The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-28 00:00:00

SUGAR

d the sates were 450 hbds. at about 6d. advance.
7,000 bags Mauritius, being 'mostly objected to as sulphury,
sold heavily at a deduction of la. Lo 2s. per cwt. ; good to
tine, 68s. to 695.; yellow and gray, Bs. 605.; 800 bags
Bengal sold at former prices, good and fine, ;Os. to po.;
mid. to good brown, 465. to 50s. 6d.

CoFFiE.-200 casks and barrels plantation, chiefly Ja,
maica, partly sold at 635. to 81s. 6d. ; 653 bags Ceylon,
70s. 6d. to 735. for good to fine ord. ; 260 bales Mocha, of
which 150 were taken in at 108 s„ and the remainder were
withdrawn ; 000 bags Porto Rico were taken in at 60s. 6d.
to 615., being high rates. The market is very firm.
COCOA.-220 bags Trinidad were sold at 40s. to 425. Gd.

Ce:tsslit.-1,560 chests sold at about is. to 2s. decline,
middling fetching 71s. to 755. 6d.
SA LTRETR.-400 bags
gray, refraction 265. toßengal were all bought in, mid.
265. 6d.

AWFUL VISITATION.—On Monday last, towards noon
a sudden and awful dispensation of Pravidenc.e occurred to
Mrs. Elizabeth Hirst, wife of Mr, Samuel hirst„ of mg,ll:-
street, Huddersfield. She had been most busily engaged
during the morning in her household avocations, and her pre-
parations for dinner were somewhat retarded; in order to
hasten the meal, she sat down to blow the lire, but in a few
minutes was seized with an attack of apoplexy, rose from
her chair, and staggered to the opposite side of the apartment,
sank down between two chairs, and, before any medical aid
could be procured, she breathed her last. She was 39 years
of age, of domestic habits, sober, and remarkably industrious.
She has loft two young children of six and four years of age,
a son and a daughter, to lament her melancholy end.

FACETIOUS,On satu
rda
yWltai:tDi, EftSr.
stlnra trial at our quarter ses-
sioAns eat 1
Ton
jg
Ilan
nwatchsiirn f, rtohme
followingthe
room of Mr. George Poynter,
conversation took place, on cross elx;rni.oation, between the
prosecutor and Mr. Byles. ei‘olarn.sie, for the prisoner
.. Poynter.—At Willingham;
;7-Mr.
Byles.—Where do you live?
but I am not a Willingham man
partner to
leer ; I was apprenticed to lienTr
gunsmith,
loi wen,
~imbert Brunel, of Thames
srnith, and
notoriety.yuntuttilatiid'esLylr ?--An en-
wha else are you ? Why, lam a
bell-hanger, iron-arm and lathemaker, edge-toolmaker,
k n
iTeennatkmear:
watch
and clockrnAlliar and repairer, mathernatical-instru
ker., weighing- machipe, scale, Bcsteelyardmaker,
and grinder, publican and Licepsed-victualler, and an old man-
of-war's man, and was engaged ip the glorious action between
the Shannon and the Chesapeake. In fact, lam half-brother
to Caleb Quotera. Are you not a conjuror as well?—Oh!
yes, that I am : Monsieur Testot was a foul to me; and, if
you are willing, I will show you one or two tricks. What
can you do?—`Fell, if you will allow me, and not consider I
am insulting, I will tell you. Oh! certainly; goon.—Then,
if you will just take off your wig, and get the gentleman next
you to grease your bead, I will swallow you whole, and then
you will he no more trouble to yourself nor any one else.
(Loud laughter, in which the court and the learned counsel
joined.) Mr. Byles.—You may stand down, sir.—Cambridge
Independent.

Sir

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL

UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF
J. H. ANDERSON and W. J. HAMMOND,

who have become the Lessees of this Establishment; and of
the Theatre-Royal, Manchester.
THE SEASON WILL COMMENCE IN LIVERPOOL
On MONDAY next, January 31, 1842.

