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cannot conceive anytt
suit must be to Mr. H
cited long, loud, and general cheering
At the close-of the poll, Mr. Holm
his Committee crossed over the way, and
of his drawing-room, he addrc
bad assembled in the street
be was received with many
ceased, he spoke as follows :•
be ungrateful if I did not return to you my mo
thanks, for the triumphant position in wl
placed me this day. (Hear, hear.) TI

ifying tl

and a number of

On making his

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hich you hav,

the more gratifying tom feeli
a triumph gained over Tilt
the greatest regard ; and en
it would have been some co►
had been defeated by such a man -
(Hear, hear.) I beg, however, to say that I
much of the victory which has been achieved this c
the vials of abuse which have been so unsparingly ht
upon my head,—(hear, and applause)—by men who
not the manliness, a,
them the challenge, to comb .
(Cheers.) Therefore I treat, as I ever will tree,,
anonymous slanderer, who has not the courage to sa
' to a man's face what be insinuates behind his bac
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gentleman for whom I ha
even if I had been defeate

who clued not, when I

forward

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poetry, have I been figuring u
beg to say, that the poet who I

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may go, as soon as he
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(Cheers and laHuigshntearm. sGne envt
lemen, mark the rest. Mark what the result is when men, who;
through their lives have acted honestly and independently,
appeal to their fellow townsmen as I have appealed to
you. Mark, I say, what has been the result. I state it
now publicly that I did not put myself forward.
anxious to have remained, as I have for some years,
private life. But a requisition, numerously and respect-
ably signed, was presented to me; and I have ever advo-
cated the principle, and I always shall, that no man
has a right to live exclusively for his own benefit ; but
that it i 3 his bounden duty to do as much good to his
fellow creatures as he possibly can. (Hear.) I ask what
has been the result? Why, that a number of tradesmen,
honest independent tradesmen, men wielding power, and
wielding it well, have been indignant at the course which
has been adopted by—not a number of the respectable
Whigs of this ward, but by a small, and insignificant, and
contemptible clique, whom I set at defiance. (Cheers.)
The result has also been that my brother James has been
brought out for Scotland Ward, who, probably, would not
have become a candidate at all had it not been for this un-
mitigated abuse. Thus a just retribution, and a just
reaction takes place when men depart from the principle
of rectitude, and do that which is mean and despicable
Let me further say, although you may ae.ee--
partiality, that if the electors of Scotland Was_
my brother, and he makes half as good a Councilk.
he has been a brother, an exemplary man in every rela-
tion of life, and an honest and straightfor-
they will to-morrow make a choice that will be a be,.
to the inhabitants at large. (Cheers.) Some of you wit.
have observed a paragraph in the Albion this morning,
to the effect that every vote given to my brother
and myself will be thrown away. I beg to contradict
that statement. (Hear, hear.) When last in the Conn-
c.l, for the purpose of recognizing -
ciple, but contrary to the opinion of the 'LOS,- _
so far as the law was concerned ; first, in conformite
with it so far as the spirit of the act was concerned, I paid
the fine. Though I had nothir,
tion, yet, for the purpose of ken
dependent, I did see fit te
You have called upon me now: it was no act of mine
that I came forward ; and in coming forward, I took that
which I think was the most straightforward courac.
a public meeting of the electors of Rodney-street Ward, as
the jury to whom I appealed. (Hear.) They have
responded to the appeal; they have pronounced their
opinion ; and I shall now go to the Town Council inde-
pendent, unfettered, and as anxious as any man can be to
forward the best intere,ts of Liverpool. (Cheers.) lem
sure, gentlemen, that all of you, whether you agree with
me in political opinion or not, will coincide with me iu
this, that we should have no small measures for a port
like Liverpool. The extent of our commerce requires tx-
tended accommodation. The state of many of our streets
—what is popularly called the sanatory condition of the
town—requires great and vigilant attention ; and that at-
tention I shall be most happy to bestow. It is to me a
mark of great gratification, that I have had the cordial sup-
port of so many of my fellow-tradesmen. I see faces among
you with whom for years I have been in the habit of hold-
ing friendly, nay, affectionate intercourse. It is indeed a
source of rejoicing to toe, that my conduct has rr“.&
their approval, for I have never been the
down in their prices, but -
upon the principle of " live, and let IP&
principles have gained me your support,
will enable n.e to preserve it. But, whilst I su,
will never be one to endeavour to force a great tt
ber of tradesmen Into the Council, so as to take entire
'poisession of it, because I wish to see ourselves repre-
sented by men of all descriptions; and at the same
time I will never be one to assent to the opinion
that because a man is a tradesman be is to be ex-
cluded from the Council ;—(cheers)—for if there is any
one thing more offensive to me than another, it is the
aristocratic feeling of some of those who call themselves
republicans and levellers. (Cheers.) I fear lam unable
to make myself audible to all of you. (Cries of "Go on,
go on.") I BDI suffering from a severe cold ; and I roust
conclude by again thanking yen for the way in which you
have so triumphantly returned me as your representative. I
beg you to accept those thanks from the very ground of nr
heart. And, now—whether a man has been opposed
me or not, I beg to say that no political or personal f
ing on my part shall influence my conduct in the "
Council; I will endeavour, to the best of my pow
carry out those measures which are for the benefit of e,
inhabitants at large. (Cheers.) There is, however, one
thing I wish to mention before I conclude. A.
paragraph appeared iti the Journal of Saturday last,
stating that I had lent myself to some small clique
to exclude Mr. George Hall Lawrence from the mayor-
alty. It was scarcely honourable, I think, to say that
upon the eve of the tlection, (bear) for although the editor
said he did not believe any such thing, he did not hesitate to
publish the insinuation. (Hear, hear.) I beg to state
distinctly, as I have already in a letter to the Albion, that
the statement is entiroly a fabrication—a fabrication from
beginning to end. And I state now, thus publicly, that if
assiduity and attention to business, ifrentlemanly feeling,
and if being a member of an old Liverpool family-, are
any passports to the mavorilitv. 1 do not think the
(Continued on the eighth page.)

