The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-12 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS

Z" has omitted to append his name as a voucher, a rule
which must be adhered to.

Qrbt Kibtrpool gPtanbatt.

TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1539.

It is far, very far from our intention or inclination
to increase the differences of opinion, or the acrimoni-
ous feelings, which now lamentably divide our fellow-
subjects ; and it is still more painful to us to be com-
pelled to say anything which may he calculated to in-
crease those feelings particularly amongst our fellow-
townsmen. We would much rather act the part of
peace-makers or reconcilers, than of peace-breakers, or
fanners of that flame which already exists. But duty
to the cause of truth, duty to our country, and duty
even to those who differ from us, compel us to notice
with marked disapprobation whatever occurs that we
deem erroneous, or prejudicial to the public at large.
If we wound, it is only to heal—if we rebuke, it is
only to expose error—and if we call public attention to
any transaction, it is not to gratify any invidious feel-
ing, -for we know not the man towards whom we en-
tertain any such disposition, nor to hurt the feelings of
the transgressor, nor to hold him up to public odium
or contempt, but, in faithfulness .and sincerity, to point
out his error, that others may know and avoid it, and
that we may be, if possible, the humble instrument of
correcting it, and of thus rendering him and the public
some little service.

If it were practicable to allude to the erroneous prin-
ciples of public characters, without thereby designating
the individuals concerned, we would cheerfully do so ;
our great object being to censure actions and princi-
ples, not men; but this appears impossible.

The circumstance on which we are about animad-
verting, and which we consider not only very repre-
hensible, but an awful harbinger of still more awful
deeds, occurred on Wednesday last in the TOWN
COUNCIL MEETING.

For the principal actor in that transaction we enter-
tain a very high respect; and of his private worth and
virtues, no one holds higher opinions than we do ; but
these very virtues not only increase our regret that he
should be one of those who is carried away by the so-
phistry, artifice, and plausible arguments of designing
men, but render the correction of his errors a still more
paramount duty ; for the more respectable the indivi-
dual, the greater the number of his virtues, and the
higher he is thought of by the public at large, the
greater the necessity of exposing and refuting his er-
roneous principles.

" Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet, quanta major qui peccat habetur."
At the Town Council Meeting, held on Wednesday
last, a certain petition from the operatives of this town,
containing 2,030 signatures, was presented ; the chief
object of the prayer of which was, that the Bible
should not be excluded from the Corporation Schools.
On that occasion a certain highly respectable gentle-
man is reported to have said, amongst other things, in
proposing that the petition be received, " that he did
so because it professed to come from the operatives, on
whom he wished to throw no disrespect, feeling rather
that those persons who had filled their minds with
SUCH NONSENSE were the parties to blame. He
wondered how any one could assert that the Bible was
excluded from the Corporation Schools. He main-
tained that the Scriptures were not only taught, but
taught as efficiently in the Corporation Schools as in
any other in town. He moved that the petition be re-
ceived out of respect to the people who had been HUM-
BUGGED, for the HUMBUGGERS were more to blame
than the HUMBUGGED"

As we have said before, the more respectable the
source from which error proceeds, or 'such language as
the above, the more dangerous it is, and therefore the
more does it demand investigation and refutation. Just
as, the more respectable the appearance of a counter-
feiter of coin, or a forger of bank notes, the more dan-
gerous are his proceedings ; for the greater likelihood
is there of his deceiving the public. ,
There are four distinct sentences in the above speech

to which we beg leave to call attention. First, the
declaration that " the petitioners' minds were filled
with NONSENSE" 1

We ask, against whom was this charge made ? and
what is the "nonsense" with which the minds of the
petitioners were filled ? We reply, without fear of
contradiction, it was made against the most talented
and devoted clergymen of the Church of England in
Liverpool ! and the "nonsense" with which the mind:,
of the petitioners were "filled" by these clergymen,
is an anxiety that the Sacred Scriptures should not
be excluded from, but be taught in, the Corporation
Schools of this town.

