The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-04 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS

The old lady of the Mercury was amazingly witty on Friday,
upon the discovery of an error in one of our leaders, which
any man of common comprehension would have discovered
at once to be a mere typographical blunder. The words
" Rornish France," should have been " Romish fraud."
We used too, it seems, the word " blooded," as applied to
the fangs of a wolf ; and our captious, and, in this case,
ignorant contemporary, would have us use the word
" bled," as more grammatical. The Mercury, we dare
say, has never ridden at the tail of a pack of foxhounds, or
he would know that, as a sporting expression, the word
" blooded" is in common acceptation. We should ima-
gine, however, that a man of his extensive reading, might,
by chance, have noticed its application to beasts of prey,
who, when allowed to tasteblood, are said to be " blooded."
We had prepared a short notice of one or two other in-
stances of our contemporary's segacity, but more impor-
tant matter has induced us to postpone it until Friday.
" in Enemy to Sabbath Desecration," in very strong terms
urges us to remonstrate with the directors of the Mecha-
nics' Institution, for devoting the hours of Sunday last to
clear away the mass of articles which have been on view for
the few last weeks. He states, that as the exhibition was
closed late on Saturday evening, and the schools opened
yesterday morning, the rooms could not have been cleared
without infringing, on the hours of the Sabbath. We be-
lieve the fear of our correspondent to be groundless.

Since the above was written, we have been informed, on good
authority, that the whole of the rooms immediately wanted
in the Mechanics' Institution were cleared after twelve
o'clock on Sunday night. The circumstance that Dr.
Raffles's congregation had their religious services in the
building on the Sabbath, ought to remove any doubt on
the subject.
Several original articles (including some remarks in reply to
Mr. Scoble's speech at Manchester, last week,) are una-
voidably postponed, to make room tor the report of Dr.
Lardner's trial.

Ebe Llbnpool gßanbarb.

TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1840.

It is impossible to rise from the perusal of a single
newspaper of the day, whether metropolitan or provin-
cial, without a painful conviction of the awfully in-
creasing prevalence of crime, in its darkest and most
malignant forms. The reports of the proceedings at
the various assize courts in the country are rife with
the harrowing details of deeds of violence and blood.
These sad details are no less calculated to impress the
mind of the patriotic statesman with feelings of alarm
and apprehension for the welfare and peace of society,
than they are to affect the heart of the Christian with
the mournful truth that we have not amongst us that
" righteousness which exalteth a nation."

No truly philanthropic mind can seriously contem-
plate the present aspect of society, especially in refe-
rence to the increase of crimes of the deepest charac-
ter, as evidenced by the records of our courts of jus-
tice, without an endeavour to trace out the sources of
ounnational iniquities, and an effort to apply some
adequate remedy for their removal. It is a matter of
notoriety that the press, the palladium of our civil li-
berties, has been long abused and prostituted by being
made the vehicle for the dissemination of the vilest and
most abominable principles. For many years past it
has teemed with publications in which Christianity has
been ridiculed—the Bible set forth as a cunningly de-
vised fable—in which the ministers of the gospel have
been represented as designing impostors—the princi-
ples of morality scoffed at—the restraints of law de-
scribed as the instruments of tyranny—and private
virtue and public decency outraged in every imaginable
shape.

To this impure source--a prostituted press—are we
compelled to attribute, in great part, the alarming de-
moralisation of our population. The poison which has
been so sedulously administered to the morbid tastes of
a reading but ignorant public has gradually spread its
deadly influence through the body politic.. The bitter
seeds of ribald Atheism and reckless sedition have al-
ready brought forth their congenial fruits. The press
has been mainly instrumental in organising the Char-
tist agitation, which has already led to incendiarism,
violence, and bloodshed. The press has been made
subservient to the spreadof Socialism, a system than
which none more atrociously filthy and blasphemous
has ever been propounded for the acceptance of man-
kind. The press, and, let us add, the stage, have been.
the means of familiarising our youth with the charac-
ters and achievements of some of the most desperate:
villains that have .ever disgraced humanity by their
crimes, or suffered the penalty of death for their viola-
tions of the laws of their country. We need scarcely
explain that we allude to such criminals as Jonathan
Wilde, Jack Sheppard, and others of the like stamp,
whose exploits as robbers and murderers have been in-
vested with all the charms of fiction, artistical illustra-
tion, and scenic effect, and whose examples, as in the
case of Courvoisier, have already proved a stimulus to:
the perpetration of the most fearful crimes.
No man of reflection can, we feel convinced, with-
hold his assent from the preceding truths. No man,
who has the slightest regard for the happiness of his
fellow-creatures, the peace of society, the preservation
of public liberty, or his own personal safety, can re-.
flect, upon these truths without feelings of anxiety and
apprehension.

