The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-11-27 00:00:00

Zbt. tibtrpool ,fetanDarb. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1832. WE regret, not - a little, that the first number of our paper should have contained sentiments which some of the warmest advocates of our National Church- are anxious to disavow, and by which a large body of Chris tian Dissenters have had reason :to feel themselves ag grieved. It may be satisfactory to our readers, as it assuredly is to ourselves, to know that the pen which has thus offended shall offend no more. _ _ In the article alluded to, it was assumed that the .oppo sition to Mr. Thornely sprang from the fact of his being a Di. venter. Strong remonstrances have been made to us against the truth of 'this assumption; .but, it must be obvious, that the opposition arises from a loftier and a nobler principle. We are iesured that many most respectable Dissenters, believing that a man's religi ous sentiments are of essential importance in the question of his fitness to represent them in Parliament, are determined that they will not support a candidate who denies the Deity of Him on whom depends the brightest and dearest hope of every Christian through out the land. We hail this assurance with heartfelt sa tisfaction, and we rejoice to know• that, while Churchmen and Dissenters may, and do conscientiously differ on forms of Church government, there are points of higher moment on which they cannot disagree. If anything could lessen our regret at having been made the medium of publishing remarks so objectionable as those to which we have adverted; it would be the fact, of which. we were before uncertain, that there is a large and faithful band of Christian Dissenters, in Liverpool, who are deterniined to oppose, on Christian grounds, the . pretensions of Mr. Thornely to represent them in Par liament. NOTWITHSTANDING the assurances which have been, from time to time, so confidently Tepeated by the friends of the administration, that the refusal of the King of Holland to, yield to the demands of •the London Confer ence, or, more properly speaking; Of a minority of that body, namely, Great Britain and France, was only a piece of stupid obstinacy and perverseness, without any intention On his part to hold out till the last extremity, it is now evident to the most sceptical, that war is inevi table, and, that that Wive and noble-minded monarch, relying on the justice of his .cause and upon the support of- his patriotic people, is resolved to resist the unjust and humiliating demands made upon him on be half of his rebellious' subjects; by those two powers united in a most. unnatural and unholy alliance. Holland, one •of the oldest and most .devoted lalliCS of this country, united td us not merely by political ties, but by those' -of our common religion. A country, from - *hence upon our deliverance from the thraldom of Popery, we called, a Protestant Prirree'tO reign over us ;. that country is to be sacrificed to the restless grasping ambition of France ;, and Great,.Britain (we blush for our country whilst we re cord the disgraceful fact) is the willing accomplice act of.unprincipled spoliation. Grevious as are the cala mities of war, under any circumstances, and heavy as are the burdens which it must entail 'upon Our country, we have no doubt, that for a just and, righteous cause, taose calamities would have been endured, and those burdens would have been submitted to, not. only without murmur ing, but even cheerfully; but what insult has been offer ed-to our national honor, what injury has been inflicted upon our national interesrs, to call for this mode of seek ing. redress ? We call upon the warmest admirers of our peace ful, reforming, economical, Ministers, to shew a single instance of insult or aggression on the part of that power we are preparing so unrighteously to, crush., On the ccatrary, with a forbearance and magnanimity, which must bring a burning blush into the cheek of every. Englishman, when the subject is mentioned, our embar go, and the detention of Dutch shipping iu our ports, and orders to seize and detain all vessels sailing under that flag on the high seas, have been followed, not by reprisals, but by a notice of three days to all British sub jects, to remove themselves and their property from the dominion of Holland; and if any British vessels, in ig norance of hostilities, should approach the Dutch ports, they are to be warned off. Far be it froth us to wish dis grace or discomfiture to the arms of our country, in any case; but we ask, and we do it with feeling of the deep est mbrtification—ls there a man in the country who could, on the present occasion, pray for the blessing of the Al mighty on our arms, in the persecution of a most just , and necessary war. s Is there a man.in. the country, who could, in such a cause, say from his heart, "God defend . the Right," and expect our fleets and armies to be vic torious ? ,If. such be the character of the contest in which we are about to engage, what ought to be our opini on o f th e men who have ins wantonly and wickedly involved us in such a quarrel ?