So it has come to this—that, in a public body in
England, no less than the TOWN COUNCIL OF LIVER-
POOL, the prayer in a petition, signed by TWO THOU-
SAND AND THIRTY OPERATIVES, that the Sacred
Scriptures should not be excluded from, but be regu-
larly taught in, the Corporation Schools of said town,

is denounced " NONSENSE" !—and that denuncia-
tion is made by the Ex-MAYOR of Liverpool, in the
presence of the present Mayor, as chairman of said
council ! 0 tempora 0 mores !
This act not a little evinces how much the Reform
Bill of 1832 tends to produce attention to the prayers
of the working classes of society, and how much cal-
culated it is to increase a reverence for that SACRED

BOOK, which contains the revealed will of the CRE-
ATOR. Jealousy and anxiety about Scriptural educa-
tion has now been pronounced (in 1839), by the highest
authority in Liverpool, " NONSENSE" !
Again : the same highly respectable gentleman is
reported to have expressed his "wonder how any one
could assert that the Bible was excluded from the
Corporation Schools ;" which is equivalent, if the sen-
tence have any meaning, to an unequivocal declaration
that the Bible is not excluded from the Corporation
Schools of Liverpool !
In order to increase this gentleman's " wonder," as

well as to maintain truth, we join the petitioners in
asserting, that THE BIBLE is virtually excluded from
the said Corporation Schools. Here, then, we join
issue, and shall try the merits of the question. But

we cannot help expressing our regret at being under
the painful necessity of denying the truth of this gen-
tleman's statement, so ingeniously put forth in the
shape of " A WONDER"—which mode of expression is
well known to convey a stronger assurance than even
a positive declaration; for which purpose the sentence
was, no doubt, shaped in that form. Moreover, we
do not, by any means, wish the public to place any
particular reliance on our simple denial of anything,
except we can substantiate it by incontrovertible facts.
In order to expose and refute the sophistry by means
of which the affirmative in this case is maintained, and
by means of which the good people of Liverpool are
deceived, we deem it necessary to make a few common-
place explanations ; particularly as we confess that we
do not possess that superiority of understanding, nor
have we, as yet, arrived at that acme in " the march of
intellect," which would enable us, as it appears to have
enabled others, to consider "a part equal to the whole"
—a school to be the same as the school-room—and a
pamphlet, containing certain mutilated and perverted
passages of Scripture, to be the same as the Bible
The said schools consist of the children of all reli-

gious denominations—Protestants, Roman Catholics,
Unitarians, &c. When the petitioners used the word
"excluded," in reference to the Sacred Scriptures, we
are sure, although they are operatives, that they are
not quite so ignorant as to imagine that a certain book,
commonly known by the term "Bible," consisting of
certain sheets or leaves of paper, and bound up in a
certain shape or form, would not be admitted within
the walls of those school establishments ; nor that any
children so disposed would not be permitted, within
the said walls, after school hours, to read, or have read
for them by any person or persons so disposed, the
Bible. They knew all this was practicable ; but they
desired that the Bible should be made one of those
books regularly taught the children who constitute the
said schools. Yet advantage has been taken of this
mode of expression, and said petitioners were ridiculed
under this subterfuge of words ; conduct which, con-
sidering the character of the petitioned, manifests more
disingenuousness than we are inclined to attribute
to the hOnourable member.
The petitioners meant—and the gentleman on whose
conduct we are animadverting has too much talent and
penetration not to know well what they did mean—
that the Bible should be made one of those books re-
gularly taught all the children in those schools ; instead
of, as it is now pretended to be taught, by substituting

a work with certain pervet ted passages of Scripture,
and leaving optional with s the children the reading the
Bible after school hours !
Will any one presume to say that this system does
not virtually exclude the Bi ble from the school ! And
yet this gentleman not only considered an anxiety that
the Bible should be tang ht in the school, " NON-
SENSE" ; but ,e,xpressed his "wo NDER" that any one
could assert th at the Bible was excluded from the
Corporation Schools !
We, nothing daunted by the effects which might
arise from this gentleman's " WONDER," do repeat
the assertion, that the Bible, prop erly so called, is not
taught in said schools, and, moreover, that it is virtu-
ally excluded therefi-om.
The next assertion_ made by the sa me gentleman was,
that " the Scriptures are not only -taught, but taught
as efficiently in the Corporation S clu)ols as in any other

in town."

