The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-07 00:00:00

TO THE CONSERVATIVES OF LIVERPOOL

GENTLEMEN,—In the Mail of Saturday an article appeared
containing charges levelled against our character as trades-
men, which we feel bound, in justice to ourselves and to you,
most indignantly to repel. Had the article in question been
one of mere general abuse, however scurrilous its language
or false its assertions, we should not have come forward per-
sonally before you ; but the imputations which it conveys
being distinctly applied to ourselves, as proprietors of the
LIVERPOOL STANDARD, we are compelled, however unplea-
sant may be the task, to repudiate them in our own name,
as being utterly false and calumnious.

We had never in our columns alluded to the "pecuniary
misfortunes" of the proprietor of the Mail. We have no
wish to drag his or any man's misfortunes unnecessarily be-
fore the public. But we are not to sit down and be libelled
with impunity. We are not to have our position in the
world and our resources represented as on the eve of insol-
vency, without the privilege of offering any explanation. It
was an attack of this nature, most unwarrantably made in his
publication of Tuesday last, under the title " A Traitor in
the Camp," which called forth the rejoinder which appears
to have excited the anger of the Mail. We had not, pre-
viously to this attack, touched at all upon his present diffi-
culties, and never meditated doing so.
We did, at length, in our Friday's publication, retort upon
our assailant—a worm if trodden upon will do the same—
and in reply, amongst other gratuitous falsehoods, appeared the
libel upon ourselves personally, which we now lay before you.
After attempting to depreciate generally the character of the
STANDARD ; after insinuating that it was nearly "in the
agonies of dissolution," and commenting upon the "anxiety
of his (the Editor's) employers to take at any price or no
price whatever is rejected by the. Mail," the writer proceeds
to assert his knowledge " Of the nature of the statement
lately laid by THEM before certain parties whose pecuniary
assistance is occasionally deemed serviceable and no doubt
highly valued;" and remarks, in conclusion, " Our contem-
porary once before went out without his friends being aware
of his intention. 'We hope he may not again lead them into
error. We really should be sorry for the. circumstance."

The attack thus levelled directly against ourselves we must
be allowed to characterize as a deliberate and gratuitous
falsehood. We have never laid any such statement before
any parties whatever, neither has any individual in our be-
half. We have never asked for the " pecuniary assistance"
of any party or individual to enable us to carry on the
LIVERPOOL STANDARD. We have fought, and are fighting
the Conservative cause in Liverpool, at our own risk, and
with our own means; and, with the increasing patronage
which we receive, we have no fear of being enabled to conti-
nue at our post, however much it may suit the proprietor of
the Mail, for an object which he best understands, to re-
present the contrary. We may further state that the " Gen-
tleman who in a state of intoxication signed the petition in
favour of Lord Stanley's Irish Registration Amendment Bill,
on the day of the Conservative meeting there, as the Editor
of the Crescent Oracle," is not, and was not, the Editor of
the LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

We should be sorry, Gentlemen, even in self-defence, to
be considered as acting in any way prejudicial to the cause of
Conservatism in Liverpool. We are aware of the scandal
which the appearance of contention amongst our party may
excite ; but we appeal to you, as merchants and as tradesmen,
whether we are to submit to have our characters maligned to
serve a selfish object. We have a portion of our property at
stake in the success of your cause ; we are zealously, honestly,
and at the same time prudently endeavouring to promote
that success. We look to you for protection, and for the
reward of our exertions.

It may, we are aware, be said of us, that we provoked this
quarrel. To a certain extent this may be the case. We did,
in common with nine-tenths of the right-minded people of
Liverpool, repudiate, in your behalf, the sentiments and lan-
guage which had unfortunately been permitted to appear in
the columns of the Mail; but we abstained from doing this
until we found them made a ground of impugning your loyalty
and our own—until it had been commented upon throughout
the length and breadth of the empire, and used, both by the
provincial and the metropolitan press (conservative as well
as ministerial), to connect the feelings of the entire Conser-
vative party with the late atrocious attempt upon the life of
the Sovereign. We should certainly have been well disposed
to allow the article in question to sink quietly into oblivion ;
but when directly charged with entertaining its sentiments, is
there one amongst you, Gentlemen, who would not have re-
pudiated them ? In conclusion, we may remark, that if to
draw down upon the Conservatives of Liverpool the reproba-
tion of the majority of the empire, and the imputation of a
sympathy with murder and treason, be to serve the cause of
Conservatism, it is, we must say, a mode of proceeding which
WC shall never allow the LIVERPOOL STANDARD to adopt.
We have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient and obliged Servants,
LACE & ADDISON.
Liverpool, July 6th, 1810.

The address to the Queen, from the inhabitants of Liver-
pool, was presented to her majesty, by Lord Sandon, at the
court levee. The members for the borough have transmitted
to the Mayor the following acknowledgment of the address of
the inhabitants of Liverpool to his Royal Highness Prince
_ _ Albert. " Buckingham Palace, July 3, 1840.

