The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-29 00:00:00

FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1839•

We believe our readers may rely upon the autuu
e-
city of the following little narrative respecting ti,
Queen's demeanour at the Privy Council on Saturt'
We have been informed that, in reading to her asse-:
bled Councillors the important and delicate annutill.ceej
ment of her intended alliance, her Majesty exbibitas
has
so or nearly all, that perfect self-composure which a,
so remarkably distinguished her on every public oc,ces
sion. Her Majesty then received the congratulai'°i,
of the Privy Council, and we are told that the ob
'sance of the Duke of Wellington was particular;
marked and cordial. The Marquis of Lansdowne 4i
President of the Council, congratulated her MaJe-tea
upon the auspicious tidings, and formally reques
her Royal permission to communicate the joyful Deb
to her people.

Felices ter et amplius •
Quos irrupts tenet copula,—
and there cannot be one misgiving thought interil'i'p
with the heartfelt good wishes of Queen Vict°r.i ss
loyal and sympathizing subjects. May the baPl'inly
bestowed on her be commensurate with the digniler
conferred on him ! May length of days be in
right hand, and in her left hand riches and hen°ll„fier
may all her ways be ways of pleasantness, and ail
paths be peace !
fog
Our readers will have observed that the molie-01
assemblage who crowded the gates of Buoking,„s,
Palace did not allow their honest feelings towardsed in
Queen's sordid and selfish Ministers to be merg
their natural interest for herself. Go where theY
these hated men, the universal voice of public lei. ,
nation follows them. No, not even the Royal I\4

tials will postpone for them the fatal day.

h
tre
Thank God in the midst of much to disquiet' there
Thank God! in the midst of much to disqUlet e
is much also to comfort and inspire with hope' +heat
emissaries of Rome are active, and some amongst' of
fancy that they descry auxiliaries in the very bosoolh);
our Establishment (let Oxford answer this rePro3,l
but who, that looks round and sees the Pr°digioor
efforts which have been made and are making I))iiti
" Scriptural Church, and considers the intense -bets
which now animates and invigorates all the Ineln ent
of her vast and increasing body, can for a r0°1130,.'
doubt the issue of the contest ? Compare the °agile.
tion and torpor of the Church of England at the and
ginning of this century with her present attitude for ic
position, and say if there be not abundant cause re.
exultation and hope in the fact of so glorious a Cil't re'
The strong man risen from sleep, and the giav or,
freshed with wine, are but faint images of her P°ol
now that she has put on her armour for the figh't's.bile
shaken off that Dalilah of sloth which' or_ 3
seemed to have paralysed her energies. tvearr
But it would he a gross misconception of Or
~iore
ing if we for one moment were supposed to ce,"atch.
jealousy of Papal usurpation, or an attitude of 1/ Al e
fulness in defence of the Church of England a'
should be unworthy of the blessings of the Rea sd'
tion if, through supineness and neglect, "'e 1,131;
fered the enemy to get possession of our citaec r di
we have no words strong enough to express 00 wile'
gust at the conduct of those who, by their aCt9'to the
ther of omission or commission, show palpahlYe ther
world that they either encourage Popery hecans
till
prefer the doctrines of that faith, while they
al and
main nominally Protestant, or truckle to it 'al ito°
they hope thereby to further their own teuiP°r
miserably selfish ends.
It is in this latter light that we regard the ° tor
of any allusion to the Protestant cause in the °rico 00
nication made by her Majesty to the Privy Cnucejeot
Saturday. Ministers copied servilely the rreut
set them by George 111. in every particularb
which just now would have given the liveliest;ahot
tion to this Protestant Empire. The Queen, a 0011
to ally herself in marriage to the scion 01 t tole
eminently Protestant in lineage and descent lake
tt
when the Melbourne Ministry assent and.
_re is as
matter of reproach against the nation that theivbether
undue horror of Popery abroad, and which,o veil
founded on error or not, they admit to exist ititoirable
remarkable degree. Here there was an ale e%ll.
opportunity for quieting these fears—a siS, )ie;
dient for allaying that apprehension which
et hati'vw
p
bourne Cabinet thinks so unjustifiable, and 3' etv
to be so wide-spread.. Copy the precedent "1.0600
and fairly to the end and the Protestant 1441 tilere
will. hail the announcement with joy. But
are the Roman Catholics, and O'Connellthere
AY, het'
twenty votes in the House of Commons. "
etc
he 'Yr for
the rub !" So rather, than give umbrage tot
Feud
on which these despicable Ministers
de
the esPeto-
pay and office, they choose to disappoint I:ogi3n
•
tions and brave the disgust of the people of
is

