The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-11-23 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We insert, With thanks, the felicitations of "A CONSERVA-
TIVE," upon the'commenceinent of our important labours,
though' ot till after pausing upon' the retention of so much
of his, letter as regards the ," Papist Journal," the "rabble-
courting Mercury," and the apparently serious and reason-
able A/bion."—A.s to "Papists,' we have a sneaking ,kind-
ness for them in our hearts, excepting such as, in contempt
of all their principles, are base enough to turn bawlers for
popular liberty; and make coalitions with Arians or Soci-
mans, or even with Dissenters, specimens of which sort
' of Papists we shall shortly have occasion to exhibit. Let
Papists keep to Papacy, and they will at all times coin,
mand, if not our understanding,_ at least a large interest
• in our feelings. Then, for our industrious neighbour, the
Mercury, it is a length of time since we learned to en-
lettaiii- much-literary respect for the editor of the Ku-
. leidoscope ; and even the Mercury has gained a strong
recent hold 'Upon us hy its able and Learned denunci-
ation of the doctrine of i'LEDOES. Ai to the' pur-blindness,
in the meantime, with' which it punctually supports that
degt4ne,,,,4o,tp all the ledges of the notable "declaration,"
(sojustlresteemed-i pledge, and' double-pledge, by. the rest
of the world, not including that mighty well-meaning and
cool-tempered, though Wrong-headed political director of
Liverpool, Mr. T.• SMlTH,;)—that purblinduess, we say, of
the Mercury,-upon the practiaa of pledges, thongh not upon
the theory—as well as its "total eclipse" upon the subject
of the PpAuArr—all .these _things we.. ha3re... the .entire.gbarity
to pardon, well aware that it does not always, and at all
hours,, belong, either to reading or to understanding, to
stumble npOn truth, more than upon-happiness.:—
" O'er-looked, seen double, by the fool and wise."
With a little time, and the assistance of the Courier, and our
own humble endeaVours, whiCh shall never be withheld, we
despair not of seeing the Me'littry move in its right orbit, upon
these, as upou many other' topics; and in the interval it
joys our best wishes for its improvement, as well as warmest
commendations as far, as We can give thein: It is the same,
too, with the Albion, whiCh we have resolved to take under
our especial patronage, giving it the advice of a friend as to
all its errors, and the praise of an admirer when, by any
chance, it shall happen to do rightly: In 'truth,'kroin the,
habitual, and perhaps, sometimes, excessive suavity of our,
nature, we shall deal leniently with' the most perverse, and
encouragingly with the least capable, of all our neighbours;
fulfilling to,the very utmost the wise, no less than amiable
injunctions Of the Oramatic poet, though inverting the order:
"Be to their faults a little blind;
Beto their virtues very kind !"
Even the Tines, .0 even the Journal, have bought them-
selves wreaths in our hands, which we will not be long in
hanging over their doors. We can see the rose even in the
midst of thorns, and are never slow to make avowal, that
—" The toad, ugly and venezaous.
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head." .
We are greatly obliged to Subscribers for the communica.
tion of American Newspapers, and the Barbadoes Pamphlet,
"The late Alexander Murray, D. D." and "Mechanics' In-
stitutions," in our next.
ViNrwt is unavoidably postponed till Tuesday.
Want of room has also obliged us to defer the Liverpool Peti-
tion tb the King, and also the Warrington address.
F. R., G. W. A., X. 0., and an OBSERVER, are received.
Several other Communications will receive the earliest atten-
tion.
AN ODD PELi(4,.who seems to take us for one of his brethren,
has certainly made us smile by means of the following string
of questions, to be answered at our very first appearances,
and with respect to which, by good luck, even our present
paper may happen to satisfy our inquisitive interrogator.
Among his oddities, the Ono FELLow has entitled his letter
" A Friendly Advice;" but tells us trulY, at the bottom,. " I
forgot to advise you." A large demand, however, is made
upon us, when the- grant of 'a corner every week" is
asked, even in our polygon of a Si'AiinanP., The
lowing is the running fire of our Opp FEL
oyes, queries:—
"Grant me a. corner of the s,Tri Anmtn eery week, and
pledge myself to cure all the errors of thy zealutut, but uki*7

..iiikenlallnwers.;.ltaw:may try in-eOin;artrxnalf.youstan,._l
am open to conviction. Is the national debt the salvation
of the Cpuntry? Is It -right p_
to
.pay • tithes ?, Is toryisni 'the
true system of British'
politics ? What do yoN
Thornely ? Is he,fit toe- Member of Parlialiient Are
you fond ofsOolonel Williams? Give' me your opinion of
Cdglan ? ' Have • yon read 'Zadkiel the Seer ? 'ls not
Dr. Collins a clever fellow ?. Are you acquairited with th&t
.great and ig•ood Man, Bgerton Smith ? Dope, ,beliefVe,kliat
John, Stnit4, €ipdhis great little'than, will enlighten' the world ?
Is not William `Ra.thhone a good .than,• and ; true,
.patriot?
Are the Gentlenien of the Corporation very foncliot; Mr..,T.
Bolton ? Can you believe him when he statestl,4:t' Lord
Sandon will be 'protested for non-payment? Have you been
at Mr Thornely s Meeting .atthe • Liver-? Did you see me
there ? • What do you think of me? I forgot to advise you.
Good bye for the present—l am your's, Sic. &c. •
"AN ODD FELLOW."
Newington Bridge, Nov. 210, 1832."
Cireionstances ,hatio prevented the completion.qf our arrarigentents
fur the Commercial
,portion of our paper in tinte,.for to-day's
Publication.. Ifior.this,_ and other imperfections,the bustle. p, .a
first appearance must be our.
.excuse.