The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-05-29 00:00:00

TO CORR,ESPONDENTS.

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The '"Cricket Match" is an advertisement.
it is a standing rule with us not to 'insert such advertisements
as those sent ps by Mr. 'l'.; London. Such abominable
things are a disgrace to- the press, and should not be allowed
to appear in any respectable journal.
We once more repeat that we cannot insert deaths or mar-
riages which are not properly authenticated. A name to a
letter is not enough. We cannot undertake to send to Low-
.; hill, Toxteth-park, or Cheshire, to ascertain whether the sig.
nature is genuine.

Zbe Eibtrpoot g.timbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1835.

We have-received New York journals to the 9th of the
present month. They contain no news, being chiefly
tlled with extracts about the change of ministry from
else English papers. '

We have received a file of the-Montreai Herald to the
of May. They contain :sowe interesting infortna-
r 'ticti.Vhich we have noLroom fosiootv present number.

VS' e are now,-in full sail towards tnidsummer, the long
days-and long twilights Of.wliipli we have already entered
upon: language, we are at the end of the
month of May, and yet no one act or measure of a le-
gislative nature has beeri passed by the estates of the
realm...

The ministerial interregnum delayed the public
busi-
ness; but that has passed over, and the House of Com-
tnons, instead of applying itself to the affairs of the na-
tion, has been wasting precious. time, and exhausting
• Public-patience in idle atitrOktAol4s.discussiOni.
• •The bekiiiiiing,.We suspect, is a foretaste of the-end.
FrauCtulent misrepreseptations upset the late ministry ;'
?and. fraud and• .delusion seem to he the policy of the
O'CoNNELL and RUSSELL administration. We have had
.debates upon. the Sabbath bill, in which questions of
grave importance relative to ginger beer, baked mutton,
toasted potatoes, milkmaids, tea, and muffins, have been
discussed at great length. We have also been bored with
tedious arguments as to the legality of popish proms-
'skins, in .which.tlin-thieves of Dublin carried flags bear-
ing inscriptions of the "Repeal. of the Union," "Po
tithes," " Dan the. lieutenant for ever !" &c. &c. &c.
The people of England must be thorciughly disgusted
with these proceedings,.and we should ' not have men-
tioned them if the house had: amended or reformed its
.conduct; by resorting to the consideration of matters of
really pressing interest. Itsconduet on Monday last does
'not leave Os even a ray of hope: Senseless debates upon
silly subjects are so completely the order'. of the day, that
we may now rest assured that nothing else will-be provided
jintil we have a sweeping reform of the present House of
-COMMOOS. In ordinary life a person.wbo is laughed at for
committing one blunder seldom or never offends again.
4n the House of COmmoris, however, one blunder is only
,'the precursor of another ;. the more they are • laughed at
the more foOlish they becptne ; and, like the goatherd
svho:was.ieproved for peeling onions, they dip into deeper
fully by skinning cuetimbers. .

Ginger beer, we
.admit, is worthy orlegislative 'pro-
tection ;.• and' to such a.lnan as ROMIUCK, WllO has
the impertinence to
.frank us letters about the stamp
duties ,1401e1,1i.0, of. UdiiciLls.a.cankooii it:Wiring more
than an oyster or a soused gurnet,"' ginger • beer
must be- .an article of. first rate. importance. The
(oily of this tadpole statesman can be pardoned, He
is the iepresentative of Bath,
.on the recommenda-
tion of JtSEPa HUME; and he. is worthy of the trickly
irlazo—the nasty placevViteredying rakes are whirled
atorit drawn'by Littman- bipeds-Where.Old maids
flirt in a •deiperate -stritggleWith
,disease and passion—
where Irish gamblers prey like- Calcutta ravens iron
rich garbage—where all that is alinMinable as ,fashion-
able—and all that is filthy is tolerated--,in such a place
the money hunting and. Canadian agent. of HuME is
qiiite at home. But what does he know of the press, or.
of any thing beyond•ginger beer? •
''Webeg pardon for. naming this mirror of HUME who
is e member for-Bath ; and we shall take care not 'ti?
mention-his nameagain, tinder this Soleinn admonition
addressed to our conservative friends, viz.,.that we hope
no lady or gentlernan of England-7no conservative .or
Liverpool oFelsewhere=np.loyal man, wherever born OF
wherever located—will set his. or her foot in a place
where radicalism is in the ascendant—where shopkeepers
live upon those- they slander,—where tradesmen vote
againiethoie vi'ho enable theth to -live—and where pm-
w.ty has voice against theinsatieand.raienous pre-
tensions-Of' the democracy..

