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      Mr. Cardwell At Liverpool. At Noon, On S...

      T . no ^ BPti in indigJiation , and trashed ftway Protection froni fi ^ dtv of BriS : ( Loud cheers . ) What will the Thames r % i don't think the present Government can turn it . < Xoud cheers . ) Gentlemen , what will the Clyde do ? Do ^ « ' think they will return Protectionists for Glasgow ? Kies of " NeVer . " ) No . ( A voice , " Yes , " and reiteted cries of " No . " ) But there is a river which the Government believe will reverse the order of nature , and flow back to its source ; and there is a pdpulatioti that the Government believe to have been so insensible to the blessings of Free-trade that- they can be cajoled , or persuaded , " or by some other cry hoodwinked , until they give their consent to reverse it . That river is the Mersey—( Cries of " Never , " and immense cheering)—and that copulation are the people who used to return Canning , return Huakissonwho used to

      who used to , return Lord Harrowby , and whom the humble individual who now stands here has had the honour of representing as the humble advocate of Free-trade . ( Cheers . ) Well , and then gentlemen , when I try to confine the issue to Freetrade , what sort of herrings do they trail across my path P ( Laughter . ) I think I have disposed of them already ; but I will read to you about another . I find in the Liverpool papers of to-day that Mr . Cobden , Mr . Bright , Lord John Kussell , Sir James Graham , and others ( my humble name is edged in ) , are about to dishonour the Ttoone and the Church . I » refer you to the papers for the things which it is asserted we are about to do . ( Hear , hear . ) Jjfow I say I will take very good care they don't catch me about any such nonsense as that . ( Laughter . ) I will to mission it

      confine myseii my , ^ uneers . } you ename me to preserve those blessings for which Sir Robert Peel encountered obloquy of every kind , and made the greatest sacrifices , that man can make , in order to confer on youif you will enable me to maintain them , I will not go about any of this ridiculous nonsense which they think proper to attribute to me . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , I say that that policy is a beneficial policy , and therefore it is a Conservative policy ; and I tell you that there are two kinds of destructives—not one . There is the one destructive who rashly pulls down venerable institutions ; but there

      is another kind of destructive who attempts to take away from a contented and grateful people blessings Which they justly enjoy , and which would deprive society of that heartfelt cement of affection which unites the Throne to the people , and the people to the Throne , and makes us one loyal , thriving and industrious population . '' ( Loud applause . ) Mr . Cardwell concluded by entreating the electors of Liverpool " not to consent to reverse or to alter , or to modify , but to be resolved to secure , maintain , and extend that Free-trade policy which is the blessing of the age . "

      After a short address from Mr . Joseph Ewart , the following resolution was proposed by Mr . Rathbbne , seconded by Mr . Nicol , and carried unanimously , with loud cheering . t That this meeting pledges itself to use all constitutional means to secure the return to parliament of Edward Cardwell , Esq ., and . Joseph Christopher Ewart , Esq ., as Members for this borough at the next election . " Some other resolutions with respect to details having been put and carried , the meeting separated with loud cheers for the two Free-trade candidates . ^

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      Election Matters. On Thursday Week A Pub...

      ELECTION MATTERS . On Thursday week a public meeting of the inhabitants of Gateshead was held at the Greyhound Inn , to consider the claims of the three gentlemen , Mr . Hutt , the present Whig member , Mr . Walters , and Mr . Liddell , who have offered themselves as candidates at the ensuing election . A resolution was ' unanimously adopted , recommending Mr . Ralph Walters " as the most fit and proper person to represent the borough . " Mr . Walters is an advocate for Household suffrage , and the separation of Church and State . Mr . Liddell , a Conservative , is said to have no chance . The contest

      will be between Mr . Hutt and Mr . Walters . The progress of liberal opinions may bo judged of by the fact , that in the episcopal city of Wells , the sitting Tory member , who hns held his seat for many years , has announced to his constituents his intention w retiring from parliament . This has brought out Mr Serjeant Kinglake , who , ia a manly and spirited address , has declared his determination to contest the sea Mlf necessary ) on liberal and free trade principles . Tho present members for Tavistock , the Hon . E . S . ¦ Kuasoll , and Mr . J . 'S . Trelawny , will havo to flight tho next election with Mr . S . Carter , the barrister , on the ¦ Radical interest .