—Men who took office upon the de clared basis of " Economy, Reform, and Non-interven tion."—Retrenchment at home and the maintenance of peace abroad. Of their Economy, .the only proofs we have, are, that the revenue is confessedly . inadequate to the•expenditure of the country, and that to such an in credible extent, that by the issue of Exchequer bills, up wards of forty millions, or nearly the whole amount of the ensuing year's revenue is anticipated —a pretty prospect, truly, at the commencement of a war. When the charge of the army and navy must of necessity be prodigiously increased, and when Ministers must come tua reformed House of Commons for totes 'of credit and loans. Of Reform, we are about to asce r t a i n experi mentally, the' good or ill effects, and .as the proof is so near at hand, we may be excused for declining to enter upon a theoretical discussiop of its merits--hitherto, our fears exceed our hopes,—may we he mistaken! Of the Ministerial principle of non-intervention . , this deplora ble war is about to afford us a practical illustration; and from an attentive perusal of all the protocols and state papers which have been issued relative thereto, we feel bound to declare, however humiliating the. avowal may be to us as a nation, that a more uncalled for, a more unjustifiable, and a more disgraceful:proceeding never stained the page of English history.—That barrier which was, raised to the insatiable ambition of France, by the annexation of Belgium to 1-Tolland,- - under the confede rated title of the kingdom of the Netherlands, and by the erection of fortresses which cost this country upwards of four millions sterling, has been razed to the ground, in two short years of whig misrule; arid that object for which, frdni 1803 to 1814,' the best blood of Europe was shed, and its treasure expended, mustagain becomethe subject of deadly strife, in 1833. Tlie worst feature re: mains behind: England,-which was; for a quarter of a century, the last stay and , refuge of hie.eding liberty, is now leagued' with all-ambitious, infidel France in a wqr of unprovoked aggression, against , her own ancient' and faithful Protestant ally; and she will have arrayed aoainst her, not only the armies of the.other great Con tinental powers, but the both loud and• deep execrations of her best and worthiest sons. Such are our opinions, such our fears, upon this mo: mentous question. We may be told that they are un reasonable and exaggerated--that the die is - not yet ir revocably cast, and that war may, still be arrested. Well o e csed, Indeed, shall we be to find ourselves in error, to find that by some means, which we cannot now surmise, this national calamity and disgrace may be averted; but until Rich a . desirable result' shall be consummated, we can bpp e .agamst all firotab;lAy, coufe..ssing- that our Sears s‘,ll o.4poudet ate. E LI VER POOL sT AN DA 111). By the last intelligence received from Oporto, it wield appear, that the fate of Don Pedro's exp6ilitipn-i > no longer doubtful, and that, ere thiS, himself and his army are either prisoners, or have made their escape from that country which they so rashly and foolishly invaded. A more Quixotic enterprise could scarcely be imagined, than the attempt to conquer Portugal with 8 or-10,000 men, the best of them but adventurers, and the great bulk . Consistingpf the outcasts, of every nation of Enrope. It has always been matter of astonishment to us, that any one acquainted with Portugal eould:anticipate , any other result to such an enterprise; for whatever Don Miguel may be, and we believe he cannot easily be describeB as worse Ilan he is, he commands the physical force of the country, by means of the priesthood, who wield it at their will, and whose influence and favour he has secured, by being; in his turn, their 'slave. Had Don Pedro been successful, we are by no means certain that the change would have been any improvement for Portugal herself, but that is a question with which we have no concern— between an unfeeling tyrant, and an extravagant, un principled libertine, there is, at best, but a choice of evils. We refer our readers to the accounts . brought by the Li verpool steamer for details. . . NEXT to the critical situation of our national affairs, the most engrossing subject of public attention is the approaching election for members of Parliament. What ever may have been our opinions as to the majority for, or the expediency of so large a measure of innovation, commonly designated reform, as is contained in that bill which has now become the law. of -the land, we are dis posed, as good and loyal subjects, to yield that law im plicit obedience, and to give our most zealous exertions to ma - ke it productive of as much good, or as little harm, as possible. We ;can :have but one desire, in common with every sincere well-wisher to his country, namely; that-the qualityof the' House of Commons may thereby be improved, and