But, while evil-disposed men have been indefatigable
in their endeavours to encourage vice, to vilify reli-
gion, and to bring the restraints of the law and of mo-
rality .into disrepute, much, it must be confessed, has
been done to counteract their diabolical machinationS.
Much more, however, remains to be done. Crime
cannot be prevented by police regulations, though these
may, and are, instrumental in leading to its detection

and punishment. Our towns are strictly watched by
liveried policemen, and our rural districts are traversed
by the county constabulary; and yet thefts, assaults,
midnight assassinations, and murders in the open day,
are increasingly prevalent. The imposing processes
and awe-inspiring paraphernalia of our courts of jus-
tice, -are found comparatively inoperative in deterring
from these crimes. 'We must not trust to any of these
things for any amelioration of the national character.
We cannot put down crime by legislation, however
salutary and necessary may be its restraints.

What, then, must be done ? Shall we invoke the
aid of the press to assist in the suppression of crime ?
Much good, no doubt, may be effected by the dis-
semination of right principles through the medium of
the press; but all its appliances will be found inadequate
to meet the increasing. evil. We may inundate the
land with volumes of. " Useful Knowledge"—we may
spread abroad our " Penny Magazines" by millions—
we may have our public lectures on the arts and
sciences in every village—we may have our mechanics'
institutions rearing their domes, in all the pride of
architectural decoration, in every town—we may have
our public exhibitions, fraught with everything dazzling
to the eye or pleasing to the imagination, and accessible
to every class in the community—we may have our
suburban parks, our botanical gardens, and our
zoological repertoires : but all these things will have
little or no efficacy in the repression of crime, or in the
inculcation of a higher tone of morality. We do not
declaim against any of them. They are useful in their
places, and may be rendered subsidiary to the most
ennobling ends.

The experience of ages, and facts of every day occur-
rence, justify the conclusion that it is to the spread of
sound religious principles—of true christianity— that
we must look for a remedy against the prevalence of
crime. Mere secular instruction will be found of no

avail in arresting the torrent of immorality : religious
education, under the Divine blessing, will he found
omnipotent in staying its desolating progress.
Convinced of this, we cannot avoid once more
agitating the great questions of CHURCH EXTENSION
and NATIONAL EDUCATION on RELIGIOUS PRIN-
CIPLES. Build more churches, and there will be need
of fewer prisons. Increase the numbers of our labour-
ing clergy, and we can soon dispense with our expen-
sive police establishments. Multiply schools in which
our children shall be carefully trained "in the nurture
and admonition of the Lord," and we shall soon see
the haunts of vice and the nurseries of crime, one after
another, disappearing from the land.
Having thus pointed out the bane and its antidote—
the evils which afflict our nation and remedies by which
they may be removed—we must express our cordial
hopes that the great questions of religious education
and church extension may continue to be kept promi-
nently before the eyes of the public. Let not the re-
fusal of the present Parliament to entertain these ques-
tions be any reason for giving up their agitation. If
this agitation be persevered in, it will assuredly prove
successful in the end. Magna est veritas et pravalebit.

We understand from good authority, that the usual
notice required by Parliament, has been given and the
plans lodged, for obtaining a bill next session, for per-
mission to make an extensive dock, on the Chesire
side of the river, at Wallasey Pool, where vessels will,
as in the case of the Harrington and Herculaneum
Docks (should the bills now in the House of Lords
pass, as they are expected to,) be exempt from dock
dues; so that, ere long, we may anticipate seeing both
shores of the Mersey lined with shipping. To such
an extent has the progress of building and location
advanced on the Cheshire side, that we cannot con-
ceive a more appropriate name for the district com-
mencing with Birkenhead, and terminating with New
Brighton, than " New Liverpool."

