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

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MONTROSE STANDARD

SIR,—A month has not elapsed since this reverend
divine, in addressing a meeting held at Blairgowrie, de-
clared that he considered the Established Church of
Scotland to be -"a great moral nuisance, that ought to
be swept from the face of the land;" and, when since
queStioned as to the truth of his having made such a
statement, at a recent meeting at Montrose, he acknow-
leged the fact, and attempted to justify it, by saying that,

sentiments in the General Assembly, of which be was
then a member! Yet, strange to WI, Dr. Chalmers had
been a minister of that church, and eating her bread, for

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 or four months since another of
his most prominent colleagues, Dr. Candlish, expressed
similar sentiments before a meeting held at Leith, adding
to them the assurance of his unceasing enmity to the
Established Church • yet these persons hold themselves
up as pious, evanueical preachers, lovers of pence, pro-

fessing to

be the leaders of the Christian people, and at

e same time

abouring to instil into tbeni sOch.vindic-

horrifying principles,

A remonstrancee7rom this body, addressed to the landed
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 resneetahle bode to erant sites of land nn

,
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 lire at peace with all men,
and that they cordially wish for the welfare of all who
love the Saviour in sincerity." Are we, then, to con-
strue their anathemas into a disbelief in the sincerity of
those who are members of the Established Church, with
whom, it now appears, they have lone 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-
cally the support of the last, unless we are to conclude
his object is, to induce them to hold him up as their idol,
and feed his love of popularity at any price, whilst he now
rejects the conditions of the act of Parliament, which
originated
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to place, the real power in their own hands I I would
hope the time is not far distant when the eves of their
deluded followers will be opened; and when Lord Aber-

va mutes, mat, ne will At lean
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 (moose his measures.

I hare read with great satisfaction, in last Friday's
Standard, your most able and decided justification or the
conduct of the landed proprietor s who support the Estab-
lished Church of their fathers, and prove their just and
• •ms adherence to its faith and doctrines, by re- ,

consci

fusing to promote in any manner the pr
eipies avowed •hy the '

ration of prin-
a schism

.aders of this schism

structive of the comforts of society
peace of many famit

aorr.estic

NEW TARIFF AND REGULATIONS OF OUR
COMMERCE WITH CHINA.

The result of the settlement of our differences with the
Celestial Empire has given unqualified sails
whole trading world, and will, we entertain not a doubt

on to the

contribute vastly to enlarge, and render profitable, our
commerce with that country. We have given elsewhere,
for the information of the sfiipping trade, the most impor-
tant of these regulations, and the schedule of the duties
in the new tariff. To enable our readers, however, better
to form a judgment a, to the impel tant benefits conferred
by them upon our commerce with China, we give here a
brief comparison of the old regulations and duties with
those in future to be in operation.
The reduction in the charges levied upon shipping, and
also the removal of the absurd and harassing regulations
to which vessels in the Chinese waters were formerly sub-
jected, will be sensibly felt. Prior to the passing of these

new regulations, several most oppressive exacti ,ns were
in existence. By one exaction, termed " the present,"
a sum of 2,300 dollars was levied upon all descriptions of
craft, great and small ; whilst the entire duties upon a
ship of 500 or 600 tons were little short of £lOOO sterling.
The whole of these are now abolished, and a duty of
3s. 6d. per ton substituted for them ; and thus the total
charges upon a ship of 600 tons will he only £lO5 sterling;
or one-tenth of the charges under the old system, those
upon smaller vessels sustaining, of course, a reduction in
a still greater increased ratio.

The change in the duties to be levied upon manufac-
tured goods is exhibited in the foil wing statement :
Colton Yarn.—The dutty on cotton yarn, formerly
about two dollars per pecul of 133i1b., is now reduced to
1 doilar 40 cents, or about five-eights of a penny per lb.
Coilcu Goods.—The duty on bleached shirtings, for-
merly about 92 cents, is now reduced to 21 cents, or a
,billing per piece. The duty on unbleached shirtings
(which were I",olnerly arranged in two classes, chargeable

•
with a duty of 42 cents and 10 cents respectively, and
subject to the caprice or corruption of the Mandarines or
Custom-house officers, as to the class in which they
should be placed) is now fixed for all qualities at 14 cents,
or about Bd. per piece of 28 to 40 inches wide, and 30 to
40 yards in length. The duty 'on printed goods, formerly
about 2 to 2-

dollars per piece, is now fixed at 28 cents
)er piece of 24 to 30 yards long, and 26 to 31 inches wide.
Woollens:—The duty on woollens, such as Spinish
stripes, habit cloth, and middle and superfine cloths, for-
inerly 25 cents per yard, is now reduced 'to 6 cents, or 3d.
per yard.—The duty on long ells, formerly about 2 dollars
10 cents, is now reduced to 70 cents per piece.—The duty
nn camlets and boinbazetts, formerly about 12 to 13 dol-
lars per piece, is now reduced to 70 cents.

Raw Cotton.—The duty on raw cotton, which was
about 9 mace per peen!, is now 4 mace, about per per lb.
Unenurnera'ed Articles.—The duty on unenumerated
articles of import is fixed at 5 per cent. ad valorem. At
ihe present low value of cotton goods, the duty may be
called about 74 per cent. on the value in this country.
On grey shirtings, about 71 per cent.
On white shirtings, about 10 per cent.
On woollens (Spanish stripes, &c.), 6 to 8 per cent
On long ells, about 10 per cent.
On camlets, about 4 per cent.
On printed cottons, about 10 per cent (on
goods suited to the markets

Export Duties.—The duty on the export c
iominally fixed by the new tariff at two t

mace per pecul, will, it is supposed, arum;

I in the duty) to about
or nearly 3d. per lb. This is
n the amount of duty levied

arious chat ges formerly inelOd

with the

four taels and ei
shout /d. per lb. more
during the last six or e

on the

exportation of raw silk is fixed at 13 dollars 89 Cents per

The new syste-rn- was notified to cotruner
en the 27th of July ; but the ether four pore
us by the treaty—viz., Amoy, Fuchowfoo,

ai—eculd not be c

ved from the Cabinet of Pet
tember. In the meantime,
consular officers would be appointed; and every

edict should b

was expected

rrangeinent mad

Commencement of busint

ald occur

On the whole,

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