Such places as Bath, Cheltenham: aix(Brigliton, are
our abhorrence. The English gentleman who frequents
them is an enemy to his country. They are nests of
swindligg; hypocrisy, fraud; and Infamy. • In the 'royal.
village,..,qr.l3righton. /miters -are.its•reprefientatives. . It
is the same in all the so calledfdshiOncible watering places.
All Oafs atolat, which should not be allaived to
.reMaia -
t.n the page of `society,-:.and might eiiily be -.removed • if
the Coliservatiies ivoUld but do their'-duty... ,
Vv e. wits* return' ta'.the .pi-OC.e.dingsi.,of • Monday. It
appears That a :person, called. 'Cllttng;:an inhabitant. of
the. town of Bungay;- had 'been . comrtiitted to gaol for
refusing tq.pay the sunt.o(l7s.. 6d.: due for church-rates..
His case was -brow :eft • before the itoUse by, Sir W.
fed to a grave and, learned debate Which'
lasted thktyliOle night. 'Whit. ViiiitiatieriA to be
pr igoneef:ei itot'paking; c6—to be sent to gaol
. for 17s. due to the parsons," as they say in the
beer libppati is ettough4o cattse; another:revolt-Ai& •

With tide isn'We • etthda 'exactly Say; but as
he pretends that he,
.cannof-od conscientiously paichurch-
rates.we take for: ..granted 'that fie, is some. sort, of
quaker:. .tfie churchwardens. of .Bungay are blamed
for blingirit-.qiIILDS into the ecclesiastical courts, when
they Might have recove red their claim by ..applyieg to
two knagiitttei, wito'WoOld hare:, issued warrant of
distress. Tim churchwardens did not resort 'to this
remedy,‘for.fdiut and Substantial'. reasons. The last
time they.-distrained •under a magisterial- warrant the.
offiCsislwere assaulted by a mob, the town 'was ex.
posed, to eanQderable danger, the law was set at defiante,
the property,Seked was reCaptured, and life and property
placed in imminent hazard. They 'consequently prefer
red the ohl•mode of procedure, and. took the persOn of
the debtOi.in bail for his. debt. .
But- then, why take the person of a very religious
man who has caiicientiousscrupf es? What has the law
to do•-vvith-:ConScientious 'scruples ? The law is not
made for the b&lefit of one man, or one set of men, but
for the. whole cornmunity.' If then any individual—any
quaker-7or anytnall coterie of pet sons,.do not approve
of the law so :made for the' whole community, they
should_ expatriate.themselves, and find . a land where
they can frame laws for their own peculiar order. They
have no rigld.tOeipeet that the hundred Should yield to,
the unitior that society at large • §hotild be governed by
quaker: laWs?',
•,of Conscience in such,:a -cast!'
aavour4, 4n.-our opinio'n, of impiety and. direct fraud.
ft it; at yari4ne,,n,ith every., scriptural. maxim. The
IleOus O cluistialtity exhorts a ready compliance kith
the authority keii4fqnce. The christian is not taught
to res* thet law, orliseherthe magistrate. ' >vie 44 on
enjorditrir to

