The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-01 00:00:00

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FRE ROMISH COLLEGE OF NIAYNOOTE.
TIE E proposition has been made to the House of
Commons for a Select Committee on the subject of
the Romish College a Maynooth, with a view to
theavithdrawal of the grant of L 30,000 a year ; -and
the-raotion having been virtually defeated by .an
amendment which throws the inquiry open to all
religious endowments, the final decision has bean
postponed until to-morrow ,(Wednesday). •It can
hardly, be necessary at this time to expose the utter
absuaity and folly of a nation,.avowedly Christia%
contributing to the education of such pestilent
as Romish priests—a class of men who
.are idolaters in religion and traitors to the state,
who preach sedition, and keep their dupes in,
ignorance and spiritual thraldom. The grant to
Maynooth College is a standing _disgrace to the
country.;.and yet among the votes inits favour were
those of ,several members of the present Govern-
meat, .and an array of professing Radicals. It is
gratifying, however, to observe that the Con-
servatives generally voted for the motion ; and
among them -were Messrs. TURN:aiI and Mao-
KENZIS, our own representatives, and,-Mr. HORS-
F A LL, M. P. for Derby.

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RETURNS -0-. F NEWSPAPER STAMPS.
AN attempt wast made on Monday, last week, in the
House of Commons, by Mr. BROTHERTON, sup-
ported by Mr. 14. GtasoN, to obtain a return of the
number of &amps supplied to each Newspaper,
with the °Neat, as was,alleged, of obtaining inforr
mation as to their respective amount of circulation.
The motion was opposed by the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUEXI, for-the several reasons that the
House had deliberately abandoned the granting of
these returns; that it was an improper exposure of

the affairs of Newspaper publishers ; and that the
public might, with as much propriety, require a
return of the several amounts of income for which
individuals were assessed under schedules D and E
of the Property-tax, upon the ground that it might
be useful respecting the solvency of various firms.
For our own part, we should not haye objected to
the motion for making the return, as it would have
afforded the public an opportunity of seeing the
great and increasing progress of the Liverpool
Standard under its present management; but at
the same time we quite agree with the objections
stated by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.
It Would be an unnecessary and unjust exposure of
the affairs of private individuals, under the pre-
tence of consulting the interests of advertisers,
while it would offer no real test or safe criterion as
to the object which it professed to serve. It is
well known that many Radical newspapers, having
the hope of such an exposure before them—as the
motion is always made by Radical members of the
House of Commons—lay in a store of Stamps far
beyond the demands upon them, in order to give
an appearance of a large circulation. On the other
hand, it must be borne in mind that the actual
number circulated of a Newspaper forms in no
degree a test of its value to advertisers. The real
value of a Newspaper in this respect depends far
more upon its quality than its quantity; for it must
be evident that even a limited circulation among
the more respectable classes of society is of in-
finitely greater importance to those who have
oocasion to advertise, than a circulation, however
large, among the frequenters of tap-rooms, beer-
houses, and shavinkihops, Where-Radical papers