The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-03 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Never did our radical contemporaries give a more
?unhappy proof of their propensity to enormous lying
143441).;5;11...1than in. their boasted cry, (too frequently reiterated,)
onbu L.
4,44 ,that the School Question was set at rest for ever. Let
"k`4l4fri :•• an contemptible scribbler give publicity to his senti-
tii.. 0 •
I.4nents on this subject, and his nonsense is immediately
as something quite unanswerable; and the
ti 4 44,14 - • - .
'°'lman who refuses to yield an immediate assent to the
`ll43l46:.lM—,:fOolish dogmas of the pamphleteer, is instantly de-
nounced as an infuriated bigot and enemy of educa-
tion. The subject is one of peculiar interest to the

BRANDY AND SALT—In consequence of the numerous and
repeated inquiries which have been made at the office of the
Liverpool Standard for copies of the paper in which the
article on " Brandy and Salt" appeared, and in compliance
with the earnest solicitations of a great number of indivi-
duals, we have been induced to republish Mr. Lees's
observations. They will be found on the fourth page.
A " Scotchman" 'should have furnished us with his name—
confidentially, of course.
The note of " M. M. K." shall appear on Friday.
ERRATUM.—In our account of the President steam-ship.
in our publication of Friday, an error was allowed to pass
• in the hurry of reading. It was stated that Bristol had
formerly taken the lead of Liverpool, for some years, in
" ocean steam navigation." The word " steam" should
have been omitted.

EN' Etinpoot Altanbarb.

TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1840.

We have received a file of the Newfoundland Times
to the 29th of January, inclusive. From these papers
we learn that the " bill to provide for the relief of the
Poor" had passed both the House of Assembly and
the Legislative Council, after having undergone several
important amendments.

The Times of Jan. 22 furnishes us with a long cor-
respondence between Captain Prescott and the Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies, .relative to the disposal
of the Crown Lands in the Island of Newfoundland.
From the replies of the Colonial Secretary to Captain
Prescott we learn that " those persons who are in pos-
session of lands by permission, but without any other
title, will have the option of taking grants on the terms
on which they have heretofore been given ;" but the
application was to be made within three months of the
22d of July last. It is also stated that `4 in all future
sales of land belonging to the Crown, purchasers will
be required to pay down at the time of sale 10 per
cent. on the whole value of the purchase, and the re—
mainder within fourteen days from the day of sale;—
that until the whole price is paid the purchasers will
not be put in possession of the land ;—and that in the
event of payment not being made within the prescribed
period, the sale will be considered void, and the deposit
forfeited." Owing to these stringent regulations, we
find that proceedings relative to allotments of land had
been suspended for some months. In consequence of
this state of things the Governor says that he had as-
sembled the Executive Council on the 31st of Decem-
ber, to request their opinion as to the applicability of
the Australian regulations respecting the sale of Crown
Lands to Newfoundland. The Council decided that
they could not be adapted in any way to that colony.
The Governor apprised the Colonial Secretary of this
decision. In answer, Lord John Russell says that he
does not think it necessary to continue the suspension
of all proceedings for the allotment of lands, and gives
directions for resuming the " former system of sale by
-auction at an upset price."
There is no general news of any importance in the
papers before us. They are chiefly occupied with ex-
•tracts from the English and Canadian papers.

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town of Liverpool ; and though we have frequently
and boldly stated our honest convictions on the much-
agitated question, we insert in another column, with
inexpressible pleasure, the admirable letter of the Rev.
Thomas Drew, penned with special 'reference to the
secession of the Synod of Ulster from the uncompro-
mising friends of scriptural education. Happy is it
for our country that there are yet some master minds
who persist in deprecating a junctipn with the iniquit-
ous board of education, under any circumstances, and
who are not to be led astray by names or characters,
however high-sounding or respectable. Happy is it
that a few clearheaded and straightforward men can
still dissipate the mists with which the subject is so
frequently darkened, and who recognise the principal
objections to the system existing to the present day—
viz., that it gives instruction in what its promoters
know to be falsehood, and that it invades the liberties
of man, and robs him and his children of their best
and noblest privilege,—the full, pure, and perfect word
of God. As a practical illustration of the latter fea-
ture, we reprint the following extract from Mr. Drew's
letter :