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Ministers have, at last, found a Solicitor-Gen ~iir'•
the person of Serjeant Wilde. Before the lateotioe
tor-General was appointed, and Sir Robert :\I rilei
,Rolfe rose into sudden notice from amongst ti elle pr °'
of the unknown, the office was' hawked about t loose
fession, and refused by more than one barriste.f a 000
position by no means justified the offer, uotllvitii
was found willing to connect himself officiallY 1 a sore
discreditable a set. Things must have been 3 \Viee
pinchH before the Cabinet pitched on Sedenivio"
itherto—from what cause we shall not deter, 3 par
titularly that
learned gentleman has not been conshlerea s we'
not of that opinion themselves once, it
eligible person for office. If Minister , ie'
tfer,, 't
is Ilho thel
Solicitor-General before this.
conceivables that they should not have made , ~,ali6;
'or to i 0
cations are beyond all comparison superi ceu
.Olos •
Sir Robert Rolfe, and we may therefore be ..•
stood 1°
suspect that something* of a different natiire 0,12 t°
~ ri 0 I ti,
the way of his advancement. But we eat ~ tv 1)0
(or , ~,
be more explicit. Hungry dogs will ich phieqe
dings ; and what can a Ministry do upon wiLijity of til
nine hUndredths of the talent and respeeta"? -We rir
Bar turn their backs ? But is Newark safe ' ~tt 'el.,:
His intellectuat,hiose 0,
rted ty4 10,
ther think not ; and it is currently re rl' tOO
jeant Wilde has, as the price of this atteTePthe Pi'.
part to strengthen (?) the Government
ira_at sawarl'.'
lowing bargain with Ministers :—lf heatell
_,.'t, be is :I,
and, consequently, thrown out of parlianleu,...ch 15 tP..
be recoinpenced with a Peerage forthwith. 1.1,0,1,--f's
the P hail
on dit at present. But Mr. Thessiger is in the 0'
stout Conservative and most able lawyer'.

day

1011.1°a

'joke f„
rno,.;s: see kitn in the House of Commons, and still
sot: It he gets there by a victory over the Serjeant
dulteitor-General. Let the electors of Newark do their
fej. The eyes of the country are upon them. De-
Whigato. Newark will give the coup de grace to the

