The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-11 00:00:00

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spected townsman, Sir Thomas Brancker, whose guest the
candidate was, and which they reached shortly before nine
o'clock,—part of them filing off towards the top of Duke-
street, and part—to proceed in the van—occupying Leece-st.
By nine o'clock, the street became thronged throughout a

ngth, and the numerous flags in the street,
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lidSt the loud and

peated cheers of the assembled multitude, the nearest band
playing " See the conquering hero comes !"- In a few mi-
nutes, all being in readiness, the procession moved onwards
from Leece-street,, the carriage with the candidate and his
friends beit, nearly- in the middle of the line. It was pre-
ceded by alarge, handsome flag, inscribed " Sandon and
Douglas for ever!" followed by flags and banners from
Scotland Ward. Next came Jolliffe's band, playing ap-
propriate airs, and next gentlemen of the Conservative Cen-
tral Committee, and numerous friends of the gallant general.
Voters of St. Paul's Ward followed, also accompanied by
numerous flags and a band ; and next, in like manner, Ex-

change, Castle-street, St. Paul _,
renting a respectable, but not very numerous array. Then
came Stubb's military band, in their handsoMe uniforms
with brass helmets. Immediately behind, amongst numerous
other flags, was a small one bearing the arms and motto of
Sir Howard, and, preceding the carriage, a large and splen-
did new silk flag painted at the establishment of Mr. Trout-
beck, Hanover-street, also emblazoned with the arms of the
worthy baronet, surmounted by the crest—a boar under an
oak tree—with the motto " Look Sicker," the whole
s and warlike trophies

and other Wards, each pr

rounded by f

The carriage was drawn by
,four dapple greys, caparisoned
in scarlet with blue, with postilions in corresponding uni-
forms. On. each side, i❑ froutof the vehicle, was fixed a tree
of evergreens, tipped with branches of red and blue ribbon.
Oa the higher seat stood Sir H. Douglas, and on his right
Sir Thos. Brancker. On the front seat sat Major Doug-
las, • Samuel 11 ohne, and Nicholas Robinson, Esquires.

They, were loudly and enthusiastieall!
the houses throughoutthe whole route

y cheered at to
e to the Exchan

and Castl

street, in all of Which the flags and favours shown from win-
dows, balconies 'and house-tops, and Many of them waved
by the hands of " ladies fair," gave ample and gratifying de-
monstration of their respect for the candidate, and their
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attachment to the redeeming principles of conservatism.
Sir H. Douglas responded to these continuous tokens of
attachment, by the most polite obeisance.
Amongst the flags were. several altogether new, with ap-
propriate mottos, besides most of the handsolue ward flags.
We noticed several inscribed " Douglas for Ever,"—"San-
don for Ever,"—" Speed the Plough, the Ship, and the
Loom,"—" Church and Queen," surrounded by the Crown,
—" Fair Trade ; Live and Let Live ; Good Wages and Eng-
lish Comfort." We also observed, with allusion to the new
poor-law, " No Union Bastiles ; Those whom God .hath
joined let no man put asunder." And on some small flags
were Anseribed, "Plenty in the Land, and Loyalty in the
People,"—" Scriptural Education," &c., &c.
On passing establishments at which parties appeared with
&c., to welcome the candidate, those in the procession
-eated cheers, whish were heartily returned ; and we
are proud to record, that the office of our journal was espe-
cially honoured by loud acclamations of friendship and
respect.

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The usual formalities having been gone through by tilt
mayor and town-clerk on the arrival of the candidate, they

prOceeded at once to the nomination.
Sir THOMAS BRANCKER rose to propose Sir Howard
Douglas as a fit and proper person to represent the borough
of Liverpool in parliament. After a few remarks, which our
reporter could not hear .from the distance at which he was
placed, Sir Thomas said that the gallant general had just
returned from one of the most important situations' that
could be given to him by government, and 'he had not
only given the utmost satisfaction to his own govern-
ment hut all the sovereigns of Europe have felt satisfied
with his conduct whilst administering the government
to which he was placed., Ile was a firm supporter of t
glorious constitution, a stern upholder of the