We have great pleasure in promoting the desire of
several of our most esteemed fellow-citizens, by direct-
ing attention to the necessity for an immediate expres-
sion of public feeling on the subject of threatened hos=
tilities with France. The grounds on which severs
gentlemen of various shades of party opinion unite in
deploring the prospect of a rupture with our neighbours
across the Channel, are precisely those we ourselves
adopt, and are independent of the immediate question
which has roused the French nation, .and will, we fear,
render war inevitable, even with so cordial and en-
lightened an advocate of the English alliance as Mon-
sieur Thiers. All must consider it unfortunate that it
should be during the ministry of one so devoted to
England, and so long the object of Russian hostility,
that the two powers, whose friendship might be such
a blessing to mankind, are doomed to exhaust them-
selves in mortal struggle.
We think it most desirable that every effort, con-
sistent with our interests and honour, should be made
to avert such a calamity; and an expression of such a
desire on the part of this great and enlightened com-
munity would, no doubt, have some effect. A requi-
sition should be instantly signed by those who value
the blessing of peace, imploring her Majesty to use
every becoming effort to maintain terms of amity with
France. The existing ministry in that country noto-
riously desire to cultivate our friendship, as their
readiness long ago to sign the commercial treaty nego-
tiated by Mr. Porter distinctly shews ; and a little
prudence and conciliation on our part will not he un-
willingly attended to. In the mean time, the ultra
press of Paris, whether republican or Carlist, halloo
us on to war ; and among the foremost are those well
known as labourers in the Russian interest.

We respectfully suggest the following as the sub-
stance of an address to her Majesty :

" That the undersigned, valuing peace as one of the great-
est of human blessings, and its preservation recognized by all
as a solemn duty, except in cases of overwhelming necessity,
view withalarm and sorrow the prospect of a termination of
that amity between France and England so long and so anx-
iously maintained.

" That without doubting the energies and resources of
Great Britain, we cannot view without uneasiness the ex-
treme want of preparation for hostilities on our part, espe-
cially considering the position of our affairs in China and
Affghanistan, with the kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the
United States.

" The undersigned also consider peace as more desirable
with France than with any other of, the great powers, from
considerations of proximity, 'commercial and intellectual in-
tercommunication, and from respect for the place which she
holds among the civilized nations of the world.
" But we chiefly regret the possibility of collision with
France, because one result will be to render us by necessity
submissive to the encroachments of a great power, whose
hostile designs in the East we have not now to discover, who
are at this moment maturing, and which will without doubt
be carried into effect the moment that we are occupied in
contest with a great and well-prepared antagonist. We fore-
see, whatever party be successful, England or France, that
during the struggle the great prizes of the world will be seized
by a third party, and that Russia will be the only gainer by
an event so full of calamity to mankind. We perceive, that
whatever progress Russia may make in Central Asia, what-
ever her intrigues in India, and her attitude as possessor of
the Dardanells, we shall be humble and silent witnesses of
her acts provided she abstain from joining in the European
warfare against us.

Since writing the above, we have been informed that
an address to her Majesty and a petition to the Legis-
lature, setting forth the sentiments we have expressed,
has been prepared, and will be placed this day before
our merchants for signature at the Exchange Rooms.

has been paying Liver-
poolOn Friday he inspected
THE MA.Rauts' OF DOURO.—The eldest son of the Duke
of Wellington,
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tNhlcaprrqeusiesnotfwDeoekur. o,
the model of the Battle of Waterloo, now exhibiting in the
large room over the Union News Room, Duke-street, al-
though he had seen it more than once in London. He sub-
sequently visited the Custom-house, Town-hall, shipping,
:and other objects of attraction in the town, with all of which
he expressed, his delight.
THE £5O NOTE.—On Thursday last, Wm. Chapman was
:again brought up at the Borough Court; and Mr. Sawley
stated, that he had written to Mr. Whitty, inspector of the
Liverpool police, requestin him to inquire whether any man
named Chapman lived at No. 2, Albion Mill Place, Liver-
pool. Mr. Whitty's reply was to the effect, that most care-
ful inquiry had been made, and no person ,named Chapman
lived in any Albion-place, in Liverpool ; but a thief named
Chapman, who came to the recent races, lodged two or three
nights in Albion-street, and left on Friday last. It appeared
that the place the prisoner professed to live in was an Albion
Mill Place, Ben Jonson-street, in the neighbourhood of
Scotland-road, a place of great resort for thieves ; and, on
the application of Mr. Sawley, the prisoner was remanded to
Monday next, and further inquiry to be made in the mean
time at Liverpool.—Manchester Guardian.