that, as far as is possible,, men may be chosen members of that body, not merely capable of re- Presenting our local and particular wants and wishes, but who are qualified to take . an enlarged and compre hensive view of the multifarious foreign, as well as do mestic relations and interests of the. country at large ; men who, unfettered by inconsiderate pledges to: pursue any particular, line of eonduct, in :relation to subjects which are, and ever must remain, open to .difference of opinion, will carefully hear, and 'calmly 'reflect upon the arguments which may be used for or against them, and will honestly and conscientiously vote according to the result of their deliberate judgment, as unaw-ed by their. fears of a mob, as uninfluenced by the •smiles of a court. We earnestly call upon our fell6w-townsmen on the pre sent occasion to examine' the pretensions of the several' candilates for their suffrages by this short and 'simple tA, and not to be led away by plausible professions, addressed more to their feelings and 'prejudices than to their judgment. It is an easy matter fo'r' a candidate to , compose an address, full ,of common-place • declamation, about matters which feW take the•trouble - to investigate, and fewer still understand " Lawi equal and humane, — justice accessible and cheap,—commerce free and univer-' sal,—religion purified and disenthralledi" these are all fine sounding words, but what do they amount to ? We confess ourselves unable to attach:any precise or definite meaning to such expressions. Again, "Triennial parliaments, ---vote by ballot,,--re duction of expenditure,—revision of the system of taxa tion,—abolishing the corn laws,—freedom of trade, and negro emancipation," are all topics excellently calcula ted to attract public attention, and to enlist the feelings of the unreflecting multitude in favour of the candidate who professes to advocate them ; yet they are matters about which the best and wisest of our statesmen have been unable to agree, although each point has been investigated and discussed with the most earnest de sire to arrive at a just conclusion repeatedly during the last half century. Is it likely that an unfledged as pirant for Parliamentary honours should have been able to jump, all at once, to a sound decision upon such vast and complicated subjects, which have so long baffled the efforts of the wisest heads to unravel ? We shall take the earliest opportunity of reverting to this subject, and of examining somewhat more minutely the professions of those who now solicit our suffrages; meanwhile, we would most earnestly caution the electors of Liverpool to beware of promising their votes to any one who pretends'to pledge himself to a particular line of conduct, without heating bdth . sideS of the question; and we cannothetter enforce this advice, than by quoting the opinion of one 'whose ' authority will not be called in question by reformers especially,—we allude to Sir .Franeis Burdett, from whose 'address to the electors of Westminster we make the following extracts:— " With respect to pledges,. a mental epidemic seems to pre vail highly injurious to the public cause,—a system of self deception, by which knaves are taught to catch fools !--a diseased appetite in the people 'to bepromise-crammed, accom panied with a fatal belief, that promises may be relied on when honesty cannot.—Gentlemen," continues Sir Francis, " this pledging system appears to me •to have in it a quality directly the reverse of that•which is attributed to mercy,--instead of being twice blessed, it is twice cursed,—it injures both him who gives and him who takes,—in fact; it is playing a game at whi c h knaves are sure to Win.—WhO can doubt that a person being pledged detracts greatly from his weight and authority? Who can doubt, that if he is sent to a deliberating assembly, he will be naturally and rationally listened to with distrust, and eyed with suspicion ? Thus, your champion is sent forth with a stain on his escutcheon,—a knight, without his spurs, marked recreant before he enters the lists." OUR attention has been directed to a pamphlet which has been, within the last few days, gratuitously. circulated in this town. It is - entitled "An Address to the Mem bers of the Liverpool - Mechanics' InStitUtiori, delivered 12th September, 1832, by. Samuel Hope, Esq., Presi dent." We trust that, in conducting the Standard, our practice may always correipond. wita our disposition to avoid personalities. When, however, an individual steps from the ranks of private life; aseendi the chair of the lec turer, and delivers an elaborate address, which he after wards publishes, with his name affixed, he assumes all th e rights and responsibilities of. authorship. Our duty re quires that we should notice this publication. Whether we refer to the Matter of the style, there can be but one opinion as to the "address" being wholly un worthy of the man of science andthe scholar. We sin cerely regret that a gentleman of Mr. Hope's fair charac ter should identify himself