To what can this assertion be attributed ? To his
head we hope : but we prefer l caving the public to
draw its own conclusion. Let vis examine what this
gentleman considers as an equivalent for the Bible ;
for the Bible is not taught in thos e schools.
The book which is used in thee :e schools as a substi-
tute for the Bible, is called " SCRI PTURAL LESSONS :"
No. " 1" is now before us, i.e., t ;he substitute in these
schools for the Bible : a book an " improved" version
of the Scriptures, the whole tenor ( which is calculated
not only to inculcate, insidiously,: Popery and Unita-
rianism, but in it, the most funda mental truths of the
gospel are undermined by an igi iorant and dishonest
traiklation ! and this is the inst, :action in the Scrip-
tures which is as ejicient (in the he mumble gentleman's
opinion) as in any school in tow a, where ,the sacred
word of God itself is taught !
We beg to give briefly a few rea: ;ons for our unqua-
lified condemnation of this ephemel •al production—this
Bible of the Corporation Schools—'" as efficient" as the
authorized version.

In the first place, Roman Catholics and Unitarians
approve of it. This they never would do if it did not,
either directly or indirectly, posy lively or:negatively,
promote their views.
Secondly, The frequent referee ice made in it to the
Douay Bible as of equal authoril ;y with our Protestant
version, evinces the disposition to favour Popery. This
Romish Bible was principally ti anslated by one who,
for multiplied acts of treason, was compelled to fly from
his country, and who, when he w( !nt to Flanders, exer-
cised all the powers of his mind t& ) overthrow the Pro-
testant reformation in England. He was patronised
by the infamous Duke de Guise, y rho, with Catherine
de Medicis, planned the massacre 0.0 tens of thousands
of Protestants on St. Bartholomew's• day, and was the
willing instrument of Gregory X 111.., who appointed a
public thanksgiving at Rome for t`he success of the
above-mentioned slaughter !

Thirdly, The notes in this " No. L Scriptural" (or
rather Corporation) " Lessons," have a pernicious ten-
dency. They are not numerous, but many are of the
most unscriptural nature.
Fourthly, The perversion on pag e 16 of the 15th
verse of the 3rd chapter of Genesis, i s diabolical ! This
verse, in which the foundation of the gospel and of the
divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ:ar e so explicitly set
forth, is so completely metamorphose Id, that it appears
downright nonsense ! enough to m ake any man, let
alone a child, consider it unintelligi Ile jargon ! Yet
this is the book which, " as dicient4 r" as the Bible it-
self, teaches scriptural truths.
Fifthly, and lastly, —We shall con tent ourselves for
the present with simply pronouncing; our unqualified
condemnation of the manner in whi ch, on page 17 of
said " Corporation Scriptures," the Word of God is
mutilated and perverted, so as to rt seder obscure and
unintelligible the blessed truth ex plained in the sth
chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. Accor-
ding to the plan adopted in this cast e., of passing
over certain verses and joining others together, murder
itself may be justified by the Scriptu res—e.g., " Judas
went out and hung himself "—" Go thou and do like-
wise" !

Time and space will not allow us to enlarge on this
part of our subject. We doubt not but we could find
in almost every page of said work sc we gross perver-
sion of sacred truth. We trust we Ilave done enough
to open the eyes of those Dissenters- —we mean those
Dissenters who hold the views of the Gospel embodied
in the articles of the Established Ch• arch—who blind-
foldedly encourage this system of et lucation, which is
so much calculated to advance throul ;hout the land the
cause of Popery, of Unitarianism, an d of Infidelity.
The last part of this gentleman's: speech which we
shall notice is that in which the ex pressions " HUM-
BUG" " HUMBUGGERS" ! and ' HUMBUGGED" !
occur. He used these expressions three times in one
short sentence ! We should be glad to know do these
expressions constitute an essential pa rt of the "efficient
scriptural education" taught the children in those
schools, of which the gentleman is so powerful a pa-
tron, and so able and zealous an advocate ? Were we
as disposed to criticise and analyse .expressions, as the

friends of the honourable gentleman are to ridicule
peculiar pronunciation, we have here a fine field. But
no ! we forbear : we only hope that Cie gentleman will
devise some modern derivation for th ese words, ere he
pays his next visit to his school, lest some of the chil-
dren may, through curiosity, ask him,, or discover, the
radical meaning of the same.
A few remarks upon the remarks of another worthy
councillor, and we are done with tbis subject for to-
day. _ _

We allude to the gentleman who expressed his asto-
nishment (astonishment and wonder being, it appears,
the order of the day) " that any one acting as a chair-
man should send a note to that body, not daring to put
his name to it" !

