The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-01 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS

In another part of the paper will be found another excellent
letter from John Gladstone, Esq.
" A Layman" will find, in our columns of to-day, a suffici •
ent answer to the pamphlet which has called forth his re-
marks.
A " Manchester Man" wishes to know where the church is
situated which the Liverpool Chronicle says Mr. John
Brooks has built.
An enormous goose egg, weighing 10i ounces, was laid by
the Editor of the Mercury last week 'in his shop-
window, where it may now be seen by the curious.
" A Young Enquirer". would soon have his question an-
swered by addressing a private communication to the gen-
tleman he wishes publicly to appeal to, but it is unfair to
expect a reply to an anonymous letter through the medium
of the press. The clergy would soon have nothing else to
attend to.
The following is an extract from a letter of the Rev. Dr.
Chalmers, regarding the review, which appeared in the
STANDARD a few weeks since, of an admirable work by a
clergyman of the Church of Scotland, entitled, " The Di-
vine Origin and Perpetual Obligation of Tythes." It will
be observed, that a perusal of the arguments has produced
even a stronger conviction on the mind of the rev. doctor
than we were impressed with, or felt justified in publish-
ing :—" I can truly say, that the result of my acquaintance
with your book is a tenfold greater conviction than I anti-
cipated. I am at least fully abreast with one of your re-
viewers, who says if you have not made out that tythes
must be paid, you have made it very clear that they ought
to be paid. I think your scriptural argument of great
weight, and was struck with the extensive and varied eru-
dition which you have brought together on the subject. I
have no doubt that your book will work its way, and be
referred to as a standard authority."
Poor Mr. M'Crea! He appears to consider that he can
bring forward with impunity the most calumnious and false
accusations against his opponents, but the moment any
reference is made to his own conduct or principles, he ex-
pects an immediate and distinct denial of whatever may be
advanced to exhibit the tone and temper of his mind.
When the reverend gentleman has withdrawn the " un-
founded and gratuitous statements" he has put forth with
reference to the STANDARD, we may have something
to say in reply to the letter he has addressed to us. He
will remember that these "statements" were published be-
fore we made any allusion to his behaviour at Waterloo.
The answer to the Rev. Mr. Baylee will be found in another
column: it is easy to talk about "hypothetical proposi-
tions," but we should certainly have declined the insertion
of the present communication, had it not contained specific
replies to the questions of Mr. Baylee, inserted in the
ST ANDA RD of Friday last.
We call the attention of the public to a practical illustration
of the operation of the corn laws now exhibiting at the
office of this paper. We have been at the trouble of pro-
curing three loaves, which are placed in the window of the
publishing office : one, such as is sold in England—sound,
white, and sweet • another, similar to what are used in
Germany, made from black Rye; and the third, a speci-
men of the food consumed in Russia and Poland—black
and sour—they are each sold at sixpence in the respective
countries. It requires a mere glance to discover which is
the more preferable article, or which is the most substan-
tial and digestible food. The decision must at once be in
favour of our British manufacture, and this will commend
itself still more to our operative friends, when we state in
addition that the British agricultural labourer is paid on
the average nearly three times as much-wages as the
foreigner, the British operative gets about one half more
on the average than the foreigner, and the British mechanic
and artisan obtain more than double the average wages of
the foreigner. Englishmen ! be not deceived by the anti-
corn-law delusion : it is a mere artifice to grind down the
wages of the poor, under the cry of cheap bread.