The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-15 00:00:00

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compare. in the room. -rve- Conservative peers zind c,,nsery
'4ll-(e•nreqtrin.t.i.irfriite-tirie.be-Atid?'-aWav from their dozy 'iv
6dracy *. they inCritiii,glit:`those.-inlgar men, for such r!,,
Julitv of4hirttpriiii‘r.i.fkkse tit Cominons had been proven to he,
ntr.,,tl744lsilei,r,-owo,-grilund. and AV itik their own weapons; and, however
task might tie- to gentlemen of refined feehngs,
~Il nitre tif .Peers and to the -country deinanded it.
o,,oiLd;appfau,e.-) 'rite House or Peen; the'next session ought
ir,"1""to oica.ine.astires at an early period, audAviiiist
t q thui(.:st4-d the sincerity of the House of Coininuirs, would
unitAcious task of refusinv, wise measures to the
kr,Okti9:4, rnajority t f ,titat., (Muse. (t-ouri cheers.) He would
Jisrfaring Ihem.that the cortducters of the con,.
tyi.,tit maul of whom he hair:the honour of per-
ttiguaintanee; would. continue to irofittliniat,o4 by one spirit
,autllte.,rket „three- months, when, iu all .pm4ifirbd,i4 y he pa O. in -
Nrlsaer.4l,o3ll4jw4447t4rojelgE):e, arid then they,,W.olliti;- the t4sl'' tai
1.4 i)•:.lliitArf...weleAtaiiyes ri;;h:- rfincilleg.4o h—hrancties of ,tie
-74.4zlitplabkre,4-.:11e fclt greatly IMnouy,d
,Ity,thqrlaitittinie notice
`6,sv teen beAttiwerlOpoit,rAp,fi4uriGra:idiviln,:iulile
iyas,.doerrnina,,i nec,:er,tit re4x,r)n;,lais:cxfirtions for
Akr..`T:att,,ge
.34.hicii they Were•tnirttittheugap. 41. IT-bree dis
11nut.eheers were givent):4ll-., Vostgt.wizen he, sat, 4ps. u.)
• " The Blue ,Belles oc,Blackburn,7

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was next drunk with nine times uiae
• - 11,r•
•- rvpiadv 'paid a. handsome onitpliment to the Lady of
roster, tsq., for the elegant flag whicli, she had that -day
p-rksented to the A.sociation. •
At this period 11[1,1..Fieuling, E'sq. M. p., and several friendi
14 the torten,. amidst thiplandits of the. whole company.
Mr. 'riptady. in a neat speech, proposed "The health of Mrs.
nargreaves and fatuity, and lung life and prosperity to theist."
-Drank with musical honours.,
The Chairman returned thanks on the part of Mrs. Hargreaves
and.fatuilv, and -assured them, that she, like the majority of . le-
- wives in the Entpire, was truly a Conservative.
•re'shealth to ,all good lasses.''
• "'Elie Officers of the Biacklitig Operative Conservative Assn;
. eiation." '•rr he he;iltli of Mr. Fleming, and thanks to hint for
the use of his room." (These toasts were drunk with the accus-
--.. tooted honours.) •
The Chairman then retired, and thus 'closed the, proceedings
of the most interesting and orderly dinner a,nongst the opera-
, , buss we ever witnessed; and Thursday last wttl,_ we are certain,
be .1 proud day for Conservatissm in the future annals of Black-
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THEATRE-ROYAL LIVERPOOL.
A/FRS. and MISS STANLEY most respectfully announce
171 • their BENEFIT on WEDNESDAY, (To-mottitowi)
When will.be performed Murphy's Comedy of
- ALL IN TILE WRONG.
Sir John Reitless..Mr. Stuart. I Beverley.. Mr. W. Howard.
'Lady Restless Mrs. Stanley.
Clarissa Miss Stanley. Tattle Mrs. Clarke.
• Belinda. Miss Faucit.
To conclude with the splendid Spect,icle of
BLUE BEARD:
11f r' ATKIN' . hayin;z ~ranted permission for the splendid
- ELEPHANT RAJAH •

and that rare Aniinal the •
-• DROMEDARY
to appear,, the n'hole will fimin a Pageant of unprecedented,
attraction and novelty..
Tickets to he had et the Box-office, Theatre-Royal, and of
41,rsi and tilos STA N Wfaxlward's, 150, Islington.

I'o CORRESPONDENTS.

-The insertion of the wen-written appeal'of " Aufidius" to the
CMiservati.es of Liverpool, Would only tend tO.prejudice the
cause which it is designed '., subserve. The
,three' great
dz classes o!: the copitituen-ey merchants E--the tradesmen—
' arid the operzttivestiave is 4 definitive expression of
their feelin!rs in favour of thr Hon. C. j. Canning'; and the
certainty of success---arnountiog 10—delnon4tration—readeis
it quite-unnecessary to adopt the alternative which, our cor-
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'resp(rndent so ably suggests.
" .1. is i!ifj;rined that the 'subject of hiS communication is
not adapted for discussion in, the colJi.lus ~f a neWspaper.
1.1" e never meddle with' affairs of • a private and 'personal'
character.
The verses by " A COnstant Reader" do not suit us.
`f he " Punch and Judy" affair to which-an " Anti-destructive"
alludes, is many degrees below contempt,
Pedestres" cniiiplains—,.ve think very justly-4)f the aborni-
aerie state of the_streets in various parts of the town.
The letter of R. G. 1." has been received, but we beg to
assure him that the -insignificant croatures• against Whom 'he
complains are utterly unworthy of his notiee. Pertinacity in
maintaining,a falsehood is not sufficient to induce the public
togive them any degree of credit.
: We' 'ibillfeel obliged for any information from our correspon-
dents respecting the meteoric appearances which were ex-
pected to be visible on Saturday night.
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Ebz 31,ilnrpool

TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1836.