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SIXTH ADDRESS TO THE PROTESTANTS OF
THE EMPIRRE, BY THE COMMITTEE OPTHE
NATIONAL CLUB.

We are asked, Why this stir about Protestantism ?
What is our drift? Where is the danger ?—Plain ques-
tions which shall have a plain answer.
1. We admit that we regard our national interests as in
danger, and our Protestant principles especially. We
have raised the cry of danger, and we avow it. To meet
the danger we bid you collect your strength, and fix your
e great aim to baffle the plans of those who would
give to the Church of Rome the money and power of the
people of England. This is the practical design of the
majority of our statesmen ;—we pray you to defeat it.
2. We brand it as a design of mischief and of folly,—it
is wrong. .No one should teach to others what he thinks
it wrong to do. If it be sight to give up your mind and
conscience to the keeping of a priest, and to take his word
in place of God's word, why are you a Protestant? why
not join the Church of Rome ? If you think these things
wrong, why do you lead others to do this wrong ? why
teach this wrong to the ignorant?

alm—mr

the scheme is as weak

as it is wicked. Look
first to England : who amongst our labourers are the most
ignorant and wretched,—uncleanly in their habits, homes,
and rags,—poor in their fare? All who know our towns
will answer, the Irish—the Roman Catholic Irish. They,
by their habits, degrade the morals and the manners, and
lessen the wages of their labourers; yet they have lived
,mong us for generations,and they have lived unimproved;
hey do not rise to our level,—they sink us to their own.
Why is this? Is there any natural reason? None,—
le have higher qualities, quicker and more sus-
minds. Yet they live in the midst of civirzation,
s exception and reproach. What is the reason ? You
of get at their minds—their minds are sealed up from
from all contact with you—their mind is in thraldom
priest ; their passions have no check from the fear
1. their souls are in bondage to the fear of man.
asement, physical wretched-

no peo

tress !—this is the law of nature.
4. Look next to Ireland. Every one wishes Ireland to
be peaceful : it is the interest of all that it should ;—why

is it not so? Its people are poor—but why? There is
everything to make them rich ; there, numbers are great,
—not so great as in England, nor growing so fast. But
they have little capital ;—why ? We have too much ; we
could flood Ireland with capital. Why do not our holders
of capital go there? Because life is unsafe, and property
insecure ; therefore the capitalist stands aloof. Yuu can-
not have the wealth, the arts, the employments of civili-
zation among the disorders of the lawless.
But is this the case throughout all Ireland? Not
among the Protestants; not in a great part of Ulster;
this state of things, then, is confined to the Roman Ca-
thol;c Irish alone. _ . . .

Is their religion the

Take the facts anc

mark them
ts.

No people in
Europe are so governed by their pm. But the Romish
priesthood, torn from all the interests of society, have

one grand passion—the lust for power, and wealth, as a
means of power ; they live for their church—they seek
for their church universal empire. They can gain domi-
nion as other governments do, only by gaining a hold over
the mind ; they govern the minds of men by fables ad-
dressed to their tears,—that is the source of the power of
the priesthood. . .

