The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-16 00:00:00

rican people, whilst we possess all the solid benefits for
which we have ever contended. In the settlement of
the affair of the Caroline we have abated not a point of
our position—made no redress, such as was loudly and
insolently clamoured for by the American people.
Again, with respect to the case of the Creole, we are
in a similar position. We have justified the step
which we took with regard to that vessel. Finally, we
have procured the recognition of the right of search;
and not only that, but an engagement on the part of
the United States that they will for the future maintain
a fleet upon the seas to co-operate with our own in
putting down the slave trade with the strong hand.
We cannot better conclude our remarks upon this
subject than by quoting the following portion of a
bitter attack upon it in the columns of the Morning
Courier and New York Enquirer. " There has been no
time," exclaims our contemporary, " within the last
thirteen years, that England would not have gladly
acceded to it ;—nay, on the subject of the Slave Trade,
such a Treaty we are convinced, goes far beyond her
warmest aspirations." So say we ; and we render
therefore our warmest gratitude to Lord Ashburton
for this happy result of his labours.

We have pleasure in announcing to the Conserva-
tive electors of Exchange and Castle-street Wards,
that candidates, in every way worthy of their support,
will be prepared to contest the seats of the two Radical
members who at present misrepresent their opinions in
the Council. Upon the success of the Conservative
cause in these two wards, we feel deeply anxious. For
the ejection of the present representatives .of those
wards, we would make many sacrifices ; and, we are
therefore happy to see that two gentlemen of sound
Conservative principles—of sound Protestant principles
—men who will not go half way to the end which we
aim at, and then turn back again—will be brought for-
ward, and we trust be returned in the place of those ex-
cellent specimens of liberalism, Messrs. Mellor and
Thomas Bolton.

For Exchange Ward the candidate announced is
John North, jun., Esq.---a gentleman upon whose
value in the Council we need not speak. Mr. North
is gifted with excellent business habits, a large ex-
perience in commercial matters, with a greater =cunt
of local knowledge than most men have an opportunity
of acquiring ; and upon every public question which
has agitated the community amongst which he lives,
for some years past, has been found engaged contend-
ing for the best interests of the inhabitants of our good
old town. For Castle-street ward the candidate is
Mr. 'l'. T. Glazebrook, a gentleman equally sound in
principle with Mr. North, and well calculated to re-
present faithfully and ably the interests of the ward.

Of the proceedings of the remaining wards we have
not such definite information as will justify us in re-
marking in detail. Upon all, however, we would urge
the necessity of exertion. Radicalism is not dead ; is
not even sleeping ;
" The creature's at its dirty work again ;"
is straining every nerve to climb into municipal au-
thority ;—is ready to tread in any path, however miry
and foul to the goal which it seeks; and if Conserva-
tism be now found wanting, we may have cause to re-
gret that lost ground which our utmost exertions
may not enable us to regain.