'The demand made upon our columns by subjects of
deeP local, as well as national, interest to the cause of
conservatism, is the only reason we hare to offer for de..
laying so long the discussion of the question of church
rates, for the extinction of which a mongrel meeting of
dissenters, and nominal churchnien, was lately held in.
the city of London. This is a subject of the first im-
,portance to our national church, and, through our national

c!lurcli, to all our political and civil institutions. It is
I„,ii,the first outpost that its enemies are assailing.with a view'
1 4-4 to draw nearer their lines, and thereby, ultimately, to
4120.1ft:0 its
,complete destruction. We, thereforeOtope to
lie indulged with a little patience, whilst we combat' the
„pAkqble, but unsubstantial, arguments of these enemies'
establishment...- - .

The leader who harangued the metropolitan assenThlV
412:!-Ivas71V r.r Ovules Lushington, M.P. He opened his
with a very Well turned etilogy upon Ins own
rality, which with-arch subtlety he also turned into an al-
4.ted,gutnent to prove the justice of the. Clain's. they Were met
"Act:to urge. You hare called upon me, a churchman, sajrs
lre,,,tci' preside over a meeting of dissenters asking for
concession. from 'that church to •which I • belong. Is this
not a proof of the moderation and reasonableness •of

views." •
It is always a,painful task to us to make personal al•
lusions, but in the discharge of our sterner duties, and

1074 especially when such momentous issues'depend upon it,
,I„,,pty.fectings.must bow to justice. A member of the es-
tit6;tablished church appearing to advocate a measure de-
lu''stilictive of its acknowledged legitimate rights, is so
tti great a ptactical solecism, such a suicidal picture, that
~&J :we cannot look at it with any feelings of complacency—
dli; a member of the establishment placed at the head of a
phhlatix of the direst enemies to the establishment creates

;Such a ,confusion of ideas, that we are hurried on to al-
most -Uncharitable surmises. So far from such an
incon-
gruity. affording, evidence of integrity of purpose on the
pan' of dissenters, it only serves to exhibit in him that
submits to it, to what a depth of degradation man may
'4-7, fall.

„,, such language flattered the erect ears of dissenters,
has made any impression upon the weak minds of any
'l'J:,4lrivellers in the land, upon us it falls pointless. What!
are-we surprised to find Mr. C. Lushington advocating
4zieasures engendered in the agitated mind of dissent?
Should we have been surprised if the next day he had
stood forward the champion of Romanist-if, and on the
third day spoke, in his untired eloquence of liberalism,
in' behalf of the creed of Mahomet ? But though we
value little, and fear less, the-authority of Mr. Lushing-
ton; and the ” ragged regiment" r)f recreant churchmen
who fought under his banners at this metropolitan meet-
ing, we think it our, bounden duty, which in these days of
• innovation it vrould be criminal to neglect, to expose the
sophistry, and lay bare the treachery, of the impugners of
our national esta4sluuent. The principle hid down by
Mr. Lushington, and which was made the foundation-
,stOne upon Which was erected the unterrific_hatteries.of
, this politico-ecclesiastical legion was, (and who ever saw
such a piece. of dialectie wisdom, from the time of Aristo-
' tle to that of Saunderson, Duncan, or Watts,) that he-
• .cause "we of the Chu-reh of England should, undoubt-
. .edly, refuse to contribute to any compulsory payment for
the establishment of dissenters' chapels, or to provide
clean linen for its service, it is therefore porfectly unjust
that dissenters should be required to contribute; by corn.
Ipulsory means, to the repair of our churches, or to the
.expense.of their contingent ministrations." It is possi-
ble that this argument may be weighty upon the mental
''.boulders of Mr. Lushington, and of other men of equally
weak minds—it is possible that the " therefore" of this
,
gentteman may carry upon its front the impress of a just
conclusion—and it is only because we know that there
are thousands in our land who have not been disciplined
to correct thinking, and ten thousands who are ready to
embrace error when it fosters their own views, that we
• shall expose the folly of this reasoning, and the fatal is-
...
Hanes to which it tends. Our readers will then perceive
if. such a principle were universally recognised, it
'would occasion the complete dismemberment of civil go-•
isth,lvernment, and carry society back, by one retrogressive
to its primitive state.
Ati4 If it,be true and just, that they who forego the bene-
i.?, firs of an institution ought, " therefore," to be relieved
161 „from supporting it, why then the Society of Friends, of
f° whom we shall always speak with the highest respect,
?:',sff,i-L''-Ought not to be required to pay anything towards the
maintenanc(. of the army and navy, because they consci-
entiously disallow war. But, would it be just to give
':`] them the protection, in person and estate, which an army
rls a.4:11d navy afrird, and not demand from titer] any contri
to support those .bulwarks of our national incle-
41,4a4111Cpie On f,rh tit t suCfiCe , - t
• .4.'j5;j14(4;., that Providence will ever :protect the righteous 6y
fie secret exercise of means independent of men, that