The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-15 00:00:00

BERMUDA

Nov. 7.—Barbadoes has been suffering, up to the 14th of
October, from a very severe drought, which created much
alarm for the ensuing crop. Our latest papers, however,
convey the gratifying intelligence, that a most beneficial
change had taken place in the weather. Between the 15th
and 19th the island was blessed with abundant and heavy
showers, reviving again the prospects of the planters, and
diffusing gladness throughout the land.

MR. BRINDLEY AND THE SOCIALISTS.—The bold and ac-
tive exterminator of the vile sophistries lif Socialism, Mr.
Brindley, has been engaged for the last three evenings in a
public discussion at the Macclesfield Sunday School. The
local advocates of. the system having proved incapable of
contending with him, it was resolved to summon one of their
leading champions, a Mr. Lloyd Jones, we believe frnm
Glasgow, to enter the lists with Mr. rindley. The con-
troversy was carried on for the two first evenings without
interruption, but last night, driven to desperation, by the ex-
posure of the wickedness, deception, and fraud inherent in
the system, Mr. Jones, in reply to a point urged by Mr.
Brindley that no accounts had been published of the large
sums of money that had been received from the infatuated
dupes who had joined the "community," asserted that such
accounts had been published quarterly in their newspaper.
Mr. Jones was challenged to produce proofs of this, but he
declined doing so, under the pretext that he had not the pa-
pers with him, but pledged himself to produce them hereafter
to the chairman. Mr. Brindley, however, quickly produced
a set of the newspapers said to contain these quarterly state-
ments, and handed them over to Mr. Jones, who was then
called upon by the audience to to the proof of his assertion.
He manifested no desire to comply with this requirement,
and the audience for a long time indignantly opposed his
proceeding further 'with his oration till he had answered the
charge of wilful falsehood with which he stood arraigned.
This he failed to do, and was allowed at last to wind up his
speech amidst the hearty contempt and indignation of the
great bulk of the meeting. The large room was crowded to
excess; and a considerable number of chartists were present,
collected, it is said, from many of the neighbouring towns, to
swell tile number that still exist in Macclesfield. At the
close of the proceedings, which terminated at eleven o'clock,
a vote of thanks was passed t,w the Rev. Mr. Burnet, who
had undertaken the laborious task of presiding as moderator.
The rev. gentleman observed, that not a single argument had
been adduced during the discussion that could in the slightest
degree weaken the truth of Divine revellation.—During the
early part of the week Mr. Brindley lectured at Congleton ;
and, as the chartists did not appear to hold a discussion, a
deputation, consisting of Mr. Brindley and several of his
friends, proceeded to the rendezvous of the chartists, and
challenged them to a discussion. But for the force of argu-
ment they substituted the argument of force, and assailed
the deputation with some violence.--Macelesfield Courier.

LAST WEEK.
FrHE EXHIBITION of the WORKS of MODERN
ARTISTS, Postoffice-placc, WILL CLOSE on SA-
TURDAY next, the 19th instant.
Admission, ls. Catalogues, Is.

Also, every Evening, BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATED
BY GAS, from Seven until Ten. Admission. ls.

SAMUEL EGLINGTON
Exhibition Rooms, Postoffice-place,
14th December, 1840.