.own, and -a

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firm supporter of the just rights and liberties of the people.
He would advocate thoSe prinCipleS which supported all just
reforms, but not those which desired reform for the sake of
change. ft was so very cold that he would not detain them
longer, than just to propose Sir Howard Douglas as a tit and
proper person to represent the borough.
-NICHOLAS ROBINSON, Esq. said it was not his intention
to enter into details of the qualifications of Sir H. Douglas.
He was satisfied that whenever he was called on he would
discharge his dudes with satisfaction, and devote his atten-
tion to the utmost of his power to the interests of this town,
in conjunction with his noble colleague, Lord Sandon; and
after an absence of ten years, it was gratifying that he would
be returned in sueh a triumphant manner. (Cheers.)
The MAY OIL asked if there were any other candidate to

No one appearing,

-CLERK declared Sir Howard

elected

Douglas duly

Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS Bart., M.P., next presented him-
self to the assembled crowd, by whom he was greeted with
the most enthusiastic cheers. lie said, Gentlemens=ln the
course of a rather long and difficult public career, I have al-
ways found till now that I could hold in subjection all my
finer and more tender emotions, and that I could call up the
sterner stuff" of my composition to meet any difficulty,
however arduous, and to engage in the exercise of any un-
dertaking to which I might be called. I have only to add my
good friends, that if we had been called upon to buckle
on our armour for a contest, I should have felt so upon this
occasion. (Cheers.) I most sincerely confess and lam not
ashamed to confess it, that I do for the first time in my
life feel overpowered at the stupendous and magnificent sight,
and at the glorious manifestation of spirit tie.: see before
me. I do so upon viewing th
(Cheers.) Upon viewing congers,
triumish. savior oasitivals- what.'ails doss
are possible to swell a patriotic oosom are now a ;thin mine ;
but,when I contrast our present movement alb periods
now gone by for ten and seven years, when I remember
the scenes in which I have seed here, I attended then
the defeated candidate, all the feelings, of disappoint-
ment and mortification which I then felt, are washed, glo
riously washed away by this triumph now. (Cheers.) if any
personal feelings may mingle in those magnificent feel-
ings which actuate us all here, if an honest ambition
may have found indulgence, then I will say that no
public man, in any undertaking in the world, ever was
embued with, ever felt sentiments more powerful, more
gratifying to his personal feelings, and more so to his
fondest ambition. (Continued cheers.) You have assisted
me, with the triumph of conservatism here. Allow me to
congratulate you most sincerely Upon that triumph, allow me
to congratulate you most sincerely upon the example that
this good and loyal town of Liverpool has held out to the
conservatives of Liverpool—upon the effect which that ex-
ample has produced upon the parliamentary representation,
and I am glad to say on the municipal representation
also. (Cheers:) Gentlemen, it affords me great and peculiar
pleasure that we here "'walk over the course." We ought to
be very thankful for the tender mercies of certain persons,
who in consideration of our morals and our pockets, forbear
to oppose us; but, gentlemen, I do not mean to taunt them
with holding back,—(hear, hear,)—I do not mean to taunt
them with our proud triumph. (Hear.) It is not the prac-
tise of the procession to which I have the honour to belong,
to crow over a vanquished enemy, or to trample upon a fallen
foe. (Hear, bear.) I consider, by the position in which I
am placed, whatever the motive may have been, we have not
here " divided the house ; "—hear, hear.)—they had
not gone to the poll. (Cheers.) I do consider myself
therefore not the representative of a party, but the repre-
sentative of all the constituency of Liverpool. (Cheers.)
And I will faithfully and impartially do all in my power to
act in conformity with the position in which your favour,
and their forbearance has placed me. (Loud cheers.)
I feel convinced that it would be out of place to say one
word more of those principles for which my friends have
answered, and with which you appear to be satisfied. I
shall lose no time in taking that high place which you
have given me ; I hope to have it in my power to support
the conservative administration to which „the,now elected
House of Commons has given .its confidence—(cheers)to
the conservative administration which has ever possessed the
confidence of the other branch of parliament, and which is
in possession of the confidence of the Sovereign. (Renewed
cheering.) I shall do all I can to support—provided they
carry out those principles that we have every reason to be-
lieve they will—an administration that has to perform the
most difficult and important task of remedying all those
monstrous evils which the whip-radical administration has
