The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-09 00:00:00

THE SPIRIT OF ROMANISM.

We extract from the preface of " The Church and the
Churches," by the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, the following
truthful delineation of the spirit and objects of Roman-
ism, and the dangers to be apprehended from the machin-
ations of its votaries :

" Our Romanist opponents are not merely that portion
of our own population who are members of the Church of
Rome—if this were so, the danger would be compara-
tively small—but the whole organised system of that
church, throughout the whole world, is against us. Uni-
versal supremacy is the claim of that system—a claim not
admitting of aba-idonment, or even of modification. It is
declared to be divine in its origin, and absolute in itself.
To say that the subjects of the Papal Court aim at the es-
tablishm: nt of such a supremacy, is only to say that they
are sincere and consistent. To say that they make use of
all practicable means for the attainment of their object, is
only to say that they are active and diligent. To say that
they vary the means made use of, as the circumstances
vary under which they are called to act, is only to say
that they are sagacious and skillful, And to say that they
act often as if they thought the end justifies the means—
denying or asserting, and that on oath, as seems most ex-
pedient at the time—is only to say that they treat some of
their own principles practically. To allege, therefore,
that they aim at the destruction of the British constituti-
on in Church and State, and the subjugation of England
to the Papal crown ; is not to accuse them of any derelic-
tion of duty. On the contrary, holding the principles
which they hold, it would be a great dereliction of duty
on their part not to attempt such a consummation • which,
in prostrating England, would prostrate the whole world
at the feet of St. Peter's chair. All our colonies, east
and west, would, as a matter of course, fall into the wake
of the mother country. The Protestant communities on
the continent of Europe would prove a still easier con-
quest ; and no steady or combined resistance could be ex-
pected from the insulted and unorganised congregation of
the Protestants in America. There would not remain on
the face of the globe a single citadel unstormed ; not a
voice of even remonstrance against the imprisonment,
torture, or martyrdom of the last of the heretics. Illus-
trations of this abound. Madeira, Sardinia, Ancona,
Ireland, supply living proofs that Romanism now, as in
the days of Hildebrand, claims the world as her own ; and
would make, if practicable, an unrelenting clearance of
all obstinate non-conformists from the face of the earth.
They are bound to make the attempt; they are bound to
persevere in the attempt ; however circumstances may,
from time to time. lead them to restrain or modify their
successive demands in this country. Whether it be the
elective franchise in 1793; the establishment of May-
nooth College in 1795 ; admission to the Imperial Parlia-
ment and other offices of trust and power, in 1822; to
the Municipal Corporations in 1834; whether it be the
State endowments of Maynooth in 1845 ; the repeal of
the Irish Union in 1847; or the formal national establish-
of the Roman Church in Ireland in 1850; all have been,
and would be, only instalments ; instalments, at no one
stage supplying a level on which contentment and peace
might be expected ; but in every instance serving as the
steps of a ladder for gradual ascent, increasing the possi-
bility, and therefore animating the prospect, and stimu-
lating the ambition to reach the top. Were England's
Church true to herself, Rome's ambition could never be
gratified. Present appearances, however, are mournfully
against us. Warning after warning has been disregarded.
Even the declension of above half a hundred of our
clergy, and I know not how many laity, through the " fa-
cilis descensus " of Tractarianism, down to the " lower
deep" of prostrate and unquestioning superstition, does
not appear to have produced the smallest practical alarm
in our rulers. There is nothing new under the sun. In
vain Cassandra raised her voice. In vain Laocoon hurled
his spear. In vain the clang of hostile armour sounded
from the bowels of treachery. Troy's temper was infatu-
ation, and the natural consequence was Troy's ruin."

TO MAKE WATER COLD FOR SUMMER.—The follow-
ing is a simple mode of rendering water almost as cold as
ice:—Let the jar, pitcher, or vessel used for water be sur-
rounded with one or more folds of coarse cotton, to be
constantly wet. The evaporation of the water will carry
off the heat from the inside, and reduce it to a freezing
point. In India and other tropical regions, where ice
cannot be procured, this is common. Let every mecha-
nic or labourer have at his place of employment two pit-
chers thus provided, and with lids or covers ; the one to
contain water for drinking, the other for evaporation, and
he can always have a supply of cold water in warm wea-
ther. Any person can test this by dipping a finger in wa-
ter, and holding it in the air on a warm day ; after doing
this three or four times, he will find his finger uncomfort-
ably cold.

WANT OF MORAL COURAGE IN DISTRESS.—In read-
ing of the incidents of the time, nothing strikes me of ener,
or more painfully, than the want of courage which is ma-
nifested by men, and which passes unrebuked and undes-
pised (as cowardice), in an age when a certain degree of
manliness is supposed indispensable, and is, in common
speech, taken for granted. In almost every newspaper,
we see advertisements imploring the return of some father,
husband, son, who has absconded, in difficulty, or in the
apprehension of it, leaving those he is bound to protect to
struggle on in despair. "If A. B. would not break his
wretched mother's heart"—" If C. D. would communi-
cate with his unhappy family"—and so on : and usually
we find an intimation at the end, that all will be hushed
up—that affairs can be arranged, and so on. Supposing
one insane bare and there, still, how many dastards there
must be, running away from the consequences of their
own conduct, and leaving the innocent and helpless to
suffer for them !—Peopie s Journal. _ _