      1 ho canvass on behalf of Mr . Roundoll Palmer , Mr . if pi ' R " P ; Collior > and Mr - Bickham Escott , , . 'yroouth , j , ag boen prosecuted with great vigour uunng the past week . The friends of the several -aiuhdfttos n 8 Sort that each of them is sure of tho ^ ection , and there does not . appear at present any prospect of thbir being convinced that dofoat is possible . mr . John Choetham , of Stalybridgo , was-introduced ™ tho electors of South Lancashire at u meeting hqlct it Manchester on Tuesday , as a candidate for tho ™ " « y which \ vil \ bo created by tho retirement of " Alexander Henry . Mr . Goorgo Wilson presided . i-nHn ? I thanks t 0 Mr . Honry for his services , and a carriod " * fftvourof Mr- Cheethnm wore unanimously W- H * M * Omvon F- Berkoley has announced his in"wou of stranding for Cheltenham , in accordance with

      a requisition utimerotisly signed by the Liberals of the borough . Sir WiUoughby Jones is talked of by the Conservatives . Mr . W . J . Fox was at Oldham on Monday evening , and addressed an assemblage of about 4000 persons at the Working Men ' s Hall . A vote of confidence in Mr . Fox was carried . by an overwhelming majority . 1 M 9 . Bernal , the mvaluable chairman of Committees of the House of Commons , and Mr . Twisden Hodges , the two sitting members for Rochester , will most probably be again returned without opposition .

      The Conservatives of South Shields had the temerity to try a public entry of their candidate , the Hon . H . T . Liddell into the town on Monday . As soon as he with his supporters arrived at the railway station they were received with hisses and hootings ; and the carriage , band , and banners besprinkled with mud by the working men and sailors' wives who accompanied them to the Golden Lion Inn . Mr . Liddell attempted to address the people from one of the inn windows ,

      when a similar scene ensued , the honourable gentleman being received by a volley of yells and hisses , mixed with cries of " Give us the franchise , " " No Tories , " " The cheap loaf , " " You want to steal our bread , you rogue , Ac- " After making a few remarks , most of which were inaudible , in consequence of the clamour , he was obliged to retire . Mr . Mather , a Protectionist Radical (!) candidate , is in the field also ; but the Freetrader , Mr . Ingham , is considered safe .

      Admiral Sir Charles Napier , and Mr . Torrens M'CuIlagbj , M . P ., addressed a large meeting at the Corn Exchange > Yarmouth , on Monday evening , and were well received . They both expressed themselves in favour of a large and comprehensive parliamentary reform , and the extension of Free-trade . Mr . Hadfield has retired from the contest for Sheffield ; and , from the tone of a letter received at that town , from Mr . Tonhnin Smith , it seems doubtful whether he will continue to stand , as his supporters are divided . Mr . Roebuck and Mr . Parker , the present members , have , therefore , some chance of being reelected without opposition . . ¦ ¦ ;_ .

      The whole of the Roman-catholic press of Ireland xs now joined in opposition to Sir- Thomas Redington , the rival of Mr . Duffy , at New Ross . The Tablet denounces him hi a furious article as " the slave of Pontius Pilate !" Mr . Serjeant Shee has addressed the electors of the county of Kilkenny . His principles are those of tenant right , free trade , anti-state-church endowment , and anti-Ecclesiastical Titles Act . There is very little doubt of his success .

      A meeting of the Tralee Chamber of Commerce was held on Thursday , at which Mr . Maurice O'Connell , M . P ., was present . After various and prolonged " interpellations" between the Rev . Mr . Mawe and Mr . O'Connell , as to that gentleman ' s political stewardship , the meeting came to an unanimous determination to support him against " all comers . "

      The Loss Of The Birkenhead: 454 Men Drow...

      THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD : 454 MEN DROWNED . About noon on Tuesday , men about town , merchants , journalists , and other persons who fall in the way of exclusive news , heard with a shudder of alarm and astonishment that tho JiirJcenliead had struck on a rock in Simon ' s bay , Cape of Good Hope , on the 27 th of February , and had broken up and sunk—upwards of 400 men sharing her fate . It was a mere rumour of the clubs and newsrooms . It was only in the newspapers . No intelligence had reached tho Admiralty , and the First Lord , tho Duke of Northumberland , had to endure tho mortification of telling Lord Monteaglo ,

      and through him the whole house on the same evening , that ho knew nothing about it except through tho newspapers . So matters remained until Wednesday morning , when full accounts were published by the daily journals . It should bo remarked that the JBirkenhead wan on her way from Simon ' s Bay to Algoa Bay and Buffalo Mouth , there to disembark the drafts of the different regiments sent out to reinforce Sir Harry Smith . Tho best account of tho wreck is contained in tho following report which has been addressed to tho Commandant of Capo Town by Captain Wright , of the 91 st regiment , one of tho Hurvivors : — . . . ¦•« Simon ' s Hny , M ^ roh 1 , 1852 .

