Lord STANLEY, it appears from statements published during the week,
is very busy in Lancashire, endeavouring to set himself right with his constituents, of whom no small portion are Catholics. At the last election, Lord STANLEY crept into the House of Commons under the false colours of neutrality, which lie was soon forced to pull down. It was not foreseen how bitter a bigot, religious and political, he would become ; but now that he has been stripped of his flimsy veil of Whiggism, it is incumbent on the Liberal electors of North Lancashire not to allow him at any rate to walk over the course. Setting aside politics, and with the view merely of getting the Parliamentary business of the county well done, it would be advisable to remove Lord STANLEY; for the very fact that he has undertaken the management of any bill, is sufficient to raise an opposition to it, and give it the stamp of unpopularity. In every view, therefore, he is an undesirable Representative; and quite out of place as Member for a county which contains perhaps half a million of Catholics, in whose body are included many persons, like Mr. TOWNELEY, of large pro- perty. Confidence, to a certain extent, has been restored among com- mercial and monied men. There have been no new failures; and though reports of the embarrassment of Joint Stock Banks (one of which was injuriously, and, as it appears, without foundation, named by the Times) have been prevalent, no facts have trans- pired to shake the credit of particular establishments. Exche- quer Bills are at a premium; and the exchanges are more favour- able. In the manufacturing districts, considerable business is cautiously carried on.
