The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-12 00:00:00

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honour the distinctions of rank in civil life which society has
introduced or permitted.

Oft are those gradations the productions of pride ; but
pride would it be in thee to struggle against, or to disavow,
those distinctions which civil society acknowledges. In our
assemblies, step behind him who is more virtuous and more
enlightened; the dignity which distinguishes thee in the
world remains unnoticed here. Be not ashamed of an insigni-
ficant but honest man out of. the Lodge, whom thou hest ac-
knowledged a short time before as a brother—the order a ould
then be ashamed of thee also, and send thee back to the pro-
fane theatre of the world, there to exercise thy pride. Is thy
brother in danger—haste thou to his assistance, and hesitate
not to endanger thy own life for him. Is he distressed—open
thy purse to him, and rejoice in having found an opportunity
to make so benign a use of thy gold. Thy obligation compels
thee to be benevolent to all mankind, but in particular to a
brother. Is he blinded by errors, and hastens towards a
precipice, take up the brotherly arms of rational represents-

,e path of virtue, a

.st thou

of real or ima-

ginary offences, let not the sun set before thy reconciliation :
call in an unprejudiced arbitrator, and invite him to brotherly
mediation, but never step over our threshold unless thy heart
is clear of hatred and vengeance. In vain wouldst thou at-
tempt to supplicate down into our temples the Eternal, if
they were not ornamented I.y the virtues of our brethren and
consecrated by their unanimity.
IX.—DUTIES TOWARDS THE ORDER.

By having admitted thee to partake of the advantages,
which are the consequences of our alliance, thou hast re•
signed a part of thy natural liberty. Fulfil with religious
strictness all those moral duties which the order prescribes
thee : follow its wise precepts, and honour those who, by the
confidence of the Brethren, have been made the guardians of
the laws and the interpreters of the universal union. Thy
will is subordinatein the Order—to the will of the law and thy
superiors. Thou wouldst not be a true Brother if thou
wouldst resist this subordination, so very requisite in every
society, and nothing would remain for us then, but to banish
thee from amongst us. In particular, we have a law, the in-
violable compliance with which thou hast promised before
the face of Heaven—it is, the strictest silence concerning
our rites, ceremonies, signs, and the form of our alliance.
Do not imagine that this obligation is less sacred than that
which thou takest in civil life; thou wert free when it was
administered to thee, but it is not now at thy option to vio-
late it ; the Eternal, whom thou bast invoked to witness it,
has ratified it. Tremble at the punishments of perjury;
never couldst thou escape the gnawing reproaches of thy
own heart. Thou wouldst lose for ever the esteem and con-
fidence of anumerous society whowould have an undoubted
right to declare thee to be a perjured and infamous being.

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Standard-office, Three o'clock

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,--THIS DAY

(From Messrs. R. MAKIN & SONS' Circular.)

A partial change of wind within this day or two, accom-
panied by a thaw since last night, has brought in several ves-
sels coastwise and from Ireland, containing a mcderate sup-
ply of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal, the former loaded chiefly
with foreign Wheat from London ; but, except four barrels
Flour, we have no fresh arrivals of any article pertaining to
the Corn trade direct from abroad.
g creatures of I The canals in the interior not being yet open, we have

again to report a limited attendance of country buyers this
morning, and a languid sale for Irish and foreign Wheats,
at scarcely the current rates of last week ; some parcels of
very choice English, however, although by no means in lively
demand, were held on somewhat higher terms.
Flour of all descriptions likewise, although in slow re-
quest, was held with equal firmness as before, and fully
realised late prices.

Of fine Malting Barley, several parcels are in that are not
yet, reported, for which the sellers required higher rates, but
without being able to obtain an advance, and few sales of
this article or of Malt were effected to-day. Grinding Barley
continued to meet little notice at our last &potations.

New Beans becoming more plentiful, were rather cheaper ;
and Pease hardly supported their previous value. In the
absence of country demand, Oats were difficult of sale, and

In the neighbouring markets last week, Oatmeal sold more
freely at an improvement of 3d. per 240 lbs., but command-
ing less notice to-day, the advance was barely maintained.

ARRIVALS OF CORN,
From the sth to the 11th January, 1841, inclusive,