The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-31 00:00:00

There is a duty which every man owes to himself. It is
highly imperative, that at the next election, all electors who
have the least regard for the happiness of their country,
shopld give their most strenuous opposition to those candi-
dates, who term themselves Liberals, or Free Traders ; for
the views of these men are alien, and moreover, they inva-
riably aid the present incapable Ministry, whose policy I
conceive is deadly hostile to our well-being. indeed, one of
the Free Traders, recklessly declared in the House of Com-
mons, that he would vote " black is white," rather than the
Whigs should riuit office. This gentleman is well known by
the name of " Greek-loan-Joseph." Middlesex turned him
off, and he is now left hanging by O'Connell's tail. But I
trust that the electors will, when that opportunity occurs,
like good men and true, give their votes to those candidates
who are attached to British interests, and who are also the
firm supporters of the Altar, the Throne, and the Cottage;
then, I have no doubt, brighter days would shortly dawn upon
OLD ENGLAND.

A TRADESMAN.

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET,
IS OPEN FOR THE SEASON,
TUESDAY, Dec. 31, and DURING THE W K,
On which occasion will be exhibited a New Splen • , Painted
Crimson and Gold Curtain, in the style of the .e of several
of the principal Continental Theatres ; toga .er with a New
handsome Drop Scene, (from a celebrate. painting;) exe-
cuted by Mr. Parker, principal Artist of e Theatre-royal,
Drury-lane, who has been expressly e ged to visit Liver-
pool for the purpose, and under whos direction the whole
of the interior has been improved and renovated.
Mrs. WAY LETT, the distinguished Vocalist and Actress,
from the Theatre-royal, Drury-lane, for a limited number
of nights.
Mrs. RAYMOND in several of the newest Dramas during
the season.
Mr. HOSKINS, the popular Comedian, for a limited period.
Mr. W. J. HAMMOND and Mr. RAYMOND will appear
In some of the newest productions during the season.
Mr. MARSHALL, from the Theatre-royal, Drury-lane, is
engaged as stage-manager to this Establishment.
Mademoiselle CHEVALIER, principal Dancer from the
Theitre-royal, Covent-garden.
Miss FOSTER, the popular Dancer from the Theatre-royal,
Drury-lane.
Miss THOMASSIN and Miss LYDIA:, principal Dancers
from the Theatre-royal, Drury-lane.
Mr. F. GARDNER, from the Theatre-r•?yal, Bath, for a
limited period, pupil of Mr. Alexander Lee.
Mr. J. L. HATTON, formerly of Liverpool, and who has,
during the last season, appeared in several popular Dramas
at the St. James's Theatre, with such distinguished suc-
cess, is engaged for a limited period; and will make his
first appearance, at this Theatre, on Monday next. '
Mr. TILBURY, principal representative of old men, from
the Theatre-royal, Covent-garden.
Miss NOEL, loding Actress firm the Theatre-royal Bath.
HIS present TUESDAY, Dec. 31st, and folluwin& even-
ings, a New Drama, written expressly for Mrs. Waylett,
by the late J. H. Bayley, Esq. called
CORK LEGS.
Duval Mr. Tilbury I Eu1a1ie........ Mrs. Waylett.
In the course of the Evening Mrs. Waylett will sing seve-
ral new and popular Songs.
To which will be added a new and popular Drama, called
THE KING'S GARDENER;
OR, NIPPED IN THE BUD.
Galochard
Madame Galochard ...... Mrs Waylett.
To conclude with a new version of the celebrated Historical
Drama of

J ACK SH E PPA. R D ;
OR, TILE HOUSEBREAKER, OF 1703.
Owen Wood.. Mr. Tilbury I Joe Blueskin.. Mr. J. L. Hatton
Jack Sheppard.... Mrs. Barton.
The celebrated Drama of THE MAGIC VEIL ! or, The
Fairy of the Lake, will speedily be produced.
Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, 6d. .Second Price at Half-
past Eight. Boxes, 2s ; Pit, Is. No Second Price to the
Gallery. Private oxes, to contain Seven Persons, to be
had Nightly, Price £1 Is. Tickets and Places to be had on
and after the 26th inst. of Mr. BREZE, at the Box-office, from
11 till 3 o'clock.
Several Novelties will be produced immediately
manager, Mr. Marshall.

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Ebe itibrrpool &tanbarb.