with such mischievous absur dity as this production conveys lo those to whom it was immediately addressed. With the better informed of the community it can, possibly, do no harm. Truly these are the days of untried theories.. Will our readers be lieve that Mr. Hope labours to prove that every branch of science, botany, .geology, hydraulics, mineralogy, as tronomy, mechanics, chemistry; arithmetic, p . geometry, and algebra—and to• these he adds history--7rnay be ac quired without the pupilhaving ever leant to• decypher the alphabet. This notable project he prOpou n d s "t o the pupils connected with the Institution,.and to those of its members who form the working classes." • To the for mer he especially addresse,s himself, telling them that their utter ignorance of even the alphabet." is no absolute bar to the attainment of all the benefits of the c ourse - o f instruction above described . " .His way of effecting this object. is by means of lectures, which, he says; are a more expedient mode of communicating ,kriowledge. " than the dul', tedious, and, comparatively, unprofitable process of poring over a book." '..11e admits that an accurate know ledge of our own vernacular tongue, an acquaintance with In ;dery languages and the Greek and Roman audio's, require the study of Woks . ; but, as respects the sciences before elm/berated; if there be only a lecturer, " the study of bookq is superfluous." We entreat our readers to sa tisfy theinselvcs that we do not misquote. In kindness to Mr. Hope, we could have wished to cha ritably veil this unhappy essay. "One science only (lath one genius fit." • and considering the various pursuits - and occupations which have, at different periods, engaged Mr. Hope, he might 'Welt be'• excused having a familiar acquaint ance with subjects whiilh, if he ever knew, he has now evidently forgotten. We pass over the sheer non sense 'which is here so ostentatiously displayed: Who ever heard—who ever dreamt—of a man ignorant of the alphabet attaining all the benefits of science,—for in stance, algebra ? At this very time there i s b e i ng deli vered, at the Mechanics' Institution, .a course of lectures on history. These-cati be useful only as reviving the re collection of what has been previously acquired from books • for to suppose that a boy or a man can know his tory simply by means of lectures , is too ridiculous to need refutation. Every body knows, that the benefits result ing froth scientific studies, consist less in the value of the truths acquired than in the mental training,—the habits of thought and reflection which the acquisition of these, truths affords. It is only as a knowledge of science is . elementary, and the result of - a process of induction, that its advantages can be experienced, The dark and intri cate labyrinths into which Mr. Hope would lead the young and the adult members of the Mechanics' Institu tion—the unintelligible crudities with which he would perplex them, reminds us forcibly of the description which Milton gives of a reasoning conclave of fallen angels : " In thoughts more elevated, they reason'd high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will and fate, Fix'd,fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." From beginning to end there is not a syllable in this address as to the great end and object of all education, — not one. word to induce to virtue and religion. All his tory attests the fact', that education withoitt religion is edUcation against religion. Mr. Hope is known as a prominent, at least a professed friend to mission, and has taken a conspicuous part in many other pious under takings. Might it not have occurred to him, that reading, or what he terms " the dull, tedious, and unprofitable poring over a book," although not necessary for a man who attends lectures, such as he recommends, may, not withstanding, be very useful for other and far higher pur poses. The "working classes" might thereby be enabled to benefit and enjoy their little domestic circle.s,—to call around them their families, and, at the close of their daily toil, to open the volume of inspiration, and unfold the treasures of religion. • Yet these are objects neces: sarily excluded from a system of instruction which would withdraw the humble mechanic from the bosom of his fa mily, and which makes reading, or even a knowledge of the alphabet, " superfluous." What is it which has ele vated the national character of Scotland ? Is it not edu cation,—education the Very' opposite bio that which Mr. Hope would teach ?" At the Scottish parochial schools little, indeed, of geology, hydraulics, or algebra is t aug ht, and yet, by a system of instruction limited to the merest elements of education, but from first to last united with the soundest moral and Christian principles—we mark integrity, intelligence, industry, and religion pervading and characterizing a whole population. - We have been wrong in attributing to Mr. Hope the origin of the baneful system which we feel it our duty thus to defiounee. The experiment