The Public is respectfully informed, that it is the intention
of the Management, in compliance with the expressed
wishes of numerous Friends of the Drama, to establish a
SECOND PRICE, us customary at the Theatres-Royal,
Drury-lane, Covent-garden, and Haymarket, which will be
taken at the termination of an Act, generally between Nine
and a Quarter past Nine -o'clock.

ON MONDAY, January 31, 1842, will be performed
Shakspeare's Tragedy of
- -

HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK.
Hamlet, Mr. G. V. Brooke, (his first appearance at this

Theatie.)

The Ghost of Hamlet's Father, kr. R. Younge, (frdu] the
Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane.)
Osrick, Mr. Bellingham, (from the Theatres-Royal, York
and Hull, his first appearance here.)
First Gravedigger..
Ophelia, Miss Julia Bennett, (from the Theatre Royal,
outhampton, her first appearance here.)
To conclude with the new Farce of
THE BOARDING SCHOOL,

As now performing at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, with

the greatest success

James (principal Tiger tn'yrs. Gros de Nap's.establishment),

11 r. W

J. Hammond

The Box-office will be Opened on MONDAY next, the 31st
instant, when Places may be taken of Mr. COOKE, from
Ten until Three o'clock. No places can be secured unless
Tickets are taken. Doors to be open at Half-past Six, the
Performances to commence at Seven o'clock precisely.
Lower Boxes, :4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. 6d.:;
Gallery, Is. Second Price.—Lower Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Upper
Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. A limited number of
Season Tickets, not transferable, and not admissabie on
Benefit Nights, maybe had, on application to Mr. COOKE, at
the Box-office.

On TUESDAY next, the Comedy of THE SOLDIER'S
DAUGHTER. After which the Musical Interlude of THE
WATERMAN. To conclude with the Musical Farce of A
ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. On WEDNESDAY,
Shakapeare's Tragedy of OTHELLO. To conclude with
the Popular Farce of the IRISH VALET. The celebrated
BOLENO FAMILY are engaged, and will make their ap-
pearance on THURSDAY, in a favourite Ballet.
*** In preparation, and will be produced on MONDAY,
Feb. 7th, an entirely original COMIC PANTOMIME, with
new and splendid Scenery, Machinery, Tricks, Dresses, and
Transformations, called the WORLD of COINS ; or, HAR-
LEQUIN SILVER SIXPENCE AND THE GIANT PENNY
PIECE ! Written, Invented, and Designed by Mr. G. DOR-
RINGTON, who is engaged expressly for this production.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL

Under the Management of Mr. .Eyerton, Sole Lessee

REMEMBER!

DUCROW'S SPLENDID SPECTACLES AND UN-
EQUALLED SCENES OF THE CIRCLE WILL
SHORTLY CLOSE.

THIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 28th, and
TO-MORROW (Saturday), the 29th instant, the
Performance will commence with Mr. DUCROW'S new Lon-
don Grand Military, Historical. Equestrian, and Dramatic
Spectacle, founded on the most- eventful epoch of British
History, (with new Scenery, Gorgeous Decorations and Ban-
ners, and every accessary of Splendour, introducing the
Treble Company and numerous Stud,) entitled

WARS OF OLIVER CROMWELL I
Or, ENGLAND'S MONARCH and the ROYAL OAK.

Charles the Second
Oliver Cromwell

Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.
Mr. H. Howard
Cockle Mr. H. Beverly.
To be followed by an entire Change of
DUCROW'S SCENES OF THE- CIRCLE !

AND VNIMTIALLED FEATS OF HORSEMANSHIP.
The whole to conclude with the laughable Burletta of
THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK.

Principal characters by Messrg, H. Beverly, Nunn, Gates,
Lennox, Mrs. F. Carman, and Mrs. Emery.