'4e begging-box
is once more to be sent round !
tiliwtell'impostor, who has so long fattened upon the
villages of Ireland—who has so long taxed the star-
vrit (13antrY in order to revel in luxury himself—
kit has extorted even the mendicant's penny to swell
e amount of his blood-bought riches, must have
hiedofhis'cou q er once more replenished by the silly dupes
Stilitidtae to the
villany. The Bth of December—a
!rib Y'llas been appointed as the day on which the
" great Reformer" is to be simultane-
forineCollected throughout Ireland. The " great Re-
it_ r" indeed! Great blackguard—great liar—great
kiePulist°l.--great mendicant—great humbug—or some
tkre euphonious expression, would have been far
applicable. If there be a man whose political
th:Pihicle has become a by-Nord and a proverb—if
fellor e be a man who has sunk below the rest of his
ifj-creatures in the practice of the basest cajolery_
otio,e,re be a man that has earned the ignominy which
he °;" to attach to the bloody-minded traitor—if there
that man who has cheated the gallows of its due,—
. illah is Daniel O'Connell. And yet this vile and
pett Ilest rebel is dignified by the appellation of the
viemat Reformer !" Never were words made subser-
tto so base a purpose—so wretchedly perverted
fttn
their proper. meaning.
ili
da, e impudent announcement in which the tribute-
-14; appointed, states that " the measure is brought
titieard with the express and anxious concurrence of
10e love
who poSsess, in a pre-eminent degree,
104:ve and reverence of the people." Those " per-
kge,s" are, of course, the members of the Popish
tcaY, with whom O'Connell has been so long
reii:g in 'concert for the demolition of the. Protestant
r. It is really laughable to hear of these " per-
% gea" being the objects of love. Armed as they
%k with the anathematising powers of Papal tyranny,
exercising those powers as they do in the most
lib
IrarY Manner, we will acknowledge that they may
'e ta one sense, the objects of " reverence." They
tr
the objects of fear, but it is a slavish fear—a fear
Which the element of love is banished. But we
tertent that these spiritual depots are the objects of the
ILerence of " the people." Are the Protestants of
re land included in the term "people" ? Have they
tti"'''l regard for the surpliced ruffians who are dignified
Ith. the titles of Roman Catholic Bishops in Ireland ?
I 8
~a consummate piece of impudence to designate
ei'eggars of Ireland as " the people" of that country.
144" next paragraph in the " announcement to the
Bii nation" designates O'Connell as " the public'
cocoeun ditor of his country." The " public debtor of his
trr' would here again have been far more r,ppo-
iit
Pre' Re owes his country all he has, and all he is.
ay what does Ireland owe to O'Connell ? Has he
h.er Conferred any benefit upon his countrymen ? Has
ever been known to supply their wants, or to re-
Ze their distresses ? What public charity bears
totilleas to his munificence ? What instance can be
triliwied of his having performed an act of the most
ng self-denial, for the purpose of subserving the
loi7ta of his countrymen ? We defy the most zea-
J 1
of his parasites to prove his claim to the title so
qi t3ngfolly applied to him.
It will scarcely be credited that O'Connell in his
Ztition to " the people" of Ireland, has had recourse
the barefaced expedient of declaring that he is "hard
u
for cash." Such, however, is the case. He causes
ftl ready tools, the trustees and secretary to the tribute
to announce that. " the aggregate results of the
Coll"loos from and including the year 1836 to the
regent Period, haVe been so disproportioned to the
foaveidable expenditure, as to leave the Great Re-
dtfiier" personally responsible for a ruinously large
eit• We should like to have some information on
Qua eubj
toect more specific in its character. What with
4tile two or three hundred thousands of tribute money,
tid tti the sundry amounts which he has, from time to
roe, received as the price of admission into Parlia-
e"' In from the representatives of his pocket-boroughs,
to
to receipts for the last ten years must have been enon.
Za• In what way can he have expended these im-
wie sums of money ? We never heard that his ex-
penses were immoderate. We never heard of his ex-
travagant hospitality. We never' heard him accused
„jildulging in gambling propensities. Whence, then,
:aes the "ruinously large ckficit?" The plea is a
it fparlY and lying pretence. It carries on the face of
" indelible impress of a flagrant and despicable
ed4eat• The bloated impostor_must have been tremen-
" hard up" for an excuse whereby to gull his
4untrYmen when he hit upon the notable experiment
Pleading poverty.
o,une thing, however, is certainly to he learned from
CoOnell's last and recent appeal. The tribute mo-
ney has sadly fallen off within the last two years. For
poveral years it averaged nearly twenty thousand
t 1144. The amount received for 1837 an 1837 was
14'727. For the year ending this month the gross
0111 It is £10,653. We look upon this falling off as
a
2fvorable omen. The "people" of Ireland, who have
'ert so long duped by O'Connell, are now beginning
to
aofind out their mistake in pampering to his avarice
lid ambition. They are beginning to throw off the
biacides with which they have been so long encum-
lied. O'Connell's star is no longer in the ascendant.
pe t is quite amusing to witness the cool intrepidity—
withaPs we should rather say the matchless impudence—
Whichtbh various expedients are enumerated, by which
aue amount of the tribute for the current year may be
eagMented. The petition states that " one shilling
senli from one million of persons would produce
'''°oo." This would be truly a pretty present to a
laia.ll that has already robbed his countrymen on so
age a scale. His modesty is as touching as his
p
Pear 1 to the sympathy of his dupes.
%oh, bile O'Connell is in receipt of such enormous
o—t: from the deluded peasantry of Ireland, we do
th `eel any surprise at his refusal of promotion under
4: Melbourne Administration. Being an idle as well
11%44. inVudent man, he prefers an income which does
be teThlil Upon him any vexatious official duties. But
aKes especial care to saddle the tax-paying public
wit,
the maintenance of his family.

