The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-01 00:00:00

" Facit indignatio versum."

Let every Protestant pledge himself to use every legal and
constitutional means for obtaining the repeal of the " Catholic
Emancipation Act." Let the men of influence and ability and

station come forward and rally round them all the true-hearted
subjects in the United Kingdom ; and let us, when we know
WHO WE ARE, and HOW MANY WE ARE, solemnly bind our-
selves to use every method, which the law and Constitteion
provide, in order to bring to condign punishment, AS TRAITORS
TO THEIR QUEEN AND COUNTRY, all persons who shall in any
way devise, propose, or attempt the subversion of our Con-
stilution.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A LINCOLNSHIRE VICAR.
PRETENDED POPISH PERVERTS.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL *STANDARD.

SlR,—i see in this day's Mercury a list of names culled
from the "Catholic (?) Directory" of persons who are stated
to be perverts to Popery in 1852. The pains taken to swell
and puff off the list by titles and pedigrees is almost childish
but, leaving this to the priestly concoctors, let us look at the
names of which we know anything, and see what it amounts
to. Two persons are named as converts in Liverpool—one a
Mr. J. Richardson, and one Miss Lawton, Queen's-square.
This is no great amount of success, considering the number of
long-coated, beardless figures, paid by foreign money to incul-
cate the poison of Popery i❑ this neighbourhood. But, Sir, I
believe the priests have been driven from want of facts to
countenance fibs. I believe the J. Richardson named to be a
brought up Romanist, and if we can get his address this case
can be easily cleared up. As to Miss Lawton (and I am sorry
that L►die:s are thus dragged out to court remark), I believe here

respected father, the landlord of the " Bee," is a Roman
Catholic, and served in a good old Roman Catholic family, and
that Miss Lawton has been regularly brought up in the reli-
gion professed by her father.

The list of converts (?) is small, but if the names trumpeted
forth are no better converts than the two Liverpool nominees,
the list—small as it is—must be deemed, for the greater part,
a fabrication.—l am, Sir, yours, &c.,
Liverpool, 23d Feb., 1853. DICKEY SAU.

LIVERPOOL FREE LIBRARY.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sin,—The success which has attemled the noble experiment
in providing a free library for the people is much to the credit
of our town. So much, indeed, that it becomes desirable that
we should have the fullest details as to the number and cha-
racter of the numerous readers who are to be found daily
within its walls.

With the view of ensuring fuller statistics, I have to suggest
that every reader should be required to specify his occupation
on the card which he is obliged to fill up before he obtains a
book. At present the visitor has only to state his name and
address. Were the suggestion which I have thrown out
adopted, some very interesting particulars as to the studious
habits of the respective trades of the town might be ascer—
tained.—Yours, respectfuly,
February 28, 1853. PAUL BOOKWORM.-

