Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-28 00:00:00

attribute any weight," &co.! But this is not all; del
surpising part of the business is, that, in the
he afterwards winds up his opinion of Dr. Arno'
ing that he, the Doctor, was right after all! fcli
IZ : think I can account for that fickleness e 1
Mr. G.'s faculties of association are so stronc, thatoto
separate the writer from the writing. If the
tbs
displeases him, he quarrels with the writer; if
merit is fasourible, he caresses the author; 'nit
case, I think, with him more depends on the per
the argument ; so that, when reading the g 4,
;
Mr. G.'s opinion of the character of the Rergw„oo
fluctuate exactly in the same ratio with his too
statements and arguments of that person. 1334,0il
infallibility, do pm thluk there is any 1/`
desirableness for it? ifebe
T :No, I don't. What could fallible man dn, for
prodigy as infallibility? We are pat
all : wherever, or in whatsoever, man has ae,'e
in scripture or elsewhere, the human fallible gsl
distinctly traced ; our reasoning faculties `11:01
given to us to bow down to any such iLc/I.,,calii
icfallibllity. and whatever Some may say in deP:alel,
our own reasoning faculties, they, at V,e c: 6,1
practically assert their superiority. Even
last Etter prop -mud the necessity of a higher 01001
that of the written words, when he says he S
humble dependence on the teaching of the It.„,°'ins 6
I ascertain the mind of the spirit,' &a." ',"'--6
make sad m'stakes by acting as if the so"'s!te
complete volume, forgetful that the different rot
appeared step by step, and sprang out of rogbi
preceded the did' rent stages of the religion
record; and just as that religion, in its progresse e
improved and pert' ok of a higher and more sl
character, so in consequence the records of tils
progression contain. accounts and statements
ennobling and spiritual, though fallible nette-.1
are human, ard therefore fallible records of t
which God has made known his ways upon earlfh'—
.„
R : Thank yeti for your eopinion, which
'
itself by its trail falness*. It's getting late. Prcell
go, as we wish to be "gentle, showing 00-
all mer," let us hope that Mr. G. will testify hi*
friendship to Mr. M., as we should towards uh'io
would be charitable towards him, and I wish '
blessing ; and, as I may not see you ag,a'sd
Christmas day, I will wish you, my dear friers"A so
la) with Mr. M. a very kapey Christmas ; °-
good night! at)
T. ; I adinire your liberal sentinseets, and u7te
jcin you in them. Good eight! A merry Carts
a happy new year !
Dec. 22nd, 185'7.

:" LIVERPOOL, HO !"

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN -
jg let
Sir,—From the line at the head of di el
will be at once understood that I am golAn', aill
of the novel of which some extracts RNA
your paper a few days ago. Two ohi6e.tit
to deter me. One is, whether I shall 0° ail
hook in obtaining a greater publicity
deserves; the other whether it is not
~, o to/
supererogation to attempt to defend
pBO
public from the debasing and dent oraiisiogheoo
of such a book " Liverpool, Ho ! "
demned at our libraries and scouted in 01104
„"
but it will sell; and though this letter w
a trifling additional commission toot
the auther, the work will, soorel.o
„
meet its proper fate. There are, 'OlOl
plenty who will read it, and uphold it flit 01
of antagonism ; but for the good efearel
wretched clerks, the miserable quill-dil% Or„
of the number, must disclaim Mr. Polinojev,
infamous libel upon the mercan'ile 031)0011
Liverpool. lam a clerk ; I have been A 1,,F
clerk ; and I have received liberal Ps,%1001:
written verses, too, and very bad ones", 10°,;1
bad as Mr. Oawyu's I havehad ohimerle;oloi
for the amelioration of the condition °foil
clerks especially. I have fallen asleep °foe
on mail nights, when the small hours
round, bringing slowly in their train the %lit,
day. I have been a Paul Treason, and reirtico
sat for his portrait, save that I am not parfaii
good looking. Therefore, it is with 9 ob
scionsness that I know what I em doing i°
declare " Liverpool. Ho !" not to be a stories
volume, but a Lie I I need not troublebo
al analysis, to show the truth of my d' e
Your readers may judge fir themselves bYere
the book. I do not want to curtail tsi
" Liverpool, Ho !" My cause
is nobler. fof
.
in the strongest terms, declare, on belwi,e
commercial clerks of Everpool, my intelnd
and disapprobation at the falsehood, 01013 le
the blackguardly immorality given fortneo,
Oswyn's mock-philanthropy. Do 1.„.,Ar01v,
strongly ? What says " Liverpool, l'fe'llVe•
men are liars ! All commercial men s',iiteo
if not worse ! Brokers; are too foul to beslo'fi'
by even the sorest word in the English lie!
Most women are liars! Marriage is a 01
private homes of our merchants are thevle
blasphemy, hypocrisy and fraud ! The
is Hell, and the River Mersey is it 6
Proserpina reigns in the modern Tyre.
as powerfully descriptive as Mr. 0614108,
are many epithets which I am, I sul4P(l'iee ,
enough to think are best out of print•
may pick them out of " Liverpool 11,"i,iinf
bushel. But where are the doves in tools
aviary ? The innocents massacred before 0, tt,
of Plutus ? Mr. Editor. lam one of theta lee
old gentleman, the cashier, who sits Ono eV,
one of them ; those three young fellows o' ppre:
are more. " Our office" is full of the .o!jeiot.,
Bah ! we spit upon and spurn our egc't,,/vcier,ds
elected champion, Mr. Oswyn. g"teetl to
the rights of labour and the rights wale
better than " Liverpool, Ho !" can teaelllui ort
and we look upon Mr. Oswyn as a Pltieteß,i
seizing what appears to him to be the,Areadtso
to his own aggrandisement. Scandal
loge
op
and requires no grace or purity of Isngeeillsto
it off. This valiant upholder of igirt?lig to jo
can trip a little, too—that is, if it is polgir Colt
The slight sidewind gently puffing 0,1,11.01
establishment. Of course Mr. Cornis"„l P°oll;
the agency for the sale of ‘. Liverevoog
Liverpool. If there was nothing °viol',
the book he would. Oh, the
trice .oclo,
unexceptionable. And down rio 14r,,1001/
and " Liverpool Ho ! " glares in all "t oceiji
panes. And Mr. Cornish wishes herevDo 0
thrust upon him with a falsehood, was be lc 004
sensible reader will wish the book l° otie`3on
reads it—among the things unborn'
repudiating Mr. Powys Oswyn, I renv";
respectfully.
Cook_street, Liverpool, 24th Deco 1851.
ea. l's'
THE BANK STATEMENT MAN' C

" As we are all bound to pay our debts•e7 ta °1
imn
ognoelyd ,airftiwle are honest men," acc°rdj 911t°1°
she
ew i
st the
lßeactuoke ifnultfible Times,h it would bnei.:l,drbo:.,i!
of England itself steady', 9,1!„,, c°,,„01
Bill
fttooaldtuthsethßaitll 10‘rni.o8t4hiing,,
gold)h is money in England;
the effectual
Lert us see how the Returns make g°°'

tion :
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Deposits of Government Revenue • • ••
Private Depositors
Seven-day 8i115...

is
Bank Liabilities which she onght to wee
gold, according to Lord Overstoce.- • • "

But the only gold the Bank has in hand i 5