has been tried in a neighbouring country, and with results too memorable to be soon forgotten. The horrors of the French revolution were preceded and perpetrated by means of education de void of religion. Throughout France the wildest and most revolting theOries were actively and insidiously propagated, and what the " Address" before us calls " a spirit of philosophical investigation" was the very name under which doctrines were taught which led to atroci ties and blasphemies unequalled in the records of human depravity. Unfortunately there is too close a parallel between the period we refer to and the times i n w hi c h we write. Most unreservedly do we believe Mr. Hope to be ignorant of the er 4 ent and consequences of the prin- Ciples which he puts forward. We even acquit him of having meant his "Address" in aidance of Mr. Thorne ly's project of a system of national education. We are friends to education. ,• We desire, of all things, to see the great body of the p eo pl e i n t e ll ec tual and enlightened; but let it be a religious—a Christian education. Our readers are probably aware that a public meeting was held at Leeds, on the 21st instant, to consider the expediency of addressing His Majesty upon the subject of the war against the Dutch, and that at this meeting a certain:junto, well known in that town, attended with a set of counter-resolutions, and, after succeeding by cla mour and intiMidation, iu driving the mapr, who pre sided, and the respectable friends who supported him out of the Court-house, they adjourned to the Cloth-hall, chose a chairman of their own, and passed their own re solutions. The following letter, addressed to the editor of the London Standclid, gives a detailed account of this disgraceful proceeding, and proves, in a very strikinp; manner, how just are the pretensions of our modern re formers to be the frieuds of fair,, and free discussion.. Comment upon such conduct would be quite superflu ous TO THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON STANDARD. LEEDS, November 22. SIR,—In my last I promised to let you know the result of the meeting held here yesterday, to consider the expediency of ad dressing his Majesty on the question of our infamous interfer ence in the quarrel between Holland and Belgium. 'the meet ing was held in the Court-house; and I am sorry to say a more perfect portrait of a bear-garden was never before exhibited in Leeds. Messrs. Baines, Bower, and Co., had prevailed upon the owners of several of the mills,—thick and thin suppoi tees of what I shall call " The i m be c il e admiuistration,"—to allow their mills to stop in time for the men to arrive at the meeting before twelve o'clock. Amongst the rest, the Messrs. Ben yous and Co., Messrs. Marshall and Co., the Messrs. Willans, Messrs. Bruce and Co., with some others, sent their men, who were placed by the party before alluded to in the body of the Court-horse, which they completely occupied. Shortly after the mayor had read the requisition, and was about to express his opinion, the most deafening shouts of " Adjourn, adjourn to the Cloth-hall-yard," were raised by the mill-men in the body of the Court-house, and the ruffians paid by the Holbec,k Political Union—one party urged on by Messrs. Baines, Clapham, and Co., and the other by Messrs. Smithson and Lees, that not one word that the mayor said could be heard, except by those persons immediately near him ; in fact the cla mour was so 'great, the mayor literally was not allowed to speak. After waiting with great patience and good humour for half an hour, in the hope that the fury of the mill men would have cooled down, he again attempted to conclude his address to the meeting; but not one word would these mill fellows and Bow er's Union men hear. The mayor was determined that unless a fair and full discussion was allowed to all parties, he would not adjourn the meeting, and being now perfectly satisfied that season would not_ prevail, he very properly dissolved the meeting. The requisitors, with many gentlemen of all parties, favour able to peace, immediately assembled in the grand jury room, and there passed the resolutions and address intended to have been submitted to the general meeting. Messrs. Baines, Bower, and Co., with their mill-men, and pain ragamuffins, repaired to the Cloth Hall, chose a very young man for their chairman, and they also passed resolutions, and voted, not unanimously, a very warlike address to the King. he proceedings of ), et,,ter day would have astounded me, it any one can be surprised at what the Whigs will do and say. Men who for a quarter of a century condemned a war, into which the late Mr. 1 i t was forced by the almost unanimous voice of the people, new n uu rage the present Administration to begin a war with one of our oldest allies and best customers, to enforce that with which we have no right to interfere; and this, too, in the face of their re peated declared resolutions of nuns-interference! How such RULES FOR EMPLOYING TIME.