Entire Change and Splendid Rotation of Novelties,
ON MONDAY NEST,
FOB THE BENEFIT OF LE PETIT DUCBOW,
THE EQUESTRIAN PRODIGY•

ROYAL LIVER THEATRE,
CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. HONEY,

And positively the Last Night of her appearance, being
engaged to pelform at the Theatre-Royal, Publin, on
Monday next.
Mr. BALLS will appear for this Night only, on his way to

Dublin. .. _ ~
jIH IS present FRIDAY, Jan. 28, 1842, the Evening's
Entertainments will commence with the Operatical
gztravaganza, never acted here, entitled

HERO AND thIANDER.
Leandser...... (with songs) Mrs. Honey.
By particular desire, Mrs. Honey will sing, in character, her
celebrated song, `i M licAppFut, RHINE."
To which will be added the laughable ?arpe, called
CORK LETS.

Charles Paragon.. Mr. palls. I Kate O'Brien.. Mrs. Honey
To be followed by the laughable Interhide, called
THE FANCY BALL.
Captain O'Dedimus..-...... Mr. R. M. Raymond.
To goncligje with a new Farce, never acted here, entitled
WOMAN 'S THE DEVIL.
Lady Brilliant „„ „ ~„ „ „ Mrs. Honey !
Spanish Dancer ..., ..„ .. Mrs, Honey ! !
Captain Bombshell„ „ ,;. Mrs, ilpney 4 ! !

TO-MORROW (Saturday), DESERTS OF SIBERIA,
TWO HUSBANDS, and SERGEANT OF HUSSARS.
On MONDAY next, Mr. COLLINS, the celebrated
Vocalist, from the Theatres-Royal Drury-Lane and Covent-
Garden, will make his appearance in the popular Drama of
PAUL CLIFFORD, being engaged for Six Nights only.

jP Rita pool

FRIDAY 4/9flyING, JANUARY 23, 1842

The approaching meeting of Parliament, of so much

moment to the nation for various reasons, is extremely
interesting in a theoretical point of view, as the first
for sessional purposes, since the passing of the reform
bill, in which the Conservative party are decidedly pre-
, dominant in the House of Commons. It can scarcely
be denied by the most zealous of reformers that the
hill of "reform," par excellence, had a most deterio-
rating and injurious effect upon that assembly, and that
in the first and subsequent s'pe.cimgns which it afforded
of the " collective wisdom" of the nation, there was
a prodigious amount of collected folly. How many
eloquent gentlemen obtained seats from newly emanci-
pated boroughs in the first enthusiasm of victory, who
must have been most amazingly surprised to find
themselves invested with all the privileges and dignity
of parliament men, it would now be a difficult task to
calculate i but every succeeding year made some seri-
ous reduction in their np/pher. The nation gave many
symptoms of liking neither their rt4hod r-ror their
manners; many of the worthies began to discover, on
their own behalf, that the discharging of parliamentary
duties diligently and effectively was a much less easy
or profitable task than they had supposed,—and that
declamatory speeches and protracted debates, wholly
unttcgornparried by measures of substantial utility, were '
far from giving 44.7-40 satisfaction to their constitu-
ents. The waters begat; to ,sgttip after the revolution,
and by degrees the dregs, turned up by so much
tation, sunk to the bottom and disappeared. The re-
formed House of Commons becomes at length tho,
roughly Conservative, and we are now about to witness
the operation of reform machinery successfully worked
by conservative hands—Conservatives and Radicals in
new characters, or, at least, in new places--and, we
kal.dtj hope, a restoration of the good old times of
order, deep. rutn, measured and moderate debate, with
much dispatch of real bnsiu,?p,s? and all such improve-
ments in its conduct as time and the maKek. of events
may have suggested or rendered necessary.
That the self-styled reformers will, in point of num-
ber, constitute an Opposition of great physical po-
tency, is a fact which cannot by any means be gain-
pyed ; their morale is another affair; in this point of
view we up not aware of anything at all formidable
about them, Their morale wi s too rotten to keep
them, of itself, in office; and now that ti;ey atp opt of
it, we know not what purpose it can serve, but to hang
like a millstone about their necks.