      " Sir , —It is with feelings of the deepest regret that 1 havo to announce to you tho loss of Her , Majesty ' s steamer Birkenhead , winch took pluco on a rock about two and a half or throe miles oil" Point Danger , at 2 a . m ., 26 th February . " The sea was smooth at tho time , and tho vossol was steaming at the rate of eight and a half knots an hour . She struck tho rook , and it penetrated through her bottom jusfc aft of tho foromast . Tho rush of water wiw ho great that there is no doubt that most of tho men in tho lowor troop deck woro drowned in their

      hammocks . The rest of the men and all the officers appeared on deck , when Major Seaton called all the officers about him and impressed on them the necessity of preserving order and silence among the men . He directed me to take and have executed whatever orders the commander might give me . Sixty men were immediately put onto the ' ehain pumps on the lower afterdeck , and told off in three reliefs ; sixty men were put on to the tackles of the paddlebox boats , and the remainder of the men were brought on to the poop , so as to ease the fore part of the ship . She was at this time rolling heavily . The commander ordered the

      horses to be pitched out of the port gangway , and the cutter to be got ready for the women and children , who had all been collected under the poop awning . As soon as the horses were got over the side , the women and children were passed into the cutter , and under charge of Mr . Richards , master ' s assistant , the boat then stood off about 150 yards . Just after they were out of the ship the entire bow broke off at the foremast , the bowsprit going up in the air towards the fore topmast , and the funnel went over the side , carrying away the starboard paddlebox and boat . The paddlebox boat capsized when being lowered . The large boat in the centre of the ship could not be got at .

      "It was about twelve or fifteen minutes after she struck that the bow broke off . The men then all went up on the poop , and in about five minutes more the vessel broke in two , crosswise , just abaft the engineroom , and the stern part immediately filled and went down . A few men jumped off just before she did so , but the greater number remained to the last , and so did every officer belonging to the troops . All the men I put on the tackles , I fear , were crushed when the funnel fell ; and the men and officers below at the pumps could not , I think , have reached the deck before the vessel broke up and went down , The survivors

      clung , some to the rigging of the mainmast , part of which was out of the water , and others got hold of floating pieces of wood . I think there must have been about 200 on the drifirwood . I was on a large piece along with five others , and we picked up nine or ten more . The swell carried the wood in the direction of Point Danger . As soon as it got to the weeds and breakers , finding that it would not support all that were on it , I jumped off and swam on shore ; and when the others , and also those that were on the other pieces of wood , reached the shore , we proceeded into the country , to try to find a habitation of any sort , where we could obtain shelter . Many of the men were naked , and almost all without shoes . Owing to the country

      being covered with thick , thorny bushes , our progress was slow , but after walking till about 3 p . m ., having reached land about twelve , we came to where a waggon was outspanned , and the driver of it directed us to a small bay , where there is a hut of a fisherman . The hay is called Stanford ' s Cove . We arrived there about sunset , and as tho men had nothing to eat , I went on to a farm-house , about eight or nine miles from the Cove , and sent back provisions for that day . The next morning I sent another day ' s provisions , and the men were removed up to a farm of ^ Captain Smales' , about twelve or fourteen miles up the country . Lieutenant Oirardot , of the 43 rd , and Cornet Bond , of tho 12 th Lancers , accompanied this part y * which amounted to sixty-eight men , including eighteen sailors .

      " I then went down to the coast , and during Friday , Saturday , and Sunday , I examined tho rocks for more than twenty miles , in the hope of finding some men who might havo drifted in . I fortunately fell in with tho orbvv of a whalo boat , that is employed sealing on Dyer ' s Island ; I got them to tako tho boat outside the sea-weed , while I wont along tho shore . The sea-weed on tho coast is very thick , and of immense length , so that it would havo caught moBt of tho drift woodj Happily , tho bout picked up two men , and I also found

      two . Although they were all much exhausted , two of thorn having been in tho water thirty-eight hours , they were nil right tho next day excopt a few bruises . It was eighty-six hours on Sunday afternoon when I loffc tho coast since tho wreck had taken place ; and na I had carefully examined overy part of tho rocks , and also sent tho whale boat over to Dyer ' s Island , I can Hafoly assort that when I loft , there was not a living soul on tho conut of those that hud been on board the ill-fated Birkenhcad .

      " On Saturday * I met Mr .. Mackny , tho civil commissioner of Caledon , and also Field-comet Villiers Tho former told ino that ho laid ordered tho mon who had boon at Captain Smates' to be clothed by him , ho having a store at his farm . Forty soldiers l'ccolved clothing there . Mr . Mackay , tho field-cornet , and myself , accompanied by a party of mon brought down by Mr . VilliorB , wont along tho coast as far as tho point that runs out to Dyer ' s Island , and all tho bodies that woro met with woro interred . Thoro woro not many however , and I rogrot to say it could bo easily ac-

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), April 10, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10041852/page/5/