—In the morning, whe n ,Dg awake, accustom yourself td think fi rs t Up on God, or sons e " h i r ie in order to His service ; a n d a t n i g h t, a l so, l et hi m c l o se t fl l eyes. Let your sleep be necessary and healthful, not idle i ,l O , expensive of time beyond th e nee d s an d conven i ence s ° l h i c li ture; and sometimes be c ur i ous t o see t h e prepara tion II: t he the sun makes when eoming forth from his chambers 0' ;u• east. Let every man that h a th a ca lli ng b e dili gen t in P u a o hle ance of its employment, so as' no t li g htl y or w i t h ou t reasoo d by occasion to neglect it in those ti mes w hi c h ate usua lly au io the*cuitom of prudent persons employed in it. Let all the. tervals or void spaces of time be employed in prayer, redd l o: ,, °° meditating, works of nature, recr ea ti on, c h ari t y , friendli n _ ve e neighbourhood, - and means of spiritual and bodily health; the remembering so to work in our calling as not to negleelo.oj, work of our high calling, but to begin and end the day itie, with such forms of devotion as shall be proper to our ne eeS ! Ferdinand of Spain has established a new institution , M the express purpose of i ns t ruc ti ng , gratu i tous l y, t h ose enga ged t" arts and manufactures, in the scientific principles of their r tive trades, on a plan similar to mechanics' institutions% „ t ific institution is now fl our i s hi ng, the .lectures on various seteaPnisli subjects are regula r ly g i ven, ex hibi t i ons o f t h e wor k s of ShP,;,bet indUstry ye ar ly t a k e p l ace, an d Professor Casa-Seca Pn"o a quarterly jour na l o f use f u l i nstruct i ons f or t h e express Dish pose of spreading the knowledge of them among the Sr S e pt, nation. He is evidently a favourite at Court, and watd about three years ago ,• t o trave l over France an d E n g'" col.ect scientific infor ma ti on an d mechanical di scove ri e s. he s MECHANICS' INSTITUTIONS.—The Ru ss i an . G o vernirl t , established a Mechanics' In s tit u t e at S t. P eters b urg h • opened in October, 1831; One hundred and thirty-two P . d e are now educated in it at the expense of the State. The' rite, declared to be ex e mpt fr om cor p orea l pun i s h men t, fro°' y pgi poll-tax, and military conscription. They may take ,P t ioa branch of indust r y wi th ou t an apprenticeship, and hart° these privileges to their children, who shall be entitled t ° t og• them so long a s th e y con ti nue to follow their fathers' ca de ntg They are to be styled artizans or masters ; and, indePen wl , of the pupiLs to be educated at the public expens ' 001 are to be ch os en f rom th e m iddli ng classes, - ot h er ' youtiss iv t. avai' themselves of the, institution, on term s to b e preset sti r ' e A sum equal to £5500 is to be annually appropriated to its . 1 , 0 1 port, and gratuitous i ns t ruc ti o n i n the art. of design is to b e %.ia to the lower orders of mechanics; after morning serv ice 00 ht days and holidays, The - `buildi ngs f or ' t hi s establishmen t t been erected on th e s it e o f w h at was once a morass, in frond o f Jaegerhof; and two spacious fields, ornamented with r°,7004. wild chesnut s , h ave b een set apart for the scholars' recre aP —Quarterly Journal of Education. LONDON LATEST NEWS. . . , - London, Sahara* x 769 The The city news of this day presents but little varieVi-, t i o es funds have undergone no material Change, and-sPe,V,„% a bing in these and ether securities are very limited. The Wl, s OO steam packet, Tiamona, which arrived this evening, bril ru ia flesh intelligence; ndr has any recent account, gussets or - Paris reached town up to this hour,- (1%: 1 u ' e peteti althoUgh I have reason to know, that despatehes. were c%F.'",,,h by private individuals, as well as by the Dutch a nd I' I, ic h embassies. It would-be idle to detail the several rumours all are afloat, and which possess no interest, because 09' sr ?. t he without a shadow of authenticity. The general opin , " ,l er ea best informed persons is, that Antwerp will not be surreu ce pt peaceably, and hat its-capture is almost impraeticable , e'' atra l through the city . , which the French are anxious to mak e n . e u of 01-ound. The siege must be a loner one, and the eitheiock.,) Pr otra ry butch and Belgian separation is likely tto be as well by war as by diplomacy. questiocA have eri re. LONDON ' SATURDAY, Nov. 24th.—" Accountss-- ve be pest ceived at Lloyd's this morning from their agent at f oal left the combined squadron on the 22d instant. A n ° utic letter has also been rece i ve d b y t h e S ecre tary anti ° s he ing the arrival of a vessel from the Texel, whe re h a ve for Lloyd's from the Admiralty, stating that instructionad t he been forwarded to the authorities in the West [tidies, an to of Commanders-in-Chief on other stations, informing- the ~i ng the blockade against the Dutch, for the purpose of their ta er s ty. the necessary precautions for the interest of British PrnP___„;e TO CORRESPONDENTS• FIDELIS, the stanzas of 8., as also those of D., were received tc.