An Opposition made up of such heterogeneous ele-
' ments has but a single principle of cohesion, and that
is the common desire to possess themselves of the
good things of " place ;" but from a combination pro-
duced by such a cause, they gain no weight in outward
estimation. They must have, for this purpose, some
p,Kucjafpation of popular measures—some catalogue of
grievances to he rerpedied, of rights to be established,
or of flattering hopes to be t.ealed; and their moral
force will then greatly if not entirely acpenpl op the
amount of pressure which, by the acceptability of these
ensigns, they may be able to get up from without.
Lord Palmerston, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Daniel
O'Connell constitute, it may be admitted, no ordinary,

or, if you please, quite an extraordinary triumvirate;
but separately or conjointly, as chiefs on the adverse
part, what are they, without a declaration of principles
or of measures, to invite the nation to support them ?
And of t4i3 Te have seen nothing but the abortive cry
of cheap sugar, clioap t,ikrll)-r, and cheap corn—of
which the " three displaced" may 1-.4„7.,n,d as the repre-
sentatives, in whatever connection, seriatim, the reader
may think proper to assign them. " Free trade" is,
in fact, the single topic of which the Radical Opposi-
tion can hope to avail themselves for the purpose of
making any
impression on Sir Robert Peel's adminis-
tration. And even with regard to this solitary item,
how very remote
will they end themselves from being
encouraged in its
advocacy by ap eteroal support of
any real power or importance? The frenzied Rrai fa-
natical brawling of the
Anti-Corn Law League has
long since emptied that solitary faction of all their

Or of Conservative cat Isation; and the nation is in-
clined to think that, witl:_respect to the
,remedies ne-
cessary for their removal,. the case is in quite as good
hands as it well can be. Unfortunately for the Oppo-
sition, the country is n )w in a very calm state, and
therefore extremely well j irepared to give just appreci-
ation to discreet and mod erate measures. It is a happy
effect produced by the pel •sonal influence of Sir Robert
Peel and his colleagues ; ; Ind this without a promise—
scarcely an intimation of any sort as to their future
plans, nor will those plv when they come to be
announced, militate in any- degree against that influ-
ence, because they happen to be of a limited and pru-
dential character. In short,. as the ministry of the right
honourable baronet had its origin in moral force, and
in the simple confidence which is created by talent as-
sociated with integrity, so we are convinced it will
continue to gain strength, and achieve greater victo-
ries, by a series of measures and course of action in
accordance with those power:. From an Opposition
so defective in all these important particulars, it has
nothing to fear. The contamination of O'Connellism
is upon them ; they have even renewed their compact,
it is said, with that arch-disturber; and so much the
better for ministers ; for it is a damning fact against
any party to be in alliance with that individual.