TO THE REV. CONNOP THIRLWALL, A.M., THE
INTENDED BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S.

REV. Sin,—Your name has appeared in the London Ga-
zette as the person recommended by her Majesty to the
Precentor and Chapter of St. David's, to be by them elected
Bishop of that see ; but, before you accept the honour in-
tended for you in connexion with the principality of Wales,
permit me to submit to your serious consideration some of
the reasons for which you ought, as an honest man and a
Christian, to decline it. You are probably aware, that, ex-
cept in a small section of the county of Pembroke, the ver-
nacular language of the diocese of St. David is Welsh ;
and that the Bishop, in order to discharge the various duties
of his high and responsible office with efficiency, and to the
satisfaction of the inhabitants, must possess, in addition to
his other acquirements, a thorough knowledge of that lan-
guage. 'When the Great Head of the Christian Church
commissioned his apostles to " go into all the world, and
preach the Gospel to every creature," a difficulty presented
itself in the great variety of languages and dialects spoken
by different nations. This was not overlooked by the Sa-
viour, but a prompt and an adequate provision was made to
meet it. He commanded his apostles not to depart fron
Jerusalem on the high behests of their commission, but wai
for the promise of the Father—the gift of the Spirit ; whicl
they received on the day of Pentecost, " for they were al
filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance." Thus endowec
with the gift of tongues, the apostles went forth preachiN
the Gospel of God to every nation in its own vernacular lari.
gunge. They began at Jerusalem, and gave a full proof o
their ability in this respect, in the hearing of strangers whc
had come from distant countries to keep the feast, and relic
" were confounded, because every man heard them speak ie
his own language the wonderful works of God." It is con-
tended that the bishops of the present day are successors of
the apostles, but whether you concur in that opinion or not
is a matter of little importance ; you must admit that it was
the will of God, of Christ, and of the Spirit, that the highest
order of ministers in the Christian church should officiate in
the language of the people—" in their own tongue wherein
they were born." And though most of our British bishops
in modern times, to the great detriment of religion and
scandal of the church, have almost entirely laid aside this
part of the apostolic office—the preaching of the Gospel ;
and you, sir, probably intend to follow their baneful exam-
ple, with the view of concealing as much as possible from
public notice the glaring inconsistency of your being the
bishop and chief minister of a church the language of which
you do not understand ; yet, as Bishop of St. David's, the
following important duties will necessarily devolve upon you,
for the faithful discharge of which a thorough knowledge of
the Welsh language is indispensable :-
1. To decide as to the fitness of candidates for holy orders
to be entrusted with the cure of souls. The examination in
Greek and Latin, in the evidences of Christianity, and in
general biblical knowledge, through the medium of the Eng-
lish language, is soon gone through; and if a chaplain be
employed to assist in it, you will be able to judge how
far that chaplain does his duty, and he, to consult you
in every case of difficulty ; but the most important
qualification remains to be ascertained, viz., How far
these candidates are competent to discharge the duties of the
sacred office in the vernacular language of the parishes about
to be placed under their spiritual superintendence: for the
inhabitants of the Principality know the difference between
gibberish and pure Welsh, and when they cannot get the
latter in the churches, they leave the clergy to gibber away
to the empty forms, and go in a body to dissenting chapels,
where they seldom fail to hear their strong and beautiful lan-
guage spoken in its purity, accompanied by some of the finest
specimens of Welsh eloquence. Finding yourself at this stage of
the proceeding, in rather an awkward and humiliating posi-
tion for a bishop, you will, I doubt not, resort to the old
practice of doing your work by proxy, and entrust the entire
management of the Welsh examination to a Welsh chaplain.
But of that Welsh chaplain's fitness to undertake the work
you can form no opinion, nor judge of his fidelity in conduct-
ing it. And when it is remembered that a chaplain neither
feels the responsibility of a bishop nor possesses his indepen-
dence, it is not to be expected that he should exercise the
same unbiassed discrimination amidst the pressing claims of
powerful and influential parties, as a bishop himself would do.
Experience deelaresthat it cannot be done. But supposing
this irresponsible chaplain to be both able and disposed to do
his duty faithfully, will not the fact of his being employed in
that capacity involve the admission that your chaplain is bet-
ter qualified to fill the office of a bishop than, yourself? and
if so, I ask in the name of common sense, of justice, of equity,
and of Christian fairness, how comes it to pass, that in a free
country like this, you, the inadmissible, because incompetent
to discharge the duties of the office, should be invested with
it, and he who is in every respect qualified to sustain it with
dignity, efficiency, and devoted attachment to the inhabitants,
is for ever kept out of it? Does not this, Sir, appear to you
in the light of something worse than a mere political job—an
abuse of the gravest character in the administration of holy
things, where the spiritual interests of a whole nation are de-
liberately sacrificed to the promotion of a personal friend or
ministerial supporter? And need you be told, Sir, that the
practice conveys to the Welsh people, who feel the wrong
done to their church and their country, a lamentable proof
of the mercenary spirit of those English clergy who, under
such circumstances, consent to accept a bishopric in 'Wales ?
2. It will be your duty and privilege, as bishop, to give
away a large number of livings, and in so doing to decide on
the various merits of the respective candidates, but more
especially as to their proficiency in the native tongue ; and
also to inquire into the competency of all persons presented
to livings by the Crown to officiate in the same language.
And here the difficulties already enumerated will be increased
four fold. Curates, when found unable to do their duties
efficiently in Welsh, may be removed, and driven to seek
employment in the English parts of the British empire ; but
beneficed clergy become fixtures, and a mistake in the ap-
pointment, or collation, is not easily remedied. Not to
say anything at present of Englishmen, persons highly con-
