The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-24 00:00:00

COTTON MARKET-.7ONATEIAN v. JOHN BULL:

TO THE EDITOR 014+1E; LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sin,-1 met, the othei (lei, with a very rare animal, namely,
"an honest Yankee." We had some talk, and, amongst other
things, he asked me if I knew the cause why raw cotton had ad-
Canced so in the European markets, and, consequhntly, in the
United States, the principal producing country ? I answered'.
that it was, no doubt, owing in a great measure to the reports
from that country of short shipments, and that I had seen a
statement in the American papers, showing a certain deficit of
100,0(X) bales this season. As I talked Yankee to him, we be_
came quite cordial, and his patriotism was so excited by John
Bull's gullibility that he became quite fidgetty, laughing in his
sleeve, and anxious to communicate his own knowledge on the
subject, which he did to the following effect:—
"You're a citizen of the union, I guess. Now I have lived
to the south myselflong enough to know all about it. I only jist
came out in the George Washington, one of our line. of splendid
packets from York city, and have bin in Alabama and Louisiana j
all last winter, and I tell you what friend, there will be a sur-
plush, there's no kind o' doubt about it- Do you know the size
of the bales has bin enlarged at least twenty-five per cent., and
that the southerners, in giving the quantity, take no notice Of
this? Besides; there's no kind o' dependence to be had on
their statements ; and I'll tell you the game they're now, and
have bin, playing, all 'long summer and last winter. The
planters are now so well off, getting such long prices, that they
can 'ford to keep their stock on hand longer than they used to,
and they jist send it along for shipment so as not to glut the
market like. Agin, they are helped in this 'rangement by ex-
change negociations. They draw on New York at six months
(a negociable date in the union) on account of stock on hand,
and then the New York agent, when tho draft falls due, draws a
bill of exchange at three months on England, on account of
shipment from a southern port, which enables him to. meet the
planter's draft, and these negociations, together with the transits,
allow nearly a whole year to- manoeuvre in. But, before a
few months, you'll see if cotton speculators are not in a pretty
fix."

In looking over some of the late American papers, I met with
the inclosed paragraph• on a similar subject; but, as the
matter comes nearer home, the New Yorkers, though they are
willing that John Bull should suffer, you will perceive, are by
nojneans slack in exposing the fraudulent statements of the
southerners when they are likely to affect themselTes.—•l am,
&C., PH lI.Q-VBli, :VAS.
Liverpool, 22d July, 1835. ► •

•• 'Lis attempted to raise a panic about shOrtowheat.eps.
A famine in the United States! This suits flour holders and
speculators. Almost every year there is eery that the crops
have been injured in the solitti; but the harvest has, neverthe.
less, generally proved abundant. Some auspicious change has
falsified the sinister predictions in almost every instance.—
Nat. Gs :.

SIR TIIONIAS'S-BUILDINGS.

TO TIM EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL NT,IXD"IRD.

SIR,—It is surprising that so pttblic a thoroughfare as Sir
Thomas's-buildings should be so long neglected, and be suffered
to escape the eye of our enterprising corporation, It is at pre-
sent one of the most public leading streets from the north end
of the town to Whitecbapel and St. John's Nlarket, and the ad•
jacent squares, and at the same time one of the most repulsive
nuisances on account of stiaitness, the intolerable effluvia from
soaiperies, sugar-houses, chandlers. and the almost continual
loading of carts with soap waste on the very parapets; the spat-
tering of omnibuses hati frequently covered the dreses of ladies
and-gentlemen. , This ' street, from its otnttal situation: and
being the only regular thoroughfare between North John-street
and Jtlanchester-street, would be a most advantageous iMprove-
mmit to the town if an opening was madeinto it from High field-
street, by demolishing that little dirty .wint called Hockenhall-
alley, which would form a direct line from Highfield-street to
Williamson-square, and for convenience would be excelled by
none. A CONSTANT READER.
Liverpool, July 20. 1835.

THE WARRINGTON CHARITY FOR THE RELIEF
OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF THE CLERGY.
The Anniversary of that excellent Institution, which has for
its object. the relief of the widows and orphans of the Clergy of
the Deanery of Warrington, was held in Liverpool on Tuesuay.
The Worshipful the Mayor, attended by a numerous body. of
clergy, gentry, and merchants of the town, went in procession
from the,Town Hall to St. PeteritiChurch, where an excellent
sermon was preached by the Rev. Ainger, Prebeudary of
Chester, from the 19th hapter of St. John, and the 26th and
27th verses. From this highly-interesting passage the reverend
preacher deduced many practical inferences in favor of the im-
portant charity in whose support they were assembled. In
doing so, he very pathetically adverted to the destitute and
forlorn condition of that female who, having been accustomed
to the comforts and, occasionally, to the elegances of social life,
i-, by the death of her beloved and esteemed partner, left, with
her infant children, to the charity of benevolent christians. He
thert.port.razgcLipiatipagg,tbe Inost affeeting, the feeling of
love exhibited by our Sainour in the awful hour when he hung
on the 'cross, and thought on the destitute condition of his poor
ntritheri and-con-signed her to,the care of that.disciple whom he
loved. From this he drew the obvious inference that it must
prinfully embitter the dying hour of many a laborious servant
of ..7hrist, to reflect that it has not been iu his power, out of bis
scanty income, to make provision for his beloved partner and
their Offspring, but that they must he left to the exercise of that
love which can only be shown by those who love the Saviour.
The friends of the Society dined in the afternoon at the
King's Arms Hotel. About one hundred gentlemen sat down
to dinner, and the business of the-day was conducted with that
correct and christian tone that ought always to characterise the
proceedings of charitable institutions. From the accession ob.
tamed to the funds of the Institution, the managers will be
enabled to extend its benevolent effects, and to receive on its
lists many
.urgent cases which their means have hitherto pre-
vented their receiving. The balance in the hands of the trea-
surer is about £2OO more than last year, and the collection at
St. Peter's Church amounted to upwards of ESL

DISGRACEFUL SCENE AT THE METHODIST MEET-
ING-HOUSE, 51IC HAEL STREET, WHITEHAV EN.