e last week inserted in the Standard an article
fgrciirn the Age relative to the intended marriage of the
,ril.een• Respecting the language employed in that
iele we expressed no opinion whatever : yet the Li-
feor°°l Times of Tuesday last takes us severely to task
ti adopting and publishing to the world" the sea-
erns it "contains. In this respect we have done no
more than the Times has done—the editor of that paper
:ling copied the same article at full length. It is ra-
nitier t°o much to hold the conductor of a public jour-
at responsible for the language employed in each of
the Miscellaneous extracts which he may select from
e columns of contemporary papers. If such a rule
fwoere to
be stringently applied to the editor of the Sun,
largeBtance, what would become of the columns of
ti type in which that paper prints the leading ar-
w:!s of the conservative press ? Our own sentiments
respect to the Queen's marriage are on record,
Q 1 We defy the Times to substantiate from them the
impliedcharge of disloyalty which he has brought
against ne.

in another column we have given insertion to a letter,
rnder the
signature of "A Father," respecting the
1,"'eP001 Collegiate Institution. The writer animad-
teertB in strong and, we conceive, very injudicious
ch,rins' On the conduct of those gentlemen who have
44-4411 111) the constitution of the proposed school. He
the that in common with many other persons in
sanie station of life, has been " disappointed at
to be
that the vital principle of the Establishment is
je sacrificed to please a crotchet of certain of the pro-
guet°l.B*" 'When he penned these harsh expressions he
of telY could not have perused the admirable prospectus
the institution which has been so extensively cir-
culated, and from which we have already so largely
°ted• It is notoriously inconsistent with fact to say
I:eat the vital principle of the Established Church has
eni in the least degree, sacrificed. The religious in-
strtilktinn Which will be given in the Collegiate Institu_
don will be in strict and literal accordance with the
~_etlines and rituals of the Church of England. Every
'"inealber of the committee of management must be a
jnber of the Church. All the teachers in the schools
"Ith the exception of certain foreign professors) must

also be ChUrchmen. No forms excepting those of the
Church are to be introduced into the religious exercises
of the pupils. Fenced round with these rigorous
enactments how can it be said that " the vital grinciple
of the Establishment" has been sacrificed ?

It is also inconsistent with fact to assume that any
regulation has been adopted by the provisional com-
mittee of the Collegiate institution " to please a
crotchet of certain of the projectors." This remark,
to say the least of it, betrays a degree of ignorance on
the part of the writer which ought to have restrained
him from meddling with the matter. The rules upon
which the institution is to be conducted are the result
of much grave and dispassionate consideration. They
were amply discussed by the clergy of the town, and
were agreed to unanimously at a very numerous meet-
ing of the laity after a most searching investigation.
We deny that any compromise of principle was invol-
ved in the divisions which took place among the clergy
relative to the mode in which the religious instruction
in the intended schools is to be administered.