THE FEMALE REFORMERS OF AMERICA.
The reformers in petticoats and pantalettes at New
York held a great Temperance Convention in that city,
on the Bth ult. Mrs. Bloomer, the " Rev. Miss
Antoinette Brown," and Miss Susan B. Anthony, the
leaders of the Yankee Amazonian legion, were the
speakers of the evening. Though there was an admission
charge of 25 cents., the great metropolitan hall was filled.
The fair orators were attended by the Quixotic Mr.
Greeley ; Mrs. L. N. Fowler was chairwoman. Miss
Rich was chosen secretary. The Rev. Miss Brown, of
Henrietta, opened the proceedings with prayer. " Miss
Brown," says the New York Herald, " was in no way
distinguished by dress, but the sympathetic tones of her
voice, the earnestness of her manner, and her slight
youthful figure, created a deep impression in her favour.
It was plain, indeed, to see that, however others might
have made female agitation a profession, with this young
Miss, at all events, it was an enthusiasm." Mrs-
Bloomer, dressed in the costume, was received with loud
demonstrations of applause. " Woman finds," said Mrs.-
Bloomer, "she has hitherto trusted too much to man's
guidance, and has taken his opinion as the guide of her
life, instead of obeying the higher law imposed upon her
by the Almighty. But woman has become wiser now—a
new era has dawned for her, and great truths have been
revealed to her awakened mind. (Sensation among the-
ladies.) Henceforth she will decide forherself, and select the
weapons most available for her moral .carfare." (Decided
marks of approval.) Having entered upon the topic of the
night, temperance, Mrs. Bloomer remarked :—ln social
circles, too, women do much harm to the temperance
cause ; and not unfrequently it is the first glass taken
from the hand of a lady, that destroys the recipient, body
and soul. Woman is at all events mistress of her own
house, (applause,) and she has the power to provide what
she thinks best for her guest, and man has no right to in-
terfere. (Carried by acclamation.) Better for her to
brave her husband's ire than disobey the command
of God, " Thou shalt not kill." Women also do much
harm by the use of spirituous liquors in their culinary
operations. Puddings, and pies, and pound cake are thus
the sources of terrible evil. (Sensation among the rising
generation.) Such women voluntarily yield up their
sons to the Moloch of intemperance, and vain will be her
sermons to her children to avoid intoxicating drinks so
long as she leads the tempter into her ewn doors. Mrs.
Bloomer. went on in a strain so indelicate, that we cannot
with propriet yrepeat her disgusting language,and continued:
" Let things be reversed, and let man he subjected to a
being inferior to himself ; how long would he tolerate it ?
Not long ; and yet he thinks it right for woman to bear
it. But woman has dared to profess her right to throw
off the yoke, and to declare she has no earthly superior.
(This sentiment was received with great approbation.)
She will be held responsible for the guardianship of her
children. She (Mrs. B.) would not advocate divorce, but
she would advocate separation, which would give woman
the control of her own person, property, and children.
Let woman refuse to be the companion of a drunkard.
and we will soon see the effect of that measure on society."
" And woman," continued the miserable creature, "must
declare her inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pur-
suit of happiness, and enact laws for herself. (Symptoms
of a fellowship of feeling in this idea). Woman is thought
too good and too delicate to mingle in public discussions ;
but would that she was thought too good and too delicate
to live in close companionship with a drunken profligate !
Horace Mann was travelling round the country lectur-
ing on woman, and though there were portions of his
lecture unexceptionable, still there were other parts
which deserved the rebuke of every woman. (Sen-
sation). We would strike at the root of the evil, and
remove the cause of evil and despair. Far more noble
in our eyes is the political field—that Stygian pool'
on which Mr. Mann says we must not embark. Though
woman is now denied her right to speak her senti-
ments through the ballot box, it is her right, never-
theless. (Applause). We do not invite woman Coact
in the mission pointed out by Horace Mann—to visit
the lanes and byewaya, and abodes of wretchedness.
" The Rev. Miss Antoinette L. Brown" told the follow.'
ingstory :—I had a school-mate once—a generous, noble,
amiable girl—and I loved her ; and yet there were times
when I shrunk from her as I would from the plague. And
what was her crime ? Her father was a drunkard. True,
she was not to blame; but we did as society now does
visit the sins of the father upon the child. That father
was a man of wealth, and yet wealth could not make him
honoured and respected while he was seen reeling through
the streets. And yet that drunkard ras a man, and had
a man's heart, and he felt the degradation of himself and
those who were dear to him. He took the pledge; but
he fell before the temptation of a licensed rum shop in
the village. He felt his shame, and renewed his pledge,
and said if he should fall again he would take his own
life. A companion tempted him again, and the next
reiornise. his daughter found him in the barn, hanged,
dead. And that girl fell down in a swoon, and became a
maniac ! Such are the evils of intemperance. Miss
Susan B. Anthony, of Rochester, N.Y., was introduced
by the President, as an agent of the Women's State
Temperance Society. Miss A. is not so young or well
favoured as her collaboraleura, and a pair of spectacles
which she wears does not add to her personal charms any
more than a regular Yankee nasal twang improves the
impression she makes. As she got excited, however, she
got warm, and seemed at last to have on so much steam
that nothing could stop her. She wore the Bloomer
rostume of black silk, but looked angular enough for a
Lebanon shakeress. She said she did not rise to inflict a
speech on the audience—an assurance which proved to be
" holding the word of promise to the ear, and breaking it
to the hope" with a vengeance.

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