Utah' :to • lea ve-tlie•Ci ty - where hi's.' teiie:te
are rejected; orhis,faith and public Worship. Proscribed,
The quakers, hovvever, turn christianity upside. down,'
and make it utterly ridiculous: :They are not content
to be singular in their habits and manners—and sin=
gular in their doctrines—but..of all sects they have this,
peculiar singularity of calling upon the world to fall
down and pay respect to their absurdities. It is all
very well. to affect qualms of conscience with respect to
debts due, to the church—it is good enough for a stiff
joke ; but who ever heard of, a quaker shutting his•shop
door against a parson entering it with tithe money in
his h&nd to buy sugar or tea ?. If the conscience have

qualms against paying church-rates and tithes, surely
it ought to feel some quivering at the sight of base gold.
It.is wrung from farmers and collected by tithe proctors.
It is not the parson whom the quaker hates—it is his tithes.
It is not the.church which the quaker hates—it is the rates.
.In short, it• is not the man but the thing. The tithes
and rates are the things abominated by the conscientious
quaker. This being the case, will any conscientious
quaker explain to us how he is enabled by his sensitive
conscience to touch the money which comes out of the
tithes, and. abbot: that which goes to the tithes? We
pause for a reply.

In the case of CIIILDS he was sued for a just debt.
Some friends offered to pay it for him, but he would not
accept their offer: He knew that. he owed the Money;
e .
he knew that the law would compel him to pay it ; he
knew that a sale of his personal effects would most pro 7
bably lead to a riot, pei haps to murder ; still his consci_
ence tells Min it is better to resist the law, produce tu-
inAlt,,and be ,accessory to murder than-pay a just debt
due to the church of God! This prostitution of the
conscience is'odious and horrible, and ought to be de;
'Jounced by every honest and honourable man.

What surprises us most of all isohat. this -abuse of the
rights and duties of conscience should prevail amongst a
sect. who; lay claim
..td. superior intelligence,. and take
more liberties.with- the word of. GOd than almost any
other class-of professing christians. They dissent from
our mode of worship—they reject our solemn rites—they
do not hold Oili'Cloctrinev—dg we complain of them ?—do
we exclude
.tOefik. from . the
.pale of society ? No ; we.
tolerate them the utmost tenderness and ,kind-
ness.V They-have the protection of British law. But
for the • church- :of England theit sect would have ~

had no existence. Popery would devour it in a single
day. It would.have had no asylum in these islands but
for the guardian, shield thrown over it by the church of
England. And with these facts, putting forth strong
claims upon their gratitude and their sense of justice,
they contumaciously and insolently, under the pretext of
a tender' conscience, refuse to pay the mite of taxation to.
their tolerant and indulgent benefactress! All this is in
a bad spirit. It has an uncharitable and illiberal look,
inasmuch as conscience is on the side of selfishness, and

the disputnis about a matter of money. 'lf the quakers,
from a feeling of conscience, had refused to deal with cler-
gymen--had refused to sell to churchmen—had refused
to touch tithe Or rate money, then we should have given
them some eredit for honesty and disinterestedness; but
when their conscience taXes no exception to the money
which comes in, no matter where from, but is excessively
chary about the money which goes out, we must be par-
doned if we should, be induced to believe that this same
cunning and convenient conscience is nothing more than
a cheat. • ,

Sorry are we to say that it was about this conscience,
Or this cheat, .in a matter of 17s. 6d. that the reformed
House of Commons had a long debate on. Monday last.
The farmers may starve—poor women may murder their
own children--all this is nothing to the astounding fact
that one CHILDS is in Bangay gaol for 17s. 6d. of a just
debt, which the honest rogue says his conscience will not
suffer him to pay. Faugh!

We used frequently to hear of jobbing and corruption
in the old parliaments which Lord JOHN RUSSELL re-
formed in 1832; but under the old. and vicious system,
so conveniently contrived for the benefit of borough-
mongers, we-never" heard of such open bargaining and
sellirigas has taken place at Stroud, and is contracted for

at Tiverton.
When Lord ,T(IFIN RUSSELL was riding in for. Stroud
upon the back dfQolonel Fox, we took the liberty to ask
*hat the gallant—colopetwas to receive in the shape of
compeniatioti.or.swop 'Money. The queStidn ha's been
answered. by the ministerial journals. The disgraceful
bargain has been proved. Colonel Fox has received
the appointment of secretary to the master-general of the
ordnance. and,, Stroud- has-been sold for £l2OO per an-
num. How the indepenOnt electorsof that immaculate
borough likethiSl.We cannot tell. Lord JOHN has beeti
returned; that was4ll'he tared for; and in parting with
them. he- sneeringly; told them -that he would not trouble