" A Father" says—" We want a school to teach the
principles of the Established Church." • What could
be better devised than the proposed Collegiate Insti-
tution to supply this want ? It will be imperative upon
the conductors of that institution to teach the princi-
ples of the Established Church. They will not be per-
mitted to teach any other religious principles. The
scholars will have no book put into their hands which
inculcates any doctrines inconsistent with, or contrary
to, the doctrines of the Church. They will not be
open to the visits of Socinian, Popish, or even dissent-
ing teachers. What more could be desired ? The in-
stitution will be found an invaluable auxiliary to the
Church of England. It will " teach the principles"
of that Church in all their fullness. It will "spread a
knowledge of its truth, wisdom, usefulness, and
beauty." It will " support it in all its integrity as we
have received it from our fathers," and it will aid in
" transmitting it Untarnished to our children." Is not
this sufficient for "A Father?" Does he apprehend
that if he sends his children to the institution they
will not be faithfully and strictly instructed in the prin-
ciples which he so justly admires and so highly appre-
ciates? Such an apprehension is as utterly groundless
as it is unjust towards the projectors of the institution.
We can scarcely believe that "A Father" is serious
when he insinuates that any portion of the sacred les-
sons of the Church is, through " a plausible pretext,
made a secondary consideration." These are very hard
terms to be used to such men as the Bishop of the
Diocese, the worthy Rectors of Liverpool, and the
great body of the clergy of the town, not to say any-
thing of the array of staunch Churchmen who have
already subscribed to the funds of the Collegiate Insti-
tution.

It is very properly remarked by " A Father" that
" the Dissenters have very excellent institutions, that
appear to answer their purpose in every way. and with
which the Churchmen do not wish to interfere." But
are there no. Dissenters (we do not include the Wes-
leyan Methodists under this general term) who have
a strong desire to secure for their children a sound
religious as well as secular education ? Are there
not many Dissenters who cordially agree with the
Church of England in all its essential doctrines, and who
would cheerfully avail themselves of an opportunity of
having their children instructed in those doctrines ?
Would " A Father" exclude all such from the bene-
fits to be derived from the Collegiate Institution about
to be established ? If he would so far carry out his
exclusive views he would be inflicting a deep and per-
manent injury on the Church itself by barring its
doors against the return of Dissenters to its sanctuary.
Is he aware that Dissenters are admitted into the Uni-
versities of Oxford and Cambridge, and that many
hundreds have availed themselves of this privilege ?
We are glad that we have it in our power to refer to
communications respecting the Collegiate Institution
of a very different character from that of " A Father."
The following letters from our respected and munifi-
cent townsman Mr. Gladstone will be perused with
great satisfaction by all who wish well to the proposed
schools. We trust that many of the wealthier mem-
bers of the Established Church will emulate the noble
example which Mr. Gladstone has set them. We cor-
dially concur in the language of the following letters :

Liverpool, July 31, 1839.

SIR,—I have this morning received your letter of yester-
day, inclosing a prospectus prepared for the purpose of form-
ing an establishment in this town, to be called "The Liver-
pool Collegiate Institution," which I have read with equal
delight and gratification. It appears to me to be not less
calculated to promote the permanent interests of the inhabi-
tants, than to extend all the blessings of Christianity among
them, and at the same time to afford an impressive example,
such as will, I hope, be productive of beneficial effects in
other populous townsof the empire.
I consider that society is deeply indebted to those gentle-
men, who have not only devoted their time and attention to
the work of originating this measure, but who mean to con-
tinue to follow it up until it is completed. I consider it is
also particularly well timed, and cannot doubt but it will re-
ceive the decided support of every individual here who duly
estimates and appreciates the blessings we enjoy under the
happy union that constitutionally exists between our church
and state for their mutual support and advantage.
Yon will please to enter my name as a donor for £5OO. I
am now on my way from London to Kincardineshire, and, as
my time is necessarily chiefly passed at the one or the other,
I can only express my regret that it should not be in my
power, by any personal exertions I would otherwise be de-
sirous to make towards assisting (feeble as my efforts might
be) in promoting the objects of this institution, in a town
where I have happily passed a commercial life of above fifty
years' duration, associated with many individuals, now
chiefly removed by death, but of whom I can never cease to
think but with feelings of grateful regard and respect. I
have the honor to be, sir, your faithful and obedient servant,
JOHN GLADSTON E.