" I confess the more I reflect upon it the more I shrink
back with horror at the idea of being a party to the expulsion
of seventeen thousand copies of the bible from the schools of
Ulster. If this may be done at one blow, how must such a
system work for corning years ? And now at a word, we de-
molish the enquiry made by you and many worthy men,
namely, what is the difference between receiving a grant
from the Board and a grant from the State ?' I say there is
a difference ; take money from the State, and, as in former
days with other societies, you teach God's Word freely to
all. Take money from the Board and you become a party to
a bond more fatal to the souls of the -Romanists than St.
Bartholomew's day was to the bodies of sixty thousand Pro-
testants."

The Manchester Guardian of Saturday last, while
replying to our article of Friday last, on the subject of
the corn laws, makes the " startling" confession that
most of the duties on articles of Foreign manufacture
are " wholly inoperative, and tend no more to keep up
the prices of English fabric, than a tax on coals im-
ported into Newcastle, or upon oranges imported into
the island of St. Michael's, would tend to enhance the
prices of the staple productions of those two places ;"
adding, that "if the duties on imported manufactures
were all repealed to-morrow, the effect of that repeal
upon the great aggregate of English manufactures
would scarcely be appreciable." If these assertions be
strictly correct, what reason is there for agitating the
repeal of the corn laws ? The Guardian distinctly
insinuates that, even under existing circumstances, the
manufacturers of Great Britain can afford to under Sell
foreigners, and triumphantly demands why, if that be
not the case, "how it happens that foreigners do not
drive us out of all markets to which both have equal
access?" This is a concession which makes further
argument almost unnecessary. We have always un-
derstood, until the Guardian condescended to enlighten
us upon the subject, that the principal argument of
the manufacturers, against the continuance of the
duties on the importation of foreign corn, was, that
these " taxes on corn" rendered it impossible for the
British manufacturer to compete with the foreigner.
We are sure that this argument has been most promi-
nently introduced into -all the speeches made at the
Chamber of Commerce and the meetings of the Anti-
Corn-Law-League, as well as into those which have
been delivered in the House of Commons in opposition
to the corn laws. It now appears, on the authority of
the Manchester Guardian,—an authority to which we
are bound to defer, as the editor of that erudite jour-
nal unhesitatingly proclaims his own superior acquaint-
ance with the merits of the question under discussion,
—that it is a complete fallacy to assert that the British
manufacturer cannot compete with the foreigner, even
under the operation of the corn laws. Why, then, we
ask again, should the corn laws be repealed ? If we can
now undersell foreigners in all markets to which both
the British and foreign manufacturers have equal access,
why not rest contented with our present advantages ?
" Let well alone" is surely an excellent maxim to act
upon until we can discover something better : and we
feel quite assured that we should be doing any thing
but " bettering" our condition by plunging the agri-
cultural interests of this country into irretrievable
ruin. The manufacturers would be the first to coin-
plain of the consequences of a repeal of the corn laws,
especially if accompanied by a repeal of the duties on
foreign manufactures. However strongly the Guardian
may deny the effectiveness of these duties, we still main-
tain that they are operative in protecting the British
manufacturer. If they did not thus operate, how comes
it to pass that many articles of foreign produce are
constantly introduced into this country, for home con-
sumption, after paying a duty of 20, 30, and even 40
per cent ? If it pays the importer to introduce such
goods under these heavy rates of duty, what would be
the case if these duties were repealed ?
The truth is that the British manufacturer is pro-
tected—effectually protected in most instances— in the
best market to which he has access—the home market.
The duties on foreign manufactures have a greater
practical effect in prohibiting the import of those
manufactures, than the corn laws have in excluding
foreign corn. The manufacturer, in other words, is
more effectually protected than the farmer. Are the
manufacturers of this country prepared to resign,
without a murmur, those duties which the Guardian
says are wholly "inoperative ?" Unless they are, they
have no right to deprive the farmer of protection. Of
course, we do not say that the restrictive duties on the
importation of foreign manufactures should be repealed,
any more than we advocate the repeal of the corn laws.
Protection, in both cases, has been found to work well,
and we believe its continuance to be indispensably
necessary in a country so highly taxed as Great Bri-

