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

will be the

dings and the manner

sumed towards the assembled operatives by a few gen-
tlemen at the meeting in Toxteth-hall will not meet,

and ought riot to meet, with the approbation of Con

,e maintained

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by any but a mere handful amongst them that their
Conservative brethren who have toiled so ardently in

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should, now that the gale of success has filled

ha*no minds to think and judge for themselves, and
who, if they do not "bate their breath" to the pitch

of proper humility, must be at once " discountenanced

It Traiy-undotibtedly he very dcairablc, in the opinion
of some gentlemen who have succeeded in climbing
into local authority through the instrumentality of this
very body, that no "intermeddlin,g" should be per.

mitted with respect to the mode in which they realise
their past professions—that no check should exist to
prevent principles and pledges from being violated and
to obstruct those " arrangements," made in their vari-
ous coteries, by which the declared will of the consti-
borough is sought by them to be de-

tuency of the

The Protestant operatives—and that they are
such and not merely " operative Conservatives" con-
stitutes in some quarters the gravamen of their offence—
have shown a quick eye to detect and a resolution to
denounce these backslidings. But we are much mis-
taken if any serious offence has been taken by Con-
servatives generally against the late proceedings of the
operative body, from which the ill-feeling manifested
towards them has arisen ; and are confident that, un-
less by a display of passion, such as has been evinced
within the past week, they forfeit their claims to the
respect of their fellow-townsmen, no power, no body
of men will be allowed either to insult or to put them
down.

feated

We have ourselves ever taken a strong interest in the
proceedings of the operative body. We continue to do
so ; and if, by a return to the exercise of sober deter-
mination and to the maintenance of sound constituti-
onal and Protestant principles, without any admixture
of passion or unworthy resentment, they will enable us
conscientiously to approve of their proceedings, we are
ready to pledge ourselves to support them to the ut-
most of our ability. They can . easily afford to over-
look much of what they have construed, we believe
without cause, into meditated offence against them, on
the part of ,Conservatives, who are as little disposed as
themselves to sacrifice principles to expediency; and
they are ready, we trust, to despise the threats which
have been levelled against them from whatever quarter
they may have come. Let the Protestant operatives of
Liverpool be true to themselves. Let them stand fast
by their principles, and exercise them with no unwor-
thy disrespect to the principles of others, and we at
least, as their advocate, will not in silence permit them
to be either "discountenanced or suppressed."

THE FEELING ON 'CHANGE WITII RESPECT TO
SIR ROBERT PEEL'S PROPOSED MODIFICA-

TION OF THE CORN LAWS

The arrival yesterday morning, by express, of the third
edition of the London Standard, containing a verbatim re.
port of the speech of Sir Robert Peel in introducing his new
scheme of corn-laws, created the most intense excitement
amongst all classes of thz frequenters of our Exchange.

From the inquiries which we have made we cannot report
very satisfactorily with respect to the feeling with which it
was received. By the liberal party, of course it was not to
be anticipated that any proposition from Sir Robert Peel
short of a total abandonment of all his previously recorded
opinions upon this subject, would be satisfactory ; whilst
amongst those who call themselves "liberal conservatives,"
an impression appears to have gained ground, arising partly
from the retirement of the Duke of Buckingham from the
cabinet, that some measure of a more sweeping character
was in preparation, and hence something resembling disap-
pointment with the measure itself has in the first instance
resulted.

We believe, however, that a very imperfect knowledge of
the details of the measure very generally prevailed. In fact,
we know that great misconceptions upon several material
points are in circulation ; and we do not therefore believe
that any fair criterion of the opinion of the merchants of Li-
verpool can as yet be formed. A very perceptible gloom,
however, pervaded the market, which may in part perhaps
be attributed to the loud dissatisfaction expressed by those
of our Manchester neighbours whom business had brought

amongst us

The gentlemen of the league from that town
were especially bitter in their denunciations of the govern-
ment scheme ; and we heard of one gentleman in particular
who fancies isimsetf a conservative, and who declared his in-
tention, immediately upon his return to city of cotton bob-
bins and tape, to enlist himself amongst the monomaniacs of
the league, and become forthwith an out and out repealer.

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.—About six weeks ago
a-young girl, daughter to a poor woman of this town, went
out one morning for the purpose of attending to her duties
at the house of an individual in Pitt-street, who had engaged
her for the day as a charwoman. ' From that day to the pre-
sent the girl has not been seen by any of her relatives or
friends, and we need not say that her parent has suffered
great misery in consequence. When she did not return to
her home at the expected time, her mother made inquiry at
the house where she had been engaged, but it was found that
she had never made her anpersance there. Every means of
discov

ering her fate have been resorted to, but without suc-
cess. She is represented as about twenty years of age, rather
short, and strongly built, with a tolerably handsome face.
She was exceedingly deaf, and spoke very imperfectly.

LOCAL NEWS,

We must not allow so striking a proof of the popularity of
Sir Robert Peel's government, as the uncontested return of
a conservative member for the town of Liverpool, to pass

without particular notice.
walked over the course---.-a
servative force in parliament

;t valuable addition to the con•
London Standard of Tuesday.