasion must be more powerful to
convince than the " Hebrew persuasion" is, proverbially,
ready to be convinced, if, he can make his Jew colleague
believe that he is anxious to instal him by his side in the
House of Commons.

SUNDAY POSTAL LABOUR.—It has been said lately
that public opinion on this subject is changing—the
people have discovered their error. Where is the proof of
this ? True, a few petitions are now dropping in, but of
what sort let the 57th Report on Petitions, just delivered,
inform us. Here are three petitions presented on the Ist
of July :
" Members of the Reform Association of the city of
Exeter, adopted Et a general meeting of its mem-
bers. Signed on behalf of the meeting, R. J.
Westlake, president of the association (Mr
Locke)
" Frances Sarah Barlee, of Duke's Bridge House,
Bungay, in the county of Suffolk, widow (Mr
Locke)

" Inhabitantsof Hurworth-upon-Tees, Nesham, and
the neighbourhood, in the county of Durham
(Lord Harry Vane)
10 in all.
The first is from a Radical Club, held at " the Pig and
Whistle." The second is from—a widow. The third is
from Hurworth-on-Tees and the neighbourhood, and
boasts of eight signatures. Is this " the revulsion of
public opinion ?"
MIND THE REGISTER.—It has been often observed,
and cannot be too often repeated, that the battle of the
country must be fought in the Registration Courts.
The period of the year having again come round
when attention to the register is of vital importance
the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION has done good service by
putting forth a Tract, containing, in a condensed and
intelligible form, such information as may enable
persons entitled to a vote to prefer their claim at the
time and in the form prescribed by law. We beg the
particular attention of our readers to the following
dates :—July 20th, last day for county voters to register,
and for city and borough voters to pay rates and taxes
due before the sth of January last.—July 31st, last day
for commencing a fresh occupation (not bring freehold or
copyhold) to give a vote on the next year's register.—
August 4th and 11th, lists of country and borough voters
affixed on church doors. Let every elector look after his
own name.—August 25th, last day for making objections,
or sending in claims for voters omitted on the register.—
September Ist and Bth, list of objections and fresh claims
affixed on church doors. Let every objector and claimant
look after his case. _ _ _

LOUIS PHILIPPE AND THE NEW FRENCH REGIME.—
The following is said to be a passagt of a letter from one
who has intimate relations with thy, ex-Royal Family of
France, addressed to a distinguished member of the
National Assembly :—lt is perfectly true that Louis
Philippe regards a fusion of the two branches as the only
reasonable solution in France. The Duchess of Orleans
is not favourable to the proposition ; but her opposition
is by no means so great as some of your journals have
pretended. In her conversations with the ex-King she is
very careful not to say anything that could offend or
annoy bin on this subject, and at times she appears to be
convinced by his arguments; and so great is the influence
of Louis Philippe over his family that it would not be as-
tonishing to see the Duchess of Orleans become a convert
to his views. The most affectionate intercourse exists
between the ex-King and his daughter-in-law • but he
talks to her as he would to a man, and thus shows the
reliance that he has in her judgment. His favourite—l
ought almost say his pet—is the Duchess de Nemours.
He appears absolutely to doat on her, and her devoted-
ness to him is delightful to witness. The Duke de Ne-
mours agrees fully with his father. As to the Prince
de Joinville and the Duke d'Aumale, it is well known
that they are not favourable to a fusion ; but if the King
should carry his ideas on this point to the extent of lay-
ing his injunction upon them, be assured that it would be
religiously obeyed.
SIR ROBERT PEEL AS A FREE-TRADER.—At a very
early period shrewd observers detected the progress of his
mind in the direction of free trade, and we have heard it
stated on high authority, that long before his principles
were developed Mr. Huskisson predicted the great changes
he would effect. On the occasion of a division upon one
of Mr. Huskisson's motions, that celebrated man empha-
tically replied to one who was reproaching him for his
dangerous principles, " You talk of me as a Free-trader;
there is a young man (Mr. Peel) standing there, who, if
he lives, will carry free trade to an extent that will asto-
nish you." During the Duke of Wellington's adminis-
tration there was an obvious preparation for great changes
long before they were announced. The appointment of
leading members of the opposition to offices of great trust,
and some of them of great emolument, scandalised and
perplexed the Tories. The office of lord-lieutenant was
conferred, whilst Peel was home secretary, on determined
Whigs ; and even Mr. Abercrom by' s consistent Liberalism
was rewarded with a sinecure judicial appointment in
Scotland, which, under an act of parliament, he exchanged
for a pension of £2,000 a year. This tendency, on the
part of Sir Robert, to favour Liberalism continued, and
was manifested again in 1841, when, to the great disgust
of the Protectionists, Mr. Lefevre was continued as
speaker, although Mr. Goulburn desired the appointment.
Sir Robert's whole life forbids us to charge him with dis-
honesty, but there was no doubt a gradual process of
development going forward in his mind, which he felt it
his duty to conceal, until it became more rapid at last,
and ended with the destruction of all monopolies,
inclu-
ding the repeal of the corn laws.—Record.
MINISTERIAL SHUFFLING.—An indignant letter in th,,
Times, from a correspondent signing himself " P.
gives the following account of the ministerial manoeuvres,
connected with Mr. Locke's motion, on Tuesday lastt:h—e
" The motion made by Mr. Locke with respect to
regulation of the post was a motion concerted
_wieth and
agreed upon by the ministers themselves.d Tdh,
aftervery
wording of the proposed motion was
consideration and by agreement. The administration,
considering the resolution of the house against Sunday
labour in the post-office to have resulted from accident,
and believing that a large majority of the house were
desirous of rescinding a determination which did not
fairly represent the opinions of the majority—the ministers,
I say,were naturally anxious to have the matter brought
once more before the House of Commons, in order to
take a vote upon it, after deliberate notice and solemn
discussion. Mr. Locke gallantly undertook the task of
submitting the question to the consideration of the house.
That there should be no mistake about the matter, how-
ever, and to prevent any unnecessary division of opinion
or clashing of 'particular views, the words of the motion,
were carefully weighed, and deliberately adopted. Every-
body was given to understand that the peculiar phrase-
ology employed was approved, if riot suggested, by the
ministers themselves. Ministerial circulars were sent
round marked with the usual signs of official urgency,