The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-10 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STA ND-414D:
SIR,—It is quite obvious that, in a variety oyasbee':
" coming events cast their shadows before them,
The
ther as regards individuals or whole communities• rithe
tempest-tort mariner knows, by the movements °I ect
upper strata of clouds, in what direction he may e!l?ht
the breeze, gale, or storm. So also the morning twillto
is a harbinger of the full blaze of the midday sun; and b
the darkness of night vanishes before the celestial ?I;
of. day, so will mental error and unscriptural rieltisi°d
give place to and disappear before the light of truth, 'lied
ignorance be superseded by that knowledge which is b 8,6,0
upon and agreeable to the word of inspiration. For tu'ed
and other weighty reasons connected with, and confirm
di
by the signs of the times, may we not expect the speed]
downfall of the Papacy ?
It is very striking to notice the connexion there is
tween ignorance and imposition, for wherever and °been,
ever we notice or read of persons being in a state of losri
tal darkness, it is almost, if not altogether, a neceg be
consequence of such a state of mind, that they sh°,o'the
the dupes of crafty and designing persons, or CIO.' $
dupes of their own blindness. And truly ignorance inre
community generates hypocrites and impostors, wh°,Bof
ever ready to acquire and retain a grasp on the minu6,,o,
those who have not sufficient sense to reject mental IN
of
dage. The political state of Ireland is a etriking pro
this

the n3itlal

Perhaps the Popish usurpation of power over . •th
of men has been the most baneful of the many
which this world has been afflicted ; for there is..„„
possible delusion that could be devised, but has beerl
posed on ignorant persons by the Pope and his act,o
ents ; no cruelty that could be invented, but has u`rii",
practised by Papists. Surely no earthly genius can eje
pare with the Papacy in respect of making lies, an ire,
forsooth, in the name of religion. If people in the Pet
sent age were aware of the extent to which the PeP,,
carried their villainy in former times, all who have aeced
to the Bible would shrink with horror from such a crap(
as that of Rome. The Popes have usurped the place t-,3
Deity—they have attempted to pluck eternal justice fro d
her awful throne; and, whilst shedding human blood sa.,t
cutting off thousands of the people, prerend, with infer 7
impudence, that it was all done for the honour of 6°l
It appears, now-a-days, that the Pope has a great dish,,
to railways, and objects to any being constructed je
patrimony. In truth, he may well be afraid, not Iner,e,te
of railroads as such, but he may dread the advanced SL°4
of society, with which the present age is blest, because r",
is destruction to his sway. We need not fear, how tided
that the steam-engine and its utility will long be rets;lt,
in Italy, even though the Pope should exclaim against
To show that Popery is declining fast, we need en,
compare some of the years that are gone by with the Pr,
sent period, and perhaps it may be useful to do so
POPERY RAMPANT. POPERY FALLING.
In the year A.D. 1074, At the present time, A.P,
Pope Gregory VII. obliged 1846, the Pope could 111°,,
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the Emperor Henry IV. of remain three days in 118;0
Germany to stand three days because he is so cruel id
at his gate, bare footed, and the people there : he shorn
in the depth of winter, and fly, were it not for the
to implore his pardon. peror of Austria or I"',e
0 mores: 0 tempore I many, who sends a large
body of soldiers into Ite
to keep the people in boo
his
dage, and the Pope on
chair. the
At the present time er
Pope has no more 1011
than a f.”.v ecclesiastics Id
o
award to a helpless °the
man, and numbers f be
Irish are now crossing !'
churches in which the .r 3
a I
pish power is renounce
l: Atlantic. and foi,
toto. ob'
In 1797, the Pope is
liged to submit to the ae`
mf
rity of the republican or to
in France, and required
give up to the eenqueral,
several pictures, state el
and valuable manuscrir
from the Vatican librarfibe
In the year 1533, ,to
papal power was declare,' d,
null and void in Englal'el
and in 1535, the Bible 00d
pt inted by authoritir.s,ll
in in a few years after 104
the churches a Bible .70,
placed in a convenient 6,1 to
ation for all who wisheu
read.

About 800 years ago, the
Pope could, or did, absolve
subjects from their allegi-
ance to their lawful sove-
reign, as it is well known
the agents of the Pope fo-
mented rebellion in Irel Ind,
under such a pretence as
absolution from Rome.

In the year A.D. 1209, the
Pope, through French influ-
ence, caused 60.000 of the
Protestants, called Albigen-
ses, to be put to death with-
out any fault of theirs, only
that they were what the Pope
called heretics.

In 1530, Wm. Tindall, an
Englishman, having trans-
lated the New Testament
into the English language,
Tonstal, Popish BiQhop of
London, and Sir Thomas
More (of whom Lord Camp-
bell speaks so highly). con-
spired against Tindall, and
in a few years atter he was
strangled, and his body
burnt. tbt
In the year A.D. 1568, the In the year ISA
King of Spain, to show him- popish power receicedlo
self a true son of the church, a shock in Spain. as It of
sent a butcher, called Alva, not yet recovered, tf of
to be governor of the Neth- hundreds of thousan°,loi
erlands,and in a few months' nuns, monks, and o,
time this tyrant caused the were dislodged by thee o
death of 18,000 of the Pro- vernment, and the pror 3
111
testants, not in war but in which the friars, Sze.: ear
cold blood ; and the Pope grasped in former ticviir,
presented him with a conse- was devoted to state 11
crated hat and sword, a dis- poses
tinction previously confered
only on princes.
In 1572, the French Pro-
testants were barbarously
butchered, to the number of
30,000, in one night. This
was done to please the Pope,
who caused medals to be
struck to commemorate the
event

