The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-21 00:00:00

(ion of sense beyond that belonging to the inferior
animals, they will not lose a moment in exchequering
the rejected of Limerick.

What is to be done in Manchester? Mr. I:!OUI,ETT
THOMSON has been appointed to the office of President
of theßoard of Trade, and the probability is.that he will
be required to condescend to exhibit himself before the
electors of Manchester, at a time when his name andper-
son are not in the sweetest odour.

We'have no Wish•tdunderrate the pretensions of Mr.
POULETT THOXSON, but we never could consider him as
anything else than a presuming, but at the same time a
very contemptible, quack. If the word quack should give
offerreeto Mr. ADY, or any other equally respectable per-
son, we have no objection to explain and withdraw it, as
they do in the House of Commons,,and substitute words
more delicate, and of course more agreeable. Mr. Pou-
LETT ICHomsoN, then, is only a political economist, who
understands, by the " liberal intercourse of nations," the
line of policy which most conduces to the interest of
foreigners, and the honest importers of Baltic timber from.
Canada, at the expense of the merchants of his own
country. ,

What claims Mr. POULETT THOMSON has-on the great
body iof the electors of Manchester, we never could cor-
rectly ascertain. He conferred some small favours on a
few cottop dealers, dyers, and cotton printers of that
town ; but -we are not_aware that he ever, in the slightest
degree, did anything for the welfare• of the community,
or ever sympathized with the popular feelings. As a
proof that he has done quite the reverse, we print his
letteiovhich he wrote in reply to an application for his
mite of contribution to an unhappy and desolate family—
in behalf of the widow and orphans of an useful and
meritorious officer well known in Manchester.

Let; us premise, however, by stating that a Mr..
'BAILEY, an officer, we believe, connected with the police,
in attempting to save a boy who had fallen into the rivet:
tartar-a flood, was drowned. He left behind bjm
widow and several ehildren. When the accident hap-
pened, Mrs. BAILEY was in that helpless state whfcill Pre.-
cedes confinement, and the intelligence of her husband's
fate plunged her into delirium, over-mastered by which
calamity her mind still remains.
The, inhabitants of Manchester immediately commenced
a subscription for the relief and support of the hapless
family ; 'and as Lord FRANCIS EGERTON, Mr. BOOTLE
WILBRAHAM, and many others had subscribed, it was
deemed proper to apply to Mr. POULETT THOMSON.
He. was applied to by one of his own supporters, who
very naturally conceived he was doing his right honour-
able, friend a particular service. Not so thought Mr.
POULETT Tftg*soN, the President of the Board of Trade.
He sent the following answer :
"13, South Audley-street, April 2d, 1835.
"My dear Sir,—l have received yours of the 301 h ult. I as-
sure you it would give me great pleasure to affix my name to the
list of subscribers to the fund raised for the family of Mr. Bai-
lev, and to add my mite, if I could do so without violating the
rule which my friend's laid down 'for me with respect to all local
subscriptions in Manchester; but Ido not think I can onsist-
ently with that arrangement, and as my only reply to solicitations
has been that I can make no exceptions, I find myself here
obliged to abstain. I trust that the division which will take place this
evening will be a death-blow to the government. We shall hare a
majority of from twenty to thirty, and they cannot remain after
that is over; however, if they were to persevere and endeavour to
drag on their exi,tence a few days longer, their ultimate defeat
is;cbrtain.—Believe me, dear sir, most truly yours,
"C. POULETT THOMSON."

Match me this for meanness in all the annals of libe-
rality. Mr. Tnomsort had no thoughts or money to
spare upon Mrs. BAILEY. His head was full of the hopes
of place. He was planning schemes for quarter-day; he
was, in anticipatiou, counting his salary, not one farthing
of which could be alloWed to fructify in any pocket but
his own.

Mark, too, electors of Manchester! the shabby excuse,
His committee would.not permit him to subscribe to any
of the local charities of the town ! It would be a viola-
tion of the compact if he were to subscribe to the fund for
Mrs. BAILEY! Why was not the application made by a
member of his committee ? The unfortunate woman's
case did not come under the head of " local charities."
These are institutions ; and Mr. TnomsoN never was
asked to contribute towards them. Mrs. BAILEY'S case
was an accident, which did not come under the rule; but
even if it had, Mr. THOMSON, one would think, if there
had been an atom of benevolence in his disposition, would
•-have auhs.cribed„ anonymously or otherwise, no matter
what private rule he might violate.

Such, however, is the man who was the member for
Manchester, and is again a candidate for its representa-
tion. If the electors return him they will forever degrade
themselves—hut public spirit, justice, charity forbid.
Some of the Manchester journals are making a. fuss as
to the way in which Mr. TnomsoN's letter was conveyed
to the newspapers. What does it signify how it was
procured ? Such 'a letter deserved publication. The
facts speak for themselves.