The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-28 00:00:00

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Scotch tnajorityfor tninistets

English members against ministers
t flesh members for do

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Hnglish majority AGAINST ministers .....

Here we have it demonstrated that the heart of Eng-
Isud.is yet sound. Here we have it proved that Lord
J°lol RUSSELL is entirely dependent upon O'CONNELL'S
BIaYeS, the Irish papists in the House of Commons. He
has only made three converts from the• English party since
be came into office, namely, Mr. EVELYN DENISON, Mr.
PusEy, and Mr. G. F. YOUNG, men whom we hope to see
Bent to whence they came at the next election, despised
by the multitude, and execrated by the electors they have
hetrayed.' But on no other Englishmen has' Lor.d JOliN
RITSS9L,orpIe charms of office, or the allurements of
patronage, made the slightest impressidn. There stands
the'iminovable phalanx which supports Sir ROBERT PEEL,
tvh9 has proved himself,.wi thin the last few months, to be
HI argumentation and 061,64' eloquence the first man of
the ChtY: On the other side we see the fragments.of half
a'inzen factions cemented tdg,ethei With a sort of nortar,
of Which sand i prevailing in- if n g for
the convenience.of the,
night a 'paftri, majority in favour
)
(11.91*(1.Tqti Ru LL. Wretched must, chatrttiustr
who telies upon such a majority-L-a majority of only
4itie..man, and that man DANIEL d'CO':V'INT'LL, whom
Ile whigs.denannced in a sPeech from the throne, and
who, in return, called Lord YOBS' and hii aristooi'atic
Patty the " base whips." goine, nlen are' bOr'n
strong.
and some with kveal; nerves, but it would te-
guirt nerves of rius.:,''and inusele Of cast iron;' and
feeli4gs as insensible as the' itetlW nilllitotitc-lbs

dure the reproach of being a minister of a protestant
King, supported by such a worilleis majority in- the
House of Commons, %fell knowing that the crown is an-
rriencily, and the'LOrds decidedly opposki to hith. To
such vile uses,,however, has a member of the house of
RussEr.r.. &een reduced !

Our first consolation is, that the tYCONNELL majority
in favOor of Lord Jotni and the «base Whigs" cannot
possibly do much further ',llan delaying the busi-
ness of the country, and waOlkithe sweet voices of the
Jail and the, oratory of unwashed patriots in the reahn4 of
talk. The, Lords,- we trust, .will-have sense enough to
correct their errors, andtippress their follies.

Our second consolation is, till the fact of the'hloose of
Commons beingentirely ruled by Irish papists will touch
the pride and awaken the ire of our slumbering and in-
di!T,rent countrymen., -If hese attacks upon the church
teach us what popery is, and theyishow us to what depths
profound, where the dregs Of fa&ion lie, will the whigs
lover themselves for the, sake' Of place and pelf.: When
the, day. of ,reckoning. comes, and soon come it must,
popery and whiggery will perish together. Theirs is a
det:perate struggle but it will be a vain struggle when
the country shall rise to avenge its religion. The day
is not far distant !

