The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-06-01 00:00:00

at Chester ; the decorations of fonts, the marriages at the
Fleet, the strewing of the churches, and the Eton Mon-
tero have all passed away. But the amusement is not the
less, while the profit is much more. We do not now seek
the idle perpetuation of a senseless practice, but all man-
kind go abroad to see mankind in their haunts and habits
elsewhere. There is a greater spirit of brotherhood cul-
tivated by these interchanges of visit, and we are all
improved by having the angles of peculiarity and prejudice
rubbed off us.

"The proper study of mankind is man."

CORRESPONDENCE.

Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the
real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but
as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite
in any statement of facts.
The Editor wishes it to he understood that he does not hold
himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his
correspondents.

THE INDECENT-BILL NUISANCE.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

am rejoiced to see, in your impression of this
day, a letter from " A Father," on the subject of " the
indecent-bill nuisance," and I trust that you will notice
the subject further. lam sure that the respectle por-
tion of the community—particularly the married men—
would feel grateful if you would lend your valuable aid in
endeavouring to suppress so gross and so growinc a nui-
sance.—Your obedient servant, P. G.
Everton, 25th May, 1852.

THE LIVERPOOL ENGINEERS -SPECIMEN OF
A " LIBERAL" EMPLOYER.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STAXDARD,

Sla,—When the unfortunate dispute occurred between
the Society of Amalgamated Engineers and the associated
body of employers, it was considered somewhat unneces-
sary, even by many who disapproved of the conduct of
the former, that the good feeling existing between mas-
ters and men in Liverpool should have been interrupted.
There was no attempt made by the men here to dictate to
their masters. They were content to remain neatral in
the struggle which wag going on elsewhere ; and to be
permitted to conform to whatever regulations might be
adopted as the issue. Two leading firms in the trade,
however—Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, and the proprie-
tors of the Vauxhall Foundry, Messrs. Forester and Co.—
were induced to enter actively into the measures of com-
pulsion adopted by the associated masters ; and some
thirty-five of the best and most skilled operative hands
employed by them were turned out from their shops, be-
cause they were members of the obnoxious society, and
objected to forfeit the benefits for which most of them had
paid during several years. Many efforts were made on
the part of the men to bring about an arrangement, in one
of whiA the Mayor, Mr. Hugh Hornby,- and Mr. John
Buck Lloyd, kindly gave their services ac negotiators.
These failed, however ; the masters insisting, as a sine
qnd non, upon the signing of a document, which the men
regarded as both injurious and degrading ; and' after en-
during many weeks of privation, hopeless of being per-
mitted to return to their old shops, all the discarded
hands, except about ten oradozen, either secured'work In
other shops, or• transported their industry ard'skill to
other countries.

At length it was announced' that the struggle wits- vir-
, Vitally at an ends. The Amalgamated Society had'ex-
hansteul its funds, and the masters were victorious. frere
was an opportunity for the exercise of that kindly feeling,
MEALY, which, to use the quotation of Mr. Cardwell,
" Blesseth him 7tho gives, alias him who takes."
One of the firms in question, that of Messrs. Fawcett ar.'d
Preston—to their honour be it'said !'--at once intimated'
to the few who remained of theiroid servants, that they'
were attiberty to return to their employments, without
submitting to the humiliation of signirr3 the obnoxious
document which, pending•the settlement of the dispute,
had been insisted upon' by the associated employers.
Messrs. Iforrester and Co:, however, r am sorry to say,
declined, through their managing panther; Mr. Macgre-
gor, to :cake this graceful concessim The few of their
men left in town have beeipcompelied; as- a condition of
their being-allowed to resume work, toAsign the declare-
tiou, which infers either that they have in fact given up
the benefits of their club, or that they have attached their
signatures to en evasion, or a falsehood. Mr. Ale.egregor,
who has thug stubbornly insisted on his 'poor workmen so
humiliating themselves, is, I must add', a 'I- liberal"
of the first water.. He is a praessed friend'of the, work-
ing man ; an advocate of " civil and religious liberty ;" a
fellow-spouter with Mr. Wm. .Ithbone and others, at
ward meetings-, in praise of " a big loaf." Well did the
great dramatist-read a lesson to such a " liberal," when
he wrote--
"'Tis excellent to have a giant's power
But tyranhous• Is use it lik a giaht 1,,.•

Mr. Macgregor is-willi-ny to give a " big loaf"-t0 his
workpeople at the-cost of the Britic! farmer ; but he will
not give to them that very cheap,Tornmodity—his, own
forgiveness—for what has been at nest, on their party sai
indiscretion. Fie upon, soh " liberals !"
AN. ENGINEER.

THE EARL OFD BY ANa"PROTECTION.