( From the Cumberland Pacquet.)
We have this week the sickening task ot recording one of the
most impious and disgraceful scenecs that ever desecrated a
place of public worship. We say the sickening task; for though
our duty as public journalists mimic's us to notice the affair, it
is impossible to enter into the details withiut feeling sick to the
very heart wale desperate wickedness and impiety which these
details exhibit. It is not often that we meddle with the pro-
eerdings of any.class of religionists, though our creed may
differ from theirs as " wide as the poles asunder,"—but when
we see public decency outraged—a place of worship,profaned—
the fiercest and most violent passions carried iuto a house of
prayer, where peace and charity only should reign,—when. if
we may use the expression, we see a temple dedicated to God
converted into a perfect Pandternonium—a very hell—by the
violent and unholy passions of men who only prostitute while
they pretend to religion—when, in short, we see such a scene
as was exhibited in the methodist chapel, Michael-street, on the
evening of Tuesday last—we deem it our duty to mark our reel
probation of such conduct is the strongest language that we
can command. Silence, in such a case, would be as criminal
in us, as the conduct which we are about to resold is disgrace-
ful to its authors. •
It is not our intention to enter upon the merits of any of the
qnestions which led to the late divisions amongst the Methodist!.
Of Dr.Wairen and his affair we kbow little,*and ts'e care even
less than we know. He appears to its to be a person whom the
Conference did quite right in ejecting from their society; but
who, like many. other itinerant orators and agitators, political
as well as religious, has contrived to gain to his cause anumber
of partisans—dupes, we should rather call them—and finally to
create a division throughout the whole Methodist body. But it
was neither by his learning, his piety, his eloquence, nor the
excellence of his cause that this was achieved. It was by a
more simple and a more fashionable process that he effected his
end. He professed himself a reformer—a religious radical—
and by calling politics to his aid, he easily gained to his side all
the radicals and destructives in the connexion.
, This said Dr. Warren, then, in his cheracter of religious rue-
tater, paid a visit to this town a few weeks ago, and let off a
violent speech in Duke-street chapel, containing, as a matter
of course, an ex party statement ot his case, but for which, whe-
ther true or false, exaggerated or extenuated,7ive do not care
so much as we care for the pen between our fiugers. It was an
ex parte statement—that is enough for us,—and they who lis-
tened to his harangue ought, in common fairness—nay, were
hound by every principle of justice, to listen to the rejoinder.
The Doctor having thus thrown the apple—or rather the fire-
brand—of discord amongst the Whitehaven methodists. poc-
keted the subscriptions, and went away, laughing, at his dupes.
Thus matters stood until the arrival in this town of the Reve-
rend Messrs. Lusher and Squance, the two missionary dele-,
gates from the Parent Society, who announced at the close of
the meeting which took place in Michael-street chapel, on the
evening of yesterday week, that they would attend there on the
following evening, and as the public had heard one side of Dr.
Warren's case—and that from himself—they would state the
other side. of the question, and then leave their hearers to de-
cide impartially between Dr. Warren and the Conference—a
matter which they could not do until they tieaid both sides of 'he
question. Nothing could be fairer than this, and all impartial
men were antious to hear the statement which the rev. gentle-
men promised.
But not se with the radical party. They had already found
out, we believe, that that' had been duped by the worthy Doc-
tor; but they had All far committed themselves by taking his
part on all occasions—and particulat,y at the late "Leader's
Meeting," at Which they were handled in a manner so rough as
never to be pardoned—that they knew not how to extricate
themselves from the dilemma. Their pride forbade them to re-
cant their opinions; and they well knew that if Messrs. Lusher
and Squance were permitted to make their statement, they, the
said radicals, would appear before the %%hole methodist body,
amongst whom they have hitherto carried so high a head, as the
dupes of the Manchester Doctor. They determined, therefore,
—anti the determination was a desperate one—that whatever
consequences might ensue, they would recent the ntinistersfrom
being heard. We write this advisedly, fur we have it on the
compunctious confession of one of the parties.
Thus resolved, the leaders of the radical party proceeded to
the meeting house, on Tuesday evening, taking with them a
number of documents and papers, in order to save appearance'',
and induce a belief that they were desitous of discussing the
question with the delegates. There was a platform erected for
the speakers, and upon this they took their seats. And now
commenced a scene more disgraceful, we will venture to say,
than ester was before enacted in a place of christian worship.
Mesere,'Lusher and Squabce having declared that it was not
their ititinticni to discuss the merits of Dr. Warren's case—not
to errrei into ant altercation with his partisans—hut simply to
troit4 a plairi' stateriient of facts, and leave the public to form
their' nun derision; the radical party easily saw the line of
°negations whic4a4airnost likely to effect their object, and that
object, as we have already ; ohserved, was to prerent the delegates
frohi' making ail' safFnVirt,: whatever might he the conse-
.qhe'ric'eS.. With (le triyhices, therefore, they vociferously de-
,ic.dared that thetsW sr n.A, be allowed; to speak, unless they
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