The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-01 00:00:00

TO THE PUBLIC.

Owing to the very liberal encouragement which we haver
received from our advertising friends, and for which'
we beg leave to tender our grateful acknowledgments,'
we leave come to the resolution TO ENLARGE THE'
LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TO THE EXTENT OF SIX AD-
DITIONAL COLUMNS.
.Hitherto we have frequently been under Me necessity of
excluding various articles of local interest, and a large
proportion of general news, in consequence of the greet
press of advertisements with which we have been fa-
voured. We leave often, also, been forced to the alter-
native of materially curtailing our reports as well asp
our editorial remarks, on, the same account. The pro-
posed enlargement will enable us to embody a greater
share of such intelligence as may be generally useful,
and As extend our reports of the various public meet-
ings, (3'c:, which may, be held in the neighbourhood,
as well as to present to our readers a mass of amusing
and instructive extracts from modern publications,
which latter we intend to make a prominent feature in
the STANDARD-.
It will also afford tes great pleasure to avail ourselves fo
the opportunitywhich the contemplated enlargement of
fully-
thoset h e STcAoNnsD.erARvD 11 give
atw:pri.principles
us for advocatingcipiesrowhic hwemho
have
ve
uni-
formly contended,. The extended patronage which we
enjoy shall operate' as a stimulus to increased zeal and
energy in defence of that glorious cause to which we'
feel an ardent attachment—the cause of the Monarchy.
the Church, and the constitution of Great Britain.
We are happy to, announce that arrangements are in
progress for considerably increasing the number of
agents for the sale of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
When these arrangements are matured, we anticipate-
a material increase in our circulation, an advantage'
which we feel confident will be duly appreciated by our
advertising friends. We also flatter ourselves that
the great increase of matter which the STANDARD wilt
contain in its enlarged form will procure for us ad-
ditional support front the Conservative public in*
Liverpool.
The proposed enlargement will take place oN TUESbAr-
NEXT, the sth instant, after which the LIvERFOOV
STANDARD will contain TWELVE COLUMNS OP ADDI-
TIONAL MATTER PER WEEK, without any increase of
price.

on behalf of her brother, Dorn Miguel, which
tt the Queen's issuing a positive order for her return
to the capital from Santora, where she was at the time
residing ; the request was immediately complied with.
Lord Howard de Walden has come home in the

Iberia

Advices from Alexandria of the 6th instant state that
.an express had arrived in the night from Syria, with de.;
snatches announcing the cessation of hostilities in that
country. The Druses, after four unsuccessful attacks
• against the Egyptian troops, had implored the mercy of
‘Hussein Pasha, who refused to listen to any propositions
peace until the insurgents should have first laid down
their arms. The plague had manifested itself at Jaffa.;
'five persons had died of it at the house of the Russian
Consul. The British government had obtained the ces-
sion of Aden from the Sultan of that district for a sum of
30,000 f. (£1200.) That town is considered the key of
the' Red Sea ;' and its harbour, one of the best along
• , that coasts is spacious enough to contain a large fleet.
From Bogota papers have been received to the.middle
'auil,;;
lam !Lot' March. The province-of New Grenada was at peace
.• and in unit v with its neighbours and kireigners, but •to-
wards Spain no adVancenient had been made in forming
.;:yll-•-•friendly relations. Mr. Turner, the English minister to
Trfril,c, New Grenada, had his audience cf leave for a temporary
absence on the 4th of INlarch. By .ilPe congrtilnla'tiOnis
.which pasSed between him and the._ministers. it would
appear that the 'goOd understanding between the
sttuhs lish and New Grenada governments which had been-in-
terrupted by the imprisonmer4 of the %ice consul at Pa-,
7-naina had been entirely restored. •
a.-Buenos Avres.papers to the end of February have been.
reCeiVed. They contain .no domestic news; for the Ar-
. .
gentine fepublie, except as rfgards its wanton-quarrer
s-, with Peru, is undisturbed by agitation of any political
kind;. but upon the unmeaning straggle which is still`
-Maintained in the neighbouring state of the oriental I.e.
• public, they SuPply•some particulars." The warfare still
wears an undecided character, but inclines to favour what
is called the established. government. 'The chief 'rebel,
Rivers, after sitting down before Monte Video, the ca-
pital, had_withdrawn with 1;500 imen, the whole of his
army—. During this•investment the place was kept in a
state of great excitement, and it required a small body,
of Frenchmen from a vessel of wartoassnre the inhabi-
tants. General Lavallega had gone in pursuit of the re=
bels, and an immediate conflict was regarded by the last
• accounts as inevitable. The existing government calcu-
lated upon drawing the war to a conclusion upon this
occasion.

There is no other foreign news of any importance.
From the relative position of the belligerent parties in
Spain we may expect daily to hear of a decisive engage
lent.