° late even for perusal. a reply to Z., who wishes us to notice some personal temarks in th i ; Sibicnz of yesterday, we have merely to say: that if an ass kie us we do not think it necessary to kick him again. CO H. J. jun. is wholly inadmisSiblei Neither the style nor the matter his letter befits the subject of which he would treat. One of 9th e highest judicial functionaries of the land should not be assailed t such wholesale condemnation as savours of abuse'. If his juder icu o t or his conduct, in any case that may be brought before hi m, P re4 al e any ground for impeachment, let it be explicitly and can 4 stated, and the argument upon it reasoned with the temper 4 : 11 ,., gravity which a proper respect for the nature of his hig h should inspire, and such a communication will always fin d a " come reception in our columns. John Shaw, keeper of a public-house at the corner of Upper Paert; street and Williamson-square, has sent a truly characteristic let in of abuse, relative to the paragraph under the head of " Pollee p our last Friday's publication, stating him to have been fined force r, miffing improper persons, and permitting theatrical perfor mao ta with music, singing, and dancing on his premises. This he ealls ,Ali " erroneous statement," and after charging us by itnplicatio n, calumny and misrepresentation, enters into x long rig4l a role, t g "'l o lie would pass upon us, for a true and correct version of the sril f °, affair, and " expects this to be inserted in an ungarbled roan t he His expectations will he disappointed. The only inaceurs e l 'f a rt paragraph of which he complains, is, the admission a the .. v " dancing," which occurred through inadvertence, not been mentioned in the proceedings before the mag'ist rates ;„ a ' version, on the other hand, is a tissue of falsehood /min I)4p—el:, to end ; and instead of raving about the exactions "he has r ° ll - 3 dure, and the smarting irritations of a calumniating press," he better conform to the regulations which the law, as a ehe en ' indecency, prescribes for the conduct of public houses, or wh y ey silence to the infliction of its penalties, for stirring 1 00 vi . °le ,, ll in an offensive matter, is assuredly the way to render it a riu' s-uc that no one will endure. having certait% mo d Our strange adviser,--the " ODD FELLOW," is at it again, in a se u — in gs chapter of his Catechism, which, among a number of quee r contains the following :--" What do you think of the .10 0 7, • Do not that a queer-looking chap who drives its leading articles ' t , f you know him'? Will you print a sketch of him on ne xt Fria d a) 0 1 Are you intimate with him of the Albion? What do you thintill him ? He bothered the senior Editor of the Mercury bra velY ; c c' he fastened him on the walls, and made a show of him h i %;j,a , taxies f Did you ever hear of Mr. Fallaway, the orator' P`' t te trophist F. and he are partners, and they are going to enlighte!_gie world on a new plan of their own : do you understand it ? 1:4/ on Monday : Grammar on Tuesday : plain sailing on We arie 6 0 6 Lunar observations on Thursday ; co-operation on Frid- 3 ) . ; botheration on Saturday. Good bye fur the present-- 1 an' °if, tangent. Your's, &c. "AX Ono-FELL°"' ts . 1 3t ; To this he appends the following reasonable petitione r Y I H3g „ - c e aa 'i tt • --Answer all his questions, indeed. Oh, the particular Odd-rt „ o e d t ero "N. B. Answer all my questions wl en you have time --au U fri where is my Lord Sandon ? You spoke very ill of m 7 Sonri Evart and Thornely : you may keep a look out--I'll settle I.e , '"' for it. Mark that in your tablet.--Adieu." • VERPOOL ;—Printed in Union COEN, Cale-street,: and at No. 7, ' , High-street, Exchan,.. , e, by SA muaL Fa CEYE, 5' 41 , 40 tf of No. 7, Anson-street. Orders and Advertisemen ts are ...sa%uare. • ceivlll in London by Mes.irs. NEWTON, & CO., WarWiek Nevi - gate-street; and Mr. BARKER, 3:1, Fleet-street. , rit conduct as tthis can be palliated, or how long the country t P h submit to be so misgoverned, I re a lly d o not know; but t pears t o me , and I am most fir m ly an d solemnlyof this o P — at ii that the l o w Whigs in this town would sacrifice the honour lt to charact er o f the country—the rui n o f our commerce—wiere keep Lord Grey and his twenty placemen and peusionetaopo power, and in the receipt of their respective salaries, in the that they will eventually share some of the good things of On, To those who know Leeds, I,would.refer them to the sl at tures to the requisition to the Mayor; and I publicly ask t ea whether or no the requisition does not contain the naraes e a s t majority of the most resp ec t a bl e an d wea l t h y houses al The requisition is a document that will speak for itself, vies will, I doubt not, have gre a t, we i g ht in the country. The r I se a public meeting also at Hudd ers fi e ld yesterday, on the s: los t subject, convened by the Hi g h C onsta bl e, on one of the - respectable requisitions ever presented in that town. Yours, &c. A LooKER-T,O