The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-04-23 00:00:00

OL STANDARD.

We have no disposition to screen Mr. Sadler from any
well-founded charges of error that may be brought against
him ; and upon the same impartial rule we are not the
advocates of excessive labour on the part of mere infants
in the factories. BUt we think that our correspondent
labours under a mistake when he considers Mr. Sadler's
calculations as being based upon a fallacy. It is true
that he does not compare the labouring classes in one
town with the same classes in another, and this merely
because it is impossible. He, however, shows enough,
and his facts cannot be questioned to convince the most
fastidious, that far more young persons under fifteen,
twenty, and thirty years of age die in the towns where
the factory system is most prevalent than where it is un-
known; in London, for instance, where the people live
in a dense mass, and in a smoky and otherwise unhealthy
atmosphere.

This, we take it, is prima facie evidence that some-
thing is wrong in those places where the most early mor-
tality prevails ; and it is not an unreasonable inference
to assert, that the factory system is less or more' connect-
ed with the unfortunate cause. If there be more juvenile
mortality in these towns, such as Manchester, Leeds,
Bolton, and in many of the towns and villages of York-
shire and Derbyshire, than in the towns and villages of
Middlesex (including London), Devon, Essex, and Lin-
coln, which is not denied, we should like to know how the
excess in the former places is to be accounted for.
However, as commissioners have been appointed for
the purpose of retrying the case, and investigating the
evidence already adduced, it would be unreasonable to
prejudice their observations, or impute improper motives
to those with whom, and for whose sake the commission
originated. We shall not, therefore, unless reluctantly
compelled, take any part on either side, till we see the
result of the present proceedings.

As the Church patronage of our Corporation has been
the subject of recent remark in consequence of the un-
warrantable attack of Mr. EWART and his petitioners in
the House of Commons, we have made some enquiries
into the matter, and communicate the following results,
which we believe to be accurate.—The accusation was,
that the Council preferred few, if any, but their own
relations ; the truth is that of the seventeen clergymen
appointed by the Council, only seven are related; the
remaining ten have no relationship whatever.

Of the seven relations, the Senior Rector had, we be-
lieve, at the time of his appointment, one brother-in-law,
the late Town Clerk; and it is well known that his con-
nection had nothing to do with his appointment. The
Junior Rector had by marriage four connections ; but of
these four, three voted against him, and only one (Sir
Thomas Brancker) voted for him. He was appointed in
preference to the son of an Alderman, against the wish
of a powerful party, and in the very teeth of that family
influence which is said corruptly to bias the electors. Of
the two relations most recently appointed we believe it
may be said with truth that they are two of the most ex-
emplary and hard-working clergymen in the town.
So much for facts against assertions. We are not taking
up the cudgels for the Corporation in this instance; we are
only anxious to publish the truth, and we shall be the last
in the world to speak lightly of Church patronage. We
regard it, and we hope the Corporation regard it so too,
as the most solemn trust which can be confided to man.
If they value their character, their safety, and,, we may
add, if they value their religious salvation, they never
will, through fear, favour, or interest, promote any man
to the ministerial office.

Public opinion will no longer endure such sacrilege ;
public opinion will break forth into indignant outrage ;
God's wrath will be kindled against them if they do.
" The worthless nominations of a corrupt and unprin-
cipled patronage," says Chalmers, " would now be felt
as a moral violence, and resented as such by the general