When we were at school there were only two num-
bers, and three persons in each number, in the English
language ; but in the multiplicity of modern improve-

ments, four persons may have been invented
The chairman of the meeting at which the said peti-
tion was agreed to, and who had been :announced, by
public advertisement and placards throui hout the town,
as chairman of that meeting, being an xious to let the
petition rest on its own merits, and on the merits of the
operatives who signed it, addressed a n ote, in the third
person singular, to the Mayor, as chairman of the
Town Council, in the following words :- —" The chair-
man of the public meeting of the operatives," &c.,
" begs respectfully to hand to the Mayor of Liverpool
the accompanying petition," &c. Now mark : be-
cause this gentleman acted in this wise and judicious
manner, and did not think proper, in violation of the
rules of letter-writing, to end the note, which he
commenced in the third person singular, with his
name, he is stigmatised as one who induced the opera-

Lives to do that which he himself would not sanction,
and as one who had forwarded a petition to which
" HE DARED NOT attach his name" !

We find also that one of the public papers of this
town has come forth, and contributed its aid, in the
following paragraph, to pervert the motive, and censure
the conduct of the reverend chairman :—" It has some-
times happened," says this paper, " that gentlemen,
when engaged in delicate, ilut not very creditable trans-
actions, have dated their communications from coffee-
houses or taverns, as it is not considered etiquette to
bring in the name of the family residence on such oc-

casions. Mr. M`Neile did not make use of a tavern,

we suppose because he is a clergyman, but he popped
into a bookseller's shop, and the anonymous chairman
gave, as the only clue to his whereabout, that he had
written from 'Perris's, Church-street.' Was he asham-
ed of his associates, or of the cause which he advo-
cates ? If he were ashamed of having presided at a
meeting of operatives, we should be amongst the last
to wonder at the circumstance, knowing that vanity
and arrogance are amongst the most conspicuous at-
tributes of those who support high church principles."
" He seems, however, to be not
entirely destitute of all shame. He certainly presided
at the meeting of the operatives, which, we doubt not,
was summoned at his instigation. He was the only
clergyman present, and Mr. Robertson Gladstone was
the most distinguished personage amongst the opera-
tives. Mr. M'Neile, as chairman of the meeting, was
bound to send the petition to the Mayor for presenta-
tion. It seems, however, he was ashamed of the office,
and could not bring himself to sign his name to the
note which accompanied the memorial."
We only ask our worthy contemporary, is this a fair.
an honourable construction to give to this gentleman's
conduct on the above occasion ? Does truth require
for its maintenance such perversion ? If whiggism

cannot be supported but by such means, the sooner it
be abandoned the better. Every one in Liverpool knows
well that cowardice is not one of the reverend gentle-
man's qualities. But let us examine the charge.
" Mr. M`Neile was bound," says this paragraph,
" as chairman of that meeting, to send the petition to
the Mayor for presentation." Well, did he not do so?
But was he bound, we ask, to inform the Mayor who
was the chairman of that meeting ? We reply HE WAS
NOT. And if it be said he was so bound, we demand
the authority. And if he was not bound, he has not
transgressed ; for " where there is no law there is no
transgression." So says, at all events, the Bible.
But the same paragraph insinuates, with equal propri-
ety, that he was ashamed of having been the chairman
at a meeting of operatives ; and then, with glorious
consistency, adds that there is no doubt but " the
said meeting was summoned at his instigation" !
If he were ashamed of " his associates, or of the
cause which he advocates," or of taking the chair on
such an occasion, we should be glad to know, how
came he to convene the meeting ?—or to declare at that
meeting his sentiments ?—or to take the chair at that
meeting ?—or lastly, to suffer his name to be placarded
about the town as the chairman of that meeting ? We
leave the task of reconciling this to Whig ingenuity.
As to the charge of his having written his note from
" Perris's, Church-street," instead of from his own
residence, it is not worth an answer; but the fact is
worth much, as proving incontrovertibly the correct-
ness of the reason we have alleged for the whole of his
conduct on this occasion, namely, that the petition
should rest exclusively on its own merits, as the petition
of the Protestant operatives of Liverpool.

