The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-04 00:00:00

COMMITTALS FOR CRIMES.

1823....T0ry misgovernment 14,623
1830....ditt0, ditto 15,749
1837. Mulgrave tranquillity .. _27,396
An increase upon the first period of 1,162
An increase upon the second period of 11,602
" An aggravation tenfold of the rate of progress in the
respective Cycles.
"But the horrible rapidity of advance will be most
clearly seen by comparing the last two years:—

Crimes. Homicides.
1836 23,891 620
1837 27,398 722

An increase in ONE YEAR of 3,505 lO2
"This increase of homicides, too, is all in the murder
class—for the committals for murders in 1836 were stated
at 340, and in 1837 they are, exclusive of Tipperary, 453,
and in that 'county—the return from which artfully con-
founds homicides—there were ten murderers convicted,
making certainly '463 committals for that crime."
The same returns afford a very convincing proof of
the relati 7e character of Protestantism and Popery in their
effects upon national morals. it appears that in 1837
there are altogether 27,396 crimes and 722 homicides
included in the returns; and as the numbers for each
county are specified, we are enabled to estimate the pro-
portions for the Catholic and Protestant districts of Ire-
land. Taking the ten northern counties, the population
of which amounts to 2,314,103, or one-third of the total
population of the island, we find that the number of
crimes is 5,605, and that of homicides 111, or one-fifth
of the aggregate of crimes and one-seventh of the whole
number of homicides. This fact shows very remarkably
the blighting effects of Popery upon the morality of a
nation. In the single county of Tipperary, with a po-
pulation of only 402,563, almost exclusively Popish, the
number of crimes is 4239, and that of homicides 124.
the latter exceeding those committed in the ten Protes-
tant counties by thirteen! Does not this prove to de-
monstration that there is something in the very charac-
ter of Popery which is inimical to the public virtue of a
nation ? How can we account for the glaring discre•
pancies which exist in the statistics of crime in Ireland
without attributing to the disciples of Peter Dens the
authorship of by far the largest share of crime .
But what can be said now in support of Lord Mul-
grave's boasted "tranquillity" of Ireland ? Is not the
falsehood of such a boast made evident by the returns
published by the government itself?
A few more such years a's the last will suffice to drive
away the entire Protestant population of Ireland—the
grand object of O'Connell and his protebit's.

THE TOWN" COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.—The proceedings
in the council Meeting on Wednesday last were a little
more diversified than usual in their character'. The first
topic on which any discussion took place was, the ware-
house question, which led to " a scene" of no ordinary
interest. Mr. Birch very explicitly stated that it "was
the known intention of the promoters" of the measure
of building warehou-Nes at the verge of Prince's Dock

"t( extend'' Ilia principle to other Dock,,. This is jno
what we have all along suspected. Alter such an inti-

motion, we are sure that no one will condemn the ware-
house owners for so strongly protesting against the
scheme. Mr. Birch also very justly remarked that the
contention on the subject in Parliament would in all pro-
babiliiy prove severe and bitter, adding that "he should
be glad if it did not turn out to be the medium of severe
injury to the port." Of course the expense that will be
entailed npon all 'parties by the struggle will be enor-
mous. But then what do our "economical" reformers
care about the lavish expenditure of the 'public mo-
ney ?

The very harmless remarks of Mr. Birch, who always
Speaks temperately, seem to have had a very potent
effect on Alderman Evans, who !attached out into a
violent personal attack. He accused Mr. Birch of con-
duct the most atrocious. He said that "the council had
received more. aggression—more aspersion—bordering
on insult—from that gentleman, than from any other
person." This charge he reiterated by observing "that
he (Mr. Bitch) delivered those aspersions in the tone
of humility—nay, almost of intreaty—on the School
question." What relation the School question could
possibly have with the Warehouse question the pugna-
cious Alderman has not condescended to explain. His

allusion to Mr. Birch's " anathemas" and " denuncia-
tions" are to us equally incomprehensible. We have
paid considerable attention to the proceedings in the
Town Council from time to time, and we must candidly
confess that we have never have seen anything in Mr.
Birch's conduct which, in the slightest degree, merits
the language to which Alderman Evans has thought pro-
per to resort. We have not a doubt that the real cause
of the Alderman's hostility to Mr. Birch will be found
in the circumstance that the latter was returned the last
time into the Council with the full approbation of the
conservatives.

On the question that the report of the Finance Com-
mittee respecting,the Corporation churches be confirmed,
Mr. Bolton embraced another opportunity for displaying
his consummate ignorance, and his inveterate hatred iec
wards the church. His attack upon that part of the
report which related to the erection of a gallery in St.
Michael's Church was quite in keeping with his celebra-
ted speech about " organs and grinding-stones." This
very vulgar personage scarcely ever ventures to open his
mouth in the Council-chamber but to attack the church
or the clergy ; and on every occasion when he makes
such attacks he equally displays his wonderful ignorance
and his malignant spite. In the course of his harangue
on Wednesday last he spoke of the church as " a sect."
Does this conceited councillor know the meaning of the
term sect ? We apprehend not. If he will consult any
tyro in Latin he w ill find that it means something cut off
or separated from another. He ought to know that the •
Church of England is the parent stern from which all
the sects in the country have been separated.
We are compelled to postpone any further remarkS
on the proceedings of the Council until Tuesday, when
we shall recur to the subject.