The nomination speech delivered by Mr. Gregory at
the Dublin election-fully justifies the conservative party
in their choice of this gentleman, and shows him at
once to be a man of talent and a very powerful speaker.
The " lord mayor" taunted him with his youth, and
dwelt at great length on Lord Morpeth's superior age
and experience. The " age and experience " test, how-
ever, was shewn, by Mr. Gregory, with much force
and tact, to be anything but satisfactory in the case of
his opponent. It may be a misfortune, certainly, some-
times, to be young and unknown, but it is not so great
in any case as to he " old, and not trusted." The
worthy " lord mayor " stands forth himself a perfect
exemplification of the fact.
We cannot account for his offering himself as the
seconder of the absentee nobleman upon any other
principle than that of his entertaining a secret animo-
sity towards him. He probably looked upon the elec-
tion of any liberal as altogether a bad job, and there.
fore with the more alacrity undertook to do irreparable
damage to the cause of the noble lord. It is impossible
at all events to read Mr. Gregory's very effective speech
without believing that such was the fact ; he shows
that if there was any sincerity about the old buffoon of
the " red cloak and cocked hat," Lord Morpeth is one
of the last men whom he ought t support. Could the
old Jesuit have overlooked the fact that Lord Morpeth is
not the only one of the hated " Saxons," and not a repea-
ler, but of the pure blood of what the antiquated Ther-
sites has designated the " scoundrel aristocracy " of
England ? Could lie have „forgotten all his own
vituperation unsparingly poured out upon his lordship
for refusing to support his (O'Connell's) bill for a
sweeping enfranchisement in Ireland ? And could he
have either forgotten or forgiven the several occasions
(of which he was carefully and exactly reminded by
Mr. Gregory) in which the noble lord evinced his
determined, and as yet unrepented of, opposition to
the favourite scheme of the arch-demagogue—his one
and indispensable remedy for the grievances of his
country ? The inference naturally deducible from
such premises, is, that O'Connell was hypocritical in
his pretended support of the noble lord, and did not
care how soon, or how well, all his immediate creatures
or dependants became aware of :the fact, There is yet
another ground for this supposition, in the seeming
hopelessness of ". Sir Daniel" being able to reduce
the inheritor of the blood of the Howards into servile
dependence upon himself, so that he might count him
no more than an ordinary joint of his tail, like his son
Maurice or any other of his nominees. It is incon-
ceivable that Lora. Morpeth Ivopla ever so degrade
himself as to beeoMe a puppet in the bands of such a
man; and of this O'Connell must have felt convinced.
Had he been sure of the return of a Liberal, Lord
Morpeth is not the man whom he would either pro-
pose or second.

The election of a member of the Dock Committee
to supply the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of
Mr Chapman will take place on Monday next; and we
beg earnestly to call the attention of the ratepayers to
the importance of securing the services of a gentleman
capable of efficiently discharging that important trust.
Mr.. Chapman, we understand, has expressed his dis-
inclination to be again proposed ; and the Conservative
ratepayers have selected as their candidate William
Mann, Esq., of the firm of Stringer and Mann, an
extensive merchant and shipowner, a sound Conserva-
tive, and in every respect a gentleman calculated to
become a valuable member of the Committee. The
Radical party, w believe, are also prepared with a can-
didate, in the person of Mr. Tienn, late alderman for
St. Anne's Ward, and a member of the Committee;
and we can confidently inform the ratepayers that a
strong effort Will be made to secure his return.

We cannot too strongly impress upon our Conser-
vative friends the importance of unity and energy of
action upon this occasion. They may be told that an
election of a member of the Dock 'l'rnst is not a party
matter. We can assure them, however, that it is a
party matter, and must be a party matter. Upon the
eve of the election of a parliamentary representative, it
is of the utmost importanCe that we should show to
the world and to the legislature that the Dock consti-
tuency—the commercial body in the town—is, like the
borough constituency, eminently and decidedly C wiser-
votive. At a moment like the present we can admit of
no hesitation upon this point ; and we call upon the
ratepayers of the town, as one man, to give their sup-
port 4) the (JcpscrvatiyP PPflidL4e ho offers his ser-
vices to them,

From his standing in business, his energy, and his
general and known ability, Mr. Mann, on merely per-
sonal grounds, possesses claims upon the Conservative
constituency quite equal to those of Mr. Benn, his
liberal opponent; and we do trust that our friends will
not be led by any appeal that may be held out to them
into a display of apathy and indolence on this occasion.
The contest, at such a crisis as the present especially,
must, w Kepii4, he a party contest. As such it is
viewed by our opponents; arid as such we do not hesi-
tate to say, a victory secured for the Radical ex-
Alderman, by the neglect of Conservatives to do their
duty, would be represented to the prejudice of the
Conservative reputation of the borough at large.
We entreat, then, of every Conservative rate-paver,
to bp at llis host on Monday, and DO HIS DUTY.

