The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-07 00:00:00

strictly scriptural tone of doctrine as the Church of
England, it is at this --moment abspitgey forbidden to
exptain from the any'. of the grand distinguishing
d ictrines of Christianity, and . that the celebrated Dr.
Malian was- ejected frotn his pitinini)ion, and reduced to
poverty; Tor-no other cause than this. •
Are not these facts which should;- and which will make
those. Dissenters who are ittictied to substantial. Christi -
a.nity; pause and-refleet whether this hatred mingled with
film,: directed against- tlie ;Chdrch :of England, .coming
from- such 'opposite quarters,. and se .effectually borne out
-V the evideace of history,' d0..-not eoustiti4J some consi-
erahle claim on.their regard-? .

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WE revert, nick. •rehictatiti,- to a „subject „whiphisre
werp.: in hopes Old tii.erit so satisfactorily disposed' of, as
to render
,furtheYndticd on out pars: unnecessary L. in this
expectation we have.been disappointed;and we. feel our-
selves, 'ltterefore; compelled' again to • come 'before the
public, in reference to an article which'. appeared- • the
first number of the Standard.
,With the most determined malignity 'of purpose, And
an.utter disregard-of truth, a portion of thei• local Press.
are unceasing in their ettbrts. to persuade.the public, -that
the. article alluded to, reflec;ing upon 'Dissenters, With-
out. exception, was:published, riet'enly Witfi the. knOw-
ledge,but With. the approbafion the.proprietorS Of this
paper; who, upon finding that it had givengreatoffence,
basely thresv the blame' upon the editor, and itninolated
him f_r their own transgression., This charge, the same
in substmiee, Out varying in the terms, has been repeated
in the Mercury, of the 30th the ..174*rnal of the
Ist,—the 210 ion of the 3rd,—and the Times- of the .4th
instant. In the three first-oani,:d papers, under editorial
articles, and in the fourth, in a letter signed:"Vinclex.
• That the editors of these .papers, really believe
truth of that which they. thus publicly assent,Ave do not
for one moment imagine; but. it answers the ends-of -the
party, whose-organs they are, to endeavotirto make their
readers the. dupes-of- their- scandalous nuirepresen tatio
To undeceive those whom they thus striveldmiSleatirwe
think, it. right to state, that the proprietors of the Standard
were neither privy to, nor approved of 'the-par4g,rapit:in
question' that when they did see 'it, hey so highly dis-
approved of it, that • they • niatie -an immediate arrange-
ment for the retirement of the editor ; ii-the only
reparation in their power to,those who juqly felt .theru-
selve.i 'aggrieved by. the harsh expressions nude use-of,
they tendered an unqualified apology for the act of one
for whose proceedings they felt • themselves responsible
to the public.' In acting in this manner, ,they:-merely
obeyed the dictates of that, sense of propriety which re-'
gulatEs the conduct bf eyery gentleman; they. required
no prompting from. without, and. we allay -be, • perhaps,
allowed to say, that by such conduct and such feelings,
we trust, the Standard.will always be distinguished, re-
gardless of the sneers or the vituperation of -the radiCal
press, or its equally radical and malignante.n-re 'ponclents.

WE feel greatly obliged •to our contemporary, the
•
Journal, for the pains he has taken to help us forwatain
our course. It seems that the " clubbing of the wits of
the foremost men of the Conservatives" has produeed
• such a " pretty imbecile of timid dulness," that, " to read
. their lucubrations, only as a task, is tiresoirie." What
gratitude ought we not, then, to feel foward, one, who
not only reads them, but with a -.self-martyrdom, unex-
ampled, devotes the greater part of a column of.his paper
to 'expose the imbecility and stupidity of our review of
the addresses of the various candidates ? -How fairly he
has met our criticisms, and exposed their weakness -Or
sophistry, we are content to leave to tke decision of
Others; but we must tender our grateful acknowledge;
meats to one who has taken such pains to set us a Shin-
ing example, and whose pure and classic style we shall
endeavour humbly .f.o imitate..
We feel thankful, that we have escaped total annihila-
tion • by this- literary leviathan,- who has been' at- such
trouble to break a fly upon the wheel, and' has applied
his forty horse -power of invective and sarcasm to crush
this "abortion" of a " ridiculous mus."
We are particularly. requested by the three gentlemen
whose names, with so much good taste, and regard to
professional etiqUette, he has introduced at the close of
his interesting article, to thank him most profoundly for
the station he has assigned them, namely, "The foremost
men of the Conservatives," a situation which they little
imagined they ocenpied, even in the Journal's estima-
tion. But, thus it is,—" Some are born great, some
achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon
them."