In making these remarks, we think it due to tr
rev. chairman to add, that whatever we 1 ave said

this subject has been purely voluntarily, from the fuel:
of the case as published in the newspapers, withou`
having had any communication, directly or indirectly,
upon the subject, with the rev. gentleman, or with any
of his friends, or even acquaintances. •
We may well say, it is hard in these di..ys to know
how to act; for the conduct which would formerly
have been commended, is now, by reformers, censured
—prudence and modesty are denounced as marks of
cowardice and conscious guilt, while faithfulness in the
defence of truth is branded as malicious interference,
and the defender a firebrand ! Of all crimes which
the enemies of truth may think proper to attribute to
this gentleman, cowardice is one of which, at all events,
the council has good reason to know, he is not guilty.

Had the rev. gentleman, (the chairman of the meet-
ing alluded to,) commenced his letter in the first
person singular, and attached his name thereunto, as in
that case he would have of course done, the Town
Council would have accused him of arrogance, and an
attempt to force the petition of the operatives, by the
signature of one (the chairman) who was not an opera-
tive himself. Most judiciously and becomingly, there-
fore, did the rev. gentleman act in not having attached
his name to his note, but left the petition to rest on its
own merits, and on the just claims of the 3020 opera-
tives who signed it. Yet from this conduct it is con-
cluded " HE DARE NOT PUT HIS NAME TO IT !"
We have often heard that great souls dwell in little
bodies, of which certainly we have, in the Town Coun-
cil, a full exemplification.

No one of any tolerable intellect, who has read the
discussions during the last week in parliament, and
who has reflected upon the present state of England,
but must come to the conclusion that ere long she will
be exposed to very alarming collisions—to a struggle
between the friends of truth and the friends of error—
which, while it will shake this kingdom to its centre,
will try the mettle and test the sincerity of those who
profess to value the institutions of our country, the
constitution for which our forefathers fought and bled,
and the cause for which Ridley and Latimer were
brought to the stake.
The clouds are already gathering in the political ho-
rizon—the atmosphere is surcharged with the elements
of destruction—and the earth trembles, indicative of
an awful catastrophe.
The gates of democracy once opened—the demon of
infidelity once let loose—and the reins of the deceived
and infatuated multitude once thrown off—then, ay
then, will men's hearts quake : then will be known who
are, and who are not, in heart, on the side of our con-
stitution. Then will the mask be thrown off : then
will the wealthy be glad to purchase, by ruinous sacri-
fices (but then, perhaps, too late), the blessings which
they now enjoy : then those who now grudge their
paltry tens towards the maintenance of truth, will
cheerfully contribute their thousands to preserve their
position in society. But then the multitude will bring
ruin on themselves and on their best friends, like the
horse, which becomes infuriated
.by being freed from
its bit, dashes headlong forward, regardless and uncon-
scious of consequences, to the brink of some fatal pre-
cipice, where, unable to stop, it plunges itself, and often
its best friend, into inevitable destruction.

Alas ! alas ! would we could convince our country
of the truth that such will as certainly arise from the
present course of things, if not timely checked, as that
the sun, which arose this morning in the east, will this
evening set in' the west.
Under these circumstances, it is every man's duty
to use his best endeavours to devise the most judicious
means for averting the threatening storm ; and it was
under this conviction we ventured last week to gix
our humble opinion as to its cause, and now ventu.
to suggest a remedy.
Having attempted to investigate the cause of radi-
calism, and having, for the sake of perspicuity, divided
it into three distinct heads, viz., the proximate, the pre-
disposing, and the exciting, we shall now advert to the
cure : but, in so doing, we request it may be distinctly
understood we do not pretend to go into any detail,
but merely suggest general principles.
The body politic is in many respects analogous to
the human body, subject to various derangements of
function, to morbid actions, and to injury and destruc-
tion from without as well as from within. Hence the
principle of treatment in both cases must be extremely
similar. The first principle in the treatment of the
diseases to which the human body is exposed, is to
find out the cause ; the second is to remove that cause;
and the third is to assuage and remove the effects of
that cause. But it not unfrequently happens that when
the cause has been of a very violent nature, or has re-
mained in the system for any considerable length of
time, some of the very effects become themselves the
cause of other derangements.

