The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-24 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We regret that we have not yet had time to notice the pam-
phlet on the " Erection of Warehouses on the Dock
Quays." The same remark applies to Mr. Loyd's letter
to the Chairman of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce,
and Mr. Jevon's pamphlet on the Corn-Laws.

Cri,br Ziller131:101 (ttanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1840.

We have received a file of the St. John's (New-
foundland) Times to the 11th ultimo, inclusive. They
contain very little intelligence. Indeed, we have not
diScovered it paragraph in them that may be considered
as news. They are chiefly filled with extracts from
English and Canadian papers, most of them having
reference to the government and prospects of our
North American colonies. The Legislature of New-
foundland, after having been five months in session,
had been prorogued. The Times complains that the
prorogation took place without any. provision, on the
part of the Legislaturei-for the. relief hit the sick and ~•040'
indigent pion The consequences of !this omission, to
whatever cause it may be attributed, are likely to be
more serious than any of the `e.eplierneral patriots" of
the colony could have contemplated. A strong repre-'•
sentation had been made on .the. subject to his Excel-
lency the Governor, by persons who had heretofore
been the main supporters of such sick, aged, and in-
firm paupers as were in need of assistance. The Go- •
vernor's reply was, that he had neither the power nor
the means of affording any relief. The island appeared
to enjoy a greater degree of tranquillity than had been
experienced for some time.

Of the Election Contests which take place this -day;
important as every opportunity now- --is, -be
seized by an indignant nation to vindicateher outraged
rights, and her insulted dignity,—of all these occasions
we regard the fight at Newark with the highest sense •
of interest. It is not for the numbers of the popula-
tion, nor the.importance of the town, but the unspeak-
able value of the gallant Candidate who is there lead-
ing the Conservative phalanx to battle, and, we trust,
to victory. Able, popular, accomplished, bearing along
with him the good wishes.of all who have known him
in public or in private, and arresting the admiration of-
those who, like the Electors of Newark, see him for the
first time, Mr. Thesiger is a subject of pride and con-
gratulation to every conservative in Britain. Firmly
fixed as his opponent has been in his seat for Newark.
hitherto—favoured by long connection and old acz-
quaintance—backed by his own vast wealth and the '
most unsparing Ministerial patronage—we confidently
anticipate that Mr. Thesiger will to-morrow be mern•-!
ber for Newark. We know that a computation has
been made, in which every vote not • unqualifiedly
pledged in his &your has been counted-against himy
and that still the apparent majority in. his favour
eided.

Upon these elections will greatly depend the scanty
majority on which the Melbourne myrmidons reckon,
for the 28th. Twenty is their fondest hope : ten, two,.
one—the Speaker's casting vote would suffice these
peddling politicians. Mr. Baring Wall is said to lure
retired from the Cas•lton Club, and it is supposed will
lend all the glory of his support to the Ministers. If
their majority be gained by Mr. Baring Wall, we shall
wish them all joy of their distinguished convert.

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Meanwhile a Dissolution of Parliament may be ren-
dered necessary by the insane course the House of
Commons is pursuing on the question of privilege ;
and with a dissolution of Parliament comes the end of:
the Melbourne Ministry.
Whatever line the great Conservative leaders may be.
pleased to take on this question, we know well what.
their masters, the Coprvative nation, will say and do..
The impolicy is as manifest as the gross injustice. To
make over to a democratic assembly the absolute pow-
ers of despotism ! Surely this is an end fitted to the ..]
means employed. It deserves to be carried by arbi-,
trary violence and base subterfuge : by imprisoning an
officer for adherence to his duty and his oath—by not
daring to state the grounds of his imprisonment, lest
they be brought into collision with the Judges of the
Land, and the old constitutional authority of the Courts
of Law.

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We had almost forgotten the challenge, or invitation, 4' .44;
given to us in the last number of the British Farmer's '
Magazine, on the subject of national education. The
editor of that excellent periodical, whose erroneous
views on this important subject we deeply regret, is
correct in surmising that the question of national edu-
cation has been amply discussed in the columns of the
Liverpool Standard. Our opinions on the subject are
sufficiently known to the generality of our readers;
but we have no objection to re-state them for the satis-
faction of the gentleman who has invited us "to go '/$ 00P
over the question in a friendly way" once more: Ve offf
shall explain our views as briefly as possible. ad 0
The British Farmer's Magazine. wishes to substitute;bd 91/ filll
ethical for religions teaching, or, in other words, advo:±-;ftillQyYvj
cates "a system of national education which shall ex.. lo Vils
dude religious instruction." Before entering, any fuiizarniri 01911
ther into the question, we would ask, what is impliedt 90dlioollis.
by a system of ethical teaching ? We know of no sys—:_,Nl9 ne'ifor3i
tern of ethics, which is worth a moment's study, that • 5111
is not based upon, and drawn from, the Holy-Suip-HIPI
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