But a multitude who believe fables must be ignorant.
!gnorance must be maintained. No
norant as the Irish Roman Catholics.
popular superstition, popular ignorance
_ ,4w of the Church of Rome. Popular ig-
norance, popular passion, popular disorders—this is the
law of nature. We may despise this law, we may over-
look it, but it is fixed, and it will stand. A powerful
priesthood, a turbulent people.
5. But they say that this is from the ignorance of the
and they will educate the priests. Educate the
ts ! teach the Church of Rome ! Go and learn from
ablest government which ever ruled mankind—
the strongest; which has lived through
and climates—the only one which has
ersal power, and has won it, and holds it
as firmly as before. But the Irish priests are Miter-
the State will pay and teach them, they will be-
Some learned. The State pays-and teaches the priests of
Belgium and of France, and yet the majority of their
Flow is this? These fill-
, soldiers of a great army. We don't
oy ranks of courtiers ; it is the rough
r who does the work and wins the day.
-.e priests are the soldiers of a rude coarse
move them. But they have their
-ld know them, they combine the
: the subtle arts of

people are so ig
Such is the fact

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These rud
people, an

generals, and if you

—y, the learning Of the German, the fervour of Ireland
and of France, the patient power of England. These are
who lead them, who work the vast confederacy
work it well. These are the leaders whose sklil baffles
your courts, whose tactics put your diplomacy to shame.
Go and learn from these, the masters of mankind.
6. But would you make them your friends, and govern
'and through them? Many governments have tried
all have failed. Will you alone succeed ? Has
'or Prussia or France? Have you succeeded in
New Zealand or Newfoundland, Ca-
What have they done for you
task of your government
~ehant ; ask your colo-

one men who lead th

nada or Ne
there? H

s k the Bcitish me

Your scheff

s a folly ; your plan a delusion

7. But we must have them as our friends on an 7 terms

Well, you can have them, but on their own terms,
What are these ? Make your government do their work ;
make the power and wealth of England raise the power
'nd wealth of the Church of Rotne. Then they are your
, your fast friends; but then they are your mas-
ters. Will yon take them as such? Will you, the Eng-
lish people, submit to be their slaves?
To pay the priests, unless you are prepared for this, is
a scandal. It is an insult to common understanding. It
is a folly so notable, that it should be noted, and he who
is guilty of it, and boasts of it as though it were a clever
scheme, deserves to be pilloried, and branded with the
scorn of England ! . _ _

friends

goed, by order of the Committee,
RICHARD NUGENT,
Honorary Secretary

13, Cockspt

-•9trePt, Oct. 27, 1846

HOW TO SAVE THE

POTATO.

TO THE P

SANTRY OF IRELAND

In November last, and subsequently, I laid before the
ment, and other leading authorities of the country.
t that the disease of the potato could be checked,
overcome, by planting the seed in Autumn in place of
And had it been the Almighty will that this
ated and believed, and that the planting
period, perhaps famine would not have
terwise ordained, and you,
" will of God!" will feel

the fac

spring,

were then promuli
took place at that
reached the land ;
who so truly dep

nd upon t

that what is is best

No one then advocated the measure
generally known ; but no

, because it was not
proposition has been

publicly promulgated, and reason brought to bear upon it,
the newspapers have echoed its truth and advantages from
end to end of the country. Ido not, therefore, ask you
to depend upon my simple word ; but as ail the agricultural
authorities now fully bear out what in November last I
urged as the real and simple remedy, I implore you, for
your own sakes, at once to follow the advice which I pub-
lish for your good. If you doubt me, ask your clergyman,
and he will tell you whether I am wrong or right.
Lose not a moment in planting your potatoes; and for
this year use beds or ridges, with deep furrows between,
so as to let all the water run off.

round just as usual ; cover the set, at least
s, do not put on clods:

Manure the
six inches, with fine earth ; that

the covering snug and close, and finish your ridges

off evenly

Run the beds so that the water may get off readily ;
and do not plant in any ground which will be flooded in
winter.