The cause of radicalism has been allowed to remain
so long in our country, that if even it were instanta-
neously removed, there are certain effects produced by
it that would demand much attention, and take some
time effectually to eradicate.
We shall proceed, first, with the treatment of the
cause, and then with the treatment or management of
the effects.

Having found out the cause, as mentioned in our
lastnumber, our first indicatton is accomplished.
Now as to the treatment. The proximate cause, we
say, is avarice and selfishness.
" Auro pulsa fides, auro venalia jura,
Aurum lex sequitur, mox sine lege pudor."
This is to be removed, by not only exhibiting but de-
monstrating the folly and the madness, eV en as regards
men's own interest, as well as that of their children,
of not using their utmost exertion to devise some me-
thod to secure to the working classes permanent em-
ploy, and just remuneration for their labour. And al-
though such a course would be attended with some
little sacrifice, yet a little reflection must convince the
wealthy, that it is much better to spend a pound now,
rather than, in a short time, to be deprived of thou-
sands of pounds, or perhaps of all they possess. For
if once the order of society be broken up—if once
that awful phrensy—agrarianism, should seize the
multitude (and who is so blind, or so ignorant, as not
to read in " the signs of the times" portentous events),
farewell then to public security—farewell to individual
wealth and rank. And although we are fully aware
that those who preach peace, peace, where there is no
peace, have ever been esteemed by mankind in general
far more highly than those who honestly and faithfully
warned the people of approaching danger, yet we must
do what our consciences tell us is our duty, regardless
of the censure and reproach we thereby incur, and
raise our feeble, but steady voice, in warning our fel-
low-subjects of the approaching crisis.

We do not now want, directly or indirectly, to excite
to greater acts of actual charity ; but to securing a just
arrangement between the employer and the employed :
to a greater liberality in the purchasing of articles,

making of contracts, &c. ; so as to enable the employer
to deal more liberally with those whom he employs.
For if purchasers were not to beat down, in purchasing
articles, the shopkeepers, these would not be necessi-
tated to beat down the manufacturers, and, conse-
quently, the manufacturers would not be under the
necessity of grinding to the very earth those whom

they employ.
It may be said, if we were to give higher prices for
articles, it would not in the least better the working
class of the community, but merely enrich the manu-
facturer himself. We admit that would be the case if

there were no law to ensure equitable wages for the
operative ; but such a law could easily be devised: and
if it were our province we should not despair of draw-
ing up a law, which would ensure all parties a just
and fair remuneration. How much more calculated
such a law would be to benefit all parties, than the
unwise and absurd measure now attempted to be forced
on the country for the free admission of foreign grain !
As it is not our duty to go into detail, we desire
only to throw out hints. The whig -aristocracy will
never attempt the reformation we have suggested. No,
no ! that would touch their own pockets—that would
require a reformation of their own selves : for they are
the most avaricious, covetous, selfish persons, notwith-
standing all their boasted liberality, who exist on the
face of the whole earth. While they, therefore, are
gulling the public with the empty sounds of political
reform, let us raise the standard of moral reform, and
we shall have the whole operative community on our
side ; and radical and whig demagogues may spout till
they are sick.

If, then, we could only induce the wealthy not to be
) parsimonious in the outlay of their wealth in the
:chasing of English manufactures, and in the mak-

of contracts, &c., we could easily have a law for
insuring to the operative just acid proportionate remu-
neration for his labour : and then the first step towards
moral and permanent reform, and towards the cure of
radicalism, would be achieved.

