The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-02 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ALBION

SIR,—In reply to Mr. Brighouse's letter, in this day's
Journal, respecting the Messrs. Mason, Whitfield-street, I
beg to state, that I never offered any bet respecting Mr.
Mason's license, but that, on the contrary, it was Mr. Brig-
house himself ho several times offered to bet £lOO, or any
money, that Mr. M. would not obtain one ; and, further,
that I never made any promise to procure Mr. M. a license,
having no such authority, or attempted to use any undue in-
fluence whatever with Mr. Mason, who is too independent
to be so treated.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant,

EDWARD LAWSON
Rodney-street, Toxteth-park, 30th Jan., 1841.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ALBION

SIR.—In consequence of the letters which this day appeared
in the Liverpool papers, in reference to the charges made by
Mr. Smith against Mr. Yates and myself, I beg to repeat
what I have before stated, that Mr. Yates never called upon
or asked me, at any time, to vote for any party ; that I never
told Mr. Brighouse, or any other person, that Mr. Yates had
asked me or had promised to use any influence in obtaining
a license for me. I beg further to state, that it is utterly false
that Mr. E. Lawson, accompanied by Mr. Hechle, canvassed
me for my vote ; or that either of them took upon themselves
to promise, that, if I voted for Mr. Rathbone, I should have
a license granted to me. In conclusion, I beg to state dis-
tinctly, that Mr. William Smith, brother to Mr. Alexander
Smith, jun., canvassed me several times for my vote, and
that he attempted the grossest intimidation in endeavouring
to obtain my support for his brother ; and, failing in this, he
resorted tl the coarsest and most vulgar abuse, and, by his
brawling in the public street, on the day of election, after it
was over, in the front of my house, collected a crowd, to my
great annoyance. Every part of the above statement lam
prepared at any time to substantiate.—l am, Sir, yours, re-
spectfully, WILLIAM MASON.
Toxteth-park, 30th January, 1841.

Since the preliminary remark that we have made to the
foregoing letters was penned, two others on the same subject
have been published in a contemporary of yesterday, and
these we subjoin without comment, especially as it will be
seen that Mr. Brighouse returns to the charge, and appears
quite prepared to maintain his ground.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Sia,—l perceive in the Albion of this day two letters, one
from Mr. Lawson, and another from Mr. Mason, denying
the statements I made in the Liverpool papers of Saturday.
All that I need say in reference to Mr. Lawson is, that
Mr. Joseph Appleby and Mr. Threlfall were present, and
heard Mr. Lawson offer the bet; and I feel assured both of
these gentlemen will not hesitate to confirm my statement.

And with reference to Mr. Mason's statement, I have to
observe that I am ready to make oath to what I said in my
former letter ; and how Mr. Mason could sign such a docu-
ment, I leave to his own conscience to supply the answer.—
I am, &c., JOHN BRIGHOUSE.
Park-road, Ist February, 1841.

MEDAL IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MAS-
SACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW.

CHALLENGE TO THE POPISH PRIESTS OF LIVERPOOL

The editor of the Live; ;1111;;;;;;;having stated, that
if the present Pope of Rome were monster enough to ap-
prove of the above barbarous massacre, be could not be fool
enough to order a medal to be re-cast, commemorating it.
I assert that the medal was re-cast, in the mint at Rome, so
lately as December, 1839, and I challenge any priest in Li-
verpool to disprove such fact, if he can. Further, I chal-
lenge any Popish priest in Liverpool to point out to me any
work, having the authority of the Pope of Rome, in which
that atrocious massacre is spoken of in terms of reprobation,
or even, to use the modern phraseology, as an untoward
event.

I make not these statements " to keep up enmity between
two large sections of Christians," as is falsely asserted by
those who brawl about liberty, and know not what it is : but
I make them to show that Popery is what it was, and what
it ever will be,—a system of blood-stained persecution.—l
remain, &c., JOSH. CRISP.

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WHEAT AND WAGES

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Stu.,—ln your paper of yesterday you copy the following
query from a London contemporary—" Does dear bread
bring high wages ? In reply to which I beg leave to send
you the following table :
Year. Wheat per Bushel. Wages of Agriculturists.
s. d. s. d.
1150 0 44 0 2
1350 .. 1 104 0 3
1450 .. 1 5 0 34
1550 .. 1 10i .. 0 4
1600 .. 4 0 6
1625 , . 411 0 64
1675 4 6 0 74
1720 .. .. 4 44 .. 0 8
1740 .. .. 3 8 010
1760 3 94 o n
1780 4 54 .. 1 2
1795 .. 7 10 1 5t
Now, from the above you will see, with some slight devia-
tions, that the price of bread and wages have kept pretty
equal. For instance, in 1350 wheat was at Is. 104 d. per
bushel, and wages 3d. per day ; so that it took a man 74 days
to earn a bushel of wheat. In 1795 wheat is 7s. 10d. per
bushel, and wages ls. 54d. per day ; so that he earned a
bushel of wheat in 54 days. Now what have the grumblers
to complain of?
This table is extracted from the Philosophical Transactions
for 1798, and consequently was not calculated for political
purposes ; so that they may be depended upon : and to these
tables I refer your readers for the price of other commodi-
ties, which will show more clearly the close connection of
wheat and wages in price. R. H. C.
Liverpool, 30th January. 18.41.

ROBBERY BY A BLIND MAN.—Yesterday, at the Police-
court, a blind man, named. Peter Callaghan, was charged
with stealing a sum of money from a widow named Bridget
Braman. Informant said that she lived in Jones's-court,
Lace-street. Her husband died in November last, and she
had received five 'sovereigns and ten pounds in silver as his
funeral money from the club to which he belonged. She
paid away part of it, and had a balance of five sovereigns and
seventeen shillings in a leather purse, which she put into a
sock, and placed in her pocket. Between nine and ten o'clock
on Sunday night, while she was going to bed, she heard the
prisoner striking her mother. She called out " Murder !" and
was met on the stairs by the prisoner, who caughther by the
throat with one hand, while with the other he seized her
pocket, and took it off her person with her money. A con-
stable was called in, and the prisoner was taken to bridewell.
He had a harp in his bed-room. A boy who was in the house
shook it, and money was heard to jingle in it. When the
constable returned from bridewell, he found the money that
had been missed in the harp, together with the purse. The
prisoner had shut himself up in his bed-room immediately
after taking the, money. He was committed for trial at the
sessions.