TUESDAY .MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1839

In compliance with a time-honoured custom we wish
our readers " a merry Christmas and a happy new
year." In doing so we crave their indulgence while
we take a cursory retrospective glance at the events
of the year which is this day brought to a close.
The year 1839 has not furnished us with any incidents,
connected with the history of this country, which
will hereafter form any creditable addition to our
national annals. It has proved emphatically a year
of disgrace and humiliation. At borne we have had
nothing but disquiet and disturbance, commercial
distress and general suffering. In our colonial pos-
sessions matters have been getting worse and worse,
until they have reached a ruinous crisis. With re-
spect to our foreign relations we:have nothing satis-
factory to contemplate or reflect upon.
The domsstiehistorKoLgre_4:nritaiii, during the past,
year has been, alinost invariably of a gloomy dm -
racter. Look, for instance, at the proceedings of the
infatuated Chartists—a body of traitors organised
under the very nose, if not with the direct con-
nivance, of our present imbecile administration.
Though, happily, in our own town and neigh-
bourhood—thanks to . the sound PROTESTANT
feelings which animate the mass of our local
population—we have known little, excepting by
hearsay, of the violent and insurrectionary pro-
ceedings of these rebels ; other portions of the em-
pire have not been equally fortunate in escaping their
turbulent proceedings. In many parts of the north they
have caused very considerable alarm, and rendered
necessary the concentration of a large military force, in
order to provide an adequate protection against their
anticipated outbreaks. In Birmingham they have
attempted to reduce to practice their plans of incen-
diarism, violence, and plunder; and they have, un-
happily, proved but too:successful. In South Wales
—a district hitherto conspicuous for the unswerving
loyalty of its inhabitants—the Chartists have ventured
upon a movement which has issued in bloodshed,
and which may yet bring some of these infatuated
traitors to an ignominious death upon the gallows,
or to the less miserable fate of perpetual expatriation.
Our readers will bear us witness that we have re-
peatedly exposed the ultimate designs of the Char-
tists, and warned our countrymen and our rulers
against their ascendancy. The events of the last
year have afforded the strongest corroboration of
our views. If our warnings had been attended to
twelve months ago, the bloody scenes enacted at
Newport might have been avoided. But we live

under a ministry as incapable of reflection as they
are deaf to admonition.
There is also another class of persons, to the prevalence
of whose opinions, during the past year in particu-
lar, we cannot advert without feelings of alarm.
We allude to the Socialists, who have been inde-
fatigable in their efforts to make proselytes to their
filthy and atheistical system—a system which, while
it strikes at the very root of all domestic and social
virtue, denudeS its wretched victims of the hope of
immortal felicity revealed in the Holy Scriptures,
and reduces them to an equality with the " beasts
that perish." There was a time when the strong arm
of the law would have been interposed to prevent
such degraded reptiles as Owen and his mis-
sionaries from invading the sanctuary of domes-
tic felicity,* and from disseminating among the
populace the infecting poison of their infidel and
grossly immoral notions. But what has the last year
witnessed ? It has seen that foul monster of iniquity,
Robert Owen, introduced by the prime minister of
England to our virgin Queen ! Such is the cOunte.

nance given to atheism and obscenity by those who
ought to be the guardians of public morality !
When we look at the distress which has for some time
been so generally prevalent throughout the country,

we cannot avoid exclaiming—" See the fruits of
Whig'Radical misgovernment." Our trades and

manufactures are drooping—our mechanics and

operatives are out of employment, and pining in wane
and misery—every thing is deranged and out o 1

joint--confidence in commercial transactions has
been nearly destroyed—and it is no exaggeration to

assert that we have almost been brought to the verge
of national bankruptcy. And all this has happened

under the fostering rule of the Whigs ! What have

become of their golden promises, which they lavished
so profusely upon their advent to power Whither
have fled those flattering visions of national pros-
perity which they conjured up to delude " the peo-
.

ple ?" Have they not proved as hollow and unsub-

stantial as Whig promises have always, done ? Have
they not proved the ignes fatui which have allured
" the people" into the very quicksands of destruction ?
is useless, nay, it is worse than useless, it is mis-

chievous and dishonest. to attribute to the operation
of the corn-laws the distress which is now so uni-
versally experienced. For the last eighteen months
we have almost literally had a free trade in corn. Dur-
ing the greater part of that period the corn-laws have
been practically abolished. And what have been the
consequences ? Has trade flourished ? Have our