The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-04 00:00:00

VIRGINIUS

Virginius Mr. Macready,
As originally performed by him in London.
Virginia Mrs. Salsberg.
Mrs. Warner.
Mr. H. Holl. I Dentatns Mr. Baker,
To be followed by the laughable Interlude of
MR. AND MRS. PRINGLE.
Mr. Peter Pringle.. Mr. Baker. I Mrs. Pringle.. Mrs. Clarke
To conclude with
BOMBASTES FURIOSO.
King Artaxomines.. Mr. Baker.
General Bombastes
Distaffina. Mrs. P. Crowe.

Servia.

Icilius

On MONDAY next, will be repeated the favourite Play,
written by Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, Bart., and performed
at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, ealled RICHELIEU.
Cardinal Richelieu, Mr. Macready, as originally performed
by him in London; The Chevalier de Mauprat, Mr. H.
Boll; Baradas, (on this occasion) Mr. Stuart ; Julie de
Mortemar, Mrs. Salsherg. To conclude with the Farce of
the SLEEPING DRAUGHT. Popolino, Mr. Baker ;
Nonna, Mrs. Clarke.

ebt Etintimol (t tanbarb.

per neat in Tarte. How Ipnig would We state of tliinas
last? There was one class in Liverpool which had not
hitherto suffered amidst the general distress. Importers of
all kinds of goods had suffered ; but still there was a nume-
rous body in this town, the brokers, who had not yet suf-•
fered to any great extent, because all goods,.whether out-
ward or inward bound, must pay toll to their exchequer,
whether sold to a profit or not. But again he would ask,
how long would this state of things continue ? how long
would the brokers be prosperous, if the trade of the princi-
pals continued to be carried on to a loss?" (Hear, hear.)
It is plain from all this that he was rather vexed to,
find that Liverpool did not furnish him with such a
case as he could wish, and that he was under the disa-
greeable necessity of making the best, or rather we
should say the " worst" he could of the ungrateful

materials supplied him.
But what has saved Liverpool from the fatality which
the professor seemed so anxious we should suffer?
Just the fact of her not being a manufacturing town,
or depending for her prosperity exclusively on manu-
factures. We argue born this that it is good not to be
entirely dependent on manutactures—thot we might
have too much manufactures—and that the very dis-
tress of which our lecturer speaks, in Manchester and
elsewnere, is a sound and irrefragable argument against
that measure for which he contends. And why ? Ob-
viously for this reason,—because the anticipated effect
of it would be to make us more manufacturing and less
agricultural, and consequently, if not immediately, to
create more, much more of that very distress of which
the professor complains, but the remedy for which he
so entirely mistakes.

The Manchester Guardian has done us the favour t o
lay before his readers some extracts from those passing
remarks which were drawn from us by the late visit of

the factory irruptionists. We thank him for doing so,
because by this means we are sure they will fall under
the eye of some of the party we complain of. It
would exceedingly rejoice us to be in any way instru-
mental to their good. " Smite a scorner, and the sim-

ple will beware," saith the proverb; and again, "judg-
ments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the
back of fools." And on this principle we have been
endeavouring to administer to the travellers a little

olesome castigation

It is true, our contemporary does not see the matter
in the same light. He calls our language " furious
vituperation" —" Billingsgate" —" blackguardism";
and he says he will " urge nothing in defence of his
fellow-townsmen against these foul-mouthed calum-
nies." Now as to our language, he may call it what
he pleases ; all that it concerns us to know is, that it
was just, appropriate, and deserved,—and on this head
we are perfectly satisfied ; and with regard to his si-
lence in defence of his townsmen, we tell him that we
commend his prudence. To defend what is indefensi-
ble would be rather a tough job, and he wisely reserves
himself for something more hopeful.
There is indeed a line of defence which we would
suggest for the agitating party, but we doubt if our
contemporary would pursue it : it proceeds upon the
suggestion that these men who "go about doing evil"
—really " know not what they do." Thiq would be a
charitable construction to put upon their labours of
mischief, and we should be glad to discover, and ready
to allow any likely ground for adopting it. " Men
seldom see the consequences of their own acts," says
Rochefoucalt ; and ignorance and blindness in this re-
spect, might, we think, be not unfairly pleaded for the
rich men of Manchester and other places who join in