Tx= certainty that the Election for Members' for this
Borough, will take place in the course of the ensuing
*eek, has caused the friends of the respective Candidates
to redouble their efforts to, ensure a favourable result.
All parties speak confidentlY of the success of their 'fa-.
vourite, but we have strong grounds for suspecting that.
all do not feel quite so easy on that score. Last week,
Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas addressed -a large
assemblage of the. Electors on .'Change, and rumours
were afloat that Mr. Thornely and ..Mr.-Ewart intended,
On Monday,, to 'follow theirexample. . The lattergentle-
man seems, unwilling to exhibit himself in this way',- and
Mr. Thornely, it appears, did not, on reflection, consider
the Exchange the proper stage on which to figure=L-fOr,
on Tnesclay.momiag,placards appeared on the walls, ad-
vertising for an auditory to listen to. an oration in Clay-
ton-square. After the crowds which .we have seen as-
semhted at that place on similar occasions, We,shofild say
that Tuesday's exhibition was a failure, and must have
operated upon the ardour. of the Candidate . and his
friends, something after the manner of a..wet blanket.
The address of Mr. Thornely consisted 't4f the old com-
moti-places reputed for the hundredthlitne,, about the.
China Trade, extension of 'Commerce—doing *way. with
MonioPoties--7altering.the Corn Laws—abolition of. Sla-
Very:Zee., tiace. • :but we remarked, .as an extraordinary
circumstance, that the wonld-be Member was silent as
the grave, On the subject of the Church. Has he disco-
Vereti, during his canvass, that he has already said too
much? Qr, to use the significant phrase of one of his
adiuirers connected with the Press, has the " Cat been let.
out of the Bag" a little too soon? He hadihe goodness
to inform his hearers,. however, that -his `" th‘nd was made
Up," 'on most of' the leading topics which will 'Come be-,
fore alßefornied Parliament," (a second .Daniel
he assured them it was his "plemn imprasion7--,What,.
think ye, gentle reader? that "the Electors of Liverpool"
haie determined to 'send " Reformers to Parliament."
Well-a:day ! we. have now nothing to do but to shout
•,Titortiely and Ewart for ever "—we a ill not attempt to
prophecy, until. atter • the' Election--but ati the French
say "nous verrous."

"Mr.' Etvart we' fear is missing—we have infinite curi-
OsLy,tohear fioni hiS own HOS, some exPlutlation of his
addiess'to theVecters, as, up Le the moment of writing,-
we"kre. as: ignorant of what is tueain.t to be conveyed by
the maxis thereof, as tvhen it first appeared, aial we have
notrikeii fortunate enough to meet with anYbne, who is-
' better than ourselves at an frierul
the Liverpol Journal .always el•cePtN• 'l.
Yu* true no-meaning puzzles, most of all. Should
no Otte. opportunity of tallingin with tar worthy gentle..
man tresnt ittelt . we. shall hope. on ..the 'l-lustings, to
hate -*few questions answered, whielt may ;'elicit softie.
infi;fmation vu the subject. To.the friends' f Lord San=
don and Sir,flettard Douglas,:we would merely say,. go.
on and prosper.. The time is but short and-the struggle_
will be sharp---bestir yourselves, therefore, like men.- and. I
be not satisfied with mere snocess: Let your victory -be-
44pisivel}' unfit tt'mairh4tily