The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

THE STANDARD AT THREEPENCE

troduction of the habits of self dependence amongst
the peasantry, and better cultivation of the soil by
- the farming classes, we have the strange spectacle
a puottc—somewhat al- of a people, just snatched by the public bounty
ac( , but in heart the same from the consequences of a failing harvest, deserting
—full of gratitude for past favors, and the land altogether, putting down no seed for fu-
good wishes for both friends and foes. Our ture crops, and thus preparing for a famine next
publication, of this day, appears set in a complete year even more disastrous than the present.
suit of new type ; and from this fact alone, . our The article from which we have quoted bears
." -,. doubt not, give us the credit of every indication about it of being a feeler put forth
f
L .re bear upon our from some influential
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unit of a New Year we appear b,

tered in our outward face

as of old,

. portion of the , nservativ€
party; and may probably afford some clue to the
STANDARD, course to be pursued in the approaching session.
We shall make no apology therefore for stating in
..,,a up for the re-
substance the policy which it recommends, and
y parsimonious management,
giving another brief extract. The Government is
our present number it recommended to abandon altogether its present
We have already stated scheme of employing the poor under its own su-
t the talent and energy em-
perintendence, and to extend its aid for the pro-
ial shall not be deteriorated ; motion of useful works, and the employment of
it shall even be improved to the people by the landlords themselves, the same
security being taken for repayment. The writer,.
competition to which we are
in addition, insists upon first endeavouring to re-
ening of the Parliamentary store the country to a state of tranquillity, by the
ion, to introduce several new and valuable Passing of an arms' bill, a real and efficient coer-
t'ires in the 4118 of the STANDARD; and, cion act, and the suppression of the Repeal sedition.
-
e out-done by any of our con-
He deprecates, also, the continued existence of the
the most liberal arrangements are
evident influence which O'Connell possesses over
,
.ade. For the gratification of those rea-
the Irish Government. The crowning remedy,
whom the dry details of politics, or party
however, he finds in a "rational and. effective
warfare delight not, we- are likewise preparing a poor law, formed not on abstract theories, but
store of amusement, which we trust will be received on a conscientious consideration of the com-
plicated circumstances of the country, and the very
with favor. To the family circle generally, we
pledge ourselves that nothing shall ever induce us peculiar character of the people—real and under
served destitution must be relieved, but the most to admit into our columns a line at which the
jealous care must be exercised that public charity
cheek of virtue can blush, or from which the right-
does not become a bounty upon idleness, and, what
minded searcher after truth may not derive in- certain to be the consequence of any such im-
must first return providence, an extensive confiscation of property."
_.
The writer thus points out his views of the par-
past kind patronage. The
The alteration in its price,
ties, by whose aid these measures can be carried
out :
CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN DOUBLED ITS Th,eviLceorrod Lieutenant'soveri suibaniiitsiioil, to Mr. O'Connell's
CIRCULATION, and is now becoming,. as regards being‘ deferencealere,s
most to
the number, what it has long been as regards the other less avowabley influences,mw and Mr. rabou
respectability of its readers—DECIDEDLY unfortunate commentary on the expiration of the Arms
THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN Act, have deprived them, it is said, of that respect and
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vernment of Ireland in much less Critical circumstances.
--1". For our own parts, we have no distrust of the men, and
complain only of the measures into which they have been
co nspi-
There is too much personal animosity displayed in the letter racy, or may be seduced or forced by the anti-English
whose influences their masters in Downing-street
of "S." • to allow its appearance in our columns.
seem ''An Inhabitant of Upper Parliament-street" desires us to to obey.
"
draw the attention of the authorities to the shameful con-
We trust we have said nothing that can aggravate the
dition of that street. our correspondent says he cannot get mischief. We trust the Tories will be the first to hail
to his own door without wading ancle-deep in mud. We any good symptoms in the Government. It is the natural
hop, to receive fewer s.milar complaints under the present policy and inclination of that party to support the Crown
management of the hiqhways.
in all that is proper, and indeed in all that is even toler-
--ho has histled at the Plough " should never write on able ; and this inclination becomes a duty when, on the
."" raper. Lord John Russell has not courar,e
and
one hand, there are great national interests at stake,
^,bminended by our correspondent
he is fearful of making when, on the other, the only alternative of the existing
vy possibility further decrease it. ministry seems to be the refuse of the last. We humbly
ouscriber "Ts very sanguine, but we are at a trust that the Conservative leaders will feel as we do, that
iow to advise him. the first and pressing object is to feed Ireland ; the
try much regret being unable to find the letter alluded to
r
if indeed it be not on a line with the other—is to next—
d
en
, " A Burgess." We have, however, discussed the subject
Asewhere ; but probably have not noticed thepoints to which life and property secure ; and then, in due course, must
our correspondent wished attention to be directed. Had we follow some adequate measures for putting an end to the
received the reminder earlier, we could have made a better disgraceful and dangerous farce of associations for the
search for the previous communication. Repeal of the Union. These are the urgent objects. The
= remedies for minor evils, and the consideration of all or-
ganic experiments, should be postponed till the great
instant peril shall be averted—and we are far from saying
= that this peril may not be of ultimate benefit in guiding
and facilitating future legislation on those many and very
important points in the condition of Ireland to which we
becomes one of and everybody else have so often referred."

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