The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-01-08 00:00:00

choose,

Are our merchants then going to give up their security
to satisfy the wishes of a community who can well afford
to pay the difference, and throw out of employment the
hundreds of people who get a living by boarding them—
we might be short of ships to carry cargoes backward and
forward to America, in the room of having hundreds of
ships of our own having nothing to do.
There is some talk of an intelligent German captain, in
Birkenhead, protesting against it. Why, it would not
matter to us if there never came another German into the
country, one American ship will leave as much money
behind him, distributed for work done and other essentials,
as fifty Germans. Many of them do not spend tenpence
a man, besides harbour dues, &c. So that they benefit
us nothing. _ _

Now, to clench all, let any one ask Captain Knight, of
the New World, when next they see him, if he will sleep
on board if be gets a fire ? And I anticipate the answer.
No. Now, if he will not sleep on board in his splendid
cabin, surrounded with every comfort and convenience,
will the sailor be likely to do it, who, in ten cases out of
every dozen, will not get on board till the fires are
extinguished.

By carefully inserting this in your paper, I know it will
reach the public by a channel through which it will be
properly appreciated, and you will oblige

AN OLD SAILOR.

January sth, 1850.

ROMISH PERSECUTION.

It is not unprofitable occasionally to contrast the inso-
lent reclamations of popery against British tyranny with
the practices of the Church of Rome at head-quarters.
The correspondent of the Daily News reports the follow-
ing sample of the liberty of conscience accorded in the
popish dominions to Protestant foreigners :

"An American Protestant minister had twelve of his coun-
trymen joining him at his own house last Sunday, in the Via
S. Bastianello. The police were acquainted with the circum•
stance before night, and the American charge d'affaires, Mr.
Cass, was apprised that if the offence were repeated the mi-
nister would be sent away from Rome immediately."

What terms would our Roman Catholic contemporaries
apply to a like: mode of dealing with a Roman Catholic
congregation on the part of a Protestant power ?
We turn to another topic as we find it treated by the
same authority :
"With respect to Dr. Achilli, nothing favourable has yetibeen
effected, although his friend Mr. M—, who leaves Rome for
Civita Vecchia this evening, has made every possible exertion
in his behalf. The British consul has warmly seconded his
efforts, and I may add that the commander-in.chief has shown
himself by no means indifferent to the case, although deci-
dedly averse to use any other infinence than that of the good
offices, which I fear will be perfectly unavailing, as several
French officers, acquainted with the circumstances of Achilli's
arrest, and interested in his misfortunes, have stated it to be
their conviction that he will be sacrificed to the vengeance of
the Inquisition as a scapegoat for many others not in custody • I
and that he is, to use their own words, un homme perdu!
am aware that it is Dr. Achilli's own opinion that he is no
longer subject to the tribunal of the Inquisition, from the cir-
cumstance of his having fully renounced the honours, rights,
and character of a Roman Catholic priest, the indelibility of
which office he maintains not to be a necessary dogma of the
Roman Catholic faith, although an usually received
point in theology, and his profound studies on the subject,
whilst he filled the responsible charges I have already enu-
merated, must render him capable of judging of the question.
Right and might are, however, two different things."
Let us reverse the parties in this case, too. Let us
suppose one of Dr. Pusey's English converts to Roman-
ism immured by the Protestant government of England,
in a cellar in the tower, for abandoning the faith of the
state, and ultimately disposed of by clandestine torture
and death. Here would be something for papists to talk
about. Though even were the practice enforced they
could not consistently complain.
We must allude to one fact more, illustrative of the
incredible atrocity of the papal government. The " Ghet-
to," or Jews' quarter, it is well known, has long been
abolished in every continental town by reason of its ex-
treme and excessive cruelty—with the single exception of
those of the States of the Church. There, however, it
was also abolished during the humane and enlightened
administration of the republic. Immediately, however,
upon the return of the cardinals, orders were issued for
the re-establishment of the system with increased severity.
These orders the Austrians have, to their eternal honour,
refused to carry into effect in the towns garrisoned by
their troops. In Rome, however, the orders are carried
into prompt and rigorous effect by the French, without
remonstrance or ono objection.