brought upon this country. (Hear.) And God knows,
gentlemen, they will have need of all our confidence and all
our support. (Hear.) An exhausted treasury, a disbalanced
revenue, and wars—l would apply to them two phrases of a
great man—not only in themselves " little wars," but " un-
toward" wars=wars which, though they be little, are on
fields distant. and difficult to manage (hear, hear) ; and
altogether they present two of the. most difficult •eues-
tions that the administration will have to deal with. Then
there is the commercial system of the country to revise, the
'corn laws to settle, and all the other great questiond upon
which lam happy to see they have already given notice.—
These will be the business of one of the most important
sessions that has ever been held, and to all these and to
every interest, local and general, of this great, mighty, and
important place, I wiil devote myself with fidelity, with un-
wearied zeal, and with a determination to exercise all the
facilities I possess, and to give all the time I have at my
disposal, in order to make sonic recompence, and to show
my grateful sense of the honour you have conferred-
upon me. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I do not know'
that I hate anything more to add—you have done your duty
as conservatives, most nobly, and most effectively—you have
now associated my name with your triumphs. I shall now
hasten to take that place to Which you have elevated me, and
there, gentlemen, I will discharge my duties to you faithfully
and honestly. (Great cheering; during which the honourable
baronet retired.)
The proceedings then terminated.
Sir Howard, attended by a body of his friends, accompa-
nied the mayor to the interior of the Town .hall, where the
return was formally completed. The indenture was sealed at
once, and transmitted to Preston.
Sir Howard quitted the Town-hall by the west door. As
he ascended his carriage the new member was greeted by
the asserabledmultitude with loud cheers. The bands and
banners were quickly marshalled into marching order; the
individuals present speedily formed themselves into proces-
sion, arid the whole body speedily set out on their triumphal
return. The bitterness of the day did not chill the ardour of
the spectators, the number of whom was now considerably
augmented, the windows on the line of march being
graced with bevies of beauties, who exhibited red and blue
favours.• The steps and windows of the Athenaeum, Lyceum,
and other places, were crowded with spectators, and a dew
crowd flanked the procession throughout its whole progress.
The line of march was somewhat varied, the route being now
through Slater-street and Duke-street, whereby Rodney.
street was entered, from the upper end; near the Cemetery.
&crowd had congregated opposite the residence of Sir Thos.
Brancker, and these, with the parties who accompanied the
procession, made up a vast multitude of auditors. The win-
dows of the houses in the immediate neighbourhood were
filled with fair ones who wore the colours of the new mein,
her. As Sir Howard alighted, lie was again received with
deafening acclamations. The whole party which had pro-
ceeded from the Town-hall in the carriage entered Sir Thos.
Brancker's house, and in a few minutes they appeared at the
window, where Sir Howard was again received with loud

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Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS congratulated the burgesses of Li-
verpool on the glorious triumph which they had achieved
without a struggle from theienemy. After alluding to the
defeats which he had tormer.y sustained, he said, if be had
experienced some natural mortification at the disappointment
of an honourable ambition, it had been a consolation to•him
while he was abroad to watch the glorious struggle which
they were making at home, and that mortification was wiped
out ten times over by the result of that day's proceedings.
They had placed him in the proud position lately occupied by
that eminent individol
who had been recently and so deser-
vedly elevated to the bench, and he assured them he would
do Ins duty to the best of his ability. They had triumphed
in a righteous and holy Ttese, they had done their duty, and
he would hasten to do his ; and they -might rest assured that
lie would do it to the utmost ..of his power, associating him-
self with none but the supporters of the church and thecon-
stitution. Sir Howard excused himself from any lengthened

address, observing that he desired to devote the few hours
which he had to remain in Liverpool to paying his respects
o several of those eminent conservatives who had assisted to
place him in the proud position which he then occupied, of

r DOUGLAS said, be was entirely at a loss for words
ith to express the feelings with which his heart over-
He had been present on two former occasions when

the uut,

le of conservatism was fought in this town, and the
change which their perseverance and determination had
wrought was wonderful. They had proceeded from triumph

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