The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-11-27 00:00:00

ELECTION NE WS.

kttrand Conservative dinner took place at Ipswich on Wed-
-110,.„-kLY se'nnight. Both the Conservative candidates far the
kik,--"Ugh, Mr. Seret. Goulburn and Mr. Kelly, were present,
made admirabio speeches. From what incidentally oc-
``,°d at this dinner, it is probable that Sir T. Gooch and- Sir
ti ere will be started for the western, division of the county.
lonsm.—We read with great pleasure in the Manchester
ktt:lid, that Mr. Burge, the able- advocate of the West India
Ili rest in Parliament, and steady supporter of Conservative-
klkiples in general, has put up for Oldham. Our co.ntem-
ta
ttsi„l'Y saps the Hon. Gentleman's prospect of success is flat-
LiCk; ea we are sure it would be superfluous in us to say how
lerely we hope it may prove so.
Itilfa pleasant to learn that at Belton the Consersaid, vative can-
LsZe gains ground. Of the others, it is that Col.
54't„ens is out of favour on account of his peculiar
.opinions
subject of population—the Colonel is a furious eco-
IC isti—whiLst with the Yates party things have arrived at
ttt.'esparate a pass, that the friends of Mr. Eagle have been
tiiet,tBted to withdraw that gentleman under a promise Crow
fic,f ates's of a return of compliment on some future occa-
u7"-reston Pilot.
iii'B'7ottenstßii.—At Worcester a third candidate for the city
kit4PPeared in the person of R. A. Duudas, Esq., present
it fiber of Parliament for Edinburgh. The Hon. Gentleman
ti;II an address to the electors on Monday, Nov. 5, and has
meter been engaged in an active canvass. The two sitting
Colonel Davies and Mr. Robinson, are also earnestly
1,4-11441 g, their canvass, so that the city has throughout the
been in a state of great bustle and exeitement.—Bir-
k'94am Gazette.
t:)t.Pr"Poito.—Mr. Blount, one of the candidates, visited Staf-
tN-,An Monday last, Nov. 5, and addressed the electors at
;511,;',.` length. Captain Chetwynd was expected to pay a can-
-'l* visit on Monday se'nnight. Sir George Chetwynd
Ilaltles offering himself, on the ground that he might endanger
ku"L'other's election. Another gentleman, however, is ex-
Llif4(l to offer Mr. Tarleton, a friend of Mr. Beaumont, for-
-I,\l member' for Stafford.—Birmingham Gazette.
111v,„"tillvvIcK, NORTH.—To the requisition to Mr. Dugdale
it; been added the names of a great number of electors.
al,geinents we understand, are already made for the corn-
,tll4,,,e(loent o'f an immediate and simultaneous canvass
,es-'4ll the division; and for this purpose committees have
tatlerganized in the various towns, and a central committee
kL6 'LShed at Coleshill. We hear with regret that the honour-
k pc,kehiber is likely at present to be preveined entering upon
tkf -Nonal canvass, on account of an impending domestic
444' 13-armin g tam Gazette.
:ikykl!EDOM OF ELF.CTION.—The Reformers of Derby on Men-
-4Lei,7l-,manifested their respect for that most hacknied of all
).C~.
many hacknied mottos,—" Purity of Election,'? by
os,,,ll(ift in thousands and pelting Sir Roger Grisby and his
LliqlB with brickbats! Sir Roger is the Conservative can
li 7 for the county of Derby, and was proceeding through
streets to be present at a public dinner, when he was
l• ied- in the wav mentioned. Many gentlemen were severely
• bruised, liut eventually the party succeeded in reaching
Lilla and dined together.
Sandon arrived in town yesterday and made his appear-
Lltl„(41 'Change about three o'clock. His reception was most
liiii,"Biastie. Three times three cheers were given for his Lord-
followed by three cheers more for Church and King. his
11+s"1,,hip shook hands, with great affability, with the many re-
-24,1-"440 individuals who througed-around him to welcome his
,Nsi,l,l amongst us; and if the warmth with which that event
h'ilk 'tiled is to be received as any criterion of the public feel-
`{Le'l,ll; look upon his Lordship's being placed at the head of
,X;(41 as a matter of certainty.
tlt'ett,44rsr.—The following irresitibly ludicrous advice to the
appears in Cobbett's Register of last week" I was so
3'• ''''ed with these [Ayrshire) cows, that I was resolved that
v•
eth,4lMtry should not be wholly without them; and therefore,
kind friend at New-Mans is to send me up a bull and
,7 tOws, three of them three years old last spring; seven
el two years' old last spring, all of them to calve
Month of May next, and the. bull two years old
"41, rag. If they come safe and sound,' as I dare say they
!iiilt,."„e,Y will be worth a Kentish, a Sussex, or Surrey farmer's
Iree",'itY miles to see, in the month of June or July next. I have
l• tfea thein to be caused to rest a week in the neighbourhood
i7LkltelYchester; and if Baron Tom Potter have a mind to
,k,11( 11,P with me, he will give them a run for a week in the
15 '1( -.1.1,‘ ipkin Place The drover has a written direction to
tip;itfe'rak some- tield near Pi ikin-Place, in the parish of
"3' • and I recommend to the electors of Wigan, when
84all bear of the -arrival of this 'seedling dairy, to go