taro is. There is no fear of foreign competition so long
as we can keep our capital at home, instead of sending
it to the continent, which would be the inevitable result
of the repeal of the corn laws.

'We beg to remind our readers that a memorial is
now lying for signature, at all the public news-rooms,
newspaper offices, &c., praying the Lords of the
Treasury that Liverpool may be appointed as the
port from and to which the steam-vessels to be
employed in the conveyance of the West India and
other Colonial mails shall depart and arrive. We are
sorry to find that the sheets to be appended to this me-
morial have, as yet, obtained but a comparatively small
number of signatures. This is by no means creditable
to the public spirit of the town. The object sought
for in the memorial is one of the greatest possible im-
portance to every individual in the town. It has no-
thing whatever to do with any political considerations.
There are no selfish motives to he gratified in this mat-
ter which are not equally shared by every one who feels
the slightest degree of interest in the prosperity of Li-
verpool. The West India interest will only be effected
by the decision of the Lords of the Treasury in com-
mon with the rest of the inhabitants. It can make
very little difference to the West India merchant whe-
ther the mails are despatched from London, Liverpool,
Southampton, Bristol, or Falmouth; but it will make
a great difference to the people of Liverpool, whether
the increased expenditure of money which the West
India mail steamers would cause should be secured or
lost to this town. The ship-builders, carpenters, sail-
makers, engineers, upholsterers, provision dealers,
wine and spirit merchants, innkeepers, and shopkeep-
ers of the town, are peculiarly interested in this mat-
ter. We trust, therefore, that they will see the pro-
priety of coming forward promptly to sign the memo-
rial, of which a copy lies for signature at the office of
the LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

We have long been apprized that the system of
Popish organization existing in Ireland contemplates
the " restoration" of all the glebe-lands, and other
ecclesiastical possessions, now belonging to the clergy
of the Established Church, to the Popish priesthood.
That this is the ultimate object of the present agita-
tion of the priests is openly avowed in Ireland. In
that country there exist fewer reasons for concealment
than there do in this country. Thanks to the tempo-
rizing conduct of too many professing Conservatives,
and to the anti-Protestant policy of the present Admi-
nistration, the Established Church in Ireland has ex-
perienced so many " heavy blows," and such " great
discouragement," that the Papists are already boasting
that the day is not distant when " the religion of the
majority" will again obtain the ascendancy, and when
those revenues which are now devoted to the support
of a Protestant Church will be seized upon as a wel-
come booty by the Romish hierarchy and their subor-

dinates. But we must confess our astonishment on
finding that the Popish priests in England have ven-
tured to predict a similar appropriation of our Church
revenues. We do not mean to say that we ever enter-
tained the slightest doubt as to the ultimate designs of
the crafty priests of the Romish Church. We are well
aware that they have been all along engaged in seeking
the subversion of the Protestant Church of England
and the re-establishment of Popery. These designs,
however, have hitherto been kept as secret as possible,
lest the Protestant people of England should be
alarmed by a premature disclosure. The time has at
length arrived when the Popish priests think that they
may safely cast aside the mask, and boldly proclaim
the ends which they have so long contemplated. We
find in the Halifax Guardian of Saturday last the fol-
lowing startling disclosure :—" We have beforetime
called attention to the Popish Gilds which have been
established at Bradford, Huddersfield, and other neigh-
bouring towns. The apparent object of these asso-
ciations was for a time charitable; but by a copy of
their laws now lying before us, we perceive that there
is a deep and jesuitical design in this organization
of the 6 hereditary hodinen' and migratory jewellers
who make up the Popish population of Yorkshire and
Lancashire. A clue to this labyrinthine effort of
jesuitry is given in the title-page of this pamphlet,
which is a morceau of Popish presumption. We give
it entire :-6 Jesus. Marie. Joseph. The Laws and
Constitutions of the Holy Gild of St. Joseph and our
blessed Lady. To which is prefixed a short historical
account of the Gilds that flourished before the Reforma-
tion. By the Rev. P. M. Kaye, CATHOLIC VICAR
OF BRADFORD. PERMISSU SUPERIORIfM."