nected in the Principality, having received their education
principally in England, are found to have paid very little
attention to the cultivation of the Welsh language, and
though they may have entered the church in England,
yet they invariably become candidates for preferment in
Wales, in order to live near their friends, and often succeed
in obtaining some of the best crown livings. To see that no
person incapable of preaching the Word and administering
the sacraments in the language of the people be appointed to
a benefice, is the grave and solemn duty of the bishop, and
obliged to act by
one of no ordinary difficulty ; but, from your utter ignorance
of that language yourself, you will be again
proxy, and call in the aid of your chaplain ; and to expect a
chaplain, on his own responsibility, to reject a successful
candidate, that can, after a few weeks' study, contrive to
read a few Welsh sentences like a schoolboy, and wade in
any shape through a borrowed Welsh sermon, isMlreasona-
ble : it would deprive the candidate of the living already
presented to him, and call forth the hatred and persecution
of his friends and connexions • and this done in two or three
instances, the faithful chaplain quit
the find it necessary to
the principality, if not for safety, certainly for peace, which
constitutes one of the most essential ingredients of human
happiness. This division of the duties of the episcopal office
in Wales ought never to be handed over to an individual,
who, though wishing to do right, has neither the autho-
rity nor the rank of a bishop to support him in the discharge
of his painful deliberations. The bishop alone can, in the
midst of so many embarrassing considerations, steer a true
and independent course ; and as there are native clergy,
who, to their vast and varied acquirements in gen?ral lite-
rature and theology, add this distinguished qualification,
that they can compose, speak, and converse freely in the
native tongue, it is deeply to be regretted that not one of
these, but an alien in language, is destined to be the new
Bishop of St. David's. With a different appointment, due
attention would be paid to the spiritual interests of the
Welsh-speaking population ; the machinery of the Welsh
church would be repaired ; the working of it would be placed
in skilful hands ; and the country would hail these things as
the dawn of a glorious reform. That you, sir, who profess
reforming principles, should, by your acceptance of a Welsh
bishopric, contribute to perpetuate one of the grossest and
most deadly abuses that ever a country endursd, is an event
which requires explanation : for that explanation the Welsh
people will continue to look, until, as it is to be hoped will
be the case, you fling back with high and dignified disdain
the poor bishopric of St. David, and demand a better in
England, where you may enjoy the emoluments of the see
without inflicting present and eternal injury on the inhabitants.
3. Another solemn duty of the episcopal office is the cele-
bration of the rite of confirmation. This rite will place you
in a dilemma from which you cannot escape by aid of a
proxy. With the exception of the introductory passage ex-
plaining the object of confirmation, the whole of the ser-
vice must be performed by the bishop, in accordence with
the precedent of the apostles, who alone laid hands on such
as believed and were baptized, without' being introduced into
the ministerial office. NiiA-tenths of the children or young
people presented for confirmation in the diocese of St. David
will know nothing of English beyond a few monosyllables,
occasionally employed in common conversation..
." To the
end," therefore, " that confirmation may 11, ministered to
i the more edifying of such as shall receive t, it is necessary
that it be ministered in the Welsh language ; " for he that
speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not unto men, but
unto God, for no man understandeth him." Now, sir, "if
you come to those children speaking in the (English) tongue,
what will you profit them ? Even things without life,
giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a
distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what
is piped or harped ? So likewise you, except you utter
by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it
be known what is spoken ? for you shall speak unto the
air." Therefore if the candidates for confirmation " know
not the meaning of the voice, they will be unto you that
speak barbarians, and you that speak, will be a barbarian
unto them." I have adopted the language of St. Paul in
reference to this point, with as few alterations as possible.
It shows in very explicit terms, not only the utter useless-
ness, but ridiculous absurdity of performing any religious
service in a language not understood by the congregation.
And the Welsh people who know more of the Bible than of
any other book, poor and illiterate as they are often repre-
sented to be, are shrewd enough to' bring the practice of a
Christian bishop to the test of Holy Scripture, and point out
to merited scorn the glaring inconsistency : adding with
a snear and sarcasm most afflictive to the feelings of the
clergy,—" The rich dowry is he cause of all this." But
for the emoluments we should have bishops that could speak
to, pray for, and bless our children in their mother's
tongue ;" and they turn away in disgust from the church
which allows of such mockery in holy things. But the 24th
article of the church ought to prevent the farce. To it every
bishop has solemnly subscribed,. thereby expressing his full
consent to, and approbation of th? doctrine it contains, and
it declares that "itis a thing, p y repugnant to the word
of God, and the custom of the primitive church, to have pub-
lic prayer in the church, or to minister the sacraments in a
tongue not understanded of the people." And you, sir, if
y contradict in practice
you accept the bishopric of. St. David, will, in celebrating
do in the church of God
your s
of God. Sir, these things
ought not to be. And the
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plainly
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taodr bel
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Welsh nation, roused at length to a
Journal,
r Silurian of Brecon, thel Haul, the Merthyr Guardian,
of Llandovery, the Gwladgarwr of Chester, and then, sir,ql
sense of the wrong, is beginning to declare in a voice of thunder
that it shall not be. Read the pages of the Carnarvon
the CambrianHerald,
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Swansea,rmen
consider well whether you ought to allow yourself to be
thrust into the vacant see amidst the execrations of a brave
and loyal but 'long injured people. It will be the climax of
inconsistency if you do. But I pray God to avert the evil
from my country