and candidly and frankly make an estimate of the. antalluce
of this young Scotch hull; to question him with- regard to the
principles now proper to he acted upon by a member of Par-
liament ; to ask for on explanation of his ideas relative to the
measures necessary for the relief and deliverance of a nation ;
,to aOc... Km what he thinks of the Whig-war of the ' Church.
Reform,' of the 'expansion of the currency;' and ask him
to show how it is possible for the working man to be benefitted
by ' the improved system of banking,' now carried on at the
sign of the Three Golden Balls. Then I. advise them to put
exailly the same question to -Dick Potter. If the bull talk no
wOry .nproelpie than Dick; discover the possession of no less
brains than Dick discover; then the electors of Wigan, if no
third candidate offer, will ix duty to their country, their
neighbours, and' their children, be bound, by every thing
sacred amongst 'men, to reject Dick, and elect the bull; and
upon. my swi .(anti L shpuld nothe. afraid_ to. take uLF-oatltto
the. fact), I believe that the bull would talk the less nonsense
of the two."

THE WHIG MINISTRY.
2V THR EDITOR OF THR LARPOOL,ST"IND4REL

Sia,—Truly glad was I, Mr. Editor, to receive the first num-
ber of The Liverpool' Standard; may it have all the success
whi..h the undertaking deserves, and all which I, and every
true friend to Church and Ring desire fOr it.
In none of your opinions do I concur more fully than in this,
that it is the wish of Lord Grey and his, colleagues "to send
down to posterity every institution of the country in the same
state of perfection in which it has descended to. ourselves ;"• no
one, indeed; will doubt that their intentions are good, it is only
of their itteapadty that we complain ; and, truly, this is a. pretty.
reasonable, as well as a pretty general,. complaint.
The Whigs entered office (and have kept themselves there)
by promises of "peace,, retrench inset, and diminution of taxes.
Flow have these promises been kept?
First, as to peace,;,—we are at war with one of our oldest allies;
nominally, because he will, not tamely, submit to be plundered
of his territory; but, really, because our Ministers have been
outwitted. be our riew, friend's,. the rtungit, Trke. ftbet, then- is-
this :—Lord Grey, with his stinted notions.of economy, thought
do save to this country some thousands a-year by driving Leo-
pold- In accept-the sovereignty of Belgium; in this, however,
his lordship is foiled ; .for Leopold may demand his former al,
howanee whenever lie chooses to fix his residence in -this coun-
try, which, indeed; is " like to bts SOM." Thus, then, with the
hope- of saving, a few thousands, we are plunged in a war which
may cost us millions. But, a word respecting our new friends,
the French :—Are they quite disinterested in their proc,eedings
towards, us.? Quite the reverse. No sooner is Leopold- placed
on the throne, of Belgium, than amarriage iscooked tip between
hint and a daughter of the French- King; and, thus, are all- the
eflints that have been made for• years, and all the politic ince-
surea.of former ministers of this country, to curb the restless
spirits of our neighbours, and to keep their power within just
4tia moderate bounds, rendered entirely futile. We—are sup-
tilting the strength which will one day be turned against our-
selves. The French have long striven to gain a footing in Bet-
ghPa, and have they
.nut, now obtained. it.?: Of the prospect
which there is of a general continental war, I say nothinc,.
But. What good is to be 'derived }iris, from a war wit% Hol_
land ? What is to recompense us for the lavish expenditure of
public -noway; for tho stain own 11464414 h4+llolif; its hariuy,
eugaged in
.a war for which there is not the slightest.pretext or
'Past shadow of justification; for the vacillation and inconsist-
Onq '9u ministers, "the friends of nonintervention,". and.
"the advocates for dovisive measures," and, lastly, for being made
the luagiting-stoek of. all Europe, whizb is mightily amused to
see John Bull so easily diddled. For us, however, it is. no joke ;
sgg y nights, and it dangerous coast, may prove too much for
even liritisti sailors. Nor are the French blind to the dangers
of the, expedition, having discovered,. "jug in time to be too
hite," that there is not water in the Seheklt for the large vessels
which they have sent us. Thus muoh then for peace.
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The second promised blessing is "Dinthuti.ora of Tc6rets;”
but I have yet to learn that these will be lessened by going, to
war. But the budgets with which we have been favoured by
the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
the miscalculation to the amount of half a million in one of
theta alone, are a sufficient test of Isis capacity, anti show what
we are to expect from his wisdom. and foresight in supplying,
without additional taxes, the funds necessary for the war, and
in remedying the. distresswbich must be-felt, by all classes when
so material a branch of our trade is that with Holland is de-
stroyed, or, even, only interrupted. And here let me ask, what
taxes have been removed that were flora(' to press so. heavily on
the poor ? Oar ministers seem more intent on framing laws for
the destruction of our colonies., or for rousing them into a state
of rebellion, than on relieving the distresses of the poor at
home.