the present agitation
For instance, they are stimulating the poor against
the rich—alluring the labouring classes with the pro-
spect of possessing the estates of the landowners; but
they do not perceive that this is a "petard" which
might chance to hoist the " engineer himself." If
the multitude may rob the landowners with impunity—
if that lesson be taught and acted upon—what should
prevent the disciples of such instruction from turning
round upon their masters and plundering them also ?
Are the lords of the mill so very secure—is their pro-
perty so altogether inaccessible or indestructible, that
they have nothing to fear from a robbery-instructed,
anti-corn-law-bred, league-educated multitude ? We
say, then, that it would 'he charitable, and not difficult,
to suppose that these mill-leaguers do not clearly see
what they are about, and if there is any score on which
their criminality can be extenuated, it is this.
As to that part of their scheme which consists in
" dictating" to Liverpool, or- other towns, whom we,
or they, shall choose as our representatives, we merely
laugh at it. They have caught the idea, we perceive,
from the " Catholic Association," as it is called, in
Dublin,—and so far as money, meetings, and mouth-
ings go, we have no doubt they will stick close to
the precedent. O'Connell is their master. The man
who betrayed the factory-children for £l,OOO is their
adviser and patron, and they may imitate his model in
all their external and internal arrangements ; but we
tell them there is one fatal barrier to their success, and
that is, " they have a Protestant people, and not a
servile Popish populace to deal with." The electors of
Liverpool will again choose Lord Sandon and Mr.
Cresswell, two honourable and faithful men, with
whom they have no fault to find—to represent them—
and the attempt to foist upon them the nominees of an
O'Connellized factory league—(exciting in their mind
only strong feelings of contempt and indignation)--
will have no other effect than to send them to vote for
the men of their own independent choice with more
ardour and in greater numbers.
We laugh at the dictation, and we despise the dic-
tators ; but we say advisedly and deliberately, that
there is no language we can use too strong to charac-
terize the abominable instrumentalities—the irreligious
and levelling principles they teach, and the foul cor-
ruption they use, in order to accomplish their ends.
We scorn the men, and we shall treat them in any
way that we think their merits deserve; but as to their
principles we shall hold them up to eternal execration.

The news from China is only telegraphic, but it is
significant. The celestials have gone back from all their
agreements, and our men have been obliged to go for-
ward and take possession of Canton. We dislike the
origin of this business, and have found nothing to
admire in its management by the Elliots ; but it be-
gins at length to assume an aspect of deep and serious
interest. It seems highly improbable at present that
any amicable arrangement will be speedily come to ;
probably not before the celestials shall have received
several more lessons from us in the'art of war.
The want of confidence motion has been again ad-
journed, and the Whigs manifest every intention of
dying hard. O'Connell and mob agitation are their
only hope ; but their doom is sealed. The agitation,
though carried on extensively through hired agents,
does not ferment among the people. It don't work—
the harm is bad—sour—and the cake won't rise.
Alas, poor Whigs ! flow chop-fallen you will shortly
he!

In our parliamentary report will be found an admi-
rable speech of Mr. Cresswell, delivered in the House
of Commons, on Wednesday evening, during the de-
bate on the want of confidence motion. The hon.
gentleman has proved to demonstration, that the pre-
sent ministry have not now, and never have had such
a degree of the confidence of the house as to entitle
them to conduct the affairs of the country. In proof
of this, we refer to our representative's manly address,
where will be found a short but comprehensive history
of the various defeats they have sustained in a parlia-
ment of their own choosing. Mr. Cresswell has done
much to entitle him to the confidence of his constitu-
ents ; and we are glad to see an increasing regard for
the hon. member, manifesting itself amongst all classes
of the community.

Every enlightened member and admirer of the
Church of England, who may peruse the Visitation
Charge of the Lord Bishop of this Diocese (a /report
of which we inserted in our last), cannot but feel de-
lighted with the sentiments therein so beautifully set
forth. They are sentiments admitably calculated to
gain over opponents from hostility, and confirm friends
in attachment; they are, we would say, emphatically
the sentiments whose diffusion will ever be found most
conducive to the church's prosperity and welfare.
There are parties who profess great attachment to the
establishment, and; in their excessive love for it, do,
like the Papists, almost, if not altogether, deny salva-
tion to all who are not members of it; but, instead of
making converts, such bigotry is more likely to alienate
men from it. An enlightened people will love the
Church of England, not so much for her outward
forms, or any descent of which she can boast) as for
ker pare and evangelical &Kirin's, and die eurieretts