them at any future 'election. He made a convenience
of Stroud sleptin the vile place three nightS; be
spent some twenty or thirty pounds out of his public
wages ; he delivered, himself of a speech which he had.
hawked all over. England ; and having obtained what he
wanted he scraped,the dirt off his shoes and flung it in
the faces of the very despicable people whom he, to his
`credit, most heartily despised.
Such is the working of the reform hill ! A more
odious bargain :never was made by a blackleg with a
:money-lender. , Neverwas h gudgeon sold in so dear a
market. Twelve-- hundred a year for Stroud—not to
Stroud, but for Stroucl7—is a lucky hit. Fox pockets the
money, Lord . lauglis, and the electors of Stroud
look like so many long-eared animals in a shower of
rain—very- melancholy,' very miserable, and very pitia-
ble. There they,iiand--:-sold!—the halter about their'
flecks 1 the boys; hooting theM ! while the Fox who.
sold there-rejoices iha gold-chain, a free gentleman, not
of any .particular :.colour, 'sitting upon a three-legged
stool, and living iipssA the money he obtained by the
sale!'

. .
.Tiverton too; We are told, is'to be treated in a similar
manner. Mr. JAMES KENNEDY; a towering radical, and
an immense hater bribtlry; and corruption,' has don-
sented.to vacate.Tivvrton; and. Make. room for the hope-
less Lord PAlStArtiroi. This pOor old Sop, who has been
an underling in all parties, who has liyed''npon, tories,.
.whig-toties, wit i whig•radicalF, and now
upon. this most admirable :but des-
pised hack, after-being- liickea out of dampshirei has
been reduced. _to the!..tiad. necessity of 'purchasing the
slave interesOof Mt'':-Kt.NNEDiiri the borough of Tiver-

ton, .0.41! Ois is a- most.-beautiful reform ! • Formerly
gentlemen sold whst-ithey liad-botight; now patriots sell
what they only hold, in.trust—sell boroughs to ministers
of the crown -for= appointrnent'son the judicial bench !
It js almost inctedible, but' it is roundly stated that

le consideration .which Mr. KENNEbY sto receive for

-
the, transfer of Twerton to Lord PALMERSTON IS the
chiefiusticeship of the supreme court of Midras. This

is certainly a novel way of making a judge. A lawyer
utterly unknown to 'clients or to practice is at once
raised from obscurity to the, highest seat on a colonial
bench; .solely because he happens•to sit as member for the
town of Tiverton, and is presumed to have sufficient in-
fluence, to return a lordling and a minister to the House
of Commons. Itis'a most exquisite reform !
But is Lord PALMERSTON quite secure of being re-
turned ? Is there no gentlpman of spirit in the neigh-
bourhood of Tiverton, or in Devonshire, to contest the
borough with the foreign secretary ? We hope some.
gentleman will be found to give his lordship a hard run,
and make him pay for the sport. Why should not Sir
THOMAS ACI.AND, or Mr. BUCK, or some good conserva-
tive in these parts, stand forward in opposition to the
Lord of the Protocols ?, We hope it is not yet too late.
What has been done in Staffordshire against Mr. LITTLE-
TON might surely be done in Tiverton against the land-
less and unknown Mr. KENNEDY.

On Monday next. the grand attack upon.the corpora-
tions of England is to be made by Lord Jont4 RussEiL.
We have little doubt. that, the reformeonteniplated by
Lord-Joirt is similar to lhat- which has delivered the
corporations of Scotland into the bands of the rabble, and
Made beroughproperty.in that country not worth much
more than an •Old Song. In Scotland, however, most of
the boroUghs had little or .no .properly to lose it is
ogiensibtOnEoglaid; and a,aeveie 4itsuggle may be ex-