AMOUNT OF A WORKING MAN'S INTEREST IN A
CIIEAF LOAF.-It is of vast importance to the labouring
population that the price of corn should be steady, be it
high or be it low. The labourer where prices are low, has
not the prudence or foresight to economise his earnings,
and when the pendulum swings the other way he is too
often plunged into a state of distress. If, however, the
labourer's wages are to be reduced, be ought, I think, to
have fairly stated the balance of advantage and disadvan-
tage to which he is about to be exposed under this system.
Take the case of a man with a wife and family of three
children in the manufacturing districts. I will make a
large allowance, and suppose that they consume five
quarters of wheat in the course of a year. I will assume
that there is a permanent fall in the price of wheat. A di-
minution of Is. per week from the wages of any member
of that family (and you can hardly suppose that any dimi-
nution would be less than that) more than counterbalances
all the advantages he and his family could derive from a
reduction of 50s. in the price of the five quarters of corn
they consume.—Lord Stanley's Speech.
SAGACITY OF THE IRISII WOLF HOUND.—A gentle-
man of an ancient family, whose name it is unnecessary
to mention, from his having been engaged in the troubles
which agitated Ireland about forty years since, went into
a coffee room at Dublin during that period, accompanied
by a noble wolf dog, supposed to be one of the last of the
breed. There was only one other gentleman in the coffee-
room, who, on seeing the dog, went up to him, and began
to notice him. His owner, in considerable alarm, begged
him to desist, as the dog was fierce, and would never al-

low a stranger to touch him. The gentleman resumed his
seat, when the dog came to him, showed the greatest plea-
sure at being noticed, and allowed himself to be fondled.
His owner could not disguise his astonishment. " You
are the only person," he said, " whom that dog would
ever allow to touch Lim without showing resentment.
May I beg the favour of you to tell me your name ?"
mentioning his own at the same time. The stranger an-
nounced it (he was the last of his race, one of the most
ancient and noble in Ireland, and descended from one of
its kings). "I do not wonder," said the owner of the
dog, "at the homage this animal has paid you. He re-
cognises in you the descendant of one of our most ancient
race of gentlemen to whom this breed of dogs almost ex-

elusively belonged ; and the peculiar instinct he possesses
has now been shown in a manner which cannot be mista-
ken by me, who am so well acquainted with the ferocity
this dog has hitherto shown to all strangers.—Jesse's
Anecdotes of Dous.

INCOME OF A LANCASHIRE GENTLEMAN IN THE 17TH
CENTURY.—Thomas Norris, born in 1653, was returned
to parliament. for Liverpool, in 1688, and represented the
town until 1695, when marrying Magdalen, second daugh-
ter of Sir Willoughby Aston, Norris retired from public
life. In the statement of his property at the time of the
marriage, we have a curious insight into the small pecu-
niary means of tt Lancashire gentleman of the first conse-

Quence, in the seventeenth century. It may be premised
that the Speke estate was set down as worth £1,200 per
annum, in the Royal Oak -List, in 1660; and that about
1793, at the time of the sale, the rental was £2.81) per
annum. "The estate," writes Mr. Norris, •• I stand

per ann

possessed of, is equal in value
this estate, three hundred and fifty acres were land, and
estimated to he worth £3OO per annum ; the mother's an-
nuity was £220 per annum; the brothers had £lOO
amongst them ; and a debt of £2.100 would not take legs
than £lOO per annum ; letving £2BO per annum for Mr.
Norris, or rather, as the sums to the brothers, and the
interest of the debt required coin, the squire does not ap-
pear to have had more than £lOO per annum, of actual
money ; the remainder coming under the head of " eon-
veniences for housekeeping.," as boons, gifts, rent, hens,&c.
Upon these means Mr. Norris kept a liberal house, his
mother living with him. He had six coach horses, worth
£7 a piece ; and receiving with Miss Aston £2,500, he
seCled on her £2OO per annum, and at his death, left his
sistf rs £5O each, and made legacies to his s.-rvatits.—Mr.
Thomas Heywood's Introduction to the Norris Papers.
A GOOD EXAMPLE FOIL THE EMPLOYED.—In Paris
the master-manufacturers, &c.. having established what
they call a Jury of Retedrd to their Workmen, the work-
men have also firmed themselves into a Jury of Encour-
agement to Employers. As the masters prmose to give
rewards for diligence and good behaviour, so the men pro-
pose to reward those masters who distinguish theniselv s
by kindness, fairness, and words to their workmen, by a
public trwirnony of their approbation. " If." say they.
"it be true that good masters make good men. deli the-ir
position is unshakeable. At first view the whole appears
a clever quiz—a jeu-d'esyrit worthy of Punch. The
workmen, however. appear serious enough, and there is
something startling in this idea of the matter. It marks
a new and elevated conception of the relative position of
employers and employed. It reminds the former and the
world that all alike are men, and ent tied to adopt towards
each other the same measures for marking and rewarding
moral qualities. The rules are published in the French
newspapers. The reward on the part of the men is to
consist merely of an annual enblication of the names of
those masters whom at least half of their workmen shall
join in testifying to he of good private life, who hate anxi-
ously watched over the health of their workmen. and have
not feared to he at some expense to make their shops
healthy ; those whose workshops are regulated by a dis-
cipline emanating from the workmen themselves ; those
who have never gone to law with their workmen; those
who have not wished to drop wages, spite of the example,
solicitations, or menaces, of their confederate fellow-
masters ; and. lattly, those who, without infringing on the
proper wages of their workmen, have admitted them to a
share, however small, of the profits of the business.—
People's Journal.