But as the virus has been in the system a long time,
the effects would still have to be removed. It has
contaminated the whole political system, and, although
the cause may have been removed, yet the poison's effects
would still remain. These must be removed by adopt-
ing the very course the Whigs and radicals pursue for

the dissemination of their erroneous and dangerous
principles ; which course consists of zeal, activity,
and perseverance. It was not, nor is it, all in words
with them. No ; their words have been followed up
by corresponding actions. Hence, we find, they travel
through the country, and address the people on the
subject of their grievances; they circulate cheap pam-
phlets amongst them ; and radical and Whig news-
papers are liberally supported, encouraged, and pa-
tronised. This is the way they have made converts to
their unwise, erroneous, and dangerous principles ;
and this is the very way the professed friends of truth
and order must proceed, if they be really anxious to
save their church from annihilation, their country from
ruin, their own properties from confiscation, and the
throne of these realms from a popish or infidel dictator.
It would be far better, and far more Christian-like,

to be now filling the heads of the people with true
wisdom and correct principles, than by-and•by to be
filling their bodies with leaden balls !
As to the exciting cause, which, we said, consists in
ambition in designing demagogues, if the proximate
and predisposing causes were removed, there would
be very little trouble in removing this. Those gentry
would soon find their level ; they would soon practi-
cally learn the importance of what some of them, at
least, had often read, ne sutor ultra crepidam ; and they
would then necessarily return to their wonted occupa-
tions.

What a change in the whole empire would then be
apparent ! The wealthy would then enjoy their wealth,
without sleeping, as they now are, on a magazine, and
without being surrounded by the cries of the distressed,
or the demands of the radical ;—the employer and the
manufacture'r would be reaping the just rewards of
their industry, without the pricks of conscience an-
noying them while on their beds ;—the Sovereign's
ear would not be assailed by the discordant sounds of
factious parties ;—the government would be taken out
of the hands of imbecile men, who are mere professors
of Christianity ;—infidelity and radicalism would wither
and die ; and Britain once more rise in the majesty of
her power, as queen of the earth, as ruler of the sea,
and the land in which peace and happiness, truth and
justice, religion and piety, would flourish.

When men holding public situations or public appoint-
ments have not good sense enough to know when they are
acting in an unbecoming manner, it becomes the painful duty
of their friends, or even of strangers, to give them a gentle
reprimand, both for their own benefit as well as for the bene-
fit of the public at large ; open rebuke being better than
secret censure.

We are led to these remarks by the following extraordinary
if not unparallelled transaction.

A certain gentleman who has lately been appointed revising
Assessor of the municipal list of voters, became candidate
for Rodney-street ward, the list of the voters of which ward
he himself was entitled to revise. A rule was accordingly
obtained to shew cause by what tenure he holds the office of
Councillor of the above ward : bat, nothing daunted, the
modest gentleman repairs to the meetings of the Town
Council, and there acts and votes in the capacity of Coun-
cillor !—and, as was evident from our report, was not a silent
spectator on Wednesday last. One would imagine that
common decency, if not respect for public opinion, would
lave caused him, the moment the propriety of his holding
office became questionable, at least to refrain from taking
part in the proceedings of that body till the rule had been
judicially decided ; for, be it remembered, the said rule is
to this day PENDING !
But alas ! in vain do we look to any one who has been
contaminated by the poison of radicalism, for those fine feel-
ings which are so agreeable to all real gentlemen, and so
peculiarly characteristic of civilized society. For, as ardent
spirits render the lining coats of the stomach insensible to
natural and ordinary stimulants, so do radical principles
render men's minds callous to every species of refinement.
—We blame not men, but their principles.

After hard struggling, and if report speaks truly, hard
bribing, Wigan has the high honour of being represented
by no less a,personage that Mr. William Ewart. The elec-
tors of that borough have one consolation, namely, that it
is no more necessary for their new member to cross the
Scholes bridge, than it is for his " learned friend" Daniel
to kiss the blarney stone. Our little cock-a-too of the
House is to introduce, and no doubt carry, the following
sapient measures :

1. Extension of the suffrage to every man outside the
walls of a gaol or workhouse, provided he is a house-
keeper.
2. Voting at all future elections to be by ballot.
3. Abolition of the law of primogeniture, and the pecu-
niary " gratification " of members of parliament ; a
most convenient abolition for " the tail."
4. The Reform of the Reform Bill.
5 The Repeal of the Corn Laws.
6. A bill for teaching Popery and abstract philosophy at
the public expense.
7. Supporting any or every bill for diminishing the prero-
gatives of the crown, and increasing the power of the
people, for pulling down the established church of the
land, and strengthening those voluntary establishments,
which smile at the Regium Donum, and acknowledge
Pope Gregory as their supreme head.

