The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-20 00:00:00

FREE TRADE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
MR. EDITOR,-Will you be kind enough to give the fol-
lowing letter a place in your paper? It was written in con-
sequence of some statements put forth in the Liverpool
Chronicle of the Ist instant, and a copy was sent to the
editor of that paper for insertion, but, for reasons best
known to himself, he did not think it necessary to give it a
place.—Yours, &c., X. Y. Z.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL CHRONICLE.
SIR,—You are perpetually harping upon a matter that you
appear to know very little about. According to your writing,
it would appear you are a strenuous advocate for a free trade
in corn, without apparently being aware of the consequence
that would be likely to result' from such a system. You tell
us the imported corn might have been paid for in manufac-
tured goods, which would have given full employment to the
mills that are now standing idle. You further say, that
eight millions' worth of goods would have been exported in
place of the same amount in gold, had the trade in corn been
free. lam not going very far with you, but I have a ques-
tion or two to ask : and pray tell me, first of all, how you
came to know that the eight millions' worth of goods would
have been taken in exchange for the corn that has been im-
ported ; and how it is, that so small an amount of goods
have been taken with so large an import of corn that we
have lately had. Are you aware that some other countries
are now got into the way of manufacturing the more useful
articles of their general consumption, in like manner with
ourselves ? And are you further aware—and if not, some of
those corn-exporting countries will soon let you know—that
they want but a very small amount of your manufactures ;
and that, in place of taking from you eight millions' worth
of goods, the probability is they would have taken only a few
hundred pounds' worth of machinery ; and that, before any
long time, they will perhaps tell you they can manufacture
that also? But pray, Mr. Editor, tell me to what particular
countries these eight millions' worth of goods were to have
been sent : it will not do to say they would have been sent
to every part of the world whence corn has been imported--
I want to know the particular countries that would have been
ready to have received these eight millions' worth of goods
from us : and when you have done that, the public will know
what value to set upon your assertions. I tell you, sir, that
so long as this country stands in need of, or requires, an
import of corn, it must be paid for chiefly in gold ; and if
you want to keep your gold in the country, you must grow
sufficient corn at home for your own consumption, and that
can always be done if proper encouragement is given to the
farmer, but in no other way. Let but the corn laws be done
away with, and the probability is, that from the diminished
growth that would of necessity follow, you would very soon
have a famine in the country. Let the foreigners know that
you are dependent upon them for a supply of the first neces-
sary of life, and you will be very soon made to feel the con-
sequence, in a way that will not perhaps be quite so agree-
able as you appear to imagine. The corn laws are necessary
to protect the farmer, and the farmer must be protected,
otherwise the people of this country must very soon starve.
X. Y. Z.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Srn,—ln consequence of a report having been circulated
in the Chronicle newspaper in this town, I beg to declare
that the statement therein made, and which is calculated to
injure the character of a certain medical gentleman, is a
gross misstatement, and most ( Fre iously false, and it is
my intention to repudiate that git zement in a few days
through the medium of the pul le ,Tess, and I beg you will
allow this to pass through you, paper preparatory to my
making the true statement of facts.—l am, your most
obedient, MARGARET FAIRWEATHER.
Liverpool, 19th September, 1839.

DEAF AND DUMB SCHOOL.—We are glad to learn, that
this excellent institution is beginning to excite a more gene-
ral interest irr the town than it has hitherto done, and pro-
mises to obtain that rank among our charities to which it is
so eminently entitled. We understand, that there are nu-
merous applications for admission into the boarding-house of
this establishment, and which the committee are reluctantly
obliged to refuse, from want of room in the present buildings.
The grant of land to this charity from the Town-council, on
the site of the old Botanic Garden, will enable the committee
to erect a larger and more suitable building, to meet the
wants of these interesting but unfortunate members of our
community, and in a much more healthy situation than the
present closely-confined one in Wood-street. The subscrip-
tions for this specific purpose are progressing, but there is
yet wanting about a sum of one thousand pounds before the
intention of the committee can be carried into effect. We
would, therefore, earnestly entreat those who are able, and
have not yet contributed, to come forward with donations in
aid of the building fund, and so rear another monument to
the munificence and publip spirit of Liverpool,