The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-11 00:00:00

One of the weightiest objections to the Reform bill,lurig
progress through the House of Commons, was, that its tende°
was too democratic for such it constitution as that of Greet
taM, it being feared that the extension of the right of votitigfot
£lO occupiers in populous places would open a wide di:l°l 4
brawling demagogues, utterly unqualified to form part of vo
deliberative assembly. The fears thus honestly expressed
the Conservatives, were derided as childish or chimerical,
the liberal press ; and nothing was heard but the cuckoo etloo
" The Bill—the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill." t'l .oro,
they have got the whole Bill; and, like a child with its first
,0
tie, they are " frightened at the sound themselves have made',
In the Globe of Satuiday, there is an article upon the o
politan Elections, from which we make the following Otill
which we recommend to the serious consideration of ElectOri
of all shades of political opinion. The remarks are intended
apply to the London elections, but change the name and th,e,'
are equally applicable to ourselves, or to any populous place •soi
In the other districts the choice is no where between Tailor/
Reformers ; but in some of them the contest is between refotoeti
and persons whom it is not too much to call revolutionists—b'
p 4
men who_wish to see the powers of a reformed Legislature aP; ty
peacefully to practical amendments, and those who only 10k fu poll' change which has been of in the representation as a step 10
changes in the constitution itself, and ultimately to its complete '„Thie
tion--between men whose previous conduct and character a
pledges of their wish and ability to be useful to their countrNao
those who can give no pledges but those with which they ilta'
their placards.
uithout
Let the electors reflect that if they send to Parliament men -editor , weight or character of any kind, without political or any other
tion--men who have no conceivable recommendation but the bike,
their professions, and it may be of their opinions--these representa, d
can effect no purpose in Parliament, but to discredit the ineasuiroi
reform which has given members to the metropolis. They Cga e duce no political effects unless it be by exciting the popu;;:srle
threaten and overawe Parliament. They must remain in ppea le
times utterly powerless, as HUNT the Member for Preston Ctlu'd
the
last Parliament, till, irritated by their own insignificance, any be'
disgust they excite in those among whom they are placed, the :orig
come ready to join, like him, with any party for the sake of
a sensation.
We hail, with infinite satisfaction, this incipient returi
the plainest dictates of common sense, on the part of the °)tit
official organ of the administration; and we are not witbso/
sanguine expectations, that the daring attempts which are tl
making, to introduce into Parliament men without weight
influence, moral or political,—without character and 'titi`viile
education,—having no conceivable recommendation *1)11.t violence of their professions,—and those profeision'S exciting t
oy
f
most justifiable fears'that nothing short of a total sui;versiel'e,
the constitution will satisfy them,—will excite:iesectable
of all parties, to make common cause in defence ii-f4lieletts'at
have valuable and venerable in our institutions, and to derteo
the pretensions of those whose only object,
.whether ft ord
weakness or wickedness,, is reiioltition and anarchy; If ifiect
Sandon needed arik.. apology for the course which'he aclePt
with respect to the Metropolitan districts, a better COtio
te
not be made than the paragraph in the Globe, which we b$
above quoted.

CHESTER COUNTY ELECTION.—NORTH CHESHIRE. Tlh(7;aib dates are Admiral Tollemache, Mr.' E. J. Stanley, and Mr.
"%""111,
ham Egerton. Day of nomination, Monday, the 17th days °f PEu
ing, 20th and 21st : and of declaration, 24th Dec.-3017TH Cligs
The Candidates are Mr. Wilbraham, Earl Grosvenor, and Sir 2,,511b g.
de Malpas Egerton. The Day of Nomination is Saturday. tbe_:fit be
the polling takes place on the 18th and 19th, and the result '4;,4e
declared on the 21st. The poll for the hundred of Wirrall Will
place at Birkenhead.

One of the most shallow and paltry tricks which we
known practised at any election, was yesterday attempttd by t"
friends of the radical party, Messrs. E wart and Thornely, be-
tween whom there is now an avowed coalition. The trick c°r:
sists in the most grossly false returns as to the strength 0f e
respective candidates, making it appear that the numbers s'"e
decidedly in favour of the above-named individuals. Mr. Ewalt
friends had the effrontery to take credit for more votes than there
are electors in the constituency. The simple truth is, that -,
utterly destitute is Mr. Thornely of the slightest hopes °f S"
cess, that the expediency of withdrawing from the contest has
been repeatedly debated by his committee, and, it
is
said, NO-Hid
have been carried- but for the determined opposition of Alessi
Coglan, Cearns, Falvey, &c., and Mr. Ewart finds too late'
that his ample stock of demerit and unpopularity has been tg
enhanced by an alliance with Mr. Thornely, that he hear"-
tiv
execrates the day he encouraged the pretensions of that Gen-
tleman. We have the proud gratification to announce tour
Readers, on authority perfectly authentic, that before our next
publication, Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas Will be
the Representatives for this Borough.

LONDON LATEST NEWS.
(From our Correspondent.)
SATURDAY EVENING, Half-past Seven o'clock. 4,
The French Funds coming over this evening 4 per cell':
higher, has produced a corresponding advance in our securitie!'
and the quotation for the account closed at 83 to 84.
The rise in our English Stock Market has produced a C(T.
responding improvement in our Foreign Bonds, as respee.'
those of the northern nations. Belgian Bonds have been, 1'
very good request, and at the close of the market were at I
Dutch were done at 41, and Danish at 67 . Russian likocte
closed better, the final quotation being 9744- 98. Towards the
afternoon there was some speculation in Portuguese scot);
which improved from 44 dis. to 31. The Bonds also advaq°'
to 51, a rise of near 2 per cent. The chief cause of this In'"
provement is, we understand, the arrival of General.SoLignt
sent, it is reported, by Marshal Soult, or at least at his rec,Vis
mendation, to take the command of Don Pedro's array. 1..„
General was one of the corps of, Junot, which took pas6'-"
of Lisbon during the Peninsular war.
There has been some slight degree of speculation in SPaDish
Bonds, which ate 174.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
eral
We stated in our correspondence of yesterday, that Gen ,
la rsoa
had arrived from Paris, said to be sent by 3 ;
Solignac vi
Soutt to take the command of Don Pedro's army.
asserted that our government is now resolved to take a" ait-eBd
part against Don Miguel, and that, according to ""w' auiul
French and English army, and according to others, "n En
n ad
lish force alone, is without delay to be sent. To this,
tion to the arrival of the French General may be ascribed the,
baduvsiannecses
yinesteProdrattrese Bonds and Scrip' towards the close of
We are likewise informed that the Prussian Government ha:
at length begnn to take an active part in negotiating for
cessation of hostilities, that one envoy, General to
been already sent to Paris, and that a second is to proceea
the Hague upon the same errand.
The health of King Leopold app ears to have seriously suf-
fered by conflictinvents. He isdescribed as looking
tremely thin., and g e
seemed much affected, on entering the ° on'
busy city of Antwerp, at observing the desolation around h""'