Follow this plan, and, please God, you will have a good

crop early nest year

Do not be afraid of the frost—it will not injure the set;
nd even should the shoot come up and be cut off, it will
rime again, and give you a sound potato early in the Bea-
n, if you but cover the seed as I have told you. And I
Inn nnw show yOU why, because I wish you to know as

well as mysf

t hen you put your potatoes into pits in autumn and
them closely up with straw and clay and that they
.re a little time lying together, they begin to heat, just as
you know a green rick of hay would : but they cant take
fire, because they are so very wet in themselves—still they
heat Well, the consequence is, as "soon as they get
warm, they shoot and grow; and if the winter should be
mild (as it has been in Ireland for several years) they shoot
more; and so, by the time spring comes, the whole pit is
filled with shoots, some a yard or two long.
Just think of this. Must it not take away almost all
the strength of the potato? And when you pull off the
shoots, which are the principal part of its life, and then
put that potato for seed into the ground, you cannot surely
wonder that it either misses entirely, or that what it pro-
duces must be weak and diseased.
Suppose. now, that you had a parcel of oats, on a loft,
that you were keeping for seed ; and that you found, when
yon were going to sow it, that it was all sprouted, would
you not think yourself a very great fool to put that in the
ground, hoping to get a good crop ? To be sure you
would ; in fact you would not use it at all. Yet this is
just what you have been doing with the potato for many a
year. You have put it in a pit warmer than the ground,
or the natural air, and after growing there by means of
that increased heat, from November till May very likely,
you expect it to give you a sound offspring, although it
has left almost all its life in the pit.
Now, you know this is quite contrary to nature. You
cannot expect a strong child from a weak parent; and why
the poor potato is to be worse treved than anything else
in its propagation I cannot see. If you want a good crap
of wheat you buy sound seed ; if oats, you do the same—
in short, for all crops except the potato: but you use IT
so badly, that you first drive almost all its strength and
growth away, and then you put it in the ground more than
half dead, expecting it to give you sound produce.
This, then, is the reason why autumn planting should
be at once adopted and always followed—because, when
you plant at that time, all the power and vigour of the
seed is given to the offspring. When natnre calls upon it
to grow, it grows as she wishes, which cannot be wrong.
Not like the forced and unnatural growth in the pit, which
is given out uselessly, then lost, and the plant left to de-
pend on whatever little life may still remain for the repro-
Auction•

Do not hesitate, then, to plant your potatoes now ; next
have a good crop, and a year or two will,
with the permission of Providence, make the potato as
sound as it ever was, if you so continue.
Now, if yon can contrive, in addition to this, to burn a
little turf into charcoal, which you all understand can be
simply done; and after breaking it about as fine as sand,
throw a small handful or even dusting of it, on each set,
you will find that the crop will be stronger and better;

for the charcoal will give to the plant, when it begins to
grow, that which the disease has taken from it, and the
next crop will be Quite sound. But if you cannot do this,
plant the seed just as I have before described, and no
matter what kind you have, do not be afraid of using it.
Let the sets be as sound as you cau get them, but don't
fear t) use diseased potatoes, if you plant them in dry
weather, and at once—that is, this month or the next—
but in no case later than December; and, if you follow
this advice, please God ! you will have good potatoes next
season.

JASPER W. ROGERS, C.E
Nottingham-street, Dublin, Oct., 1846.

THE LOSS OF THE GREAT BRITAIN

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES

SlR,—Your laboured article on my statement to the
directors of the Great Western Steam-ship Company has
just this moment reached me. I do not, cannot believe,
with all the power for mischief you unfortunately possess,
and exercise with e%ident gratification, that it can do me
any injury. We truly are a paper-ridden people; but
there are still many who judge for themselves, and they
will increase, I hope; and to them I appeal from your
self. formed judgment. The idea of a landsman or a
lubber (evidently one or the other is the editorial " we")
pronouncing so decided an opinion in such a case is ridicu-
lous ; but you well know you have never given the Great
Western Steam-ship Company, or any per,on cot•nected
with it, fair play. Why, you can best tell. Your scrib-
bler says, " Captain Hosken starts with excuses for tak-
ing the North Channel." Captain Hosken " starts" with
reasons for doing so, and maintains them to be good and
sufficient; and then follow sapient remarks and laboured
lines, which I pass over, only noticing a few of them,
leaving you St. Paul's, Charing-cross, Whitehall, and
Farringdon-street to wander in, and recommending your
scribbler to extend his walk to Leadenball-street, to
improve his knowledge in navigation.
" At half-past five o'clock he has the Isle of Man on his
right. He runs straight away, by his own reckoning,
some thirty miles, and then jumps at a conclusion, at a
quarter past eight, that he has this same island on his
left." Any of your nautical readers will understand a
ship's course being altered from N.W. by N. to N. by E.
will bring a light from the starboard to the port or lar-
board bow, and this is really all the point in your article ;
your winding up, " We have no wish to press hardly on a
man who has suffered already such mortifications and
losses from his own act," is paltry, and, as it means no-
thing, is unworthy of notice, as I shall consider any more
editorials on this subject. But if " Naulicus," or any of
your correspondents, attack me with their names, I shall
be quite prepared to answer them.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JAM ES HOSKEN.
Cleat Britain Steam-ship, October, 28th.