Catholic Vicar of Bradford ! There is a bold an-
nouncement. Dr. Scoresby is not the Vicar of Brad-
ford any longer. The office is equally shared by a
Popish priest, " with the permission of his superiors."
We surpnße w soon. boar ‘->f *L.
Rectors of Liverpool," and the " Catholic Bishop of
Chester ;" for the same pamphlet informs us that
" each Gild will erect in its parish church the Gild
Altar, &c."

Protestants of England ! when will ye arouse from
your lethargy, and boldly come forward to the rescue
of your glorious Constitution in Church and State ?
Is any further warning necessary ?

It is evident from the numerous electioneering
movements now in progress in various parts of the
United Kingdoin, that a dissolution of Parliament is
looked forward to as an event by no means distant.
It is, therefore, of the greatest importance that the Con-
servatives should every where hold themselves in readi-
ness for the approaching contest. The next general
election, come when it may, will be one of the most
critical in its character and results that has ever been
witnessed in this country. The issues which it will
involve will affect the interests, not only of the present
generation, but of generations yet unborn. It will
emphatically decide the fate of our Constitution in
Church and State." It will result in the triumph or
downfal of the Established Church—the chief safe-
guard of our rights and liberties. The enemies of the
Church are diligently employed in preparing for the
impending struggle. Its friends must be equally
vigilant. We sincerely trust that every county, city,
and borough in Great Britain and Ireland will be con-
tested. A timorous policy has hitherto prevented the
Conservatives from fully testing the feelings of the
constituencies. It is time that the Radicals should be
attacked even in their strongest holds. Let no seat be
resigned as hopeless. The country is still too strongly
attached to constitutional principles to permit the final
triumph of Radicalism, if an opportunity is every
where given for the expression of popular feeling.

The Blackburn Standard of Wednesday last, we
learn from several of our contemporaries, (for the pa-
per did not, as usual, reach our office) announces that
the borough of Clitheroe, which has hitherto been en-
tirely in the hands of the Whigs, will be contested by
a Conservative candidate at the next election. We
understand that a clear majority of the electors have
presented a requisition to Edward Cardwell, Esq., who
has promptly accepted the invitation. Mr. Cardwell,
as many of our readers are doubtless aware, is a barris-
ter of great talent, whose connections are well known
and highly respected in this town, and who has consi-
derable influence in the neighbourhood of Clitheroe.

It is almost needless to add that his principles are
strictly Conservative. He possesses, also, in an emi-
nent degree, the recommendation of being an eloquent
public speaker. We have, therefore, no doubt that he
will succeed in rescuing the borough of Clitheroe from
the degradation of being a Whig nomination borough.
The following are extracts from the address which he
has issued :

Intimately connected with your neighbourhood by many
ties of early association and personal knowledge, I trust I
shall always be found as able to appreciate your interests, as,
I shall be zealous to promote them. I will do all in my power

to advance the welfare of your trade and manufactures. I
am persuaded that agriculture and commerce are inseparably
united with each other; and that no measure can be really
beneficial to either which does not conduce to the prosperity
of both.

Firmly attached to the British constitution, I see grounds
for serious alarm in the hostile spirit constantly evinced by
the present administration towards the upper house of parlia
ment.