What would the excellent and truly loyal hearted father of
Mr. Ewart have said, could he have foreseen the political
degradation to which his unfortunate son has at length
sunk ?

Since the above observations were in type we have ascer-
tained, upon undoubted authority, that the validity of Mr.
Ewart's return will be disputed. It has been ascertained
that eighteen bad votes have been recorded for Mr. Ewart.
Among these are those of parties who have been resident in
Liverpool for upwards of six months. We refrain from giving
their names for obvious reasons. Measures have been already
taken for preferring a pgition against Mr. Ewart's return,
and Messrs. Thessiger and Austin have been retained as
counsel for Mr. Kearsley's party. There can be very little
doubt that we shall shortly have to congratulate our readers
that the democrat Mr. Ewart has been kicked out of Wigan.

EXPORT OF MANUFACTURES.-It has been well remarked
that the majority of the advocates of the repeal of the corn-
laws deal with figures as children deal with their puppet
soldiers—they place them where they think they will look the
prettiest. Thus it was observed by Mr. Villiers, that in 1833
we exported to Germany £29,500,000 of manufactured goods.
Mr. Thornely also declared that in 1834 our exports thither
fell to £11,000,000; in 1835 to £10,000,000; in 1836 to
£7,000,000 ; and in 1837 to £s,Boo,ooo—showing, accord-
ing to the beautiful arithmetic of the cotton lords, a falling
off of no less than £23,700,000 in four years! But are these
the facts of the case ? We have before us a statement of the
declared value of British and Irish produce and manufac-
tures exported from the United Kingdom to Germany, which
gives the following amounts :—" In 1833, £4,355,543; in
1835, £4,547,166 ; in 1835, £4,602,966 ; in 1836, £4,463,729 ;
and in 1837, £4,B9B,ol6"—showing an increase in four years
of £552,473. So much for the difference between a parlia-

mentary return, and the fallacious statements of the anti-
corn-law agitators !

" But," it may be rejoined, " if this be the actual result
of our trade with Germany, the exports of British produce
and manufactures to other parts of the world show a serious
defalcation." This has been the burden of every speech de-
livered by the anti-corn-law delegates. They say that our
exports are rapidly diminishing, and that our manufacturers
are hastening to inevitable ruin. If such be the fact, how
can we account for the following tabular statement, which
appears in a recent parliamentary return ?

EXPORTS OF BRITISH PRODUCE AND MANU-
FACTURES FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.
An Account of the Exports of the principal Articles of Bri-
tish and Irish Produce and Manufactures, in the Year
ended sth January, 1839, compared with the Exports in
the preceding Year.

Declared Value of the
Exportations in the Year
ARTICLES. ended sth January.
1838. 1839.
X. X.
Coals and Culm
Cotton Manufactures 13,640,181 16,700,468
Yarn 6,955,942 7,430,582
Earthenware 563,237 670,985
Glass
Hardwares and Cutlery .
Linen Manufactures
-- Yarn
Metals, viz.—lron and Steel 2,009,259 2,530,903
Copper and Brass 1,116,227 1,226,258
Lead 155,251 156,150
Tin, in Bars, &c 74,737 103,230
Tin Plates 350,668 434,749
Salt
Silk Manufactures
Sugar, Refined 453,984 550,506
Wool, Sheep's or Lambs' 185,350 432,067
Woollen Manufactures
Yarn

Total of the foregoing Articles .. £36,228,468 £43,338,839
How can we account for an increase of upwards of three
millions in a single year in the exports of cotton manufac-
tures, or for an increase of upwards of one million in the
export of woollen manufactures, or for an increase of nearly
eight hundred thousand in the article of 1: _en manufactures—
the three great staple commodities of British exportation ?
A glance at the above table must satisfy every one possessed
of reason and candour that an increase of upwards of seven
millions in one year's exports is anything but an indication
of the ruinous condition of the manufacturing interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

FRIDAY.