The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-30 00:00:00

THE REV. HUGH M'NELLB AND HIS CALUMNIATbk a.

—We beg to call the attention of our readers to a"
etter in our columns to-day from Mr. M'Neile to Dr. ,

Tattersball.

We paid no attention to the venomous abuse of Our
contemporaries to which Mt. M'Neile alludes. It ha§
been that rev. gentleman's praise and honour for the
last four years, to have an extra share of such -abuse,
The true cause of it is undoubtedly what he assigns •
in the conclusion of his letter. He has, with a poVvrei..l'::4
and spirit which his adversaries can neither gainsay,
nor resist, called the attention. of multitudes:Wtho
slumbering and careless before,
.to what Popery-was,`-
and is, and, until her boast of infallibility be rentiOnned;'"'"t
must continue to be—viz., a system of .tYranny AWhen;"
she dares to tyrannise, and of treachery, duplicity,,anci.,,,,e,
falsehood, when " speaking lies in hypocrisy'.!--F.atiq..cl'
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better forward her great object. . •
We sincerely hope that his labours on this occasion."_,..:,*
will not be without much effect, and that the virnletiCe,
of his accusers will lead to such increased attention-to, •
the practical intolerance of Roman Catholics inlitis '
town, as will accomplish the benevolent and patriotic_
intentions of the rev. gentleman.

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THE REFORM ASSOCIATION.—The opinions i
faction styling itself (and what is self-praise ?) "
ral," are so contradictory and conflicting, that, we find;
when we calmly and dispassionately sit down and:si.i7r4:,,,r-1,
to reconcile them, we must do violence to every pciay
ciple of rationality and common sense, to arrive' ain.td„
anything like what are termed "liberal" concluiCinS'.;-,:i
That this spurious liberality has received
its mad career, is admitted on all hands; -andthe,v.irtr.
lent and rancorous attacks, belcheaforth-by-its•wavisit',.34
and deluded votaries, against 'the brightest.oriiaaentS:'
of the Protestant .community—the
demonstrate io whom we are, under... God, indebted fur
so cheering and animating a fact 'being on-^recofd.

For an illustration of what' we Itai,e*Fcbdvregacltmariced;
it will not be necs§aiy 16'r'ui to 'tllN—nit'y Wry ivide
or discurs4e flight: we sbali.proced.

the Music-hall of
,our own fair town, from whencF,
Friday evening :last, such strairrsof f!divine,tifelotly"
emanated, as sere calculated, it not- to rival; a't least
to equal, those of classic fable, Whit! i&d tO.prOv
seductive to the unwary . mariner as. to. (dare
his ruin. The indefatigable Chronicle has,- withlcs;.
usual liberality, given to this " airy.nothine
poreal somethingness.;—he. .has, with CritilZ Obank.:4
precision and nicety, made, as it were an. etchiug..of sob
the various drummers, fifers, bagpipers,- and-,,hOruil
blowers who emitted music so hirmonidug. -11-gslitst"*
character (for the thing is so arranged. as to
most imposing effect) is Mr. Thos. Blackburn, surgeon:,
The radical tact in selecting this gentleman to perforpi

on the lugubrious bagpipe at such a moment dtid4iti---:
such a meeting, was decidedly charaCterislie.—
painfully galling to the rads to think, that the-rewc,,,*
table and highly influential body. of Mreiliodists;ol,l
Abercromby Ward are determined, at the'approadiihrt
municipal election, on supporting Mr. -Gradstone--,
• •• • ...*e• too
(the soundness of whose and prinuit
ciples are at once_ tested and confirmed. by iti9.{44Aertkei
bearing and depottment in society)--..in'preferitetftbil,
a man of Mr. Wm. Earle's chameleon=li*atid'eclni4V?,
dictory character, who is seen to blow"
with the same breath! Hence•the
center, Thomas Blackburn, is prominently. broughC!

