The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-17 00:00:00

lovely thitigs; but di

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at the non-appearance t.
Pray step in, and make a comparison once more in the
M'Neile portrait; only let it be, like Mrs. Malaprop's, an

"odoriferous" one. I feet . r d that Mr. T. would
readily show his works, as be kindly did to, Sir, your's
faithfully,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR,—You would oblige me much if you would allow
me to contradict, through the medium of your paper, a

statement which has ape
and the Albion of this day

red in the Mercury of Friday,

Never having

been a r

nor likely to become on,

to oppose Mr

Birkett in Rodney-street Ward at the approachit
cipal eleetion.—Y,,nre, truly,
16th October, 1843

D. NEILSON

THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF NON-
INTRUSION PRINCIPLES BY DR. CHAL-
MERS & HIS COLLEAGUES, CONSIDERED.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MONTROSE STANDARt

divine, in addressing a awc).,,.6
cuffed that he •considered the Established Church of
Scotland to be "a great moral nuisance, that ought to
be swept from the face qf the land ,nd, v
Questioned as to the truth of his Lavin to

" and, when

such a

statement, at a recent meeting at Montrose , he acknow-
leged the fact, and atteorpted to justify it, by saying that,

several years azo, he more than once expressed str
sentiments in the General Assembly, of which b
then a member! Yet, strange to tell, Dr. elm,-
been a minister of that church, and eating be
anave fifty years, most active in inviting indiviou....
build churches, and in that assembly contending for the
wisdom and propriety of vesting those 'churches in the
assembly, and of permitting the patronage to be held by
the builders, when required by them.

It is not above three, o•r four months since anoZI
s most prominent colleagues. Dr. Candlish, expr

similar sentiments I

at Leith:ad

up as pious, evangelical preachers, lovers of pc
fesaine to be the leaders of the Christian peopl,

proprietors of Scotland, has, as you' are aware, lately
made its appearance, signed by Dr. Chalmers and his
colleague Dr. Gordon, of which the professed object is to
influence that respectable body to grant sites of land, on

which their followers might erect places. of worship' for
the propagation of such doctrines, and at the same. time,
in order to throw dust in their eyes, avowing in this re-
monstrance, " Their desire to live al peace wills all men,
and that they cordially wish for the welfare of all who
love the Saoiour in sincerity." Are we, then, to con-
strue their anathemas into a disbelief in the F

those who are members of the Established Churel

whom, it now appears, they have long had the unmerited
honour of being embodied? Do they mean to deny that
the faith and doctrine of the Established Church-are in
all respects unchanged, and the same as when these men
were their zealous advocates? Then, if so, why do they
not come forward, in place of showing the cloven foot,
and openly avow such sentiments, if they entertain them ?
It is but too evident that the republic spirit, and their
thirst after power and popularity, under which the serpent
lurks, are the acting passions that have led them to make
such sacrifices of character and the principle of consis-
tency so dear to all honest men ; or why should Dr.
Chalmers, after being the prominent supporter of patron•
age, and the determined foe of voluntaryism, turn round
and contend for placing unlimited power in the hands of
the people, urging the extinction of the first, and practi
catty the our ,t of the last, Unless we are to conclue

his -object is, to induce them to hold him up as their iuol,
and feed his love of popularity at any price, whilst he now
rejects the conditions of the act of Parliament. which

authority to the church courts to confirm their rejection,
• if sufficient cause is assigned, but from the hope, I doubt
not, through their expected influence over the people, thus
to place; the real power in their own hands.? I would
hope the time is not far-distant when the eyes of their
deluded followers will be opened; and when Lord Aber-
deen is made aware of these facts, that he will at least
hesitate before he assigns to their authors another site for
a place of worship on his estates, thus countenancing the
conduct of those who condemn and oppose his measures.
I have read with great satisfaction, in. last Friday's
Standard, your most able and decided justification of the
conduct of the landed proprietors who support the Estab-
lished Church of their fathers, and prove their just and
conscientious adherence to its faith and doctrines, by re-

which is

)tt injurious to the interests of rel

peace of many. facriiii

I am, S

r obedient servant,
It OF TRUTH.

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NEW TARIFF AND REGULA'T'IONS OF OUR
COMMERCE WITH CHINA.

The result of 6

ttlement of our differences with the

Celestial Empire has given unqualified satisfaction to the

hole trading world

and will, we entertain not a doubt,