In 1610,the French 641
declare the Pope's Pretelit;
sions to the temporalitiesoni
be null and void ; 01%93,
h-o
the 7th November, ip
Gobet, the Popish 13is"„-3
'
of Paris, with his• gri3,"o
vicars, and others oftid
clergy, entered the HaP
the National Conventi°l;
and solemnly resigne,d.,;,ti'
functions, abjuring CP';o'
anity ; and during the re,re
lution 24,000 priests ‘`'d,
cut off, and as a CO?
main the French goy% ;
ment lately banished

Jesuits. a the
At the present perio to,
Spaniard and the PO° r
gether could not ningte,,pc
few war ships equal to one
of the three-deckers of
British navy.

In 1588, the King of
Spain, nt the instigation of
the Pope, sent a fleet, called
" invincible, " to invade
England, and put on board
the said fleet 20,000 soldiers,
besides all kinds of instru-
ments of torture to make the
English turn papists ; but
the English fleet conquered
some of the Spanish, and
the winds of heaven scat-
tered nearly the whole of
what escaped, so that out of
150 ships, only 20 or 30
ever retuned home.
I shall.r on a future occasion, follow up this suib ec
and am, sir, your obedient servant,

CEDIPt/5

SCULPTLRE.—We have recently visited the atteliesr?
Mr. C. B. Robinson, sculptor, in Myrtle-street,
would say to the admirers of fine art " do the saine,;tiebt,:
we have no doubt, should they accede to our reae
of their exceeding gratification. Mr. Robinson i, tbfic,
of our once respected Mayor, Nicholas Robinson,
of Aigburth. We do not mention this as an indeceottP.li
to the visit we have suggested, nor as proof of thettst!
artist's attainments in his severe profession, but (stPlj
may induce the sons of others of our more weaithY, 001,
lies to so dignified an example ; and not as is °°;,;011,4
has been the case, to be ashamed of any connell-001;
that as a profpssion which, in the most classical ccoalectoi
of tie continent, the noblest and most wealthy
the passive to where Fame fits on her most ID% Ori
laurels—Art. Everything in the way of study ittafq
great commercial circle has nothing for its object beef
gain, or worse, silly show. It is true the scions ,
higher families are sometimes permitted to diverg`bibe,o
the counting-house duties ; that is, they may in'hoo,r;
little literature or small doses of music, with annoo'l'
exercise per diem at the palette, but not proies''-osPh';
or they may commit the following extravagancie°
fessionally as they like, so that they bring lion e% rot
is, wear a red coat, a black coat or a wig, boweivis,
their own hair, but they must observe, nevertheletoli':
during these professional capers they keep good el' 1 ct,
ments, and not disgrace in their own their paterges rice
doges. Well, these things are so, and we may ,0 of of
but most men submit to that continental joking,s'ay, °I:
expressed by the familiar figure of Sir John, ibithefo,
the somewhat obese Miss Bull's journeying ttbeir:
buy some taste, and waste, besides their time, ye tvoo
plus fat and cash. So much for what we cone° ith, of
the duties of those who, from position and 101,°01'
afford to introduce and give a relish to taste;.
for the more immediate objects of our visit to Ifinrice
son's studio. It is not to be expected, nor Ow,
capable if it were, that we should give anything th°ol3j
tailed criticisms of the various statues, busts, 64n.:000;
to be seen there ; but this we may adventure "re 01 IV
that, too, without the learning betrayed by lot int"
contemporaries through a similar inspection, t,,ve
first place Mr. Robinson not only appears to n'ttritlFOl
highly successful with a number of busts—the Pprori
many gentlemen familiar to the Exchange. and 0 en"
other flags—but what demands far higher praise, te rooolt
figure of Christ, of William the Fourth in his 01
and some exquisitely chaste examples
figure in various assumptions. Nor do Mr' ogarcritt
modelling powers seem confined to the hurranbig,hei
we have a horse—not from the cropped and tie
Parthenon creed—but one of the highest Me if 1,0:1
present day. In short, there appears to be clew °Dc,
of art whether classic or Gothic, bust or statue' se
Jr
of which must form an interesting treat to 030 ,
study and attentions have been drawn into a P
lightful and improving. der° Ist
INSOLVENCY.—The attention of fair Oa bo°,,Jc'
rected to the startling failure of the eminent Vet
Messrs. Robert and Benjamin Brown and C°'o'lol/V
drapers, &c., as announced in our advertising,c/.0°,,,ti,
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CASES OF SCURVY SCORBUTIC HUMOURS; n.Blll C°,111(
FULA.—Henry 1141, now a footman to
lately discharged from the Duke of D.'ff sery
sequence of his having large scorbutic blotch r:
For
his hands and face, to his great difigurement• I toteas 'Ol
months he was treated by his master's mediritecl°,rbe°,',)
but to no purpose; and the case was at las`c 110 'O5 "10
curable, and he was discharged. The poor le's Pi fr'
a forlorn hope, commenced using Hollownisesse
Ointments, which effectually eradicated the
his blood in less than three weeks.