IRISH POLICY.—From .recent manifestations in both
HouseS:Of Parliament; as well as (ruin the language of
the ministerial organs Of. the- press, the conviction is
forced upon us that the political leaders both in • the-
Lords and Commons- are calculating upon a coalition.
The unaccountable conduct of the Duke of Wellington
in reference to the Irish Education system, viewed in
• connection with the, numberless instances of his interfer-
ence on behalf of Lord Melbourne and his associates in..
oflice, is undoubtedly calcUlated foexcite a strong suspi-
cion that the protecting shield which he basso frequently
- thrown,-over the weakness of th-a Whig ministry .has
some other inscription upon it besides' the mere term
'-generosity'."'' We • frankly confess that we look upon.
• the movementti of the noble Duke with some degree of
alarm. However high may be his personal charadter=
however.imperishable the. laurels by which his brow- is
encircled—=however disinterested may be his'persOnal
motives=a..d hOwever distinguished he may be fo/Poli-
, Lica'. *foresight- and- sagacity—we cannot -conceal from
ourselves that the Dul:e of Wellington was mainly in-
strunrental, under the advice of a
.profligate monarch, in
carrying into effect the destructive measure of Catholic
emancipation—a measure which, above all others, has
had a--tendency to' undermine the Protestant establish-
ment of the British empire-=a measure which has been
~fraughtwith-incalculible evil to the constiintion of :Great
Britain—a measure which has given a mischievously
.preponderatinginfluence to a reckless band of factious
and perjured Irish papists, who are leagued together for,
,the destruction of all our venerated institutions in church
And state.-: We repeat „it, that tve look upon the recent
extraoydinary conduct of the Duke of Wellington with
no small degree of anxiety, when we call to .mind the
baneful consequences which have already flowed from
• Ills over-conciliating disposition. He is too apt to-yield.
to. motives of expediency, and too prone to forget-the
grand interests of the country in his anxiety to cbncerfe
to the clamour of the Popish faction those- adyantages.
to which he conceives them entitled. We would -bv no
means pluck a single leaf from that chaplet which he
has won by his unrivalled military proweSs—we, would
not seek to diminish by one iota. that debt of gratitude
which his country owes to him—but we would solemnly
and earnestly appeal to our Protestant felloW countri-:
men, whether the Duke of Wellington be thefittest man
in whom to place the safe custody of. the interests of the
Established Church ? Has be not already proved his
incompetency for a trust of such paramount importance ?
Has he not already sacrificed the interests of the chui'clt
at the shrine of political expediency ? We do not, how-
ever, ground our alarm upon the conduct of the Duke
of Wellington exclusively; nor are we singular in en.:
tertaining.the apprehensions which we have expressed:
The conduct of Sir Robert Peel in the House of. Corn-.
•Intms is quite as much calculated to excite alarm. On
this subject we find the following very appropriate ob-
servations in the Morning Herald of Wednesday

" From the conversation on the subject of Irish policy which
took place in the House of Commons, last night, between Sir
Robert Peel, and Lord John Russell, it will be perceived that
the prospect of a coalition between the parties, of which the
noble lord and the
.right hon. baronet are, respectively, the
heads, becomes stronger every day. The signii:of approaching
Change are, at all events, worth noting. &coalition between
the conservatives and the whigs may be a very desirable result.
...But,,of this great truth, at all events, we: are assured, that the
body of conservatives throughout the.cozmtry, did not at-the last.
election send three hundred gentlementd-the House of Commons,
in order that these three hundred -gentlemen should there be'conte,
parties to a compromise with whiggery, If we bear in mind the
statentelits of the opposing' candidates at the last election, the
principles of conservatism were, then, declared to be irreconcil-
ably hostile to the principles of whiggery. Yet, now, the par-
liatrientary•leader of the conservatives seems to love diseoveied
:that ape irreconcilably.bostile principles will admit of amalga-
iiiation; by a very easy process. This process of amalgamation,
'4': again state, may be the best of
,all possible:experiments;
t,ll' 'on the other baud, it was not, assuredly, an, experiment.
a;til:nMated hi the conservative gentlemen, tradesmen, and
greatile% of England, who, at the last election, sought out, of a
Puto,;°Bl risk, organs for the exprbissiim in parliament of
Cat
opinions.
4ir
the b. Robert Peel r:as, when stating his views, last night, in
ee d ,Thes.t degree, temperate and candid.- Nothing could ex-
Loe fervour of his expressions of regard for the establish-
(' vnt cif Peace in. Ireland—except, perhaps, his expressions of
IneCtii," to the interests of the Irish estab%shed church ! It
e We//, however, tlezzt the great body of the friends of that
cn should not, at present moment, relax in vigilance t
4ith"S!r Robert Peel will consent to a commutation of Irish.
,Pto a rent charge, without any stipulation as to the prin-
'lite of te(iewptiou; 'and he will also consent to the establish-
t
of municipal corporations in Ireland, to be founded on a
itP°6l-11kr basis, providing the qualification of the elector, shall be
the ond fide qualification, to be determined by the assessment to
law ,"°r•rote, or by some analogous principle. As to a poor
ab thl)r. Ireland,—sonie poor law must, hereafter, prevail; and
with dit"iy -rial bill was, necessarily; an experiment, attended
staineri ''s of all 'Nods, Sir Robert stated, that he had ab-
::aqvassi, its imperfections with too critical an
" Thi
thaf

e'en of these voncessions on the 'Cart of Sir Robert
"I t If church revenue shall always be derotii to
e .:cPv.poses. To such a condition the present officials
tZnsea-ttirr*ei ffi
. anticipati,ol, when they declared, some time ago,
. 71,,v,:'4 meant to •ot upon the appropriation clause!
`Ford Jo; in llussell was no less conciliatory than Sir Robert;
411,1 their partisans, revectively, responded to the feelings of
live; elliq. The whigs applauded Sir Robert. The Conserva-
!Mtic'ye cheered
chord John. Mr. O'Connell, it is true, did not
ipate to fall extent, in the general satisfaction. He
12) naturally, jealous of an alliance, which may take from him
1118 " Ilftent market !
1.. Let !he friends of the established church be
totopac
pr
t, which the el stir themselves.
Sed, iminaries were, last night, re-
"Nr
if completed, be completed at ber cost. Securi-

ecclesict