We this day present to our readers a report of the
proceedings at the Annual General Meeting of the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, held on
Wednesday last, in the Cotton Sales Room, Exchange-
buildings, the results of which we have no doubt will
be highly gratifying to the shareholders. We regret
that we cannot give entire the very able document read
by Mr. Booth, their secretary, explanatory of the past
proceedings of the Board, and defining most satisfac-
, torily their views with respect to the proposed junction
of the Liverpool and Manchester with the railways
. .
south and east of ManChestcr. Its substance, how-
ever, will be found in the summary which we have
given ; and we have pleasure in stating that it was
received with the almost unanimous approbai ion of
the shareholders present ; and that, with respect to the
junction to be formed in Manchester, it fully corrobo-
rates the views which we have from time to time
maintained in the columns of the Liverpool Standard
upon th►s important subject.
To ourselves, as jburnalists, this identification of
opinion upon a question so momentous in itself, and
with respect tc, vuiNb the motives and even the per-
sonal honesty of the entire *Liverpoq and Manchester
Board have been unduly and, we think, Aamelesqy
attacked, is especially pleasing; for, although in the
remarks which we have felt bound to make, in advo-
cacy of the very course which the Directors are pur-
suing, it has been assumed by a London contemporary
the Railway Times) that we spoke as the organ of the
Board, we can assiiire pur pqn temporary that we have
never had the slightest official cowniunicatiqn with

energy and all th eir influence; the country goes not
with them; their fallacies have lost all power to ,3e-
ceive; and a parlia .inentary Opposition which should
hope to do great thi ugs with such a lever would flnd
itself miserably dece.'ved. What then have the tritun-
virete to rely upon ? The distress of the manufactu-
rers and the commer vial difficulties of the country,
whatever they may be, are none of Sir Robert Pod's,

that body upon the subject, or received even a business
preference at their hands, although we cannot altogether
plead guilty to sora.i knowledge of the opinions gene-
rally held amongst them. We took up the question, as
we do all other questions of pubic interest, upon
public grounds, and exercised upon it our own unbiassed
judgment. That we have been correct in the views
which we took the report now published will, we are
convinced, satisfy an impartial public ; and vve do think
that, after purusing that report, even the Railway
Times will scarcely persist in his present one-sided ad-
vocacy of the proceedings of the very self-complacent
gentlemen who compose the Manchester and Leeds
Board and their very presuming. officials.
Upon one point our contemporary insisted very
strongly in his last notice of our remarks upon this
subject—viz., the offer of the Leeds directors to gua-
rantee their present amount of dividends to the share-
holders of the Liverpool and Manchester line, in con-
sideration of their making the proposed junction. We
really cannot conceive how our contemporary could
suppose that the proprietors of a large and well ma-
naged undertaking, such as the Liverpool and Man-
chester Railway, could for a moment entertain the idea
of giving up, to the directors of a new and untried
concern, the entire management of their property,
which appears to be the only mode by which the proposal
of the Leeds and Manchester gentlemen can be legally
carried into effect. To leaie the Liverpool and Man-
chester line to any set of directors under the sun is
about as preposterous a notion as we ever encountered ;
and the gentlemen who could make such a proposal
would certainly have no hesitation, on the score of mo-
desty, to propose leasing the Liverpool Dock Estate,
farming our Corporation property, choosing our mayor,
aldermen and council, town-clerk, mace-bearers and
all, and would even take off our hands the trouble of
.
choosing our two parliamentary representatives. We
are not yet quite prepared to be dragged at the heels
of our magnificent Manchester neighbours after this
humiliating fashion.

Our Radical friends are very fond of proclaiming the
entire absence of party feeling at the various boards
and committees where they are the presiding genii,
and are incessant in their assertions that no instance
can be adduced of any political partiality being evinced
by those who belong to their side of the question.
'We ask, however, if such be the case, why it is that
such an extraordinary discrepancy appears in the
amount paid for advertising in the Conservative and
Radical press by the Board of Highways for the past
half-year? The sum of £23 18s. 4d. has been paid
to our opponents, whilst the whole of the Conservative
journals have only received ±:11 9s. 6d.

Is there no partiality here ? Are these favours
showered without distinction ? We wait for a reply,
and shall perhaps have something further to say if we
6btain it.