The Secretary pro tem. of
The Liverpool Collegiate Institution.

Fasque, 21st Nov., 1839.
Sin,—l am to-day favoured with your letter of the 18th,
transmitting to me a copy of the prospectus as now settled
and adopted for the Liverpool Collegiate Institution. It
spears to me to be very ably drawn, and to embrace objects
of the greatest importance to the community of Liverpool
and the country at layge. I like the just and liberal spirit
that it breathes, while it avows a firm and determined adhe-
rence to the constitution of our country, based on the union
of church and state, which I hope will prove eternal as far as
any measure of human origin can do. I trust you will, ere
long, be able to make consideiable progress with the subscrip-
tions• for the building, and that they will be such as shall be
worthy of 'the object, and creditable to the town; for its
permanent interests will be found to be deeply incorporated
in the prosperity of this institution. 'When the subscription
gets to the right side of £2o,ooo,—should it then appear to
flag, I shall not hesitate to increase my mite.
I have no copy, or any recollection of the contents of the
letter to which you refer, whatever they were. It was not
written with any idea of publication; but if the gentlemen
of the committee think that it can be of use to the cause by
printing it, I shall feel gratified by that mark of their appro-
bation. Believe me, sir, your faithful and obedient servant,
JOHN GLADSTONE.

The Secretary pro tern. of the
Liverpool Collegiate Institution.

The necessity for an increase of dock room, to meet
the growing demands for the accommodation of the
accumulated shipping of the port, has long become
apparent to our merchants and shipowners ; and we
should have left the matter to "work out its own de-
liverance." which it speedily would, without notice on
our part, were it not that the subject has been warmly
entertained by correspondents in the Albion, and our
own journal ; has also been ably taken up by our re-
spected contemporary, the Courier ; and has become,
as it were, " public property," apart from politics.
The question lies within a very narrow compass. It
is indubitable that the trade of our port is so rapidly
on the increase, that adequate dock-room cannot
be provided without additional purchases of land
by the corporation, and the construction of new
docks. The great desideratum is the early and there-
fore comparatively cheap purchase of such land as may
afford the required accommodation at the cheapest
rate, and possessing the advantage of the greatest
proximity to the centre of business, whether on this
side of the river or on the other. On this subject we
fully concur with our contemporary, who justly appre-
ciates the forethought of our old Corporation. He
says :

We are glad to see that the question is regarded as purely
economical, parties having been divided upon it in a manner
very different from that in which their political differences
usually class them, We have no hesitation in saying, that
the power sought for by the Council is one which may be
very usefully applied. It is one which was extensively
exercised by the old Corporation, and exercised as the
event has proved, most beneficially for the interests of the
town. Scarcely a single instance, we believe, can be cited,
where money was laid out on the faith of a future public
advantage to be derived from it, in which the calculation has

been falsified. We know that during the last 50Iyears the pros-
perity of Liverpool has increased in a ratio far outstripping
the most sanguine expectations. There is no ground for
concluding that it has yet come to its height; there is no
ground for concluding that trade will not continue to go on
as it has done, doubling itself every ten years ; and in that
case, although property of various kinds has been, and may
be in abeyance, the time is fast approaching when it will be
brought into very productive operation ; and the question
is, whether, with every reasonable probability that certain
portions of land will be wanted, it is not the most prudent
course to purchase them now, while they are at a compara-
tively trifling value, rather than be compelled, perhaps, to
pay a very enhanced price for them at some future period?