The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-25 00:00:00

meeting.

THE EXPECTED ELECTION FOR A
OF PARLIAMENT FOR LIVERPOOL

EMBER

TO THE_ EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

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SIR,--We are in all probability on the point of an elec-
tion.. Let me ask the Conservatives of this town—are
they prepared for it ? It may be a general election ; but,
under any circumstances, if one of our present mem-
bers joins the Russell Cabinet (Mr. Cardwell) he will-
have to be re-elected. The question I wish to put to the
Conservatives is, Will they vote for him ? I think not, after
the extraordinary way in which he behaved to this con-
stituency, on the subject of the repeal of the Navigation
Laws. Liverpool ought to take the earliest opportunity
of showing that above all things, it values honesty of
purpose, and will not put up with even a hesitating poli-
tician. Then comes the question—have we a gentleman
suitable in everything to replace this wavering gentleman ?
I say we have, and he a townsman of great ability and
unblemished honour—Mr. Thomas Berry Horsfall. On
this occasion there must be no divisions if we wish to
oust Mr. Cardwell ; it must be done by one of the old-
fashioned pulls, a strong one, and one altogether. Let
the sailors, the shipwrights, the coopers, and the other
trades put themselves in motion, and be prepared for the
coming event, and particularly the canvassers, who have
always had so much influence in winning an election.—
I am, AN OLD CANVASSER.
Liverpool Exchange, 24th Feb., 1851.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR AND THE WELSH LAN-
GUACE.—SOIDC short time ago the Lord Chancellor pre-
sented the Rcv. David Jeffrey, curate of Neath, in South
Wales, to the rectory of Tir Newydd, in Anglesey, vacant
by the death of the Rev. R.lrye Hughes. Mr
Welshman, and well acquainted with his mother tongue;
and in reference to this subject, it is asserted that the
Lord Chancellor has expressed his intention of not be-
stowing any of his Welsh patronage on ministers who are
not thoroughly proficient in, and masters of, the Welsh
language. [The rev. gentleman above referred to is bro-
ther of Mr. W. P. Jeffrey, one of the Councillors of Pitt-
street Ward.]
THE DECADENCE OF THE BAR.—During the past and
present week, Newcastle, Gateshead, South Shields,
Durham, and other places, have been surprised at the
appearance of barristers at the county courts. Mr. Chas.
Otter has been accompanied by Mr. Losh, Mr. Selby,
Mr. Mulcaster, Mr. Blackwell, and Mr. Bainbridge, in
an almost briefless perambulation ! We confess that this
act on the part of Mr. Otter and his friends has caused us
peculiar pain. We deem it a departure from the dignity
of the bar, and we are confident that in the end every
barrister who has been a party to this most imprudent,
most injudicious, and indefensible step, will see cause to
regret it.—Durham Advertiser.
SHAREHOLDERS IN BANES.--The Court of Exchequer
decided last week an important case with reference to the
North of England Bank. The effect of the decision con-
fines the liability of shareholders within the very proper
limits prescribed by the bank act, viz., to the period of
three years from the time of ceasing to hold shares ; and
the result of a contrary decision would have been that a
shareholder instead of being free at the end of that period
would have been liable to proceedings in bankruptcy at
any time within the statute of limitations, which might be
nearly six years in the case of a simple contract debt, and
nearly twenty years in the case of a specialty debt, after
he had parted with his shares.
COCKADE AND TRUE BLUE.—Both owe their origin to
the wars of the Scottish Covenanters ; and the cockade
appears to have been first adopted as a distinguishing
emblem by the English army at the battle of Sherra-muir,
where the Scotch wore the Blue ribbon as a scarf, or on
their bonnets, (which was their favourite colour.) The
English army then, to distinguish themselves, assumed a
black rosette on their bats, which, from its position, the
Scotch nick-named a " cock'adc," (with which our use of
the word " cockscomb" is connected,) and is still retained.
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