On Monday next the Conservative constituency of
Liverpool will meet together at the Assembly Room
at the Queen's Arms, to determine upon a fitting can-
didate to supply the vacancy in the representation of
the borough, created by the elevation of Mr. Cresswell
to a seat upon the bench, Need we mention th©
honoured name of the gallant officer who will on that
day present himself once more to the notice of the
electors ? We need not. We venture to say that
from the first hour in which the retirement of our late
member was known amongst us, the eyes, and the
affections, too, of nine-tenths of the loyal Conservatives
of Liverpool have turned towards him who has already
twice, and that, too, in days of difficulty and danger,
fought the battles of this constituency; and that on
Monday the voice of all that is loyal and conservative
within our loyal town, will be prepared to hail the
name of Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS as that of the future
representative of this important borough.
Upon the eminent qualifications of Sir Howard we
need not enlarge; They Have already hen twice re-

cognised hy the electors of Liverpool. As a soldier
jealous of the honour of his country—as a statesman
intimately acquainted with our colonial cm'

Are-with

high connections—of eminent talent and unswerving
integrity—and above all, of undoubted Prot

.antism

—Sir Howard Douglas possesses the qualif,eations
required to enlist the suflimgoo of the °lectors in his
favour, if oven we had no memory of his past services
to his country, or of his past devotion to the interests
of Liverpool herself—if we could forget that it was his
name which, in connexion with the honoured name of
SANDON, was first offered to us to aid in breaking
down the power of the Whig faction over our repre-
sentation. We trust, however, on Monday, and by the
issue of the approaching struggle, to be able to con-
vince Sir Howard, the public, and our opponents
in particular, that we are nps thus forgetful—thug .nn-
grateful ; and that under the banner of their gallant
candidate the loyal Conservatives of Liverpool will
crowd together such a triumphant array of sound
hearts, and tried, and strong, and resistless hands as
will be sufficient to put down and defy all that craven,
abject, crestfallen Radicalism can bring forth to combat
it withal.

But will that pitiful thing, Radicalism, have the folly
to lift up its bruised head, or to lash its disjointed tail,
against us That is the question, we must confess,
which most interests us at the present moment. Is
there spirit left in the poor insects that still swarm upon
the putrefying carcass of Liberalism to dare us to
brush them into the mud ? We fear not. The small
spechifyers who rant and rave in music-halls and tap-
rooms—the small-beer orators, frothy and acetous, who
hold forth weekly to bemused auditories upon corn-
laws and currency, salt junk, monopoly, and penny
postage the Heyworths and Rathbones—the Hol-
lands and Joneses—have, we are afraid, no more fight
in them than the leaves in a thrice-drawn temperance
teapot, or the hides and Horns of those sweet•sipelling
cargoes which occasionally perfume the dock-sheds of
our port. The poor lost things will run about and
"look unutterable things" at us as we pass in triumph
to the poll with our gallant candidate ; but most as-
suredly they will attempt nothing of a more serious
nature.

And yet therp is one man amonust them—one dis-
.

tinguisked w4prri we, have a plaim to fur-
nish us With a little recreation—sir Joshua Walmsfey,
Knight; where, pray, is he at this momentous crisis ?
Step forward, thou paragon of patriots—thou most
knowing of knights—and tell us what magniloquent
pen it was which, on the 30th day of June last, subse-
quent to the ever-to-be-remembered defeat of its owner,
recorded this solemn promise.

" I regard the present contest—which, so far as I
am concerned, shall not be the last7—as but the begin-
ning of a 3,?ries qf contests, that shall not cease until
the abolithin of all restrictions on iptivary and trade.
shall either have been achieved by the party,who pro-
test against their injustice and impolicy, or wrung un-
willingly from those who now profit by them, and who
would persuade others that they are the source of ge-
neral welfare as they are of. individual gain." In this
strain svaggerad Sjr Joshua lyalmsley six months
ago. He, good man, would do all this and most re-
spectfully and earnestly we ask of his friends