I have the honour to be, sir,
your most obedient humble servant,
Liverpool, Aug. 3, 1810. JAMES

PROCESSION OF THE DRUIDS AND OTHER SOCIETIES.—
Yesterday, the several societies of ancient and modern druids
and others held their anniversary holyday. They attended
divine worship, and walked in procession through the prin-
cipal street !-;, in neat attire, with sashes and other handsome
decoration:, and were attended by two good bands of music.
They looked remarkably well.

THE SOCIALISTS AGAIN.—The unhappy victims to the
Nelson-street. Like needy tradesmen,
w
sensualities of Owenism have advertisedata
tghreainrdtegmalaleanodf
iniquity,ball to takeio LordplaceN
on 1 s
who always have an eye to " the main point," certain charges
of is. 6d. and is. are to be paid previous to admission ; and
those who cannot trip the light fantastic toe in the true
social style are requested to join a class for that purpose,
the con-si-de-ra-tion for which is " very reasonable." The
Money thus obtained is to be devoted to the maintenance of
the preachers of infidelity, who go about spreading false-
hoods in all directions, a circumstance of itself sufficient to
deter any sensible person from being a dupe to the artifice,
and towards paying the expenses of congregating the young
and thoughtless together upon this occasion. were it not
for the excitement of these frequent displays, socialism
would soon expire.