The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-01 00:00:00

seamen of this cons
them to dread encou

try is not yet so reduced as to allow
tering professional hardships ; and

the Times

labours to show are sustained by the British shipowners
from the present Navigation Law, the greater part of
them have no existence, and the others are susceptible of
easy remedy. It affects to ask, is the.
taxing,-

le of indi-

rectl our staple manu
for the supposed benefit of a

act tirer

to be carried out

ig trade which thou
vious that

have created:when it is

I will not occupy your space by noticing the trivial and
rare cases which Sir James Graham attempted to make

BD much of; of a bale of cochineal, or a package or two of
something else, being driven by the Navigation Laws to
make a circuitous voyage ; for even if the trivial cases
could not easily be remedied, as I contend they might,
should innumerable entire careoes be lost to the Rritich

carrier, rather than a few stray packal
cause inconvenience to a manufacturer ?

now and then

a those of

interests of much more importance to us flu,.
foreigners ? for, as the Scriptures :a:, those who will not
provide for their own offspring are worse than i fid is.
A MERCHANT.

DR. M`NEILE AND THE MERCURY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD
SIR,—It is an old saying and a true one, " when.
_ V- ft

tnere s a win tnere's a way," but it does not follow that
because such is a fact, therefore this way is always correct.
The editor of the Mercury, as every proper thinking man

knows, has for many years evinced his determination to
oppose, in every possible manner, a most worthy clergy-
man of our Christian Church, as by law established,—the
Rev. Dr. M'Neile. The spleen of his opposition is very
apparent from some remarks of his, respecting the said
clergyman, in Tuesday's Mercury. _ The editor says—

•soas
of Popery, stating he was born to hate it.—(Awful, truly
awful !)—Dr. M'Neile hates—yea, says he was born to
hate—three-fourths of the Christian world." Now may
we not call this a piece of puerile nonsense, if not real
rnnl,i~try TI.. lt/1.7•1.;1e.

knows, neither stated, nor ever intended to state, that he
hated a single individual in the Christian world. If the
editor of the Mercury does not know that opinions are

first time that such is the case,—whether he will have it
so or no. Is Protestantism Dr. M`Neile ? No more
than Unitarianism is Mr. Smith, or Roman Catholicism
Priest Wilcock, or any other member believing in
nthoattis.ys rr
.te. I put it to the editor whether he woul(

stinctly state his hatred of Heathenism, knowing the

m ; and I ask would such a decla-
ration constitute 6tred to and for the deluded inhabi-

barbarism of ti

tants of those unenlightened localities ? Certainly not ;
neither does Dr. M'Neile's hating Roman Catholicism
imply hatred to the unfortunate and deluded men and
women embracing the opinions of that system. Zhe editor
of the Mercury says that Christ comrnaw:cd us to love
our enemies, 'twould be well if Mr. Mercury would learn
to even love its friends, for the true friends of mankind
(whatever may be thought of the assertion,) are such men
as Dr. M`Neile, who are endeavouring to lead their fellow
mortals into the paths of righteousness, by exposing those
errors which are dangerous to the immortal welfare of im-
mortal man.

That species of love which would connive at error is not
to be trusted. That manliness and christian persever-

M'Neile, even when surrounded by those who throw ob-
loquy on every effort to do good, will stand the test of
sound criticism in this world, as well as examination at

um; greut, uay aI Juagment,—notwithstanding the puny
opposition and misrepresentations of such men as the
editors of the Liverpool Mercury.

MON SENSE

NAVIGATION LAWS.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JAMES R. G.
GRAHAM, BART., M.P.
In the speech delivered by you in the House of
s on the 23rd instant in support of the Ministe-
rial measure for repealing the Navigation Laws, after
erroneously asserting that the commerce of the country
was in favour of this measure, you are reported to have
said that the views and wishes of the town of Liverpool
't be Q a -' '-an in Parllo— -

Comm'a

nigh. ~ered from inc votes grt,.._ _ aament by
its two representatives, Sir Thomas Birch and Mr.
Cardwell.

As chairman of the committee appointed al the general
meeting of the inhabitants to oppose the bill, I am in-
structed to inform you, that whilst we feelingly lament
the fact of our members having thus voted, we indig-
nantly deny the inference which you deduce from it.

To the other seaports of the empire we may safely leave
the task of asserting and elucidating their own proceed-
_

ings. But in reference to the great community of Liver-
pool, it may be truly said that, throughout the whole of
its annals, no one instance has occurred in which its wishes
have been more fully or unequivocally expressed.

Up to this day, no individual frOm this town has pe-
titioned Parliament in favour of the bill, as brought for-
ward by her Majesty's ministers, although a memorial is
gone up, signed by 1646 names of all classes, praying for
the removal of all restrictions upon the use of foreign
shipping, and for the repeal of the tax on timber, &c.
On the other hand, the number of those who have pe-
titioned on this occasion against the repeal, amounts to
47,212,—and to their signatures the residence and pro-
fession have generally been appended. Amongst the names

are upwarus of one thousand respectable mercantile firms.
Let our representatives look to this ; and let the abet-
tors of a crooked and destructive policy, if they really can
dec "

deceive of

bringing

mistatement of facts in aid of false theories 'mid ruinous
experiments.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient
humble servant, J. B. YATES, Chairman.
Liverpool, 30th April, 1849.

of Mr

A fire occurred on Saturday on the premise.
Armstt ong, saddler, King. street, LoTadon. A female dc
mestic was unfortunately burnt to death.