We believe it to be a vast importance that the Pt•o-
tectionist party throughout tie country• should fully and
clearl7 anderstaad'the exact position in-which the question,
of, protection to British ind'•astry now- stands. After all
tile• mystification, whiich has been, and ho doubt will' be
aill attempted, afttn- all: the- premature triumphs cr Our
epponents, we do,not hesitate to say, that as thorough,
sincere and uncompromising Protectionists, our earnest
wish is that our- friends throughout the country should
accept the speech of the Earl of Derby, on Monday night,.
in-the House of howls; as the dearest, plainest, and most
faithful statement of, the true position. which we now
occupy. Nothing., let .us say,. ean be more candid, more
explicit, or, let us.ackl; mere• consistent than .the state-
ment of the noble- earl at the-head of her- Majesty'eis Go-
Ternment. Two years- ago Lord Derby stated that his
-
own- opinions on the subject of protection had under-
gone no change, b'id...th'att tih'e, question rsested(toitii;the-
eenstiluests of as empive, On assuming the office,. to
which duty to his Sovereign, called him in March last) he
reiterated the same statement,. and on Monday night, in
the Freese of Lortis,- he repeated in substance the same.
On Monday night the opposition determined to take
the•nobie lord by surprise. It was manifest to every ob-
server that their- object was, to goad, by taunts,- by in.
: veotive, by sneers), the Mime Minister into some deela-
. ratios that might possibly ba•considered rash. They seized;
an opportunity when-the ministerial benches were deserted
--when they found the noble loci almost alone.. Ne•un-
worthy art was- spared--no• is insinuation was
avoided. The object- of the plot was defeated--defeated=
by the manliness, the. simplicity. the straightforward in-
tegrity of the noble. lord at whom their artifices were
aimed. Stun g..indeed, by theirunworthy attacks, but pre-
ferring both bit telGpossessiors and his diguitytLord Derby
indignantly repelled the misrepresentations of. those- who
represented him', as saying that the imposition of. a- duty
corn was a matter of necessity.

In what, letua ask iuthis declaration, in,the slightest
degree inconsistent wall, the often-repeated, statement of
the noble lord, that unless a large majority, in, the new
Parliament declared ler, a duty on corn, he would net pro-
pose it ? That statement is not new. It was made in
opposition—it was .made on accepting office. Wo think
no true friend of the- agricultural interest should ask for
more. Bet be thisopinion right or wrong, we have known
for the last two years exactly what we have toespect from
Lord Derby. We were not to find in him a minister who
would stake his existence, as a ministar, upon the reimpo-
sition of a duty, OD corn. He never said that this was a
measure of such, necessity as to justify a public man in
declining office unless he could carry-. it. But opinion is
in favour of it—nay more, he says that he is ready to
advise Parliament and the Sovereign to adopt it, if the
next general, election shall return such a majority of
Protectionists as will justify that course.

It is quite true—let our enemies. make the most of it—
that he added that he now believed:that there would not be
such a majority. Well; this isa matter of individual opinion.
If it be an error in calculation, it implies no unfaithfulness.
The greedy haste with which, the opposition seized upon
the statement proves nothing but the terror which, in their
heart of hearts, haunts thess,of the protective system which,
they profess to believe dead►. It waS, perhaps, well for the
country that their misrepresentations again called up the
noble earl. Words cannot be clearer, more explicit, nor,
we repeat, declaration more explicit than that which their
ill-timed boasting elicited. from the Premier.
We have now a minister in office who does not consider
the re-imposition of a duty on corn a matter of such
necessity as to ohlige him to stake the existence of his
ministry upon it—but who believes that duty ought to be
re-imposed, and is therefore ready and willing to propose
it if the persona who agree with him in the country will
give him a majority in the new Parliament that will
justify it.

But, if such a declaration of the opinion of the country
be net made, then he is pledged to this, that in some
other mode he will still attempt to alleviate the injustice
that is now done to the agricultural interest.
We protest we conceive this declaration is all that the
most ardent friend of the agricultural interest can ever
either expect or desire. Saying so, of course we imply
that it is utterly false to represent the noble earl as having,
by this statement, abandoned, retracted, or qualified his
opinions on the subject of protection ; and with this brief
explanation we confidently submit the matter to the calm
judgment and common sense of Englishmen.—Morning
Herald.

RECTORY OF PRESTWICH.—On Tuesday the Lord
Bishop of Manchester instituted the Rev. Henry Mildred
Birch, M.A., late tutor to His Royal Higness the Prince
of Wales, to the rectory of Prestwich-cum-Oldham
(vacant by the resignation of the Venerable Archdeacon
Rushton), on the presentation of the Right llonourable
the Earl of Wilton, the patron ; his lordship at the same
time issued his raandikte for the Rev, Mr. Birch's institu•
tion thereto.

HORTICULTURE.

WOOLTON FLOWER SHOW.

This very favourite floral exhibition was held on
Thursday, in the beautiful grounds of the late Mr.
Lascelles. The marquee in which the flowers were shown
was larger and better filled than on the last occasion ;
and everything indicated an improvement in the state of
the society highly gratifying to those who, like our-
selves, have always considered this exhibition as one of
the most interesting of the fetes held in this vicinity.
Woolton, like Childwall, offers prizes to cottagers,
and at a certain hour each of these societies gives free
admission to the schools of their respective villages. The
large amount of healthy emulation and pleasure which
this practice produces is abundantly confirmatory of the
goad resulting from these country exhibitions. As usual,
the attendance of the leading gentry of the vicinity was
very numerous during the early part of the afternoon ;
and the combination of elegant dresses. happy faces,
beautiful flowers, and fine scenery, was such as could not
fail lo give interest to the scene. The plants shown by
the Messrs. Davies, of Wavertree, had a fine effect, and
were much admired. C. Wilson, E3q., and Richard
Alison, E3q , also contribu'ed many beautiful things;
but no particular novelties were exhibited. Mr. John
Roskell, a new exhibitor, was successful in taking prizes;
and we hope to see him come out very prominently in a
short time, as he is extensively engaged in horticultural
pursuits, and has a clever gardener.
The Ariz-s awarded by the judges—Messrs. Jennings,
Morton, Mayer, and Nickson—were as follows :