In, respect to "Retrenchment," I am at a loss to discover in
what way it has yet been effected, in any material degree. A
certain Aegree of dignity and splendour are necessary to the
welfare, perhaps to the existence, of our Government. Atten-
tion to form and ceremony, peculiarity in costume, and a gene-
ral regard to whatever is calculated to affect the senses, may,
Indeed, excite the smile of the philosopher, but. he will not ques.
Lion their utility, and gladly will he come forward to contribute
his share towards its maintenance and _support. It is with un-
easitiess.. then, that, e.yerytrue friend to hu country must see
the errors into which a mistaken economy has plunged our Mi-
nisters.. "In our days," says the Quarterly of October last,
(page 170,) "the use and purpose of the imagination in its in-
fluence over the social system, is by some forgotten oil-little un-
derstood, and by others sacrificed to a somewhat ostentatious
contempt of outward shows. Our Bishops and Judges despise
their ancient costume, and our Chancellor, in the spirit of what
appears to us somewhat juvenile philosophy, dispenses with the
attendance of the two Masters in Chancery, who were wont,
with much ceremony, daily to usher him into court and conduct
him ant. Nevertheless, that philosophy of government, which
calls in aid the imaginatiens of men, in order to subjugate the
will and understanding, is not, in our apprehension, less wise
than it was, nor likely to be disregarded with impunity, so long
as man shall continue to be an imaginative being. We regret,
therefore, any circumstance which tends to despoil either the
great functionaries of state, or the aristocracy, or, ind,'od, any -
persons who are to enjoy pre-eminence, or to exercise power
over their fellow-creatures, of any ideal influence which may
serve to clothe the nakedness of authority, and render inevita-
ble distinctions less drily obnoxious."
But, the retrenchment which the Lord Chancelloi has pro-
posed to effect, by diminishing his own salary, is singularly
amusing. When the Whigs first came into office they were
not expected to remain there many months ; and then did this
noble champion for economy moat modestly propose that the
retiring pension of the Chancellor should be increased from
£4OOO per annum to £7OOO, (which pension, continues for the
life of the possessor,) thua.securing " something comfortable,"
should his party be driven from office. He did, indeed, propose
likewise that his salary while in office should be reduced from
about £14,000 to £IG,OOO per ammo; but this offer was made
at a time when his post as Chancellor was hardly worth three
_ months' purchase. regret, Mr. Editor, that I cannot inform
you what is the expense to which the country is subjected in the
registration of voters under the blessed Rejoins Bill. The bar-
risters employed in the registration are allowed by Government
five guineas per diem each, besides their expenses ; making in
the whole, at the lowest calculation, six guineas. Now this, of
itself, will make a pretty little item in the list of our national
expenses; and, if the reports are true, our all-wise Chancellor
of the Exchequer has, in this instance, found that it is easier to
contract a debt for the country than to discharge it.
It is undeniable that they who have passpillitir„livesin the
service of the Public,. have a just claim upon us for provision
in old age : and not for themselves only, but for their wi-
dows, and even for their families, while these are incapable
of providing for themselves.. Pensions therefore are not, izr
themselves, unjust: but are to be looked upon, when properly
bestowed, as the just rewards of past services. The few thou-
sands a year which are saved to this Country by the reduction
of various pensions (which reductions were in a few instances
highly proper, and would have been made under any ministry)
are not felt as a benefit by any one individual; though a very
small reduction may have a most material effectin diminishing
the comforts and happiness of the possessor. What caution
ought, therefore, to be used in effecting these reductions, lest
while aiming at justice an injustice is committed! Little as is
the sum actually saved by these reductions, yet "Pension" is
made the war-cry of a party; they are protested against by the
minister in language the most vehement, in his addresses to
the people; and individuals, borrowing the same tone, find
them useful auxilliaries in exciting the people • nay
.even de-
precate-the holders of them with such indecen't eagerness as
leads them to forget the best feelings of our nature, the ties of
relationship and even truth itself.
1 am not one of those, Mr. Editor, Irho think it unjust that a
minister should provide for his own friends : I can see no ob-
jecttion to. the measure, 'provided those friends are far capa-
ble of discharging the duties of their office; and greatly do I
admire the discernment of our Premier, in discovering talents
in the members of his . own family which before were latent
from every eye : I may safely say that had he not come into
power we should never have discovered any talent in his fami-
ly. To what pitch, then, should not our gratitnde rise ; with
what vide and triumph should we not boast that one family
alone is thought worthy of receiving £200,000 per annum, as the
recompense of services done to their country.
dare not beg a larger space in year valuable columns ; I
fear I have already trespassed too am, Bcc. • B