Considering that firm support in the House of Commons

in the:constitutional test of public confidence,ll have no faith
in the popular professions of men, who, driven from their
places by defeats in parliament, have condescended to resume
them for the convenience of courtiers and the arrangement
of the royal household.
A loyal subject of the crown, I have no confidence in those
who have abused, for party purposes, the sacred name of loy-
alty, and have employed it to shelter their own unpopularity,
rather than to encourage, in the hearts of their countrymen,
a genuine reverence and affection towards their sovereign.
I am a sincere friend of civil and religious freedom ; and as

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have no wish to infringe the liberty of others, so I will con

sent to no aggression upon those principles which have placed
the house of Brunswick upon the throne of Britain. Nor
shall I ever regard it as any part of a real liberality to stand
idle while those seeds of sedition and blasphemy are sown,

which grow up into the bitter fruits of infidelity and treason.
Believing, therefore, that a vigorous administration affords
the best security for public peace and private happiness, I
shall do my utmost to support those distinguished statesmen
(connected, the most eminent of them, with our own neigh-
hood), by whom alone such an administration can be formed.
Above all, I am a devoted adherent to that mild and tolerant
church which, by God's blessing, is established in these domi-
nions. I will steadfastly maintain her rights and privileges,
and earnestly endeavour to increase her usefulness.
I have no wish to recommend myself as a " reformer" to
those who identify that word with restless notions of change.
But uo mail can be more desirous than myself to carry into
every department of church and state that practical spirit of
improvement, which is essential to good government and the
preservation of the public welfare.
These sentiments are alike honourable to Mr. Card-
well's head and heart. They are such as must be re-
sponded to by every true Conservative. It is to be
hoped that the electors of other boroughs, now in the
hands of the Whigs, will emulate the noble and inde-
pendent conduct of the men of Clitheroe.

RE-BUILDING OF GREAT GEORGE-STREET CHAPEL.—
We hear, with very great pleasure, that the subscription
towards the erection of a new chapel on the site of the old,
now amounts to nearly the sum of £5,500. which, with a
moiety of the insurance money, makes a total not far short
of £7,500. A Building Committee has been formed, and no
time will be lost in obtaining plans and estimates for the new
edifice. The building will scarcely be ready for occupation
before this time next year.—Albion.
THE WATERLOO COURSING MEETING, - WEDNESDAY
NEXT.—WC (Chronicle, of Saturday,) have little to commu-
nicate on this matter, to-day, the betting being principally
confined to those who have a feeling in the matter, most of
them being sly dogs, who will not allow a dogberry to know
as much as themselves. The odds may be considered of a
stationary character, and our last quotation will suffice. 500
to 25 has been laid against Lord Stradbroke's preten-
sions, but the other quotations are of a mixed description,
which we quote below :-
100 to 7 against Lord Eglinton's Waterloo.
100 ~ 7 „ Emprese.
100 ~ 7 ~ Maiden Queen.
100 ~ 6 „ Lord Talbot's " nomination."
100 ~ 6 ~ Mr. Blundell's "nomination."
100 „ 6 PP Kenwigs.
100 6 PP Mountaineer.
100 ~ 5 ~ Bugle.
100 ~ 5 ~ Dulcimer.
100 „ 4 ~ Flora Nl`lver.
100 2 Pt Umber.
DEATH FROM STARVATION.—On Friday an inquest was
held on the body of an old woman named Martha Gordon.
On the evening of Saturday the deceased was seen in Mary-
bone, in a dying state, hardly able to speak. Two police-
officers on duty came to her assistance, and finding her unable
to walk, they carried her to the Dispensary, in Vauxhall-road.
She told them she was dying for want of the necessaries of
life. On arriving at the Dispensary she had ceased to live.
The surgeon of that establishment, Mr. John Edward Nor-
ton, made a post mortem examination of the body. He found
the cavities of the body filled with a watery fluid ; the right
lung was slightly diseased. Death, in his opinion, was pro-
duced by starvation I The jury, after an investigation of the
facts, found the following verdict Died through the in-
clemency of the weather, and the want of the common neces-
saries of life."