. Two public meetings were held yesterday, one of the
young freemen, and the other of inhabitants who, alp
though paying rates and taxes, arc nevertheless, under
the provisions of the new precluded froth voting at
municipal elections.
.In the case of the young freemen
-,- they are treated with great harshnesss and injustice.
They have been compelled to serve an apprenticeship of
seven y,ears,.fOr what ? To be cheated out of the condi-
tional benefits •of that servitude, and to be told at its
expiration that before they can be admitted to the privi-„
lees of burgesses they inuat become householders,and
pay. rates for three years ! The hardship -of this is so
glaring.tftid so dighont-st that we can-not think the lokfl.
will hesitate anionient in altering the bill and preserving
the acquired and inchoate rights of all freemen, fuel r
sons and apprentices.
If Ltd JOHN RUSSELL had been inclined to be con-
sistent in his careerof.spoliation ,he .would have intro-, •
duced a clause in the bill anulling the indentures of those
'whin he, has deprived 'Of -their burgess rights. These
young Men might not have-consented to bind themselves
for the long period of seven,years.if they had known that
monicipal or other advantages would be derived from
their serVithilel.- Rini. or five years is time sufficient to
learn any handicraft, and few would serve seven if -they
could obtain the same rights in a shorter *period. But
seven years was the period fixed by law. The right of
yoting was. 'equally fixed by laW. The privilegeg
obtained brservitude were given by law. Lord JOHN,
however, cuts down the law in 'one :instance, and leaves
.it as lie found it in another.. He abolishes the rights and
privileges which the servitude conferred, but he conti-
nues the servitude., This is whig justice !
In the matter of the inhabitants who -reside in the bo-
rough, who pay rates,-but who are denied the right of
voting at elections, simply because they are not inhabi-
tant householders, we hardly know what to say, for the
absurdity of the fraud is inexpressibly ridiculous. For
instance, by the bill as it has passed the commons, the
present Mayor of Liverpool, thOugh a native of the town,
and a bhrgess by inheritance, is denuded of his municipal
franchise, and Will not have a vote in the election of the
common council. Nay, more; by the bill as it stands,_ he
cannot possibly have a vote for the next three years. There
are some hundreds of the most respectable inhabitants of
the town in the same situation with the Mayor. It is no
matter what is the annual amount of rates they pay, for
unless they are inhabitant householder's, that' is to say,
unless they occupy. a dwelling-house, which they ate
tthe bonafide tenants rated to the poor, they are not en-
titled to vote. at election of 'commoia..councilmen. We
are informed of one
.gentleman, who actually' pays up--
wards of £l,OOO a year, in the shape of poor rates; who
will not have aynte under the. bill. introduced, pressed
puSlied 'forWafil with stiehindornitabl.t.t.stuPidity, and
finally carried. by- Lord. Joiqr Rus§Et..r.. The rights of
p 1 operty. have, been enti'rely nverluot ed In this very silly
arkd ckuite.tu*lole:statestnait, In inniuueraills instances.
the owners of pre2erty,and the prineipils, of mercantile
establishments. will be deprived of the municipal
.fran
ehise, while the' porters in their warehouses will enjoy
it. At the highly respectable ineeting_of y.esterday-there..-
were pr.2sent individuals who contribute several th un
sands a yelr to the poOr'rates, And 'who will not have.a
voice in " the electihn of the officers of the corporation.
_They are actually- robbed of the privileges they already •
enjoy;, and^ which they have acquired either .by birth-
right Or by servitude ; while those who are. comparatively
strangers to the town, who never were apprentices here,
-and who never -paid ten pounds to the poor during the
whole period'of their residence, will be qualified to vote
for the council, of the Corporation..
• . _

Surely the lords will not allow this act of oppreSsion
;cs pass into.a law.

Insignificant creatures are sometimes unconsciously in-
strumental in the accomplishment of great and good de-
signs. The sacred geese saved the Capitol; and the
silly cackling of the Middlesex Gander may yet prove

tlie means of:preserving the Irish Protestant Church.
P.Oor .10z*Pll!. how unwittingly halt thou ".let the cat
out of the bag." How couldst thou acknowledge the
true character of the measure which thy friends the: Whigs

have, introduced? Why didst thou discover to the House
of Commons and to the country that this". " robbery bill"
is only an instalment-7only a beginning--only an inci-
pient stage of. the destructive proceedings against the
protestantS? Was it kind-Was it considerate of thee to
undeceive. the• lords, the king, and the people of Eng-
land, as to the real merits of the appropriation scheme ?
However, we thank.thee for informing us that the "end
is not yet." We thank thee, sapient Greek, for openly
declaring the ministerial professions of attachment to the
church tb be hypOcritical . pretences I We fear the poor
fellow has. the bump of appropriativeness so-prominently
AevelOped that he &lonia keep his min counsel.