"My Lord,—l have this day had the honour to lay before
his Royal Highness Prince Albert the congratulatory address
from the inhabitants of Liverpool upon her Majesty's and
his Royal Highness's recent most proverbial escape. And I
am commanded by his Royal Highness to convey to you, and
all those who concurred in this address, the expression of his
Royal Highness' sincere thanks for the gratifying expressions
it contained.—l have the honour to be, my lord, your faithful
and obedient servant, " G. AN SON:
" The Viscount Sandon, M.P."

• BAZAAR IN BEHALF OF THE SCHOOLS AT HALEWOOD,
&c.—We, on Friday, furnished an account of this bazaar,
which was held at Woolton Hall, so far as it had then taken
place. The amount of the receipts (for the two last days) as
then stated, amounted to about 1:800. On Friday, which
was intended to have been the closing day, the bazaar was
also very successful, but the weather having on the whole
been rather unpropitious, the committee resolved to have a
fourth day, (Saturday), when they again met with liberal
support,—the total receipts of the four days being about
£1250. Owing, however; to a great variety of beautiful
articles having still been left unsold, and a considerable
accummulation having arisen from additional donations, two
more days were determined upon, in a different locality, for
the convenience of parties who might be unable to attend at
Woolton. Thursday and Friday next are fixed upon, at the
Music Hall, Bold-street, in this town ; and as there are a
sufficient number of articles, received, and in preparation ;
and the object is moreover one of the most worthy of liberal
and general support, we doubt not the attendance will be nu-
merous and fashionable, and the result highly gratifying.

PUBLIC PARKS.—We have heard it stated that there is a
wealthy and truly patriotic gentleman of Liverpool, who is
so peculiarly favourable to the formation of at least one park,
for the health and recreation of our " good old town,' that
he has expressed a desire, should he find a suitable site, to
lay out a sum of £50,000 in the purchase and laying out of
the ground, and to dedicate the same gratuitously to the use
of the public for ever. The statement of our informant was
derived from a gentleman of the first respectability, who, we
believe, heard it either from the individual himself or some
intimate friend. We sincerely hope that the statement may
be verified. Meantime, as so munificent a donation by one
individual is so rare in this too mercenary age, as naturally
to suggest the possibility of a mistake having arisen ; all we
can say is, that if it be the fact, the gentleman alluded to,
should lie nobly come forward, will earn for himself while
living an enviable reputation amongst his cotemporary fellow-
subjects, and when he has gone to " that bourne from whence
no traveller returns," his name, linked with his benevolence,
will be cherished with feelings of gratitude and respect for
ages yet to come.

DEPARTURE OF THE BRITANNIA STEAM-SHIP.—On
Saturday last, this fine vessel, the first of the regular Halifax
snail ships, which had gone out of dock on Friday, and an-
chored in the Sloyne, proceeded on her first trip 'across the
Atlantic. The passengers and a great number of their friends
embarked on board one of the steam tugs from the Egremont
pier, about eleven o'clock, and proceeded on board of her at
her anchorage, where the usual and unavoidable scene of
bustle, gratulation, leave-taking, &c, took place. All parties
seemed to be much delighted with her accommodations.
About a quarter to one o'clock, the tolling of the bell an-
nounced that the steam-tug was about to return, and the nu-
morons visitors hastened back to her deck.. When leaving
the side of the Britannia, they gave her three hearty cheers,
which were as warmly responded to from the passengers and
rzew. Shortly afterwards the government steam-tender
Redwing carried on board the government dispatches and
mail-bags, and at half past one o'clock, the anchor being
weighed, she proceeded down the river against a strong tide,
the wind blowing rather strong from the S.W. She is ex-
pected to reach Halifax on the 18th, and Boston on the 20th
instant. The following is a list of the passengers—sixty-three
in number :—The Bishop of Nova Scotia and family, the
Earl of Caledon, Hon. Sam. Cunard, Miss Cunard, Lieut.
Col. Monins and lady, Col. Butler and lady, Major Ruxton,
lady, and family, Gen. Broughton, Mr. Featherstonhaugh,
Mr. Russell, Capt. and Mrs. Winter, Capt. John Hutton,
Mr. Ellwood, Mr. J. Ellwood, F. B. Ogden, Esq. American
consul at this port, W. Andrews, Esq. American consul at
Malta, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Mr. John Cunningham, Mr.
Swaine, Mr. S. Henshaw, Mr. R. Ross, Mr. T. Palmer, Mr.
L. C. Colten, Mr. Morley, Mr. C. F. Kenworthy, Mr. H.
T. Jenkins, Mr. Clark, Mr. James Clark, Mr. Ford, Miss
Haliburton, Miss Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Inglis, and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Colin Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Picquenet and
family, Mr. C. Manturn, Mr. T. J. Spence, Mr. Frankland,
Mr. A. Mitchell, Mr. M'Queen, Mr. Joseph Lawyer, Mr.
C. M. Rosberry, Mr. S. Lean, and Mr. Hart. At 8 o'clock
on Sunday morning, the Britannia was spoken off Tuskar,
having made a good run considering the quantity of coals,
&c, which she had on board.