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forth, and set up as an idol, before whom; it i 3 •vainly
imagined, dissenters generally will fall. ..do,Wii•
worship I• But all will not do,-. Doctor,
" Itledice teipsum," most sapient Doctor !,-,-,say.:lio#r
outraged and insulted fellow-dissenters :—" Yen prQ
fess to be religious, and a follower of that meek and
lowly Master, who, by example and precept; inculcated
brotherly love and fellowship, without compromising.:
the Gospel or allying himself with its enemies ;--bitt:.
how do you exemplify such profession ?
on an infidel and Popish mob in the
[nation of men whose. every. faculty and .erietgy.:.itr-.
devoted to the spread and free circulation of &nip-
tures, and who bear a faithful testimony
heretical and soul-destroying doctrinessi.seduliiiialy.
inculcated by the (now rather stale).ni9de_rn
.sclkoql gf,
liberals! You profess also to favounnlissiopary,eXerw
tion ; but how do you evince a consisterit-sInC-ititj.:iti
such profession ? .By'llepiecatitig the bold deCia4aiiiiti
of unpalatable truths nrour infidel and .idolatrOus,fel-
low-subjects here at home !—by sanctioning and:ally-
ing yourself with Popery and infidelity,: and*.thiis
stoutly maintaining that over those 'fearful delusions'
the curtain of Christian charity shbuldher.fh.roWn
that nothing should be,said or done to awaken;or: dis-
turb the pool: infatuated and besotted-sOnlS;whiidt
on all sides of us, gliding swiftly down that treacheious
stream whose confluence with the ocean-.6:f eteFnity
must be in eternal ruin- ! Oh Doctor, D.Oelorol.4e
tell you, with all sincerity and earneittieNtNfnu
are devoid of all Christian charily by,ptiisuingsuall
a course ! You are the enemy of thoie'
profess friendship! Instead of administexingp,por
patients, who are labouring undertheinflitetiOe'tethe
; :Life w
most deadly. (mental) poison; the friendly,944y,ou
are injecting into the body politic poisort:aa 'deadly,
and more delusive and pleasing; Viz.,i-c;i4cter4ll4
satisfaction in error; We at least, Doctor arelte•
termined not to be deluded or ensnared by your gtttled
pills, and we would solemnly warn you!' to eure your-
self !' We would beg of you to read andPoildei:o
what an eminent and pious minister of our own, Dis-
senting Society (Rev. Robert Hall) haS
this one short, pithy sentence:—` I, hold, if.,there,•be
one truth clear as the sun in heaven, it is tilif,4re
should be no terms of
.communion but what are Ural
of salvation; and he who is good enottglyot VOW,
is ffood enough for me :'—and alSO_ whit_ the: primi-
tively Christian divine,. Bishop Taylor,joits:' conyiityed
in the following, viz.:—` To-make the.way toi heaven
straiter than God made it, or tU:deny.t.l COt'l:tlttinjeTate
with those to whom GOd will foucliSafe'.to be united+
and to refuse our charity to those. who Gave: iCtk' sane
faith, because they have not all ,our.
opinions, and:Ue-
-lieve not every thing necessary which Wce,.OVerv.altiei
is impious and schismatical;—it infersYrapny on our
part, and tempts to uncharitablenetot. :bOth'i it .dis-
solves societies, and is an enemy.topea44 it busie
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men in impertinent
.wranglings,, and tifakes—them
neglect those advantages which piety .a.ndfgOOit clife
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ensure.' " • -
We had determined on lookink .ihiongh the
wortlties depicted. by the but -find the
worthy Metluxiist friends have availeil'..thettiseit's
of
so much of the space we' had -iniendeefferselves,
that to do so. in-our present -pubkichllon
" Ex uno," we would say,',disao:rrtnes.-'.i'••:Ae must,
however, express the -tippe..that :Mess.4•Fliirnby a°
Earle, Bolton a nd. W.a.lm4y , yl44":,4iuch
struction from the, faithful rernatks4filitlibyve,alluded
to 'Methodists:, as- it ,l,s,p.resuni-e4lwilletliliiaaseu lapian
operator OR the Ink übridus .ba
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THE MUNICIPAL ELEcTioN.--We a v :tit, titirselves olr
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the last opportunity of adnressing.the„eleic7o-rsof Liver-
pool previously to the first of November..--:ThursdaY
next will probably deeide whether tiie....`66,;:ki °id
town" is to continue, for some -years to iiini:e,...to'have
its local affairs administered .by the livpoerit,lCal and
tyrannical " liberal" faction. It is, theret.orOlf the
utmost moment that the conservatives should..`Luckle
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on their armour," and enter upon the. approaching
contest with that zeal which the-omergencti of die. case
demands, and which the desire of good government
ought to prompt. OUr radical opponetiti,[.„o4l4
that their future ascendancy in'theborough
is'at stake,
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are indefatigable in ttheneXertcons2 '.'rlie ' are• i'6od'
ing to every expedient which•theirJugenuity can
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cover, in order to secure ,anOtherld.titinpli..",:fileit.
leaders, that is to say, the very.fev., gentleinnitvloo
they can muster as partisans, are:,l3usil.y, Ai:ik4ied in
canvassing the 'several wards, and using .41iilltir in-
fluence to intimidate the voters.' Let the: cOli„Wva-
tives, therefore, be equally on 'the alert; Od strni"
every nerve to wrest . the tOsin.frinn'tlni:li'oo.-"°f itas
anpresent rulers. Let the conservativeT,entry, Yea,
c°ll
conservative ladies too, as far .asilley:Cati,dt,S,g,o ;
sistently with that sense of propriety -which bs6.ts ti'el w
station, immediately engage, in an-46-iiv e 1)0'06 al cave
vass on behalf of the constitutional cat:4444o', Nr ,
do not advise the use- of any illegitimirte,intluenc,
over the constituency, such as is~4i,suri.edittdfso oot
scrupulously by the selfstyledlibet4:l;4.l2llto
is energy and activity in a •good. eati.Se;,4•N.,, lal
see loyalty triumph
,over disaffection—constitution‘,
principles over the destructive' Woctrines Of repub,
canism—the Protestant Church:of .F.ptriall/ve. I: 'll-1;
apostate Church of Rome=-nuitefifethiellg'u
plural
over the infidel latitudinarianism 'of t li6MOB-134.f ibe
ai
education over the unchristianiSlies.44,l:4o% ob-
Papists, Socinians,.and. Infidels. -.1445fF,a4A ,ou-
jects to whose accoMplishment-We-w0u1d4,20 -